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🌳 Pastoral Escape

The dream of leaving complexity behind for a simpler life among fields and open sky, exploring whether peace can truly be found by retreating to the countryside.
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
4.16
2k+
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics🏕️ Solitude In Nature🚶 Walking As Practice
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature 88%
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
by Marc Hamer 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics🏕️ Solitude In Nature🚶 Walking As Practice
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
7k+
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism🏘️ Localism⚖️ Moral Economy
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America 88%
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977
4.33
7k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism🏘️ Localism⚖️ Moral Economy
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost • 1969
The collected poems where New England woods and stone walls map every human decision.
4.24
49k+
🐑 Pastoral Poetry🇺🇸 American Poetry🍁 Nature And Mortality🚜 Rural Life💭 Philosophical Verse
The Poetry of Robert Frost Summary
The Poetry of Robert Frost 88%
The collected poems where New England woods and stone walls map every human decision.
by Robert Frost 1969
4.24
49k+ ratings
🐑 Pastoral Poetry🇺🇸 American Poetry🍁 Nature And Mortality🚜 Rural Life💭 Philosophical Verse
The Way of the Hermit
by Ken Smith • 2023
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
4.21
3k+
🏚️ Off-Grid Living🏕️ Wilderness Survival🍄 Foraging🪓 Self-Sufficiency🌿 Nature Writing
The Way of the Hermit Summary
The Way of the Hermit 87%
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
by Ken Smith 2023
4.21
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Off-Grid Living🏕️ Wilderness Survival🍄 Foraging🪓 Self-Sufficiency🌿 Nature Writing
A Year of Living Simply
by Kate Humble • 2024
Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.
3.71
2k+
🌻 Simple Living🌿 Nature Connection🛠 Repair And Reuse🤝 Community Building🌱 Home Gardening
A Year of Living Simply Summary
A Year of Living Simply 87%
Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.
by Kate Humble 2024
3.71
2k+ ratings
🌻 Simple Living🌿 Nature Connection🛠 Repair And Reuse🤝 Community Building🌱 Home Gardening
Meet the Frugalwoods
by Elizabeth Willard Thames • 2018
An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.
3.74
7k+
🏦 Financial Independence💰 Frugal Living🔥 Fire Movement🌱 Homesteading🔨 Diy Lifestyle
Meet the Frugalwoods Summary
Meet the Frugalwoods 87%
An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.
by Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018
3.74
7k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Independence💰 Frugal Living🔥 Fire Movement🌱 Homesteading🔨 Diy Lifestyle
I Don't Want To Grow Up
by Scott Stillman • 2021
The default script is a trap. Here is the escape: simplify, follow instinct, and let adventure lead.
4.08
2k+
🏗️ Lifestyle Design🏡 Simple Living🌟 Childlike Wonder🏔️ Outdoor Adventure✨ New Thought Spirituality
I Don't Want To Grow Up Summary
I Don't Want To Grow Up 87%
The default script is a trap. Here is the escape: simplify, follow instinct, and let adventure lead.
by Scott Stillman 2021
4.08
2k+ ratings
🏗️ Lifestyle Design🏡 Simple Living🌟 Childlike Wonder🏔️ Outdoor Adventure✨ New Thought Spirituality
The Cottage Fairy Companion
by Paola Merrill • 2022
You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.
4.29
1k+
🐌 Slow Living🍄 Cottagecore✨ Finding Wonder🫂 Self-Acceptance🧘 Introvert Life
The Cottage Fairy Companion Summary
The Cottage Fairy Companion 87%
You do not need the cottage. The slow life and its wonder are built from the inside out.
by Paola Merrill 2022
4.29
1k+ ratings
🐌 Slow Living🍄 Cottagecore✨ Finding Wonder🫂 Self-Acceptance🧘 Introvert Life
Walden or, Life in the Woods
by Henry David Thoreau • 1854
He built a cabin for $28 and lived there two years to measure what life requires.
3.77
205k+
🏛️ Transcendentalism🌲 Nature Writing🏡 Simple Living🧘 Solitude🎯 Deliberate Living
Walden or, Life in the Woods Summary
Walden or, Life in the Woods 87%
He built a cabin for $28 and lived there two years to measure what life requires.
by Henry David Thoreau 1854
3.77
205k+ ratings
🏛️ Transcendentalism🌲 Nature Writing🏡 Simple Living🧘 Solitude🎯 Deliberate Living
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame • 1908
Mole and Rat's riverbank life is upended by Toad's motorcars and a hall full of weasels.
