Country Living presents an exhaustive overview of virtually every topic relevant to homesteading and self-sufficiency. During the 1990s, Emery researched somnambulism, hypnosis, and mind control. Because of a personal history as a victim of hypnotism abuse, she wrote a second book, Secret, Don't Tell: The Encyclopedia of Hypnotism. By writing this, she hoped to help others who found themselves with the same distressful fate. It was difficult to find a publisher because the publishers feared possible repercussions from government entities. Don and Carla self-published this book in 1998, under Acorn Hill Publishing. (). The book criticized hypnosis in general, and what the author considered to be its unethical uses. Her widower, Don DeLong, now holds the copyrights to this book. Part I of Secret, Don't Tell contains four major case histories of criminal hypnosis which have been researched either by psychiatrists or investigative journalists. Each of those case histories is a clear-cut, well-studied, detailed case of hypnotic abuse - deceitful, amnesic, chronic, and damaging. Scattered throughout the book, many other significant cases involving criminal mind control are also described. On October 11, 2005, while on a speaking tour, Emery died in Odessa, Texas from complications of pneumonia. She was surrounded by all of her family. See also Back-to-the-land movement Organic agriculture Self-sufficiency Interactionism Mind control Somniloquy Posthypnotic amnesia History of hypnosis Project MKUltra Sources Secret, Don't Tell website Carla Emery website Mother Earth News, "School of Country Living Lives," Issue # 35 - September/October 1976 Mother Earth News, "The Plowboy Interview: Carla Emery," Issue No. 33 - May/June 1975 Mother Earth News, "Newsworthies," Issue # 43 - January/February 1977 Carla Emery DeLong Modern Homesteading Movement Newsletter, "History of Editions of Carla's Book," 02-14-05 10th edition of the Encyclopedia 50th Anniversary Edition of the Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Country Living Blog maintained by publishing company 1939 births 2005 deaths Roosevelt University alumni American encyclopedists American food writers People from Latah County, Idaho Women encyclopedists Women food writers