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Poll: Help Kate choose a sourdough book cover

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What goes into a good book review?

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worldofbooks com to buy second hand books

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Homesteading Books

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Christopher Alexander's Other Books

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Chelsea Green Publishing--Bought Out?

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Cookbooks with more than the basics

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'Farming while black' by Leah Penniman - anyone read it?

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Spon's Mechanic's own book

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The Orta Guide to Seed Starting: Free (short) ebook to jumpstart your seed starting this year!

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The Medicinal Herbs of Father Johannes Kunzle by Jolanta Wittiband and Judson Carroll

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From Possibilities to Reality: Save Your Small Town with these Uniquely Do-able Ideas, By Deb Brown

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April is Earth Month - get 12 copies of the better world book

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Loved Clothes Last by Orsola de Castro

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12 physical Better World books, plus ebook and audiobook - Change the World COMBO

$95.00

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Weslandia by Paul Fleischman

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I wrote a comprehensive "Regenerative Manual" (Vol 1 & 2) and released it on Archive org

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What's a book that fundamentally changed the way you thought about something/life?

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