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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Considers our hot-and-cold relationship with thrift and offers a colorful ride through its history in America, from Ben Franklin and his famous maxims to the branding of Jews and the Chinese as cheap in order to neutralize the economic competition they represented.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
How do you define the good life? For many, success is measured not by health and happiness but by financial wealth. But such a worldview overlooks the important things in life: personal contentment, family time, spirituality, and the health of the planet and those living on it. A preoccupation with money and possessions is not only unhealthy, it can also drain the true joy from life. In recent years, millions have watched their American Dreams go...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Emrys Westacott is professor of philosophy at Alfred University in New York.
Why philosophers have advocated simple living for 2,500 years-and why we ignore them at our peril
From Socrates to Thoreau, most philosophers, moralists, and religious leaders have seen frugality as a virtue and have associated simple living with wisdom, integrity, and happiness. But why? And are they right? Is a taste for luxury fundamentally misguided? If one has the...
Author
Publisher
Hyperink
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
ABOUT THE BOOK
So you want to live on less. Perhaps youd like to save for a downpayment on your first home or send your kids to private school. Maybe you have decided to quit your job to pursue a dream of starting your own small business. It could just be that you are seriously contemplating a simpler life, in which you drastically limit consumption and learn to rely on your own skills to survive. These days, you are not alone. The global recession
...7) Clark Howard's living large in lean times: 250+ ways to buy smarter, spend smarter, and save money
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Presents a multitude of strategies for saving money instead of spending so much of it.
Author
Publisher
Anansi
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Written in Marjorie Harris's trademark witty, engaging, and accessible style, Thrifty is chock-full of simple and savvy tips drawn from her own richly thrifty experience, and those of renowned experts such as bestselling author Margaret Atwood, actor R. H. Thomson, travel writer Sylvia Fraser, and the Globe and Mail Style columnists. With solid tips on how to haggle, how to become a frugal fashionista, maintaining home and hearth on a budget, and...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
c2019
Language
English
Description
"From two leaders of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, a bull***t-free guide to growing your wealth, retiring early, and living life on your own terms. Kristy Shen retired with a million dollars at the age of thirty-one, and she did it without hitting a home run on the stock market, starting the next Snapchat in her garage, or investing in hot real estate. Learn how to cut down on spending without decreasing your quality of...
12) Playing with FIRE (financial independence retire early): how far would you go for financial freedom?
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
c2019
Language
English
Description
Is paying for your family's lifestyle burning you out? Rieckens provides a detailed profile of an alternative lifestyle known as FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early). Participants strive to retire in their 30s or 40s by living frugally, saving creatively, and investing efficiently-- instead of obsessing with maximizing wealth. Discover how others have acquired the one thing that money can't buy: a simpler-- and happier-- life. -- adapted from...
Author
Publisher
Oasis Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
English
Description
Distills financial advice and practices introduced in the author's "Money Saving Mom" blog to counsel readers on how to establish financial goals, organize in accordance with financial needs, and reduce grocery and household expenses.
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2018
Language
English
Description
"In 2014, Liz Thames and her husband, Nate, were conventional young urban professionals working nine-to-five jobs. But the rat race had worn them down, and they dreamed of becoming modern-day homesteaders in rural Vermont. Determined to retire as early as possible in order to start living each day--as opposed to wishing time away working for the weekends--they enaceted a plan to save as much money as they could. In less than three years, Liz and Nate...
Author
Publisher
PM Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Riding More with Less is the bike repair manual for everyone else. Pulling away from the stratification and crapification which ever more define modern consumer economies, this book gleans key insights from experienced community bike shop mechanics worldwide on safe and effective low-cost or no-cost repair solutions. It also provides a well-organized collection of the most useful technical references and an overview of the community bike shops many...
19) 50% off murder
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When someone from Claire's past is found dead and she's the main suspect, it's up to Maggie and the Good Buy Girls to clear her name and catch the real killer.
20) All you need is less: the eco-friendly guide to guilt-free green living and stress-free simplicity
Author
Publisher
Viva Editions
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
"All You Need is Less is about realistically adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle without either losing your mind from the soul-destroying guilt of using a plastic bag because you forgot your reusable ones in the trunk of your car (again), or becoming a preachy know-it-all whom everyone loathes from the tips of her organically-shampooed hair to the toes of her naturally sourced recycled sandals. It's all gotten kind of complicated, hasn't it? These...
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