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Classification -


1.   Animal Welfare
2.   Church in the Countryside
3.   Ecology and Conservation
4.   Ecology and Theology
5.   Economic History
English Countryside:
      6.   Descriptive
      7.   Reports
      8.   Historical and Reminiscence
9.   Food and Farming
10.   Plants and Wildlife
11.   World Development

Animal Welfare

  (Located by Red/Black tab)
Brown, A.   Who cares for Animals ?   150 Years of the RSPCA   Heinemann 1974
Chesterton, G.K.   St.Francis of Assisi   Hodder & Stoughton 1934
Cuthbert, Father OSFC   Life of St.Francis of Assisi   Longman Green & Co 1939
Holmes-Gore, V.A.   These We Have Not Loved   C.W.Daniel 1971
Hume, C.W.   The Status of Animals in the Christian religion   UFAW 1980
Moorhead, A.   No Room in the Ark   Reprint Society 1960
Palmer, M.   Lord of Creation   WWF 1988
Paterson, D. & Palmer,M.   The Status of Animals - Ethics, Education and Welfare   C.A.B. International 1989
Regan, T. & Linzey .A.   Song of Creation - An Anthology in Praise of Animals   Marshall Morgan & Scott 1988
Ryder, R.D.   Victims of Science - the Use of Animals in Research   National Anti-Vivisection Soc. 1983
Thompson, J.   The Bible, the Church and the Animal Kingdom   St.Clements Publications 1989
Verney. P.   Homo Tyrannicus - A History of Man's War Against Animals   Mills & Boon 1979

Church in the Countryside

  (Books located by green tab)
ACCRA Report   Faith in the Countryside   Churchman Publishing 1990
Addison, W.   The English Country Parson   Dent & Sons 1948
Bede, The Ven.   A history of the English Church and People   Penguin 1955
Bernanos, G.   The Diary of a Country Priest   Fontana 1967
Carter, C.S.   The English Church in the 28th C.   Church Bookroom Press 1948
Edwards D.L.   Christian England - Its Story to the Reformation   Collins 1981
Francis, L.J.   Rural Anglicanism -A Future for Young Christians ?   Collins 1985
Francis, L.J. & Martineau, J.   Rural Praise   ACCRA 1996
Hammond, P.   The Parson and the Victorian Parish   Hodder & Stoughton 1977
Holland W. (ed Ayers)   Diary 1799-1818 Paupers and Pig Killers   Penguin 1984
Horn, P.   A Georgian Parson and his Village   (David Davies 1742- 1819) Beacon Publications 1981
Insight, J.   Country Parson   Herbert Jenkins 1961
International Conference at Durham   Rural Culture and Spirituality 1998
Jeffery, G.   Bush Brother   Wolfe Publishing 1970
Jung, S.et al.   Rural Ministry - the Shape of the Renewal to Come   Abingdon Press 1998
Lathe, A.(Ed)   The Group - the Story of Eight Country Churches   Hempnall Group Council 1986
Lawson, J.   Green and Pleasant Land   SCM Press 1955
Leech,J.   Rural Rides of the Bristol Churchgoer   Alan Sutton 1982
Linnell.C.   Some East Anglian Clergy Faith Press 1961
Martineau, J. (Ed.)   Turning the Sod - A Workbook on the Multi- Parish Benefice ACCRA 1995
Martineau,J. (Ed.)   Bridging the Gap - the Church in the Local Community ACCRA 1999
Moore, A.   A Son of the Rectory - from Leicester to the Somme   Alan Sutton 1982
Mullen, P.   Rural Rites - Tales of a Country Parson SPCK 1984
Mullen, P.   Country Matters - Further Tales of a Country Parson   SPCK 1985
Olesen, J.V. (Ed.)   Songs from Green Pastures (Selections from the Psalms)   Lion Books 1981
Poulton, J.   Fresh Air - A Vision for the Future of the Rural Church   Marshall Morgan & Scott 1985
Richardson, J. (Ed.)   Ten Rural Churches   MARC 1988
R.T.A.   The Rural Church - Towards 2000   RTA 1989
Russell,A.   The Clerical Profession   SPCK 1980
Savigear.E.   The Servant Church - Organising Rural Community Care   ACCRA 1996
Skinner, J.   Journal of a Somerset Rector 1803 - 1834   Oxford University Press 1984
Smith,A.C.   The South Ormsby Experiment   SPCK 1960
Steele, E.H.,Leavey, D.E.& Somerset-Ward, A.D.   Youth and the Village Church   SPCK 1946
Stuart, J. (Ed.)   An Ecological Vision for the Rural Church   the Unity Church in Australia 1996
Tiller, J.   A Strategy for the Churches Ministry   CIO Publishing 1985
Trevelyan, G.M.   England in the Age of Wycliffe   Longman 1972
West, F.   The Country Parish Today and Tomorrow   SPCK 1960
West.F.   Sparrows of the Spirit   SPCK 1961