4.02
243k+
🌿 Pastoral Animal Fantasy🫂 Found Family🦋 Character Redemption🍂 Seasonal Storytelling☕ Cozy Pastoral
The Wind in the Willows Summary
The Wind in the Willows 87%
Mole and Rat's riverbank life is upended by Toad's motorcars and a hall full of weasels.
by Kenneth Grahame 1908
4.02
243k+ ratings
🌿 Pastoral Animal Fantasy🫂 Found Family🦋 Character Redemption🍂 Seasonal Storytelling☕ Cozy Pastoral
The One-Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
4.33
9k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health🎯 Minimalism🚫 Anti Consumerism
The One-Straw Revolution Summary
The One-Straw Revolution 87%
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975
4.33
9k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health🎯 Minimalism🚫 Anti Consumerism
One Man's Wilderness
by Sam Keith • 1973
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
4.37
10k+
🏔️ Wilderness Memoir🔨 Self-Reliance🐻 Animal Encounters🏕️ Alaskan Frontier🪵 Homesteading Memoir
One Man's Wilderness Summary
One Man's Wilderness 87%
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
by Sam Keith 1973
4.37
10k+ ratings
🏔️ Wilderness Memoir🔨 Self-Reliance🐻 Animal Encounters🏕️ Alaskan Frontier🪵 Homesteading Memoir
Soil and Sacrament
by Fred Bahnson • 2013
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
4.17
264
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality🤝 Interfaith Ecology🌍 Creation Care
Soil and Sacrament Summary
Soil and Sacrament 87%
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
by Fred Bahnson 2013
4.17
264 ratings
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality🤝 Interfaith Ecology🌍 Creation Care
The Lies of the Land
by Steven Conn • 2023
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
3.98
148
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics🏘️ Suburban Expansion🏚️ Deindustrialization
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land 87%
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
by Steven Conn 2023
3.98
148 ratings
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics🏘️ Suburban Expansion🏚️ Deindustrialization
The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd • 1977
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
4.26
10k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands📍 Place-Based Writing👁️ Sensory Perception🏔️ Landscape Immersion🌿 Phenomenology Of Nature
The Living Mountain Summary
The Living Mountain 87%
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
by Nan Shepherd 1977
4.26
10k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands📍 Place-Based Writing👁️ Sensory Perception🏔️ Landscape Immersion🌿 Phenomenology Of Nature
A Month in the Country
by J.L. Carr • 1980
In a Yorkshire village, a war-scarred restorer unearths a medieval painting and a summer of healing.
4.07
30k+
🌾 Pastoral Elegy🎖️ Shell-Shocked Veteran💬 Unspoken Love🏡 Outsider Finds Home🌿 Yorkshire Dales
A Month in the Country Summary
A Month in the Country 87%
In a Yorkshire village, a war-scarred restorer unearths a medieval painting and a summer of healing.
by J.L. Carr 1980
4.07
30k+ ratings
🌾 Pastoral Elegy🎖️ Shell-Shocked Veteran💬 Unspoken Love🏡 Outsider Finds Home🌿 Yorkshire Dales
This Land Is Our Land
by Ken Ilgunas • 2018
America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.
4.01
330
🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam🏡 Land Ownership🏞 Public Lands🥾 Walking🌍 Commons
This Land Is Our Land Summary
This Land Is Our Land 86%
America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.
by Ken Ilgunas 2018
4.01
330 ratings
🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam🏡 Land Ownership🏞 Public Lands🥾 Walking🌍 Commons
The Outermost House
by Henry Beston • 1928
A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.
4.07
4k+
🖋️ Nature Writing🌊 Coastal Ecology🍂 Seasonal Observation🏠 Solitude And Nature🏖️ Cape Cod
The Outermost House Summary
The Outermost House 86%
A year on Cape Cod's outermost beach, tracking the ocean's rhythm and the birds' ancient passage.
by Henry Beston 1928
4.07
4k+ ratings
🖋️ Nature Writing🌊 Coastal Ecology🍂 Seasonal Observation🏠 Solitude And Nature🏖️ Cape Cod
Home Grown
by Ben Hewitt • 2014
Two brothers learn to read by crafting bows and butchering hogs on their family's Vermont farm.
