This book presents the healing plants from A to Z. The most important vegetal and animal extracts are introduced whose highly remedial protective substances are of major importance, both in their pharmaceutical application and in the field of food supplements. The attention which natural sciences pay to so-called 'phytochemistry' and 'vegetal chemicals' is indicative of the tremendous significance of the healing power of plants, which due to their specific compositions and structures conta...

When Marina Turner turned forty, she thought her life couldn't get any worse: freshly divorced, broke, and hopeless... until she inherits a rusty food truck from her eccentric grandmother.What she didn't expect was that the inheritance included a raccoon with a British accent—sometimes far too sarcastic—and a strange obsession with an enchanted tea he claims he bought in Jamaica.At times, Marina wonders if she's losing her mind. After all, stepping into a kit...

Madison is a reclusive writer who lives with her cat, with almost no social interaction of any kind.Now, she faces a dilemma.Her last big success was ten years ago. She has a new book, but book marketing has changed a lot, and she must embrace the world of social media or risk remaining forgotten.That's where Aurora comes in. The publishing house hires a TikTok star to relaunch her career and make the new book a big hit.But when two such different personalities ...

Arya has time for only one thing: saving lives as a surgeon. She is not interested in a relationship. Her life is already too complicated without adding new problems into the mix. Besides, there are too many other women out there to settle for just one.Patricia wants to be seen as more than a single mother. Her seven-year-old son fills her life, but after leaving behind the toxic relationship with her ex-husband, she's been longing to feel wanted again.A night out with her ...

At 42, Samantha Thomson's picture-perfect life is crumbling. Fresh from a painful divorce, she's struggling to raise two teenage daughters while trudging through a monotonous routine.Her childhood friend Olivia Mitchell lives life on the edge. While filming her documentaries, Olivia has spent over two decades traveling the globe and fighting for justice.When their paths cross again, long-buried feelings ignite.And when Samantha discovers twelve romantic WWII love le...

"Crow" Hollander left behind a past full of thorns...or so she thought.After getting out of jail, she was assured that the opportunity for a new life lay before her. But each night, in her tiny apartment, the longed-for freedom feels more like house arrest in which she only finds loneliness and closed doors. Nobody wants to hire an ex-con.And everything becomes much more confusing when her signature black rose appears next to a corpse.She immediately b...

The effective sterilisation of any material or device to be implanted in or used in close contact with the human body is essential for the elimination of harmful agents such as bacteria. Sterilisation of biomaterials and medical devices reviews established and commonly used technologies alongside new and emerging processes.Following an introduction to the key concepts and challenges involved in sterilisation, the sterilisation of biomaterials and medical devices using steam and dry heat, i...

They agreed on one thing before retiring-they would travel, sniff around at other countries and other lifestyles, and discover along the way which place came closest to "having it all." There they would drop anchor and go with the flow. The going has been good, so much so that these former Washingtonians have decided to make France their permanent home. They chose the city over the countryside and took on the challenges and pleasures of Aix-en-Provence, where they have been doing as the lo...

Lead by the Holy Spirit, God gave me revelation knowledge. I have been sent by God to prepare the body of Christ for the coming of Jesus. I have been hidden in the body of Christ for my protection. I am like John the Baptist, placed in the body of Christ to teach and show the church that Jesus is coming for, how to be without spot, wrinkle, or blemish. Jesus is coming! Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones to execute judgement on the people of the world. He w...

“Devious, delicious, and gasp-worthy.” (Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces)In this genre-defying page-turner from Lygia Day Peñaflor, four teens befriend their favorite novelist, only to find their deepest, darkest secrets in the pages of her next book—with devastating consequences.Miri Tan loved the book Undertow like it was a living being. So when she and her friends went to a ...

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition—original tales with a theatrical bent! Included are:Preface, by Ellen HartThe Rock Star, by Frances AylorPerfectly Awry, by Anne Louise BannonThe Ghost in Balcony B, by Michele Bazan ReedDrama-Rama Flip Flop, by Cindy BrownIt’s Not O.K. Corral, by M. E. BrowningMary-Alice Imagines Her Life as a Movie, by Karen CantwellThe Ghost ...

This book presents the healing plants from A to Z. The most important vegetal and animal extracts are introduced whose highly remedial protective substances are of major importance, both in their pharmaceutical application and in the field of food supplements. The attention which natural sciences pay to so-called “phytochemistry” and “vegetal chemicals” is indicative of the tremendous significance of the healing power of plants, which due to their specific compositions and structures conta...