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Books Hydroponic Books Acupuncture Medicine: Its Historical and Clinical Background Author: Yoshiaki Omura Pages: 288 Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 ISBN: 0486428508 Many ills that conventional Western medication fails to prevent and cure--migraine, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and allergies, to name a few--are in some cases relieved through the remarkable effects of acupuncture. This comprehensive history presents a complete and coherent guide to the widely acclaimed and employed Oriental practice. The author readily acknowledges the superiority of Western medicine in certain situations (particularly in cases of infectious disease); his contention is that every physician should have the knowledge and advantage of Oriental medicine and acupuncture in addition to the benefits of Western medicine. The combined techniques offer enormous potential not only for alleviating suffering and possibly even saving lives, but also for reducing common medical expenses. Starting with historical background, including the origins and meanings of concepts essential to the practice of acupuncture, the text proceeds to a discussion of the anatomical and pathophysiological concepts of Oriental medicine, concluding with a detailed review of diagnostic methods. A wide audience awaits this practical guide, including lay practitioners as well as healthcare professionals. Unabridged reprint of the edition published by Japan Publications, Inc., Tokyo, 1982. Appendix. Index. 114 black-and-white illustrations. Retail Price: $16.95 Sale Price $13.55 Qty:    Adventures with a Microscope Author: Richard Headstrom Pages: 232 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486234711 With a simple microscope and this book you can embark on 59 exciting adventures in the natural world—make discoveries about the structures of numerous microscopic animals; find out what everyday objects and foods really look like at the cellular level; learn how to prepare specimens and slides. Unabridged republication of the original (1941) edition. 142 illustrations. Retail Price: $9.95 Sale Price $8.45 Qty:    The Art and Science of Homeopathic Medicine Author: James Tyler Kent Pages: 224 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486424189 As increasing numbers of people turn to alternative healing practices, this classic text on the science and art of homeopathic medicine remains ever relevant. Written at the turn of the twentieth century by a distinguished physician, its concepts of health and healing are still ahead of our time. Dr. Kent summarizes, interprets, and systematizes the traditions of homeopathy, offering insights into the essential characteristics of the healing process: how to take a case history, how to study the case, how to establish the hierarchy of symptoms in determining the appropriate remedy--and above all, how to decide what to do after the first prescription, how to interpret the many reactions to therapy, and how to achieve a scientific understanding of a cure. This informative volume is must reading for any student or practitioner of homeopathy as well as any individual seriously interested in understanding the fundamental laws of health and healing. Unabridged republication from a standard edition of the work first published in Lancaster, Pa. 1900. Foreword. Preface. Retail Price: $10.95 Sale Price $8.76 Qty:    An Aztec Herbal: The Classic Codex of 1552 Translator: William Gates Pages: 192 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486411303 Originally written in the Aztec language, this 16th-century codex was the first herbal and medical text compiled in the New World. It contains ancient remedies for myriad ailments—boils, hair loss, cataracts, insomnia hiccoughs, and gout, to name a few. An extraordinarily rare and valuable document; amazing in its scope, detail, careful observation, and accurate description. Analytical Index to Plants. New Introduction. Over 180 b/w illus. 