This is the new paperback version of the bestselling hardcover edition that has helped thousands of sufferers turn their health around. Read the couple hundred amazon reviews attached to the now out-of-print hardcover book. You be touched deeply by the level of suffering and frustration that people have endured, then achieved rapid results by following holistic plan presented in the Hidden Plague.

Have you been plagued with boils, cysts, ingrown hairs, and acne-like bumps that take months to resolve, leave embarrassing scars, and cause considerable pain? Have you been to the doctor, only to leave with a prescription for antibiotics, few answers, and little to no hope? Hidradenitis supprativa (HS) is a poorly understood skin condition that is believed to affect nearly twelve million people in the United States alone. Only a small fraction of those affected have been properly diagnosed, leaving many others to suffer in silence or pursue ill-advised conventional treatment methods that fail to address the cause of this painful condition. Tara Grant, a twenty-year sufferer of HS, has become an underground legend to her Internet community of HS victims by presenting a methodical, self-tested action plan to heal naturally. The centerpiece of her holistic approach rests on the understanding that HS is an autoimmune disorder caused by leaky gut syndrome. With a few simple dietary changes that eliminate certain trigger' foods, you can heal your gut, restore your skin, reclaim your health, and rid yourself of HS symptoms forever. That means no antibiotics, no experimental surgeries, and no more pain, suffering, or confusion.

You will learn to adopt a big picture perspective about disease and dysfunction, and understand how autoimmunity (the body attacking itself in an adverse manner) represents the root cause of many frustrating chronic health conditions. By modifying your diet and other lifestyle habits, you can break free from the suffering, frustration and uncertainty that seems to go hand in hand with autoimmune conditions and skin conditions like HS in particular. Author Tara Grant has synthesized years of research, personal trial and error and cutting edge functional medicine and dietary strategies to give you a simple, do-able action plan to clean up your diet and clean up your skin. The Hidden Plague is a fabulous and comprehensive resource for not just HS specifically, but many other related inflammatory and autoimmune conditions.

Welcome to a city where only the shadows breathe, where evil rises at the darkest edges of Los Angeles and poetry bleeds into murder. Meet Hatcher, a detective unknowingly destined to rescue the enigmatic Lady D, in a noir tale that unfolds through a poetic lens. This is no ordinary mystery, no ordinary collection of verses - it's a genuine fusion that creates something entirely new.

Enter Hatcher - poet, private eye, and the last hope for those caught in the crosshairs of a predator who kills with artistic precision. Armed with his trusted Glock named Betsy and verses that cut like razor wire, Hatcher stalks these mean streets where guns are fired, lives are lost, but this is not the end.

When the mysterious Lady D glides into Hatcher's world trailing smoke and secrets, darkness follows close behind. But this ain't your grandfather's detective story, and these ain't your ordinary poems. Lawrence Jaffe has created something revolutionary - a fusion where hardboiled noir bleeds into verse, where every shadow holds a stanza, and every dark alley conceals a killer with poetry in his veins.

As #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben notes: Like all of Larry Jaffe's poetry, the words are tools to tell the story. He offers hope out of the morass we call life. ONLY THE SHADOWS BREATHE is a unique and heady blend of poetry and detective fiction -- poetry noir if you will -- and I loved it.

from William F. Devault, US National Beat Poet Laureate Emeritus:

In the Spring 0f 2023, I was fortunate enough to sit on the judging panel that encountered the works of Patricia Nwoko, a young Nigerian-American poet at Morgantown High School in Morgantown West Virginia.

In the inaugural (deep breath) Morgantown High School William F. DeVault Venetian Spider Press Poetry contest, her submission of three poems was incredible. What I and the other judges, Daniel McTaggart (the West Virginia Beat Poet Laureate Emeritus) and John Burroughs (the US National Beat Poet Laureate as well as the Ohio State Beat Poet Laureate Emeritus), agreed on was the quality and maturity of her work.

