go
to music store
All
items in our shop are selected for being relevant to our personal
experience and that of the co-op, so most of these are books etc.
we know and love. Our aim is to share our passion and knowedge with
anyone with the same interests
Buying
books through our store gaurentees you the best price and service
possible via the world biggest bookstore: amazon, but the 5% sales
comission goes to support permaculture here in wales!
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Patrick
Whitefield's great book on Forest gardening, it was the first really
good permaculture gardening book written for our temperate climate |
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Ben
is an inspirational forester and I really recommend his work. This
is the story of him applying his skills ot building his own home,
subject of a great tv documentary |
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Robert
Hart of course is attributed to have invented the Forest Garden
and pionnered it in his garden in Wenlock Edge |
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Graham
Bell is a stalwart of Permaculture in the UK and has loads to say
about it, well worth a read |
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More
from Robert - Robert died a few years ago, but he has left an amazing
legacy |
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Mollison
and Holgren's designers manual is still the definitive text - the
Permaculture bible, although its mainly about Australia the principles
are the same everywhere |
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The
definitive book on dealing with slugs without poisons, comprised
a compilation of folklore suggesions from the public and 30 years
experiece of gardening in wales' wettest village |
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Allan's
garden heroes, his writing is both witty and informed with a passion
for sustainability |
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Everything
you need to know about high fibre composting, researched at the
Centre for Alternative technology |
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Morgan
Spurlock's book on fast food - drawing on his experience of putting
together the 'brilliant' guerilla documentary super size me |
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This
is a brilliant and thoroughly researched critique of the fast food
industry. 'It wipes the smile of the face of your happy meal' |
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Housing
Co-ops, read all about it! |
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Holmgren
is a very sensible and level headed writer where Mollison is much
more wacky. |
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Jon
Hands on housing co-ops |
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Earth
user's guide - I like the look of this one, not read it yet |
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Housing
co-op's in Britain |
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We
have known Simon for years via Redfield community and Permaculture
association here is his pc plot - actually I dont think Chickenshak
are in it, I must talk to him! |
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is the definitive read for anyone interested in human survival,
Diamond is an inspirational writer. You need to take some time out
to read this, it really stretches your brain in all the right places |
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"This
book puts into context better than anything I have read the major
tragedy that has been occurring in Zimbabwe for over twenty years" |
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Guns
germs and steel, - possibly the most interesting book yet written;
condensing 13,000 years of human history from a global perspective
into one volume - brain boiling |
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Part
of my soul will forever remain in Zimbabwe, and part of that love
has a lot to do with the music that oozes out of its every pore
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Ok
here is not the place to look for books about marketing, but it
is the other subject that most interests me.
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Read this book, it is illuminating! |
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Thomas
Mapfumo - where to start? the man is a musical giant, amazon have
28 listings for him, this one recorded on his 50th birthday catches
him in a soulful mood, and typifies the chimurenga sound |
