For early American households, the herb garden was an all-purpose medicine chest. Herbs were used to treat apoplexy (lily of the valley), asthma (burdock, horehound), boils (onion), tuberculosis (chickweed, coltsfoot), palpitations (saffron, valerian), jaundice (speedwell, nettles, toad flax), toothache (dittander), hemorrhage (yarrow), hypochondria (mustard, viper grass), wrinkles (cowslip juice), cancers (bean-leaf juice), and various other ailments. But herbs were used for a host of oth...

Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidence-based model for working with and assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers: families whose extreme, erratic and disturbing behaviour can make them perplexing and frustrating to work with.The model is designed to identify key indicators and explanatory mechanisms of child maltreatment: disorganized attachment in the child, a parent's unresolved loss or trauma, disconnected and e...

The New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant.When Alice Waters opened the doors of her "little French restaurant" in Berkeley, California in 1971 at the age of 27, no one ever anticipated the indelible mark it would leave on the culinary landscape—Ali...

A definitive compendium of Jewish recipes from around the globe and across the ages, from the James Beard Award-winning, much-loved cookbook author and “the queen of American Jewish cooking” (Houston Chronicle)Driven by a passion for discovery, the biblical King Solomon is said to have sent emissaries on land and sea to all corners of the ancient world, initiating a mass cross-pollination of culinary cultures that continues to bear fruit today. With Solomo...

Have a fun filled Christmas this season with different types of cookies at your disposal.Step-by-step commands will manual you through every recipe, and lots of scrumptious-sounding recipes will encourage you to stir up your oven and embody the fun of Christmas baking. All of those recipes are designed to be quick & smooth to make, so that you can wow your family and relatives with overflowing platters of fresh, homemade cookies.Inside, you may locate the nice tips & hints ...

Breads and Desserts are our favourite food but once we are on diet /lose weight, it is the food that we have to avoid. BUT NOT In this Keto Breads & Fat Bombs book.You will soon discover you don’t need to give up your bread choices! You can choose from healthy and delicious bread, sweet bread, biscuits, rolls, flatbread, breadsticks, muffins, crackers, and more.You will also have the portions calculated with the nutritional facts l...

Air Fryer Keto Cookbook: Delicious and Healthy Low-Carb Recipes for Every MealTransform the way you eat with this comprehensive guide to the Air Fryer Keto way of life! This cookbook is perfect for both beginner and seasoned ketogenic dieters alike, with 50+ easy-to-follow recipes for every meal of the day. From savory breakfast dishes to mouth-watering desserts, you'll find something to tantalize your taste buds on every page.Our recipes use the convenienc...

A champion of organic, locally produced and seasonal food and founder of acclaimed Californian restaurant Chez Panisse, Alice Waters explores the simplest of dishes in the most delicious of ways, with fresh, sustainable ingredients a must, even encouraging cooks to plant their own garden. From orange and olive salad to lemon curd and ginger snaps, Waters constantly emphasizes the joys and ease of cooking with local, fresh food, whether in soups, salads or sensual, classic desserts.

Civil wars and internal conflicts pose the greatest threat to international peace and security in the twenty-first century. Nowhere is this problem more acute than in East Asia and the Pacific, which has far more of its share of such conflicts.Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific: Incidence, Consequences, and Resolution, edited by Jacob Bercovitch and Karl DeRouen, Jr., is a book of originally commissioned essays on civil wars which provide a compelli...

A beautiful new edition of the classic culinary memoir from the famous American ex-pat with a new introduction by chef & food writer Ruth Reichl.At their home in Paris, Alice B. Toklas and her romantic partner, Gertrude Stein, entertained a circle of friends who would become the twentieth century's most revered cultural luminaries—writers, artists, and expats, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thornton Wilder, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. When th...

Are you confused on what to bake those season, you are in the right place. I have got you covered.Easy recipes for your cookies, cakes, drinks, and lots more.Baking Tips on: Cookies, International cookies, Bars, Candy, Cakes, Christmas Morning Snacks

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!