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April 03, 2010

Book cover of How to Grow Practically Everything by Zia Allaway and Lia Leendertz

How to Grow Practically Everything
by Zia Allaway and Lia Leendertz

Packed with hundreds of gardening projects, from planting herbs in pots to creating a vegetable garden to feed the family, this book gives complete beginners the confidence and know-how to grow almost anything. Each project is a complete package, with step-by-step photographic details and spectacular end shots to ensure great results.

Bookcover for I Can't Believe it's not Fattening! Over 150 Ridiculously Easy Recipes for the Super Busy by Devin Alexander

I Can't Believe it's not Fattening!
Over 150 Ridiculously Easy Recipes for the Super Busy
by Devin Alexander

This cookbook is loaded with simple, super easy-to-follow recipes for delectable dishes such as Unbelievable Easy Chicken Parmesan, Carmelized Apple Butter-Topped Pork Chops, Bacon Cheeseburger, and even a Peppermint Brown "Pizza," you can now whip up fantastic, slimming meals in the time it would take to go through the drive-thru.

Bookcover of Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money by Dolly Freed

Possum Living:
How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money
by Dolly Freed

In the 1970s Dolly Freed lived of the land dirt cheap and plum easy. Living in their own house on a half-acre lot outside of Philadelphia for almost five years, Dolly and her father produced their own food and drink and spent roughly $700 each per year. Whether you agree or disagree with some of the author's ideas in this book, this still is an interesting read.