Ecology and Conservation

  (Located by Orange tab)
Adams, W.M.   Nature's Place - Conservation Sites and Countryside Change   Alien & Unwin 1986
Arvill, R.   Man and Environment   Penguin 1983
Allsop, K.   What's Politics Got to Do With It ?   Hodder & Stoughton 1967
Asimov, I. (Ed)   Living in the Future   New English Library 1985
Bockmuhl, K.   Conservation and Lifestyie   Grove Booklet on Ethics No.20 1977
Brandt, W.(Chairman)   North-South - A Programme for Survival Report of the Independent Commission on International Development Issues   Pan Books 1980
Burton, J.   How to be Green   Friends of the Earth 1989
Carson, R,   Silent Spring   Penguin 1966
Capra, F. & Spretnak, C.   Green Politics - the Global Promise   Hutchinson 1984
Collins, J.S.   The Vision of Glory   Cardinal Books 1972
Ekins, P.   The Living Economy   Routledge & Paul 1986
Elkington,J. The Poisoned Womb   Penguin 1985
Elkington.J & Hailes, J.   The Green Consumer Guide   Victor Gollancz 1988
Goldsmith,E.   The Great U-Turn   Green Books 1988
Higgins,R.   The Seventh Enemy and the Human Factor in the Global Crisis   Hodder & Stoughton 1981
Hill, P.C. & Villvoye, R.   Energy in Crisis   Robert Yeatman 1974
Illich, I.   Tools for Conviviality   Fontana 1973
Irvine, S.& Ponton, A.   A Green Manifesto   Optima 1988
Jennings, T.   Environmental Studies - a first course   Pitman 1980
King,A. & Clifford,S.(for Common Ground)   Holding Your Ground   Maurice Temple Smith 1985
Kirby, C.   Water in Great Britain   Penguin 1984
Lindsey, H.   The Late Great Planet Earth   Lakeland 1980
Lundborg, L.   Future without Shock   Souvenir Press 1975
Mabey, R.   The Common Ground   Hutchinson/NCC 1980
Mellanby, K.   Pesticides and Pollution   Collins Fontana 1969
Moore, N.W.   The Bird of Time   Cambridge University Press 1987
Moss.R.   The Earth in Our Hands   Inter-Varsity Press 1982
Osmond,J. & Graham,A.   Alternatives   Michael Balfour 1984
Palmer, M.   Genesis or Nemesis   Dryad Press 1988
Weston, J. (Ed.)   Red and Green - the New Politics of the Environment   Pluto Press 1986

