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find a selection of our newly added books and products below - as
usual, for more details on any product just click on it's title...
| Games
& Toys
Blokus
Duo €19.80
The ultimate strategy game
for 2 players
This is a great 2 player travel
version of the Blokus Classic game.
200x200x40
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Energy
& Renewables
Biodiesel
Power €16.50
The Passion, the People,
and the Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel
Lyle Estill
A chronicle of this emerging industry. Lightly touching on
the technical aspects of the fuel, its qualities and specifications,
the book is largely about the people and stories of the biodiesel
movement.
288pp 2005 |
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Green Architecture & Building
Design & Planning
House
on the Water, A €25.45
Inspirations for living
on the water's edge
Robert W Knight
A House on the Water blends practical advice with spectacular
original photography which will be sure to inspire and inform
anyone who already lives at the water’s edge or simply
dreams of it.
224pp
Philosophy
of Sustainable Design €29.95
Jason McLennan
Written for both general readers and those involved in the
building industry, this book is rooted in practical knowledge
but, rather than being a ‘how to book’, looks
at how the philosophy of sustainable design affects architecture
and building.
350pp 238x162
Materials
Oak-Framed
Buildings €37.45
Rupert Newman
A practical book on the technique of timber-frame construction
for carpenters, builders and aspiring self-builders, but also
a source of inspiration to anyone who appreciates beautiful
buildings.
192pp 2005
Paint
€22.50
The Fired Earth Book of
Natural Colour
Elizabeth Hilliard, Stafford
Cliff
This title presents an approach to paint through exploring
the sensual and inspirational possibilities of colour. Inspirational
photographs as well as interior images from around the world
are revealed in 80 illustrations.
192pp 2003 260x240
Structures
Huts,
Havens and Hideaways €28.50
Jo Denbury, Chris Tubbs (Ill)
144pp 2002 Hbk
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Growing
& Gardening
Curious
Incidents In The Garden At Midnight €13.50
A celebration of biodiversity and the magical world of the
garden at night-time.
192pp 2005 148x210
Learn
to Garden €28.50
A complete introduction
to gardening
Royal Horticultural Society
Written to inspire, and not daunt, blossoming gardeners, Learn
to Garden offers unrivalled advice and expert assistance from
the Royal Horticultural Society and introduces beginners to
a lifetime of good gardening.
272pp 2005 Hbk 216x276
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Nature
New
Patterns in the Sky €32.25
Myths and Legends of the
Stars
Julius D W Staal
This is one of the must-have books that should be in the library
of every enthusiast of mankind's enchantment with the night
sky.
300pp 1988 155x230
Horses
of County Cork, The €12.00
Sara O`Donovan
Explores the equestrian world of West Cork and focuses on
the origins of a number of these horses, and the personalities
who bred and produced them to take their place against the
best in the world.
2005
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Water
Understanding
Water €19.50
Developments from the Work
of Theodor Schwenk
Wolfram Schwenk, Michael Jacobi
Presents momentous findings about the quality of our drinking
water, groundwater, spring water and river water.
112pp 2005
Water
Book, The €20.00
Find it, move it, store
it, clean it...use it
Judith Thornton
The definitive guide to managing your own watersupply.
160pp 2005 138x216 |
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Green
Living
General Interest
Cultivate
Volume 1, Issue 1 €5.00
Your Mind, Your Community,
Your World
The new magazine from Sustainable Ireland in Dublin. Find
out more about them at www.sustainable.ie. The Optimising
Energy Issue: Powering down in response to peak oil
and global warming.
The Natural Step • Permaculture Solutions • The
End Of Oil • Unleashing Abundance • Being Human
• Cultivate Catalogue
Irish Interest
Celtic
World €17.25
An Illustrated History 700
BC to the Present
Patrick Lavin
Lavin leads the reader on an entertaining and informative
journey through 150 captivating pages of Celtic history, culture,
and tradition.
190pp 2003 125x180
Home & Lifestyle
Discovering
Place-Names €7.50
John Field, Margaret Gelling
(Ed)
This popular book, now revised and into its fourth edition,
explains the meanings of more than 1500 place-names. It is
not limited to England, but includes names from Ireland, Scotland,
Wales and the Isle of Man.
72pp Ed 4
It's
Never Too late to Plant a Tree €21.75
Your Guide to Never Retiring
Mel Helitzer, Morrie Helitzer
This book is a collection of stories of seniors who found
new purpose in life when they retired, including famous individuals
like former President Jimmy Carter and many ordinary sales
clerks and teachers.
