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A beginner's guide to Ogham divination / by Norman, Ceri,Author(DLC)no2010133796;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-218).Bring the magic, mystery and meaning of the Ogham and its trees into your life.
Subjects: Fortune-telling by plants.; Trees; Magic.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The Victorian flower oracle :the language of nature / by Telesco, Patricia,1960-;
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Flowers; Fortune-telling by flowers.; Fortune-telling by plants.; Plants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Abigail and Alexa save the wedding [large print] : a novel / by Dolan, Lian,author.(CARDINAL)397075;
"Penelope and Chase make a lovely couple. The bride is a bubbly California girl a killer work ethic. The groom is smart and charming and has political aspirations. They're planning a spectacular Montecito wedding, wrapped in peonies and thousands of little white lights, soaked in custom cocktails and romantic hashtags. Everyone's excited about the wedding - except their mothers. The Mother of the Bride, suave Greek-born Alexa Diamandis, doesn't understand why any woman would get married. Ever! She raised Penny as a single mother by choice, supported by Lord Simon Fox, her old college friend who just happens to be an English aristocrat, and a wealthy circle of lady friends who call themselves the Merry Widows. The Mother of the Groom, Abigail Blakeman, is a garden club stalwart firmly planted in coastal Connecticut. She would prefer the wedding be held at their golf club, especially now that the Blakeman's fortunes have taken a turn for the worse - not that you could ever tell by looking at Abigail, who knows how to keep up appearances. But when a sudden twist of fate calls them into action, Alexa and Abigail are forced to take over the wedding planning and work together. How far will two very different mothers go to make their children's dream a reality?"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Weddings; Mothers; Mother and child; Rich people; Older women;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Abigail and Alexa save the wedding / by Dolan, Lian,author.(CARDINAL)397075;
"Penelope and Chase make a lovely couple. The bride is a bubbly California girl a killer work ethic. The groom is smart and charming and has political aspirations. They're planning a spectacular Montecito wedding, wrapped in peonies and thousands of little white lights, soaked in custom cocktails and romantic hashtags. Everyone's excited about the wedding - except their mothers. The Mother of the Bride, suave Greek-born Alexa Diamandis, doesn't understand why any woman would get married. Ever! She raised Penny as a single mother by choice, supported by Lord Simon Fox, her old college friend who just happens to be an English aristocrat, and a wealthy circle of lady friends who call themselves the Merry Widows. The Mother of the Groom, Abigail Blakeman, is a garden club stalwart firmly planted in coastel Connecticut. She would prefer the wedding be held at their golf club, especially now that the Blakeman's fortunes have taken a turn for the worse - not that you could ever tell by looking at Abigail, who knows how to keep up appearances. But when a sudden twist of fate calls them into action, Alexa and Abigail are forced to take over the wedding planning and work together. How far will two very different mothers go to make their children's dream a reality?" -- Jacket flap.
Subjects: Novels.; Weddings; Mothers;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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The book of mysteries, magic and the unexplained / by Macfarlane, Tamara,author.(CARDINAL)857184; Kister, Kristina,illustrator.(CARDINAL)868198;
"Set off on a mystical adventure like no other and trace the history of magical ritual--from alchemy and divination to fortune-telling and séances. Meet witches and wizards, fairies and monsters, UFOs and aliens, and much, much more..."--
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Informational works.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Curiosities and wonders; Magic; Conspiracy theories; Legends; Cryptozoology; Unidentified flying objects; Ghosts; Haunted places;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 9
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Book club kit: seedfolks / by Fleischman, Paul.1952-; Pederson, Judy;
A vacant lot, rat-infested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden, especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hard-packed soil to plant her precious bean seeds. Suddenly, the soil holds promise: To Curtis, who believes he can win back Lateesha's heart with a harvest of tomatoes; to Virgil's dad, who sees a fortune to be made from growing lettuce; and even to Maricela, sixteen and pregnant, wishing she were dead. Thirteen very different voices and perspectives--old, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopeful--tell one amazing story about a garden that transforms a neighborhood. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fiction.; Juvenile works.; Gardens; City and town life; Neighborhoods; Empty lots; Multiethnic neighborhoods;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sapiens : a graphic history. by Harari, Yuval N.,author,creator.(CARDINAL)333760; Casanave, Daniel,illustrator,adapter.(CARDINAL)838337; Champion, Claire(Colorist),colourist.(CARDINAL)807071; Hunter, Adriana,translator.(CARDINAL)351873; Vandermeulen, David,1968-author,adapter.(CARDINAL)838435; Graphic novel adaptation of (work):Harari, Yuval N.Ḳitsur toldot ha-enoshut.;
In the second "Sapiens" volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the story of urbanization is told as a travel brochure offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novel adaptations.; Graphic novels.; Historical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Chronology, Historical; Civilization; Civilization; Human beings; Technology and civilization; World history;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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Backwoods witchcraft : conjure & folk magic from Appalachia / by Richards, Jake,1997-author.(CARDINAL)785087; Casas, Starr,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)785086;
Includes bibliographical references.Through the quilting hoop -- These roots run deep: terrain and culture in Appalachia -- Down Devil's Run: stories and superstitions -- Barefoot wandering: connecting with the land -- Soup beans and cornbread: ancestor veneration -- From the east, from thewest: living by signs and omens -- Folk rites of the mountaineer: techniques and methods of the power doctor -- Saints on the river: spirits of southern Appalachia -- Casting apple seeds: spelling and fortune-telling -- Stolen flowers: tools and supplies-- When the rooster crows: candle magic, doll babies, and other trickery -- Pray the devil down: folk recipes and remedies.In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could "rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop up the blood in a wound." The witchcraft practiced in Appalachia is very much a folk magic of place, a tradition that honors the seen and unseen beings that inhabit the land as well as the soil, roots, and plant life. The materials and tools used in Appalachia witchcraft are readily available from the land. This "grounded approach" will be of keen interest to witches and conjure folk regardless of where they live. Readers will be guided in how to build relationships with the spirits and other beings that dwell around them and how to use the materials and tools that are readily available on the land where one lives. This book also provides instructions on how to create a working space and altar and make conjure oils and powders. A wide array of tried-and-true formulas are also offered for creating wealth, protecting one from gossip, spiritual cleansing, and more.
