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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $9.01
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Manufacturer: HarperOne
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Terence Mckenna
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Publisher: HarperOne
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Dewey Decimal Number: 133
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Publication Date: 1994-04-22
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: A thoroughly revised edition of the much-sought-after early work by Terence and Dennis McKenna that looks at shamanism, altered states of consciousness, and the organic unity of the King Wen sequence of the I Ching.
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Price: $16.00
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Sale: $9.66
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Manufacturer: Bear & Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Stephen Harrod Buhner
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Publisher: Bear & Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 615.32108997
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Publication Date: 2006-02-24
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: The first in-depth examination of the sacred underpinnings of the world of Native American medicinal herbalism
• Reveals how shamans and healers “talk” with plants to discover their medicinal properties
• Includes the prayers and medicine songs associated with each of the plants examined
• By the author of The Secret Teachings of Plants
As humans evolved on Earth they used plants for everything imaginable--food, weapons, baskets, clothes, shelter, and medicine. Indigenous peoples the world over have been able to gather knowledge of plant uses by communicating directly with plants and honoring the sacred relationship between themselves and the plant world.
In Sacred Plant Medicine Stephen Harrod Buhner looks at the long-standing relationship between indigenous peoples and plants and examines the techniques and states of mind these cultures use to communicate with the plant world. He explores the sacred dimension of plant and human interactions and the territory where plants are an expression of Spirit. For each healing plant described in the book, Buhner presents medicinal uses, preparatory guidelines, and ceremonial elements such as prayers and medicine songs associated with its use.
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Price: $79.95
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Sale: $46.38
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Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Daniel E. Moerman
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Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.6097
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Publication Date: 1998-08-01
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Reading Level: 927
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Description: An extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American native peoples for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things. Anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman has devoted 25 years to the task of gathering together the accumulated ethnobotanical knowledge on more than 4000 plants. More than 44,000 uses for these plants by various tribes are documented here. This is undoubtedly the most massive ethnobotanical survey ever undertaken, preserving an enormous store of information for the future.
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Price: $17.00
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Sale: $10.19
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Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Pierre Laszlo
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 509
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Publication Date: 2008-10-01
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: Walk into your local grocery store and down the produce aisle, and you’ll find a dazzling array of citrus, from navel oranges and clementines to grapefruit and key limes—and sometimes even more exotic fare like the Japanese yuzu or the baboon lemon. Nearly 100 million tons of citrus are produced globally every year, but where did these fruits first come from? How did they find their way into the Western world? And how did they become both a culinary and cultural phenomenon?
Pierre Laszlo here traces the spectacular rise and spread of citrus across the globe: from Southeast Asia in 4000 BC through North Africa and the Roman Empire to early modern Spain and Portugal, whose explorers introduced the fruits to the Americas during the 1500s. Blending scientific rigor with personal curiosity, Citrus ransacks over two millennia of world history, exploring the numerous roles that citrus has played in agriculture, horticulture, cooking, nutrition, religion, and art—from the Jewish feast of the Tabernacles through the gardens and courts of Versailles to the canvasses of Vincent van Gogh to the orange groves of southern California and the juicing industry of today.
“Laszlo . . . has approached the lore of citrus fruit with the élan of a master chef (the man is French, after all), mixing history, economics, biology and chemistry to produce a book that will bring a smile to readers of every taste.”—Natural History
“Altogether charming, eccentric, erudite, and definitely worth the price.”—Times Higher Education Supplement
“Stimulating. . . . Laszlo shows that the citrus fruit ‘is a treasure trove of chemicals that are highly useful to humankind’—which also happens to taste wonderful.”—Sunday Times (UK) “A short but brilliant account of 6,000 years of citrus fruits that should be devoured with fervor.”—Financial Times
“Did you know there are a billion citrus trees under cultivation, or that grapefruit juice may potentiate the effects of Viagra? Citrus mines over two millennia of history to explore the spread of these fruits out of Asia, their commercialization in the United States, and enduring symbolism the world over.”—New Scientist
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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $15.56
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Gribbin::Mary Gribbin
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 580.922
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Publication Date: 2008-04-15
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century, and helped establish the new science of botany. For these adventurers, the search for new, undiscovered plant specimens was something worth risking - and often losing - their lives for.
