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 most ordinary American dinner: among them co...

One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights. As a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Moses presented himself as a mere facilitator of grassroots activism rather than a charismatic figure like Martin Luther King Jr. His self-effacing demeanor and his success, especially in steering the events that led to the volatile 1964 Free...

A lumbosacral transitional vertebra is present in about one lumbar spine in ten. When the enlarged transverse process forms a pseudoarticulation with the sacrum and that articulation is the pain generator, the condition is Bertolotti syndrome. Most patients reach an interventionalist after years of treatment aimed at the disc, the facet or the sacroiliac joint. This guide sets out, for pain physicians and interventional radiologists in Australia, what the published evidence supports: the d...

Take control of your health and wellness with the power of natural medicines.This guide introduces you to the world of herbal remedies, essential oils, and natural healing plants. Discover the healing properties of various plants and oils, and learn how to extract their benefits in your everyday life. Whether you're looking to boost your immune system, ease headaches, or reduce stress*, Nature's Medicine Cabinet* provides easy-to-follow instructions and proven tech...

About one in ten Australians who have lumbar X-rays has a lumbosacral transitional vertebra. In a minority of them the anatomy causes persistent low back, buttock or hip pain that is treated for years as non-specific strain. The condition is congenital, invisible and fluctuating, and it is usually diagnosed years after the symptoms begin, so the file of a person who has it looks inconsistent to anyone who does not know why. This guide sets out, for employers, human resources and return-to-...

About one person in ten is born with a lumbosacral transitional vertebra, and in some of them it becomes a source of persistent low back, buttock or hip pain that is invisible, fluctuating and often unnamed for years. This guide is for the partner, parent, child, sibling, housemate or friend of someone with Bertolotti syndrome. It explains what the condition is in plain terms, why the diagnosis usually took so long, what the pain does to daily life, what diagnosis and treatment involve, an...

A lumbosacral transitional vertebra is present in about one in ten Australian patients with lumbar radiographs, and the reporting radiologist identified fewer than a third of them. On lumbar MRI without a whole-spine localiser, more than a third of transitional vertebrae are read as normal segmentation, and among those that are recognised the numbering is wrong in more than half. Most wrong-level spine surgery occurs in patients with variant anatomy of this kind.This guide is for r...

A Choice to Forget By. Priscilla Melinda Visser"My life; the way I knew it would be turned upside down in the worst way possible. I think that I always wished deep down inside that I could go back and undo it all and start over. But not like this…"When Delia Collins wakes up with a bad case of amnesia in a place she can hardly pronounce, the horror of what had happened to her hangs like a thick dark cloud over her head in the small town of Bredasdorp.After being rap...

Lottie Merchant is supposed to be dead. Instead, she's staging a coup.Or trying to, anyway.She's cut off from her lovers and her friends, the leader of the rebellion can barely stand her, and she's relegated to a glorified courier. Her uselessness is growing unbearable.When a planned attack goes terribly wrong, and Lottie is spotted at the scene by her enemy, she makes a split-second decision that nets her a dead Hound and a startling surprise. The general is admini...

Welcome to the 12-Week Resistance Band Workout Manual, your complete guide to transforming your health and fitness using one of the most effective, affordable, and versatile pieces of exercise equipment available. Whether your goal is to build lean muscle, lose excess weight, improve flexibility, increase endurance, or simply become healthier and more active, this book will provide you with the knowledge, structure, and confidence to achieve lasting results—all without the need for a gym m...

Each of us has a “big wave”—a dream that seems to be at the edge of what’s possible, that resonates deeply in our hearts, and would require all of our heart and soul to accomplish.If we’re successful, we’re transported far beyond who we thought we were and where we thought we would be. But to get there, we have to overcome our greatest fears and uncertainties.In The Big Wave Method, Visser shares the remarkable method he used to successfully surf Ja...

In "Marks on Paper", Suzanne Visser presents a collection of short essays that delve into the intricacies of drawing, seeing, and looking. Through herphilosophical lens, Visser challenges readers to question their assumptions about perception and reality.Drawing on her years of experience as an artist and writer, Visser offers a sharp and deep exploration of the creative process, inviting readers to consider the act of drawing as a powerful tool for self-discovery. With ins...