Green Architecture & Building
General Interest

Building Without Borders €30.00
Sustainable Construction for the Global Village
Joseph F Kennedy
Describes pioneering efforts to create sustainable shelter for billions currently under-housed. 254pp 2004 205x230

Energy and Environment in Architecture €70.50
A Technical Design Guide
Koen Steemers, Nick Baker
A unique and revolutionary text which explains the principles behind the LT Method (2.1), a manual design tool developed in Cambridge by the BRE. The LT Method is a unique way of estimating the combined energy usage of lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation systems, to enable the designer to make comparisons between options at an early, strategic stage. 240pp 1999 276x219

Green Building Handbooks €60.00ea
A Guide to Building Products and their Impact on the Environment
Excellent handbooks which consider environmental issues relating to the production, use & disposal of key building products & materials. Designed to help specifiers & purchasers understand the potential environmental impact of their decision. With easy to use product rating tables. Volume 2 covers eight more key building areas (including Straw Bale Building & Fencing Products). Both highly recommended.

Green Building Handbook: Volume 1 €60.00
Rob Harrison, Paul Harrison, Tom Woolley, Sam Kimmins
224pp 1997 297x210

Green Building Handbook: Volume 2 €60.00
Sam Kimmins (Ed), Tom Woolley (Ed)
192pp 2000 297x210

Homes That Heal (& Those That Don't) €30.00
How Your Home Could Be Harming Your Family's Health
Athena Thompson
A passionate examination of our built environment and the alarming impact today's chemically polluted world is having on the health of present and future generations, Homes that Heal is easy-to-read, solutions-oriented, and humorous, full of stories and advice that empower families to take back their health on a daily basis. 320pp 2004 190x230

Sick Building Syndrome €75.00
Concepts, Issues and Practice
Jack Rostron (Ed)
Explores sick building syndrome from a range of perspectives: architectural, medical, psychological and legal. 200pp 1997 234x156

Sustainable Housing €60.00
Principles and Practice
Brian Edwards & David Turrent (Eds), Hilary Armstrong (Contributor)
Seeks to bring new perspectives on residential sustainability, it is written by experts using case studies of latest practice. 160pp 2000 276x219

Growing & Gardening

General Interest

Michael Twist’s Ireland €10.50
The Ducal Days
Michael Twist
4th instalment of Michael Twist`s fascinating autobiography takes place in Ireland in the 1950s where he is appointed Land Agent for the Duke of Westminster. 176pp 2004

Irish Interest

Irish Hedgerows €12.50
Networks For Nature
David Hickie (Ed)
The book is a collaborative venture by Networks for Nature, a forum for all those whose work or livelihood involves or affects hedgerows. 96pp 2004 260x210

General Gardening

Diary of a Compost Hotline Operator €19.50
Edible Essays on City Farming
Spring Gillard, Michael Levenston (Contributor)
Packed with barely credible real-life tales from the trenches of the urban horticulture avant-garde, dealing with all manner of gardening lore. 204pp 2003 140x215

Growing Berries and Currants €10.45
A Directory of Varieties and How to Cultivate Them Successfully
Kate Whiteman, Richard Bird
Succulent soft fruit, including strawberries, raspberries, currants, blackberries and blueberries, are one of nature's best gifts. The different types and most popular varieties are described with useful information on their history, growing habits, nutritional facts and culinary uses. 64pp 2003 Hbk

Growing Fruit €13.50
Royal Horticultural Society's Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening Series
Harry Baker
This manual supplies information on growing conventional and more exotic fruits, from soft, tree and warm temperate fruits to nuts and currants. 191pp 1999 231x162

Smallholding & Agriculture

Plant Material of Agricultural Importance in Temperate Climates €20.00
M A Farragher
Keys to vegetative, floral, seed and seedling phases, and a section on the history, evolution, identification, morphology, anatomy and other taxonomic data of weed and economic plants. 328pp 1996

Rural Renaissance €23.25
Renewing the Quest for the Good Life
John Ivanko, Lisa Kivirist
An authentic tale of a couple whose pioneering spirit and connection to the land reaches out to both the local and global community to make their dream come true, Rural Renaissance will appeal to a wide range of Cultural Creatives, free agents, conservation entrepreneurs and both arm-chair and real-life homesteaders regardless of where they live. 265pp 2004 190x230

