Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Neem seeds 
Curry trees 
Neem Paste for Skin Diseases 
Neem Flowers 
Preparing a Soothing Eyeliner 
Irritation in Your Eyes 
Eye Wash 
Neem Remedies 
For Stroke Victims 
Flatulence and Dyspepsia 
Constipation 
Piles 
Fumigation 
Malaria and Periodic Fever Cure 
My Natural Oil Remedy 
Oil Ointment 
Sprains 
Prickly Heat 
Joint Pain 
Different Uses of Neem 
Pesticides 
Fodder for Poultry 
Neem Oil 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 
The Neem- Azadirachta Indica – Margosa was an indigenous plant found in the Indian subcontinent, but thanks to more and more people all over the world knowing all about its miraculous long-term curative properties, it is being used as an alternative medicine cure by naturopaths globally. 

This book is going to tell you all about some known and some lesser-known remedies which you can use as an organic fertilizer, as a pesticide, and also to cure yourself. 

It has been estimated that if we collect all the seeds produced by all the neem trees in the world annually, we are going to get 4,018,000 tons of valuable seed. The market value of the seeds themselves is about $50 million. Apart from that, the wood can bring in another $20 million. 
Nevertheless, we would prefer our neem trees flourishing in our gardens, and providing us with shade, seeds and leaves to keep us and our family healthy. It is also going to provide a natural air purifier for us and ours. 

Herbal skin Soap from the neem seeds is normally made with neem seed oil extract. The leftover husk remaining after the oil has been extracted is used as an organic fertilizer, as well as fodder for farm animals.

#1 New York Times Bestseller

Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it?

Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion--most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become. With In Defense of Food, Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Pollan’s bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.

"Michael Pollan [is the] designated repository for the nation's food conscience."
-Frank Bruni, The New York Times

" A remarkable volume . . . engrossing . . . [Pollan] offers those prescriptions Americans so desperately crave."
-The Washington Post

"A tough, witty, cogent rebuttal to the proposition that food can be redced to its nutritional components without the loss of something essential... [a] lively, invaluable book."
--Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"In Defense of Food is written with Pollan's customary bite, ringing clarity and brilliance at connecting the dots."
-The Seattle Times

Michael Pollan’s most recent book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation--the story of our most trusted food expert’s culinary education--was published by Penguin Press in April 2013, and in 2016 it serves as the inspiration for a four-part docuseries on Netflix by the same name.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Table of Contents 

Introduction to Mushrooms 
Introduction 
So What Is a Mushroom? 
Mushroom Fungophobia 
Fairy Rings 
Mushroom Hunting 
Cultivation of Mushrooms 
How Are Mushrooms Grown 
Making a Mushroom Bed 
Best Mushroom Compost 
Compost Fermentation 
Pasteurization 
Mushrooms in Shelves or Trays 
Spawning 
Watering of Mushrooms 
Ventilating 
Casing 
Harvesting 
Mushrooms in Cuisine 
Mushrooms in Medicine 
Conclusion 
Mushroom Identification 
Mushroom Guide 
Is a Mushroom Edible 
Getting to Know More about Morels 
Learning about Truffles 
Starting up a Mushroom Business 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

Just look at the illustration of any fairy story with a number of fairies, elves, gnomes, and other imaginary creations of the writer’s imagination. You are going to see them sitting on toadstools and mushrooms. The Amanita muscaria is one of the easiest recognizable of all these illustrations, because you see it ever so often in illustrations, associated with gnomes. In ordinary terms, this is called a toadstool. 

The New York Times bestselling author of Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession

The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable.

Gawande's gripping stories of diligence, ingenuity, and what it means to do right by people take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to labor and delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine, and recounts the astoundingly contentious history of hand washing. And as in all his writing, Gawande gives us an inside look at his own life as a practicing surgeon, offering a searingly honest firsthand account of work in a field where mistakes are both unavoidable and unthinkable.

At once unflinching and compassionate, Better is an exhilarating journey narrated by "arguably the best nonfiction doctor-writer around" (Salon). Gawande's investigation into medical professionals and how they progress from merely good to great provides rare insight into the elements of success, illuminating every area of human endeavor.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Definition of Autism 
Probable Causes of Autism 
Genetic Background 
Symptoms of Autism 
Symptom Triad 
Voice and Facial Response 
Self-Injurious Behavior 
Recognition of Symptoms and Diagnosis 
Diagnosis of Autism 
Treatment of Autism 
Attitude of People towards Autistics 
Stress on Family 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

Autism is a many times inherited disorder which becomes apparent in early childhood. Children suffering from autism are going to have a lot of problems in communicating verbally. This is a neuro- development disorder which is going to prevent children from learning and communicating in a verbal language, as well as understanding abstract concepts. 

This book is going to give you more information about this disorder, its reasons, it symptoms, and how you can cope with a child suffering from autism in your family.

A New York Times bestseller. “A funny, intimate, and often jaw-dropping account of life behind the scenes.”—People

Nurses is the compelling story of the year in the life of four nurses, and the drama, unsung heroism, and unique sisterhood of nursing—one of the world’s most important professions (nurses save lives every day), and one of the world’s most dangerous, filled with violence, trauma, and PTSD.

In following four nurses, Alexandra Robbins creates sympathetic characters while diving deep into their world of controlled chaos. It’s a world of hazing—“nurses eat their young.” Sex—not exactly like on TV, but surprising just the same. Drug abuse—disproportionately a problem among the best and the brightest, and a constant temptation. And bullying—by peers, by patients, by hospital bureaucrats, and especially by doctors, an epidemic described as lurking in the “shadowy, dark corners of our profession.”

The result is a page-turning, shocking look at our health-care system.



 

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
General Principles of the Embroidering Art 
Selection of Pattern 
Pattern Position 
Pattern Laying on the Cloth 
Things needed 
Embroidery Needles 
Selection of the Best Thread 
Threading During Embroidery 
Finishing and Starting Yarn 
Working with an Embroidery Hoop – 
Transferring the Pattern 
Copying The Design onto Another Paper/Fabric 
Different Traditional Stitches of Embroidery 
Flat Stitch Group 
Tacking Stitch And Running Stitch 
Backstitch 
Stem Stitch Also Known As Outline Stitch 
Straight Stitch 
Satin Stitch 
Long and Short Stitch. 
Flat Stitch 
Fishbone and Open Fishbone Stitch 
Loop Stitch Group 
Blanket Stitch And Buttonhole Stitch 
Feather Stitch 
Double Feather Stitch 
Fly Stitch, Open Attached Fly Stitch, and Closed Attached Fly Stitch 
Chain stitch group 
Open Chain Stitch 
Twisted Chain Stitch 
Lazy Daisy, Wheat Ear, and Attached Wheat Ear Stitches 
Knotted Stitches Group 
French Knot Stitch 
Coral Stitch 
Bullion Stitch 
Finishing Your Project 
Blocking Your Design 
Mounting 
Appendix 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

A thing of beauty is a joy forever and Curly Locks sitting on a silk cushion and sewing a fine seam after dining off strawberries and cream are 2 clichés which have everything to do with keeping oneself adorned with something beautiful, made by one’s own hands. 

The instinct of beautifying one’s house and surroundings and also one’s clothes is innate in a human being. And that is why traditional designs incorporated designs, including natural symbols and figures like flowers, animals, leaves, and birds, through needle and thread on a base. 

Women used fishhooks and ivory needles 5000 years ago with fiber from plants like cotton thread, jute thread, and even silk thread. Even today, natural fibers are used for embroidery including silk. 

We do not know which particular civilization where and how long ago decided to embellish the garments one wore with embroidery. But we do know that ancient civilizations more than 5000 years ago had experts in the art of needle and thread and their families, and these housewives were proud to demonstrate their creative abilities to everyone who came to visit and admire. 

When the Spaniards conquered the Philippines, – 1521 to 1799- they wanted to show the natives that they were the conquerors and that is why they ordered them to wear their traditional shirt- Canga untucked in their loin cloths -bahags. The Filipinos in order to show that they were not conquered decorated these shirts with such exquisite embroidery, that each shirt worn became an admirable barong tagalog. When I was young, I had a number of these sent to me by my aunt in the Philippines, – shirts for ladies – which I wore when at college to the great admiration of all my fellow classmates. 

You can look at some of the examples in the Appendix and throughout the book. Each of them took anywhere between one and a half years to 3 years to make by hand by my skilled artisan friends through state aided societies for the upliftment of women.. They are now being sold all over the world through nonprofit organizations and the money going straight to the women. 

Traditionally, any surface which was present and visible would be embroidered upon and embellished with patterns. So this book is going to tell you all about how you can learn the traditional art of hand embroidery. After that you can try your hand at your own designs.

Have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol consumption? Or how a drug that is pulled off the market for causing heart attacks ever got approved in the first place? How can average readers, who aren't medical doctors or Ph.D.s in biochemistry, tell what they should be paying attention to and what's, well, just more bullshit?

Ben Goldacre has made a point of exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies. He has also taken the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window. But he's not here just to tell you what's wrong. Goldacre is here to teach you how to evaluate placebo effects, double-blind studies, and sample sizes, so that you can recognize bad science when you see it. You're about to feel a whole lot better.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Materials for Making the Baskets 
Cane Base 
Traditional Patterns 
Stakes 
By stakes 
Weavers 
Foot border 
Waling 
Upsetting 
Simple Randing 
Pairing 
Joining Weavers 
Trimming the Ends 
Maintaining the Finished Articles 
Some Traditional Patterns And Projects 
Making a Base 
Materials You Will Need 
Examples – Cross design 
Popular Traditional Latticework Design 
Cane Fruit Basket 
Plaiting 
Handles 
Chair Seat 
Conclusion 
Willow Basket 
Fish trap 
Smaller baskets 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

Traditional cane basket weaving 

Basket work, basket weaving, or making containers out of cane is possibly one of the earliest crafts known to man. Archaeologists have found traces in digs, more than 7,000 years old in the Middle East, and anywhere where ancient civilizations settled. 

These vestiges of baskets showed that these people used baskets as the molds for clay cooking pots. That was because the imprint of the basket weave showed clearly on the clay. Plaited basket work has also been found in the Nile Delta some of which date back as early as 8000 BC. 

Many museums all over the world have a priceless collection of engine basket work usually shown along with ancient and early poetry and the common factor seems to be that baskets have always been made of any material available that is pliable, native, and the design and the type is going to be largely dependent on the availability of the material. 

