If you want find out where to buy a particular book at the lowest cost, try out Best Book Deal. This service will search 100 bookstores, and show you how the prices compare. A very handy feature of this site is the inclusion of the shipping costs to calculate a total price. So, at a glance, you can see which bookstore will give you the lowest total price. It also includes the condition of the book (for used books) and the type of shipping that will be used.

Want to know the ethics of company that make the products you buy?

The Responsible
Shopper web site allows you
to investigate the history of hundreds of companies on a range of issues,
including: Sweatshops, Pollution, Ethics and Discrimination.

Web Site: Responsible Shopper

The Environmental
Working Group has produced a list of the Best
and Worst Personal Care Products. They have a huge Searchable
Product Guide of harmful chemicals found in personal care products.

The report is extensive and very well organized. You can search by ingredient, product
name or product
category.