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    What Do You Do When Your Parents Live Forever?

    What Do You Do When Your Parents Live Forever?

    Authors: Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Ageing / Caregiving
    This is a timely and highly practical book. It is based on the increasing likelihood that people will be living into the 80s and 90s…… Read More »
    An Englishman's Home

    An Englishman's Home

    Author: Tom Hart Dyke
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Nature & Gardening
    Subtitled 'the adventures of an eccentric gardener', this book tells the story of the author's attempts to build a 'World Garden of Plants' at his…… Read More »
    Ceremonies of the Seasons

    Ceremonies of the Seasons

    Author: Jennifer Cole
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Nature / Seasonal Traditions
    This is a beautifully produced and multilevelled book exploring and celebrating the eternal cycles of nature. It divides the year into eight parts earned draws…… Read More »
    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    Author: Nicky Scott
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment & Ecology
    A very handy household guide to how you can reduce your consumption of items, recycle or reuse them. In his introduction, the author reflects on…… Read More »
    Growing Eco-Communities

    Growing Eco-Communities

    Author: Jan Martin Bang
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment / Community
    The author of this work has considerable experience in both creating and living in communities. His earlier book, Ecovillages, explained how to set up and…… Read More »
    Organic Gardening - The Natural No-Dig Way

    Organic Gardening - The Natural No-Dig Way

    Author: Charles Dowding
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Gardening / Ecology
    An essential handbook for would-be organic gardeners by one of the pioneers who has been at it for more than 25 years. His originality lies…… Read More »
    The Organic Directory

    The Organic Directory

    Author: Clive Litchfield
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Organic Food & Sustainability
    An indispensable annual publication dating back to 1991 with over 2000 listings and published with the Soil Association. There are four sections: local retail outlets…… Read More »
    Organic Places to Stay in the UK

    Organic Places to Stay in the UK

    Author: Linda Moss
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Travel / Sustainable Living
    An illustrated 'bible' of 520 beautiful places to stay throughout the country. Each entry is illustrated with appropriate description, costs and contact details. Some are…… Read More »
    Eco-Centres & Courses

    Eco-Centres & Courses

    Author: Terena Plowright
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment & Ecology
    A national directory of over 150 places which offer practical courses and days out. There is an overview of the renewable energy at the beginning…… Read More »
    The 13th Step

    The 13th Step

    Author: Jude Currivan PhD
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    This book is an account by a scientist, healer and mystic who responded to an inner call in 1998 to undertake a series of pilgrimages…… Read More »
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