The moment anybody talks about a basket you subconsciously associated with bringing home the shopping as these are nearly always used for carrying or holding things. In fact, I would not be surprised if you have one or 2 of these woven examples in your own house in the shape of lobster pots, especially if you are a looking fisherman, potato baskets to hold vegetables, especially if you are a farmer, decorative baskets for crediting a wine bottle, containers to hold flowers and fruit, containers for your table to hold bread rolls, wicker baskets, waste paper baskets, work baskets, lampshades, baby cribs, pet baskets, picnic campers, and houseplant holders… The uses of such baskets are global and infinite bound only by your creativity and imagination! 

This book is going to tell you all about how you can introduce yourself to this new satisfying craft, and start basket weaving when you have some leisurely time and energy over the weekend. You are definitely not going to be disappointed at the really attractive and soul satisfying final product and who knows, this may be a start of a beautiful new business!

A New York Times Bestseller, with an updated explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill

Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world--France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and beyond--to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable universal health care systems. Now updated with new statistics and a plain-English explanation of the 2010 health care reform bill, The Healing of America is required reading for all those hoping to understand the state of health care in our country, and around the world.

 Table of Contents 
The Healing Power of Fruit 

Introduction 
Benefiting Tips for Fruit 
Fruit in Its Natural State 
Detoxification Diet 
Fruit as Food Substitution 
Healing through Fruit 
Lemons 
As a Pimple Cure 
Nausea and Giddiness 
Stomachaches 
Lemon for Weight Loss 
Bananas 
Angina 
Bananas for Weight Gain 
Acidity 
Bananas for Stomach Ailments 
Pineapples 
Dyspepsia 
Edema 
Incontinence 
Grapes 
Epilepsy Cure 
Dry Cough 
Lung Infections 
Boils and Carbuncles 
Apples 
Chronic Headaches 
Excessive Thirst 
Mental Fatigue 
Pomegranates 
Pomegranates for Your Teeth 
Urinary Infections 
Jaundice 
Conclusion 

Book 2 

Healing Yourself with Vegetables 

Introduction 
How to Use Vegetables Effectively 
Spinach 
Spinach for Stones 
Turnips 
Turnips for Your Teeth 
Diabetes 
Kidney Stones and Gallbladder Stones 
Pumpkins 
Tomatoes 
Night Blindness 
For Blemishes 
Nausea 
Diabetes Cure 
Digestive Problems 
Dry Skin 
Tuberculosis 
White Spots on Skin – vitiligo 
Okra 
Potatoes 
Acidity 
Potatoes for Burns 
Potatoes for Eyesight 
Cabbages 
Radishes 
Jaundice 
Fenugreek 
Carrots 
Migraine 
Aubergines/eggplants/Brinjals 
Flatulence Cure 
Conclusion 

Book 3 

The Healing Power of Spices 

Introduction 
Pepper 
Toothache 
Wounds and Insect Bites 
Headaches 
Bishops Weed 
Coughs and Colds 
Bishops Weed Oil 
Coriander 
Sprains 
Flatulence Cure 
Cumin Seeds 
Digestive Water 
Urinary Infections 
Cumin for Female Health 
Edema 
Fenugreek 
Fenugreek Seed Balls 
Cardamoms 
Excessive Thirst 
Cinnamon 
Cloves 
Clove Water 
Cloves for Aches 
My Pain Relieving Mixture 
Cloves For Throat Infections 
Ginger 
Ginger Cure for Asthma 
Ginger for Dyspepsia 
Diarrhea Cure 
Dried Ginger 
Red Chilies 
Chilies for Alcoholism 
Traditional Winter Hot Oil 
Chillies Infused Oil 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher

When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed Mayo Clinic. But compared to his fellow residents Collins feels inadequate and unprepared. All too soon, the euphoria of beginning his career as an orthopedic resident gives way to the feeling he is a counterfeit, an imposter who has infiltrated a society of brilliant surgeons.

This story of Collins' four-year surgical residency traces his rise from an eager but clueless first-year resident to accomplished Chief Resident in his final year. With unparalleled humor, he recounts the disparity between people's perceptions of a doctor's glamorous life and the real thing: a succession of run down cars that are towed to the junk yard, long weekends moonlighting at rural hospitals, a family that grows larger every year, and a laughable income.

Collins' good nature helps him over some of the rough spots but cannot spare him the harsh reality of a doctor's life. Every day he is confronted with decisions that will change people's lives-or end them-forever. A young boy's leg is mangled by a tractor: risk the boy's life to save his leg, or amputate immediately? A woman diagnosed with bone cancer injures her hip: go through a painful hip operation even though she has only months to live? Like a jolt to the system, he is faced with the reality of suffering and death as he struggles to reconcile his idealism and aspiration to heal with the recognition of his own limitations and imperfections.

Unflinching and deeply engaging, Hot Lights, Cold Steel is a humane and passionate reminder that doctors are people too. This is a gripping memoir, at times devastating, others triumphant, but always compulsively readable.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Uses of Soapwort 
Pomanders and Air Fresheners 
Lavender Scented Beads 
Air Sweeteners 
Artemisia 
Making Aromatic Candles 
Herb Pillows and Lavender Bags 
Herb Pillow Cover 
Sachet Bag with Dried Herbs 
Moth Bag 
Making Natural Gums and Glues 
Natural Pesticides 
Animal Care Solutions 
Herbal Beauty Products 
Making a Bath Bag 
How to Make Your Own Bath Oil 
Making Your Own Bath Salts 
Making Traditional Soap Balls 
Natural Body Powders 
Foot Care Talcum Powder 
Natural Anti-wrinkle Lotion 
Rosemary and Herbal Infusion for Haircare 
Natural Hair Rinses 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

When I began writing about the products you could make, at home, and sell from home, in your own small business, I had not thought about the multitude of uses, man has found for plants. For millenniums he has used herbs and parts of plants for culinary, medicinal, and domestic purposes. 

Apart from the well-known traditional use for all manners of illnesses and ailments – I defy any person in the world who has not used some natural cure, natural remedy, or even natural beauty recipe in order to cure himself naturally, – herbs have also proven to be invaluable in many other different ways, when you take it in the domestic context. 

For centuries men have been using plants to provide shelter, fire material, floor coverings, roof coverings, and even utensils. Even today, in many parts of the world, the calabash is hollowed out and used as a container to store water as well as food. I have often used half of coconut shells in order to drink water, whenever I have gone trekking. Apart from this, herbs and plants have been used to provide color, decoration, flavor, and healthy benefits to a large number of our culinary preparations. 

This book is going to tell you how you can use natural herbs and plants to create a large number of products, that you can either sell outside in your neighborhood, city, or use at home. Many of these methods have been time-tested and have been used down the ages to provide us with useful items, even though we have half forgotten about how to make them, because it is so easy for us to get them off the supermarket shelf. 

Nevertheless, even if you do not use this book for providing you with items for sale, you can use it as a ready reference whenever you want to practice creating something naturally, profitably, and beneficial.

In this unforgettable, dramatic account of one man's experience as an EMT, Peter Canning relives the nerve-racking seconds that can mean the difference between a patient's death and survival, as Canning struggles to make the right call, dispense the right medication, or keep a patient's heart beating long enough to reach the hospital. As Canning tells his graphic, gripping war stories--of the lives he saved and lost; of the fear, the nightmares, and the constant adrenaline-pumping thrill of action--we come away with an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a hero.


From the Paperback edition.

 Table of Contents
Introduction
Basic Materials
--Sewing Machine
--Rulers and Scales
--Cutting Implements
Learning about the Metric System
Preparation of Fabric and Shrinking
--Common Sewing Terms
--Grain
--Selvage
--Recognizing Grain
--Bias
--Nap
--Washable Fabric
--Non – Washable Fabric
--Estimating the Fabric Quantity
--Interfacings
Hand Basting on Interfacing
--Basting stitches
--Even Basting
--Uneven Basting
--Machine Basting
Single-layer fabric
--Proper Cutting Out Of the Fabric
--Folding the Fabric – two layers
--Folding the fabric – 4 layers
--Results of Proper and Incorrect Folding
--Folding the Material to Make 8 Layers
--Preparing Your Layout
--Pinning Your Cloth
--Doing the Cutting
Seams Darts and Gussets
--Placement of Darts
--Blouses and Tops
--Skirts
--Dresses
Appendix
Author Bio
Publisher

Introduction

Making your own clothes is one of the most interesting of skills that you can learn. Down the ages, people have learned how to design clothes through trial and error, with new fashion innovations being used as accessories in order to hold the clothes to the body. These included belts and brooches, which held tartans, cloaks, skirts, and other body coverings in place.

As time went by, people began to look for more and more ways in which clothes could be worn fitting and protecting the form while looking elegant at the same time.

This book is going to tell you all about how you can begin tailoring, by making up your own patterns.
You can get plenty of patterns ready-made, which can be cut out or are precut and all you have to do is pin them onto the cloth, and cut it out. According to your requirements, these patterns can be modified by adding or subtracting, and once you know the basics of drafting, you are going to understand exactly what needs to be done, when you see a pattern, and recognize the different parts of it.

You are going to learn all about pattern drafting, and dressmaking in further volumes, of the series, and this is going to be an extensive project, somewhat like an encyclopedia about all the information of which you could think about dressmaking, simple stitch craft, sewing, pattern designing, and everything else, which has to do with tailoring.

But first, before you think about tailoring, you need to have some basic supplies with you. These are essential in order to give your clothes a professional look, or at least to show that you are serious about tailoring!

You can add to these supplies, as time goes by, and you will get more skilled and enthusiastic about how you intend to draft clothes before you cut them out on cloth.

You may want to do some practice cutting sessions on useless pieces of cloth, so that even if you manage to pin the wrong portions together and stitch them together without even finding out what happened during the pinning and sewing process, you can just rip the seams open with the seam ripper, and begin fresh!

As I did not want to waste lots of cloth, because I have a bit of problem visualizing the end product, – I should have started young – I did my cutting out on sheets of newspaper.

Asthma, allergies, arthritis, hypertension, depression, headaches, diabetes, obesity, and MS. These are just some of the conditions and diseases that are caused by persistent dehydration. But there is a miracle solution that is readily available, all natural, and free: water.

 Table of Contents 
The Magic of Saffron 
Introduction 
Saffron Test 
How to Use Saffron? 
Cultivating Saffron 
Right Soil for Saffron 
Preparation of the Soil 
Crocus Diseases and Infections 
Harvesting Your Saffron 
Drying of Saffron 
Using Saffron in Cuisine 
Traditional Cooling Saffron – Almond Drink 
Saffron for Beauty and Health 
Saffron for Lightening the Complexion 
Beauty lotion 
Saffron to Cure Diseases 
Depression Cure 
Getting Rid of Kidney Stones 
Saffron as a Cold Preventative and Cure 
Saffron Milk 
Saffron as a Headache Remedy 
Best Moisturizing Lotion 
Saffron for Women’s Personal Health 
Teething problems 
Appendix 
Where Do You Get Edible Camphor? 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

The moment you hear the word “saffron”, your immediate reaction is the vision of an exotic, valuable and very expensive spice. You may also think of a golden – orangeish color. 

