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You'll find we've added a fair selection of books this month and
you'll find more details of these books and our full book listing
in the browsing pages.
And check out our Special Offers.
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Green
Architecture & Building
Spirit
and Place €38.75
Healing Our Environment
Christopher Day
This book is quite simply about how to make the world a better
place, through better buildings. It shows how to carefully
design & build using the elements of light, water, earth,
warmth & air to shape the spaces we use into life-enhancing
buildings that nourish the spirit & repair the community.
Brilliant book, full of information. Highly recommended. 268pp
2002
New
Ecological Home, The €37.25
A Complete Guide To Green Building
Options
Daniel D Chiras
Provides an overview of green building techniques, materials,
products, and technologies that are either currently available
or will be in the near future. A wealth of up-to-date, practical
information for home buyers, owner-builders, and anyone interested
in building for a sustainable future. 352pp 2004 250x180
Tipi
Living €7.40
Simple Living Series
Patrick Whitefield
Now completely revised and updated, this is Patrick`s guide
to all aspects of tipi living: choosing, pitching, maintaining,
moving, fire-making, furnishing and cooking in a tipi.
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Waste & Recycling
Septic
Tanks: An Overview €7.45
Mark Moodie, Nick Grant
This booklet is intended for those who are installing, or
already have, a septic tank or who are considering `upgrading`
to an alternative (such as a reed bed). It covers how a septic
tank works, how to design one, soakaway pits & leachfields,
dosing, rainwater & water use. Plus a very useful glossary.
22pp 1997 Ed 2 |
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Growing
& Gardening
50
Ways to Kill a Slug €7.45
Sarah Ford
Take a stand against slugs with 50 alternative, organic, natural,
chemical and humane solutions to slug problems. 96pp 2003
147x105
Permaculture
Garden, The €22.30
Graham Bell
The best book to date about all aspects of permaculture gardening
in a cool climate. 170pp 2004
Permaculture
Way, The €22.30
Practical Steps to Create a Self-Sustaining
World
Graham Bell
The Permaculture Garden’s companion volume, The Way
will show you how to take control of your life and consciously
design a lifestyle which is low on environmental impact and
highly productive, whatever your age, skills and income (or
lack of thereof). 240pp 2004
Meetings
with Remarkable Trees €19.35
Thomas Pakenham
Thomas Pakenham`s highly acclaimed and bestselling tree portraits.
192pp 2003
Wood
Of Our Own, A €22.30
Julian Evans, John White &
Stephen Evans (Ills)
Reading this book is like walking with the author through
the woods as the seasons turn. The observations are beautifully
detailed, the stories engaging and the book is full of useful
information for woodlanders and natural historians alike.
176pp 2003
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Growing
& Gardening
Health & Healing
Seven
Healing Houseplants for Asthma … €10.00
… & Other Respiratory
Conditions
Fiann O Nualláin
Contains vital information on the care and correct utilization
of 7 houseplants beneficial to respiratory conditions. 44pp
2001 197x128
Seven
Healing Houseplants for Fatigue €10.00
Fiann O Nualláin
Contains vital information on the care and correct utilization
of 7 houseplants beneficial to treating insomnia. 197x128
Seven
Healing Houseplants for Insomnia €10.00
Fiann O Nualláin
Contains vital information on the care and correct utilization
of 7 houseplants beneficial to treating fatigue. 197x128 |
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Nature
Tropical
Deforestation €34.20
A Socio-Economic Approach
C J Jepma
Using a specially developed, integrated model analyses the
effects of socio-economic decisions by those in forest areas,
and to assess the consequences of different policy alternatives.
336pp 1995 234x153
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Green
Living
Saving
the Planet Without Costing the Earth €14.90
500 Steps to a Greener Lifestyle
Donnachadh McCarthy
Explains how to carry out an environmental audit of your life
in areas such as waste disposal, gardening and home maintenance,
food, work and travel to find out how ‘green’
you are. Offers 500 ingenious yet practical suggestions you
can follow to improve your score. 2004
Sold
Out €13.40
The True Cost of Supermarket
Shopping
William Young
For the first time in one place, William Young explores the
wider cost of customer satisfaction to the local community,
other retailers, the environment and farmers in the UK and
worldwide. 2004
Soil
And Soul €19.35
People Versus Corporate
Power
Alistair MacIntosh
In `Soil and Soul`, Scottish writer and campaigning academic
Alastair McIntosh shows how it is still possible for individuals
and communities to take on the might of corporate power and
emerge victorious. 2002
This
I Believe €14.85
and other essays
E F Schumacher
Will introduce to a new audience the freshness, clarity and
profundity of Schumacher`s thinking, which has inspired a
generation. 192pp 234x156
Cycle
Touring Ireland €9.99
Brendan Walsh
Revised & Updated
Brendan Walsh regards cycling as a pleasure, not as a test
of endurance. Along with the cycle routes, this revised edition
recommends places to eat and drink and scenic views where
you should stop and stare. 144pp 1997,2004 Ed 2
Earthcare
Manual, The €52.10
A Permaculture Handbook
For Britain & Other Temperate Climates
Patrick Whitefield
7 years in the making, this is the long awaited study of permaculture
specifically for cooler climates. 480pp 2004 |
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Health
& Healing
Magnetic
Therapy €13.30
A Powerful Healing Force
Rosemary Skinner
An excellent short and very much to the point book. It explains
in detail where to place the magnets and which side to use
and for how long. Exactly what most people want to know. It
covers the problems listed below plus many more. Ideal for
the beginner and professional alike.