Starting With A Smallholding €11.95
David Hills
For everyone new to smallholding. It shows how to find the right place, moving in and planning priorities, and how to develop the necessary skills and knowledge. 96pp

Hemp

Hemp Manifesto, The €8.25
101 Ways That Hemp Can Save Our World
Rowan Robinson
A pocket-sized book that serves as a reminder of the many surprising facts about the medicinal and environmental value of cannabis sativa. 112pp 1997 102x152

Great Book of Hemp, The €24.00
Rowan Robinson
Complete guide to environmental, commercial & medicinal uses of the world`s most extraordinary plant. 256pp 1996 203x254

Nature

General Interest

Future of Life, The €28.50
Edward O Wilson
Describes exactly what treasures of the natural world we are about to lose forever and what we can do right now to save them. 224pp 2002 Hbk

Animals & Animal Rights

So You Love Animals €16.50
An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kids Help Animals
Zoe Weil, John R Gibson (Ill)
Teaches 9-12 year olds what is happening to other species, enabling them to turn their care for animals into effective and positive choices that improve their lives. 192pp 1994 215x280

Water

Water Supply

Water You Drink, The €16.50
Safe, or Suspect
Julie Stauffer
A clearly written, straightforward guide to North American tap water: what's in it, how it's treated, whether government regulations are strict enough, and whether consumers should be concerned about what they're drinking. 160pp 2004

Green Living

Biographies

Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In €19.50
Robert Forte (Ed)
A memorial volume to one of this century`s most colourful & pioneering figures in the consciousness movement. 304pp 1999 152x229

Home & Lifestyle

Organic Weddings €29.25
Balancing Ecology, Style and Tradition
Michelle Kozin
Provides alternatives to the excessive and synthetic wedding industry machine while still enabling couples to incorporate time-honoured traditions, as well as meaningful details, that celebrate the bride and groom's own style and values. 186pp 2003 185x230

Community

Alliances, Coalitions and Partnerships €21.00
Building Collaborative Organizations
Joan M Roberts
Outlining why and how to develop multi-stakeholder processes, how they can be most effective, and the special nature of power and leadership involved. 176pp 2004

Healing Heart, The: Communities €23.25
Storytelling to Build Strong and Healthy Communities
Allison M Cox & David H Alber (Eds)
Provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. Focuses on community-building. 256pp 2003 185x230

Conflict Resolution

Joy of Conflict Resolution, The €18.00
Transforming Victims, Villains and Heroes in the Workplace and at Home
Gary Harper
Helps readers understand conflict and why it arises through the lens of the `drama triangle` of victims, villains and heroes. 194pp 2004 155x230

Business & Careers

Somebodies and Nobodies €16.50
Overcoming the Abuse of Rank
Robert W Fuller
Presents rankism as the last hurdle on the long road from aristocracy to a true meritocracy, brings into focus a dignitarian revolution that is already taking shape, and offers a preview of post-rankist society. 208pp 2004 155x230

Green Living

Politics & Economics

America's Global Responsibility €19.50
Jeshayahu Ben-Aharon
Using a concept developed by Rudolf Steiner -- the actualization of the individual -- explains how the world arrived at its current state and how an understanding of America's role in the globalisation process will help achieve cultural and spiritual freedom, political equality and economic cooperation in the world. 144pp 2004

Crossing the Rubicon €18.00
Mike Ruppert
Unique not only for its case-breaking examination of 9/11, but for the breadth and depth of its world picture - an interdisciplinary analysis of petroleum, geopolitics, narco-traffic, intelligence and militarism - without which 9/11 cannot be understood. 696pp 2004

Disability and Social Policy in Ireland €18.00
Suzanne Quin & Bairbre Redmond (Eds)
Covers all major aspects of social policy in relation to disability in contemporary Ireland. 256pp 2003