Ecology and Theology

  (Located by Orange/Green tab)
Ali,M.   The Living Thoughts of the Prophet Mohammed   Cassell 1947
Anderson, B.W.   Creation in the Old Testament   SPCK/Fortess Press 1984
Assisi Declarations, The     WWF 1986
Berryman.P.   Liberation Theology   I.B.Tauris 1987
Brueggemann   The Land   SPCK/Fortess Press 1989
Butland.C.   Work in Worship   Hodder & Stoughton 1985
Church of England Board for Social Responsibility   Our responsibility for the Living Environment   Church House Publishing 1986
Coulson, C.A.   Science & Christian Belief   Fontana 1958
Cooper,T.   Green Christianity   Hodder & Stoughton (Spire) 1990
Cranberg-Michaelson   Tending the Garden - Essays on the Gospel and the Earth   W.Eerdmans Michison 1987
Cullinan.T.   Mine & Thine, Ours & Theirs - An Anthology on Ownership in the Christian Tradition   Catholic Truth Society 1979
Elliott.C.   Praying the Kingdom   Darton Longman & Todd 1985
Elsdon.R.   Bent World   Inter-Varsity Press 1981
Ferguson R.   Chasing the Wild Goose- the Iona Community   Collins 1989
Ford,A.   Universe, God, Man & Science   Hodder & Stoughton 1986
Gutierrez.G.   A Theology of Liberation   SCM 1988
Housman, L.   Little PJays of St.Francis   Sidgwick & Jackson 1928
Innes, K.   Caring for the Earth   Grove Ethical Studies No.66 1987
Itauerwas, S.   The Peacable Kingdom - A Primer in Christian Ethics   SCM 1984
Jackson, D. & Jackson, N.   Living Together in a World Falling Apart   Creation House 1974
Jones, C.   Biblical Signposts for Agricultural Policy   The Agricultural Christian Fellowship 1968
Kiutert, H.M.   Everything is Politics but Politics is not Everything - a Theological Perspective of Faith and Politics   SCM 1985
Kraybill, D.   The Upside Down Kingdom   Marshall Morgan & Scott 1985
McDonagh, S.   The Greening of the Church   Geoffrey Chapman 1990
Newbiggin, L.   Foolishness to the Greeks - the Gospel and Western Culture   SPCK 1986
Palmer M. & Bisset.E.   Worlds of Difference   Blackie/WWF 1985
Palmer,M, Nash,A. & Hattingh,I   Faith & Nature - Our relationship with the Natural World Explored Through Sacred Literature   WWF 1986
Palmer,M.   Genesis or Nemesis   Dryad Press 1988
Palmer,M.   Creation Festival Liturgy - Coventry Cathedral   ICOREC/WWF 1988
Polkinghorne.J.   One World - the Interaction of Science and Theology   SPCK 1987
Polkinghorne J.   Science and Creation - the Search for Understanding   SPCK l988
Roger, Brother of Taize   Parade of Community   Mowbray 1980
Rogers,E.   Plundered Planet   Denholm House Press 1973
Sider, R.J.   Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger   Hodder & Stoughton 1977
Sider, R.J.   Living More Simply - Biblical Principles & Practical Models   Hodder & Staughton 1978
Spink,P.   A Christian in the New Age   Darton Longman & Todd 1991
Strachen.G.   Christ and the Cosmos   Labarum Publications 1985
Taylor, J.V.   Enough is Enough   SCM Press 1975
Tillich, P.   Theology of Culture   OUP 1959
Waddell,H.   The Desert Fathers   Fontana 1962
Weber, H.R.   Living in the Image of Christ - the Laity in Ministry   WCC Publications 1986
Wilson.M.   The Rural Spirit - an Anthology   Collins 1990
Witveiet.T.   A Place in the Sun - An Introduction to Liberation Theology in the 3rd World   SCM 1985
Wolters, A.M.   Creation Regained   Inter-Varsity Press 1986
Wood, B.   Our World, God's World   Bible Reading Fellowship 1985
Wood,B.   Reflections for Advent & the Christmas Season on the Environment   Bible Reading Fellowship 1986
Wright, C.J.H.   Living as the People of God - the relevance of Old Testament Ethics   Inter Varsity Press 1965

Economic History

  (Located by Yellow/Green tab)
Barnet.R.J.   The Lean years   Abacus 1981
Borrowdale.A.   A Woman's Work: Changing Christian Attitudes   SPCK 1989
Burnett.J.   Useful Toil: Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820's to the 1920's   Penguin 1984
Meadows, D.H, Meadows, D.L, Randus, J, Behrens, W.W.III   The Limits to Growth   Pan Books 1975
Smith,N.J.   Poverty in England 1601 - 1936   David & Charles 1972
Snell,K.D.M.   Annals of the Labouring Poor: Social Change and Agrarian England 1660-1900   C.U.P.1982
Storkey.A.   Transforming Economics   SPCK 1986
Thompson,E.P.   The Making of the English Working Class   Penguin 1986
Williams,R.   The Country and the City   Hogarth Press 1973
Williams,R.   Culture and Society: Coleridge to Orwell   Hogarth Press 1982

