Clean House Clean Planet86 reviews
Karen Logan

Pocket, 1997

Clean House is a great tool

+ A great book for green cleaning
+ Great idea
+ Easy and Cheap Cleaning Ideas!
  
  











  



  
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto354 reviews
Michael Pollan

Penguin Press HC, The, 2008

If you care about what you eat and how you feel...

+ Refreshing Point of View
+ Intelligent, Radical, Timely

Books, manuals, health guides, nutrition, DIET!!!!....what to eat!!! Putting all of the above mentioned aside, this is a timely, essential guide to electing proper choices in our health and well being, not to mention our planet. There is so much misinformation, trend diognostics, nutritional ...
  
  











  



  
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements16 reviews
Sandor Ellix Katz

Chelsea Green, 2006

Eye opening and excellent healing book

+ One of the most delicious books about food activism I've ever read!
+ Great book.
+ A great book looking for a better title
+ The Revolution will not be Microwaved
  
  











  



  
Living Simply with Children: A Voluntary Simplicity Guide for Moms, Dads, and Kids Who Want to Reclaim the ...11 reviews
Marie Sherlock

Three Rivers Press, 2003

Good, but flawed

+ Inspiring, fast read
+ Wonderful Simplicity

This is a guidebook for families who want to live a more simple life and reject the culture's mainstream values of consumerism and competition. There's a wealth of information in here on family games and activities, how to talk to and listen to your children, help them discover their values, seek ...
  
  











  



  
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods89 reviews
Sandor Ellix Katz

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2003

A Great Read, Adventurous Fermentation Ideas

+ Awesome book explaining so much about healthy living foods
+ A Wonderful Book
+ WONDERFUL!
+ Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
  
  











  



  
American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza67 reviews
Peter Reinhart

Ten Speed Press, 2003

American Pie

+ American Pie is an inspiration
+ Top Doughg!

I am enjoying this book. I don't get to read anything in one shot these days so I really like to catch the story like a weekly show and without the associated noise. A bonus is a few new ideas for my personal persuit of making excellent home pizzas.
  
  











  



  
Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam37 reviews
Michel Onfray

Arcade Publishing, 2008

Joy in the present

+ Good book in this genre
+ very interesting perspective

Has Michel Onfray, the author of "Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam," convinced me to become an atheist? The answer is no. But then, conversion is not his immediate intent. Michel Onfray is not a preacher, not one of those Bible forwarding evangelists on ...
  
  











  



  
Fast Food Nation1443 reviews
Eric Schlosser

Harper Perennial, 2005

Fast Food Nation

+ Required reading for Americans
+ Make this required reading in high school
+ Bias but informative.
+ some interesting background info
  
  











  



  
Queen Jane's Version, The Holy Bible for Adults Only3 reviews
Douglas A. Rankin

Dallas Emporia Pr, 1998

The Christian Bible . the Naked Truth

+ This book is great

This Version of the Bible is a must read for all. It reveals the true nature of religion and it's true purpose. By cutting to the hard core psychological base of human mind control. With thousands of years of refined propaganda technology in it's box of mental tricks, religion is opened like a ...
  
  











  



  
Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism225 reviews
David Mills

Ulysses Press, 2006

This Book Changed My Life!

+ First class compendium
+ Alternative to other reads
+ Thought-provoking rebuttal of Christian fundamentalism
  
  











  



  
Living Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability24 reviews
Greg Horn

Freedom Publishing Company (IL), 2006

A great guide to green living

+ Great guide for living green
+ guide

As the owner and operator of a green house/window cleaning company in San Francisco, I have read a myriad of books on the subject of green living, and I have to say that this is one of my favorites. It has served as a guide for helping me to further make my life environmentally friendly. It's ...
  
  











  



  
The God Delusion1527 reviews
Richard Dawkins

Mariner Books, 2008

Exceptional

+ Brilliant
+ exceptional book

Raised in a strict religious family and being on the tilt...I was unsure of whether or not to dive into this material. Only out of fear of finding out everything I was raised to know would come crumbling at my feet. Dawkins' book presents material in a clear logical format that is both humble and ...
  
  











  



  
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community22 reviews
Heather Coburn Flores

Chelsea Green, 2006

Food not lawns

+ Food in your own yard

Great ideas. It would be nice if everyone who had a little patch of lawn would convert it to garden. It is a lot of work to care for either a lawn or a garden but the dividends of the garden are better than the looks of a lawn.
  
  











  



  
Real Food: What to Eat and Why94 reviews
Nina Planck

Bloomsbury USA, 2007

Who Knew!?

+ Real Food-What to Eat & Why by Nina Planck
+ If you only read one book about food and nutrition, read this book!

Nina's book is very informative and interesting. I didn't want to put it down. It really shatters all of the popular dieting advice of present day America. I was intrigued from beginning to end & have already begun making changes to my purchasing and eating habits. The book gives great ...
  
  











  



  
Atheist Preacher: How to be Spiritual without a God concept: What Conservatives and Liberals wish each other ...
Mike Wolfe

BookSurge Publishing, 2005

Spiritual atheism is achieved mything one's own life, while avoiding the encumbrances of incongruent theism. Faith-transitioning from conservative Christian to spiritual atheist is modeled pillar by pillar, platform by platform. This insider whistle-blows on the deception of the ages! The interrelation of our psychological-spiritual dimensions is astutely demonstrated.
  
  











  



  
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats420 reviews
Sally Fallon

NewTrends Publishing, 1999

Helpful to a vegetarian if you're willing to look outside yourself!!

+ life changing
+ Back to Health
+ Best Cookbook I Own
  
  











  



  
The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book: A Guide to Whole-Grain Breadmaking56 reviews
Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, ...

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003

Awesome book!

+ Great book for learning to make bread
+ Bread

Just got a bread maker and this is the perfect book! Most of it is the fundamentals of bread making in the whole grain world. If found that very helpful. Great section on bread makers! Suggestion to buy Zoj machine is a good one. I've baked the "Basic Whole Wheat Bread" on page 434 several ...
  
  











  



  
Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich (Revised edition)36 reviews
Duane Elgin

Quill (William Morrow), 1998

Some great insights from several years ago, better living through better living

+ The "Dolce Vita" explained

Elgin, the author of Voluntary Simplicity, however, is bringing up his Now observation to point out that we can't even get to voluntary if we get strangled by a mind all bound up in phantasms of the past or the future. That's an interesting argument, and I wonder how it might apply to the freedom ...
  
  











  



  
Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection16 reviews
Jessica Prentice

Chelsea Green, 2006

The spiritually intelligent nutrient dense book

+ Intriguing & Intuitive
+ Fantastic, delicious, informative book
+ Perfect Blend of Science and Lore. Amazing Read!
+ I love this book on so many levels.
  
  











  



  
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally20 reviews
Alisa Smith, J.B. Mackinnon

Harmony, 2007

Wonderful love story

+ Great idea, interesting story of a couple and living locally
+ When you would kill for some wheat flour!
+ Best Memoir I've Read