Living Well on Practically Nothing

by Edward H. Romney

Book Overview

Living Well on Practically Nothing: Revised and Updated Edition is for people who need to live on a lot less money. If you have been fired, demoted, retired, divorced, widowed, bankrupted or swindled... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581602820
• ISBN13: 9781581602821
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Paladin Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Very Good

This Book has helped me to save a lot of money and learn to be smarter with my time and money Great Book I Highly Recommend it.

Something for everyone

This is one of my all time favorite books, and I have adopted much of it to my own life. However, I do not live in an abandoned school bus, I live in a house. I do not trap and hunt game, I buy food at the market. And I am not a survivalist or a right wing nut job either. I say this because some of the past reviews have focused on certain parts of this book and ignored others. Romney wrote this book originally in the early 1990's (although it was revised about 10 years later). It was intended primarily for people dealing with the "downsizing" trend during the Bush, Sr. years, who had to learn how to "downsize" their own lives without starving or going postal. His advice is widely varied depending on one's personal situation. For example, he describes how to spot good, quality homes that won't break your budget with a huge mortgage. He does the same for autos, food, even entertainment and education. This advice would serve the vast majority of people who need to live simpler lives. He also discusses how to deprogram yourself from a consumerist, materialist mindset, and how to value what's really important in life. He also discusses more radical alternatives for those who are REALLY down and out. For these people he talks about setting up camp in the woods, converting old school busses into homes, learning to hunt and fish, etc. Unless you are really, really broke you'll probably not apply these sections to your own life, though they do make interesting and fun reading. The point is that this book has something for everyone. It is also written in a down to earth style that makes it a fun book as well. Chances are anyone will find something in it that makes it worth its cost. This one is very highly recommended.

redneck vs millionaire econonics

I love this book. The author just died this year 2003, the day after Easter. I wish I could have met him.Every page is filled with neat ideas. I especially love his "redneck vs millionaire economics."He describes how his son started a business recycling used pallets and built it into a million dollar business.One chapter is "How to save $37,500 and live on $12,000 a year."This book does not have the typical frugal ideas of turning down the thermostat and collecting coupons. There are plenty of other books to describe those ideas.

For anyone who must accustom themselves to thrift

Now in a newly revised and updated edition, Living Well On Practically Nothing by Edward Romney is a straightforward and highly utilitarian guide for anyone who needs to learn to live on a lot less money. Chapters cover how to save money on food, clothing, shelter, utilities, transportation, health and medical care and much more. An ideal guide for anyone who must accustom themselves to a thriftier standard of living, Living Well On Practically Nothing is strongly recommended for personal and community library money management and economical life-style reading lists and reference collections.

The definitive guide to sane living

Ed Romney is a no-nonsense kind of guy who understands clearly what is needed to live a happy, fulfilled life and to avoid debt slavery. It's down-to-earth writing style is friendly and engaging, and its numerous tips and suggestions for living simply are both practical and inspiring. Read this book!