Books like The One-Straw Revolution

I legally downloaded the book in PDF form from http://www.soilandhealth.org/This book made me realize that something else is possible.The author writes that he is a farmer in Japan who gets rice yields that meet or eclipse the most highly productive regions in Japan, yet he:- uses no artificial fertilizer- does not plow- does not sow seed but rather tosses it on the ground and forgets it- does not weed- does no insect control- works far fewer hours than those who use the aboveHis descriptions of his methods are interwoven with his overall life philosophy, which seemed to echo Taoist and Buddhism themes more than anything else. I found this book very interesting. I think it's translated from Japanese.