All books
Work & Craft
Attention, finishing, and doing a few things well.
The Focused Few
Mara Voss
You work twelve-hour days and can point to less than two hours of real work in them.
298 pages · about 6 hours
The Second Draft
Mara Venn
You have a folder of polished beginnings and still no chapter two.
311 pages · about 6 hours
Outdoors
Judgment for trails, water, and camp.
The Far Shore
Mara Venn
You can paddle, read a chart, and check the forecast, and your coastal trip can still go wrong.
402 pages · about 8 hours
Wild Competence
Mara Venn
The bridge is gone, the light is going, and your plan has no answer for either.
422 pages · about 8 hours
Woodcraft for the Weekend
Mara Venn
You have two nights, untested gear, and a route planned for someone else.
326 pages · about 6 hours
Body & Age
Strength and health for the decades you are in.
Longer and Stronger
Franklin "Frank" Dwyer
The groceries feel heavier, the curb has become a conversation, and the stairs now take planning.
459 pages · about 9 hours
Home
Kitchen, garden, and a household that holds up.
The Kitchen Garden Year
Mara Venn
You circled heirloom tomatoes in a December catalog and never looked in the drawer of wilted scallions.
380 pages · about 8 hours
The Lost Skills of a Self-Reliant Home
Etta Mae Ransome
The power blinks, the pump freezes, or a bill lands on the counter, and you realize nobody taught you this part.
271 pages · about 5 hours
The Unhurried Table
Mara Ellery
You get home from the late shift with a thin budget and eaters who disagree.
264 pages · about 5 hours