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Native American Medicinal Plants: An Ethnobotanical Dictionary - Paperback

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by Daniel E. Moerman (Author)In Native American Medicinal Plants, anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman describes the medicinal use of more than 2700 plants by 218 Native American tribes. Information--adapted from the same research used to create the monumental Native American Ethnobotany--includes 82 categories of medicinal uses, ranging from analgesics, contraceptives, gastrointestinal aids, hypotensive medicines, sedatives, and toothache remedies. Native American Medicinal Plants includes exten...

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by Eula Biss (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, INSTYLE, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING"A sensational new book [that] tries to figure out whether it's possible to live an ethical life in a capitalist society. . . . The results are enthralling." --Associated Press A timely and arresting new look at affluence by the New York Times bestselling author, "one of the leading lights of the modern American essay." --Financial Times "My adult life can be divide...

Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster - Paperback

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by Mike Davis (Author)A witty and engrossing look at Los Angeles' urban ecology and the city's place in America's cultural fantasies Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in the sea, mountain lions, and a plague of bees. In this controversial tour de force of scholarship, unsparing vision, and inspired writing, Mike Davis, the author of City of Quartz, revisits Los Angeles as a Book of the Apocalypse theme park. By brilliantly juxtaposing L.A.'s fragile natural ecology wi...

Green: A Field Guide to Marijuana: (Books about Marijuana, Guide to Cannabis, Weed Bible) - Hardcover

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by Dan Michaels (Author), Erik Christiansen (Photographer)The go-to marijuana guide for recreational and medicinal users alike. "Finally! A highly specific, rainbow-free encyclopedia of marijuana! . . . [R]igorous in its coverage of everything from bud biology to paraphernalia."--GQ Magazine Green: A Field Guide to Marijuana explores today's very best cannabis strains in glorious full color. Presented in an eye-popping package and filled with hyperdetailed photography of individual buds, thi...

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - Paperback

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by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah gives us this powerful statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, a new mother who wanted to know how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response: fifteen invaluable suggestions--direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for...

Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy with Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People - Paperback

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by Steve Krakauer (Author)From the COVID lab leak theory to Hunter Biden's laptop to Jeffrey Epstein, media critic and former CNN producer Steve Krakauer spotlights the problems of a news industry filled with geographically isolated, introspection-free, egomaniacal journalists. In Uncovered, America's sharpest media critic, former CNN insider Steve Krakauer, reveals exactly what went wrong--and why the media went off the rails. The fourth estate is supposed to be a conduit to the people and a...

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by Monica Bennett-Ryan (Author)THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS NOT SO NEWIt's been done before - several times! It's failed before - several times! The logo on the front of this book is the symbol of the Old World Order, the brutal oligarch-controlled totalitarian Roman Republic and its successor, the Roman Empire. It was under the authority of this symbol that Christ was put to death.When the Imperial Roman regime ended, it didn't disappear entirely but took on a different form and subtly continued t...

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by Monica Bennett-Ryan (Author)THE NEW WORLD ORDER IS NOT SO NEW It's been done before - several times! It's failed before - several times! The logo on the front of this book is the symbol of the Old World Order, the brutal oligarch-controlled totalitarian Roman Republic and its successor, the Roman Empire. It was under the authority of this symbol that Christ was put to death. When the Imperial Roman regime ended, it didn't disappear entirely but took on a different form and subtly continue...

The Science of Spice: Understand Flavor Connections and Revolutionize Your Cooking - Hardcover

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by Stuart Farrimond (Author)Transform your dishes from bland and boring to punchy and flavorsome with this definitive guide to spices.It's time to spice up your home cooking! Taking the periodic table of spices as a starting point, this adventurous recipe book explores the science behind the art of making incredible spice blends to help you release the flavor in your dishes. Discover a spice book like no other from TV personality, food scientist and bestselling author, Dr Stuart Farrimond. Su...

Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics - Paperback

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by Bell Hooks (Author)What is feminism? In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her characteristic clarity and directness, hooks encourages readers to see how feminism can touch and change their lives--to see that feminism is for everybody.Author BiographyA cultural critic, an intellectual, and a feminist writer, bell hooks is best known for classic books including Ain'...

The Unmasking Workbook for Autistic Adults: Neurodiversity-Affirming Skills to Help You Live Authentically, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive - Paperback

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by Jessica Penot (Author)Let this workbook guide you toward your authentic, autistic self. You don't have to hide anymore. If you grew up before the neurodiversity movement, chances are you were taught at an early age that your autistic traits were "wrong" or "bad." Whether it was stimming, difficulties with making small talk, avoiding eye contact, sensitivities to loud sounds or certain textures, or even talking passionately about the things you care about--somewhere along the way you learne...