3.95
2k+
🧩 Unschooling🌿 Nature Connection🐢 Slow Parenting🏡 Homesteading🔨 Meaningful Work
Home Grown Summary
Home Grown 86%
Two brothers learn to read by crafting bows and butchering hogs on their family's Vermont farm.
by Ben Hewitt 2014
3.95
2k+ ratings
🧩 Unschooling🌿 Nature Connection🐢 Slow Parenting🏡 Homesteading🔨 Meaningful Work
The Earth Is Enough
by Harry Middleton • 1989
A boy broken by war heals in the Ozarks with his fly-fishing grandfather and great-uncle.
4.35
623
🎣 Fly Fishing Memoir🌿 Nature Memoir🏠 Found Family🌱 Healing Through Nature✍️ Lyrical Prose
The Earth Is Enough Summary
The Earth Is Enough 86%
A boy broken by war heals in the Ozarks with his fly-fishing grandfather and great-uncle.
by Harry Middleton 1989
4.35
623 ratings
🎣 Fly Fishing Memoir🌿 Nature Memoir🏠 Found Family🌱 Healing Through Nature✍️ Lyrical Prose
The God of the Garden
by Andrew Peterson • 2021
He told God he hated him. A silent monastery and an olive grove held the reply.
4.47
6k+
🍃 Nature Writing🙏 Spiritual Memoir🌲 Trees And Forests🌱 Gardening As Healing🕯️ Depression And Faith
The God of the Garden Summary
The God of the Garden 86%
He told God he hated him. A silent monastery and an olive grove held the reply.
by Andrew Peterson 2021
4.47
6k+ ratings
🍃 Nature Writing🙏 Spiritual Memoir🌲 Trees And Forests🌱 Gardening As Healing🕯️ Depression And Faith
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
by Adrian Shirk • 2022
Utopia is a practice, not a place. Three centuries of Americans building communities from scratch.
3.93
215
🗺️ Memoir Of Place🛖 Intentional Communities🗽 American Utopianism✌️ Countercultural History🧪 Social Experimentation
Heaven Is a Place on Earth Summary
Heaven Is a Place on Earth 86%
Utopia is a practice, not a place. Three centuries of Americans building communities from scratch.
by Adrian Shirk 2022
3.93
215 ratings
🗺️ Memoir Of Place🛖 Intentional Communities🗽 American Utopianism✌️ Countercultural History🧪 Social Experimentation
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
4.34
724
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert 86%
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012
4.34
724 ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton • 2011
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
3.87
446
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism⏳ Intergenerational🎨 Aesthetics
How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary
How to Think Seriously About the Planet 86%
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011
3.87
446 ratings
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism⏳ Intergenerational🎨 Aesthetics
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky • 2022
When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.
4.39
352
🖋️ Romantic Poetry📜 Verse Autobiography⛰️ Sublime Landscapes🧠 Memory And Restoration✨ Imagination Over Reason
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 86%
When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.
by Stephen Chbosky 2022
4.39
352 ratings
🖋️ Romantic Poetry📜 Verse Autobiography⛰️ Sublime Landscapes🧠 Memory And Restoration✨ Imagination Over Reason
The Art of Stillness
by Pico Iyer • 2014
Phone calls cost 25 minutes and happen every 11. The cure: staying still.
3.73
9k+
🧘 Contemplative Living📵 Digital Disconnection🧠 Attention Restoration🚶 Solitude Practices✨ Secular Spirituality
The Art of Stillness Summary
The Art of Stillness 86%
Phone calls cost 25 minutes and happen every 11. The cure: staying still.
by Pico Iyer 2014
3.73
9k+ ratings
🧘 Contemplative Living📵 Digital Disconnection🧠 Attention Restoration🚶 Solitude Practices✨ Secular Spirituality
The Secret School Of Wisdom - The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati
by Josef Wages • 2015
What if working six weeks a year was enough? A two-year experiment in deliberate poverty.
4.12
52
🌿 Transcendentalism🏡 Simple Living🌲 Nature Writing✊ Civil Disobedience🧘 Solitude
The Secret School Of Wisdom - The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati Summary
The Secret School Of Wisdom - The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati 86%
What if working six weeks a year was enough? A two-year experiment in deliberate poverty.
by Josef Wages 2015
4.12
52 ratings
🌿 Transcendentalism🏡 Simple Living🌲 Nature Writing✊ Civil Disobedience🧘 Solitude
The Living Stones
by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957
A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.
3.99
167
⛵ Coastal Memoir🖌️ Artist Memoir🌿 Animist Nature Writing🕯️ Pagan Survivals🎨 Creative Solitude
The Living Stones Summary
The Living Stones 86%
A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.
by Ithell Colquhoun 1957
3.99
167 ratings
⛵ Coastal Memoir🖌️ Artist Memoir🌿 Animist Nature Writing🕯️ Pagan Survivals🎨 Creative Solitude
Walking With Plato
by Gary Hayden • 2016
One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.
3.64
320
🥾 Long-Distance Walking🧭 Philosophical Travel🇬🇧 British Travelogue🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy🌿 Nature As Therapy
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato 86%
One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.
by Gary Hayden 2016
3.64
320 ratings
🥾 Long-Distance Walking🧭 Philosophical Travel🇬🇧 British Travelogue🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy🌿 Nature As Therapy
The Practice of the Wild
by Gary Snyder • 1990
The rules for real freedom are written in forests, watersheds, and the food chain.
4.19
3k+
🏔️ Deep Ecology✍️ Nature Writing🗺️ Bioregionalism🪷 Zen Buddhism🌿 Sacred Ecology
The Practice of the Wild Summary
The Practice of the Wild 86%
The rules for real freedom are written in forests, watersheds, and the food chain.
by Gary Snyder 1990
4.19
3k+ ratings
🏔️ Deep Ecology✍️ Nature Writing🗺️ Bioregionalism🪷 Zen Buddhism🌿 Sacred Ecology
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience"
by Henry David Thoreau • 1849
The modern noise machine drowns out life. Two years in a one-room cabin taught him why.
3.93
39k+
🌿 Transcendentalism🏡 Simple Living🌲 Nature Writing✊ Civil Disobedience🛠️ Self-Reliance
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience" Summary
Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience" 86%
The modern noise machine drowns out life. Two years in a one-room cabin taught him why.
by Henry David Thoreau 1849
3.93
39k+ ratings
🌿 Transcendentalism🏡 Simple Living🌲 Nature Writing✊ Civil Disobedience🛠️ Self-Reliance
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
by Annie Dillard • 1974
A year beside one creek reveals a world where grace and violence are the same water.
4.08
30k+
🍃 Nature Writing👁️ Ways Of Seeing🌿 American Transcendentalism⛪ Natural Theology🧘 Meditative Essay
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Summary
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 86%
A year beside one creek reveals a world where grace and violence are the same water.
by Annie Dillard 1974
4.08
30k+ ratings
🍃 Nature Writing👁️ Ways Of Seeing🌿 American Transcendentalism⛪ Natural Theology🧘 Meditative Essay
Scouting the Divine
by Margaret Feinberg • 2009
Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.
4.22
912
🐑 Spiritual Memoir🌾 Faith And Farming🤲 Experiential Faith👁️ Sensory Spirituality✨ Everyday Sacred
Scouting the Divine Summary
Scouting the Divine 86%
Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.
by Margaret Feinberg 2009
4.22
912 ratings
🐑 Spiritual Memoir🌾 Faith And Farming🤲 Experiential Faith👁️ Sensory Spirituality✨ Everyday Sacred
Lessons from a Sheep Dog
by W. Phillip Keller • 1982
A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.
4.39
1k+
🕊️ Christian Devotional🐕 Animal Memoir🐾 Rescued Dog📖 Spiritual Allegory🐑 Shepherd And Sheepdog
Lessons from a Sheep Dog Summary
Lessons from a Sheep Dog 86%
A rescued sheepdog refuses every kindness until she approaches the man who set her free.
by W. Phillip Keller 1982
4.39
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Christian Devotional🐕 Animal Memoir🐾 Rescued Dog📖 Spiritual Allegory🐑 Shepherd And Sheepdog
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George • 1959
Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.
