 | How to Feed Your Family for Five Pounds a Day by Bernadine Lawrence
Buy used from: £27.98 This is a good no-nonsense book on cooking on a tight budget. Not written by a celebrity chef but by someone who lived on benefits.
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 | Penny Pincher's Book: Easy Ways of Living Better for Less - Hundreds of Money-saving Tips by John Mustoe
Buy used from: £4.99 A very good guide to cutting spending and making do. Written for Britain, most frugal books are US.
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 | Frugal Food by Delia Smith
Buy used from: £8.17 Many celebrity chefs miss the point of frugality, but Delia's book is actually very good.
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 | Swimming with Piranha Makes You Hungry: How to Simplify Your Life and Achieve Financial Independence by Colin Turner
Buy used from: £0.01 A lot of downshifting books are written with rich yuppies in mind. This one actually makes sense to people on more limited means
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 | Living Better on Less by Patrick Rivers
Buy used from: £0.06 This looks at ecological and moral reasons for being frugal and downshifting. It's very good and shouldn't be out of print!
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| How to Win at Housework (Don Aslett Housework Books) by Don Aslett
Buy used from: £0.01 Cleaning efficiently preserves what you have and gives you more TIME. This is a fun and helpful book.
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| Look After the Pennies: How to Save Money at Home by Joy O.I. Spoczynska
Buy used from: £0.01 Sadly out of print, buy it if you see it or Amazon gets it in.
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 | More-with-less Cook Book by Doris Janzen Longacre
Buy new: £8.53 / Used from: £9.49 This is a good overall budget cookbook. It's been in print for a long time and is hugely successful. It deserves to be.
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