Bitter Wormwood

Author : Easterine Kire
Publisher : Zubaan
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789381017463

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Bitter Wormwood by Easterine Kire Pdf

Kohima, 2007. A young man has been gunned down in cold blood—the latest casualty in the conflict that has scarred the landscape and brutalized the people of Nagaland. Easterine Kire’s novel traces the story of one man’s life, from 1937 to the present day. The small incidents of Mose’s childhood, his family, the routines and rituals of traditional village life paint an evocative picture of a peaceful way of life, now long-vanished. The coming of a radio into Mose’s family’s house marks the beginning of the changes that would connect them to the wider world. They learn of partition, independence, a land called America. Mose and his friends become involved in the Naga struggle for Independence, and are caught in a maelstrom of violence that ends up ripping communities apart. The herb, bitter wormwood, was traditionally believed to keep bad spirits away. For the Nagas, facing violent struggle all around, it becomes a powerful talisman: “We sure could do with some of that old magic now.” Bitter Wormwood gives a poignant insight into the human cost behind the political headlines from one of India’s most beautiful and misunderstood regions. “Once opened [the book is] tough to close, so congenial are the leading characters and so riveting the events in their lives.” —Cairns Media Magazine Published by Zubaan.

Author : Mary Mycio
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309094306

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Wormwood Forest by Mary Mycio Pdf

When a titanic explosion ripped through the Number Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant in 1986, spewing flames and chunks of burning, radioactive material into the atmosphere, one of our worst nightmares came true. As the news gradually seeped out of the USSR and the extent of the disaster was realized, it became clear how horribly wrong things had gone. Dozens died - two from the explosion and many more from radiation illness during the following months - while scores of additional victims came down with acute radiation sickness. Hundreds of thousands were evacuated from the most contaminated areas. The prognosis for Chernobyl and its environs - succinctly dubbed the Zone of Alienation - was grim. Today, 20 years after the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, intrepid journalist Mary Mycio dons dosimeter and camouflage protective gear to explore the world's most infamous radioactive wilderness. As she tours the Zone to report on the disaster's long-term effects on its human, faunal, and floral inhabitants, she meets pockets of defiant local residents who have remained behind to survive and make a life in the Zone. And she is shocked to discover that the area surrounding Chernobyl has become Europe's largest wildlife sanctuary, a flourishing - at times unearthly - wilderness teeming with large animals and a variety of birds, many of them members of rare and endangered species. Like the forests, fields, and swamps of their unexpectedly inviting habitat, both the people and the animals are all radioactive. Cesium-137 is packed in their muscles and strontium-90 in their bones. But quite astonishingly, they are also thriving. If fears of the Apocalypse and a lifeless, barren radioactive future have been constant companions of the nuclear age, Chernobyl now shows us a different view of the future. A vivid blend of reportage, popular science, and illuminating encounters that explode the myths of Chernobyl with facts that are at once beautiful and horrible, Wormwood Forest brings a remarkable land - and its people and animals - to life to tell a unique story of science, surprise and suspense.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016

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Revelation by Anonim Pdf

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Author : Donald G. Barceloux
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780471727606

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Medical Toxicology of Drug Abuse by Donald G. Barceloux Pdf

This book provides a broad reference covering important drugs of abuse including amphetamines, opiates, and steroids. It also covers psychoactive plants such as caffeine, peyote, and psilocybin. It provides chemical structures, analytical methods, clinical features, and treatments of these drugs of abuse, serving as a highly useful, in-depth supplement to a general medical toxicology book. The style allows for the easy application of the contents to searchable databases and other electronic products, making this an essential resource for practitioners in medical toxicology, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, pharmaceuticals, environmental organizations, pathology, and related fields.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Mesorah Publications
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1578192773

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משלי by Anonim Pdf

A decade in preparation and well worth the wait this volume brings Shlomo HaMelech's wisdom to every Jewish home, school, office and shul. Compiled and crafted by a master of Torah thought and ethical teaching, it explains, enlightens and inspires. Countless layers of meaning are explored and explicated. Hundreds of footnotes, innumerable related teachings and anecdotes from the Sages and great leaders through the ages. Study it. Read it. Glance at it. Whatever level you prefer, this is a work you will treasure and return to for years to come. Vol. 1 (Chapters 1-15)

Author : Harold N. Moldenke,Alma L. Moldenke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781317847427

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Plants Of The Bible by Harold N. Moldenke,Alma L. Moldenke Pdf

First published in 2005. This reference guide includes 230 identified plants mentioned in the bible, currently known of from the present day knowledge of Biblical botany. It includes translations from Hebrew into English, biblical cross-referencing, as well as illustrations and a section on unidentified plants.

