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The Herbal Apothecary

Recipes, Remedies and Rituals

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From the best-selling author of The Hedgerow Apothecary, The Garden Apothecary and The Hedgerow Apothecary Forager's HandbookLearn the sustainable and ethical art of the apothecarist with this beautiful photographic guide to working with herbs and spices to make healing remedies and delicious recipes.Discover the fascinating properties and therapeutic benefits of everyday ingredients found in herb ... Read more

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From the best-selling author of The Hedgerow Apothecary, The Garden Apothecary and The Hedgerow Apothecary Forager's HandbookLearn the sustainable and ethical art of the apothecarist with this beautiful photographic guide to working with herbs and spices to make healing remedies and delicious recipes.Discover the fascinating properties and therapeutic benefits of everyday ingredients found in herb
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A Party for the Pine

Protecting the World’s Oldest Longleaf Tree

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This hopeful nonfiction picture book tells the story of the world’s oldest known longleaf pine tree and the community of scientists, activists, and citizen stewards who have fought to protect it, saving an old-growth forest—and the plants and animals that live there—from the brink of extinction.Every April, the people of Southern Pines, North Carolina gather in the forest for a birthday party. In ... Read more

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This hopeful nonfiction picture book tells the story of the world’s oldest known longleaf pine tree and the community of scientists, activists, and citizen stewards who have fought to protect it, saving an old-growth forest—and the plants and animals that live there—from the brink of extinction.Every April, the people of Southern Pines, North Carolina gather in the forest for a birthday party. In
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Santiago Saw Things Differently

Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience

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In an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the “father of neuroscience,” science and art—together—work wonders.Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s father, the village doctor, wants Santiago to be a doctor. He discourages his willful son’s love and aptitude for art. But drawing and painting are as necessary to Santiago as breathing, so when his father ... Read more

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In an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the “father of neuroscience,” science and art—together—work wonders.Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s father, the village doctor, wants Santiago to be a doctor. He discourages his willful son’s love and aptitude for art. But drawing and painting are as necessary to Santiago as breathing, so when his father
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience

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**“An introduction to Santiago Ramón y Cajal, an artist and medical researcher who made a crucial discovery. … Brightly illuminates a brilliant and multitalented yet unjustly obscure scientist.”—**Kirkus ReviewsSantiago Ramón y Cajal’s father, the village doctor, wants Santiago to be a doctor. He discourages his willful son’s love and aptitude for art. But drawing and painting are as necessary to ... Read more

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Weimar Germany

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From a master historian and the critically acclaimed author of Lenin, comes a dramatic and gripping account of the political and cultural upheavals that lead to the death of democracy in Weimar era Germany—a story ripped out of today’s headlines.In this masterful work of history, Victor Sebestyen chronicles the rise of the first German Republic from the ashes of the First World War. He captures ... Read more

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