330pp 2003 155x230
Conflict Resolution
War
Hotel, The €37.50
Psychological Dynamics in
Violent Conflict
Arlene Audergon
An ambitious, fascinating exploration of the psychology of
conflict, from American street gangs to bloodshed in the Balkans.
327pp 2004
Politics & Economics
Hands-On
Environmentalism €23.25
Thomas Still, Brent Haglund
Writing for those who wonder how to get past the environmental
nanny state and reach the next level of stewardship, describes
the concept of 'civic environmentalism' which is based on
values such as local control, personal responsibility, government
accountability and economic opportunity.
192pp 2005 155x230
Urban
It`s
a Sprawl World After All €18.00
The Human Cost of Unplanned
Growth -- and Visions of a Better Future
Douglas E Morris
Offers practical solutions that can improve everyone`s quality
of life.
288pp 2005
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International Environment & Development
Reducing
Poverty and Sustaining the Environment €30.00
The Politics of Local Engagement
Paul Steele, David Satterthwaite,
Hannah Reid, Stephen Bass
The first to address the role of politics in environmental
issues that matter to the poor through a series of case studies
of experiences at regional, national and local levels in low
and middle income countries.
256pp 2005 234x156
Hungry
Planet €42.00
What the World Eats
Faith D`Aluisio, Peter Menzel
288pp 2005 228x306
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Crafts
& Skills
Textiles
Compassionate
Knitting €15.00
Finding Basic Goodness in the Work
of Our Hands
Tara Jon Manning
Shows you how to tap into the compassion and joy that is a
natural part of the knitting experience.
136pp 2006 178x203
Rags
and Remnants €13.50
Craft Workshop
Lizzie Reakes, Tim Imrie (Ill)
Complete step-by-step instruction for 25 superb projects,
from hooked and prodded rugs to hats and jewellery.
96pp 2004 229x229
Glass & Ceramics
Making
& Installing Handmade Tiles €25.45
Angelica Pozo
Crafters will find just what they are looking for in these
dozen ceramic tile projects. The wealth of information covers
everything from design and formation to decoration.
160pp Hbk
Setting
Up Your Ceramic Studio €19.45
Virginia Scotchie
Take a photographic tour of 10 beautiful ceramics studios
and learn about all the practical decisions that go into setting
up a new studio.
128pp
Stained
Glass Classroom €28.50
Vicki Payne
A beginners guide to stained glass, with 3 easy-to-master
techniques any crafter can create attention-grabbing, light-catching
stained glass. Includes basic processes of using copper foil,
lead came and mosaics.
128pp 2005
Wood Working
Carving
Signs €22.45
Greg Krockta, Roger Schroeder
Find all the answers to your sign carving questions in this
ultimate guide.
128pp
Wood
Spirits and Green Men €22.45
Chris Pye, Lora S Irish, Shawn Cipa
Tips, techniques, illustrations and a full-colour photo gallery
provide the information and inspiration to successfully create
your own interpretation of this timeless icon - regardless
of what medium you select.
104pp
Recycling
Fabulous
Jewelry from Found Objects €25.45
Martha Le Van
After exploring the exquisite ideas and 35 projects showcased
in this one-of-a-kind jewellery collection, you'll never look
at "found items" the same way again.
160pp Hbk
Really
Jazzy Jars €27.00
Marie Browning
A follow-up collection with dozens of all-new, even better
projects, patterns, techniques and ideas. Options range from
decorative painting, decoupage and altered art to polymer
clay.
128pp 2005
Books & Paper
Papier
Mache €15.00
Over 50 projects illustrated in
colour - step-by-step instructions
Lone Halse
A book with step-by-step instructions for making papier mache
models, which range from basic bowls to boxes, masks, fruit,
puppets, animals and even dinosaurs.
72pp 1991,93 Hbk Ed 2 244x225
Perfect
Paper Mosaics €27.00
Sally Seymour
A fabulous way to decorate furniture, spruce up a picture
frame or embellish a book cover. Uses many of the same tools
as scrapbooking and rubber-stamping.
128pp 2005
Creativity & Art
Celtic
Designs €8.25
Rebecca McKillip
Artists, crafts people, colourists, and all who love pure
design will find these pages, inspired by the Celtic tradition,
absorbing and challenging for use in stencilling, needlework,
calligraphic design and many other applications.
