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The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself (Paperback) By Carla Emery $29.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition (Paperback) By Toby Hemenway $29.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Our Little Farm: Adventures in Sustainable Living (Hardcover) By Peter Wohlleben, Miriam Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst (Translator) $24.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (Hardcover) By Kris Bordessa $35.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The First-Time Homesteader: A complete beginner's guide to starting and loving your new homestead (Paperback) By Jessica Sowards $26.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden (Hardcover) By Alan Branhagen $45.00 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding! (Paperback) By Patricia Lanza $17.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Raising Goats Naturally, 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to Milk, Meat, and More (Paperback) By Deborah Niemann $29.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience (Paperback) By Toby Hemenway $24.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now
Your Edible Yard: Landscaping with Fruits and Vegetables (Paperback) By Crystal Stevens $34.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	Urban Homesteader: How to Create Sustainable Life in the City (Paperback) By Elly Blue, Raleigh Briggs, Ian Giesbrecht $29.95 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now	The Beginner's Guide to Backyard Homesteading: Step-by-Step Instructions for Raising Crops and Animals (Paperback) By Lisa Lombardo $18.99 Add to Wish List On Our Shelves Now

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Science Friday Book Club

Listeners to NPR's Science Friday may know that the program also has a monthly book club, with recommendations each month.

If you'd like to join the discussion of the books, you can visit their website here, and all books featured can also be directly ordered from the Book House!

November: The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez

December: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 edited by Carl Zimmer and Jaime Green

January: An Immense World by Ed Yong