Summary: A compilation of essays on claiming control of your life, whether it's reducing clutter in your home or learning to say "no" without guilt. The authors share the fulfillment that comes from focusing on what matters most in your life-- your family, your friends, and even your self.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 CHIPoulsen, Zoey Arielle
Summary: Minimalism guide: Zoey Arielle Poulsen's The Joy of Minimalism is the friendly guide you've been searching for as you embark on a life of simplicity. Life can stress anyone out. So, by embracing minimalism, you'll be saying goodbye to stress and everything that you never needed anyway. Discover a greater focus and true freedom as you live your new life with a real sense of gratitude for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648 POULounsbury, Rose
Summary: In Less, Rose Lounsbury, a minimalism coach and still-sane mother of triplets, takes a practical, hands-on approach to decluttering your home and simplifying your life. Based on her own life-changing experiment of "going minimalist," Rose provides a realistic guide to reducing your excess stuff and reclaiming your hard-earned free time. Less offers attainable steps that you can take to achieve...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Niche Pressworks 2017
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Summary: "We've all done it: looked around and thought, "How did I get so much stuff I don't really need?" In Make Space for Happiness, Tracy McCubbin addresses that burning question, and offers a solution. What she's found is that people who suffer from chronic clutter want, above all, to attract the feeling their "stuff" represents. In this exciting decluttering book with Gretchen Rubin appeal, Tracy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2022
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Summary: A happier, more serene life is just moments away. From your home to your finances, this straightforward guide teaches you how to scale back your possessions and commitments to just what you really need. With hundreds of ways to minimalize your life, you'll quickly uncover the joys and rewards of paring down. Helps you rediscover the simple moments that have been buried beneath the piles of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2014
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Summary: "Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life's most important things--which actually aren't things at all. At age 30, best friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus walked away from their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their material possessions, and started focusing on what's truly important. In their debut book, Joshua & Ryan,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Assymetrical Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil MillburnTurner, Jessica N.
Summary: At the end of each day, many working moms are exhausted and stretched too thin. But this does not have to be the norm! Turner shows working moms how to establish clear work boundaries that will help them discover more flexibility and develop home management solutions. By identifying your core values, you'll be able to re-invest in your marriage, your friendships, your family-- and develop a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 TURBarrette, Laurie
Summary: "Minimal: For Simple and Sustainable Living offers readers inspiration and tools to embrace simple living and create meaningful, lasting change in their lives. From advice on home decorating and decluttering, easy-to-follow recipes for making your own cosmetics and cleaning products, and tips for shopping sustainably, composting, and restoring old furniture, Minimal provides a host of small but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ambrosia 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 640.28 BARChayka, Kyle.
Summary: "Kyle Chayka is one of our sharpest cultural observers. After spending years covering minimalist trends for leading publications, he now delves beneath this lifestyle's glossy surface, seeking better ways to claim the time and space we crave. He shows that our longing for less goes back further than we realize. His search leads him to the philosophical and spiritual origins of minimalism, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.9 CHAEusanio, Emily
Summary: "Filled with tips for moms for easy yet powerful lifestyle changes. Emily's approach makes minimalism for moms stress-free and achievable, and helps to simplify parenting. Learn to declutter your mind and home on this fun journey to living and parenting with more purpose and joy, and less stress! Intentional living made simple and stress-free. A Simpler Motherhood reveals tangible ways for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 306.874 EUSMillburn, Joshua Fields
Summary: What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn't anymore. Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself. Then, he accidentally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Asymmetrical Press 2014
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Summary: Provides a new perspective and a fresh approach to overcoming clutter through practical application and inspirational stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Becoming Minimalist 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home BeckerMerrill, Paola
Summary: "Romanticize your life anywhere. The Cottage Fairy Companion helps readers open their eyes to the everyday magic right in front of them. It gives a new perspective by revealing the lessons nature teaches about finding beauty through the good times and the bad. Everyone from--city-dwellers to country bobkins--can find delight in this book. It shows that you do not need a cottage in the rustic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yellow Pear Press 2022
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Summary: "A collection of essays that focuses on the journey from frantic and tired to connected and free and encourages readers to experience the unconditional love of God in a way that sets them free from the pressure to perform and to maintain an image of perfection"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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Summary: A collection of essays that focuses on the most important transformation in Niequist's life: leaving behind busyness and frantic living and rediscovering the person you were made to be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2016
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Summary: Outlines an approach to high-performance problem solving and decision making that draws on insights from survival guides, pop culture, and other sources.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 SULBecker, Joshua
Summary: "Discover how to overcome eight common distractions to build a meaningful, no-regrets life in this practical guide from the bestselling author of The More of Less and The Minimalist Home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261 BECMorrow, Emily
Summary: "Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star Really Very Crunchy. Are you tired of being bombarded by toxins at every turn? Do you want a more natural, "crunchy" approach to the world (with or without the beige aesthetic)? Well, grab your kombucha and join Emily Morrow on a journey to a more wholesome existence with Really Very Crunchy: A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Books 2024
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Summary: "Centuries ago, the principle of Ockham's razor changed our world by showing simpler answers to be preferable and more often true. In Life Is Simple, scientist Johnjoe McFadden traces centuries of discoveries, taking us from a geocentric cosmos to quantummechanics and DNA, arguing that simplicity has revealed profound answers to the greatest mysteries. This is no coincidence. From the laws that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 MCFPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: "Forget the aesthetics of mainstream minimalism and discover a life of authenticity and intention with this practical guide to living with less...your way"-- When Platt set out on her journey to live with less, she just wanted to tame the chaos in her closet. After struggling with the austerity and whiteness of mainstream minimalism, she realized why minimalism often seems unattainable for so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.9 PLABan Breathnach, Sarah.
Summary: Contains 366 inspirational essays--one for each day of the year--for women who want to live a simpler, more spiritual life, touching on a wide variety of topics including decorating, money, gardening, eating, and self-acceptance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1995
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Summary: The author and his spouse spent 18 months in Amish country living without electricity and its dependent technologies. Here he recounts the experience, not only detailing the daily activities and frequent difficulties they found necessary to maintain existence without electricity, but also touting the benefits of such a life and exploring the culture of their adopted community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.483 BREElgin, Duane.
Contents: Cool lifestyle for a hot planet -- Pioneers of green living -- Living voluntarily -- Living simply -- The world at the tipping point -- Deep simplicity and the human journey -- Living in a green world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 179.9 ELGGilbert, Elizabeth
Summary: A cultural examination of the modern American male explores the meaning of manhood in all of its contradictions and challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002