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Author
Publisher
Shelter Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Designed as an introduction and specifically written from a beginner's perspective, this book details the possibilities of living in a tiny house, transforming your lifestyle and living a happier, minimalistic life in a small, cozy home.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Traces the path and philosophy of Daniel Suelo, who left his entire life savings of thirty dollars in a phone booth in 2000 and has lived a happy, fulfilled life in the caves of Utah without earning or spending money since that time.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"So begins The Elephant in the Room, Tommy Tomlinson's remarkably intimate and insightful memoir of his life as a fat man. When he was almost fifty years old, Tomlinson weighed an astonishing--and dangerous--460 pounds, at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, unable to climb a flight of stairs without having to catch his breath, or travel on an airplane without buying two seats. Raised in a family that loved food, he had been aware of the...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Traces life in an Aurunci Mountains community where residents enjoy scientifically documented long lives that the author attributes to local cooking and eating habits, sharing a year's worth of recipes that focus on the potential benefits of high-quality, locally-grown ingredients.
92) In & out
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Greenleaf, a picture-postcard Indiana town where the high school is the proud focus of attention and 'alternative lifestyle' means you bowl on alternate Tuesdays. But on the night of the Oscars. telecast, the town's, and the world's, center of attention is Greenleaf teacher Howard Brackett. A former student who's now a superstar actor tells an audience of millions that Howard is gay. Poor Howard. He's outted when he didn't know he was in!...
94) Radically simple
Publisher
Bullfrog films
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"In Radically simple, we join engineer and author Jim Merkel as he presents his views on sustainable living in public presentations and workshops at his home. These meetings, which revolve around discussion on global economics and resource consumption, show Merkel leading by example. He demonstrates that a radically simple lifestyle-while at times intimidating-is not only possible but extremely satisfying."-- Container.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A work of immersive journalism steeped in a distinctively American social history and sparked by a personal quest, The Unsettlers traces the search for the simple life through the stories of three families of new pioneers and what inspired each of them to look for--or create--a better existence. Captivating and clear-eyed, it dares us to imagine what a sustainable, ethical, authentic future might actually look like.--
Author
Publisher
Morrow Gift
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A collection of the authors' favorite life hacks and mini-upgrades, such as craft cocktails on the cheap or tips for a perfectly planned staycation. Sometimes it takes as little as nine dollars to turn your life around. How to find simple pleasures in a pricey, wellness-obsessed world.