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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This book will redefine the standards of self-care as self-actualization for founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders based on the 4 pillars of BrainTrust Founders Studio--Community, Education, Mentorship, Capital. Kendra shares her own story, along with the stories of other Founders and Executives in the beauty and wellness industries, adding chapters on Spirituality, Daily Rituals and Purpose among others. In the context of these stories,...
Author
Series
Crosscurrents in African American history volume 1
Garland reference library of the humanities volume 2048
Garland reference library of the humanities volume 2048
Publisher
Garland Pub
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Author
Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"From Wounded Knee to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and from the Upper Big Branch mine disaster to the Trail of Tears, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered presents photographs of significant sites from US history, posing unsettling questions about the contested memory of traumatic episodes from the nation's past. Focusing especially on landscapes related to African American, Native American, and labor history, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered reveals new vistas...
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Plants are the great healers of the earth, and their capacity to support healthy sexuality is just as powerful. This beautifully written and illustrated book brings you into a relationship with herbs for sexual fulfillment and empowerment. Drawing on her own knowledge of herbalism and sacred sensuality, along with intimate stories from students who implemented her teachings, Kimberly Gallagher guides you on a personal journey of growth aided by the...
Author
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Probably no food in history has become as enrobed into world culture as chocolate. Its mythical beginnings tell a tale of ancient empires and great kings. The mysterious Olmecs, the mighty Maya; both civilizations grew to tower over Central America, and then fall into ruin, long before the rest of the world knew they existed. The Aztecs had taken power by the time of Columbus. Early Spanish explorers were dumbfounded to discover an entire culture...
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Angela Merkel: an era ends--and with it a project unique in the world. Between 1991 and 2021 this remarkable politician was photographed year after year, with a short hiatus, by Herlinde Koelbl. Each time they came together, a headshot and a three-quarter-length shot were taken before a plain white background; images that document with authenticity the astonishing ascent of a 37-year-old political outsider to one of the most powerful politicians...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Immersed in music for much of his life as writer, broadcaster and concert presenter, former director of the BBC Proms, Nicholas Kenyon has long championed an astonishingly wide range of composers and performers. Now, as we think about culture in fresh ways, Kenyon revisits the stories that make up the classical tradition and foregrounds those which are too often overlooked. This inclusive, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic guide highlights the achievements...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Insight, ideas, and inspiration abound in this highly practical guide to growing successfully in harmony with the moon, the Earth, and other planetary influences. Planting by the moon is an age-old gardening tradition, but did you know that the cycles of the moon and the zodiac can be a powerful tool to improve your success with all kinds of gardening tasks? In The Celestial Garden, longtime gardener and herbalist Jane Hawley Stevens explains how...
Author
Publisher
Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"For anyone who wants to unblock their sexual energy for a deeper sense of intimacy and feel increased sexual pleasure, the ancient practice of crystals may well hold the key. The flow of energy through our chakras (the "energy centers" of our bodies) is essential to our fundamental well-being and our ability to experience our lives fully. When chakras get blocked, the natural flow of energy is hindered, and we experience disconnection from our physical...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1976
Language
English
Description
This book is a reappraisal of English politics in the first decade of George III's reign. It sets out to explain how party politics changed, and what problems that created for the parliamentary elite. The issues of party, of patriotism as it manifested itself in the elder Pitt's political career, and of the relations between the notions of ministerial responsibility and the powers of the Crown are all used to illuminate the nature of political conflict....
Publisher
Distributed by Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Baroque: Style in the Age of Magnificence offers a new approach to a style that has sometimes been misunderstood. Broadening the traditional view, this book demonstrates for the first time how the style occurs in art, in architecture and in design and the applied arts, not only throughout Europe but all over the world from Goa and the Philippines in the east to Central and South America in the west." "Illustrated with carefully selected and rarely...
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Profound wisdom from noted writers on following forgiveness with making amends As indispensable as forgiveness has been to the healing process throughout history, there is another equally profound action that is needed for reconciliation, which Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, calls "the other side of the coin." Turning over the coin of forgiveness, we discover atonement, the half-hidden, much-overlooked other half of the reconciliation...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This wide-ranging book elucidates the symbolism of veils and highlights the power of drapery in Italian art from Giotto to Titian. In the cities of the Renaissance, display of luxury dress was a marker of status. Florentines decked out their palaces and streets with textiles for public rituals. But cloths are also the stuff of fantasy: throughout the book, the author moves from the material to the metaphorical. Curtains and veils, swaddling and shrouds,...
Author
Series
Ustari cycle volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The ethics in a world of blood are gray--and an underground strata of blood magicians has been engineering disasters for centuries in order to acquire enough fuel for their spells. They are not good people. Some practitioners, however, use the Words and a swipe of the blade to cast simpler spells, such as Charms and Cantrips to gas up one dollar bills so they appear to be twenty dollar bills. Lem Vonnegan and his sidekick Mags fall into this level...
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