Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Ogden, the publishers of Mother Earth News recently – or not so recently, as the case may be – brought out four “Guide To” Bookazines and each of them is packed full of information on the subject it covers.
Instead of having to dig through thick manuals or through back issues of magazines such as the Mother Earth News as to how to grow food, etc., here there are well written articles all under one rook in magazine style small tomes.
While readers of the four Bookazines may find that some pieces are duplicated in one or the other of the guides this is due to the overlap of some of the subjects from one book to the other, and even across a number of them.
I had the good fortune to have been sent all four of these guides when I had asked as to whether Ogden's might be interested in sending me a copy of the “Guide To Country Skills” for review.
The other volumes are “Guide To Living on Less and Loving It”, “Guide To Growing Your Own Food” and “Guide To Home Energy Savings”.
Each guide in in standard magazine format, as far as size is concerned and is around a 100 pages thick, and also contain, like any magazine, some adverts.
These four guide would make a great addition to the library of anyone wishing to live a more self-reliant life.
Also, remembering the holiday season is upon us soon again; they also make great gifts too, either individually or as a set.
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