The term saffron comes from the Persian term Zaferan for orange gold. That is because the Persians were supposed to be the first of the culinary gourmets to use saffron in cooking. They already knew all about the healing qualities of this precious spice and used it extensively in medicine. But when they found out that just a couple of stigmas of the precious crocus was able to give their dishes a lovely tint, aroma, and look, saffron came into popular usage. 

It is also said that saffron was used extensively in China, more than 2000 years ago, where it was used in herbal medicine. A saffron plant had up to four flowers. Each of them had three Crimson and bright stigmas. These stigmas are the most precious providers of saffron in their dried form. 

In ancient Greece, which is also a contender for “we discovered saffron first,” the people of Minoan and Cretan origin painted beautiful paintings of saffron collectors on their walls. Santorini excavations, going back to the Bronze Age, – more than 5000 years ago have extremely well defined frescoes of saffron collectors , wearing their native garb. 

This plant, belongs to the crocus family, and is called Crocus Sativus. It is supposed to be a native of Southwest Asia, from where it slowly and steadily spread to North America, North Africa, and Europe. 

As time went by, and people began to use new sea routes to discover brave brand-new worlds, the demand for more and more saffron began to grow, especially in ancient civilizations where cuisine and the standard of living was steeped in luxury. This is why the conquering Romans who could not do without crocus, make sure that wherever they went, they did take some crocus bulbs and corms along with them. Since those long gone days, this is considered to be one of the most expensive and exotic of spices known to mankind.

Turmeric and Curcumin - The All-Natural Healing Wonder

Does inflammation of your joints or arthritis keep you from doing the activities that you desire? Does it restrict how you are living your life? Do you feel like you aren't thinking as clearly as you once did as you age? Is the potentially protecting yourself and your family from heart disease and cancer important to you?

For those searching for an all-natural way to delay ageing...

For years, I have studied natural remedies, from essential oils to the latest superfoods, always searching for that supplement that would help prevent a variety of ailments. Finally on a trip to India, I found a herb that would change my life: turmeric. This simple spice has amazing health benefits, including relieving arthritis and inflammation, improving brain functioning, helping to prevent heart disease and cancer, as well as being shown to be effective in preventing and treating Alzheimer's Disease.

I have made it my goal to introduce this amazing herb to people, confident in its abilities to help them live a better, and healthier, life. For the first time, my extensive research into turmeric and curcumin has been collected into one place, helping you to understand how you can now protect yourself and your family with this wondrous natural herb.   

 Table of Contents
Introduction
Tools Required
Latch Rug Hooking
Frames
--Precut wool
Locker Needle Hooking
Pile Rug
Making Rugs with Rug Guns
Punching needles and other tools
Rug Weaving
Rag Rugs with Recycled Scraps
--Using a Shaggy Rug Tool
Conclusion
Author Bio
Publisher

Introduction

I was just browsing through my own personal library, looking at all the vintage craft books, but I did not find a book with instructions on how to make rugs. I could make Victorian crochet doilies, knitted mittens, scarfs, some articles of clothing called fascinators, and even socks and knickerbockers, but what about rugs?

It is only later that I found out that according to the Victorians rug making was not considered to be a genteel occupation, which could be indulged in by the daughters and wives of gentlemen. These languishing ladies would sit in front of the embroidery frame, plying a needle, while dining of strawberries and cream, no doubt, while rug making was done by people of lower social strata.

Nevertheless, we are fortunate that we have stopped thinking of such idiotic considerations in order to make rugs. So this book is going to tell you all about the art of rug making, and you are going to let your creativity loose in making these amazingly beautiful items for your home.

A doctor discovers the surprising truth about marijuana

No substance on earth is as hotly debated as marijuana. Opponents claim it’s dangerous, addictive, carcinogenic, and a gateway to serious drug abuse. Fans claim it as a wonder drug, treating cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, glaucoma, arthritis, migraines, PTSD, and insomnia. Patients suffering from these conditions need—and deserve—hard facts based on medical evidence, not hysteria and superstition.

In Stoned, palliative care physician Dr. David Casarett sets out to do anything—including experimenting on himself—to find evidence of marijuana’s medical potential. He smears mysterious marijuana paste on his legs and samples pot wine. He poses as a patient at a seedy California clinic and takes lessons from an artisanal hash maker. In conversations with researchers, doctors, and patients around the world he learns how marijuana works—and doesn’t—in the real world.

Dr. Casarett unearths tales of near-miraculous success, such as a child with chronic seizures who finally found relief in cannabidiol oil. In Tel Aviv, he learns of a nursing home that’s found success giving marijuana to dementia patients. On the other hand, one patient who believed marijuana cured her lung cancer has clearly been misled. As Casarett sifts the myth and misinformation from the scientific evidence, he explains, among other things:

• Why marijuana might be the best treatment option for some types of pain
• Why there’s no significant risk of lung damage from smoking pot
• Why most marijuana-infused beer or wine won’t get you high

Often humorous, occasionally heartbreaking, and full of counterintuitive conclusions, Stoned offers a compassionate and much-needed medical practitioner’s perspective on the potential of this misunderstood plant.


From the Hardcover edition.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction to Plant Propagation 
The Essential Guide to Plant Propagation 
Methods and Techniques 
Introduction 
Layering 
Marcottee 
Cuttings 
“Striking” Cuttings Successfully 
Using Sand 
Traditional Cutting Growing Technique 
Benefits of Shallow Pan Technique 
Triple Pot Method 
Propagation through Buds 
Grafting 
Benefits 
Wedge Grafting 
Grafting Wax Solutions 
Grafting Wax 
Conclusion 
Growing Cuttings in Water 
Points for Water Cuttings 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

It is always been the nature of human beings to try to improve on nature. That is why, you can be certain that millenniums ago when some enterprising soul learned how to domesticate wild plants and grow them in his own little yard for food, shelter and wood, one fine day he decided – what is going to happen if I can grow the branch of such and such tree on such and such other tree? That means I am going to have oranges and apples in one parent tree. 

The start of such creative ideas must have given rise to many bizarre experimentations, most of which would fail monumentally. However, as time went by, and more and more people started to experiment, they gained more knowledge and gardening experience related to plant propagation. 

In the natural state, you are going to see different vegetative propagation methods through which a plant can grow. That means the plant is going to grow its own seeds, and use natural methods like air, wind and water to spread the seeds far and wide. 

In a strawberry, you are going to have the plant sending out long branches trailing on the soil. Stimulus of moisture causes the production of roots below a bud on a long branch. The bud is then going to send out shoots. Soon the connection between the new plant and the old plant is severed by a withering up of the intervening branch.

 <p>Cancer touches more lives than you may think. According to the World Health Organization, one out of three women alive today, and one out of two men, will face a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.</p><p>To Ty Bollinger, this isn&rsquo;t just a statistic. It&rsquo;s personal. After losing seven members of his family to cancer over the course of a decade, Ty set out on a global quest to learn as much as he possibly could about cancer treatments and the medical industry that surrounds the disease. He has written this book to share what he&rsquo;s uncovered&mdash;some of which may shock you&mdash;and to give you new resources for coping with cancer in your life or the life of someone you love.</p><p>As Ty explains, there are many methods we can access to treat and prevent cancer that go well beyond chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery; we just don&rsquo;t know about them. <i>The Truth about Cancer</i> delves into the history of medicine&mdash;all the way back to Hippocrates&rsquo;s credo of &ldquo;do no harm&rdquo; &mdash;as well as cutting-edge research showing the efficacy of dozens of unconventional cancer treatments that are helping patients around the globe. You&rsquo;ll read about the politics of cancer; facts and myths about its causes (a family history is only part of the picture); and the range of tools available to diagnose and treat it.</p><p>If you&rsquo;re facing a cancer diagnosis right now, this book may help you and your health-care provider make choices about your next steps. If you&rsquo;re already undergoing conventional treatment, it may help you support your health during the course of chemo or radiation. If you&rsquo;re a health-care provider and want to learn all you can to help your patients, it will expand your horizons and inspire you with true stories of successful healing. And if you just want to see cancer in a new light, it will open your eyes.</p>

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Choosing the Right Pot 
Sowing Seeds 
Vegetative Propagation 
Collection of Seeds 
Quality of Goods Seeds 
Successful Germination Tips 
Season for Sowing 
Proper Method of Sowing Seeds 
Seed Sowing Depth 
Time for Repotting Your Plants 
Operation of Potting 
Seedling Care 
Well Watered Plants 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

“Do me a favor,” you are going to say, “what do I need to know all about pot culture? I am an experienced gardener, and I know how to move one plant from one container to another. What other tips and techniques can you teach me about potting, containers, and other information about pots?” 

Well, my friend, this book is going to tell you all about how you can cultivate all kinds of plants or even the choicer kinds of plants, as well as grow seeds in pots. Along with that, you are going to learn more about pot maintenance, and make sure that you have these containers in which you have invested so much money lasting you a long, long time. 

Along with this, you are going to get tips about drainage, the best organic soil, and even a little bit of information on seed sowing. 
Remember that plants may be propagated in two ways – by seed or by vegetative means such as cuttings, grafts and layers. When we are planting them by seeds, we will have to plant them either straight into the earth, outdoors, or in containers and in pots beforehand whether they can grow up into seedlings. The seedlings are then going to be transplanted into their permanent positions when they have reached a height of about 4 to 5 inches.

Victoria Sweet's new book, SLOW MEDICINE, is on sale now!

For readers of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air, a medical “page-turner” that traces one doctor’s “remarkable journey to the essence of medicine” (The San Francisco Chronicle). 

