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  • The Smell of Fresh Rain

    The Unexpected Pleasures of our Most Elusive Sense

    by Barney Shaw ...
    Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than a photograph – so why is it so little understood?Armed with a hungry curiosity and a willingness to self-experiment, author Barney Shaw goes in search of the hidden meanings of smells. Using plain words to describe what he finds, he investigates the chemistry, psychology, history ... Read more

    $7.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Cooked

    A Natural History of Transformation

    **Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, How to Change Your Mind, and This is Your Mind on Plants explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen in Cooked."Having described what's wrong with American food in his best-selling The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006), New York Times contributor Pollan delivers a more optimistic but equally fascinating ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Practical Quail-keeping

    Practical Quail-keeping is a comprehensive guide for anyone who keeps quail or who is thinking about starting out. It covers all key aspects of responsible quail husbandry, and explains how to set up and equip your quail house and pens, how to care for your birds, and how to breed and raise young hatchlings through to healthy adulthood. The authors draw on their extensive experience as quail ... Read more

    $14.09 USD

  • The Secret Life of Fungi

    Fungi are unlike any other living thing—they almost magically unique. Welcome to this astonishing world. . .Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there's still much ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Tasty

    The Art and Science of What We Eat

    by John McQuaid ...
    “A fascinating blend of culinary history and the science of taste” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), from the first bite taken by our ancestors to ongoing scientific advances in taste and today’s “foodie” revolution.Can’t resist the creamy smoothness of butter? Blame Darwinian natural selection. Crave the immediate zing of sweets? They bathe your brain in a seductive high. Enjoy the savory ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Since Eve Ate Apples Much Depends on Dinner

    The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea

    A "funny and fascinating" cultural history about one of our favorite pastimes: eating ( The Village Voice).This is a delightful and intelligent look at the food we eat, with a cornucopia of incredible details about the ways we do it.Presented like a meal, each chapter of Since Eve Ate Apples Much Depends on Dinner represents a different course or garnish, which Margaret Visser handpicks from the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mind Your Manors

    Tried-and-True British Household Cleaning Tips

    The author of Servants tells us what made British households, of all sizes, shine.British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-glove perfection. Through her meticulous research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge gleaned much knowledge about how these homes were made to gleam over almost two centuries, from the Victorian through the Edwardian years and beyond. The majority ... Read more

    $15.69 USD

  • The Prepper’s Guide To Survival Pantry : Emergency Food and Water Storage for Disaster Survival

    Survival Guide

    by Arthur Links ...
    Series series Survival Guide
    This book contains proven strategies and techniques to plan, organize and maintain your survival pantry during emergency situations like natural or economic disasters.Here is a sneak preview of what you will discover:- Food and Water Management Strategies for Disaster Survival- How to Store Food Supply- How to Store Water- Food Items to Stockpile- Best Practices & Common Mistakes... and more ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Six Square Metres

    reflections from a small garden

    Life lessons from the ground up.Sometimes you reap what you sow. Sometimes you reap what other people sowed. Sometimes you haven't got a clue what you are sowing, and sometimes you just get lucky, or unlucky. All these things are true of life, as of gardening.In this thoughtful and beautifully observed book, journalist and gardening enthusiast Margaret Simons takes readers on a journey through the ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Rhapsody in Green: A Writer, an Obsession, a Laughably Small Excuse for a Vegetable Garden

    'Excellent book.' Nigella Lawson'Charming, inspiring, uplifting... pure lovely.' Marian Keyes'Read Rhapsody in Green. A novelist's beautiful, useful essays about her tiny garden.' India Knight'Glorious...for anyone who loves fruit, vegetables, herbs and language. It makes you see them with new eyes.' Diana Henry'A witty account of 'extreme allotmenteering' for all obsessive ... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Lavender

    Nature's Way to Relaxation and Health

    Lavender is one of the most versatile and beneficial plants known to herbalists. It is one of the most ancient herbal remedies known, packed with medicinal and therapeutic properties that can benefit every aspect of life.This informative and practical book describes the plant's manifold uses--medicinal, cosmetic, therapeutic, cleansing and culinary--and outlines its extensive history and folklore. ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • Revelations in Air

    A Guidebook to Smell

    by Jude Stewart ...
    **An extraordinary, strange, and startlingly beautiful exploration of smell, the least understood of our five sensesThe nose on your face is the Buckingham Palace Guard of your body, the maitre d' of all taste, as well as the seducer of your imagination, and memory—and Jude Stewart has charmed them all into a wicked, poetic and illuminating tour of their mysterious domains. —Jack Hitt, author of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD