"A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"-- Diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, Williams was suddenly reminded that life is short, time is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people and things she truly loved. That did not include mortgage payments, constant repairs, and general time-suck of home ownership. Deciding to build an eighty-four-square-foot...

"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...

A Walden for the 21st century, the true story of a man who has radically reinvented "the good life." In 2000, Daniel Suelo left his life savings-all thirty dollars of it-in a phone booth. He has lived without money-and with a newfound sense of freedom and security-ever since. The Man Who Quit Money is an account of how one man learned to live, sanely and happily, without earning, receiving, or spending a single cent. Suelo doesn't pay taxes, or accept...

"Unenthused by the prospect of a fluffy white gown and bored by the hoopla of traditional nuptials, Ariel Meadow Stallings chose the aisle less traveled for her wedding. In Offbeat Bride, Stallings recounts the hilarious highs and lows of her own wedding-planning process, along with advice from dozens of other nontraditional couples who also busted out of the wedding-industrial complex. Along the way, she provides insider tips for making the planning...