English Countryside - Descriptive

  (Located by green/black tab)
Bolger.F.J.   Rural Studies   Allman & Son 1965
Bonham-Carter.V.   The Survival of the English Countryside   Hodder & Stoughton 1971
Christian,G.   Tomorrows Countryside   John Murray 1971
Conservation Foundation   First Conservation Annual   Conservation Foundation 1982
Darling, F.Fraser   Island Years   G.Bell 1948
Freethy, R.   The Making of the British Countryside   David & Charles 1981
Higgs, J.   The Land   Studio Vista 1964 (Readers Union reprint)
Mabey.R.   The Unofficial Countryside   Collins 1974
Mais.S.B, Street, A.G. et al.   The Countryside and How to Enjoy It   Odhams Press ca.1950
Morton.H.V.   In Search of England   Methuen ca.1931
Norton-Taylor, R.   Whose Land is it Anyway ?   Turnstone Press 1982
Rogers, A.   The Countryside Handbook   OUP 1985
Scott, J.W.Robertson   England's Green & Pleasant Land   Penguin 1947
Thomas, W.B.   The English Landscape   Country Life Books 1938
Wightman,R.   The Countryside Today   Pelham Books 1964 (Readers Union reprint)

English Countryside - Reports


Countryside Agency, The   The State of the Countryside   1999
Department of the Environment   Rural England - A Discussion Document   1999
Duke of Westminster   The Problems in Rural Areas   1992
Ernest Cook Trust   Trent Study - Planning for Change in a Rural Community (Dorset)   Richmond & Trent 1980
Denmark - Vra 1994   International Conference on Rural Issues   Land Ethical Conference Report 1997
Partnership in the Countryside   Working with Rural Communities - A Guide to Rural Partnerships   1998
RASE   Women in the Countryside   1988
Rural Development Commission   Lifestyies in Rural England   Dept. of Environment 1994
Stern, E & Turbin, J.   Youth Employment & Unemployment in Rural England   The Development Commission 1986

