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Are we going to give up our cell phones, laptops, and other electronics? Absolutely not, but emerging scientific evidence tells us that it is crucial to make important changes in our home and work environments. Zapped is the first step-by-step manual for fortifying your body, detoxifying your home, and protecting yourself and your family from invisible electronic pollution.

With cutting-edge health research, award-winning health pioneer Ann Louise Gittleman reveals the intricate, complex relationship between humans and technology: "Nothing manmade even comes close to the wonder of the human body....The organic computer, known as your brain, that runs the whole show emits waves that are electrical. All the sensory information it sends and receives is electrical....We are, in a very real sense, electrical beings in an electricl world....wired to respond to the electromagnetic forces in the universe."

Zapped is a groundbreaking investigation by one of the top voices in health today - it is essential reading for everyone who is ready to take charge of their quality of life in our ever-changing world.

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Growing Roots: The New Generation of Sustainable Farmers, Cooks, and Food Activists is about a new revolution in food that involves young people who are living sustainable lives that revolve around healthy, natural food.

The book introduces us to farmers and beekeepers, fishermen and chefs, food activists and cheesemongers, and many, many more. We meet these fascinating young people from all across the nation through first-person profiles, along with brilliant photographs and delicious, simple recipes. They talk about raising grass-fed beef, lamb, and pork; growing vegetables and grains; keeping bees and making cheese; and their restaurants and their markets. Included are filmmakers, writers, and artists who change the way we look at what we eat and where our food comes from. In their profiles we learn how these young people got to where they are today, their backgrounds, their education, and their passionate relationship to food.

The author’s through-line gives us a glimpse of her own journey with food, through her own childhood, raising children, and becoming an empty-nester. Growing Roots is about relationships and how food figures in those relationships. It is for everyone who is interested in learning about this new iteration of the food movement and the folks involved, whether you’d like to figure out how to do it for yourself, or just love reading about it. The photos are beautiful, the narrative lively, and the recipes simple and delicious. A must-read for all ages and a wonderful addition to the food-lover’s bookshelf.

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Tie-dye is an easy, rewarding and affordable craft that can turn silks, cottons and simple ready-made garments into dramatic fashion statements. Author Melanie Brummer is an expert at reviving clothes, linens and draperies with this creative craft skill.

Dyeing fabric to create beautiful patterns and gradations of color is a craft tha has been practiced throughout the world for centuries. Now this ancient craft is enjoying a renaissance as a style statement on the fashion runway.

Contemporary Dyecraft features more than 50 resist-dyeing projects that are easy to do and yield beautiful one-of-a-kind results. Popular methods used are bucket-dyeing, dip dyeing and dyeing in a washing machine. Brummer explains the chemical processes and technical aspects of resist dyeing and gives instructions on choices of fabric and color. The required equipment is largely household items that are inexpensive and readily available.

The projects use eight dyeing styles: flat color, graded color, crazed patterns, circles, stripes and coils, geometric shapes, spirals and stitched patterns. The materials lists are minimal, such as fabric, string or rubber bands, a bucket and kettle, and the dye.

The projects are rated by degree of difficulty and include:

• Skirt in a ball
• Reverse camouflage T-shirt
• Candy-striped silk scarf
• Water fantasy silk scarf
• Flowers on a shirt
• Parallel-striped Madiba shirt

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Prefabulous and Sustainable dispels the negative myths associated with prefab homes and shows the reader how beautiful and remarkably green prefab homes are.

In this guide to prefab home-building, author Sheri Koones demystifies the prefabricated house by using 25 unique homes to showcase how factory-built homes are greener, more efficient, sturdier and more cost-effective than site-built homes. The book is divided into three categories — green, greener, greenest — and the homes featured vary in style, design, type of construction and size. All of the homes included in Prefabulous and Sustainable have been customized to create a level of sustainability beyond the inherent qualities of prefab.

Written in an easy to understand and approachable style, this book walks the readers through each of the homes, explaining the materials, strategies and systems used to create a sustainable living environment. Photographs, captions, floorplans and sidebars show readers that green living is not as complicated as one might think, and attainable for everyone. Also included is a resource guide, making this book a hands-on guide for homebuilders.
About the Author
Sheri Koones is a widely respected author who helps readers understand that getting the house of their dreams can be done in an ecologically responsible way. Her book, Prefabulous, explored the variety, beauty and eco-friendly benefits of prefab homes and recently won the prestigious Gold Award in the 2008 Robert Bruss Real Estate Book Awards from NAREE. Koones is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors, the Sustainable Building Industry Council, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. She is also a columnist for Home Resource Guide and a freelance writer and speaker. She lives in Connecticut.

