How to Live on Nothing Author:Joan Ranson Shortney "This book is about...coming to see things as they are through your own eyes, instead of the hired eyes of some expert or other....training yourself to trust yourself, and trusting yourself to train yourself, until you're able to claim your right as a human to be competent with your own hands....living simply to establish familiarity with the de... more »tails of your world, with ordinary local mysteries and miracles such as the wiring system in your house, the fabric of the garments you wear, the truth of the food you eat, and the fuel you burn."« less