While not losing focus on her experiences and life as young Black woman, she had a maturity and clarity to her work that well exceeded the pale platitudes of so much modern poetry. It was refreshing and a bit terrifying...while writers and artists can celebrate excellence in a newcomer, there is also a natural instinct to be discomforted by someone with a fraction of your life and artistic experience being advanced beyond where you were at that age. Yeah, I kind of felt like a Neanderthal seeing a modern human walking in and sitting down.

Once we awarded her first prize (which included the publication of this book) and I had seen the contents of this book a few months later, I was gratified and growing at peace with her excellent verse and expression. One always worries about what happens if the manuscript is not up to par with the samples provided, but I was very relieved by the manuscript. Demonstrating a grace and maturity in her expression and presentation, I admit her manuscript was superior to most books that come across my desk. Whether expressing her life as a young woman or reflecting on how perceptions wound her, she is bold, crisp, and resonance.

We at Venetian Spider Press are grateful to get to publish this, her first book, and hope it finds it ways onto the bookshelves and hearts of readers across the nation and around the world.

A collection of poetry, essays, and sayings reflection the innate spirituality of poetry, including the essay Flesh in the Abattoir which is evocative of passion and truth in poetry and its public reading.

A collection of poetry, essays, and sayings reflection the innate spirituality of poetry, including the essay Flesh in the Abattoir which is evocative of passion and truth in poetry and its public reading.

Pulitzer Prize nominee R. Nikolas Macioci turns inward to reflect on times gone by and people and experiences he has viewed in his life. Macioci's collection attends to a variety of emotional palates. In Euchre, he moves readers keenly into the speaker's experience: ...Bars are/ the game's prostitutes. They take tricks./ ...The only bar I understand is the one that serves beer/ and liquor, and I'm headed there now to help me/ forget everything I never learned about euchre.

The carnivore diet has emerged as an extremely compelling and scientifically validated strategy to drop excess body fat quickly, heal from assorted autoimmune, inflammatory, and leaky gut conditions, and dramatically elevate the nutrient density of your diet. While uncool naysayer dudes will dismiss the carnivore diet out of hand as crazy or even dangerous, these Cool Dudes will give you the straight scoop about the rationale for and benefits of eating sustainably-raised, nose-to-tail animal foods. This can be done with a strict protocol to address chronic ailments, or with a carnivore-ish strategy where certain less-offensive plant foods (e.g., fruit, dark chocolate, guacamole) are included in delicious recipes and snacks. This fun-loving but highly informative book will help you sort through the hype and misinformation about carnivore, and gain insights from some of the world's leading carnivore advocates like Dr. Paul Saladino and Dr. Shawn Baker. For example, with the intestinal microbiome widely regarded as the next frontier of health and medical science, you'll learn why a carnivore eating pattern can spark a dramatic reconstitution of gut bacteria and an improvement in damaged gut lining in only a few days. By restricting otherwise healthy plant foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, those with leaky gut or lectin sensitivity have experienced truly mind-blowing health improvements. What's more, the high satiety and easy compliance with carnivore can help you shed excess body fat quickly, without having to suffer from calorie restriction, extreme workouts and frequent backslides and burnout. The three Cool Dudes--Brad, Brian and William--health experts who walk their talk, enjoy life, perform magnificent athletic feats fueled by meat, and are nice to their wives and strangers alike, give you everything you need to succeed in this award-winning book. You'll learn the right way to implement a nose-to-tail carnivore eating strategy featuring a strategic variety of sustainably raised animal foods like grassfed meat, pastured eggs, wild-caught seafood, and the true superfoods of the planet: liver and other nutrient-dense organ meats. You'll also pick up some cool fitness and lifestyle tips to help support your dietary transition instead of compromise it. Forget the hassle and complexity of typical cookbook offerings and enjoy 97 delicious, quick and easy carnivore-friendly recipes. Isn't it about time for you to become a lean, mean, athletic, smart, happy, tan cool dude? This book will help you get there, and have fun along the way.

