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There are 36 books in this booklist
£5.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781904263746 | ISBN 10: 1904263747
When is an entrance a portal? In this beautiful little book, packed with rare antique illustrations and original artwork by Miles Thistlethwaite, architectural historian Philippa Lewis explores the fascinating world of liminal boundaries and th ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781904263937 | ISBN 10: 1904263933
What is a good life, and how is it related to a happy one? What are virtues, and how do they affect the nature of friendships? Ethicists Gregory Beabout and Mike Hannis describe various approaches, ancient and modern, to those timeless question ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781904263920 | ISBN 10: 1904263925
How do you tell what's right from what's wrong? Can you always? What's the difference between deduction, induction and abduction? What are the best techniques for making an argument logically sound? In this fascinating little book, the smallest ... more
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£14.99 hardback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781907155185 | ISBN 10: 190715518x
The Trivium consists of three liberal arts pertaining to language. Grammar, logic and rhetoric have been studied for over two thousand years as a way of refining both a speaker and their speech. With extra sections on euphonics, poetic meter and form ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781904263760 | ISBN 10: 1904263763
Jason Martineau takes us on a journey through the landscape of love, combining themes from traditional psychology and the modern sciences to explore life's most prominent and provocative theme. ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781904263661 | ISBN 10: 1904263666
How do you draw a heptagon?
What about a heptakaidecagon?
How do you fit circles perfectly into triangles?
And around them?
If the computer is down - could you do it with ruler and compass?
In this unique little book, Andrew Sutt ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781904263777 | ISBN 10: 1904263771
How does Robin Hood hit the target every time?
What is the secret art of memory?
How do you slip past guards in broad daylight?
Are there simple ways of boosting creativity, health and happiness?
Bringing together ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781904263654 | ISBN 10: 1904263658
Little bigger than a fingernail, Celtic Coins are one of the richest sources of Celtic art in the world, and yet few people are even aware that they exist. With their strange otherworldly designs they evoke a forgotten time of magical beasts, amulets ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781904263876 | ISBN 10: 1904263879
Would you lick your fingers after picking a Lily of the Valley?
Did no-one remember to warn you about fair Fool's Parsley?
And where are the haunts of Satan's Boletus and the Destroying Angel?
Hiding in the beautiful meadow ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781904263692 | ISBN 10: 1904263690
A bender is the British traveller's abode of choice. Built from little more than a tarpaulin and some thin hazel poles, people live in these snug, warm eco-homes the length and breadth of Britain.
Despite this, however, many people have nev ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781904263623 | ISBN 10: 1904263623
The Irish landscape is alive with pagan powers, gods and spirits. Inside every hill are feasting halls of otherworldly beings who sometimes emerge into our realm, or entice the unwary into theirs.
Lakes and rivers have their own divinities, ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781904263630 | ISBN 10: 1904263631
Have you ever seen a pixie? Really? How about a nixie?
Where would you find a brownie? And who exactly is Puck?
Hiding in the woods, meadows, lakes and caves of Britain's green and pleasant lands are a multitude of little-studied folk who h ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263593 | ISBN 10: 1904263593
Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man.
In this excellent little book geometer ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263234 | ISBN 10: 1904263232
A young man's search for freedom, leaving the confines of Wimbly and finding himself living in a treehouse, a partner in grime with the road protesters of Newbury.
A sharp green tale from the multiple award-winning author of Pip Pip: A Side ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263616 | ISBN 10: 1904263615
Are things really smaller when they are further away? Can something be clearly visible but not there at all? Is it possible to have a direct and true experience of reality?
In this delightful and informative little book Phoebe McNaughton tak ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263579 | ISBN 10: 1904263577
About to leave for an adventure overseas...thought of everything: rucksack, mosquito net, first aid, camera and swiss army knife... but have you remembered the most important thing of all - what are you going to eat? Now, with Mark's new book, wherev ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263548 | ISBN 10: 1904263542
Why does Nature use the same special patterns over and over again? What are the main families of natural design? How are they formed? Did the ancient Chinese really study this subtle and elegant subject? In this beautiful book, illustrated by D ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263586 | ISBN 10: 1904263585
What is everything around us made of, and how did it get there? What arcane secrets hide in the modern alchemist's laboratory?Is there a hidden order to matter itself, known only to a select few? You hold in your hands the smallest guide to the ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263555 | ISBN 10: 1904263550
In all early cultures, weaving represented the image of creation. In this beautiful book, Martin presents the history, folklore, and techniques of weaving through various cultures. She explains and illustrates the three basic weave structures-plain w ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904263531 | ISBN 10: 1904263534
Dowsing is one of the most ancient and peculiar arts or sciences known to man. Widely used for millennia to find water, it is today employed by builders, plumbers, and electricians the world over. In ancient times it was an invaluable tool for locati ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781904263517 | ISBN 10: 1904263518
Why on earth do cars have the same symmetry as dragonflies? Is there really a beautiful swirling pattern lurking in every dripping tap? What do insect eggs have in common with planets, and why?
