Living Car Free - Which books?

I'm a big reader, now that it's winter in the N.W. I do a ton of reading. I'm just curious what everyone is reading and how they get it.


What are you reading now?


How do you get your books?

Library
used book store
New book store
Amazon
Paperbackswap.com (http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php)

I just read _ The Land is Bright _ by Archie Binn. Written in the 40's about a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. He was a Seattle writer. I think OSU recently reprinted most of his work.

Don Berry was an Oregon author with a trilogy of loosely connected historical fiction set in NW Oregon's 1850s.

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl _ by Timothy Egan is a well written study of the the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl. This book really gets you into the lives of a small town in the heart of the dust bowl. One reason he wrote the book was he realized that the last survivors of the period were dying and there was little record beyond archived material.

Weirdly, Carol is reading the diary of Alexander Ross and I'm reading the biography of Robert Stuart; fur trade and explorer contemporaries in the 1810s in Astoria Fort Vancouver area.

I used to spend hours in Smith Bros. used books (lived in Florence for a year or so), Now it is Powells, or online at Abebooks and Alibris.

The worst hard time was a great book

The worst hard time was a great book

whats it about

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (http://www.amazon.com/Worst-Hard-Time-Survived-American/dp/0618773479/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197759450&sr=8-1)

I just finished reading See you in a Hundred Years. A book about a writer that lives like a family in the 19th century. I really liked the book. I get some books from a used bookstore nearby. Some from Amazon. And most from the Library I work at.

I just picked up a copy of "Dark Age Ahead" by Jane Jacobs. I got it at my local library and here's the Google version http://books.google.com/books?id=oiVdAAAACAAJ&dq=jane+jacobs
"n this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse. Jacobs pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of the learned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues, is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism, and the growing gulf between rich and poor. But this is a hopeful book as well as a warning. Drawing on her vast frame of reference–from fifteenth-century Chinese shipbuilding to Ireland’s cultural rebirth–Jacobs suggests how the cycles of decay can be arrested and our way of life renewed. Invigorating and accessible, Dark Age Ahead is not only the crowning achievement of Jane Jacobs’ career, but one of the most important works of our time."

A lot of peope who hang out here recommend books by
John Howard Kunstler
http://books.google.com/books?q=john+howard+kunstler&btnG=Search+Books
I would recommend "The Long Emergency"

or

Bill McKibben
http://books.google.com/books?q=Bill+McKibben&btnG=Search+Books
I would recommend "Deep Economy"

Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom (http://books.google.com/books?id=doJ_AQAACAAJ&dq=richistan&ei=rp1kR8GKH4uotAPclcypAw)

I just finished this one, was interesting enough. Sort of scary how rich people are.

This one is amazing ,One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (http://www.amazon.com/One-Mans-Wilderness-Alaskan-Odyssey/dp/0882405136/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197776527&sr=8-1). I've read it a few times. It's a great book for people who day dream about living off the land.

Domromer, there's a sticky at the top of LCF now called Winter Reading List. Probably should post this material there...

Thanks, I didn't notice that.

If a mod sees this thread could you please past it into the winter reading list.

I like This dude
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_baxter