English Countryside - Historical & Reminiscence

Allsop,K.   In the Country   Hodder & Stoughton 1975
Arlington, H. & Dick, S.   The Cottage Homes of England   Bracken Books 1984
Archer,F.   When Village Bells Were Silent   Readers Union 1976
Archer, F.   The Secrets of Bredon Hill   Country Book Club 1973
Baseley, G.   A Country Compendium   W.H.Allen & Co. 1977
Bates, H.E.   In the Heart of the Country (Illustrated Tunicliffe.C.E.)   Robinson Publishing 1985
Bates, H.E.   The Happy Countryman(Illustrated Tunicliffe, C.E.)   Robinson Publishing 1985
Bell, A.   The Open Air   MacLehose 1939
Bettey, J.H.   Rural Life in Wessex 1500-1900   Alan Sutton 1987
Biythe, R.   Akenfield   Penguin Books 1973
Bourne G.   Change in the Village   Penguin 1984
Cobbett, W.   Cottage Economy   Oxford University Press Edition 1979 (Originally pub.1822)
Deakin, B.   Nothing of the Town   Frederick Muller 1947
Ditchfield, P.H.   Country Folk - A Pleasant Company   E.P.Publishing 1974
Eliot, G.   Scenes of Clerical Life   Penguin Books 1973
Evans, G.Ewart   The Farm and the Village   Faber 1974
Gough, R.   The History of Myddle   Penguin 1980
Grigson, G.   The Shell Country Book   Phoenix House 1962
Hill, S.   The Magic Apple Tree   Penguin 1985
Hodgson, A.   Country People - An Endangered Species   SMH Books, Pulborough, West Sussex 1999
Hoskins, W.G.   The Making of the English Countryside   Hodder & Stoughton 1965
Jefferies, R.   The Lily of the Fields   Chatto & Windus 1937 (first pub.1884)
Jefferies, R.   Amaryllis at the Fair   Quartet Books 1980 (first pub.1887)
Jefferies, R.   The Hills and the Vale   OUP 1980 (first pub.1909) Jones, D.   Country Book   Readers Union 1976
Kilvert.F. (Plomer.W.Ed)   Kilvert's Diary 1870-2879   Jonathan Cape 1974
Massingham.H.   Where Man Belongs   Collins 1946
Millar.G.   Part-time Countryman   Faber & Faber ?1944
Mitford, M.R.   Sketches of English Life and Character   John Lane The Bodley Head 1928
Moreau.R.E.   The Departed Village   Oxford University Press 1968
Newby.H.   Country Life: A Social History of Rural England   Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987
Owen,J.A. & Boulger.G.S.   The Country Month by Month   Bliss Sands & Foster 1894 (4 volumes July, August, September & October)
Page,R.   The Decline of an English Village   Davis-Poynter 1975
Parker.R.   The Common Stream   Paladin 1976
Peel,J.H.B.   New Country Talk   Robert Hale 1975
Peel.J.H.B.   Country Talk Again Robert   Hale 1977
Phillips.A.   My Uncle George - the respectful recollections of a Backslider in a Highland Manse   Pan Books 1986
Preston,M.   The Diary of a Farmer's Wife 1796-1797   Hazel Watson & Viney 1980
Proteus of The Field   The Changing Year   Unwin Paperbacks 1985
Richmond,L.   The Dairyman's Daughter   Gospel Standard- Baptist Trust 1970
Roberts, C.   Gone Rustic   Hodder & Stoughton 1942
Scowen.K. & Niall.I.   Unknown England   Batsford
Somerville-Large,P.   Cappaghglass   Hamish Hamilton 1985
Sturt, G.   Change in the Village   Caliban 1984
Thomas,E.   The South Country   J.M.Dent 1984
Thompson,F.   Lark rise to Candleford   Penguin 1975
Thompson,F.   Candleford Green   OUP 1943
Torr,C.   Small Talk at Wreyland   OUP 1979
Uttley.A.   Country World - Memories of Childhood   Faber & Faber 1984
Whitlock, R.   A Family and a Village   Country Book Club 1970
Whitlock.R.   A Calendar of Country Customs   Batsford 1978
Winter, G.   A Country Camera 1844-I924   Penguin 1973
Winter, G.   The Golden Years 1903-1913   Penguin 1975
Wright, F.M.   Rustic Speech & Folklore   OUP 1918

Food & Farming

  (Located by red tab)
Andrews,J. & Rebane.M.   Farming & Wildlife - A Practical Management Handbook   RSPB 1994
Blunden J. & Turner G.   Critical Countryside   BBC 1985
Cannon,G.   The Politics of Food   Century 1988
Fukuoka.M.   The Natural Way of Farming - Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy   Japan Publications 1989
Harman,T.   Seventy Summers - The Story of a Farm   BBC Publications 1986
Henderson.G.   Farmers Progress - A Guide to Farming   Faber & Faber 1949
Henderson/G.   The Farming Ladder   Faber & Faber 1950
Holt,T.   Fit to Eat ? The Green Party's Food Policy   Green Party 1990
Lisle,C.   The Farm at Melbrook   Jarrolds 1957
Lowe.T.A.   Fruit Farm in England   Rockcliff 1946
Lowe, P, Cox, G, MacEwen, M, O'Riordan,T & Winter,M   Countryside Conflicts: the Politics of Farming, Forestry and Conservation   Gower 1987
McMullen, J.   My Small Country Living   Unwin 1985
Mellanby,K.   Can Britain Feed Itself?   Merlin Press 1975
Murry, J.M.   Community Farm   Country Book Club 1953
Nuffield   Genetically Modified Crops: the Ethical & Social Issues   Nuffield Council on Bio-Ethics
Orwin, C.S.   A History of English Farming   Thos.Nelson 1952
Pye-Smith,C. & Hall, C(Eds.)   The Countryside We Want: A Manifesto for the Year 2000   Green Books 1985
Green Party, The   Our Borrowed Land - Food, Farming and You   Green Party 1987
Raikes, P.   Modernising Hunger: Famine, Food Surplus and Farm Policy in the EEC and Africa   Heinemann Educational Books 1988
RASE   Old Crops in New Bottles: Thoughts on the Science of Genetically Modified Crops   Royal Agricultural Society of England
Rural Resettlement Group   Rural Resettlement Handbook   R.R.Group 1979
Seymour, J. and Girardet, H.   Far From Paradise, The Story of Human Impact on the Environment   Green Print 1988
Shoard.M.   This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Britain's Countryside   Paladin 1987
Slee.B.   Alternative Farm Enterprises   Farming Press 1987
Street, A.G.   Farmer's Glory   Penguin 1951
Turner, N.   Fertility Farming   Faber & Faber 1951
Wells, G.S.   Garden in the West   Dodd, Mead & Co. 1969
Whitemore, C.   Land for People - Land Tenure and the Very Poor   Oxfam Public Affairs Unit 1985
Wookey.B.   Rushail - the Story of an Organic Farm   Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1987