Interest & Inflation Free Money €18.00
Creating an exchange medium that works for everybody and protects the earth
Margrit Kennedy, Declan Kennedy (Contributor)
Offers a clear, simple explanation of how financial policies shape the global markets - and how interest wrecks cultures, ecosystems and economic systems. 144pp 1995 Ed 2 227x152

Off The Map €18.00
An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy
Chellis Glendinning
A unique exploration of globalization. Part history, part autobiography, and part fiction, it weaves together the history of the last 300 years of Western imperialism, the author's own story of sexual abuse in the 1950s, and a present-day horseback ride through the recently colonized Chicano world of New Mexico. 187pp 2003 155x230

Time for Choices, A €19.50
Deep Dialogues for Deep Democracy
Michael Toms, Kevin Danaher (Contributor)
Addresses contemporary challenges to democracy through dialogues that expand the field of possibilities with the views of leading thinkers, educators, political analysts, activists, social innovators, clergy, journalists, philosophers, and spiritual teachers. 224pp 2002 155x230

Webs of Power €20.25
Notes from the Global Uprising
Starhawk
A call to reconceive our political and economic systems at the very deepest levels. Divided into `Actions` and `Visions`. 276pp 2003 155x230

World of Fine Difference, A €20.25
The Social Architecture of a Modern Irish Village
Adrian Peace
Considers the extent to which economic modernisation has transformed the rural community. In doing so it discusses whether the distinctive character of rural identity has been eroded by powerful and distant political and cultural forces. 160pp 2001

Health & Healing

General Interest

Chiva €18.00
A Village Takes on the Global Heroin Trade
Chellis Glendinning Jan 2005
Compelling, disturbing yet hopeful, the book is both personal and political, revealing the relationship between colonisation and drug abuse, and the importance of reclaiming sustainable culture as a key to recovery. 224pp 2005 140x215

Dioxin War, The €19.50
Truth and Lies About a Perfect Poison
Robert Allen
Explains the story of dioxin, to explain different aspects of it, to explain why it remains a mystery and why very little is being done to phase out chlorine-chemistry - the genesis of the processes that produce dioxin and the products that contain dioxin. 208pp 2004 215x135

Your Health in Your Hands €16.99
Hand Analysis as a Guide to Well-being
Lori Reid
Learn to read the lines, patterns and bumps on your hands and you can monitor your health and promote your well-being on a daily basis. 144pp 2002

Complementary & Natural Medicine

Exhale: An Overview of Breathwork €30.00
Gunnel Minett
Reflects a growing interest in breathing techniques through yoga and Tai Chi. Provides a comprehensive, historical overview of breathwork. Not tied to one particular technique or method. 242pp 2004

Foundations of Anthroposophical Medicine €45.00
A Training Manual
Machteld Huber & Guus van der Bie (Eds)
A comprehensive textbook for doctors undertaking courses in anthroposophical medicine. 320pp 2003

Foundations of Curative Eurythmy €30.00
Margarete Kirchner-Bockholt
Both a guide for curative eurythmists in their work, and an introduction to the therapy for the general practitioner. 192pp 2004

Full Catastrophe Living €28.50
How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation
Jon Kabat-Zinn
A true breakthrough in the area of behavioural medicine and self control … If you are looking for the best available book on this topic, this is it! 496pp 2004 234x153

Official LaStone Therapy Manual, The €30.00
Mary Nelson, Jane Scrivner (Contributor)
Explains in clear and simple terms the steps and knowledge required to become a LaStone therapist. LaStone therapy is the application of geo-thermotherapy, using deep penetrating heated stones and alternating with chilled stones to bring about chemical release within the body’s systems. 224pp 2004 246x189

Understanding Hypnosis €16.50
A practical guide to the health-giving benefits of hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis
Dr Brian Roet
A much-needed clear, authoritative and user-friendly guide to hypnosis and how to use it to treat a range of common ailments. 224pp 2000 216x135

Wherever You Go, There You Are €19.50
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Maps out a simple path for cultivating mindfulness in our lives, and awakening us to the unique beauty and possibilities of each present moment. 304pp 2004 216x135

