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Reprinted in 2011
First published in 2007 by New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd
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Contents
Author’s foreword
The benefits of self-sufficiency
The self-sufficient town house
The self-sufficient village cottage
The self-sufficient smallholding
Solar collectors and Trombe walls
Recycling your household waste