Subjects: Magic; Witchcraft;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 15
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The world of sugar : how the sweet stuff transformed our politics, health, and environment over 2,000 years / by Bosma, Ulbe,1962-author.(CARDINAL)865394;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The definitive 2,500-year history of sugar and its human costs, from its little-known origins as a luxury good in Asia to worldwide environmental devastation and the obesity pandemic. For most of history, humans did without refined sugar. After all, it serves no necessary purpose in our diets, and extracting it from plants takes hard work and ingenuity. Granulated sugar was first produced in India around the sixth century BC, yet for almost 2,500 years afterward sugar remained marginal in the diets of most people. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere. How did sugar find its way into almost all the food we eat, fostering illness and ecological crisis along the way? The World of Sugar begins with the earliest evidence of sugar production. Through the Middle Ages, traders brought small quantities of the precious white crystals to rajahs, emperors, and caliphs. But after sugar crossed the Mediterranean to Europe, where cane could not be cultivated, demand spawned a brutal quest for supply. European cravings were satisfied by enslaved labor; two-thirds of the 12.5 million Africans taken across the Atlantic were destined for sugar plantations. By the twentieth century, sugar was a major source of calories in diets across Europe and North America. Sugar transformed life on every continent, creating and destroying whole cultures through industrialization, labor migration, and changes in diet. Sugar made fortunes, corrupted governments, and shaped the policies of technocrats. And it provoked freedom cries that rang with world-changing consequences. In Ulbe Bosma's definitive telling, to understand sugar's past is to glimpse the origins of our own world of corn syrup and ethanol and begin to see the threat that a not-so-simple commodity poses to our bodies, our environment, and our communities"--
Subjects: Sugar; Sugar trade;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hard to handle : the life and death of the Black Crowes : a memoir / by Gorman, Steve,1965-author.(CARDINAL)833964; Hyden, Steven,1977-author.(CARDINAL)352128;
For over two decades, The Black Crowes topped the charts and reigned supreme over the radio waves, even as hair bands, grunge, and hip-hop threatened to dethrone them. With hits like "Hard to Handle," "She Talks to Angels," and "Remedy," their massive success launched them to stardom in the early '90s, earning them a place among rock royalty. They were on the cover of Rolling Stone, MTV played their videos 24/7, and Generation X re-discovered the power of classic rock and blues by digging into multi-platinum classics like Shake Your Money Maker and The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. But stardom can be fleeting. For the Black Crowes, success slowly dwindled as the band members got caught up in the rock star world and lost sight of their musical ambition. Despite the drinking, drugs, and incessant fighting between Chris and Rich Robinson--the angriest brothers in rock and roll, with all due respect to Oasis and the Kinks--the band continued to tour until 2013. On any given night, they could be the best band you ever saw. (Or the most combative.) Then, one last rift caused by Chris Robinson proved insurmountable for the band to survive. After that, the Black Crowes would fly no more. Founding member Steve Gorman was there for all of it--the coke and weed-fueled tours; the tumultuous recording sessions; the backstage hangs with legends like Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and the Rolling Stones. As the band's drummer and voice of reason, he tried to keep the Black Crowes together musically--and in one piece emotionally. In his first-person history of the Black Crowes, Hard To Handle--the first ever account of this great American rock band's beginning, middle, and end--Gorman makes it clear just how impossible that job was. Fortunately, Gorman tells the tale with great insight, candor, and humor. They don't make bands like the Black Crowes anymore: crazy, brilliant, self-destructive, inspiring, and, ultimately, not built to last. But, man, what a ride it was while it lasted.
Subjects: Biographies.; Black Crowes (Musical group); Rock musicians; Rock groups; Rock musicians; Rock groups;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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