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It has been ten years since the publication of John Hoffman's cult classic of urban scavenging, 'The Art and Science of Dumpster Diving'. Now he's back with an advanced course in turning other people's rubbish into money, publicity and power! Be prepared to be challenged by this mind-bending tutorial in the unconventional economics of digging through trash in pursuit of fun and profit. Just some of the lessons you will learn include: The 'key' secret to dealing with locked dumpsters; How to dive for information ('dumpster dirt') and use it to humiliate corporations, politicians, and other evil-doers; The unusual profitability of diving for movie celebrity castoffs -- without ever having to visit Hollywood; The potential of industrial diving, including the top 10 most lucrative places to do it; How to sell your dumpster-dived wares through the greatest flea market of the 21st century -- eBay!; How to parlay 'dumpster diving consciousness' into finding cheap property, supporting radical causes, even landing political office New readers, as well as those familiar with Hoffman's work, must be warned that this book is decidedly weirder, more ambitious, more disturbing, and profoundly more subversive than his first book. You're gonna dig it!

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John Hoffman's career as a bona fide fringe writer began with the publication of his cult classic, The Art and Science of Dumpster Diving. His previous employment is equally checkered - he has worked as a psychiatric counselor, printer's assistant, security guard, pizza cook, soldier, activist, newspaper reporter, hotel clerk, apartment manager and city councilman. He is now studying for a law degree.

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