 | Book of Pages by David Whiteland
Buy used from: £1.99 Brilliant, funny, wise, ingenious, delightful.
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 | Wabi-sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets and Designers by Leonard Koren
Buy new: £9.88 / Used from: £7.10 Definitive, concise: best book on wabi sabi I've read so far.
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 | The Story of Ferdinand (Picture Puffin) by Munro Leaf
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Wise peace book, full of humour - loved it since I was a tiny child.
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 | Legacy of Luna by Julia Butterfly Hill
Buy new: £14.40 / Used from: £1.23 Amazing, inspiring, courageous, uplifting - everyone who loves trees will love this.
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 | Free to Be Human: Intellectual Self-defence in an Age of Illusions by David Edwards
Buy new: £6.72 / Used from: £4.50 Shrewd and profound. Wise analysis of our condition. Helpful and memorable.
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 | Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu
Favourite translation of a favourite classic. Conveys the earthy and enigmatic quality brilliantly.
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 | Wanderers in the New Forest by Juliette de Bairacli-Levy
Buy used from: £36.99 Fascinating herbalist's account of the plants, animals and people of England's New Forest.
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 | Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
Buy new: £10.34 / Used from: £11.29 I would recommend this to everyone expecting a baby, to read and then keep for ever.
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 | Le Petit Prince: Avec des aquarelles de l'auteur (Folio Junior) by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Buy new: £6.45 / Used from: £4.02 Endearing presentation of insight and human wisdom.
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 | For Your Own Good: Roots of Violence in Child-rearing by Alice Miller
Buy used from: £0.01 A book to change the way you see things. Honest, well-observed psychology.
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 | An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks
Buy new: £5.73 / Used from: £1.25 I have learned so much from Oliver Sacks, and found this to be one of his most fascinating books.
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 | How Children Fail by John Holt
Buy used from: £4.45 Wonderful book on educational principle; about children and schools.
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| Barefoot Journey by Sister Felicity
Buy used from: £5.50 A Poor Clare nun writes about her life and vocation. I love this book.
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 | Prieres dans l'Arche (Prayers in the Ark) by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold
Beautiful, unsentimental book of the prayers of animals.
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 | Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities by Shay Salomon
Buy new: £19.95 / Used from: £19.92 Inspiring, informational: choosing smaller homes for bigger freedom and eco-responsibility.
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 | The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Yearling Newbery) by Elizabeth Speare
Buy used from: £0.01 Captivating story, full of compassion.
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 | As Chance Would Have it: Study in Coincidences by H.C. Moolenburgh
Buy new: £10.26 / Used from: £0.01 Readable, interesting, eccentric, wise; a most unusual book about coincidence and much else.
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 | Rudyard Kipling (Something of Myself) (Wordsworth Literary Lives) by Rudyard Kipling
Buy new: £3.06 / Used from: £0.39 Kipling writes about his life and making his home in Sussex. Readable and most interesting.
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 | Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.99 This has the wisest teaching about the management of anger I have ever read.
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 | The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £0.01 Tove Jansson's Moomintroll books are treasured favourites, so is this story of a child and her grandmother.
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 | Illustrated Poetry Please! by Radio 4 BBC
Buy new: £5.17 / Used from: £0.01 This and 'More Poetry Please' are the best poetry anthologies I've seen.
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 | Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life by Toinette Lippe
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £2.43 The spare, cool tone of Toinette Lippe's writing is restful; an intelligent, thoughtful book.
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 | Unsui: Diary of Zen Monastic Life by Giei Sato
Buy new: £17.95 / Used from: £9.95 Life of Japanese Zen monks in text and paintings. Delightful.
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 | The Little Flowers of St. Francis (Vintage Spiritual Classics) by Saint Francis of Assisi
Buy used from: £2.23 The stories of St Francis and his first followers, Read it when I was 15; changed my life.
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 | Enough Room for Joy: The Early Days of L'arche by Bill Clarke
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £8.00 Uplifting and compassionate account from the early days of Jean Vanier's L'Arche.
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