San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hôtel-Dieu (God’s hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves—“anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times” and needed extended medical care—ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty years.
     Laguna Honda, relatively low-tech but human-paced, gave Sweet the opportunity to practice a kind of attentive medicine that has almost vanished. Gradually, the place transformed the way she understood her work. Alongside the modern view of the body as a machine to be fixed, her extraordinary patients evoked an older idea, of the body as a garden to be tended. God’s Hotel tells their story and the story of the hospital itself, which, as efficiency experts, politicians, and architects descended, determined to turn it into a modern “health care facility,” revealed its own surprising truths about the essence, cost, and value of caring for the body and the soul.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
How to Lay Out a Herbal Garden 
Thinking of Layout Plans 
Making Paths 
Best Flower Choices 
Making a City Herbal Garden 
Making Leaf Mold 
Making Natural Organic Compost 
Feeding the Soil 
My Way of Planting 
Making Soil Beds 
Wooden Boxes as Plant Containers 
Window Boxes 
Other Containers 
Herb Growing Project for Children 
Suitable Herbs for Your Garden 
Perennials for herb borders and for beds 
Culinary and Beauty Uses of Herbs 
Elderflower Water 
Conserves 
Herbal wines 
Herbal Force Meat Stuffing 
Apple and Mint Jam 
The Power of Herbs 
Which Herbs to Grow 
Where Do You Grow Herbs? 
Best Soil for Herbs. 
Planning Your Garden 
Chessboard Garden 
Propagation of Herbs 
Growing through Cuttings 
Test – Have Roots Been Formed? 
Herb Plant Division 
Plant maintenance 
Harvesting Your Plants 
Root Plants 
Whole Plant Harvesting 
Leaves Harvesting 
Herbal Harvesting 
Flowers Harvesting 
Seed Harvesting 
Drying Your Herbs 
Herb Storing 
Using Herbs 
Herbal tips 
Bouquet Garni 
Omelet aux herbes fines 
Making Herb Tea 
Growing herbs on your window sill 
Knowing More about Herbal Plant Culture 
Some Important Herbs and How to Grow Them 
Basil [Ocimum basilicum] 
Chives [Allium schoenoprasum] 
Horseradish [Armorecia rusticana] 
Horseradish and Applesauce 
Root Cuttings 
Sweet Marjoram [Origanum majorana] 
Parsley Petroselinum crispum 
Fish Parsley 
First Method 
Second Method 
Fennel [Foeniculum vulgare] 
Mint 
Mint Chutney 
Herb Harvesting 
Herbal Teas 
Basil Tea 
Mint Tea 
Lavender 
Chamomile 
Medicinal Chamomile Tea 
Sweet Woodruff [Gallium odoratum] 
Sweet Cicely [Myrrhis odorata] 
Beneficial Herbs 
Knowing More about John Innes Compost 
How to Make Leaf Compost 
A Little Rant about Outdated Agricultural Practices 
Growing Herbs in Pots 
Marjoram- Origamum omites- leaves 
Thyme – Thymus vulgaris-Leaves 
Thyme Vinegar 
Chives –Allium choenoprasum –leaves 
Tarragon - Artemisia dracunculus – leaves. 
Fennel -Foeniculum vulgare–F.officinale – Leaves, Stem and Seed 
Shrub Permanents for Your Garden 
Lavender – Lavandula angustifolia 
Rosemary – Rosmarinus officinalis 
Sage – Salvia officinalis 
Roses 
Rue –Ruta graveolens 
Artemisias –Artemisia pontica – the Roman wormwood 
Hair Growth Recipe 
Bay – The Roman Laurel –Laurus nobilis 
Winter Savory – Satureja Montana 
Medieval Sciatica Remedy 
Other Herb Garden Favorites 
Sorrel – Rumex acetosa 
Traditional Sorrel Sauce 
Tansy – Tanacetum vulgare 
Poppy – Papaver Orientale 
Clove Carnation – Dianthus caryophyllus 
Borage – Borago officinalis – leaves, flowers, and stems 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

The moment you hear the word “Herb” you visualize a soft stemmed plant, which is normally used in cookery, as well as in alternative medicine. These herbs used for millenniums have been an important part of our social traditional and religious fabrics all over the world. No one, without an interest in nature is not going to know more about Rosemary, sage, lavender, thyme, hyssop, basil, and other herbs put into use down the centuries.

Beat Your Sugar Addiction Once and for All

Sugar is an addictive substance, just like caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol. Eating too much sugar can have serious, long-term consequences for your health and your appearance. The Sugar Detox for Beginners will give you the tools you need to seize control of your sugar intake. A sugar detox diet is the most effective way to remove sugar from your system and break the dangerous cycle of unhealthy sugar cravings. With The Sugar Detox Diet, you will get over 75 delicious sugar detox recipes to help you feel more energetic and clear-headed than ever before.

Sugar Detox for Beginners will help you start an effective sugar detox today, with:

• 77 delicious and nutritious recipes for an easy sugar detox, including Almond Pancakes, Lemony Hummus, Tuna Salad, and Salmon Teriyaki
• A complete 21-day sugar detox plan when you want to gradually remove sugar from your diet
• 3-day sugar detox plan for when you want to get rid of sugar quickly
• The science behind sugar addiction10 tips to beat sugar cravings

Sugar Detox for Beginners will help you reduce your sugar intake without depriving you of the delicious, feel-good foods that you love.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Drafting of Trousers and Slacks 
Attaching the Zipper 
Drafting of Pleated Pants 
Measurement 
Back 
Fitting for a Flat Derrière 
Fitting the full Derrière 
Pants with Additional Pleats 
Baggy Trousers Draft 
Front Portion 
Back Portion 
Pocket 
Waist Band 
Zip Strip 
How to Sew and Assemble Baggy Trousers 
Waistband 
Formal Trousers 
Front portion 
Back Portion 
Sewing Instructions 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

I once remembered a pep talk being given by a baseball coach, to his team, which was not very enthusiastic about the coming baseball game. “So,” he thundered, “what is so scary about that other team? They also put their pants on one leg at a time, don't they.” 

His team won the game. After all pants are such necessary parts of our outfit, that we do not bother much about their importance in our lives and in fashionable style. In the 1950s pants had 2 and 4 pleats, they were baggy and then the time came for elephant bottom and bell bottom pants. 

Ladies used to wear stylish slacks and jeans were nondenominational and universal. Pants are also known as trousers, but the cutting principles are the same. The draft of a plain pant without any pleats can be done by adding in extra for the pleats at the center top. In the same manner, narrow bottom trouser drafts can be changed into bell pants after making changes at the knee portion and at the bottom of the pants. 

While taking the measurement of the pants, you have to make sure that the pants have to be adjusted so that they can fit up to the crotch to the extent desired. After that, you have to stand straight so that the body rests well on the legs with the feet about 8 inches apart, so as to give free play for measurements.

How We Do Harm exposes the underbelly of healthcare today—the overtreatment of the rich, the under treatment of the poor, the financial conflicts of interest that determine the care that physicians' provide, insurance companies that don't demand the best (or even the least expensive) care, and pharmaceutical companies concerned with selling drugs, regardless of whether they improve health or do harm.

Dr. Otis Brawley is the chief medical and scientific officer of The American Cancer Society, an oncologist with a dazzling clinical, research, and policy career. How We Do Harm pulls back the curtain on how medicine is really practiced in America. Brawley tells of doctors who select treatment based on payment they will receive, rather than on demonstrated scientific results; hospitals and pharmaceutical companies that seek out patients to treat even if they are not actually ill (but as long as their insurance will pay); a public primed to swallow the latest pill, no matter the cost; and rising healthcare costs for unnecessary—and often unproven—treatments that we all pay for. Brawley calls for rational healthcare, healthcare drawn from results-based, scientifically justifiable treatments, and not just the peddling of hot new drugs.

Brawley's personal history – from a childhood in the gang-ridden streets of black Detroit, to the green hallways of Grady Memorial Hospital, the largest public hospital in the U.S., to the boardrooms of The American Cancer Society—results in a passionate view of medicine and the politics of illness in America - and a deep understanding of healthcare today. How We Do Harm is his well-reasoned manifesto for change.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Introduction to Sleeves 
Basic Sleeve Cuts 
Set in Sleeves 
Raglan Sleeves 
Magyar Sleeves 
How to Measure Sleeves 
Making Puff Sleeves 
Stitching a Puff Sleeve 
Three Fourth Length of the Sleeve 
Various types of Full Length Sleeves 
Full length sleeve with a puff on the shoulder 
Sleeve with cuffs 
Sleeve Cuffs 
Basic Sewing Technique for Garments 
Introduction to Collars 
Peter Pan Collar 
Cap Collar 
Bertha Collar 
Scallop Collars 
Square Collar 
Bishop Collar 
Sailor Collar 
Shirt Collar 
Making the Shirt Collar Stand 
Mandarin Collar 
A Shawl Collar 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

So all right, you say, you can understand a book on shirts and also trousers, and how to draft them, and also stitching instructions for a couple of drafts, for practice. But why a book dedicated to sleeves and collars? Well, this is the most important part about how you are going to attach an ornamental, necessary portion of your garment to the main body. 

As every part of your garment is made and cut out separately, you are going to be cutting out sleeves and collars too, depending on your own preferences and choices.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"My life was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain until I applied Dr. Sarno's principles, and in a matter of weeks my back pain disappeared. I never suffered a single symptom again...I owe Dr. Sarno my life." - Howard Stern

Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause. In this acclaimed volume, Dr. Sarno reveals how many painful conditions-including most neck and back pain, migraine, repetitive stress injuries, whiplash, and tendonitises-are rooted in repressed emotions, and shows how they can be successfully treated without drugs, physical measures, or surgery.

The Mindbody Prescription is your invaluable key to a healthy and pain-free life.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Drafting 
Tips While Drafting 
Pattern Markings 
Knowing More about Scale Measurements 
Table for Different Scale Measurements 
Method of Scale Calculation 
18 – 28 inches 
25 – 28 inches 
29 inches – 36 inches 
More Than 36 Inches Chest Measurement 
Special Tips 
Common Terms Used In Drafting 
Drafting of Upper Body Garments 
Drafting for Lower Body Garments 
Front Part of the Bodice 
Back Part of the Bodice 
Sleeves 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

The first two books in our series have given you information about the basics of stitch craft, and how you are going to measure the figure properly so that you can start setting out your drafting pattern. 

Drafting is the method with which you are going to draw the pattern of a garment, a given measurement on a piece of paper. Proper drafting is a systematic method which involves a number of steps. Some of the measurements are going to be lengthwise and some of them are going to be widthwise. 

Proper drafting is going to depend on three important factors. The first is of course the proper layout, proper pattern making and after that, the cutting of the cloth properly. 

So if you do not know the basics of proper drafting, and the layout of the design, you are going to have great trouble making up the pattern with just haphazard and topsy-turvy knowledge. When I was a child, I used to see plenty of experienced tailors who just took a couple of measurements, with their inch tape and with their eyes. After that they did some mathematical calculations in the air with their fingers, and noted down some numbers on a piece of paper. After that, it was fascinating the way they just picked up a pair of heavy shears, folded the cloth so that the lower part was facing towards them. 

