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Western herbs according to traditional Chinese medicine : a practitioner's guide / by Garran, Thomas Avery.(CARDINAL)489539;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-249) and index.Understanding Western herbs from the Chinese medical perspective -- The construction and use of a materia medica -- Eastern vs. Western ways of working with herbs -- Western herbal preparations -- Herb quality -- Cultivated vs. wildcrafted herbs -- Herbal medicine making -- Infusions and decoctions -- Tinctures, fluidextracts, and liquid extracts -- Poultices -- Suppositories -- Infused oils -- Salves -- Powdered extracts -- Mix-frying with solid and liquid adjuvants -- The materia medica -- Herbs that resolve the exterior -- Herbs that clear heat -- Herbs that precipitate -- Herbs that drain dampness -- Herbs that dispel wind and dampness -- Herbs that transform phlegm and stop coughing -- Herbs that aromatically transform dampness -- Herbs that rectify qi -- Herbs that regulate blood -- Herbs that warm the interior and expel cold -- Herbs that supplement -- Herbs that stabilize and bind -- Herbs that calm the spirit -- Herbs that extinguish wind.
Subjects: Herbs; Medicine, Chinese.; Materia medica, Vegetable.; Herbal treatments.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dark persuasion : a history of brainwashing from Pavlov to social media / by Dimsdale, Joel E.,1947-author.(CARDINAL)859227;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-274) and index."This gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for major breakthroughs in tools for social, political, and religious control. Tracing these developments through many of the past century's major conflagrations, Dimsdale narrates how when World War II erupted, governments secretly raced to develop drugs for interrogation. Brainwashing returned to the spotlight during the Cold War in the hands of the North Koreans and Chinese. In response, a huge Manhattan Project of the Mind was established to study memory obliteration, indoctrination during sleep, and hallucinogens. Cults used the techniques as well. Nobel laureates, university academics, intelligence operatives, criminals, and clerics all populate this shattering and dark story--one that hasn't yet ended"--publisher's website.
Subjects: Brainwashing; Control (Psychology); Social control.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The confessor / by Smith, Mark Allen,author.(CARDINAL)397671;
Cold, emotionless and with an innate ability to recognize lies, Geiger was the best of the best in the field of Information Retrieval. Until he was asked to break his only rule and do the unthinkable - to torture a child. Something broke in Geiger's neatly controlled mind, opening up a flood of terrible memories long kept at bay. And now Geiger is missing, presumed dead. But, with no body ever found, there are a number of people invested in finding out the truth. One of those people is Harry Boddicker, Geiger's old handler and friend. Another is his bitter rival, Dalton, who is determined to find Geiger and extract a final confession from him, before carrying out his deadly revenge.
Subjects: Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Missing persons; Torturers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A hard, cruel shore : an Alan Lewrie naval adventure / by Lambdin, Dewey,author.(CARDINAL)341712;
"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipmen to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They've extracted the sick, cold survivors of Sir John Moore's army from disaster at Corunna, got hit by lightning while escorting the army to England, and suffered a shattered mainmast which may end Lewrie's active commission if a replacement can't be found or fashioned soon; Admiralty needs troopships, not slow, old 4th Rate two-deckers, so Lewrie must beg, borrow, steal, and gild the facts most glibly if he wishes to keep her and her skilled crew together. Just when he imagines he's succeeded, new orders come appointing him a Commodore over a wee squadron assigned to prey upon French seaborne supply convoys off the treacherous North coast of Spain, better known as the "Costa da Morte," the Coast of Death, where the sea may be more dangerous to him and his ships than the French Navy! Basing out of newly-won Lisbon, where Lewrie hopes his mistress from Gibraltar, Maddalena Covilh might move, he's sure of one thing: it's going to be a rocky year that, hopefully, doesn't involve wrecking on the rugged shores of Spain!"--
Subjects: Sea fiction.; Historical fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Fiction.; Lewrie, Alan (Fictitious character); Ship captains;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Top Secret [large print] : a Clandestine Operations novel / by Griffin, W. E. B.,author.(CARDINAL)350987; Butterworth, William E.(William Edmund),author.(CARDINAL)350985;
In the first weeks after World War II, a squeaky-clean new second lieutenant named James D. Cronley Jr. is spotted and recruited for a new enterprise that will eventually be transformed into something called the CIA. In his first assignment, he's got seven days to extract a vital piece of information from a Soviet agent, but there are enemies everywhere--and, as Cronley is about to find out, some of them even wear the same uniform he does.