From the Douglas-fir and the monkey puzzle tree, to exotic orchids and azaleas, many of the plants that are now so familiar to us were found in distant regions of the globe, often in wild and unexplored country, in impenetrable jungle, and in the face of hunger, disease, and hostile locals. It was specimens like these, smuggled home by the flower hunters, that helped build the great botanical collections, and lay the foundations for the revolution in our understanding of the natural world that was to follow. Here, the adventures of eleven such explorers are brought to life, describing not only their extraordinary daring and dedication, but also the lasting impact of their discoveries both on science, and on the landscapes and gardens that we see today.
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Price: $11.95
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Sale: $6.81
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Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Gilbert L. Wilson
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Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 630.978
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Publication Date: 1987-10
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Reading Level: 129
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Description: Includes sustainable gardening methods from seed preparation to harvest, including the ceremonies, songs, and stories required for a bountiful harvest.
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Price: $22.00
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Sale: $17.71
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Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: R. Gordon Wasson::Stella Kramrisch::Carl Ruck::Jonathan Ott
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Publisher: Yale University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291
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Publication Date: 1992-07-29
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Reading Level: 257
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Description: This fascinating book discusses the role played by psychoactive mushrooms in the religious rituals of ancient Greece, Eurasia, and Mesoamerica. R. Gordon Wasson, an internationally known ethnomycologist who was one of the first to investigate how these mushrooms were venerated and used by different native peoples, here joins with three other scholars to discuss his discoveries about these fungi, which he has called entheogens, or 'god generated within.'
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.88
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Manufacturer: Park Street Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Joan Parisi Wilcox
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Publisher: Park Street Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 299.84
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Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: A comprehensive autobiographical account of the transforming experiences possible with ayahuasca
• Reveals the protocols of a traditional ayahuasca retreat and the importance of its ritual diet, isolation, and sacred songs
• Relates an extensive personal account of the traditional indigenous use of ayahuasca for healing and revelation
Ayahuasca: The Visionary and Healing Powers of the Vine of the Soul is an autobiographical account of the author’s work with ayahuasca, a potent and sacred plant brew of the Amazon region that is known for its extraordinary visionary and healing powers. As she learned from her experience, with the help of ayahuasca we are able to grasp our paradoxical nature, the first step to acceptance of ourselves in both our glorious and dark aspects. Ayahuasca teaches us how to release the illusions we hold about ourselves and makes it possible to integrate our many diverse aspects to acquire our true power.
This book reveals the ritual protocols that must be followed prior to partaking of ayahuasca, including the traditional preparatory “diet”--which requires enduring austere conditions, isolation, and only small amounts of bland food before receiving the powers of the plant spirit from an ayahuasquero, a healing master--and the sacred songs, icaros, that are sung when imbibing the substance. Although the use of ayahuasca is growing among “underground” spiritual seekers and through the burgeoning ayahuasca tourism trade in South America, few of its seekers understand how it is used traditionally and the importance of the rituals the indigenous people follow. With this book, the author hopes to restore the importance of these indigenous practices so that we may truly understand all the gifts of ayahuasca.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $18.76
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Manufacturer: Andre Deutsch
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Griffiths
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Publisher: Andre Deutsch
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Dewey Decimal Number: 641.877
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Publication Date: 2008-05-28
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Reading Level: 328
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Description: A study of the phenomenon as well as the commodity, this is a comprehensive survey of the drink that is imbibed daily by more than half the population of the world. After water, tea is the second most-consumed drink in the world. Almost every corner of the globe is addressed in this comprehensive look at 4,500 years of tea history. Tea has affected international relations, exposed divisions of class and race, shaped the ethics of business, and even led to significant advances in medicine. Thoroughly researched and captivating, this is a unique study of the little green leaf. |
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Manufacturer: Springer
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Gary J. Martin
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Publisher: Springer
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.65
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Publication Date: 1995-12-31
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Reading Level: 296
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Description: * The basic text and manual for this rapidly developing subject
* Provides a detailed overview, explaining in a non-technical style the concepts, methods, and skills used
* Re-issued to meet demand, in the "People and Plants Conservation Series"
Ethnobotany is the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people. It draws on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation of plants and of local knowledge about them can be achieved. Ethnobotany is critical to the growing importance of developing new crops and products such as drugs from traditional plants.
This book is the basic introduction to the field, showing how botany, anthropology, ecology, economics, and linguistics are all employed in the techniques and methods involved. It begins by explaining data collection and hypothesis testing and ends with practical ideas on fieldwork ethics and the application of results to conservation and community development. Case studies illustrate the explanations, demonstrating the importance of collaboration in achieving results.
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