A Year with James Wong Grow Your Own Drugs James Wong Collins 2010 Hardback Illustrated
Despite the incendiary subtitle, this is not a handbook for Colombian narcotics barons but something altogether more wholesome: a seasonal guide to grDespite the incendiary subtitle, this is not a handbook for Colombian narcotics barons but something altogether more wholesome: a seasonal guide to growing and storing beneficial plants and a selection of recipes for herbal remedies and unctions such as hollyhock cough syrup and nettle tonic. Ethnobotanist James Wong's informal and informative guide to making your own medicine is in chapters ranging from dermatological remedies to moth repellent and includes a final section for non-gardeners - they can forage. No jacket. ...more
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An Introduction to Feng Shui
Ole Bruun Cambridge University Press 2008 Paperback
During the last three decades, the world has embraced feng shui, with the publication of hundreds of manuals explaining the principles of this art of During the last three decades, the world has embraced feng shui, with the publication of hundreds of manuals explaining the principles of this art of placement. Ole Bruun takes the story further back, explaining the Chinese religious-philosophical, social and cultural background against which feng shui developed, its use in rural and urban areas and its suppression by successive regimes in modern China even as it was becoming better known and reinterpreted in the West. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. ...more
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The Rough Guide to The Lost Symbol An Unauthorized Guide Michael Haag Rough Guides 2009 Paperback Illustrated
Dan Brown's bestselling follow up to The Da Vinci Code has excited curiosity about the mysteries on which it is based. Who were the 'adepts'? What areDan Brown's bestselling follow up to The Da Vinci Code has excited curiosity about the mysteries on which it is based. Who were the 'adepts'? What are the secrets of the Freemasons? And how was the hidden knowledge of Ancient Egypt transmitted to America's Founding Fathers? This illustrated, totally unauthorized handbook unravels these esoteric conundrums, explores every aspect of the novel, and offers a guide to the monuments of Washington DC, where it is set. ...more