Blossoms & Bones
Author: Christopher Buckley
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press (TN)
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13:
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What My Bones Know
Author: Stephanie Foo
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2023-02-21
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0593238125
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life “Achingly exquisite . . . providing real hope for those who long to heal.”—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, NPR, Mashable, She Reads, Publishers Weekly By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years. Both of Foo’s parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she’d moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and career. She found limited resources to help her, so Foo set out to heal herself, and to map her experiences onto the scarce literature about C-PTSD. In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on the community, and she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, to learn how trauma can be inherited through generations. Ultimately, she discovers that you don’t move on from trauma—but you can learn to move with it. Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman’s ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Author: Charles C. Eldredge
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780300055818
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproductions of O'Keeffe's works highlight this examination of the artist's life, including her place in the American tradition and her return to the rural subjects of her childhood
Blossom and Bone
Author: Mary E Jung
Publisher: Mary E Jung
Published: 2022-06-27
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExperience true love, and discover hidden heart desires, but beware of the allure of illusion. Amé is a vegetation witch with a knack for soil cultivation and plant genetics. She develops flower mates that mimic true love. Amé is a dreamer and finds it difficult to say no, even when common sense dictates she should. After her life's work is stolen, she must go on a quest to recover her magic seeds. Xephriel is a bone witch with a magic condition that causes empathic dissonance. It's torture because one touch might mean his death. Now, he's been forced into proximity with his crush to clear her name of murder. Xephriel is put through the ultimate test of valor. Can he overcome his affliction, or is he doomed to lurk in the shadows forever?
The Bone Garden
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2007-09-18
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0345502221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnknown bones, untold secrets, and unsolved crimes from the distant past cast ominous shadows on the present in the dazzling new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Present day: Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a skull buried in the rocky soil–human, female, and, according to the trained eye of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles, scarred with the unmistakable marks of murder. But whoever this nameless woman was, and whatever befell her, is knowledge lost to another time. Boston, 1830: In order to pay for his education, Norris Marshall, a talented but penniless student at Boston Medical College, has joined the ranks of local “resurrectionists”–those who plunder graveyards and harvest the dead for sale on the black market. Yet even this ghoulish commerce pales beside the shocking murder of a nurse found mutilated on the university hospital grounds. And when a distinguished doctor meets the same grisly fate, Norris finds that trafficking in the illicit cadaver trade has made him a prime suspect. To prove his innocence, Norris must track down the only witness to have glimpsed the killer: Rose Connolly, a beautiful seamstress from the Boston slums who fears she may be the next victim. Joined by a sardonic, keenly intelligent young man named Oliver Wendell Holmes, Norris and Rose comb the city–from its grim cemeteries and autopsy suites to its glittering mansions and centers of Brahmin power–on the trail of a maniacal fiend who lurks where least expected . . . and who waits for his next lethal opportunity. With unflagging suspense and pitch-perfect period detail, The Bone Garden deftly interweaves the thrilling narratives of its nineteenth- and twenty-first century protagonists, tracing the dark mystery at its heart across time and place to a finale as ingeniously conceived as it is shocking. Bold, bloody, and brilliant, this is Tess Gerritsen’s finest achievement to date. This ebook edition contains a special preview of Tess Gerritsen’s I Know a Secret. "The story, which digs up a dark Boston of times long past, entices readers to keep turning pages long after their bedtimes."—Kirkus Reviews (starred)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Author: Olga Tokarczuk
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2019-08-13
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0525541357
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . . A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?
Simple Flower Arranging
Author: Stephen Wicks
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-04-21
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1465426922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSimple Flower Arranging helps you create flower arrangements with style and flair, be it flowers for the home, a gift, or wedding flowers. Love having flowers in your house or making blooming bouquets? Be inspired by more than 60 stylish flower arrangements made simple, from vase arrangements to wedding creations. Owners of destination florist, Bloomsbury Flowers, Mark Welford and Stephen Wicks guide you through designs and techniques that allow you to create your own incredible arrangements. Key sequences are shown through step-by-steps and sumptuous photography so you can easily see how to take a simple bunch of blooms and present them with a professional touch, encouraging you to experiment with hand-tying, wire, papers and ribbons. Organized by flower type, it's easy to find flowers that you can buy in the supermarket, such as roses, lilies and sweetpeas and turn them into amazing arrangements. Simple Flower Arranging helps you to make beautiful bouquets and arrangements for every occasion, from baby celebrations to Valentine's Day and Mother's Day.
The Wild Unknown Pocket Tarot
Author: Kim Krans
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2021-10-26
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780063113732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA compact, portable version of Kim Krans' blockbuster New York Times bestselling tarot deck and guidebook, featuring her lush four-color illustrations. Kim Krans is not only a vanguard of the new tarot movement, but the visionary who is redefining it for the twenty-first century. For a legion of contemporary seekers all over the world, The Wild Unknown is more than a tarot deck; it's become a resonant life guide, inspiring them to share countless images of their readings, tattoos, and art prints from the deck. Now, Krans' beloved tarot is available in a pocket-sized edition, packed in a beautiful eco-friendly tin, that can go anywhere. Each of the seventy-eight cards in The Wild Unknown Pocket Tarot is a work of art that explores the mysteries of the natural world and the animal kingdom. In addition, this gorgeous travel deck features an original bonus Justice card that speaks to the social movements of our time. Hand drawn in her iconic, mystical style, the deck's striking images invite deep contemplation. The Wild Unknown guidebook is a condensed version of the original--a hand-lettered and fully illustrated guide that leads readers through the steps of a reading, from shuffling and cutting the deck to creating spreads to reading the tarot, including accessible interpretations for all seventy-eight individual cards. Infused with all the mystery, glamour, and allure that made her original deck a cult sensation, The Wild Unknown Pocket Tarot will introduce a new audience to the magic of the tarot and is a keepsake collectible sure to delight Krans' longtime fans.
Petal & Twig
Author: Valerie Easton
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Published: 2012-01-31
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1570617988
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForcing flowers to stand up and do tricks is the old way of flower bouquets. That called for flying in blossoms from around the world. The new way is so much more DIY and all about what's happening in the garden right now--no matter the season. Petal & Twig is full of photographs and descriptions of wonderfully fresh combinations from garden-expert Valerie Easton's own garden. With an inviting and personal tone, Easton shows how to assemble floral combinations for color, for fragrance, to express the essence of the season, for the dinner table, for the kitchen, for the bookshelf. Inspiration, experimentation, and simple pleasure are the keys to the new bouquets.
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Author: Charles M. Blow
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 0544228049
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA respected journalist describes the abuse he suffered at the hands of a close family relative, the effect this had on his formative years and how he overcame the anger and self-doubt it left behind.