And then they picked up a piece of tailor’s chalk, held down the cloth with something heavy so that it did not wrinkle up, took their tape measurements, and measured out the cloth properly. After that they did the cutting and then they gave the stitching work to their underlings. 

Hopefully, after we read this book, I and you are going to be so proficient in the basics of grafting, that we are going to understand each and every line on a drafting pattern and exactly what it means. 

For this, of course, we will need to know all about proper drafting, the proper layout of the cloth, and making patterns. 

So let us start with drafting. 

What is the difference between drafting and laying out the pattern? Drafting is the drawing out of the pattern on a piece of paper. Laying out the pattern is cutting out the pieces of paper, according to the drafted design and then laying out the different pieces of paper properly on the cloth. After that we are going to cut the cloth, according to the pattern.

Conventional health care is no longer working in your favor--but thankfully, Dr. Davis is.

In his New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly, Dr. William Davis changed the lives of millions of people by teaching them to remove grains from their diets to reverse years of chronic health damage. In Undoctored, he goes beyond cutting grains to help you take charge of your own health. This groundbreaking expose reveals how millions of people are given dietary recommendations crafted by big business, are prescribed unnecessary medications, and undergo unwarranted procedures to feed revenue-hungry healthcare systems.

With Undoctored, the code to health care has been cracked--Dr. Davis will help you create a comprehensive program to reduce, reverse, and cure hundreds of common health conditions and break your dependence on prescription drugs. By applying simple strategies while harnessing the collective wisdom of new online technologies, you can break free of a healthcare industry that puts profits over health.

Undoctored is the spark of a new movement in health that places the individual, not the doctor, at the center. His plan contains features like: A step-by-step guide to eliminating prescription medications Tips on how to distinguish good medical advice from bad42 recipes to guide you through the revolutionary 6-week program

Undoctored gives you all the tools you need to manage your own health and sidestep the misguided motives of a profit-driven medical system.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Psychological Reasons for Unhealthy Eating Habits 
Comfort Foods 
Collecting All Those Muffins 
Food As a Symbol of Love and Affection 
Food Eating Habits and Lifestyles 
Tackling a Sugar Addiction 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

I was just browsing through one of the oh so clichéd books, which pass as escapist fiction today under the genre of chic-lit. And the female was suffering from He-Loves-Me-He-Loves-Me-Not blues, and that is why she went straight to the fridge, took out a large helping of ice cream, lots of chocolate, and had a really self pitying sob fest. 

In the 21st-century, food is getting to be a psychological weapon, because psychologists are telling us that eating lots of it is going to give us a security blanket. This book is going to tell you all about how wrong they are, how unhealthy this addiction to food is, knowing more about a sugar addiction, and how you can wean yourself away from reaching for the nearest source of sugar and carbohydrates, whenever you feel like acting like a drama queen singing. Nobody loves me. Everybody hates me I am going to the garden, to eat worms. 

When youngsters start to appreciate healthy food, as children, they are going to remain healthy when they grow up to be adults. 
This book is going to tell you all about how food can affect you psychologically, how it has been used as a comfort item, and how healthy eating can keep you spiritually, emotionally, physically, and mentally healthy.

In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, and in other cities around the world.

In Sierra Leone, one in 21 fifteen-year-old women will die in her fertile years of a maternal-related cause; in Italy, the figure is one in 17,100; but in the United States, which spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, it is one in 1,800. Why?

Dramatic differences in health are not a simple matter of rich and poor; poverty alone doesn't drive ill health, but inequality does. Indeed, suicide, heart disease, lung disease, obesity, and diabetes, for example, are all linked to social disadvantage. In every country, people at relative social disadvantage suffer health disadvantage and shorter lives. Within countries, the higher the social status of individuals, the better their health. These health inequalities defy the usual explanations. Conventional approaches to improving health have emphasized access to technical solutions and changes in the behavior of individuals, but these methods only go so far. What really makes a difference is creating the conditions for people to have control over their lives, to have the power to live as they want. Empowerment is the key to reducing health inequality and thereby improving the health of everyone. Marmot emphasizes that the rate of illness of a society as a whole determines how well it functions; the greater the health inequity, the greater the dysfunction.

Marmot underscores that we have the tools and resources materially to improve levels of health for individuals and societies around the world, and that to not do so would be a form of injustice. Citing powerful examples and startling statistics ("young men in the U.S. have less chance of surviving to sixty than young men in forty-nine other countries†?), The Health Gap presents compelling evidence for a radical change in the way we think about health and indeed society, and inspires us to address the societal imbalances in power, money, and resources that work against health equity.

Table of Contents 

Introduction 
Ancient Water Drinking Rules 
Hydrotherapy 
Use of Water Down the Ages 
Benefits of a Cold Water Bath 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

This book is for all of those people who know that, yes, water has been used since ancient times to cure diseases permanently, and also have heard something about hydrotherapy, which means treatment with the use of water. I am going to touch upon the subject of hydrotherapy, without going into too much of a detail, in this book, which is going to be confined to how water can be used as a curative for a number of diseases and also to prevent them from occurring in your body. 

You are going to get to know how just that glassful of water – pure water, and definitely not bottled and mineral water, or perhaps that water which has been subjected to extensive additions of chlorine, these 21st-century modern innovations do not work - is going to keep you healthy, and also get rid of all the toxins in your body.

Making Peace with Microbes

Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. Good Germs, Bad Germs addresses not only this issue but also what has become known as the "hygiene hypothesis"— an argument that links the over-sanitation of modern life to now-epidemic increases in immune and other disorders. In telling the story of what went terribly wrong in our war on germs, Jessica Snyder Sachs explores our emerging understanding of the symbiotic relationship between the human body and its resident microbes—which outnumber its human cells by a factor of nine to one! The book also offers a hopeful look into a future in which antibiotics will be designed and used more wisely, and beyond that, to a day when we may replace antibacterial drugs and cleansers with bacterial ones—each custom-designed for maximum health benefits.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Skin Cleansing Rubs 
For Oily Skin 
Skin Blemishes 
Combination Skins 
Dull and Lifeless Hair 
Problems of Excessive Sweating 
Hyperhidrosis And Mud Therapy 
Benefits of Using Mud 
Local Application of Mud 
Benefits of Mud Packs 
Having a Mud Bath 
Natural Skin Lightening and Anti-Tanning Methods 
Getting Rid of Wrinkles 
An Oil Polish 
Papaya Treatment 
Thick Brows and Eyelashes 
Preventing Chapped Lips 
Dark Elbows 
Smoothing Rough Skin 
Getting Rid of Corns 
Getting Rid of Warts and Moles. 
Healthy Nails 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

I was reading one of my favorite authors, Rex Stout, and Archie Goodwin, my favorite narrator spoke about one of their clients who he did not like. She was loudmouthed, rude, overdressed, and he was glad to see that he had an excuse not to like her. She had an unwashed neck. 

I gave a grin of smug and superior pomposity. Washing behind my ears, and washing my neck properly every day when having a bath had been drilled into me when I was a baby. So I had a squeaky clean neck, hurray, hurray. But it looked like I had been neglecting my elbows and my knees and also my feet. That comes of having no time for leisurely showers because one is in too much of a hurry to shower, get ready, and get out of the house in time to catch the morning’s rush to the rat race.

Even if you are not rushing around, and you have all the time in the world to have a long leisurely bath with all those lotions, potions, bath salts, and all those chemical-based stuffs, let us look at natural methods which are going to add to a clean body and exterior. 

These notions of elementary hygiene and cleanliness were disregarded, in many parts of the world, especially in Europe for centuries, but in other parts of the world, especially in ancient civilizations like Egypt, Persia, Babylon, China, Japan, and even ancient Europe, traditional beauty recipes to take care of the body and keep it young, youthful looking, and beautiful were handed down from grandmother to grandchild, and utilized. 

Nowadays, so many of us are so busy buying really expensive brand name cosmetics, and slathering them all over our skins, that we have forgotten all about natural-based traditional methods which have been in use for millenniums, especially in body and hand care. 

People always admire beautiful and well-maintained hands because they are about as expressive and appealing a feature to enhance your personality as a beautifully formed and made up youthful looking face is. 

The time spent upon taking care of your hands, feet, and the rest of your body can never be thought wasted. However, hands and feet and other parts of your body only get a fraction of the care and attention, we lavish upon our faces. 

If you think that a hand is not expressive look at the soft and smooth, graceful gestures of a dancer using both her hands to express a variety and gamut of emotions. It is sheer poetry and you may often have seen women using their hands so gracefully even in normal day-to-day gestures. This may make you feel so envious. 

Being quite human ourselves, we look at the ill cared for, rough skinned, and possibly red hands and decided that we are going to do something about it tomorrow. 

Well, tomorrow is here today, and this book is going to tell you all about traditional recipes made from items found right there in your kitchen, and in any traditional kitchen, with natural products.

The next time you get sick, consider this before picking up the aspirin: your body may be doing exactly what it's supposed to. In this ground-breaking book, two pioneers of the science of Darwinian medicine argue that illness as well as the factors that predispose us toward it are subject to the same laws of natural selection that otherwise make our bodies such miracles of design.  Among the concerns they raise:

When may a fever be beneficial?
Why do pregnant women get morning sickness?
How do certain viruses "manipulate" their hosts into infecting others?
What evolutionary factors may be responsible for depression and panic disorder?

Deftly summarizing research on disorders ranging from allergies to Alzheimer's, and form cancer to Huntington's chorea, Why We Get Sick, answers these questions and more.  The result is a book that will revolutionize our attitudes toward illness and will intrigue and instruct lay person and medical practitioners alike.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Figure Types 
Properly Proportioned Figure 
Abnormal Figure 
This is when somebody is taller or shorter than the normal size. This is going to make the rest of the body not properly proportionate when compared to the upper portion or the lower portion of the body. 
Stout and Short Figure 
Tall Anorexic Stick Thin Figure 
Stiff Military Figure 
Stooping Hunchbacked Figure 
Corpulent Figure 
Square Shoulders 
Prominent Chest or Bust 
Flat Bust 
Prominent and Flat Hips 
Relative Measures 
Different Parts of Anatomy 
Lengthwise Measurements and Girth Wise Measurements 
Front portion 
Back Portion 
Relative Length Measurements in Men 
Relative Girth Measurements in Men 
For trousers 
Relative Girth Measurement in Ladies 
Practice Session 
Height and Girth Measurements 
Allowance 
Fashion Lengths For Different Garments 
Shirts, Jackets and Trousers 
Practice Session 
A Short Coat 
Full Trousers 
Bodyrise and Leg Girth Measurements 
Easy to Remember Tips While Measuring 
Relationship Between Body Measurements 
The Relationship between the Length and the Width – 
The Relationship between the Shoulder and the Chest 
Relationship Between the Chest and the Neck 
Standard Measurements for a Normal Figure 
Scale Formula for Depth of Scye 
Body Rise Measurement 
APPENDIX 
Learning about the Metric System 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

Now that we know a little bit more about preparation of the fabric – see volume I – and how to fold it before it is cut, we come to the most important part, designing dresses. This is taking your measurements and after that we are going to start doing the pattern drafting in volume III. 