Author : Lodowick Muggleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1665
Category : Bible
ISBN : NLS:V000389294

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A True Interpretation of All the Chief Texts, and Mysterious Sayings and Visions Opened, of the Whole Book of the Revelation of St. John by Lodowick Muggleton Pdf

Author : Mark J. Boda,Dalit Rom-Shiloni
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567696366

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Crossing Borders between the Domestic and the Wild by Mark J. Boda,Dalit Rom-Shiloni Pdf

The present volume searches for different biblical perceptions of the wild, paying particular attention to the significance of fluid boundaries between the domestic and the wild, and to the options of crossing borders between them. Drawing on space, fauna, and flora, scholars investigate the ways biblical authors present the wild and the domestic and their interactions. In its six chapters and two responses, Hebrew Bible scholars, an archaeobotanist, an archaeologist, a geographer, and iconographers join forces to discuss the wild and its portrayals in biblical literature.The discussions bring to light the entire spectrum of real, imagined, metaphorized, and conceptualized forms of the wild that appear in biblical sources, as also in the material culture and agriculture of ancient Israel, and to some extent observe the great gap between biblical observations and modern studies of geography and of mapping that marks the distinctions between “the wilderness” and “the sown.” The book is the first written product presented on two consecutive years (2019, 2020) at the SBL Annual Meetings in the Section: “Nature Imagery and Conceptions of Nature in the Bible.”

Author : Brook Stockton
Publisher : Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry (SEDM)
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Pursuit of Piety, Form #17.061 by Brook Stockton Pdf

How to become more like Christ in daily life.

Author : Guido Masé
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-24
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781620551516

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The Wild Medicine Solution by Guido Masé Pdf

Restoring the use of wild plants in daily life for vibrant physical, mental, and spiritual health • Explains how 3 classes of wild plants--aromatics, bitters, and tonics--are uniquely adapted to work with our physiology because we coevolved with them • Provides simple recipes to easily integrate these plants into meals as well as formulas for teas, spirits, and tinctures • Offers practical examples of plants in each of the 3 classes, from aromatic peppermint to bitter dandelion to tonic chocolate As people moved into cities and suburbs and embraced modern medicine and industrialized food, they lost their connection to nature, in particular to the plants with which humanity coevolved. These plants are essential components of our physiologies--tangible reminders of cross-kingdom signaling--and key not only to vibrant physical health and prevention of illness but also to soothing and awakening the troubled spirit. Blending traditional herbal medicine with history, mythology, clinical practice, and recent findings in physiology and biochemistry, herbalist Guido Masé explores the three classes of plants necessary for the healthy functioning of our bodies and minds--aromatics, bitters, and tonics. He explains how bitter plants ignite digestion, balance blood sugar, buffer toxicity, and improve metabolism; how tonic plants normalize the functions of our cells and nourish the immune system; and how aromatic plants relax tense organs, nerves, and muscles and stimulate sluggish systems, whether physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual. He reveals how wild plants regulate our heart variability rate and adjust the way DNA is read by our cells, controlling the self-destructive tendencies that lead to chronic inflammation or cancer. Offering examples of ancient and modern uses of wild plants in each of the 3 classes--from aromatic peppermint to bitter dandelion to tonic chocolate--Masé provides easy recipes to integrate them into meals as seasonings and as central ingredients in soups, stocks, salads, and grain dishes as well as including formulas for teas, spirits, and tinctures. Providing a framework for safe and effective use as well as new insights to enrich the practice of advanced herbalists, he shows how healing “wild plant deficiency syndrome”--that is, adding wild plants back into our diets--is vital not only to our health but also to our spiritual development.

