Weeds and What They Tell Us (Pfeiffer Ehrenfried E.)(Paperback)

Weeds and What They Tell Us (Pfeiffer Ehrenfried E.)(Paperback)

This wonderful little book covers everything you need to know about the types of plants known as weeds. Ehrenfried Pfeiffer discusses the different varieties of weeds, how they grow and what they can tell us about soil health. The process of combatting weeds is discussed in principle as well as in

Biodynamic Farming and Gardening: Renewal and Preservation of Soil Fertility (Revised) (Pfeiffer Ehrenfried E.)(Paperback)

'Every agricultural enterprise is a self-contained, biological unit.' --Ehrenfried Pfeiffer There have been numerous developments and advancements in biodynamic agricultural methods since Ehrenfried Pfeiffer introduced North Americans to the foundational principles and practices of biodynamics, the

Pfeiffer's Introduction to Biodynamics (Pfeiffer Ehrenfried E.)(Paperback)

Ehrenfried Pfeiffer was a pioneer of biodynamics in North America. This short but comprehensive book is a collection of three key articles introducing the concepts, principles and practice of the biodynamic method, as well as an overview of its early history. The book also includes a short

The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us about Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future (Robbins Jim)(Paperback)

Sum - Forty Tales from the Afterlives (Eagleman David)(Paperback / softback)

What happens to us when we die? And what does that tell us about being

Barchester Towers (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

'What to come here a stranger, a young, unknown, and unfriended stranger, and tell us, in the name of the bishop his master, that we are ignorant of our duties, old-fashioned, and useless ' This 1857 sequel to The Warden wryly chronicles the struggle for control of the English diocese of

Heads (Kayser Alex)(Paperback)

Unmasked and stripped of makeup and hairdos, what do the human face and head tell us? This striking book provides the answers. A hat designer, Punk musician, sculptor, fireman, professional rent-a-Buddha, heavyweight boxer, peace movement worker, gourmet chef, United Nations official, dog trainer,

The Spirituality of Jane Austen (Hollingsworth Paula)(Paperback)

What her life, literature and letters tell us about Jane Austen's

Zen and the Art of Happiness (Prentiss Chris)(Paperback)

Cutting-edge science and spirituality tell us that what we believe, think, and feel actually determine the makeup of our body at the cellular level. In Zen and the Art of Happiness, you will learn how to think and feel so that what you think and feel creates happiness and vibrancy in your life

Viking Sites (Dickmann Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

Which Viking places or remains still exist in the UK today? And what do they tell us about how the Vikings lived? This book takes a tour around of some of these places, giving a fascinating glimpse of how Vikings built their houses and communities as well as why they are

Roman Sites (Malam John)(Paperback / softback)

Which Roman places or remains still exist in the UK today? And what do they tell us about how the Romans lived? This book takes a tour around of some of these places, giving a fascinating glimpse of how Romans built their houses and communities as well as why they are

Prehistoric Sites (Malam John)(Paperback / softback)

Which prehistoric places or remains still exist in the UK today? And what do they tell us about how our ancient prehistoric ancestors lived? This book takes a tour around of some of these places, giving a fascinating glimpse of how prehistoric peoples built their houses and communities as well as

Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile (Medina Eden)(Paperback)

A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was

Writing on the Wall - Reading's Latin Inscriptions (Kruschwitz Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Exploring the many Latin inscriptions to be found in Reading, and what they tell us about the people and history of the

Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty (Baumeister Roy F.)(Paperback)

Why is there evil, and what can scientific research tell us about the origins and persistence of evil behavior? Considering evil from the unusual perspective of the perpetrator, Baumeister asks, How do ordinary people find themselves beating their wives? Murdering rival gang members? Torturing

Anglo-Saxon Sites (Dickmann Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

Which Anglo-Saxon places or remains still exist in the UK today? And what do they tell us about how the Anglo-Saxons lived? This book takes a tour around of some of these places, giving a fascinating glimpse of how Anglo-Saxons built their houses and communities as well as showing why they are

Wonderful Life (Gould Stephen Jay)(Paperback / softback)

In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale might tell us about evolution and the nature of history. The Darwinian theory of evolution is a well-known, well-explored

Weeds Like Us (Nitsch Gunter)(Paperback)

The uprooting of seven million civilians - women, children, and elderly men - from their homes in the German provinces of East Prussia, Pomerania, and Silesia following World War II is largely unknown in the United States. Weeds Like Us is a gripping true adventure story about the author's own East

Biggles and Co (Johns W. E.)(Paperback / softback)

'Now Listen, Bigglesworth; I'll tell you what I'm prepared to do, and you can please yourself what you do about it. Run this gang of crooks to earth, or point out to me the man that is at the head of it - or the chief operator in this country - and I'll make you a present of a cheque for ten

Prisoners of History - What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us About Our History and Ourselves (Lowe Keith)(Pevná vazba)

The Roman Market Economy (Temin Peter)(Paperback)

What modern economics can tell us about ancient Rome The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern

Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly (Cardina John)(Paperback)

Lives of Weeds explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans. Through eight interwoven stories, John Cardina offers a fresh perspective on how these tenacious plants came about, why they are both inevitable and essential, and how their ecological success is ensured by

What You Did Not Tell - A Russian Past and the Journey Home (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Uncovering his family's remarkable and moving stories, Mark Mazower recounts the sacrifices and silences that marked a generation and their descendants. It was a family that fate drove into the siege of Stalingrad, the Vilna ghetto, occupied Paris, and even into the ranks of the Wehrmacht. His

The Physiology of Taste (Brillat-Savarin Jean Anthelme)(Paperback)

Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are, declares French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in one of the aphorisms that introduces this 1825 masterpiece on the subject of cooking as an art and eating as a pleasure. Humorous, satirical, and convivial, this extended paean to the joys