So while you are measuring, you have to remember these important points – garment cutting is based on measurements and that is why every inch is going to count. Also, you have to give some allowance to many parts of the garments so that you do not find yourself bursting out of it because it has been cut too tight and there was no way in which you could loosen it. 

Apart from that, you need to know the personal requirements regarding the style, fit, pockets, shape, buttons, color, ideas about what is wanted, before taking measurements. If you are making a dress for yourself, remember to look at all the design options available out there, so that you can find something which suits you best.

WHEN THIS DOCTOR TALKS, YOU SHOULD LISTEN.

Thousands of people make an early exit each year and arrive on medical examiner Jan Garavaglia’s table. What is particularly sad about this is that many of these deaths could easily have been prevented. Although Dr. Garavaglia, or Dr. G, as she’s known to many, could not tell these individuals how to avoid their fates, we can benefit from her experience and profound insight into the choices we make each day.

In How Not to Die, Dr. G acts as a medical detective to identify the often-unintentional ways we harm our bodies, then shows us how to use that information to live better and smarter. She provides startling tips on how to make wise choices so that we don’t have to see her, or someone like her, for a good, long time.

• In “Highway to the Morgue,” we learn the one commonsense safety tip that can prevent deadly accidents—and the reason you should never drive with the windows half open
• “Code Blue” teaches us how to increase our chances of leaving the hospital alive—and how to insist that everyone caring for you practice the easiest hygiene method around
• “Everyday Dangers” informs us why neat freaks live longer—and the best ways to stay safe in a car during a lightning storm

Using anecdotes from her cases and a liberal dose of humor, Dr. G gives us her prescription for living a healthier, better, longer life—and unlike many doctors’ orders, this one is surprisingly easy to follow.


From the Hardcover edition.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Choosing the Right Soil 
Soil Color and Fertility 
Humus 
Preparation of the Soil 
Best Time for Seed Sowing 
The Thinning Process 
Staking Your Annuals 
Why Mulch? 
Cultivation and Maintenance 
Watering your Plants 
List of Hardy annuals 
Half Hardy Annuals 
Annuals Suitable for Cutting Purposes – 
Annuals for autumn blooming – 
Half Hardy Annuals for Edging Your Border 
Knowing More about Biennials 
Sowing the seeds 
Preparing the Ground 
List of Popular Biennials 
Choosing the Plants 
Permanent Plants 
Bougainvillea 
Hibiscus 
Cannas 
Asters 
The Jasmine Family and Plumeria 
Lilies 
Sowing Time 
Summer Plants 
Chrysanthemums 
Winter Plants 
Sweetpeas 
Phlox 
Hollyhocks 
Sunflowers 
Gladiolus 
Perennial Plants 
Dianthus 
Cosmos 
Periwinkles- Vinca 
Petunias 
Useful Gardening Tips 
Appendix 
Propagation through Buds 
Preparing a bud 
Grafting 
Benefits 
Wedge Grafting 
Grafting Wax Solutions 
Grafting Wax 
Orchids 
Collecting Orchids 
Natural Conditions 
Division of Species 
Terrestrial orchids – 
Epiphytic Orchids – 
Cultivation of Orchids 
Cultivation of Orchids at High Altitudes 
Propagation of Orchids 
Blossoming Orchids 
Making an Orchid House 
Types of Popular Orchids Varieties 
Dendrobium 
Epidendrum 
Cattleya 
Bletia 
Vanda 
Phalaenopsis 
Vanilla 
Odontoglossum 
Cypripedium – Lady Slipper Orchid genus 
Appendix 
Why Re-Pot a Plant 
Roses 
How To Grow Roses 
Types and Varieties of Roses 
Preparation of the Soil 
Planting 
Why Stake Your Roses 
Organic Manure for Roses 
Pruning Your Roses 
First pruning 
Hard pruning. 
Subsequent Pruning – 
Other Types of Roses 
Ramblers 
Climbing HTs 
Rose Standards 
Weeping Standards 
Floribundas 
General Management of Rose Plants 
Disbudding Roses 
Rose Pests and Diseases 
Appendix 
How to Make Rose Water 
How to Make a Rose Potpourri 
Rhododendrons 
Knowing More about Azaleas 
Ghent Azaleas 
Cultivation of Rhododendrons 
Soil for Your Rhododendrons 
Shade and Shelter for Your Rhododendrons 
Effect of Wind and Sun 
So How Do You Get the Best Shade for Your Rhododendrons? 
Shade Plants to Avoid 
Best Sheltering Plants 
Pests and Diseases 
Rhododendron Types and Hybrids 
Flower Borders 
Planning a Border 
Preparing Your Border 
Lime Application 
Manuring 
General Cultivation Tips 
Planting of Shrubs 
List of Different Color Plants 
Multicolored Plants 
Borders of Just One Color 
Getting a Period Border 
Narrow Borders 
Aspect Borders 
General Herbaceous Borders 
Choosing the Right Background 
Staking and Supports 
Growing a Shrub Border 
Using Bulbs in Your Border 
Bulb Selection 
Planting Your Bulbs 
Border Bulbs – Hyacinth and Crocus 
Management of your Borders 
Traditional Control of Slugs 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

There are far too many people out there who are under the impression that you cannot have a beautiful garden without spending huge amounts of money. That is so not true. A little bit of planning and this fallacy is going to fall to pieces by the wayside. Those who are grown annuals for years are going to give this statement the lie gladly. 

Their initial investment must have been just a packet of seeds. The next year, the plants were grown from the seeds collected from the previous years’ crop. 

Do not forget that the life of an annual is limited to just 12 months and so you must not expect them to grow up and bloom again the next year, unless of course you allowed the seeds to lie in the bed without collecting them. That is when they are going to bloom up just like weeds with a little bit of rain, and with the coming of the spring. 

One of the great advantages of annuals is that they are quite easy to grow and flourish in your garden over a long period. The most common are well known to even amateur gardeners who can recognize a cornflower, nasturtiums, Virginia stock and Candytuft. These are very beautiful in themselves, but every gardener is growing them in his garden.

 One
of the greatest joys in life is for you or your partner to conceive and carry a
child. Fertility for Beginners is
your guide to healthy and effective methods for increasing your fertility
naturally, and getting one step closer to becoming pregnant.

Perhaps
you have been trying to conceive for some time, or perhaps you are just
beginning to explore your options. With supportive advice and practical steps, Fertility for Beginners will show you
how to make simple changes to your lifestyle and diet in order to improve your
fertility naturally. Lifestyle changes can have as much effect on fertility as
medical issues or medical intervention. And this handy starter guide gives you
the tools you need to eat healthy, reduce stress, and treat your body kindly in
order to naturally induce fertility and prepare your body for conception.

Fertility for Beginners will coach you through
the basics of increasing fertility naturally with:

·      A primer on the science
of fertility, and how to chart your body’s fertility cycle

·      Useful tips for ways to
cultivate a healthy lifestyle for greater fertility, including stress
management, suggested tests, and natural treatments to consider

·      Information on how to
nourish your body to improve fertility, including what foods to eat and what foods
to avoid

·      A 7-day fertility meal
plan to help you begin the Fertility Diet, with numerous delectable recipes like
Baked Apples with Almonds and Honey, or Citrus-Soy Salmon

Fertility for Beginners will help you increase
your fertility naturally so you can take the worry out of conceiving a child,
and instead enjoy this special time in your life.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Hidden Hunger Explained 
The Importance of Micronutrients 
Iodine deficiency 
Vitamin A Deficiency 
Choosing the Best Diet 
Fortified Foods 
Preventing Micronutrient Deficiency 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

You consider yourself to be a very health conscious person, eating the right foodstuffs, at the right time. However, you have been noticing of late that you get tired easily. You are pale, and feel that subject. You do not feel hungry, very often. You may also suffer from giddiness. 

By evening, you’re so tired that you have absolutely no patience and inclination to be nice to the rest of the family and you snap at them at the slightest procreation! Naturally the family is at a loss to understand your unusual behavior. 

On the other hand, let’s take the example of your once happy go lucky teenager. One evening, while playing basketball, she felt dizzy and fell down. Also, her grades which were quite good, in the past have started falling down because according to her she cannot concentrate. Her attention span has shortened considerably. She is very easily distracted, much more than what is normally in a normal teenager! 

Both of these examples may be unrelated, but the underlying reason for both of them is the same. You as well as your teenager are suffering from what is normally called “hidden hunger.” 

This is not an eating disorder, which is self-inflicted, like bulimia or anorexia. This is micronutrient deficiency. This is one of the most important and worrisome of all the public health problems all over the world today. Did you know that 47% of the people, even in well-developed nations are suffering from this micronutrient deficiency? 

You may tell yourself, how can that be, you have been eating well and you have been eating often. But what have you been eating? Processed foods? Foods which have been treated in such a manner that all the micronutrients have been removed beforehand, and other supporting additives being placed in those foods instead? 

Many of the foods which we eat today are lacking in the essential minerals and vitamins, which are necessary to keep the body functioning properly. These micronutrients include iodine, zinc, iron, and vitamin A.

Dr. Marty Makary is co-developer of the life-saving checklist outlined in Atul Gawande's bestselling The Checklist Manifesto. As a busy surgeon who has worked in many of the best hospitals in the nation, he can testify to the amazing power of modern medicine to cure. But he's also been a witness to a medical culture that routinely leaves surgical sponges inside patients, amputates the wrong limbs, and overdoses children because of sloppy handwriting. Over the last ten years, neither error rates nor costs have come down, despite scientific progress and efforts to curb expenses. Why?

