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“An in-depth and compelling account of diverse Americans living off the grid.” —Los Angeles Times
The radical search for the simple life in today’s America.
On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound for a homestead...
The radical search for the simple life in today’s America.
On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound for a homestead...
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Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"In the follow-up to the successful Van Life, Foster Huntington shares his experiences -- and those of others -- living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places"--
"The hundreds of photographs of unique homes, including tiny houses, shipping containers, yurts, boathouses, and vans, in unexpected places from all around the world, invite you to slow down, read about the dwellers'...
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Betterway Home
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"This book contains an inspirational range of practical and inexpensive ways to become self-sufficient, whether in a backyard or larger area of land. Long-term and sustainable sufficiency is stressed, a way of life that will become natural to you and your family"--Jacket flap.
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New Harvest, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"... Ken Ilgunas lays bare the existential terror of graduating from the University of Buffalo with $32,000 of student debt. Ilgunas set himself an ambitious mission: get out of debt as quickly as possible. Inspired by the frugality and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau, Ilgunas undertook a 3-year transcontinental journey, working in Alaska as a tour guide, garbage picker, and night cook to pay off his student loans before hitchhiking home to New...
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Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
c2013.
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English
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Documents how the author and her partner gave up a consumer-based life to move to rural New Mexico and obtain their needs from recycled and waste materials while enjoying greater creativity, fulfillment and anonymity, in an inspirational account that features eclectic artwork contributions.
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The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"After an abusive, neglected childhood spent on welfare and in and out of homelessness in Alaska, raised by a mother who believed she was the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, Carrot Quinn moved out on her own. She found a sense of belonging with a bunch of straight-edge anarchists who taught her how to traverse the country by freight trains, sleep in fields under the stars, and find her food by foraging in dumpsters. Her new life was one of thrilling...
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Artisan, A Division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Bohos are perhaps best described as a group of trust fund artists, broke charismatics, leisure scientists, office averse entrepreneurs, surfer-environmentalists, and/or bon vivant partiers who lead seminomadic, unconventional lives. Their approach to life is based more on creativity than money, but having a few rich friends with homes by a good surf break doesn't hurt. Instead of a luxury hotel, you might find a boho camped out in a teepee in Ibiza,...
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