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The urban homestead The urban homestead Kelly Coyne Shows city dwellers how to enjoy a more satisfying lifestyle and plant seeds for the sustainable future of our cities, homesteading by growing food anywhere, composting with worms, preserving and fer… OL15952598W
Made by hand Made by hand Mark Frauenfelder From the Publisher: From his unique vantage point as editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine, the hub of the newly invigorated do-it-yourself movement, Mark Frauenfelder takes readers on an inspiring and su… OL15974907W
Blessing the hands that feed us Blessing the hands that feed us Vicki Robin Documents the author's efforts to eat food produced within ten miles of her home in Puget Sound, Washington, exposing the cause-and-effect consequences of a processed-foods diet while sharing the sto… OL17872881W
The good life lab The good life lab Wendy Jehanara Tremayne This is the inspirational story of how one couple ditched their careers and high-pressure life in New York City to move to rural New Mexico, where they made, built, invented, foraged, and grew all th… OL17910565W
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara Kingsolver,Camille Kingsolver,Steven L. Hopp Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an … OL1846871W
Trailersteading Trailersteading Anna Hess Presents nine case studies as well as tips for renovating, upgrading and saving thousands of dollars a year by moving into a single-wide mobile home that will reduce your debt and minimize your carbo… OL19734005W
Self-sufficiency handbook Self-sufficiency handbook Alan Bridgewater If you're seeking to make eco-friendly changed to your daily habits, reduce your carbon footprint, and generally shift to a greener way of living, Self-Sufficiency Handbook is essential reading. Aut… OL19734915W
Low cost living Low cost living John Harrison You really don't need a lot of money to enjoy the good life. This book offers practical ways to save money and energy and make better uses of your resources. When economic conditions are tough, we al… OL19745319W
Urban homesteading Urban homesteading Rachel Kaplan City-dwellers across the country are finding creative new ways to live, and urban farmers are reclaiming heirloom agrarian practices as strategies for responsible living. Get to know real people who … OL19947996W
Little house in the suburbs Little house in the suburbs Deanna Caswell Aims to help homeowners live self-sufficiently, including growing their own food, cooking meals from scratch, keeping animals, making homemade cleaning and skin-care products, and making homemade gif… OL19960063W
Lights out Lights out Ted Koppel Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, n… OL20008564W
Little house living Little house living Merissa Alink "From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Living comes a motivational homemaking book, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, featuring creative, fun ways to li… OL20015385W
The unsettlers The unsettlers Mark Sundeen The Unsettlers describes the search for the simple life through stories of diverse Americans living off the grid. OL20045880W
Ready, set, green Ready, set, green Graham Hill The time to save the planet is now. Ready? Set? Green! Living green means reversing climate change, but it also means protecting your kids and pets, improving your own health, and saving money. And i… OL2034930W
The Art of Simple The Art of Simple Eleanor Ozich 216 pages : 22 cm OL20518484W
Self-sufficiency Self-sufficiency Alan Bridgewater Self-sufficiency, or at least the desire to practise elements of a self-sufficient lifestyle, has become a growing trend of recent years. This useful book shows how anyone can turn to self-sufficienc… OL20864957W
Wedding tiers Wedding tiers Trisha Ashley Growing up in the beautiful Lancashire village of Neatslake, Josie Gray and her childhood sweetheart, Ben Richards, have always dreamt of living a life of rural self-sufficiency. And when Josie inher… OL21716305W
The 4 foot farm blueprint The 4 foot farm blueprint Bob Jones University Press First of all, I would like to congratulate you on moving toward a more sustainable and self-reliant lifestyle by learning how to grow your own food. Growing my own food has been the most satisfying t… OL24246330W
The self-sufficient life and how to live it The self-sufficient life and how to live it Seymour, John Expanded, with over 100 pages from The New Self-Sufficient Gardener. OL2606426W
The guardians The guardians Steven C. Bird In this second book of the New homefront series, a group of patriotic Americans continue their struggle to survive in a collapsing political, economic and technological world, while taking a stand ag… OL26176459W
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