Subjects: Large print books.; Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Cold War; Intelligence officers;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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Whodunit? : detective stories / by Pullman, Philip,1946-(CARDINAL)347461;
The speckled band / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The little mystery / E.C. Bentley -- The adventure of the Egyptian tomb / Agatha Christie -- Emil and the detectives (an extract) / Erich Kästner -- The inspiration of Mr. Budd / Dorothy L. Sayers -- From the files of Inspector Craig / Raymond Smullyan -- Butch minds the baby / Damon Runyon -- Murder at St. Oswald's / Michael Underwood -- The cross of Lorraine / Isaac Asimov -- The Newdick helicopter / Leslie Charteris -- Cold money / Ellery Queen -- More from the files of Inspector Craig / Raymond Smullyan -- The one-handed murderer / Italo Calvino (an Italian folktale) -- Fingerprinting a ghost / Tony Fletcher (from Memories of Murder) -- It's a hard world / Andrew Vachss -- Maddened by mystery / Stephen Leacock -- Inspector Craig's solutions.Offers a collection of classic detective stories by such mystery writers as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, and Ellery Queen.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Children's stories.; Detective and mystery stories; Short stories;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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A Thin Bright Line / by Bledsoe, Lucy Jane,author.(CARDINAL)313179;
"At the height of the Cold War, Lucybelle Bledsoe is offered a job seemingly too good to pass up. However, there are risks. Her scientific knowledge and editorial skills are unparalleled, but her personal life might not withstand government scrutiny. Leaving behind the wreckage of a relationship, Lucybelle finds solace in working for the visionary scientist who is extracting the first-ever polar ice cores. The lucidity of ice is calming and beautiful. But the joyful pangs of a new love clash with the impossible compromises of queer life. If exposed, she could lose everything she holds dear. Based on the hidden life of the author?s aunt and namesake, A Thin Bright Line is a love story set amid Cold War intrigue, the origins of climate research, and the nascent civil rights movement. Poignant, brilliant, and moving, it reminds us to act on what we love, not just wish for it"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bledsoe, Lucybelle, 1923-1966; Cold War; Climatology; Scientists; Sexual minorities; Lesbians; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.; Lesbians.; Lesbian fiction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Perry Mason. [videorecording] / by Burr, Raymond,1917-1993,actor.(CARDINAL)519425; Collins, Ray,1889-1965,actor.; Hale, Barbara,1922-2017,actor.; Hopper, William,1915-1970,actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Gardner, Erle Stanley,1889-1970Works.Selections.; CBS Television Network.production company.(CARDINAL)161300; Paisano Productions Inc.production company.;
Disc 1. The case of the ice-cold hands -- The case of the bountiful beauty -- The case of the nervous neighbor -- The case of the fifty millionth Frenchman -- Disc 2. The case of the frightened fisherman -- The case of the arrogant arsonist -- The case of the garrulous go-between -- The case of the woeful widower -- Disc 3. The case of the simple Simon -- The case of the illicit illusion -- The case of the antic angel -- The case of the careless kidnapper -- Disc 4. The case of the drifting dropout -- The case of the tandem target -- The case of the ugly duckling.Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, Ray Collins, William Hopper, Richard Anderson."The legendary defense attorney returns to represent the accused, sort through the facts, extract confessions and unravel the truth. With Private Detective Paul Drake and trusty secretary Della Street by his side, Perry tackles the baffling cases of carelss kidnappers, bountifal beauties, arrogant arsonists and more"--Container.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Legal television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Mason, Perry (Fictitious character); Defense (Criminal procedure); Lawyers; Trials (Murder);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Winter garden [large print] / by Hannah, Kristin,author.(CARDINAL)350998;
Meredith and Nina are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard, the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort whatsoever to her daughters. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya often told the girls at night. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time and all the way to the end. Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya's life in war torn Leningrad. Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother's life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are.
Subjects: Large print books.; Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Mothers and daughters; Russian Americans;
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 38
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Not that I could tell [large print] / by Strawser, Jessica,author.(CARDINAL)341850;
When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit where their backyards meet one Saturday night, most of them are just ecstatic to have discovered that their baby monitors reach that far. It's a rare kid-free night, and they're giddy with it. They drink too much, and the conversation turns personal. By Monday morning, one of them is gone. Everyone knows something about everyone else in the quirky small Ohio town of Yellow Springs, but no one can make sense of the disappearance. Kristin was a sociable twin mom, college administrator, and doctor's wife who didn't seem all that bothered by her impending divorce--and the investigation turns up more questions than answers, with her husband, Paul, at the center. For her closest neighbor, Clara, the incident triggers memories she thought she'd put behind her--and when she's unable to extract herself from the widening circle of scrutiny, her own suspicions quickly grow. But the neighborhood's newest addition, Izzy, is determined not to jump to any conclusions--especially since she's dealing with a crisis of her own. As the police investigation goes from a media circus to a cold case, the neighbors are forced to reexamine what's going on behind their own closed doors--and to ask how well anyone really knows anyone else.
Subjects: Large print books.; Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Missing persons; Female friendship; Interpersonal relations; Neighbors; Women's friendships.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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