4.10
86k+
🏕️ Wilderness Survival🦅 Falconry🏃 Runaway Adventure🌲 Treehouse Living⛰️ Mountain Living
My Side of the Mountain Summary
My Side of the Mountain 86%
Armed with a penknife, a boy runs away to live alone on a forgotten mountain farm.
by Jean Craighead George 1959
4.10
86k+ ratings
🏕️ Wilderness Survival🦅 Falconry🏃 Runaway Adventure🌲 Treehouse Living⛰️ Mountain Living
The Sunset Route
by Carrot Quinn • 2021
A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.
4.16
2k+
🚂 Freight Train Culture🏡 Off-Grid Living🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles💔 Childhood Trauma👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness
The Sunset Route Summary
The Sunset Route 86%
A young woman rides freight trains west to escape a broken past, searching for a new kind of family.
by Carrot Quinn 2021
4.16
2k+ ratings
🚂 Freight Train Culture🏡 Off-Grid Living🎒 Nomadic Lifestyles💔 Childhood Trauma👩‍👧 Maternal Mental Illness
The Wisdom of Wilderness
by Gerald G. May • 2006
Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.
4.18
344
🏔️ Nature Spirituality🧘 Contemplative Spirituality🌿 Ecopsychology🏕️ Wilderness Memoir💚 Healing Through Nature
The Wisdom of Wilderness Summary
The Wisdom of Wilderness 86%
Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.
by Gerald G. May 2006
4.18
344 ratings
🏔️ Nature Spirituality🧘 Contemplative Spirituality🌿 Ecopsychology🏕️ Wilderness Memoir💚 Healing Through Nature
Trespassing Across America
by Ken Ilgunas • 2016
He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.
3.82
2k+
🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry✊ Environmental Activism🚶 Walking Journeys🤔 Existential Travel🌾 Rural America
Trespassing Across America Summary
Trespassing Across America 86%
He walked the Keystone XL pipeline illegally. The land and its people changed him.
by Ken Ilgunas 2016
3.82
2k+ ratings
🛢️ Fossil Fuel Industry✊ Environmental Activism🚶 Walking Journeys🤔 Existential Travel🌾 Rural America
Back to Basics
by Abigail R. Gehring • 2007
Build a home, grow your food, power it yourself: illustrated encyclopedia of self-sufficient living.
4.20
2k+
🏡 Homesteading Skills🌱 Self-Sufficiency🌄 Back To The Land🔋 Off-Grid Living🔨 Hand-Built Homes
Back to Basics Summary
Back to Basics 86%
Build a home, grow your food, power it yourself: illustrated encyclopedia of self-sufficient living.
by Abigail R. Gehring 2007
4.20
2k+ ratings
🏡 Homesteading Skills🌱 Self-Sufficiency🌄 Back To The Land🔋 Off-Grid Living🔨 Hand-Built Homes
How to Do Nothing
by Jenny Odell • 2019
Your attention is being mined. The most radical response: do nothing.
3.65
57k+
💸 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox✊ Quiet Resistance🌎 Bioregionalism💻 Tech Critique
How to Do Nothing Summary
How to Do Nothing 86%
Your attention is being mined. The most radical response: do nothing.
by Jenny Odell 2019
3.65
57k+ ratings
💸 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox✊ Quiet Resistance🌎 Bioregionalism💻 Tech Critique
Happier Than A Billionaire
by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011
What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.
3.89
2k+
🧳 Expat Memoirs🌎 Cultural Immersion⏬ Downshifting✈️ Starting Over Abroad🦋 Midlife Reinvention
Happier Than A Billionaire Summary
Happier Than A Billionaire 86%
What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.
by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011
3.89
2k+ ratings
🧳 Expat Memoirs🌎 Cultural Immersion⏬ Downshifting✈️ Starting Over Abroad🦋 Midlife Reinvention
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks • 2020
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
4.42
8k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health📖 Agrarian Memoir🍽️ Food Systems Critique
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song 86%
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
by James Rebanks 2020
4.42
8k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health📖 Agrarian Memoir🍽️ Food Systems Critique
Watership Down
by Richard Adams • 1972
His brother foresees doom, so one rabbit leads their band across country to a new home.