Complaints & Symptoms

Bright Clouds €10.00
Smiling in the face of adversity and coping with multiple sclerosis
Pat Dwyer
Systematic account from highly positive thinker Dwyer who describes MS from which he is a sufferer, among six thousand other Irish people. 224pp 210x

Good Gut Healing €16.50
The no-nonsense guide to bowel and digestive disorders
Kathryn Marsden
Covers the many common – but rarely addressed – ailments that can affect the digestive system and bowel and suggests dozens of natural ways to tackle the symptoms and ease discomfort. 304pp 2003 234x153

Health & Healing

Food & Drink

10 Days to Better Health (2nd Ed) €10.50
A step-by-step programme to restore good health and vitality
Nic Rowley, Kirsten Hartvig New Edition
Take ten days out & look after your body, mind & spirit. I used this while quitting smoking & felt wonderful! 192pp 1998,2003 Ed 2 197x130

Dying for a Hamburger €16.50
The alarming link between the meat industry and Alzheimer’s disease
Dr Murray Waldman, Marjorie Lamb
Presents startling evidence that Alzheimer’s is one of a family of diseases caused by a malformed protein – or prion – that also causes ‘mad cow’ disease and its human equivalent, CJD. 224pp 2004 216x135

Eat Right for Blood Type Series €7.50ea
Individual Food, Drink and Supplement lists
Peter J D'Adamo
Portable and personal blood type guide to staying healthy and achieving your ideal weight. 96-112pp 2003 111x181

Eat Right for Blood Type A €7.50
Eat Right for Blood Type AB €7.50
Eat Right For Blood Type B €7.50
Eat Right for Blood Type O €7.50

Great Organic Wine Guide, The €13.50
Hilary Wright
Compelling arguments as to why organic wines are better for you than traditional wine. 192pp 2000 216x135

Homebrewer's Garden, The €18.00
How to Easily Grow, Prepare, and Use Your Own Hops, Brewing Herbs, Malts
Learn how to greatly enhance the flavour, aroma, and uniqueness of your homebrew by growing your own hops, brewing herbs, and malt grains. 192pp 2003

Macrobiotics For Beginners €16.50
How to achieve health and vitality the Oriental way
Jon Sandifer
A comprehensive and accessible introduction to this new and fascinating subject. 208pp 2000 216x135

Patrick Holford's New Optimum Nutrition Bible €19.50
Patrick Holford
The book you have to read if you care about your health. 352pp 2004 234x153

Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers €26.25
The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation
Stephen Harrod Buhner
Often radical and controversial, Buhner has clearly and beautifully explored the mysterious universal beliefs between ancient arid indigenous cultures as to the spirituality and healing power of plants and fermentation. 534pp 1998 155x230

Sustainable Kitchen, The €24.75
Stu Stein, Judith Dern, Mary Hinds, John Rizzo (Ill) May 2004
Brings home the thrill of tasting fine cuisine made from the best seasonal ingredients grown locally. 230pp 2004 205x225

Creepy Crawly Cuisine €19.50
The Gourmet Guide to Edible Insects
Julieta Ramos-Elorduy, Peter Menzel (Ill)
An introduction to the world of edible insects, complete with recipes & colour photographs. 160pp 1998 203x203

Family & Children

Festivals & Family Activities

Healing Heart, The: Families €23.25
Storytelling to Encourage Caring and Healthy Families
Allison M Cox & David H Alber (Eds)
Provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. Focuses on families. 237pp 2003 185x230

Parenting Skills

Above All Be Kind €22.50
Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times
Zoe Weil
Teaches parents how to raise their children to be humane in the broadest sense -- to become not only more compassionate in their interactions with family & friends, but to grow up to make life choices that demonstrate respect for the environment, other species, & all people. 272pp 2003 228x152

What Mothers Do €15.00
especially when it looks like nothing
Naomi Stadlen
Written to support mothers. Rather than trying to tell you what you should or shouldn’t do, it can help you to recognise much better many of the nameless, everyday things that mothers keep doing which usually go unnoticed. 256pp 2004 216x135

Kids’ Fiction

Celtic Wonder Tales €19.50
And Other Stories
Ella Young, Boris Artzybasheff (Ill)
A delightful collection of tales from Ella Young's classic re-telling of Celtic stories. 224pp 2001

