Better off : flipping the switch on technology /: flipping the switch on technology. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eric Brende.
• Other Names: Brende, Eric
• Contents: Cast of neighbors. Prologue. Taking orders. Section I: Planting. Seeds of discontent -- Paring back -- Lightening up -- Artfully answering nature -- The ram -- The missing refrigerator -- The sounds of silence. Section II: Growing. Quickening -- A church meeting -- A barn raising -- The dating game -- Meet the neighbors -- Secrets and politics -- Heatstroke -- Weighing the work. Section III: Harvesting. As the pumpkins turn -- After the fall: even farmers get the blues -- Birth -- Husbandry -- Pulling in the reins -- Closing time -- Outside, and the box. Epilogue: Recipe for a leisurely, laborsaving life.
• Publisher Details: New York : HarperCollins e-books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 303.48/3; Technology & Engineering -- General; Technology -- Social aspects; Technology -- Psychological aspects; Simplicity; Farm life; Farm life; Farm life; Simplicity; Technology -- Psychological aspects; Technology -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780061738999; 0061738999
• Related ISBNs: 9780060570057
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.