Bill Powers Books

The novel delves into the dark side of the international pharmaceutical industry, exposing the unethical practices of corporate leaders who exploit young women and promote addiction disguised as medicine. Bill Powers, drawing from his extensive background in pharmaceutical R&D, crafts a gripping narrative that blends realism with suspense. His firsthand experience as a toxicologist informs the story, set within the fictional Marshall Pharmaceutical, reflecting the industry's complexities and moral dilemmas. The vivid scenes create a compelling and thought-provoking read.

Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without running water or electricity? To find out, writer and activist William Powers visited Dr. Jackie Benton in rural North Carolina. No Name Creek gurgled through Benton’s permaculture farm, and she stroked honeybees’ wings as she shared her wildcrafter philosophy of living on a planet in crisis. Powers, just back from a decade of international aid work, then accepted Benton’s offer to stay at the cabin for a season while she traveled. There, he befriended her eclectic neighbors — organic farmers, biofuel brewers, eco-developers — and discovered a sustainable but imperiled way of life.In these pages, Powers not only explores this small patch of community but draws on his international experiences with other pockets of resistance. This engrossing tale of Powers’s struggle for a meaningful life with a smaller footprint proposes a paradigm shift to an elusive “Soft World” with clues to personal happiness and global healing.