 | Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds by Carol Ekarius
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.50 I love this book. Excellent study of all (or most?) breeds of poultry. Great information on temperament, uses, rarity, etc. Also includes great pictures that are hard to find elsewhere for many breeds.
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 | The Green Way to Healthy Living by Radha Soami Satsang Beas
Buy used from: $8.33 Great vegetarian cookbook that focuses on food from around the world. Although I'm not a vegetarian, this is the best one I've seen yet.
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 | The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook : 250 No-Fail Recipes for Pilafs, Risottos, Polenta, Chilis, Soups, Porridges, Puddings and More, from Start to Finish in Your Rice Cooker by Beth Hensperger
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.89 Who woulda guessed all the great things you can do with a rice maker? Great book!
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 | Try Tracking!: The Puppy Tracking Primer by Carolyn A. Krause
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $7.22 I had this book and it seemed to have disappeared. Great book on training puppies to track.
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 | Practical Sheep Dairying 2nd Revised by Olivia Mills
Buy used from: $120.00 The only book on sheep dairying out there and considered the bible. Great resource.
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 | 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country by Ilyce R. Glink
Buy used from: $0.01 Best homebuying book I've read yet.
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 | Canine Body Language: A Photographic Guide Interpreting the Native Language of the Domestic Dog by Brenda Aloff
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $20.17 Excellent photo study of dog body language.
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 | The Naming: The First Book of Pellinor (Pellinor Series) by Alison Croggon
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.41 Excellent quartet. Seems like it's the bane of all fantasy books to be compared to Tolkien, but this one actually pulls off a lot of the good stuff of Tolkien without feeling like a spinoff.
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 | The Riverside Milton by John Milton
Buy new: $79.24 / Used from: $49.80 Milton is amazing. He's also so incredibly deep that it's helpful to have at least some annotation. I audited a class in college that used this textbook and have wanted it ever since.
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 | Sproutman's Kitchen Garden Cookbook: 250 flourless, Dairyless, Low Temperature, Low Fat, Low Salt, Living Food Vegetarian Recipes by Steve Meyerowitz
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.50 This is a very quirky book. With weird illustrations and a bit of preaching--but not in an offensive way. But some great recipes if you like to sprout your own grains.
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 | The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $17.99 Awesome thick book packed with all kinds of useful information you never knew you might need. Seriously. Garden snails are the same type used for escargot, and she tells you how to eat them. OK, most isn't that random, but this tome is a must for country living.
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 | Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon
Buy new: $17.82 / Used from: $13.99 Great cookbook and great introduction to the "old fashioned"/Weston Price way of eating.
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 | All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! by Mel Bartholomew
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $10.55 Actually, I think I read the old edition. But still good stuff. Bartholomew takes the old concept of row gardening and transforms them into a whole new concept for the small gardener. You'd be amazed what you could grow in a 4 feet by 4 feet of space! If you're into gardening at all, check this guy out!
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 | Edible Flowers: From Garden to Palate by Cathy Wilkinson Barash
Buy used from: $5.99 Great introduction to cooking with flowers. Includes an introduction (including brief growing tips) to dozens of edible flowers as well as recipes.
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