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Wooden Books Wooden Books - The Mathemagical Ancient Wizdom Series Wooden Books was founded in 1999 by designer John Martineau near Hay-on-Wye. Eco friendly and educational.

The aim was to produce a beautiful series of recycled books based on the philosophies, arts and sciences. Using the Beatrix Potter formula of text facing picture pages, and old-styles fonts, along with hand-drawn illustrations and 19th century engravings, the books were designed not to date. Small but stuffed with information. Big ideas in a tiny space. There are over 1,000,000 Wooden Books now in

print worldwide and growing, as readers from Canada to Korea, Greece to Spain, Japan to the Czech Republic all fall under the unique spell of this innovative series. Every page of every little Wooden Book can be quickly browsed on our groundbreaking website www.woodenbooks.com - try before you buy, just like in a bookshop. You can also design your own star-covered box-set, or download PDFs. New titles for autumn 2013 are 'Curves' by Lisa DeLong and 'Celtic Pattern' by Adam Tetlow

OUT NOW IN THE UNITED STATES!We're thrilled to share that we now have SIX additional titles available in the USA! 💫Head ...
06/10/2025

OUT NOW IN THE UNITED STATES!

We're thrilled to share that we now have SIX additional titles available in the USA! 💫

Head to bookstores and online to find these latest releases! ✨

New to The United States:

THE ALCHEMIST'S KITCHEN by Guy Ogilvy
EARTH GRIDS by Hugh Newman
ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY by Matt Tweed
SACRED NUMBER by Miranda Lundy
NORTH EUROPEAN PAGANISM by Linda Johnson-Bell
SETTING & DESCRIPTION by Amy Jones

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✨OUT NOW!✨They've hit the shops! Five brand new titles are now available in the Wooden Books series! Get your copies via...
03/10/2025

✨OUT NOW!✨

They've hit the shops! Five brand new titles are now available in the Wooden Books series! Get your copies via our website, UK bookshops and Amazon now!

New to the series:

CODES & CIPHERS by Steven Goodwin
GENRE & TROPE by Amy Jones
HERMETICISM by Kenneth Davis
SPACETIME & RELATIVITY by Oliver Linton
THE UNIVERSE by Matt Tweed

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PROLOGUEThe Coast of Asia Minorc. 1800 BCTroy burned. And the great horse stood empty inside the walls, its belly open a...
29/09/2025

PROLOGUE
The Coast of Asia Minor
c. 1800 BC

Troy burned. And the great horse stood empty inside the walls, its belly open and its burden of armed greeks swarming through the citadel, running down the Trojans, slaughtering the trapped or the exhausted wherever they fell in streets, homes, temples.

This was Sinon’s work. Simon the Greek had stayed behind with his horse as his comrades had made a show of sailing off for home. He had been bound and left beside the camp, and when the Trojans found him, managed to persuade them that the Greeks had given up, gone for good, and left the horse in honour of Athena.

The goddess, he said, was angry with his countrymen. That was why they had built the horse. They would have sacrificed him, too, had not Zeus helped him to escape. He said that if they brought the horse inside their walls Athena would enable them to conquer Greece.

From THE GREAT WHEEL - A History of Ancient Britain by Robert Wolf

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THE GREAT WHEEL - A History of Ancient Britain by Robert WolfThe Great Wheel weaves together British myth, legend and hi...
26/09/2025

THE GREAT WHEEL - A History of Ancient Britain by Robert Wolf

The Great Wheel weaves together British myth, legend and history in an epic prose poem. From the founding of Britain by Brutus, the grandson of Aeneas, to the death of King Arthur, spirituality and war are threaded into a single strand.

It is the story of Britain in the age of miracles, encompassing historic and cosmic cycles from the destruction of Troy and the death of the pagan gods to the founding and growth of Christianity. Joseph of Arimathea and Saint Alban share the pages with Julius and Claudius Caesar.