Plants and Wildlife

  (Located by Green/Blue tab)
Attenborough, D.   The Living Planet   BBC/Readers Digest 1984
Bellamy, D. & Boomer,M.   Green Worlds - Plants & Forest Life   Aldus Books 1975
Blatchford, N.   Your Book of Forestry   Faber & Faber 1980
Condry, W.   The World of a Mountain   Faber & Faber 1977
Evans, I.0.   The Observers Book of British Geology   Fred Warne & Co. ca.1958
Grey, Viscount   The Charm of Birds   Hodder & Stoughton 1940
Hart, C. & Raymond, C.   British Trees in Colour   Michael Joseph 1974
Jennings, T.   The World of a Hedge   Faber & Faber 1978
King, P.   Protect our Planet   Quiller Press 1986
Mabey, R.   Gilbert White - a Biography   Century 1987
Makins, F.K.   British Trees in Winter   J.M.Dent 1945
Manning, S.A.   Nature in the West Country   Worlds Work Ltd. 1979
Myers, N.   The Primary Source - Tropical Forests and our Future   W.W. Norton 1984
Sears, P.B.   The Biology of the Living Landscape - An Introduction to Ecology   George Alien & Unwin 1962
Sparks,J.   The Discovery of Animal Behaviour   Collins/BBC 1982
Tompkins, P. and Bird, C.   The Secret Life of Plants   Allen Lane 1973
White,G.   The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne   Macmillan 1984(1789)
White,G. (Dadswell,E. (ed.)   A Selborne Year - the Naturalist's Journal for 1764   Michael Joseph 1986
Whitlock.R.   The Oak   Allen & Unwin 1985

World Development

  (Located by Orange/Black tab)
Adam, R.   Who Profits?   Lion Publishing 1989
Brayne, F.L.   Better Villages   O.U.P. 1946
Canlas, M, Miranda, M.Jr & Putzel, J.   Land, Poverty & Politics in the Philippines   Catholic Institute for International Relations 1988
Beauclerk, J and Narby.J.   Indigenous Peoples: A Field Guide for Development   Oxfam 1988
Coleberd, F.   Hidden Country Villages of California   Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1977
Harrison, P.   The Greening of Africa   Paladin 1987
Hodge, A.   Nigeria's Traditional Crafts   Ethnographica,1982
Kelly, P.   Fighting for Hope   Chatto & Windus 1984
Kiros, F. (Ed.)   Challenging Rural Poverty Africa   World Press 1985
Mill,John Stuart (Ed.G.L.Williams)   Politics and Society   Fontana 1976
Sholokhov, M.   Virgin Soil Upturned   Progress Publishers, Moscow 1979
Trainer, T. Developed to Death - Rethinking 3rd World Development   1989
Vallely, P.   Promised Lands - Stories of Power & Poverty in the Third World   Harper Collins & Christian Aid
Van der Post, L.   The Heart of the Hunter   Odhams Press 1961

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