Healthy
Bones and Joints: A Natural Approach … €14.90
… to Treating Arthritis,
Osteoporosis, Tendonitis, Myalgia and Bursitis
David Hoffman
Explains how herbs can be used in daily regimes to assist
in preventing bone and joint diseases. An A to Z directory
lists the herbs that are most helpful for the musculo-skeletal
system. 144pp 2001
Say
No to Arthritis €13.40
The proven drug free approach
to preventing and relieving arthritis
Patrick Holford
Find out how to prevent and reverse arthritis and reduce pain
and inflammation without drugs. There`s a comprehensive anti-arthritis
diet and supplement programme, plus advice on osteoporosis,
fibromyalgia and other musculo-skeletal problems. 256pp 2000
216x135
Biopiracy
€11.85
The Plunder of Nature and
Knowledge
Vandana Shiva
Argues that we must struggle to protect biological and cultural
diversity, and that this will best be brought about by our
developing and supporting self-organized communities based
on decentralization, local democratic control of resources,
social justice and peace. 143pp 1998 216x139
Home
Smoking & Curing €14.90
Keith Erlandson
This inspiring guide reveals the perfect way to retain all
the subtle flavours of fresh, top quality produce by smoking.
It also contains advice on choosing raw ingredients, making
the most of meats in season, how to smoke-roast meat, easy
to follow instructions for building your own kiln and useful
information on commercial smokers. 144pp 1977,2003 Ed 3 214x135
Men`s
Health €13.40
the Common Sense Approach
Joe Armstrong
In this concise and well researched book, author Joe Armstrong
addresses many and frequently complex issues around men`s
health. 100pp 1999
Gentle
Birth Method, The €22.35
The Month-by-Month Jeyarani
Way Programme
Gowri Motha
June 2004
A concise pregnancy programme combining diverse therapies
such as ‘creative healing’ massage, a simple diet,
self-hypnosis, reflexology and affirmation techniques. 2004 |
Education
Vanishing
Rainforest, The €16.40
Rupert Van Wyk, Richard Platt
Richard Platt`s dramatic approach and Rupert van Wyk`s masterly
illustrations, accompanied by an information spread, offer an
exciting perspective on a controversial and topical subject.
32pp 2003 Hbk
Great
Gardens for Kids €25.35
Clare Matthews
Create a garden to delight, entertain and even educate children
of all ages without compromising the look of the garden. Combine
fun and safety in the garden for all the family. 160pp 2002
250x237
Encyclopaedia
of Ireland, The €65.00
Brian Lalor
The Encyclopaedia of Ireland is a celebration of Irish achievement
in all fields of human endeavour. Never before have the accomplishments
of an entire people been encapsulated so comprehensively, meticulously
and succinctly on the pages of a single book. 1216pp 2003 Hbk |
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Mind/Body/Spirit
Hands
Of Light €29.80
Barbara Ann Brennan
With the clarity of a physicist and the compassion of a gifted
healer with fifteen years of professional experience observing
5,000 clients and students, Barbara Ann Brennan presents the
first in-depth study of the human energy field for people
who seek happiness, health and their full potential. 320pp
1990 204x132 |
Perfect,
Practical Presents
52
Weeks to Change Your World €7.45
Caroline Oakley, Allan Shepherd
A positive, pocket-sized book that takes youweek-by-week through
a whole year of good things: for you, your family and your
environment. 112pp 2004 100x130
Little
Earth Book €10.40
A provocative look at the
planet in crisis
James Bruges
The Earth is now desperately vulnerable; so are we. Presents
mini-essays about what is going wrong with our planet &
about the greatest challenge of our century: how to save the
Earth for us all. 192pp 2002,04 Ed 4 135x146 |
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