Use the internet.
If you are in need of a new recipe, a new guide to playing the guitar, or a new manual for self-development, you no longer have to go to the bookstore and spend lots of cash for it.
What you can do is to access websites for the information that you need.
Aside from offering you informative articles about the topic you are interested in, you can also find lots of eßooks on the web that are for free.