A Good House: Building a Life on the Land5 reviews Richard Manning Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994 A good template for defining the good life + must read for build it yourselfers + Required reading for house building... + Thoughtful, honest and important + Honest, interesting, informative and entertaining             The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening5 reviews Gene Logsdon Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1997 More inspirational than practical + Good reading and inspirational + a bonanza of practical information + Hilarious, insightful, and brilliant             Walden and Civil Disobedience (Penguin American Library)12 reviews Henry David Thoreau Penguin Classics, 1983 He heard a different drummer- The sun is but a morning star + ¡Excelente, Excellent! + Book cover commercialization? + Amazon Purchases August 9, 2007 + Awful introduction             Meeting the Expectations of the Land: Essays in Sustainable Agriculture and Stewardship (Meeting the ...1 review Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry North Point Pr, 1985 Essays in sustainable agriculture and stewardship Although some of the facts and figures on soil loss, or balance of economics and energy use may be out of date, the premises that soil, watershed, aquifer, and community should be sustainable, remain valid. This book supports traditional farming, and, at times, has a heavy-handed attack on ...             The Fatal Harvest Reader4 reviews Island Press, 2002 Very convincing + A must read... When I received this book recently as a gift I was completely overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by the considerateness of the donor. Overwhelmed by the high quality of the production. Overwhelmed by the large number of "big names" who had contributed. Overwhelmed by the quality and meaningfulness of the ...             All Flesh Is Grass: Pleasures & Promises Of Pasture Farming6 reviews Gene Logsdon Swallow Press, 2004 This book will stir up your passion... + Excellent. Mind opening yet practical + interesting book + For any interested in American agriculture's history and directions             Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays8 reviews Wendell Berry Pantheon, 1994 One to read slowly and thoughtfully + A Paradigm Shifting Perspective + A Convicting Read + Clear and lucid thinking...how rare these days. + One of the best...             What Are People For?: Essays7 reviews Wendell Berry North Point Press, 1990 If Only More People Listened + Worthy Read + Remember the partridge + A good argument for a return to our roots + Should Be Read By All             Greening the Garden: A Guide to Sustainable Growing1 review Dan Jason New Society Pub, 1991 of a hand full that I highly recommend -this is one of them Greening the Garden was a very interesting book because it discussed the non main stream vegetables such as quinoa, amaranth, sunchokes, comfrey, dried beans, soybeans, fava beans, and others. It was a nice introduction to what I consider the lesser used, if not lesser known, vegetables. This ...             Becoming Native to This Place2 reviews Wes Jackson Counterpoint, 1996 Alternative perspective on human interaction with the earth Very easy reading, short book. Wes Jackson describes a growing perspective that we need to interact symbiotically with the earth rather than considering the earth a "resource" at our disposal. He mixes philosophy with actual personal experiences to further illustrate the story. The fact that he ...             A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural1 review Wendell Berry Shoemaker & Hoard, 2003 More Profound Insight from Berry In this small but important book (which describes most of Berry's collections), the great Jeffersonian essaysist takes on modernity and asks fundamental questions about the way we treat our land. Strip mining, reading and nature poetry are some of the subjects covered in this short collection. The ...             The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture17 reviews Wendell Berry Sierra Club Books, 2004 Discovering a buried treasure + One of the greatest books I have ever read. + prophetic + As Usual, Wonderful Writing of Real Truth             The Gift of Good Land: Further Essays Cultural & Agricultural7 reviews Wendell Berry North Point Press, 1982 Diverse, easy to read and easy to like. + Essays that make you think + Wonderful thought provoking collection of essays The Gift of Good Land is a collection of 24 essays that were originally written for magazines. The original venue means that the essays are quite readable in terms of sentence length and punctuation. These essays cover a wide range of topics. The glue that holds these essays together is Wendell ...             New Roots for Agriculture (New Edition) (Farming and Ranching)1 review Wes Jackson University of Nebraska Press, 1980 An Inspiring Vision In his classic simple language Jackson describes the costs of our current way of doing agriculture. He focuses on soil loss with emphasizing the fact that our dependence has gone from "soil to oil" for energy and fertilizer. This book outlines Jackson's idea for a perennial, herbaceous, ...             Recollected Essays1 review Wendell Berry North Point Press, 1983 Mixed Berry sampler. "I am afoot in the woods," Wendell Berry writes in one of the eleven essays included in this 1981 collection. "I am alive in the world, this moment, without the help or the interference of any machine" (p. 247). Berry is a novelist, poet, essayist, and Kentucky farmer. This 340-page book ...             Citizenship Papers: Essays4 reviews Wendell Berry Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004 Read it with an open heart and consider ways we must change + Rethinking America's Values and Priorities + Re-connect This man is wise and we need to listen to him. Even more, we need to think hard about what actions we can take to address the concerns raised here. For most of us, our actions will necessarily be considered "radical", for most of us have strayed far from living with a consideration for the health ...             Altars of Unhewn Stone: Science and the Earth1 review Wes Jackson North Point Pr, 1987 Agricultural Agonistes Wes Jackson has undertaken one of the most profound efforts of our time: to save us from ourselves. Altars of Unhewn Stone consists of a series of reasoned essays about the dangers of our slide as a nation into corporate agricultural system in which we are losing touch with the natural order and ...             Home Economics4 reviews Wendell Berry North Point Press, 1987 An Important Book by an Important Man + Brilliant essays + Still great! Mr. Berry, in engaging with the pressing issues and institutions of our day--from higher education to national security to gender relations to the perception of manual labor--introduces a new vocabulary for improving our country and our world. Instead of "progress" and "movement," Mr. Berry ...             Harlan Hubbard: Life and Work (Blazer Lectures)1 review Wendell Berry University Press of Kentucky, 1997 A Good Overview of Hubbard's Life and Work On my shelf I have several works by Wendell Berry. I'm a great admirer of both his poetry and his essays. So when I found this title in Lewisville, KY while I was on an extended boat journey down the Ohio River I didn't hesitate to buy it. The book is divided into eight short chapters and begins ...             The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays6 reviews Wendell Berry Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005 Open your mind to Berry's ideas + An enthusiastically recommended, thought-provoking cross-examination of modern society. + A Plea for Humility Wow! I am blown away again by Wendell Berry's thoughts and way of seeing the world. His ideas should be shouted from the rooftops. First of all, his writing conveys the strength of friendship. He respects and honors his friend, Wes Jackson, throughout the book and especially in the essay "The ...