4.09
508k+
🐇 Animal Fantasy🦊 Xenofiction💛 Found Family🏠 Building A New Home🔮 Prophetic Visions
Watership Down Summary
Watership Down 86%
His brother foresees doom, so one rabbit leads their band across country to a new home.
by Richard Adams 1972
4.09
508k+ ratings
🐇 Animal Fantasy🦊 Xenofiction💛 Found Family🏠 Building A New Home🔮 Prophetic Visions
Four Elements
by John O'Donohue • 2010
Four elements, one modern forgetting: a poet restores the conversation between landscape and soul.
4.25
415
🕯️ Celtic Spirituality🌍 The Four Elements🤫 Silence And Solitude🌿 Nature Mysticism✝️ Christian Mysticism
Four Elements Summary
Four Elements 86%
Four elements, one modern forgetting: a poet restores the conversation between landscape and soul.
by John O'Donohue 2010
4.25
415 ratings
🕯️ Celtic Spirituality🌍 The Four Elements🤫 Silence And Solitude🌿 Nature Mysticism✝️ Christian Mysticism
Folks, This Ain't Normal
by Joel Salatin • 2011
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
4.21
5k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration🗳️ Food Politics🐄 Pasture-Based Farming
Folks, This Ain't Normal Summary
Folks, This Ain't Normal 86%
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
by Joel Salatin 2011
4.21
5k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration🗳️ Food Politics🐄 Pasture-Based Farming
Solitude
by Michael Harris • 2017
Your phone checks you 150 times a day. Solitude is the lost art: reclaiming your attention.
3.66
2k+
💰 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox🎨 Solitude And Creativity🌲 Nature Therapy🪞 Self-Reflection
Solitude Summary
Solitude 86%
Your phone checks you 150 times a day. Solitude is the lost art: reclaiming your attention.
by Michael Harris 2017
3.66
2k+ ratings
💰 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox🎨 Solitude And Creativity🌲 Nature Therapy🪞 Self-Reflection
Voluntary Simplicity
by Duane Elgin • 1981
Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.
3.62
2k+
🌿 Voluntary Simplicity🛑 Anti-Consumerism🏘️ Intentional Communities📉 Limits To Growth🌲 Deep Ecology
Voluntary Simplicity Summary
Voluntary Simplicity 86%
Less stuff, more meaning: how to live a simpler, sustainable life while the world unravels.
by Duane Elgin 1981
3.62
2k+ ratings
🌿 Voluntary Simplicity🛑 Anti-Consumerism🏘️ Intentional Communities📉 Limits To Growth🌲 Deep Ecology
The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read
by Christopher Ash • 2019
Your pastor's well-being is your spiritual business. How to care for the one in the pulpit.
4.36
531
🐑 Pastoral Ministry⛪ Church Life🤝 Congregational Care💤 Clergy Burnout🕊️ Church Conflict
The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read Summary
The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read 86%
Your pastor's well-being is your spiritual business. How to care for the one in the pulpit.
by Christopher Ash 2019
4.36
531 ratings
🐑 Pastoral Ministry⛪ Church Life🤝 Congregational Care💤 Clergy Burnout🕊️ Church Conflict
Silence
by Erling Kagge • 2016
The rarest resource in a hyperconnected world is the one sound we keep drowning out.
3.76
14k+
🧘 Contemplative Living🤫 Inner Silence🏛️ Modern Stoicism👁️ Attention And Presence📱 Digital Distraction
Silence Summary
Silence 86%
The rarest resource in a hyperconnected world is the one sound we keep drowning out.
by Erling Kagge 2016
3.76
14k+ ratings
🧘 Contemplative Living🤫 Inner Silence🏛️ Modern Stoicism👁️ Attention And Presence📱 Digital Distraction
The Comfort of Crows
by Margaret Renkl • 2023
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
4.16
15k+
🏡 Backyard Naturalism📅 Seasonal Nature Writing👁️ Attention As Practice🌱 Rewilding💚 Ecological Grief
The Comfort of Crows Summary
The Comfort of Crows 86%
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
by Margaret Renkl 2023
4.16
15k+ ratings
🏡 Backyard Naturalism📅 Seasonal Nature Writing👁️ Attention As Practice🌱 Rewilding💚 Ecological Grief
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