About this title: Following on the heels of St. James's bestselling books, "Simplify Your Life" and "Inner Simplicity, Living the Simple Life" fuses both sides of her liberating philosphy into a powerful synergy of thought-provoking methods for leading a life of well-being and inner peace through simplicity. 19 photos.
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Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. TPB, Great reading condition, edge wear, spine crease, dog-eared, pages clean to read. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780786882427ISBN:0786882425
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Glued binding. 350 p. Illustrations. Audience: General. First paperback edition like new except very, very tiny crease front cover lower right corner outer edge and small oval stain on right edge of dust page. "Practical support for living in mindfulness, " Minneapolis Star Tribune. "A pinch of Heloise and a dash of Buddha, " Publishers Weekly. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780786882427ISBN:0786882425
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Stated First Paperback Edition. Clean and intact. Minimal marks and one corner crease. Light shelf wear to cover. In stock. Same/next business day shipping. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
""Living the Simple Life" is an expansion on "Simplify Your Life", written 2 years earlier. Compared to that book, which reads like a laundry list of tips on cutting down on laundry, this one is more reflective. It has fewer bite-sized "tips", and more thoughtful, open-ended suggestions. I found its tone still gratingly 'yuppy' in places (e.g., "i can't help having an emotional attachment to my BMW"), still 'Martha Stewarty' in others (e.g., yet more discussion of linens) but these were less frequent than before.
"Living the Simple Life" appears to be aimed at those who simply are over-burdened and want off the rat-wheel to have more time for families and hobbies. This is fine insofar as it goes, but I'd have given 4 stars if there had been any mention of the simple life as a route back to a life of community, how the simplicity movement relates to a larger yearning for a healthy society. Many see the simplification movement as vital to maintaining a healthy human presence on the planet, since our atomized, resource-gobbling, materialistic society is transforming into a less livable place in many ways. Lowering our consumption and getting in touch with each other and our roots seem like a natural, healthy response. However this connection either simply did not occur to the author, or it was edited out. There was a brief passage on having time to volunteer, but the other 340 pages were about personal goal-setting, time management, motivation, self-assertion, and other mechanics of simplifying. Personally I think not mentioning the larger implications of the act of simplification, i.e., beyond one's personal gain, made the book a bit shallow, although it's still much better than its predecessor."
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