Category: Book Review

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Book Giveaway – Urban Farming: Sustainable City Living

It’s another book giveaway here at The Good Human, and this time it’s for a copy of the book Urban Farming: Sustainable City Living in Your Backyard, in Your Community, and in the World. With obesity rates rocketing, concerns about the health implications of a diet composed of drive-through and processed convenience foods rising, and [...]

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Giveaway: Four Copies Of ‘The Healthy Home’

It’s time for another giveaway here on The Good Human! This time I am giving away 4 copies of the book The Healthy Home: Simple Truths to Protect Your Family from Hidden Household Dangers by Dr. Myron Wentz and Dave Wentz, which I just recently finished reading myself. Full of great information and advice about [...]

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Review: Slow Is Beautiful By Cecile Andrews

I always have about 4 or 5 books going at the same time at my house, and one of them right now is the book “Slow is Beautiful – New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie De Vivre” by Cecile Andrews and I recommend it to anyone who thinks that the high-paced, fast-moving community of [...]

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Book Review: Twelve By Twelve by William Powers

If how many dog-eared pages a book has after you have finished it is any indication of how good it is, Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream is amazing. I have never (and I do mean never) folded down that many corners of pages I wanted to [...]

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Book Review – Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture.

I am currently finishing up a book called “Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture” by Ellen Ruppel Shell, and wanted to let you know about it. For anyone concerned about the invasion of the big box stores in our country, the decline of mom & pop stores, and of real craftspeople, this book is [...]

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Book Review: Off The Grid By Nick Rosen.

I just finished reading an advance copy of Nick Rosen’s new book Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America, and wanted to give you guys a quick review of it. In the book, Brit Nick Rosen takes a trip across America looking for all sorts [...]

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Book Review & Giveaway: “How To Be An Everyday Philanthropist”.

This giveaway has ended. A few months ago I was sent a copy of the book How to Be an Everyday Philanthropist: 330 Ways to Make a Difference in Your Home, Community, and World – at No Cost! by Nicole Bouchard Boles, but with the move to Denver and my 3 week holiday, I just [...]