Book Description
The most comprehensive guide to the botany, history, distribution, and cultivation of all known psychoactive plants
• Examines 414 psychoactive plants and related substances
• Explores how using psychoactive plants in a culturally sanctioned context can produce important insights into the nature of reality
• Contains 797 color photographs and 645 black-and-white illustrations
In the traditions of every culture, plants have been highly valued for their nourishing, healing, and transformative properties. The most powerful plants--those known to transport the human mind into other dimensions of consciousness--have traditionally been regarded as sacred. In The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Christian Rätsch details the botany, history, distribution, cultivation, and preparation and dosage of more than 400 psychoactive plants. He discusses their ritual and medicinal usage, cultural artifacts made from these plants, and works of art that either represent or have been inspired by them. The author begins with 168 of the most well-known psychoactives--such as cannabis, datura, and papaver--then presents 133 lesser known substances as well as additional plants known as “legal highs,†plants known only from mythological contexts and literature, and plant products that include substances such as ayahuasca, incense, and soma. The text is lavishly illustrated with 797 color photographs--many of which are from the author’s extensive fieldwork around the world--showing the people, ceremonies, and art related to the ritual use of the world’s sacred psychoactives.
Customer Reviews:
A Truly Comprehensive Guide to the Topic.......2007-08-01
This encyclopedia contains much of what one would be looking for in researching the topic of psychoactive plants and their cultural relevance. The reader is provided with a wealth of biochemical, botanical, and ethnological information. The presentation, featuring large, beautiful color photos, and well-constructed diagrams, makes this book an especially attractive resource to own.
Most indepth book on this topic ever!!!.......2007-05-26
Since having this book i have been totally oveerwhelmed with infomation, i have started growing my own plants using the cultivation techniques discussed in this book. Amazing pictures and explains effects, dosage and preparation for practically every psychoactive substance on this planet as well as most synthetic substances.... "WORTH EVERY CENT" u'll be forever using this resource
excellent book that covers almost everything.......2007-04-02
this is an amazing reference book, it covers just about any psychoactive plant you could think of and gives an excellent coverage of knowlege about each plant. i would highly recommend it, as long as your not paying the recomended 125$ price tag
Fantastic resource.......2007-03-13
Fantastic, this magnificent encyclopedia is the biggest and most detailed to date. An unbelivably necessary edition to the library of anyone interested in psychoactive plants
The Best Book Ever Made on Psychoactive Plants.......2007-01-22
This review will be short and to the point. There is no greater single book on psychoactive plants than this book. Ratsch has done an amazing job. His book is mind-bogglingly thorough and exhaustive. It beats "Pharmacotheon" (Ott), "Plants of the Gods" (Ratch, Hofmann and Schultes) or any other book I have ever seen that attempts to be a complete source of information of psychoactive plants. I have been waiting for a book like this for years. I don't think this book could possibly be out-done for decades. At best, we can only hope to see books that would be something like supplimentary information in comparison to this book.
If you want all of the information on psychoactive plants that you can possibly get in one book, this is the one and it is definately worth the admittedly huge price tag. I would not be surprised if this book will be sold for many hundreds of dollars if and when it is sold out. Let's hope it is reprinted for a long, long time.
Book Description
Las Vegas draws more than 40 million people annually to its exciting mixture of gaming, world-class accommodations, award-winning dining, Broadway-caliber entertainment, shopping, and recreation. With more hotel rooms than any other city in the world, hundreds of quality restaurants, and dozens of shows and attractions, planning a vacation to Las Vegas can be a daunting task. Moon Handbooks Las Vegas highlights the best and brightest the city and surrounding area have to offer, arranged in a clear and concise way, with helpful tips, expert advice, and insider information on some of the lesser-known spots. Author Rick Garman is not only an expert on Las Vegas vacation planning, he is a genuine fan of the city, so sharing his experiences, favorite places, and practical advice is his passion. Suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights provide you with real insights so you can decide where you should go, stay, and eat—without hassles or regrets. Suggested travel strategies include: The Two-Day Best of Las Vegas, Vegas on a Budget, Money is No Object, Finding Culture, Sin City, and Family Fun. Complete with maps, photographs, and illustrations this guidebook has the tools you need to create your own unique trip.
Customer Reviews:
Informative, Honest guide to Vegas.......2007-10-03
Great information for the budget-conscious traveler. Informative and honest reviews are very helpful, especially for hotels and restaurants.
Moons Handbook Las Vegas.......2006-11-10
As a UK visitor to Las Vegas I have found it a very handy and the best guide on the market with up to date rieviews of shows and hotels with plenty of tips for especialy for us people across the pond
Best book to take to Las Vegas.......2006-03-13
I enjoyed reading all the information from the work. A good book to take with you on your trip to Las Vegas. It well be helpful for restaurants, entertainment ideas and just places to have fun.
The maps in included with the book are also helpful.