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SCIENCIA ✨A NEW UPDATED TITLE FROM WOODEN BOOKS!✨Curious about quarks, quasars and the fantastic universe around you? Di...
22/09/2025

SCIENCIA

✨A NEW UPDATED TITLE FROM WOODEN BOOKS!✨

Curious about quarks, quasars and the fantastic universe around you? Did you ever need some trigonometry fast? Want to swat up on physics, chemistry, or learn some new biology? Ever wondered why your scratches itch just before you go to sleep?

Beautifully illustrated and packed with fascinating and useful information, SCIENCIA is the ultimate one-stop science reference book for inquisitive readers of all ages. Whether you just want to brush up on what you learnt at school, still are at school or never went to school, these pages will test you, stretch you, and make you brainier.

Sciencia brings together six of the best science books from the ‘Wooden Books’ series. Together they cover almost the whole of the A-level syllabus in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology.

SCIENCIA combines the following titles into one compendium:

NUMBERS by Oliver Linton
USEFUL FORMULAE by Matthew Watkins
CHEMISTRY by Matt Tweed
EVOLUTION & BIOLOGY by Gerard Cheshire
THE HUMAN BODY by Moff Betts
THE UNIVERSE by Matt Tweed

Available online and in UK bookstores 1st October 2025! Pre-order via Amazon and Waterstones now!

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HERMETICISM - The Secret Tradition by Kenneth W. Davis, 2025What is Hermeticism? Who is its mysterious patron Hermes Tri...
19/09/2025

HERMETICISM - The Secret Tradition by Kenneth W. Davis, 2025

What is Hermeticism? Who is its mysterious patron Hermes Trismegistus? How did a few short fragments of text influence so many of the great artists and philosophers of the past 1500 years? In this illuminating pocket book, Professor Kenneth Davis opens the door to the Way of Hermes, its history, ideas and practical methodsof connecting with the light and mind of the Cosmos, so that youtoo can see our everyday world for the imaginary construct it is.

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The Music in Geometry and the Geometry in Music18th - 21st September 2025Dartington Hall, Devon, TQ9 6ELWith Dean Brodri...
17/09/2025

The Music in Geometry and the Geometry in Music

18th - 21st September 2025
Dartington Hall, Devon, TQ9 6EL

With Dean Brodrick, Adam Tetlow, Sandra Smith, Tom Bree, John Martineau, Amanda Critchlow

Email [email protected] or visit www.kairos-foundation.org.uk for more information.

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In the four studies of the Quadrivium we are offered the opportunity to experience, integrate and reflect upon the timeless, that is, to explore qualities that have true universality; qualities that do not belong to any one time or place but can find a place in the heart of any human being at anytime and anywhere. In this year’s Summer School Retreat, we will cover many aspects of music and geometry. The course will be an embodied understanding of the sacred and geometrical properties and principles of music and resonance, including through singing, drumming, dancing, contemplating the music of the spheres, working with the tetractys, bellringing and so forth.

Included in the range of workshops, you will experience working with Cymatics, or a chladni plate, and drawing some of the geometric patterns we find therein. Hailed as the most clear and satisfying demonstration of the otherwise metaphysical statement that “form arises out of sound” are the experiments of Cymatics. The term was coined by Swiss physician Hans Jenny. The concept of energy vibration asserts that all matter, including the human body, is composed of energy vibrating at different frequencies.

In this workshop we will learn how to build a monochord. This simple instrument has long been used by the ancients, particularly the Greeks, and is often cited by theorists and philosophers as a primary tool for the understanding of musical proportions and ratios.

We will of course be drawing geometry both on A3 paper and on paper that is as big as we are, to experience proportion in relation to musical scales, and understand our personal octave. At the end of this course participants will have gained a deeper understanding of the harmonic series, scales, modes, intervals, tuning systems, harmony, form and rhythm. In short - Order in Time

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GNOSIS - attention, thinking, and imagination"What do you want to hear and see; what do you want to learn and know from ...
17/09/2025

GNOSIS - attention, thinking, and imagination

"What do you want to hear and see; what do you want to learn and know from your understanding?”—these are the first spoken words of the Hermetic corpus, uttered by Poimandres, the Universal Mind, to Hermes. They point to the central purpose of the Hermetic pursuit: understanding and the pursuit of knowledge."