Author : John REEVE (Muggletonian, and MUGGLETON (Lodowick))
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024406726

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The Works of J. Reeve and L. Muggleton, the Two Last Prophets of the Only True God, Our Lord Jesus Christ. [Edited by J. and I. Frost.] by John REEVE (Muggletonian, and MUGGLETON (Lodowick)) Pdf

Author : John Reeve
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015001514648

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A true interpretation of ... the whole book of the Revelation of St. John. A true interpretation of the witch of Endor. The neck of the Quakers broken. A letter sent to Thomas Taylor. A looking-glass for George Fox. The answer to William Penn. An answer to Isaac Pennington by John Reeve Pdf

Author : James D. Quiggle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621892243

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The Epistle of Jesus to the Church by James D. Quiggle Pdf

The Epistle of Jesus to the Church is a commentary on the book of Revelation that assumes Jesus was the author and John the reporter of the words and events described. Here one will not find an explanation of an anti-Roman message written by John in hidden codes and apocalyptic motifs to fool Roman authorities. John the apostle and prophet was the faithful scribe, who did not create the message but faithfully and accurately described all that he saw and heard. This commentary follows the principle that the Scriptures explain themselves, because the Revelation is a word from Jesus to his church--a word that is grounded in the Scriptures. The Epistle of Jesus to the Church has been written with teachers, students, and pastors in mind. The interpretation of the book of Revelation is thorough; difficult passages are addressed, and plausible answers are provided to the questions posed by in-depth study of the biblical book. This is a commentary for personal study or classroom instruction, one that may be confidently used to preach and teach the Revelation of Jesus to the church.

Author : Kelli C. Rudolph
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317515401

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Taste and the Ancient Senses by Kelli C. Rudolph Pdf

Olives, bread, meat and wine: it is deceptively easy to evoke ancient Greece and Rome through a few items of food and drink. But how were their tastes different from ours? How did they understand the sense of taste itself, in relation to their own bodies and to other modes of sensory experience? This volume, the first of its kind to explore the ancient sense of taste, draws on the literature, philosophy, history and archaeology of Greco-Roman antiquity to provide answers to these central questions. By surveying and probing the literary and material remains from the Archaic period to late antiquity, contributors investigate the cultural and intellectual development towards attitudes and theories about taste. These specially commissioned chapters also open a window onto ancient thinking about perception and the body. Importantly, these authors go beyond exploring the functional significance of taste to uncover its value and meaning in the actions, thoughts and words of the Greeks and Romans. Taste and the Ancient Senses presents a full range of interpretative approaches to the gustatory sense, and provides an indispensable resource for students and scholars of classical antiquity and sensory studies.

Author : Catherine Whitlock
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262044479

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Botanicum Medicinale by Catherine Whitlock Pdf

A beautifully illustrated, informative, and engaging guide to 100 plants used for medicinal purposes. Remedies derived from plants are the world's oldest medicines. Used extensively in China, India, and many African countries, herbal medicine has become increasingly popular in the West along with other holistic and alternative therapies. Botanicum Medicinale offers a modern guide to 100 medicinal plants, featuring beautiful, full-color botanical illustrations and informative, engaging text. Each entry describes the plant's classification and habitat, traditional and current medicinal uses, and an interesting fact or two. Readers will learn, for example, that absinthe, the highly alcoholic, vividly green potable, was traditionally flavored with bitter wormwood (Artemesia absinthium); that cannabis may have been used by Queen Victoria for menstrual pain; and that willow bark contains a chemical similar to aspirin. Detailed and striking artwork depicts each plant. The entries are arranged alphabetically—from Adonis vernalis (a perennial in the buttercup family) to Vinca minor (also known as the common periwinkle). The 100 plants featured in the book all have a long history of medicinal use or are the subject of new medical research. Many treat a range of conditions, from insomnia to indigestion. Some plants are lovely enough to be in a bridal bouquet; others are considered weeds. Cross-reference features at the end of the book connect specific medical conditions and the plants used to treat them.