In this exquisite book, the smallest and most c ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781904263470 | ISBN 10: 190426347x
What was the great and golden secret known to Leonardo Da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Why were they forbidden to reveal it? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself?
In this small but compact volume divine prop ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781904263524 | ISBN 10: 1904263526
What is the secret meaning of alchemical symbolism? Why was the Royal Art kept secret for so long? Could ancient mages really turn molten lead into gold with a mere pinch of the Philosopher's Stone?
Alchemy is perhaps the last true magical a ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781904263487 | ISBN 10: 1904263488
Why are dragons recognised in almost all cultures on Earth? What is the mysterious geomantic gold they secretly guard? Could dragons be a folk memory of something which once hunted us?
In this beautiful little book Joyce Hargreaves tells the ... more
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£4.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781904263043 | ISBN 10: 1904263046
Is there a secret language all around us? What's so special about the shape of the Great Pyramid? How can there be something sexy about circles?
Lavishly illustrated by the author, this small introduction to one of the oldest and most widespread ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781904263463 | ISBN 10: 1904263461
How many days are there between full moons - do you know? Is there an ancient key to the calendar hidden in stone circles? What is the magical secret of the Sun-Moon-Earth system? If you have ever wondered about eclipses, tides or the seasons, ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781904263425 | ISBN 10: 1904263429
Lost in space? Muddling your quasars and your superclusters? Wondering how everything got where it is? Where it's all going to? Travel through a black hole. Discover weird relativistic space-time distortions. Fly to the outer reaches of our knowledge ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781904263319 | ISBN 10: 1904263313
The Round Towers of Ireland are among the most enigmatic and extraordinary constructions of the early Irish Church.
Why were they put up? What were they used for? Where did the idea come from, and when?
Hector McDonnell, one of Ireland's best-k ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781904263357 | ISBN 10: 1904263356
A small book of delightful poems about little people for little people.
Includes rhymes on fairies, elves, dwarves, dandelions, butterflies and beetles.
With beautiful illustrations on every page by Fiona Hughes. ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781904263364 | ISBN 10: 1904263364
Music is one of the oldest and most universal of the ancient Arts, yet few people understand what the elements of harmony really are and how they actually fit together, or sometimes don’t quite.
In this charming little book Anthony Ashton us ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781904263326 | ISBN 10: 1904263321
The ancient trees of the British Isles form a distinct and fascinating group - in this little book their form and character are carefully described by Welsh border woodsman Andy Thompson.
With rare early engravings of seeds and branches, lea ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781904263388 | ISBN 10: 1904263380
Many ancient peoples built their sacred sites in dead straight lines. The magical paths involved astronomy and geomancy, and were used for spirit flight, both by the living as they slept or travelled in shamanic trance, and by spirits of the dead, bo ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781904263333 | ISBN 10: 190426333x
Labyrinths are found in rock, mosaics and turf all over the world, and seem to have been known to magicians from very ancient times. In the traditional designs no choices are offered to the seekers, the path simply delivering the walker to the centre ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781904263340 | ISBN 10: 1904263348
The crop circles which appear in British fields on short summer nights have quickly become the most famous works of modern art on Earth. Perfectly conceived, priceless and expertly crafted by artists unknown, the formations are an environmental trium ... more
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£4.99 paperback (2002) - ISBN 13: 9781904263159 | ISBN 10: 1904263151
Avebury is still the largest stone circle complex on Earth... Silbury Hill is the same age at the Great Pyramid... What is the secret geometry of the stones? Was a lost science once practiced there? Packed with rare old engravings and new research, t ... more
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£5.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9781904263401 | ISBN 10: 1904263402
What is the real story of the runic rings found in Britian? No self-respecting wizard should be unschooled in runelore, and in this little book runemaster Paul Johnson introduces the magic of this archaic script through ancient runes found on stones, ... more
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