38 color illus. Retail Price: $10.95 Sale Price $8.76 Qty:    Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-Century Manual Author: Shih-Chên Li, Porter Smith, G. A. Stuart Retail Price: $21.95 Pages: 512 Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ISBN: 048642801X Chinese scholars have been writing medical treatises for nearly 5,000 years, the grandest and most comprehensive of which is the Herbal Pen T'sao, published by Li Shih-chen in 1578. Two Western doctors assembled this updated edition of the massive sixteenth-century document, annotating their translation with their own observations. A treasury of tried-and-true wisdom from centuries of practical experience, it has served as a basis for modern-day organic medicine and has enormous value for practitioners of alternative healing methods. Retail Price: $21.95 Sale Price $17.56 Qty:    Early American Herb Recipes Author: Alice Cooke Brown Retail Price: $9.95 Pages: 160 Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ISBN: 0486418758 This fascinating book provides a wealth of information on the uses of herbs by homemakers of the past and gives more than 500 authentic recipes exactly as they appeared in their original sources. The recipes cover the use of herbs for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and other purposes. Readers will discover not only how herbs were used in making vegetable and meat dishes, gravies and sauces, cakes, pies, soups, and beverages, but also how our ancestors employed them in making dyes, furniture polish, insecticides, spot removers, perfumes, hair tonics, soaps, tooth powders, and numerous other products. More than 100 fine 19th-century engravings of herbs add to the charm of the text—an invaluable reference and guide for plant lovers and herb enthusiasts that will “delight and astound the 20th-century reader.” (Library Journal). Index. Bibliography. 113 black-and-white illus. Retail Price: $10.95 Sale Price $8.80 Qty:    Fantasy Designs Stained Glass Pattern Book Author: Carolyn Relei Retail Price: $8.95 Pages: 64 Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 ISBN: 0486432998   • Approximately 120 black-and-white designs   • 9 full-color designs on covers   • Dual market appeal: fantasy buffs and hobbyists   • Author has 6 titles among Dover's top 20 best-selling stained glass pattern books This practical treasury of imaginative stained glass designs incorporates a host of fantasy figures. Attractively displayed in circular, oval, and rectangular frames are striking images of delicate fairies, fire-breathing dragons, half-human figures, a unicorn, a phoenix, and other remarkable creatures. The easy-to-do figures--set amid flowers, clouds, and colorful backgrounds--are not only ideal for window panels, mobiles, and lampshades but will also work well for wall-hangings, needlework projects, and as dramatic graphics for a variety of print assignments. Dover Original. Retail Price: $8.95 Sale Price $7.15 Qty:    Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea, and Japan Author: F. H. King Retail Price: $14.95 Pages: 464 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486436098   • Wide audience of organic gardeners, farmers, conservationists   • Over 240 black-and-white illustrations   • Will be the only edition in print How did Asian farmers work the same fields for 40,000 years without destroying the land's fertility and without applying artificial fertilizer? At the turn of the twentieth century, a former official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture travelled to Asia to learn the answer. This landmark book chronicles his travels and observations on waste-free methods of cultivation that conserve natural resources. It is "... one of the richest sources of information about peasant agriculture ... one of the pioneer books on organic farming."--The Last Whole Earth Catalog. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Mrs. F. H. King, Madison, Wisconsin, 1911. Retail Price: $14.95 Sale Price $13.45 Qty:    Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes of the Northern United States Author: Edward Knobel Retail Price: $4.95 Pages: 96 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 048623505X With its clear descriptions and accurate drawings, this easy-to-carry little volume will allow you to differentiate over 370 of the most common species: timothy, rye, foxtail, fescue, bluegrass, etc. Key. 500 illustrations. Updated nomenclature by Mildred F. Faust. Retail Price: $4.95 Sale Price $4.20 Qty:    Five Acres and Independence Author: Maurice G. Kains Pages: 397 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486209741 Classic of the back-to-the-land movement is packed with solid, timeless information and will teach new converts how to make their land self-sufficient. Appendices. 