Mind/Body/Spirit

Teachers

Your Shamanic Path €16.50
Ancient wisdom for a modern world
Leo Rutherford
Explains why this ancient and timeless spiritual path is especially relevant in the twenty-first century & shows how a return to the ways of the shamans will help us to reconnect with natural earth energies, reduce anxiety and stress and can help us heal ourselves in both body and mind. 256pp 2001 216x135

Nature & Science

Aurora €22.50
Harald Falck Ytter, Torbjorn Lövgren (Ill)
Reveals the mythology surrounding the aurora in different northern cultures, as well as the science behind the phenomenon. 144pp 1999

Creative Cosmos, The €37.50
Towards a Unified Science of Matter, Life and Mind
Ervin Laszlo
Laszlo's revolutionary thesis pushes back the boundaries of metaphysics, poses fundamental questions to both natural and social sciences, and frames the debate between religion and science in a dramatically altered perspective. 320pp 1993 Hbk

Earth-Friendly €22.50
Re-Visioning Science and Spirituality through Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and Rudolf Steiner
Adrian Hoffstetter
Collects the fruits of a lifetime of study and teaching in search of a holistic, organic, living science, respectful of the sacredness of nature and the ubiquity of the spirit. 192pp 2005

Eco-Geography €26.25
What We See When We Look At Landscapes
Andreas Suchantke
In detailed and telling observations Andreas Suchantke describes some of the most fascinating landscapes on Earth. 256pp 2001

New Science of Life, A €21.00
The Hypothesis of Morphic Resonance
Rupert Sheldrake
Questioning many concepts of life & consciousness, the visionary biologist describes his innovative theory of morphic resonance. 272pp 1981,87,95 Ed 3 152x228

Altered States

Brief History of Drugs, A €16.50
From the Stone Age to the Stoned Age
Antonio Escohotado
A clear-eyed look at the instrumental role drugs have played in our cultural, social, & spiritual development. 176pp 139x210

Ecstasy: The Complete Guide €24.00
A Comprehensive Look at the Risks and Benefits of MDMA
Julie Holland (Ed)
The world`s leading experts on Ecstasy assess its therapeutic potential, social implications, and the dangers of unsupervised use. An ideal guide for parents and educators seeking a credible source of information. 464pp 152x228

Sisters of the Extreme €27.00
Women Writing on the Drug Experience
Michael Horowitz (Ed), Cynthia Palmer (Ed)
An anthology of writings by some of the most influential women in history on the often misunderstood and misrepresented female drug experience. 320pp 2000 203x254

Spirituality

Carmina Gadelica €26.25
Hymns and Incantations from the Gaelic
Alexander Carmichael (Ed)
The most comprehensive collection of poems and prayers from the Gaelic tradition of oral poetry. 684pp 1992

Wicca & Magick

Women of the Golden Dawn €37.50
Rebels and Priestesses: Maud Gonne, Moina Bergson Mathers, Annie Horniman, Florence Farr
Mary K Greer
These four remarkable women, core members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, left a lasting imprint on the politics, literature, and theatre of 19th-century Europe. Less well-known than the famous men in their lives, including Yeats and Shaw, their stories are now told. 512pp 1996 152x229

ESP & the Paranormal

Haunted Land €15.00
An investigation into ancient earth mysteries and modern-day phenomena
Paul Devereux
Marries mysteries of the past with eerie unexplained phenomena that still haunt us. 240pp 2002 234x156

Investigating the Unexplained €16.50
Explorations into ancient mysteries, the paranormal and strange phenomena
Paul Roland
Provides accounts of entirely new mysteries and baffling phenomena previously undisclosed to the public. 208pp 2001 234x156

Science and the Paranormal €30.00
Altered States of Reality
Arthur J Ellison
Facts, not fiction: the case for the paranormal. 384pp 2002

Indigenous

Belly Dancing €22.50
The Sensual Art of Energy and Spirit
Anette Paffrath, Pina Coluccia, Jean Pütz Feb 2005
A comprehensive guide to the art of belly dancing. 192pp 2005 203x228