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'Essential and enjoyable reading. The fascinating story of an important social experiment, told with humility, insight, and great humour.' --Chris Cleave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Other Hand and Guardian columnist
'Living with less need not be austere and miserable; rather it left Mark Boyle leaner, more skilled, and, ultimately, wiser. This is the greatest lesson of this inspirational book.' --Rob Hopkins, Author of The Transition Handbook and founder of the Transition Movement
It's difficult not to admire the philosophy and the infectious home-spun and passionate tone of this book.' --Benedict Allen, TV survivalist and author of the Faber Book of Exploration
'Living with less need not be austere and miserable; rather it left Mark Boyle leaner, more skilled, and, ultimately, wiser. This is the greatest lesson of this inspirational book.' --Rob Hopkins, Author of The Transition Handbook and founder of the Transition Movement
It's difficult not to admire the philosophy and the infectious home-spun and passionate tone of this book.' --Benedict Allen, TV survivalist and author of the Faber Book of Exploration
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Imagine living for an entire year without money. Former businessman Mark Boyle did just that and here is his extraordinary and compelling story. How do friends and family react? What do you eat? How do you wash? Mark Boyle finds out the hard way and explores the troubling consequences of our obsession with money. Encountering cuttlefish toothpaste, seasonal foods, paper made out of mushrooms, and compost toilets, Boyle puts the fun into frugality and reveals some indispensable tips for economical and environmentally friendly living. Heart-warming and witty, The Moneyless Man will inspire you to question what really matters in life.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great book. Sceptical at first but won over before the end of the first chapter! Definitely changed my perspective, quite astonishing story of his year and the challenges he faced. I don't feel I can live exactly moneyless but am in the process of making changes in my own life, which are very simple but make all the difference to the environment and people. I had no idea about many of the issues, eye opener. Very informative, well written. 5 stars!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just finished a fascinating story about an even more fascinating project. I found it really funny and moving and an insight into a creative way of dealing with some of the problems we now face as a society. Not sure I agree with all of the arguments, but it's given me a lot to think about. I enjoy reading about different philosophies and ways of looking at the world and this book gave me both.
I am very impressed and this is the best book I have read since Tom Hodgkinson's "How to be free".
I am very impressed and this is the best book I have read since Tom Hodgkinson's "How to be free".
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I had high hopes for this book but came away feeling jaded and a little cynical of the author's true motives.
Mark raises some great points about our capacity in the west to over consume and live unsustainably, but I get the feeling he's already preaching to the converted. The vast majority of people who read this book, like myself, have already come to the realisation long ago - probably way before the author did - that over consumption is directly correlated to money and the destruction of planet earth.
There's way too much of: "my well connected friend" this... and "my well connected friend" that... to not smack of a year long publicity stunt to achieve the aim of notoriety and thus potentially lucrative writing deals. Not to mention the flagrant contradictions that seem to crop up. For instance, supposedly giving up oil, yet hitch hiking to Ireland for christmas, and not feeling compelled to use local honey from a beekeeper, if the beekeeper gives sugar to his bees, because the inherent CO2 production wrapped up in sugar production (plus stealing/"foraging" honey from bees wouldn't be very vegan), yet happily using nepalese soap nuts for his washing "foraged from a local eco store that had gone out of business" (probably because everyone was "foraging" waste from its bins after closing)
I liked the concept of this book and I'm all for the environmental message and the re-building of communities through trust, but I just felt that, here was a man blagging his way through a year, who, although not spending money directly, relied heavily on someone else having to.
If the author really stayed true to his principles, that's if he had any to begin with, this book should never have been published, due to it's CO2 impact and use of oil in printing inks and the plastic of the matt laminate cover.
Mark raises some great points about our capacity in the west to over consume and live unsustainably, but I get the feeling he's already preaching to the converted. The vast majority of people who read this book, like myself, have already come to the realisation long ago - probably way before the author did - that over consumption is directly correlated to money and the destruction of planet earth.
There's way too much of: "my well connected friend" this... and "my well connected friend" that... to not smack of a year long publicity stunt to achieve the aim of notoriety and thus potentially lucrative writing deals. Not to mention the flagrant contradictions that seem to crop up. For instance, supposedly giving up oil, yet hitch hiking to Ireland for christmas, and not feeling compelled to use local honey from a beekeeper, if the beekeeper gives sugar to his bees, because the inherent CO2 production wrapped up in sugar production (plus stealing/"foraging" honey from bees wouldn't be very vegan), yet happily using nepalese soap nuts for his washing "foraged from a local eco store that had gone out of business" (probably because everyone was "foraging" waste from its bins after closing)
I liked the concept of this book and I'm all for the environmental message and the re-building of communities through trust, but I just felt that, here was a man blagging his way through a year, who, although not spending money directly, relied heavily on someone else having to.
If the author really stayed true to his principles, that's if he had any to begin with, this book should never have been published, due to it's CO2 impact and use of oil in printing inks and the plastic of the matt laminate cover.
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A must reading
An absolute must reading. Mark Boyle describes very detailed his year of freeconomic living. Almost every question that arose in my head while reading the book was answered in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nicole Vlachogianni
Start a revolution within
This book has helped start a revolution within myself. It's refreshing to hear a perspective that normally would be immediately blocked out as impractical to even consider. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Chris Pratt
Wish i could have my money back
I can understand that the premise was intended as a genuine look at moneyless living though i can't say i ever got that far to see if it was a success. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kit
Very good
Very informative account of how to live without money for an entire year!! Do not think I will take up the compost toilet but some great ideas should I fall on hard times......
Published 1 month ago by Matilda
A man to respect...
What a thought provoking journey. Mark believes that it is our use of money and our greed that is the real cause of damage to the earth so he sets out to live without it for a year... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ms. R. T. Mountney
Great Book!
I really liked this book. At first when i bought it i was looking to learn from the experience of Mark Boyle (the author), how he did it, how he survived, how was it possible... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Nuno Silva
Ha Ha Ha Ha !
This one made me howl with laughter, there's a big fat green fairy story, holier than thou statement on every page, it appears he really believes all the green propaganda, this is... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Richard
A really interesting and inspiring book
I really loved this book and found it very inspiring. It is also a genuinely good read. You really feel you can follow his story as he tells you about how he faces the different... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kirsty Reid
An inspirational book!
I've often been called an 'advertiser's dream' in that as soon as I see something advertised, I add it to my shopping list without a second thought. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jessica Harris
I didn't expect it to be so funny!
This book isn't one of those dry uninteresting 'books with a message' full of self righteous prose, it's down to earth, really funny and a real page turner. Read more
Published 9 months ago by D Hamilton
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