Monday, 11 June 2012

"Eyewitness Companions: Herbal Remedies" by Andrew Chevallier
DK, Dorling Kindersley | 2008 | ISBN: 1405335610 1405312823 9780756628666 9781405312820 | 290 pages | PDF | 29 MB

This is an essential reference library, perfect for novices or anyone who just wants to know more about their favourite pastime. From Aloe Vera to Zea Mays, know your plants using the easy-to-follow A-Z profiling 140 of the most popular. Find out plants active properties, which parts are used and their current uses.

For anyone interested in medicinal plants and how to use them at home.
Pick up the basics, from using remedies safely, to quality control and which herbal preparations to use and why. Follow step-by-step instructions for making simple herbal preparations as a tea, decoction or tincture at home, so you can self-treat over 50 common ailments from insomnia to athlete’s foot. 

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Sunday, 3 June 2012

Do Not Open: An Encyclopedia of the World's Best-Kept Secrets

John Farndon, "Do Not Open: An Encyclopedia of the World's Best-Kept Secrets"
DK Publishing | 2010-05-17 | ISBN: 0756662931 | 256 pages | PDF | 57,9 MB
 
Psst! Want to know a secret? Do you dare open me up? Because inside you'll find the incredible TRUTH about mind-boggling confidential stuff 'they' don't want you to know! And wanna know something else? Find out where the Bermuda Triangle is, whether alien abductions actually happen, and the truth about crop circles. Explore lost worlds, unravel secret codes, marvel at mysterious places and meet spooks, spies, secret keepers and scandal makers of the world. When you've finished riddle solving, close me up in my funky cage so no one else can get at my secrets! But ssh! Don't tell a soul.