Dive into the captivating world of COFFEE HISTORY. This book is designed for coffee enthusiasts at all levels, from those just starting their coffee journey to those looking to deepen their understanding. Explore the rich history of coffee, from its origins in ancient Ethiopia to the modern-day specialty coffee movement. Discover the genetics behind coffee beans and how flavor profiles are influenced by production practices.The guide takes you through the intricacies of coffee cult...

Nurture Naturally: A Complete Guide to Chemical-Free Plant CareAre you looking to keep your indoor plants healthy without relying on harmful chemicals? Nurture Naturally is the ultimate guide for anyone passionate about sustainable, eco-friendly gardening. Written by José Junqueira, a renowned agronomy engineer with decades of experience, this book shares proven, natural methods to care for your plants.From pest control to fertilization, Nurture Naturally covers everything ...

A Home of Care: A Comprehensive Guide to Welcoming and Supporting Elderly Loved Ones is your essential guide for preparing your home and family to embrace the changes that come with caring for an elderly member. Whether you're setting up a safe living environment or understanding the necessary adjustments to prevent common challenges, this book offers practical tips and thoughtful advice on every step.Inside, you'll find clear actions and explanations on why these measures are cruc...

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits."One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world." —John Robbins, author of The Food RevolutionThe renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our relationship with the an...

Create fertile, productive soil for your garden no matter what gardening zone you live in.Improving your soil both increases your yield of vegetables and fruit and makes your garden easier to tend. With Improving Your Soil, you'll learn the best ways to improve the soil in your garden.From Stu Campbell, the author of the gardening classic Let It Rot!, a guide to home composting with over 340,zero copies in print; Mulch It!; and

A revolutionary approach to enhancing your happiness level!Get ready to boost your happiness in just 45 days! Habits of a Happy Brain shows you how to retrain your brain to turn on the chemicals that make you happy. Each page offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your “happy chemicals”—serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphin. You’ll also learn how to build new habits by rerouting the electricity in your brain to flow down a ne...

From chef and food activist Alice Waters, an impassioned plea for a radical reconsideration of the way each and every one of us cooks and eatsIn We Are What We Eat, Alice Waters urges us to take up the mantle of slow food culture, the philosophy at the core of her life’s work. When Waters first opened Chez Panisse in 1971, she did so with the intention of feeding people good food during a time of political turmoil. Customers responded to the locally source...

With the amount of junk a family can amass, it seems impossible to keep a tidy home. Home Detox Handbook teaches you how to tackle every cleaning project in your home with ease, from washing stained laundry to scouring kitchen cupboards to creating your own shampoo from household ingredients. The methods presented are not just simple, they are also natural, eco-friendly replacements for store-bought, chemical-filled cleaners. And who wants to subject himself to all the chemical cl...

An inspiring and approachable tip-filled guide to changing your habits, living more sustainably, and taking action, by Greenpeace ambassador Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter movies)Go Gently is a guide for sustainability at home that offers simple, tangible steps toward reducing our environmental impact by looking at what we consume and the waste we create, as well as how to take action for environmental change. The title reflects Bonnie Wr...

This is a good-life design guide forMillennials, Boomers, and Generation X.Contains strategies, tools, and techniques to help you navigate the cardinal threatsof peak oil, climate instability,economic irrationality, and political criminality.iPermie is an almanac of useful information and permaculture self-study guide.This book is about empowerment. Far too many of us feel powerless in the fact of the gigantic forces at work in this world. We do...

**"Angela Hanscom is a powerful voice for balance."—Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the WoodsIn this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children’s cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced, and resilient adults.**Today’s kids have adopted sedentary lifestyl...

Award-winning journalist Simran Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of our most beloved tastes, paying homage to the ingredients that give us daily pleasure, while providing a thoughtful wake-up call to the homogenization that is threatening the diversity of our food supply.Food is one of the greatest pleasures of human life. Our response to sweet, salty, bitter, or sour is deeply personal, combining our individual biological characteristics, personal preferences, an...