Great Guide Book.......2006-02-21
This is a great guide book for Vegas. The author has personally visited all the hotels and attractions and is very honest in his reviews. His is an "everyman" perspective matching well with what I've found when I've visited there. He also provides updates and corrections on the website http://vegas4visitors.com , which is really helpful when this town changes on a weekly basis. I highly recommend this book for any first-time Vegas visitors and also anyone who wants to know what they missed when they were there.
Best Vegas Guidebook Ever.......2006-01-28
I love this guidebook. I've been looking at many travel guides for Vegas lately, but this one is by far my favorite. It contains a witty writing style that matches the feel of the city. The author is brutally honest about every sight, lounge, hotel, and restaurant, lending his own experiences as trial runs for vacation planners. For me, restaurants and hotels are the areas I need the most help with while traveling, and this book did a great job of breaking down the pros and cons, fronting advice, and reassuring my travel worries. This guide really helped to sort out the overwhelming choices. I highly recommend it!
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Moon Las Vegas (Moon Handbooks)
Rick Garman
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
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ASIN: 1598800620 |
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Indian Life in Pre-Columbian North America Coloring Book
John Green , and
Text by Stanley Appelbaum
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486280470 |
Book Description
42 carefully researched illustrations depict prehistoric Indians of the Arctic, woodland cultures in the Northeast, cliff dwellers of the Southwest, many more. Hunting, food-gathering, ceremonies, games, dances, numerous other aspects of tribal life before European arrival. Introduction. Captions. Map.
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Roger Tallon
Roger Tallon
Manufacturer: Dis Voir
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 2906571873
Release Date: 1999-10-02 |
Book Description
Artwork by Roger Tallon. Contributions by Chloe Braunstein, Gilles de Bure.
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Roger Tallon, itineraires d'un designer industriel
Roger Tallon
Manufacturer: Editions du Centre Pompidou
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 285850735X |
Book Description
The most comprehensive guide to llama packing. Over 80 informative photos and illustrations as well as the author's entertaining and inspirational tales of the trail. Detailed information on selecting, training and caring for llamas at home and on the trail, as well as a pattern for pack bags, backcountry recipes and trip planning advice.
Customer Reviews:
first rate resource for llama packing.......2001-10-28
As enthusiastic, if aging, hikers, my husband and I have discovered llama packing as a way to continue to explore the mountains without carrying big backpacks. This book provided concise and useful information that helped us decide if the llamas we wanted to buy were good for the task, how to care for our llamas, and how to train them for packing. The information on selecting and using pack equipment was also very helpful. The resources in the appedices that include where to buy gear and how to make it yourself were also useful. But one of the best parts of the book are the author's personal stories about actual on-the-trail experiences. She clearly loves her llamas and the wilderness.
In my opinion this book is a "must buy" for hikers who are ready to let the llamas carry the load.
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A Price Guide to Books Concerning Mountaineering in the Himalayas (Mountaineering Book Price Guides, 2)
Dek Palmer
Manufacturer: Northeastern Liberties Press
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0970414323 |
Book Description
A bibliographic price guide for collectors of mountaineering books concerning the Himalayas.
Book Description
More than 250,000 copies sold! Tried and true advice on the best plants to choose for any garden type. Includes pointers for selecting flowers for color, height range, blooming periods and drying bouquets, as well as many other valuable gardening hints.
Customer Reviews:
great book.......2004-09-22
This is a great book for gardners in the colder shorter growing regions. What I like is that there are no plants included that will not grow in my region (3) so I spent no time browsing plants that only grow further south. Nice book at a reasonable price from a knowledgeble author
My Springtime Bible!.......2003-05-10
I have both Lois Holes "Perennial Favorites" and "Practical Advice and the Science Behind it" and have found both books to be extremely helpful, since I live in Saskatchewan. I carry "perennial Favorites" with me when I am shopping for perennials! It is extremely helpful to me as I am a forst-time gardener. They are easy to read,have fabulous pictures of what the plants actually look like, and have very detailed care information. I will continue to purchase her books! Thank you Lois Hole for some sound advice on Saskatchean gardening!
My Springtime Bible!.......2003-05-10
I have both Lois Holes "Perennial Favorites" and "Practical Advice and the Science Behind it" and have found both books to be extremely helpful, since I live in Saskatchewan. I carry "Perennial Favorites" with me when I am shopping for perennials! It is extremely helpful to me as I am a first-time gardener. They are easy to read, have fabulous pictures of what the plants actually look like, and have very detailed care information. I will continue to purchase her books! Thank you Lois Hole for some sound advice on Saskatchean gardening!
