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The Company of Trees
Author :
Thomas Pakenham
Published: 2015
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Synopsis extract:
A personal account of a tree collector's estate (demense) in Ireland (Tullynally) in the form of a diary.
Synopsis 18 words
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10 Apr '17
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non-fiction
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Once in Europa
Author :
John Berger
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Odile, born to peasant family in the alps, reflects on her life from the viewpoint of a hangglider or balloon which her son Christian is flying her on/in
Synopsis 29 words
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12 Mar '17
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fiction
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Ecology of Wisdom
Author :
Arne Naas
Published: 2008
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Synopsis extract:
A collection of his writings spanning 30+ years. ...
Synopsis 16 words
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22 Feb '17
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non-fiction
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The Making of the English Landscape
Author :
W.G. Hoskins
Published: 1955
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Synopsis extract:
Does what it says on the title
Synopsis 7 words
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25 Jan '17
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non-fiction
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Pig Earth
Author :
John Berger
Published: 1979
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Synopsis extract:
Tales of peasant life in French alps. ...
Synopsis 11 words
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21 Jan '17
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fiction
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Fleeing Vesuvius
Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Environmental Collapse
Editors : Richard Douthwaite , Gillian Fallon
Published: 2010
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No summary or synopsis available
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1 Jan '17
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non-fiction
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A Guide for the Perplexed
Author :
EF Schmacher
Published: 1977
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Synopsis extract:
Philosophical Maps Levels of Being - Mineral, Plant, Animal, Man,... ...
Synopsis 104 words
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3 Nov '16
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non-fiction
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Ghostwritten
Author :
David Mitchell
Published: 1999
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Synopsis extract:
About 8 interconnected scenes taking us to the edge of extinction at the hands of our creations
Synopsis 16 words
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29 Aug '16
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fiction
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A Pattern Language
Towns, Buildings, Construction
Authors :
Christopher Alexander , Sara Ishikawa , Murray Silverstein
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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21 Aug '16
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non-fiction
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The Forgiveness of Nature
Author :
Graham Harvey
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
The story of grass
Synopsis 4 words
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7 Aug '16
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non-fiction
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Plato's Revenge
Politics in the Age of Ecology
Author :
William Ophuls
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
Linking together psychology ecology and philosophy to build a possible alternative way to be
Synopsis 14 words
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1 Aug '16
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non-fiction
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The Wolf Border
Author :
Sarah Hall
Published: 2015
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Synopsis extract:
Woman working as an ecologist & conservationist with Wolves in Idaho Reservation gets involved in a re-wilding project in Cumbria.
Synopsis 20 words
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5 Apr '16
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fiction
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Harmony
A New Way of Looking at Our World
Authors :
Charlie Windsor , Tony Juniper , Ian Skelly
Published: 2010
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Synopsis extract:
What's what and what to do about what's what that should not be and how to recover what should be what.
Synopsis 21 words
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6 Mar '16
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non-fiction
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Pandaemonium
1660-1886: Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers
Editor : Humphrey Jennings
Published: 1985
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No summary or synopsis available
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7 Feb '16
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non-fiction
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Elements of Resistance
Author :
Jeriah Bowser
Published: 2015
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Synopsis extract:
An analysis of resistance from pacifism through violence to active non-violence on the path from colonisation through decolonisation and active non-violence to total liberation avoiding the traps of the fearful warrior, the lackey and the ...
Synopsis 40 words
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22 Jul '15
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non-fiction
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This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Author :
Naomi Klein
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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2 Jun '15
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non-fiction
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The Making of a Counter Culture
Author :
Theodore Roszak
Published: 1969
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Synopsis extract:
Starts as a discussion of the meaning of the rise of youth rebellion in the 60's and ends as a critique of scientific objectivity (which is then explored in more detail in Where The wasteland Ends)
Synopsis 36 words
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5 Nov '14
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non-fiction
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The Wake
Author :
Paul Kingsnorth
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
Buccmaster leads a war band of Greene Men against the French invaders in 1066-68.
Synopsis 14 words
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2 Nov '14
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fiction
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A History of the World in Twelve Maps
Author :
Jerry Brotton
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Each of the 12 maps is used to centre a discussion on aspects of world-view at the time it was produced
Synopsis 20 words
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15 Oct '14
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non-fiction
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Communities That Abide
Editor : Dimitry Orlov
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
A short collection of essays around the theme of tools and techniques that create lasting communities
Synopsis 16 words
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29 Jun '14
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non-fiction
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Meadowland
The private life of an English Field
Author :
John Lewis-Stempel
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
A diary/journal of observations in a 5 acre meadow in a valley on the Welsh borders expanded with all the background scientific, historical and social lore you could want.
Synopsis 29 words
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24 May '14
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non-fiction
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Snake Oil
How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future
Author :
Richard Heinberg
Published: 2013
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Synopsis extract:
Fracking, the future of hydro carbons and the economy
Synopsis 9 words
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25 Oct '13
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non-fiction
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Memoires of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Maddness of Crowds
Author :
Charles Mackay
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Synopsis extract:
What it says on the title - the mid 19th century view.
Synopsis 12 words
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20 Oct '13
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non-fiction
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Flight Behaviour
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
A modern fable of the effects of changes and relationships
Synopsis 10 words
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24 May '13
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fiction
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Goethe's Science of Living Form
The Artistic Stages
Authors :
Nigel Hoffman , Craig Holdrege
Published: 2007
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Synopsis extract:
A presentation of ideas drawn from Goethe's approach to wholistic science with a practical example
Synopsis 15 words
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25 Sep '12
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non-fiction
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