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® REVIEWS va ALTERNATIVE Ht ES PLANS PRODUCTS CATALOGUE sa RAO ETS EDITION NFORMATION " > f scomnsirve wun vere SES" secon sermons l mova ome fm commen mans S wove msee maces It is not often, if ever, that we choose to review a catalogue, but here we have made an exception. The 6th edition of this catalogue is an invaluable resource, listing nearly 50 pages of information kits, plans and patents on an incredible range of subjects. Topics include: Air Wells, Bourke Engine, Boat designs, Agriculture, Cold Fusion Motors, Generators of all types, Solar Power, Geothermal Power, Free Energy Generators, Magnetic Motors, Earth Brick Houses, Tesla, UFOs, Stoves, Hydrogen Peroxide Uses, Wind Generators, Composting Toilets. An excellent guide to obscure inventions, products and techniques that could really enrich your life. Thoroughly recommended! ~ TINY GAME HUNTING Environmentally Healthy Ways to Trap and Rid Pests from Your House and Garden by Hilary Dole Klein & Adrian M. Wenner; adapted by John Dengate Published by Bantam Books, Transworld Publishers, Australia ISBN: 1 86359 040 4 Price: A$16.95 (311 pp, pbk). The only thing I did not like about this book, was that the attitude towards pests and weeds is one of war. I have witnessed incredible achievements from approaching pests and weeds with an attitude of communication and understanding. That aside, if you decide against the path of communicating with nature and want to deter or kill the critters without leaving toxic chemical residues floating every- where, this is a good book to get. The chapter titled "Tiny Game Hunting In The Home" contains some good infor- mation on getting rid of ants, bedbugs, bees, booklice, moths, beetles, fleas, cock- roaches, flies, mice, silverfish, termits, ticks and, last but not Jeast, mosquitoes. There is also a lot of data on garden pests and bugs, and a whole chapter dedicated to the good bugs to have around. All in all, there are at least two hundred tried-and-true ways to control common outdoor and household pests without harm- ing your pets, your wildlife or yourself. Great Chrisunas present for someone. TOMORROW'S WEATHER ALEX S. GADDES TOMORROW'S WEATHER by Alex S. Gaddes Published and distributed by Wyndham Observer, MS 396, Nanango, Qid 4615, Australia; ph/fax (071) 64 6119 ISBN: 0 646 02064 1 Price: A$19.95 (plus A$2.50 p&p) (90 pp, pbk). Weather has always been a talking point, but never more so than now with so many strange, unpredictable climatic variations occurring around the globe. Alex Gaddes' foray into climatology was prompted by his diamond prospecting activities which, in time, were successful. He needed to understand geology, but this NEXUS°67 DECEMBER 1993 - JANUARY 1994