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The way home : tales from a life without technology  Cover Image Book Book

The way home : tales from a life without technology / Mark Boyle.

Boyle, Mark, 1979- (author.).

Summary:

"'It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.' No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. In this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the spring, foraging and fishing. What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire--much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring."--Publisher's website.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1786076004
  • ISBN: 9781786076007
  • Physical Description: xix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: London : Oneworld, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Oneworld Book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266).
Formatted Contents Note:
Knowing my place -- Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- The complexities of simplicity -- A short note on the free hostel.
Subject: Boyle, Mark, 1979- > Homes and haunts.
Boyle, Mark, 1979- > Homes and haunts > Ireland > Galway (County)
Cell phones > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Home economics, Rural > Case studies.
Internet > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Mountain life > Case studies.
Self-reliant living.
Self-reliant living > Case studies.
Self-reliant living > Ireland > Galway (County)
Social media > Social aspects > Miscellanea.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library 6403.B792w 2019 Boyle (Text) 37814003569200 NON-FICTION - NEW Reshelving -
The Dalles Wasco County Library 640 BOY (Text) 33892006492756 Non-Fiction Available -


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