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The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers

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Review: I opened the book, dipped into its pages and immediately started dreaming of changing my way of life. This book really can inspire you to re-think how you do things, but it can be short on detail ( I build Drystone walls and Stone faced earth banks (Cornish or Devo....

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Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think

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Review: Written by two eminent clinical psychologists this book had potential written all over it.However the potential didn't ring true for me as I was left feeling a little perplexed at the books end. The book itself is clearly written and divided into easily digestible....

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QI: The Book of Animal Ignorance

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Review: A wonderful collection of animal miscellany. It is only let down by an absence of references and the fact that one wishes that they covered more animals.....

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Jupiter's Travels

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Review: Having read a few other motorcycle travel books, it highlights how well balanced Ted Simon's writing is between places, people, the logistics of doing it, his own reflections, and the bike. It feels to be a more genuine and personal account than some other motorcyc....

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Collins Bird Guide: The Most Complete Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

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Review: This is beyond any reasonable doubt the best portable field guide. The other reviewers make that clear. One of three essential books: For beginners, or for more detailed information on commoner British Birds I would suggest that the excellent RSPB Handbook of Bri....

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A Briefer History of Time

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Review: I don't agree with Ken at all. OK so the book is short, but do all books have to be 500 page blockbusters? It is printed with large print and wide (not double) spacing, making it a joy to read. The 'illustrations' are incredible full colour graphics. The graphic sh....

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The Tiger Child: A Folk Tale from India (Puffin Folk Tales of the World)

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Review: as a student teacher i'm constantly looking for new stories and poems - i was delighted to come across this book and took great pleasure in reading it to my class. The children range from 4 to 7 but all loved the story. My animal mad year 2's thought it was brillan....

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Yearbook of Astronomy 2009

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Why is Snot Green?: The Science Museum Question and Answer Book (Science Museum Q & a Book)

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Review: I am a Grand Ma and improved my Grand Ma ratings with all my grand children when I gave this to a 7 year old for Christmas. Cool, awsome, and other such things that are not often associated with Grand Ma's. All that said, I enjoyed the book myself as I have a har....

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A Really Short History of Nearly Everything

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Description: What on earth is Bill Bryson doing writing a book of popular science--A Short History of Almost Everything? Largely, it appears, because this inquisitive, much-travelled writer realised, while flying over the Pacific, that he was entirely ignorant of the processes ....

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