Confidence-building perennial book! Absolutely!.......2002-01-05
Midwest perennial gardener here! This is the easiest, most helpful gardening book I own for choosing a new perennial or figuring out what's going wrong with an older one. All the pictures are in color and show the plants in clear close-up shots and as they look when planted. The Latin names are where they should be-off to the side, and Ms. Hole recommends the best variety and explains why it's the best. She also lists the other varieties available to clear up confusion, gives thorough planting steps, includes the length of time the plant will take to mature (read "look good in your garden"), and a host of other tips. These are all beautifully written on a two-three page spread for each plant! Add chapters on planning a garden, choosing the plants, preparing soils, trying different types of perennial gardens, throw in a host of well laid-out "quick" lists, and you have a very useful guide. Handy, easy, and confidence-building for the beginner or the intermediate gardener! Recommended absolutely!
Excellent reference for the beginning Northern gardener.......2001-01-19
I have most of Lois Hole's books being from Canada myself, and her perennial and tree and shrub books were the first "real" gardening books I bought. When I jumped headfirst into perennial gardening about 5 years ago, I bought this book because of its straightforward approach. It doesn't overburden the beginner with highly technical information, but presents useful facts about a great variety of perennials. Small columns about height, colour and varieties, when and how to divide, how to grow and how to propagate each perennial are accompanied by close-up colour photographs. The latin name and/or other common names appear in smaller text at the top of each entry. Although I have now graduated to the technical, encyclopaedia type of reference books, Lois Hole's book will remain a treasured (and still often used) member of my perennial gardening library.
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Lois Hole's Northern Flower Gardening Perennial Favorites
Lois Hole
Manufacturer: Lone Pine Pub
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1551050560 |
Customer Reviews:
lois hole's perennial favorites.......2003-05-10
Lois's book is excellent and alot of help...I wish she would
make a new book with the new and latest perennials that are
coming out....
Book Description
Two dozen classic dramas by some of the finest and most famous playwrights of the last hundred years--Anton Chekhov, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, and A.A. Milne.
Customer Reviews:
Really Useful.......2000-11-02
I've had this book thrust upon me as a student over the past 7 years in middle and high school from Drama, English and Language teachers. It is a really good book- the plays vary from being abstract and bizarre to being thoughtful and introspective. If you're a student looking for a good quick play, a teacher looking for something to get your students to do, if you're just looking for some quick quirky one act plays- this is it.
Totally worth it!
the book was useful in my classess in school........1999-10-18
The book was very cool. In fact it was so kooky that I could not put it down. I was able to use it in all of my eighth grade classess. I am a language arts teacher at Turlock Junior High, and it was extremly easy to find a 'cool' play that related to what we were learning at the time. I have been using this book for about 10 years now, and I have never grown old of it. My class this year has recently used it to put on a few short plays for the rest of the school.
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24 Favorite One-Act Plays
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000G6C6PU |
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Tool in Researching Plays.......2007-10-01
Bennett Cerf and Van H. Cartmill provide 24 favorite one act plays by a large variety of playwrights and plays. I know I only have 23 plays right here but I'll revise it later.
Playwright: Play
1.Tennessee Williams 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
2.Lady Gregory Spreading the News
3.Anton Chekhov A Marriage Proposal
4.John Millington Synge In the Shadow of the Glen
5.William Butler Yeats Cathleen ni Houlihan
6.Lord Densay The Jest of Hahalaba
7.Susan Glaspell Trifles
8. Thornton Wilder The Happy Journey
9. A.A. Milne The Ugly Duckling
10.George Kelly The Flattering Word
11.Ring Lardner The Tridget of Greva
12.Eugene O'Neill The Moors of Caribbees
13.George S. Kaufman The Still Alarm
14.Stephen Vincent Benet The Devil and Daniel Webster
15.Jean Girandoux The Apollo of Bellan
16.Arthur Miller A Memory of Two Mondays
17.William Inge Glory in the Flower
18.Sir Noel Coward Hands Across the Sea
19.Dorothy Parker Here We Are
20.Lucille Fletcher Sorry, Wrong Number!
21.Sir Terence Rattigan The Browning Version
22.Oscar Wilde A Florentine Tragedy
23.Mark Connelly The Traveler
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24 Favorite One-Act Plays
Manufacturer: DoubleDay
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 9994616684 |
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24 Favorite One-act Plays
Manufacturer: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000HUGYOO |
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Son of Alyandabu: My Fight for Aboriginal Rights (Uqp Black Australian Writers)
Joe McGinness
Manufacturer: Univ of Queensland Pr
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0702223352 |
Books:
- The humane movement in the United States, 1910-1922 (Bulletin of social legislation on the Henry Bergh Foundation for the promotion of humane education)
- The Illustrated Book of Trees: The Comprehensive Field Guide to More Than 250 Trees of Eastern North America
- The Illustrated Book of Wildflowers and Shrubs: The Comprehensive Field Guide to More Than 1,300 Plants of Eastern North America
- The Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild Plants
- The Illustrated Six Pointer Buck
- The Loghouse Nest
- The Nature of Plants: Habitats, Challenges, and Adaptations
- The Private Life of Plants
- Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated (Golden Field Guide from St. Martin's Press)
- Trees of Texas: An Easy Guide to Leaf Identification (W L Moody, Jr, Natural History Series)
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