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Simple living
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Present over Perfect: Leaving behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna NiequistISBN: 9780310342991
Publication Date: 2016-08-09
In these pages, New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist invites you to consider the landscape of your own life, and what it might look like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the life-changing practice of simply being present, in the middle of the mess and the ordinariness of life. Written in Shauna's warm and vulnerable style, this collection of essays focuses on the most important transformation in her life, and maybe yours too: leaving behind busyness and frantic living.
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Simple Living in History: Pioneers of the Deep Future by Samuel Alexander (Editor); Amanda McLeod (Editor)ISBN: 9780987588494
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
This anthology brings together twenty-six short essays discussing the most significant individuals, cultures, and movements that have embraced simple living throughout history. Readers will also gain insight into the lives and philosophies of people like Mahatma Gandhi, William Morris, and Helen Nearing, and learn about contemporary eco-social movements, such as those based on permaculture, degrowth, eco-villages, and voluntary simplicity.
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Buying Time and Getting By: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement by Mary GrigsbyISBN: 9780791459997
Publication Date: 2004-01-19
Buying Time and Getting By provides a detailed account of the voluntary simplicity movement, which took off in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Author Mary Grigsby looks inside the movement at the daily lives of participants and includes their own accounts of their efforts. She also uses reflexive empirical analysis to explore race, class, and gender in relation to the movement.
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Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference by Sarah van Gelder (Editor)ISBN: 9781626563315
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Sustainable Happiness offers fascinating research, in-depth essays, and compelling personal stories by visionaries such as Annie Leonard, Matthieu Ricard, and Vandana Shiva, showing us that real well-being is found in supportive relationships and thriving communities, opportunities to make a contribution, and the renewal we receive from a thriving natural world. In the pages of this book, you'll find creative and practical ways to cultivate a happiness that is nurturing, enduring, and life affirming.
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The Simple Living Handbook: Discover the Joy of a De-cluttered Life by Lorilee LippincottISBN: 9781620876299
Publication Date: 2013-04-24
The Simple Living Handbook is a how-to memoir about creating a life that has space for what really matters. Through personal stories, advice, and tips, Lippincott teaches how to make the hard decisions necessary to simplify home and schedule. Beyond that, she addresses the hidden emotional hoarding that threatens to keep our souls running in circles. Through her inspiring story, readers will learn to take a step back, reassess priorities, and commit to making space for those people and things that really matter.
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Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich by Duane ElginISBN: 9780061779268
Publication Date: 2010-01-05
Voluntary Simplicity is a book about living with balance. Elgin illuminates the changes that an increasing number of Americans are making in their everyday lives-adjustments in day-to-day living that are an active, positive response to the complex dilemmas of our time. By embracing the tenets of voluntary simplicity-frugal consumption, ecological awareness, and personal growth-people can change their lives and, in the process, save our planet.
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living by Georgene LockwoodISBN: 9780028639079
Publication Date: 2000-07-09
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living provides easy ways to nix the unnecessary so that you can enjoy the really important stuff. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get questions and answers to help you prioritize, then minimize; career advice to help you earn a life, not just a living; and wise ways to opt out of certain lifestyle habits without dropping out altogether.
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