![]() In recent time, it is the mushroom that has been adopted as the "prototype" mushroom in western cultures. Yet, the picture on the left, of this mushroom, will probably be familiar to the reader. Amanita muscaria or the Fly Agaric is not a well-known mushroom based on its scientific name or common name. Muraresku's book features a brilliant Foreword by Graham Hancock, the New York Times bestselling author of America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization. Muraresku in his best selling book, The Immortality Key: The Secret History Of The Religion With No Name, used Robert Gordon Wassons work: Soma The Divine Mushroom Of Immortality as one of his research tools. A section on the post-Vedic history of Soma is contributed by the Sanskrit scholar Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty. ![]() In his presentation he throws fascinating light on the role of mushrooms in religious ritual. Wasson has aroused considerable attention in learned circles and beyond by advancing and documenting the thesis that Soma was a hallucinogenic mushroom - none other than the Amanita muscaria, the fly-agaric that until recent times was the centre of shamanic rites among the Siberian and Uralic tribesmen. One of the key enigmas of cultural history has been the identity of a sacred plant called Soma in the ancient Rig Veda of India. ![]()
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Seuss' magnum opus, this adaptation of The Lorax will be at least somewhat a relief (unlike the miserable The Cat in the Hat). ![]() ![]() But things don’t go exactly as planned, and while Sydney does find herself in the spotlight, it’s not in the way she was hoping. Sydney is excited to learn that she’ll be going undercover on the marine research vessel the Sylvia Earle. ![]() She’s also a field ops specialist for the City Spies. All of these allow them to go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t.įourteen-year-old Sydney is a surfer and a rebel from Bondi Beach, Australia. Operating out of a base in Scotland, this secret team of young agents working for the British Secret Intelligence Service’s MI6 division have honed their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. 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Designed as a basic manual for cooks of all levels of expertise-from beginners to accomplished professionals-it offers both an accessible and comprehensive guide to techniques and ingredients and a collection of the most delicious recipes from the Italian repertoire. ![]() ![]() The most important, consulted, and enjoyed Italian cookbook of all time, from the woman who introduced Americans to a whole new world of Italian food.Įssentials of Italian Cooking is a culinary bible for anyone looking to master the art of Italian cooking, bringing together Marcella Hazan’s most beloved books, The Classic Italian Cook Book and More Classic Italian Cooking, in a single volume, updated and expanded with new entries and 50 new recipes. ![]() ![]() “Momma said that ghosts couldn’t move over water. The book is the first of a trilogy of books called The Seeds of America and ends on a cliffhanger at a momentous occasion in the narrative so I will be sure to read the rest of the series. 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This historical novel set during the early days of the American Revolution focuses on 13-year-old Isabel, an enslaved girl promised freedom on the death of her master, but finds she has no recourse when she and her sister Ruth are sold to cruel new masters in New York. ![]() Publication Info: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ©2008. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only a minority drive a foreign motor vehicle. Most millionaires are not driving this year's model. Our friend also drives a current-model imported luxury car. We know from our surveys that the majority of millionaires never spent even one-tenth of $5,000įor a watch. We have found this is not the case.Īs a matter of fact, our trust officer friend spends significantly more for his suits than the typical American millionaire. 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With little sense of how to survive, much less how to take his revenge, Randall meets Charlotte, a woman experienced in the deadly ways of life in the West. Wealthy and bookish Randall Dawson, out of place in this rugged and violent country, is begrudgingly chasing after the Bentley brothers. Caleb's moral compass and inner courage will be tested as they travel the harsh terrain and encounter those who have carved out a life there, for good or ill. After an attempted horse theft goes tragically wrong, sixteen-year-old Caleb Bentley is on the run with his mean-spirited older brother across the American Southwest at the turn of the twentieth century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Praise for the New York Times bestselling Ash Princess series: Theo must learn to embrace her own power if she has any hope of standing against the girl she once called her heart's sister. The Kaiserin's strange power is growing stronger, and with Prinz Søren as her hostage, there is more at stake than ever. Imbued with a magic no one understands, the Kaiserin is determined to burn down anyone and everything in her way. But though the Kaiser is dead, Theo now faces an even more terrifying enemy who has risen in his place: the new Kaiserin. Now free, with a misfit army of rebels to back her, Theo must liberate her enslaved people. As the rightful heir to the Astrean crown, fire runs in her veins, and a queen never cowers. Renamed the Ash Princess, she endured relentless abuse and ridicule from the Kaiser and his court. Princess Theodosia was a prisoner in her own country for a decade. Fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir will love this epic fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people. ![]() Witness the thrilling conclusion to the series that began with the New York Times bestseller Ash Princess. ![]() ![]() But could a lady's sweet surrender open their hearts to the most unexpected arrival of all. But how can he resist this siren in widow's weeds, whose offer is simply too outrageously tempting to decline? Determined she'll get her money's worth, Theo endeavors to awaken this shamefully neglected beauty to the pleasures of the flesh-only to find her dead set against taking any enjoyment in the scandalous bargain. Theophilus Mirkwood ought to be insulted. Forsaking all she knows of propriety, Martha approaches her neighbor, a London exile with a wicked reputation, and offers a strictly business proposition: a month of illicit interludes. After all, if she has an heir on the way, her future will be secured. ![]() ![]() Newly widowed and desperate to protect her estate-and housemaids-from a predatory brother-in-law, Martha Russell conceives a daring plan. ![]() |