Growing & Gardening

Guide to Irish Hardwoods €20.00
Stella Xenopoulou, Gordon Knaggs

Not on special offer from Book STEPs I'm afraid but Guide to Irish Hardwoods is also available to download free - PDF (2.48 Mb) - here.

This guide deals with the properties, conversion and use of Irish hardwoods, outlining the primary conversion steps and subsequent drying and storage of sawn timber. Properties of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, elm, oak, poplar, Spanish chestnut, sycamore, walnut and yew are discussed.

256pp 2004

Polytunnel Companion, The [Sold Out]
Jayne Neville

Jayne Neville runs an organic smallholding tending livestock and cultivating fruit and vegetables both outside and in her polytunnel and is a regular contributor to several gardening and smallholding magazines.

Polytunnels are considered a valuable asset for the commercial grower and are fast becoming popular with small-scale holdings and the non-commercial amateur enthusiasts.

This book covers all the essential information needed to choose and construct your tunnel. Jayne provides advice based on first hand experience as well as guidance from expert polytunnel owners on areas that the potential user must consider. Topics include: selection of the polytunnel, planning requirements and legislation, ground and soil preparation, construction, maintenance and repair, seasonal calendar, organic methods of pest control.

96pp 2004 240x179

I've sold out of this special offer but you can now get the new, revised edition:

Polytunnel Companion, The (Revised Edition) €15.00

Mind, Body, Spirit

Pig That Wants to be Eaten, The (Hbk) [Sold Out]
And Ninety-Nine Other Thought Experiments
Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini presents 100 thought experiments: short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and invites the reader to think about possible answers for him/herself. Experiments cover identity, religion, art, ethics, language, knowledge and many more. In every case, Baggini sets the problem up for the reader, and then offers some ways of approaching it. There are rarely `right` or `wrong` answers (though some answers are better than others), but the real point is in the exploration of the question.

From Zeno`s paradox to Groundhog Day (how do you make sense of a life of eternal recurrence?), via the pig that wants to be eaten (so should you eat him?), Plato`s cave, Minority Report (is it right to punish people for what they are going to do, but haven`t yet done?), and an American Werewolf in London (how can we tell whether we are awake or dreaming?), this book makes philosophy not only mind-stretching but also entertaining.

256pp 2005 Hbk 143x223

I've sold out of this special offer too but you can now get the paperback edition:

Pig That Wants to be Eaten, The €13.50