To patients, the healthcare system is a black box. Doctors and hospitals are unaccountable, and the lack of transparency leaves both bad doctors and systemic flaws unchecked. Patients need to know more of what healthcare workers know, so they can make informed choices. Accountability in healthcare would expose dangerous doctors, reward good performance, and force positive change nationally, using the power of the free market. Unaccountable is a powerful, no-nonsense, non-partisan diagnosis for healing our hospitals and reforming our broken healthcare system.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
The Importance of Vitamin C in Your Diet 
Vitamin A 
Proteins 
Gaining Full Benefit of Vegetables and Fruit 
How to Use Vegetables Effectively 
Fruit Juice Cures 
Fruit Peels 
Time-Tested Tips 
Diarrhea 
Traditional Khichri 
Jaundice 
Eczema 
Cough and cold 
Chickenpox 
Sciatica 
Healthy Vegetarian Dishes 
Traditional Pizza 
Traditional Pizza sauce –Passata sauce 
Spinach With Cream 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

For centuries people have been very particular about the things they eat. What should be eaten, what should not be eaten, what should be eaten within its spanned season, and other factors related to food, are a part and parcel of our daily lives. 

This book is going to give you plenty of information about how a vegetarian diet can keep you healthy and long-lived, along with a number of recipes, which you can incorporate into your lifestyle right now. And for all those people who cannot do without their pizzas, one of the recipes is going to include a magnificent traditional pizza recipe. 

Down the ages, people have known that they are some essential nutrients, which are available only in the bounty of nature, and which cannot be obtained by any other resource. These are vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and other essential nutrients, which are necessary to keep you healthy and strong.

Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in the world; the American Diabetes Association reports that 1.7 million new diagnoses are made each year. After her own diagnosis, Gretchen Becker became a "patient-expert," educating herself on every aspect of type 2 diabetes and eventually compiling everything she had learned into this step-by-step guidebook for others. Now in its third edition, The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes takes you through everything you need to know and do in your first year with diabetes. In clear and accessible language, Becker covers a wide range of practical, medical,and lifestyle issues, from coming to terms with your diagnosis to diet and exercise, testing routines, insurance issues, and the most up-to-date information on new medications and supplements.

 Table of Contents 
HEALING WITH FRUIT 
Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Apple 
Cough 
Headache 
Redness in the Eyes 
Nausea and Sunstroke 
Mental Health 
Grapes 
Liver Ailments 
Urinary Infections 
Constipation And Acidity 
Grapes for Eye Ailments 
Irritated Eyes 
Chronic Fever and TB 
Oranges and Lemons 
Oranges For Your Immunity System 
Heart Problems 
Typhoid 
Asthma 
Pulmonary Pain 
Bloating 
Lemon Juice Cure 
Lemons for Your Teeth 
Anemia 
Diarrhea 
Toothache 
Pimples 
Gall Stones and Kidney Stones 
Itching 
Blackberries 
Protection for Summer 
Travel Sickness 
Diabetes 
Throat ailments 
Watermelons, Musk melons, and Cantaloupes 
Headaches 
Hysteria, Neurosis, and Madness 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

Many naturopaths know that vegetables and fruits are excellent healers, but most of these timeworn remedies have been lost, just because we are so used to popping pills and taking short-term shortcuts in healing ourselves. 

Nature has made our body so adaptable, taking into view its bio – physiological makeup that fruit, vegetables, spices, and other natural products are extremely beneficial in helping to heal natural ailments. 

This book is going to tell you all about these natural remedies which have been practiced down the millenniums by Wise Men down the ages, to help heal and cure problems. These remedies were also supported with natural products like milk, butter, and yogurt along with honey to provide the body with its deficiency of vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates, which may have been the possible causes of deficiency diseases. 

Down the ages, men have been using ginger, onions, garlic, radishes, lemons, apples, carrots, different vegetables, herbs, spices, and milk products like yogurt, butter, and milk to provide man with nourishment as well as healing natural materials. However, these remedies were also supplemented with lots of fruit, which would help in helping keeping him healthy. So pick out your favorite fruit and see how it is going to cure you of common ailments.

In The Night Shift, Dr. Brian Goldman shares his experiences in the witching hours at Mount Sinai Hospital in downtown Toronto. We meet the kinds of patients who walk into an E.R. after midnight: late-night revellers injured on their way home after last call, teens assaulted in the streets by other teens and a woman who punches another woman out of jealousy over a man. But Goldman also reveals the emotional, heartbreaking side of everyday E.R. visits: adult children forced to make life and death decisions about critically ill parents, victims of sexual assault, and mentally ill and homeless patients looking for understanding and a quick fix in the twenty-four-hour waiting room. Written with Goldman’s trademark honesty and with surprising humour, The Night Shift is also a frank look at many issues facing the medical profession today, and it offers a highly compelling inside view into an often shrouded world.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Advantages of Hydroponics
Nutrients for Healthy Plants
Macronutrients
Micronutrients
The Difference Between Hydroponic Growth and Soil Growth
Different Growing Mediums
Hydrocorn And Expanded Clay
Coconut Coir
Rice Husks
Growstones
Vermiculite and Perlite
Sand, Brick Shards, and Pumice
Slivers of Wood
Wool Products
Mineral wool aka Rock Wool
Ordinary Gravel
Containers and Irrigation
Static Solution Hydroponic Culture
Raft Culture Solution
Continuous Flow System
The NFT system
Traditional Bengal System
Deep Water Culture
Top Fed Water Culture
Buying Nutrients?
Conclusion
Author Bio
Publisher

Introduction

If you start a discussion on hydroponics with a person who is a keen and an avid gardener, he is going to say in a very blasé tone, “Oh yeah, you are talking about a gardening method which you are not going to use any soil at all. In fact, you are going to be growing your plants in water.”
And he is going to be so right. Hydroponics is that gardening method, in which you are going to grow your plants in lots of water. This gardening method is normally implemented in places where the soil is not fertile enough to sustain plant life. I, being a practical doomsayer, predict that within the next 50 years plants are going to be grown extensively through hydroponics because we will have poisoned all the soil, with our chemicals, by then.

The idea of hydroponics is not something new. I would not be surprised if in ancient times plants were grown in water, especially in places where one wanted to grow plants indoors – especially in palaces. By the way, a couple of years ago, archaeologists who were doing a little bit of digging in Egypt found some Lotus and water Lily seeds going back more than 2,000 years ago, in some pond excavations in a palace in ancient Egypt. Out of the 20 buried seeds found, which were sent to Kew Gardens London, three of them germinated, and so we have 2,000-year-old lilies, whose ancestors were collected by Egyptian princesses. 

The princesses in the palace collected the lotuses every day in the ponds and use them for religious rituals as well as adorning their rooms and persons. I do not think they went bathing in the scented waters, because they must have been really careful about the muddy and dirty waters, especially with natural organic fertilizers put in them to promote the growth of the plants.

THE UK’S BESTSELLING EBOOK OF 2011.

Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite frequently, very funny. He is also a GP. These are his confessions.

A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An 80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the doctor. A woman with a common cold demanding (but not receiving) antibiotics. A man with a sore knee. A young woman who has been trying to conceive for a while but now finds herself pregnant and isn't sure she wants to go through with it. A 7-year-old boy with 'tummy aches' that don't really exist.

These are his patients.

Confessions of a GP is a witty insight into the life of a family doctor. Funny and moving in equal measure it will change the way you look at your GP next time you pop in with the sniffles.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
How to Skeletonize Leaves 
Drying Flowers Naturally 
Traditional Drying with Sand 
Preparing Your Flowers for Drying 
Two Ways of Drying Flowers – Face up and Face Down 
Dry Filler Items 
Drying with Silica Gel 
How to Prevent Over – Drying 
Air Drying Methods and Glycerin 
Glycerin 
Assembling Your Flowers 
Dried Flower Projects 
Flower Frame 
Flower and Herb Leaf Ideas 
Appendix 
Conclusion 
How to Make a Rose Potpourri 
Crystallized Violets 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

The art of floral preservation has been en vogue for millenniums, all over the world, in some form or the other. You may have heard of dried flowers, dried herbs, dried seeds, bark, roots, and even potpourri. The only reason why I would want to live in the age of Cleopatra is that the ancient Egyptians knew all about a flower preservation method with which flowers kept their original color, shape, and looks for more than 6 months after they had been cut. Cleopatra’s rooms were full of these flowers. 

Unfortunately, we have lost this method of preserving flowers, with the burning of the library at Alexandria. However, even up to 1638, Signor Ferrari living in Siena – Italy – described how flowers could be preserved and kept everlasting and alive. 

Nevertheless, the flowers that we dry today do not have their original color not do they have the rich feel of a thing alive. What we have is something mummified because it has been dried in sand and silica gel. 

When I was a child, I asked my science teacher to give me a little bit of silica gel because I wanted to preserve all the flowers in our garden in all their colors, and that nice gentleman told me that the colors changed and turn brown, when the water content was removed from that particular plant. I believe that was the first disappointment in my young life, because I wanted all of those colors and their shapes to last forever. But, well, that secret has gone with the ancient Egyptians. 

Nevertheless, today we are drying flowers, through air drying processes, and this book is going to tell you all about how you can create things of beauty from dried flowers, and anything natural, which you can dry and turn into a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

 Nutrition aside, there are other interesting topics worth exploring in the pursuit of health. Can cancer be prevented? Why doesn’t everyone live long, healthy lives? What is the relationship between cardiovascular disease and the immune system? How does the immune system affect overall health? Which is a healthier food option: natural and wholesome plant foods or animal-based foods? How do our lifestyles affect our health?

 

Good health is not a secret. To achieve good health, we must first understand it. By drawing links between diet, health, and the immune system, this book provides fascinating insights into the preventive science of Nutritional Immunology.

 Table of Contents 
Introduction 
Choosing an Aquarium 
Fabricating an Aquarium 
Placing Your Aquarium 
Rearing of Fish 
Temperature 
How Many Fish to an Aquarium? 
Right Fish Combinations 
Fish Food 
Fish Behavior 
Adding More Fish 
Fish Care 
Aquarium Care 
Changing Water 
Fish Care During Your Absence 
Light 
Egg Layers and Live Bearers 
Live Plants 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

So you have finally designed your home’s interior to your own satisfaction. The furniture, the curtains and all the decorative ornaments have been put in place. However, there is something missing, which could enhance the aesthetic beauty of your house. This is possibly an aquarium. 

Ornamental fish keeping has become a multimillion dollar modern-day art and business. Everyone wants to enjoy the beauty of exotic fish as well as attractive water plants. In fact, many doctors prescribe keeping aquariums in the houses of their stressed-out patients, so that they can look at the calm and tranquil movements of the fish moving about in their aquatic abode and thus relax. 

Once upon a time, aquariums were used to decorate the entrance of houses. However, nowadays, this business has grown from $8.9 billion in 2012 with an annual growth of 10% per annum! The USA is the largest market in the world of ornamental fish, importing fish worth $500 million each year, followed by the European Union and then Japan. 