48pp 1981 210x280
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Health & Healing
General Interest
Health
Defence €21.00
Paul Clayton
No subject is more important than your health - one of the
most inspiring books on maintaining your health.
440pp 2004
Complementary & Natural Medicine
Natural
Alternatives to Antibiotics €15.00
How You Can Supercharge Your Immune
System and Fight Infection
Leon Chaitow
Explains natural therapies & herbal medicines you can
take to: strengthen your immune system naturally; fight infections
without antibiotics; & ensure your children have well
developed immune systems.
240pp 1998,2001 Ed 2 234x153
Complaints & Symptoms
At
Wit's End €27.00
Plain Talk on Alzheimer's for Families
and Clinicians
George Kraus
A simple, straightforward, and easy-to-read summary about
Alzheimer's as a disease and condition, written without technical
jargon or impractical detail.
160pp 2005 155x230
Food & Drink
Hidden
Food Allergies €12.00
Patrick Holford, James Braly
This book will help if you feel you may be intolerant to a
food, find it impossible to lose weight or simply have a range
of minor symptoms your doctor can’t treat.
128pp 2005 197x130
Women
First
Moon €8.45
Celebrating the Onset of Menstruation
Anke Mai
Illustrated booklet written for girls aged 9 years and over,
as well as their parents, guardians and mentors. ‘First
Moon’ helps to welcome girls into womanhood.
60pp 2000 148x211
Death & Dying
Beyond
Absence €16.50
A Treasury of Poems, Quotations
and Readings on Death and Remembrance
Edward Searl
The diverse pieces collected in this volume vary in tone and
content and will assist anyone seeking to express and explore
the mystery and grief of death.
232pp 2005 127x178
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Family
& Children
Pregnancy &
Childbirth
Naming
€22.50
Choosing a Meaningful Name
Caroline Sherwood, Rosie Styles (Contributor),
Matthew Barton (Ed)
Choosing a meaningful name is a lifetime gift. Included in
this thorough, authoritative, and fascinating book is everything
you need to choose, or change, a name and plan a naming ceremony.
304pp 1999 246x189
Kids` Fiction
Get-Well
Picture €24.75
Michael Hetzer
A touching story, activity book, and keepsake all in one,
this heart-warming tale of a boy's gift to cheer up his mother
will have other children making gifts and memories with their
families as well.
32pp 2005 280x215
Little
Prince, The €3.00
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
On one level this work is the story of an airman's discovery
of a small boy from another planet in the desert and his stories
of intergalactic travel, and on the other hand it is a thought-provoking
allegory of the human condition. 2-12+yrs
112pp 1943,95 123x195
Ooch-Me-Noodle
Bird €20.00
Victoria Shaw, Joelle Kremers (Ill)
For children of all ages. This wonderfully illustrated tale
of extinction touches hearts deeply, and makes us all aware
that if we continue to use (and abuse) our planet and fellow
inhabitants of all species, everything worth experiencing
in life will be gone.
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Mind/Body/Spirit
Personal Growth & Development
Be
Here Now €27.00
Ram Dass
A social scientist recreates his search for expanded consciousness,
through the psychedelia of LSD to the final calm and inner
wisdom of Rajah Yoga.
125pp 1971
Spirituality, Religion & Beliefs
Francis
of Assisi €37.50
Paintings for Our Time
Greg Tricker
The key moments in the life of St Francis illustrated with
beautiful paintings and woodcarvings.
152pp Hbk 340x243
ESP & the Paranormal
Crooked
Soley €10.50
A Crop Circle Revelation
Alan Brown, John Michell
Clearly expressed in the design of the mazing formation that
appeared at Crooked Soley in Wiltshire on the 27th August
2002 are certain numerical symbols that are known esoterically
as the `Keys to Creation`.
80pp 2005 137x215
Women
Walking
into Beauty €8.45
Honouring the Transition into Womanhood
Anke Mai (Ed)
A Resource Guide written for girls aged 11 years and over,
who are in transition between girlhood and womanhood. It also
addresses mothers, grandmothers, mentors and other women and
men in close relationship with girls and young women. It is
for all those who actively want to support these important
years.
37pp 2002 210x298
Irish Interest
Sun
and Cross €22.50
From Megalithic Culture to Early
Christianity in Ireland
Jakob Streit
A full-colour edition of this inspiring and fascinating work
of Celtic spirituality.
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