Herbs are quite literally everywhere; it is only our ability to recognize their value that has been lost

Vicky and Kim explore the traditional uses of herbs combined with a modern and scientific understanding of a truly holistic approach so that you can use herbs to treat ailments and improve your general wellbeing. The book contains fascinating information about herbs with suggestions of what each herb can be used for.

Did you know that daisies infused in oil can be used to reduce bruises? That roses can help grieving and anxiety? Or that elderflower cordial can bring down a temperature? There is also an introduction to each of the body's systems (nervous, respiratory etc.) and which herbs are best for treatments. And of course, the book is peppered with vinegars, balms, oils, tinctures, creams, lotions and syrups to create your own little herbal health kit. Vicky and Kim also encourage people to reconnect with their local environment in addition to growing herbs in their gardens or windowsills.

An all-encompassing guide for the beginner, The Handmade Apothecary is filled with guidance, useful tips and tried-and-tested recipes that will inspire people to make their own remedies.

Also by Vicky Chown and Kim Walker: The Herbal Remedy Handbook

Marty is not your typical under the bed monster. He doesn't live in your closet or in your dreams. He lives in a mailroom where he makes his friends. He loves chocolate and doesn't like to sleep. How does a mailbox monster show his friends love? Will his friends like his surprise? Open the book and you will see

Marty is not your typical under the bed monster. He doesn't live in your closet or in your dreams. He lives in a mailroom where he makes his friends. He loves chocolate and doesn't like to sleep. He wants to show his friends how much he loves them, but he is scared to come out from behind the wall of mailboxes because he is different. Marty decides to write each of his friends a letter, but he falls asleep before he gets the chance to give them their letters. Oh no

Pickles is a free spirited pup that doesn't quite understand the rules of potty training. Pickles piddles here and there. Pickles riddles everywhere! Join her fellow furry siblings and her two moms, Tita and Myrie, as they follow Pickles's hilarious potty training journey!

Dubbed Hell's Half Acre, Decatur is the second most corrupt city in Illinois. It earned its standing as a tough town with more gambling, prostitution and liquor than cities twice its size. Sprawled all around this rotten core were farm towns connected by telegraph and short-hop rail lines. If Decatur was always a wide-open sin-town, Mt. Zion was always a narrow, isolated back-water where the first settlers died of malaria. Samuel L. Bush was one of 4,000 lynchings to take place in the United States. Is it possible the haunted soul of one man possessed the power to stain and curse an entire region?

Beyond Stranger Bridgerland is a Collection of true stories of the paranormal. Bigfoot, UFO's, haunting, cryptids, and Glitches in the Matrix can be found here. Beyond Stranger Bridgerland is Book 2 in the Stranger Bridgerland series by Author John Olsen

DENGUE FEVER is the story of an ugly disease swarming over a beautiful paradise. It is based on the actual outbreak of disease carried by a deadly monster, the mutated mosquito. The pandemic can only be stopped by a mad scientist and a burnt-out writer who carries the baggage of a recent drunk-driving arrest, a loveless marriage, and a string of experimental (and failed) cognitive therapies. But the real attraction of this film is the buzzing squad of mutant mosquitoes brought about by Man's hubris and wanton destruction of the Earth. As bad as the outbreak of Dengue, the response by modern science is worse. The treatment is offered as a film to be made in the Hollywood style of decidedly B movies, low-budget, drive-in fare, written for Ed Wood to direct.

When a strange, older, man shows up to audit a college course in screenwriting, the professor becomes suspicious. The stranger turns out to be an FBI special agent, sentenced to prison for theft, and now leading a double-life and desperate to sell his story to Hollywood. Research uncovers an embarrassing chapter in FBI history, with Ed Tickel as the agency's go-to guy during the 1970's and 80's for blackbag ops. Mysteriously, the once respected agent goes rogue, and is suddenly caught using his skills to sell stolen jewelry and rob the FBI's own credit union vault. This is the nexus of the official and unauthorized versions of the Ed Tickel story, part fact, part fiction, and entirely odd.

The Stories Behind The Smiles is a fun read about church life from the perspective of a pastor's wife and family. Although these stories are all true.....there are no names of people or churches used. I have been a pastor's wife for more than 30 years, and things can happen within churches that rival any family drama. This collection of short stories will cause you to laugh, cry, and be surprised at things people will actually do.

Peppered with tips, helpful hints, and personal anecdotes to illustrate real-life application, this performance guide is essential for any wind player interested in taking his or her virtuosity to the next level. Internationally renowned bassoonist Kim Walker has compiled into one book the teachings and exercises that have made her known as an expert on bassoon performance, practice, and instruction. From basics like posture, breathing techniques, and articulation to a survey of the performance practices of key woodwind and brass masters, Walker includes an analysis of each technique along with images and exercises that present the mechanics of each method.