A short examination of the techniques used in the Middle Ages to locate and identify herbs and prepare Herbal Medicines. Including some recipes of the period in the original languages with translation. Full reference notes and bibliography containing both primary and secondary references. Includes appendix on some modern evaluations of the techniqu...more

Since the original publication of this title, the 12th-century Calabrian Abbot, Joachim of Fiore, has been accorded an increasingly central position in the history of medieval thought and culture. In this work, Marjorie Reeves shows the wide extent of Joachimist influence from the 13th to the 16th centuries and demonstrates the continuity between m...more

Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and cilivzation have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be...more

Ying and Yang is a humorous uncommon love story with a feminist twist. The author intertwines concepts of art, feminism, politics, music, religion, and popular culture to create a tapestry between characters from different backgrounds. Michelle Richards the owner of an eclectic art gallery Femme, has her choice of various suitors. Paul, her ex, ...more

When the Conways move into their ancestral home in Louisiana after the death of an estranged aunt, it is with the promise of a new beginning. But the house has a life of its own. Abandoned for the last forty years, surrounded by thick trees and a stifling sense of melancholy, the sprawling Victorian house seems to swallow up the sunlight. Deep with...more

Summer vacation becomes a season in hell for an ordinary family who unwittingly stir something invisible, insidious, and insatiable from its secret slumber–unleashing a wave of horror only the darkest evil could create, that only a master of spine-tingling terror like John Saul could orchestrate. For deep in the shadows in the dark of the night l...more