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The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living Paperback – 1 Jun. 2010

by Mark Boyle (Author)

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Imagine a year without spending or even touching money. Former businessman Mark Boyle did just that and here is his extraordinary story. Going back to basics and following his own strict rules, Mark learned ingenious ways to eliminate his bills and discovered that good friends are all the riches you need. Encountering seasonal foods, solar panels, skill-swapping schemes, cuttlefish toothpaste, compost toilets and - the unthinkable - a cash-free Christmas, Boyle puts the fun into frugality and offers some great tips for economical (and environmentally friendly) living. A testament to Mark's astounding determination, this witty and heart-warming book will make you re-evaluate your relationship to your wallet.

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244 pages
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English
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Oneworld Publications
Publication date

1 Jun. 2010
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13.7 x 1.7 x 21.5 cm
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1851687548
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978-1851687541
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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

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AUTHOR'S PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITY TO SET UP THE FIRST REAL FREECONOMIC COMMUNITY

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oneworld Publications (1 Jun. 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1851687548
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1851687541
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.7 x 1.7 x 21.5 cm

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Mark Boyle lived completely without money for 3 years, and is the author of the bestselling book, The Moneyless Man, and The Moneyless Manifesto. He is a director of Streetbank.com, an online global sharing community, and the founder of 'The Free House', a smallholding and event space in Ireland that combines permaculture principles with gift-based values. His cash-free adventures have been featured in major media on several continents, inspiring thousands to commit to living better with less.

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J Richards

A must read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2022

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This is a great book and well worth a read by everyone.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2022

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A real inspiration, a fantastic diary of true commitment.

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Kirsty Reid

A really interesting and inspiring book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2011

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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 challenges and the ups and downs of the process. It is funny, it is entertaining, it is a 'human-interest' type story, it is very read-able and yet it is also saying something profound: that's quite a combination! I've given it to friends as a present and they like it too. It would make a great Christmas present for family or friends who are worried about the world and the direction we are heading in. It has the best description of money, where it comes from and how it works (or not) that I have ever read: finally I understood money. I also liked the fact that Mark Boyle doesn't preach - at all - in fact he spends a lot of the book insisting he's just an ordinary man. I think that's important because it makes you feel like you can relate to what he is doing and that you can also try, like him, to do your best to make changes that make a difference. I don't know that I can live totally without money but his book has helped (along with some other things) to inspire me and my partner to finally take the plunge and to make major changes - we've given up our jobs, are selling up, leaving the city and heading off to live a simpler and more self-sufficient life in the countryside. This book really helped me to be totally clear in my head about what I don't like about the world in which we live and what I'd like to see being different. He also says something really important about how one should have one's head, hands and soul/heart in alignment in life - that seems to me really crucial, it really spoke to me at any rate- so many of us are so alienated from what we do and how we live in this economic system. I'm hoping to be less alienated from my own life from now on. Less "work", less money, more time time to walk in the woods.

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Tony Mayes

Aren't I wonderful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 October 2022

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Not at all what I expected, its full of oh look at me, I am so wonderful self pity stories. The back of the book says witty but it's not at all, it's just a mony old bloke pretending life is so hard and trying to make us think he is a hero.
Very disappointed

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JJ

Another Way To View The World Around You

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2013

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One thing i must express before i write about this wonderful book is my surprise at the kinds of criticism towards it. It's one thing to be put off by the lifestyle that Boyle promotes in the book, but some of the views seem almost bitter, or dare i say it, tinged with a hint of jealousy that Boyle has recieved a little publicity as a freeconomist. One comment even suggested that this book should never have been printed in order that it keep with the beliefs of freeconomy. How else are we(the non freeconomists) supposed to learn about freeconomy if no one writes/blogs about it? Psychically? Some have also suggested that Boyle is preaching to the converted, but i think people have to remember that it's not just freeconomists or those with knowledge of freeconomy who are going to read it. I feel personally that Mark was probably NOT aiming at freeconomists, but that's just my opinion. I think he may have been aiming it at people like me, people who are tired of the money problem, yet have no knowledge of any other way. i really learned a lot from this book. In my opinion there are not enough books out there promoting this lifestyle. (and just imagine if every single person that cared about freeconomy, instead of finding fault with each other, supported each other and genuinly believed they were a team, a family; imagine what could be achieved!)

The Moneyless Man was a brilliant read. While of course i'm not certain, i imagine that most people in their lives have wondered "what if", what if you somehow found yourself faced with living in the outdoors with no money, no heat, no food. Would you have what it took to survive? It's a book that clearly affects people in different ways as can be seen in the positive and negative feedback. For myself, it made me recall all the teachings that my father gave me, about trees and how to identify them, about the various wild plants. It made me look at nature in a different way. If you were starving for food and had no access to any, it's nice to think that dandilions and nettles are, at the very least, a substitute. I think this would be an enjoyable, interesting book for many people, especially those who are tired of the ways of modern day civilisation.

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The Naked Fly Fisher

Great Perspective

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2021

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Really enjoyed the concept. What a journey and the personal physical and mental struggles that came with it. The rationale was clear. Felt the author grew into his challenge but began to overthink things a little, which became slightly irritable in it's own way. I felt at times it felt like lecturing. But take nothing away from it, a plausible achievement with a seemingly impossible challenge and his writing style quite easy to follow. He really documents his journey well.

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Petra

Better to read this before his other book ‘the way home’ life without technology

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2021

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Very interesting to see how living without money and surviving is possible. His theory and explanation about how money came into circulation and therefore, created dependency very fascinating. Worth reading for anyone who may want just to learn how they may utilise their money to better suit their needs rather than wants but feel they cant go the whole hog.
The only thing that I find with any book like this, it is that most writers start their journey after they have accumulated wealth to enable them to do such a journey.this is not the case with Mark Boyle albeit, he already had an education and means to earn if needed to fallback on. Something that most people overlook when embarking on such a journey.
A very worthwhile read, fascinating chap with lots that people can learn from.

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