From HERMETICISM by Kenneth W. Davis, 2025

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INTRODUCTION"Hermeticism is not a religion or a consistent philosophy, nor is it a science, an art, an ideology or a dog...
15/09/2025

INTRODUCTION

"Hermeticism is not a religion or a consistent philosophy, nor is it a science, an art, an ideology or a dogma. It is not magic or alchemy, astrology or medicine, law or poetry. Rather, it is a mode of perception, a core state of consciousness that makes these arts possible."

"The focus of Hermeticism is light, an intelligent benevolent light we ourselves are an image of. A light that connects and corresponds to all that is. A light that we can embody, if we approach with wonder, reverence and awe."

From HERMETICISM by Kenneth W. Davis, 2025

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INTRODUCTION"Codes and ciphers have a romantic past. For millennia, rulers from all countries have sought to consult wit...
12/09/2025

INTRODUCTION

"Codes and ciphers have a romantic past. For millennia, rulers from all countries have sought to consult with their armies and politicians in a way that kept their communications private, lest their enemies gain an unfair advantage."

"Today, we rely on encryption to transmit information across the internet, for reasons of both privacy and security, ensuring that our messages, banking details and online orders are safe from interception and tampering."

"Here then, is a book about the real meaning of crypto — with nary a bitcoin in sight — that covers the stories, methods and people behind the greatest ways of making and sending secret messages. And how to break them!"

From CODES & CIPHERS - By Steven Goodwin

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CODES & CIPHERS - By Steven Goodwin What is the difference between a code and a cipher? How did Caesar send secret messa...
10/09/2025

CODES & CIPHERS - By Steven Goodwin

What is the difference between a code and a cipher? How did Caesar send secret messages? How do you beat frequency analysis? What is a side channel attack? How does RSA end-to-end encryption actually work? In this fascinating little book, packed with numerous helpful illustrations and worked examples, polymath Steven Goodwin reveals the secrets of the codemakers, and the toolkits of the codebreakers. If you ever wanted to send a secret message to someone special, this book will show you how.

✨NEW TITLE FROM WOODEN BOOKS!✨

Available online and in UK bookstores 1st October 2025! Pre-order via Amazon and Waterstones now!

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✨ 5 BRAND NEW TITLES - COMING SOON! ✨ CODES & CIPHERS by Steven GoodwinGENRE & TROPE by Amy JonesHERMETICISM by Kenneth ...
05/09/2025

✨ 5 BRAND NEW TITLES - COMING SOON! ✨

CODES & CIPHERS by Steven Goodwin
GENRE & TROPE by Amy Jones
HERMETICISM by Kenneth Davis
SPACETIME & RELATIVITY by Oliver Linton
THE UNIVERSE by Matt Tweed

💫 Available online and in UK bookstores 1st October 2025! Pre-order via Amazon and Waterstones now! 🌟

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Wooden Books was founded in 1999 by designer John Martineau near Hay-on-Wye. The aim was to produce a beautiful series of recycled books based on the classical philosophies, arts and sciences. Using the Beatrix Potter formula of text facing picture pages, and old-styles fonts, along with hand-drawn illustrations and 19th century engravings, the books were designed not to date. Small but stuffed with information. Eco friendly and educational. Big ideas in a tiny space. There are over 1,000,000 Wooden Books now in print worldwide and growing, as readers from Canada to Korea, Greece to Spain, Japan to the Czech Republic all fall under the unique spell of this innovative series. Every page of every little Wooden Book can be quickly browsed on our groundbreaking website www.woodenbooks.com - try before you buy, just like in a bookshop. You can also design your own star-covered box-set, or download PDFs.