15 heroic crowns of sonnets, 225 poems in all, celebrating and recalling love and romance, experiences both visceral and emotional, by the US National Beat Poet Emeritus and Romantic Poet of the Internet, William F. DeVault.

A hilarious and irreverent cookbook written just for dudes (like Brad and Brian) who are interesting, successful, confident, and extremely good looking; dudes who like to eat healthy, colorful, creative keto-friendly creations, but are too busy and important to stress over time-consuming, complex recipes. Co-authors Brad Kearns and Brian McAndrew pose as experts to help you swagger into the low carb, moderate protein, high fat ketogenic diet the right way, without the stress and frustration of ordinary keto cookbooks.

While naysayers may criticize keto as a bacon and butter fat-fest, and disparage Brad and Brian as a couple of posers trafficking on their sex appeal and athletic prowess instead of their cooking skills, this book emphasizes an incredible array of genius or near-genius level recipes featuring nutritious natural animal foods, colorful vegetables, and other nutrient-dense ingredients that will help optimize gut health, boost immune function, and improve performance on the athletic field, in the bedroom, and at work by three to four levels.

You will be amazed at the creativity these two dudes will inspire in you to become a freakin' kitchen legend in less time and less hassle than you ever dreamed possible before meeting these two dudes. While originally envisioned as a great gift idea for females to give to their favorite dudes, several female recipe testers, photographers, designers and key grips on the project have indicated that they want to keep the book for themselves. Brad and Brian are prepared for viral acceptance by females and agree to show up and rock the house at any ladies book club meeting they are invited to.

Min is the cat who guards the castle. She takes care of the small things. When she can, she tries to help her people take care of the big things.

When the princess and prince discover that some of their most prized belongings are missing, what is Min to do? After all, she is only a rather small cat.

When a desire for greater magics becomes a betrayal and pursuit, what happens when the hunter finally catches up to the quarry?

As a child, Alorsha dreamed that she might one day work magic, a dream she had in common with her dearest friend Jarthan. Delighted when their hopes became a reality, and together with their new friend Devrand, they worked to perfect and strengthen their magic, eventually dabbling in unsanctioned methods to gain even more magic.

When a strange magic imperils the kingdom, the three mages are called upon to face the threat. But something goes dreadfully wrong, transforming them into hunted, captive, and hunter. Through magical portals with an enchanted ship, the ensuing worlds-spanning chase trails upheaval in its wake and ensnares others in transit.

This last book of The Deliberia Chronicles tells the story of what happened with the magic, how it all came about, and what went wrong to turn friends into hunter, hunted, and captive.

From the best-selling authors of The Keto Reset Instant Pot Cookbook comes Keto Passport--an adventure into the most interesting and flavorful cuisine from across the world, all made keto-friendly Emerging science validates the idea that the low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet has passed the fad phase and become the single best eating strategy to reduce excess body fat ever discovered. Keto also delivers profound benefits for cognitive function, disease protection, and athletic performance. However, to succeed with keto you have to do it the right way: consuming nutrient-dense foods, including plenty of colorful vegetables, that support hormone and gut health. This book is keto done better than ever--no bacon and butter diet here, but rather 110 nutritious, flavor-packed recipes featuring an array of vegetables, meats, and healthy fats. You also learn the why's and how's of keto with primers and factoids sprinkled throughout, honoring the principles of Mark Sisson's New York Times bestseller, The Keto Reset Diet and the hands-on coaching strategies that Taylor and McGowan offer to their 25,000+ Keto Reset Facebook followers. Explore creative cuisine from around the world that will keep things fresh and interesting, never bland and boring. Stamp your Keto Passport and take off on journey to better health

(Previously published as Bye-Bye Magpie by S. Lynn Helton.)

Kids play in the sun.
Meeting creatures that live near.
Won't you join the fun?

Come along with the neighborhood kids to play and discover some typical creatures that share their world. Haiku-style verse and appealing, original illustrations introduce several native animals common to the western U.S.

Charlotte keeps finding a spot on her glasses. And she knows she didn't touch the lenses. So where is the spot coming from? Can she solve the mystery?