So You've Been Publicly Shamed - Paperback

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by Jon Ronson (Author)Now a New York Times bestseller and from the author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame. 'It's about the terror, isn't it?' 'The terror of what?' I said. 'The terror of being found out.' For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us - people who, say, made a joke on social media that came ou...

Mexican Magic: Brujeria, Spells, and Rituals for All Occasions - Paperback

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by Laura Davila (Author)Mexican Magic shares spells and recipes deeply rooted in Mexican folk beliefs and magic. "Some are born with a star, while others are born starry." This dicho (saying) refers to the Mexican belief that good luck is a matter of fate--something you are born with or not. Mexicans traditionally attribute their good or bad luck to a greater force, to God's will, even to the stars in the sky. Being born with a star is a blessing. While some gain their luck through fate, L...

Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places - Hardcover

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by Annette Giesecke (Author), Jim Tierney (Illustrator)A beautifully illustrated, wonderfully engaging A-to-Z guide to more than 700 major and minor gods and goddesses, characters, creatures, and places of classical Greek and Roman mythology. Classical Mythology A-to-Z is a comprehensive and engrossing guide to Greek and Roman mythology. Written by Annette Giesecke, PhD, Professor of Classics and Chair of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Delaware, this brilliant reference ...

Small Magics: Practical Secrets from an Appalachian Village Witch - Paperback

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by H. Byron Ballard (Author)Your Hands-on, Back-to-Basics Guide to Building a Magical Practice As if you're having face-to-face lessons on her porch, H. Byron Ballard introduces you to the ways of magic, answering vital questions about what it is, why it matters, and how to do it. She teaches the mechanics and foundational skills of practice, offering no-nonsense techniques that practitioners of any skill level or tradition can use.Drawing from her many years as a practicing witch, Ballard de...

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by Mary Beard (Author)At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial. As far back as Homer's Odyssey, Beard shows, women have been prohibited from leadership roles in civic life,...

Warrior Athletes: Some Salish and Kootenai Indian Sports Stars - Paperback

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by Robert Bigart (Author), Joseph McDonald (Author)Warrior Athletes tells the story of ten prominent twentieth-century Salish and Kootenai Indian athletes from the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana: Charles Allard Jr. was a University of Montana football star and the 1901 captain of the Grizzly football team. Two Feathers, William Matt, and Henry Matt wrestled professionally in Montana and the Pacific Northwest from 1903 to 1905. Nick Lassa played on the Carlisle Indian School...

Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture - Paperback

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by Gabe Brown (Author)"A regenerative no-till pioneer."--NBC News "We need to reintegrate livestock and crops on our farms and ranches, and Gabe Brown shows us how to do it well."--Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation "Dirt to Soil is the [regenerative farming] movements's holy text."--The Observer Gabe Brown didn't set out to change the world when he first started working alongside his father-in-law on the family farm in North Dakota. But as a series of weather-related crop disas...

Mythopedia: An Encyclopedia of Mythical Beasts and Their Magical Tales - Hardcover

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by Good Wives and Warriors (Author)From the West African fable of Anansi the Spider, to Michabo, the magical hare who rebuilt the world and Tanuki, the sweet but troublesome raccoon-dog of Japanese folklore, Mythopedia is an encyclopedia of mythical creatures that covers legends, tales and myths from around the world. Lovingly created by the illustration duo behind popular flipbook Myth Match, Good Wives and Warriors, this book contains pages upon pages of cultural folklore from around the wo...

Waxing on: The Karate Kid and Me - Hardcover

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by Ralph Macchio (Author)An instant New York Times Bestseller! Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, there hasn't been a week Ralph Macchio hasn't heard friendly shouts of "Wax on, wax off" or "Sweep the leg!" Now, with Macchio reprising his role as Daniel LaRusso in the #1 ranked Netflix show Cobra Kai, he is finally ready to look back and cele-brate the legacy of The Karate Kid in cinema, pop culture, and his own life. The result, Wa...

A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota - Paperback

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by Sun Yung Shin (Editor)A 2020 selection of One Book, One Minnesota! "Reading this book in community offers some Minnesotans the opportunity to see their experiences broadly shared and others a chance to educate themselves--and to discover ways to act on their convictions." In this provocative book, sixteen of Minnesota's best writers provide a range of perspectives on what it is like to live as a person of color in Minnesota. They give readers a splendid gift: the gift of touching another h...

