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Chicken Coops for the Soul
By Julia Hollander
Paperback
Published 02-Mar-2007
| RRP: | £6.99 |
| Our price: | £4.99 |
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When Julia Hollander agreed to buy her small daughter a rabbit, she had no idea that she would end up with two hens as well. This is a record of the five years of trial and error that ensued, in which Julia charts the joys, challenges and inevitable moments of disappointment of allowing your life to become dominated by poultry.
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Bees in the City
By Alison Benjamin & Brian McCallum
Hardback
Published 03-Aug-2007
| RRP: | £12.99 |
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Beekeeping - once seen as an old-fashioned country pursuit - is increasingly attracting young metropolitan professionals, and new hives are springing up all over our cities. This title suggests creative ways you can help bees in your own back garden without keeping a hive. It provides practical information for the novice urban beekeeper.
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Climate Files
By Fred Pearce
Paperback
Published 16-Jun-2006
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It is the biggest scandal to hit global warming science in years. In November 2009 it emerged that thousands of documents and emails had been stolen from one of the top climate science centres in the world. The author tells the real inside story of the events leading up to the stealing of those fateful emails.
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When a Billion Chinese Jump
By Jonathan Watts
Paperback
Published 01-Jul-2010
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With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is suffering an environmental disaster. This title presents a demonstration that - even with the crisis so severe, and the political scope so limited - the actions of individuals can make a difference.
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Bring on the Apocalypse
By George Monbiot
Hardback
Published 01-Mar-2008
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Features essays on money, religion, war, power, culture and nature. This book explains why we are heading into an uncertain future in which peace and sound politics are paramount to our survival.
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Chicken Coops for the Soul
By Julia Hollander
Hardback
Published 05-May-2006
| RRP: | £12.99 |
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Charts the joys, challenges and inevitable moments of disappointment that face aspiring poultry keepers. This title explains which breeds are most productive, why some hens lay double-yolkers, and how we have the Second World War to thank for our ability to tell newly hatched male and female chicks apart.
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Allotment Keeper's Handbook
By Jane Perrone
Hardback
Published 11-Jan-2007
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Acts as a guide to managing your own organic vegetable patch. Filled with advice, from how to choose an allotment and test its soil to knowing your chickweed from your chicory, this book steers a carefree course through the trials, errors and frustrations of starting a kitchen garden.
This item is currently re-printing. You may still order this book and we will despatch it as soon as it becomes available.
Green Money
By Sarah Pennells
Paperback
Published 01-Jun-2009
| RRP: | £9.99 |
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Green Money is an essential guide to ethical investment. Packed with accessible information and advice, the book will help readers develop a financial plan that's sustainable both for them personally and for the planet.
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