95 figures. Retail Price: $8.95 Sale Price $7.16 Qty:    A Gardener’s Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins Author: A. W. Smith Retail Price: $14.95 Pages: 432 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486297152 First compact dictionary to combine definitions of botanical names in general usage with information on their derivation and guides to pronunciation. A monumental index provides a cross-reference from some 1,800 common plant names to corresponding botanical ones. Indispensable reference combines thoroughness, botanical rigor and interesting facts and lore—all leavened with touches of humor. Retail Price: $14.95 Sale Price $13.45 Qty:    Ground Covers for Easier Gardening Author: Daniel J. Foley Retail Price: $9.95 Pages: 244 Dimensions: 6 x 9 ISBN: 0486201244 Former editor of Horticulture magazine offers the home gardner full, sound and practical advice on a wide range of plants. For each of 100 species described, the author provides Latin and common names, climatic zones, descriptions, cultivation data, and general comments. Over 125 illustrations. Retail Price: $9.95 Sale Price $8.95 Qty:    Growing Woodland Plants Author: Clarence and Eleanor Birdseye Retail Price: $8.95 Pages: 223 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486206610 The authors explain the interrelationships of trees, wildflowers, ferns, bacteria, and the soil of woodlands; suggest ways of preparing both large and small wildflower gardens; and describe when, where and how to gather woods plants. Includes detailed information on over 200 wildflowers and ferns. 195 illustrations. Retail Price: $8.95 Sale Price $8.05 Qty:    Herbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America Author: Dames of America Retail Price: $4.95 Pages: 80 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486285294 Invaluable reference and guide, carefully researched and charmingly written, illustrates and describes over 50 herbs and plants that were extremely useful to colonial settlers, among them: bee balm, bloodroot, candytuft, daffodil, hyssop, lovage, rosemary, tansy, wormwood, and yarrow. Includes anecdotes, popular and scientific names and use for each plant. Retail Price: $4.95 Sale Price $4.45 Qty:    How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts Author: Frances Densmore Pages: 155 Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 ISBN: 0486230198 Ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution offers a wealth of material on nearly 200 plants used by Chippewas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Emphasis on wild plants and lesser-known uses. "A fascinating, well-illustrated study."—Grand Rapids Gazette. 33 plates plus. Retail Price: $7.95 Sale Price $6.36 Qty:    The Life of the Bee Author: Maurice Maeterlinck, Alfred Sutro Pages: 176 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486451437 The Nobel Prize winner offers brilliant proof that "no living creature, not even man, has achieved in the center of his sphere, what the bee has achieved." From their amazingly intricate feats of architecture to their intrinsic sense of self-sacrifice, Maeterlinck takes a "bee's-eye view" of the most orderly society on Earth. Reprint of the Dodd, Mead, and Company, New York, 1901 edition. Includes Introduction by Edwin Way Teale. Retail Price: $9.95 Sale Price $7.95 Qty:    How Plants Get Their Names Author: Hyde Bailey Retail Price: $8.95 Pages: 181 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 048620796X Reveals the confusion that results from misleading popular names of plants and points out the advantages of a sound, scientific approach. These few chapters cover virtually every aspect of the subject of how plants get their names and what those names signify. 11 illustrations. Retail Price: $8.95 Sale Price $8.00 Qty:    A Modern Herbal, Vol. 1 Author: Margaret Grieve Pages: 443 Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ISBN: 0486227987 Volume 1 of the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, much else. Indispensable to serious reader. Total in set: 161 illus. Retail Price: $16.95 Sale Price $12.75 Qty:    A Modern Herbal, Vol. 2 Author: Margaret Grieve Pages: 476 Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ISBN: 0486227995 Volume 2 of the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, much else. Indispensable to serious reader. Total in set: 161 illustrations. Retail Price: $18.95 Sale Price $14.25 Qty:    A Modern Herbal, Volume 1 and 2 Author: Margaret Grieve Pages: 919 Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ISBN: 0486227987 & 0486227995 Both Volume 1 and volume 2 together. Retail Price: $35.90 Sale Price $27.00 Qty:    Native American Gardening: Buffalobird-Woman's Guide to Traditional Methods Author: Gilbert L. Wilson Retail Price: $7.95 Pages: 144 Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 ISBN: 0486440214 • Of value to anthropologists, economic historians, and anyone fascinated by Native American culture • Of special interest to those practicing sustainable agriculture This early-20th-century study takes a look at the techniques of subsistence-level farming used by the Hidatsa of North Dakota. The author describes how the tribe planted, harvested, and stored their food--methods of lasting value to modern organic gardeners and farmers. Unabridged republication of "Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians," published in the Bulletin, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1917. Retail Price: $7.95 Sale Price $7.10 Qty:    Nature Designs Stained Glass Pattern Book Author: Harry E. Zimmerman Pages: 64 Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11 ISBN: 0486267326 Outstanding collection of 78 royalty-free motifs focusing on nature themes—the sun, its light appearing through clouds, bamboo plants, long reeds and grasses; floral scenes with birds, small animals, fish, plus many abstract designs, all imbued with the lovely, tranquil lines and rhythms of nature. Varied shapes make the designs adaptable to wide range of projects: windows, panels and sidelights, mirrors, much more. Retail Price: $8.95 Sale Price $7.16 Qty:    Rose Recipes from Olden Times Author: Eleanour Sinclair Rohde Pages: 95 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486229572 Outstanding collection of 78 royalty-free motifs focusing on nature themes—the sun, its light appearing through clouds, bamboo plants, long reeds and grasses; floral scenes with birds, small animals, fish, plus many abstract designs, all imbued with the lovely, tranquil lines and rhythms of nature. Varied shapes make the designs adaptable to wide range of projects: windows, panels and sidelights, mirrors, much more. Retail Price: $5.95 Sale Price $4.76 Qty:    Spices and Herbs: Lore and Cookery Author: Elizabeth S. Hayes Pages: 256 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486240266 The romance and use of spices, herbs—86 familiar, exotic plants illustrated, examined for legendary lore, current use. Also 73 recipes. "An adventurous exploration."—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retail Price: $8.95 Sale Price $7.16 Qty:    The Wheel of Health: The Sources of Long Life and Health Among the Hunza Author: Dr. G. T. Wrench Pages: 144 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 0486451542 The Hunza people of northern Pakistan commonly live to be 100 or older. In an eye-opening work that extols the virtues of simple living, Dr. Wrench details how the Hunzas' diet and methods of food cultivation and soil preservation offer Westerners an effective approach to holistic health and disease prevention. A balanced-health alternative to today's fad diet books. Reprint of the C. W. Daniel Company Ltd., London, 1938 edition. Retail Price: $6.95 Sale Price $6.25 Qty:    Do's and Don'ts of Yesteryear: A Treasury of Early American Folk Wisdom Author: Eric Sloane Pages: 144 Format: Hardcover Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 7 ISBN: 0486455947 Combining two of Mr. Americana's popular little etiquette guides, this hardcover collection offers cozy, homespun advice that recalls a kindly, less hectic time. Culled from early American almanacs and diaries, hundreds of brief reflections cover proper behavior for "At the Table" and "In Dress and Habits" as well as tips on carpentry, housework, weather, and more. Reprint of Eric Sloane's Don't and Eric Sloane's Do, Walker Publishing Company, New York, 1968, 1972. Retail Price: $9.95 Sale Price $8.50 Qty:    A Museum of Early American Tools Author: Eric Sloane Pages: 128 Format: Hardcover Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11 ISBN: 0486463036 Among Eric Sloane's dozens of popular books, A Museum of Early American Tools has always held a special place in the hearts of lovers of Americana and Yankee ingenuity. Now this delightful evocation of simpler times and tools (the tools that built America) is available for the first time in a handsome hardcover gift edition. Engaging, informative text and more than 180 of Sloane's inimitable drawings showcase the work and tools of colonial America. Reprint of the Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1964 edition. Retail Price: $8.95 Sale Price $7.67 Qty:    A Reverence for Wood Author: Eric Sloane Pages: 112 Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11 ISBN: 0486433943 This refreshing, delightfully written, and magnificently illustrated book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Ranging over the aesthetics of wood, wooden implements, carpentry, and other areas, the author illuminates with rare insight the enormously varied and useful qualities of wood and the resourcefulness of early Americans in using it. Unabridged republication of the original edition published by Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1965.   • 69 black-and-white illustrations   • Appeals to woodcrafters and lovers of Americana   • "One of Eric Sloane's best books."--Library Journal Retail Price: $9.95 Sale Price $8.50 Qty:    Hydroponic Books

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