Grave Matters: The Controversy Over Excavating California's Buried Indigenous Past - Paperback

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by Tony Platt (Author)How do we reconcile the sanctity of Indigenous burial grounds with the desire to study them? Whether by curious Boy Scouts and "backyard archaeologists" or competitive collectors and knowledge-hungry anthropologists, the excavation of Native remains is a practice fraught with injustice and simmering resentments. Grave Matters is the history of the treatment of Native remains in California and the story of the complicated relationship between researcher and researched. ...

The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma - Paperback

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by Alex Kotlowitz (Author)Bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz is one of this country's foremost writers on the ever explosive issue of race. In this gripping and ultimately profound book, Kotlowitz takes us to two towns in southern Michigan, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, separated by the St. Joseph River. Geographically close, but worlds apart, they are a living metaphor for America's racial divisions: St. Joseph is a prosperous lakeshore community and ninety-five percent white, while Benton Ha...

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society - Paperback

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by Dave Grossman (Author)The revised and updated edition of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's modern classic about the psychology of combat, hailed by the Washington Post as "an illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experiences of having killed." In World War II, only 15 to 20 percent of combat infantry were willing to fire their rifles. In Korea, about 50 percent. In Vietnam, the figure rose to more than 90 percent. The good news is that most soldiers are loath...

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Report copyright infringementby Dylan Thomas Cotter (Author)In Transgender & Triggering The Life of Dylan Thomas Cotter, former adult entertainer and underwear model Dylan Thomas Cotter takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the moments that shaped his life as a proud openly gay transgender man in Hollywood-victories and struggles, laughter and sorrow, euphoria and anguish. This deeply personal memoir offers an intimate look into the experiences, obstacles, and lessons that def...

See Me Rolling: On Disability, Equality and Ten-Point Turns - Paperback

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by Lottie Jackson (Author)Author BiographyLottie Jackson is a writer, editor and disability activist. Featured in the Sunday Times Style's Women of the Year 2020 as 'an important emerging voice', her work offers a vital dissection of the myths that beset disability. She has written for British Vogue, Elle, Guardian, The Sunday Times and Telegraph, bringing her fresh perspective on the most urgent conversations of today that strike at the heart of identity, social progress and diversity. In 20...

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet - Hardcover

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by John Green (Author)Goodreads Choice winner for Nonfiction 2021 and instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down. "The perfect book for right now." -People"The Anthropocene Reviewed is essential to the human conversation." -Library Journal, starred review The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this rema...

In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior - Paperback

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by Patrick J. Carnes (Author), David L. Delmonico (Author), Elizabeth Griffin (Author)As the coronavirus pandemic moves many aspects of work and life into the digital domain, the accessibility of online pornography and streaming cybersex creates conditions for compulsive and addictive behavior. The much-anticipated second edition of the breakthrough book about recovering from online sexual addiction. As the Internet becomes a more powerful, imposing force in our lives, indeed becoming diffic...

The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy - Paperback

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by Manly P. Hall (Author)A classic since 1928, this masterly encyclopedia of ancient mythology, ritual, symbolism, and the arcane mysteries of the ages is available for the first time in a compact "reader's edition." Like no other book of the twentieth century, Manly P. Hall's legendary The Secret Teachings of All Ages is a codex to the ancient occult and esoteric traditions of the world. Students of hidden wisdom, ancient symbols, and arcane practices treasure Hall's magnum opus above all ot...

Challenging Foreign Aid: A Policymaker's Guide to the Millennium Challenge Account - Paperback

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by Steve Radelet (Author)In March 2002, President George W. Bush proposed establishing the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), a new foreign aid program designed to provide substantial assistance to a select group of low-income countries that are committed to sound development policies. The MCA could bring about the most fundamental changes to US foreign assistance policy in 40 years. In this study, Steven Radelet examines the MCA's potential promise and possible pitfalls. He offers a rigorou...

The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675 - Paperback

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by Bernard Bailyn (Author)Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize A compelling, fresh account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.The immigrants were a mixed multitude. They came from England, the Netherlands, the German and Italian states, France, Africa, Sweden, and Finland, and they moved to the western hemisphere for different reas...

Tales of the Elders of Ireland - Paperback

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by Ann Dooley (Editor), Ann Dooley (Translator), Harry Roe (Editor)Tales of the Elders of Ireland is the first complete translation of the late Middle-Irish Acallam na Senórach, the largest literary text surviving from twelfth-century Ireland. It contains the earliest and most comprehensive collection of Fenian stories and poetry, intermingling the contemporary Christian world of Saint Patrick with his scribes; clerics; occasional angels and souls rescued from Hell; the earlier pagan world of...