I receive book recommendations from readers on a regular basis, and come across others in other material or at bookstores. I provide the links here so you can review other readers' comments; you may find the books in your local library or in used bookstores.

As a writer, I try to buy a number of new books each year as a way of supporting my fellow scribblers.

You might enjoy scanning the entire list of worthy titles:

Free classic ebook on government creation/support of the pharmaceutical cartel, recommended by Ken R.: The Drug Story

Ayurvedic Nutrition

Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction

Tobacco Culture: The Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters on the Eve of Revolution.

Gaia's Garden, Second Edition: A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture

Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change

The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization

Working Together: Collective Action, the Commons, and Multiple Methods in Practice

Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines

The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention

The EFT Manual (EFT: Emotional Freedom Techniques)

Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture

13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown

Tom Brown's Guide to City and Suburban Survival

Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err is Human

Chances Are: Adventures in Probability

After the Crash: Designing a Depression-free Economy (Mason Gaffney)

Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts

The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

The Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever the Political Life of the American Republic 1890-1920

How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine

The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World

Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture

Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)

God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World

Shameless self-promotion:

Survival+: Structuring Prosperity for Yourself and the Nation

Survival+ The Primer


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