When I was a youngster, father being the DIY type built an aquarium and stocked it with goldfish, neon tetras, Veil-tails and black Mollies. These were the only fish varieties available in the city at that time because nobody knew much about aquariums or fishes as pets/drawing room ornamentations. 

Nevertheless, people came, people saw, people admired, and people wanted. Within a month the whole neighborhood had aquariums and had begun to vie with each other to get more and more exotic and possibly expensive stock. 

And most of these experiments failed, because these people did not know much about aquarium care and fish care. This book is going to give you that basic information, so that you can choose your fish varieties, care for them, and even have an interesting long time hobby which relaxes and entertains you.

Finally, the solution to the #1 reason we don’t exercise: time. Everyone has one minute.
 
A decade ago, Martin Gibala was a young researcher in the field of exercise physiology—with little time to exercise. That critical point in his career launched a passion for high-intensity interval training (HIIT), allowing him to stay in shape with just a few minutes of hard effort. It also prompted Gibala to conduct experiments that helped launch the exploding science of ultralow-volume exercise. Now that he’s the worldwide guru of the science of time-efficient workouts, Gibala’s first book answers the ultimate question: How low can you go?
 
Gibala’s fascinating quest for the answer makes exercise experts of us all. His work demonstrates that very short, intense bursts of exercise may be the most potent form of workout available. Gibala busts myths (“it’s only for really fit people”), explains astonishing science (“intensity trumps duration”), lays out time-saving life hacks (“exercise snacking”), and describes the fascinating health-promoting value of HIIT (for preventing and reversing disease). Gibala’s latest study found that sedentary people derived the fitness benefits of 150 minutes of traditional endurance training with an interval protocol that involved 80 percent less time and just three minutes of hard exercise per week.
 
Including the eight best basic interval workouts as well as four microworkouts customized for individual needs and preferences (you may not quite want to go all out every time), The One-Minute Workout solves the number-one reason we don’t exercise: lack of time. Because everyone has one minute.


From the Hardcover edition.

 Table of Contents Introduction 
Mindful Eating 
Chapter #1: What is Mindful Eating and What are the Benefits 
Overeaters 
Chapter #2: Types of Overeaters 
Chapter #3: Food Preferences for Different Overeaters 
Food Transit Time 
Chapter #4: Food Transit Time 
Chapter #5: Improving Your Food Transit Time 
Learning Tips and Tricks for Controlled Eating 
Chapter #6: Tips for Eating Mindfully 
Chapter #7: Five Tricks to Keep Your Stomach Happy for Hours 
Trick #1: Eat foods with a high water content 
Tip #2: Eat foods with high fiber content 
Tip #3: Add more proteins than starches to your diet 
Trick #4: Use smaller plates and bowls for eating and large glasses for drinking water 
Trick #5: End with tea 
Mindful Workout 
Chapter #8: Techniques/Exercises for Practicing a Mindful Workout 
Conclusion: 
References 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

With the revolution in cooking ingredients and networking, where we can easily share and make recipes of different states, countries, and continents just to satisfy our taste buds and have variety, there is no doubt we crave for something different every day. A new recipe, a new spice, or a new taste not only makes us crave for more, but results in mindless eating without even thinking how much harm the food will do to us and to our digestive system. The result of which has been obesity and a number of diseases. 

Beyond this, the researchers and nutritionists have been following some simple tips and tricks and exercises, which not only help us enjoy all the flavors of the food, but also help us in controlling our portion size and motivating us to eat in a proper manner. 

The following eBook helps us understand the concept of mindful eating, its benefits, simple tips, and exercises for eating mindfully. It also gives us an insight into the food transit time, type of over eater we are, and helps us to work towards eating less and appropriate food, as per our needs and habits.

In his acclaimed memoir Intern, Sandeep Jauhar chronicled the formative years of his residency at a prestigious New York City hospital. Doctored, his harrowing follow-up, observes the crisis of American medicine through the eyes of an attending cardiologist.
Hoping for the stability he needs to start a family, Jauhar accepts a position at a massive teaching hospital on the outskirts of Queens. With a decade's worth of elite medical training behind him, he is eager to settle down and reap the rewards of countless sleepless nights. Instead, he is confronted with sobering truths. Doctors' morale is low and getting lower. Blatant cronyism determines patient referrals, corporate ties distort medical decisions, and unnecessary tests are routinely performed in order to generate income. Meanwhile, a single patient in Jauhar's hospital might see fifteen specialists in one stay and still fail to receive a full picture of his actual condition.
Provoked by his unsettling experiences, Jauhar has written an introspective memoir that is also an impassioned plea for reform. With American medicine at a crossroads, Doctored is the important work of a writer unafraid to challenge the establishment and incite controversy.

 Table of Contents Introduction 
Benefiting Tips for Fruit 
Fruit in Its Natural State 
Detoxification Diet 
Fruit as Food Substitution 
Healing through Fruit 
Lemons 
As a Pimple Cure 
Nausea and Giddiness 
Stomachaches 
Lemon for Weight Loss 
Bananas 
Angina 
Bananas for Weight Gain 
Acidity 
Bananas for Stomach Ailments 
Pineapples 
Dyspepsia 
Edema 
Incontinence 
Grapes 
Epilepsy Cure 
Dry Cough 
Lung Infections 
Boils and Carbuncles 
Apples 
Chronic Headaches 
Excessive Thirst 
Mental Fatigue 
Pomegranates 
Pomegranates for Your Teeth 
Urinary Infections 
Jaundice 
Conclusion 
Author Bio 
Publisher 

Introduction 

In ancient times, it was said that the Wise men were very careful about their diets. They ate meat very rarely. However, their diet was totally made up of roots, spices, nuts, vegetables and fruit. According to their knowledge, this was the way in which they could ensure good health, absence of diseases and also promote longevity. 

Nevertheless, it is a sad thing that in the 21st century, not many of us know how to eat fruit properly. Yes, there is a method of eating fruit in order to gain the proper benefits of fruit. In ancient times, people also knew the rules went to eat fruit in which season and under what circumstances and in which amounts. 

That was to prevent people from gorging on fruit. This was a natural reaction, especially when they were extremely hungry and suddenly found themselves confronted with trees and trees of fruit ready to be picked and eaten. 

In ancient times, it was said that any fruit which belonged to one particular season had to be eaten in that season itself. That was because nature had made it to benefit the human body, only in that season. That is why seasonal fruits in tropical areas like mangoes, melons, guavas, and cantaloupes grew only in the summer so that they could provide human beings with refreshment as well as plenty of water content which they needed in the summer.

The first in-depth look at the burgeoning legal cannabis industry and how the “new green economy” is shaping our country

The nation’s economy is in trouble, but there’s one cash crop that has the potential to turn it around: cannabis (also known as marijuana and hemp).  According to Time, the legal medicinal cannabis economy already generates $200 million annually in taxable proceeds from a mere two hundred thousand registered medical users in just fourteen states.
But, thanks to Nixon and the War on Drugs, cannabis is still synonymous with heroin on the federal level even though it has won mainstream acceptance nationwide.

ABC News reports that underground cannabis’s $35.8 billion annual revenues already exceed the combined value of corn ($23.3 billion) and wheat ($7.5 billion). Considering the economic impact of Prohibition—and its repeal—Too High to Fail isn’t a commune-dweller’s utopian rant, it’s an objectively (if humorously) reported account of how one plant can drastically change the shape of our country, culturally, politically, and economically.

Too High to Fail covers everything from a brief history of hemp to an insider’s perspective on a growing season in Mendocino County, where cannabis drives 80 percent of the economy (to the tune of $6 billion annually). Investigative journalist Doug Fine follows one plant from seed to patient in the first American county to fully legalize and regulate cannabis farming. He profiles an issue of critical importance to lawmakers, media pundits, and ordinary Americans—whether or not they inhale. It’s a wild ride that includes swooping helicopters, college tuitions paid with cash, cannabis-friendly sheriffs, and never-before-gained access to the world of the emerging legitimate, taxpaying “ganjaprenneur.”

Table of Contents

Introduction
Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases
Ringing of Ears
Throat Problems
Chest Infections
Cough and Whooping Cough
Infectious Diseases
Colds
Aniseed Essence
Asthma
Wet Cough
Bronchitis
DIY Inhaler
Influenza
Conclusion
Author Bio
Publisher

Introduction

When I wrote The Magic of Onions around two years ago, I told you all about the historical origin of onions, its usage in the life of a common man down the millenniums, and its importance as a vegetable, I did not touch much upon how important this herb is in curing and helping prevent a large number of diseases. These diseases can either be common diseases or may be chronic diseases to which mankind has been subject, all over the World.

But as long as you have onions on hand, why do you need to suffer?
This book is going to tell you all about the number of diseases which can be cured through onions and onion juice. It is also going to tell you all about why it is necessary for you to have lots of onions in your daily diet – especially raw. You are also going to learn that onions, since ancient times, have been used to prevent infections, contagious diseases, chronic ailments, and other useful and beneficial information about that common vegetable/herb – the onion. 

In ancient times onions were always eaten fresh, plucked from the ground and eaten within one hour of their harvesting. It was believed that the potency of the onion would keep for just one hour after it had been harvested, and the longer the onion was stored outside the ground, the lesser you would benefit from its naturally powerful curative properties. 

When we think of all those onions being stored away for months, before they are sent to the market or exported to other parts of the World, one wonders about how much of their natural goodness has been dissipated into the fresh air. But even so, when we eat the onions – possibly three months after they have been harvested – we find them strong, pungent, and we reassure ourselves that all right, these onions are full of flavor and natural goodness.

The First Book to Bring Together Spa, Cannabis, and Herbal Healing

The Cannabis Spa at Home contains more than seventy-five cannabis spa recipes free of preservatives and major allergens that can be prepared in the home kitchen or professional spa with wholesome herbal ingredients.

Cannabis spa isn’t new—cannabis has been used for thousands of years for external use in the traditional health practices of Eastern cultures. In locations where cannabis has renewed legal status today, cannabis spa potions such as lotions, salves, poultices, scrubs, and baths are being rediscovered as a healthy alternative for managing pain, soothing irritated skin, and enhancing the spa experience.

In The Cannabis Spa at Home, you’ll discover which spa preparations provide local healing—and which have potential for a more euphoric experience. You’ll also learn how to make:

Refrigerated and shelf-stable cannabis lotions, creams, balms, and masks
Emulsions, cannabis base oils, cannabis herbal poultices, aromatherapy essence water, cannabis bath salts, and foot and hand soaks
Edible treats such as luscious spa nosh, hemp smoothies, and cannabis bhang