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As more and more people forgo meat, vegetarian cookbooks are the ones “bringing home the bacon.” Now, the definitive collection from the “queen of vegetarian cooking” is available again in an exciting new edition. The original version of Rose Elliot's Complete Vegetarian Cookbook sold more than 60,000 copies, and this fully updated and beautifully illustrated volume reflects the wide-reaching changes in vegetarian cooking. Complete with 1,000 mouthwatering dishes, this revamped vegetarian bible is a must-have in the kitchen. From Artichoke Soup and Sweetcorn Salad to Pasta Puttanesca and Strawberry Tartlets, these recipes are simple, delicious, healthful and satisfying.

Rose Elliot, one of the world's foremost vegetarian cookbook authors, has written more than 60 vegetarian and vegan cookbooks, with sales of about three and a half million books worldwide. Some of her most popular titles include Simply Delicious, The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook, Rose Elliot's Mother, Baby and Toddler Book, Rose Elliot Vegetarian Supercook, Vegan Feasts and Sumptuous Suppers. Elliot writes a popular vegetarian column in the Guardian weekend magazine, as well as a regular column, “Rose Elliot's Veggie Bites,” in the UK's only vegetarian monthly magazine, Cook Vegetarian! In 1999, Elliot received the MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) from the Queen for her services to vegetarian cooking.

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In The New Normal, author David Wann challenges us to do some heavy lifting and transform our non-sustainable culture by transforming ourselves. For Wann, our current "old normal" lifestyle - buying water in disposable bottles, allowing the government to ignore global warming - will not preserve the planet. To nurture our world, he challenges us to rethink our lives, stand up for a healthy planet and move towards a "new normal" lifestyle in an agenda that includes:

• Initiating local business alliances that actively lobby for local buying.
• Creating an investment strategy that values the balance of nature.
• Supporting the design, manufacture, and use of products made with natural chemicals.
• Publicly advocating a more efficient use of water by placing a higher cultural value on wetlands, streams, rivers, and lakes.

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In the last decade, the celebration of organic foods, farmer's markets, and artisanal producers has dovetailed with a renewed passion for wild delicacies. On the forefront of this movement is longtime "huntress" Connie Green, who sells her gathered goods across the country and to Napa Valley's finest chefs including Thomas Keller and Michael Mina.

Taking readers into the woods and on the roadside, The Wild Table features more than 40 wild mushrooms, plants, and berries- from prize morels and chanterelles to fennel, ramps, winter greens, huckleberries and more. Grouped by season (including Indian Summer), the delectable recipes - from Hedgehog Mushroom and Carmelized Onion Tart and Bacon-Wrapped Duck Stuffed Morels, to homemade Mulberry Ice Cream - provide step-by-step cooking techniques, explain how to find and prepare each ingredient, and feature several signature dishes from noted chefs. Each section also features enchanting essays capturing the essence of each ingredient, along with stories of foraging in the natural world.

The Wild Table is an invitation to the romantic, mysterious, and delicious world of exotic foraged food. With gorgeous photography throughout, this book will appeal to any serious gatherer, but it will also transport the armchair forager and bring to life the abundant flavors around us.

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Growing a Garden City offers compelling photographs and personal narratives of community garden members, graduate students and first graders, a low-income senior and troubled teen, a foodie, a food bank officer, and many more. They describe their setbacks and successes involved with community gardening and show how to build on and emulate their achievements anywhere across the country and around the world.

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Chock-full of practical, thoughtful advice from seasoned crafters, Homemade contains more than 100 craft projects that require you to look no further than your very own home. As economic and environmental factors start to play a greater role in consumer decision-making, authors Ros Badger and Elspeth Thompson suggest an alternative to buying. Taking everyday objects from around their homes, they transform these objects into beautiful works of art, which reflect the love and care they put into their projects.

Divided into seasons, Homemade provides a year's worth of activities to improve your home. It gives sound advice on how to restore a garden table, make a patchwork wall, cook delicious pumpkin soup, and more. It also includes a section on homemade basics, which details how to sew, knit and crochet using a variety of patterns!

Homemade is the perfect gift for a friend interested in crafting, or a delightful treat for you and your family. With advice from Badger and Thompson, little additions to your home — like summer troughs full of flowers and natural cleaning products — will make all the difference. Your home and your family will thank you.

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The lost art of thrift is rediscovered in this cookbook through a wealth of fantastic recipes, from budget breakfasts — Spring Vegetable Frittata or French Toast with Polish Cherries — to easy midweek suppers, such as Thai Beef Salad or Linguine with Stilton and Onion. In a time when about a third of all the food purchased is thrown out, this book is ideal for anyone who is eager to cut out waste and make the most of everything bought.

With a full glossary of ingredients and ideas for how to use them, as well as a myriad of thrifty tips that promise to transform even the sorriest leftover into an inventive and tasty meal, this is a kitchen manual that no home can afford to be without.