GREEN BOOKS is an independent environmental publishing company producing books on a wide range of ecological and cultural issues. All our recent books (where the publisher is listed as 'Green Books') are printed on FSC or recycled paper using vegetable-based inks. The printers we use are within 150 miles as the crow flies from our offices in Devon – thus reducing ‘book miles’ and our carbon footprint.

We also distribute in the UK selected titles from US publisher Chelsea Green.

Many of our books are also available in ebook formats through our own bookstore, Amazon.co.uk and other online ebook retailers.

 



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Recent publications

Green Books - Perennial Vegetables

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Green Books - Future Money

How to grow Perennial Vegetables

by Martin Crawford

"This book leads is down the path to a wealth of perennial vegetables and tell us how to combine them sucessfully." - Anne Swithinbank

This long awaited book by Martin Crawford provides comprehensive advice on how to grow perennial vegetables, including comprehensive advice of types of perennial vegetables.

224pp  colour

£14.95pb

How to be an Everyday Kitchen Magician

by Richard Fox

"Pages full of tasty new tricks - many I'll be sharing with family at home." - Gary Rhodes

The average household throws away £480 per year is waste food and drink. Richard Fox is on a mission to save you money and teach you that even a bendy courgette can be turned into a mouth-watering meal.

160pp colour

£9.95pb

Future Money

by James Robertson

"I can guarantee Future Money will change the way people think about today's crisis - and, hopefully, the way they act." Jonathon Porritt

Future Money explains in plain language and convincing detail how our money system is propelling us toward the self-destruction of our species - and what we should do about it.

192pp black & white

£14.95pb

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Some of our bestsellers: click on the covers for more information

The Fruit Tree Handbook by Ben Pike

Full colour £16.95 pb

 

Building with Straw Bales by Barbara Jones

Full colour £14.95 pb

Creating a Forest Garden by Martin Crawford

Full colour £30 hb

The Breakdown of Nations by Leopold Kohr

£9.95 pb

Making the most of your Glorious Glut by Jackie Sherman

Full colour £12.95 pb

Spiritual Compass by Satish Kumar

£9.95 pb

How to Grow Winter Vegetables by Charles Dowding

Full colour £14.95 pb

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tover Bailey
£12.95 pb

Grow Your Food for Free (well, almost) by Dave Hamilton

Full colour £14.95 pb

 

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News in brief

Martin Crawford's long awaited new book

Green Books - Perennial Vegetables

Martin Crawford's new book How to grow Perennial Vegetables is out now offering inspiration for all gardeners, plus plenty of cooking tips.

Richard Fox tours the UK with his new book

Richard Fox's new book How to be an Everyday Kitchen Magician is out now, and Richard is embarking on a huge national tour, coming to a town near you soon. See his events page for a list of all his events - we will be updating regularly.

Bestselling at last - 54 years after publication!

The Breakdown of Nations

The Breakdown of Nations

Thanks to a Guardian piece by Paul Kingsnorth entitled This economic collapse is a crisis of bigness, Leopold Kohr's influential book leapt to the top of our bestselling books on Amazon in October. Read it yourself to understand why Kingsnorth says that "Kohr has a good claim to be the most important political thinker that you have never heard of."

Killing the CranesKilling the Cranes

As a young US foreign correspondent, Edward Girardet arrived in Afghanistan just three months prior to the Soviet invasion in 1979, and has reported on the conflict throughout the three decades since. In his gripping, personal account Killing the Cranes (Chelsea Green), Girardet delivers a story of that nation’s resistance fighters, foreign invaders, mercenaries and others who have defined Afghanistan’s last thirty years of war, chaos, and strife.

Edward Girardet discussed his book on the BBC World Service on 7th & 8th October. Watch a video interview with him here in which he describes an encounter with Osama bin Laden.


Grow Your Food for Free (well, almost) - video clip

Click on this image to spend a few minutes with author Dave Hamilton

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Climate change - what's the worst that can happen? If you need to be convinced on the need for action, watch this video.


Don't miss . . .

Several of our authors are appearing at various events around the UK. Please visit our events page for all the details.