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  Soul Seekers: Book 1

  Fated

  by Alyson Noël

  From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortals comes a breathtaking new saga brimming with magic, mystery, and an intoxicating love story that will steal your heart away. Meet The Soul Seekers.Strange things are happening to Daire Santos. Crows mock her, glowing people stalk her, time stops without warning, and a beautiful boy with unearthly blue eyes haunts all her dreams. Fearing for... (more)
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  Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition

  by James A. Duke

  A Practical, Authoritative CompendiumThis handbook catalogs 365 species of herbs having medicinal or folk medicinal uses, presenting whatever useful information has been documented on their toxicity and utility in humans and animals. Plants from all over the world - from common cultivars to rare species - are included in these 700 pages. The toxicity of these species varies, but the safety of each has been... (more)
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  Planting the Future: Saving Our Medicinal Herbs

  by Rosemary Gladstar

  Contributors include Mark Blumenthal, Richo Cech, Ryan Drum, Stephen Foster, Cascade Anderson Geller, James Green, Christopher Hobbs, David Hoffmann, Kathie Keville, Brigitte Mars, Susun Weed, David Winston, and many others. Addressing one of the most urgent issues for environmentalists, America's most respected and well-known herbalists share in-depth information on saving 30 popular at-risk herbs. *... (more)
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  Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-Century Manual (Deluxe Clothbound Edition)

  by Shizhen Li

  Chinese scholars have been writing medical treatises for nearly 5,000 years, the grandest and most comprehensive of which is the herbal Pên T'sao, published by Li Shih-chên in 1578, after three decades of research. When Western physicians arrived in China in the mid-nineteenth century, they gained valuable insights into traditional Chinese medical practices. In the course of their daily work, they discovered... (more)
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  Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Great Lakes Region

  by Thomas A. Naegele

  This thorough and informative guide features over 150 plants commonly found in the Great Lakes Area, though many are prevalent throughout the United States. Each plant description is coupled with a detailed drawing, preparation techniques, related medical uses, edible qualities, a chemical breakdown, poisonous aspects, and the commercial value, if any. Edible and Medicinal Plants also features over seventy tables,... (more)
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  Medicinal Herbs: A Complete Guide for North American Herb Growers

  by Patricia Turcotte

  This is the one and only book you'll need to learn, enjoy, and fully master herb gardening. Practical, easy to use, and engagingly written, this book takes you through all stages of herb cultivation and use: • Includes USDA Zones 3-6 • Preparing the soil • Starting and caring for seedlings • Placement and garden design • Theme gardens, from Native American to Shakespearean • Caring for container gardens • Using... (more)
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  The Hangman's Daughter: Book 2

  The Dark Monk

  by Oliver Pötzsch

  1648: a small village in the Alps. In the thick of a blizzard, a town priest discovers he's been poisoned. As numbness creeps up his body, he summons the last of his strength, scratching a sign in the frost that will lead the town hangman, his daughter, the physician, and the priest’s feisty recently arrived sister on a scavenger hunt for the treasure of the Knights Templars. But the priest's murderer is already... (more)
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  The Hangman's Daughter: Book 3

  The Beggar King

  by Oliver Pötzsch

  The year is 1662. Alpine village hangman Jakob Kuisl receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit. Arrested and framed for the murder, Kuisl faces first-hand the torture he’s administered himself for years. Jakob’s daughter, Magdalena, and a young medicus named Simon hasten to his aid. With the help of an underground... (more)
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  Food for Free

  by Richard Mabey

  A complete guide to help you safely identify edible species that grow around us, together with detailed artworks, field identification notes and recipes. First published in 1972, this updated edition of Richard Mabey's cult bestseller has been revised to reflect the ever-increasing eco-awareness and popular interest in finding different, and more natural, sources of food. Each of the 240 types of fruit, nut,... (more)