Download or read book A Corpse for Yew written by Joyce and Jim Lavene and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes gardening tips! No rain means profits are wilting at The Potting Shed, so Peggy Lee joins her mother on a "bone harvest" expedition for the local historical society. But she stumbles upon a perplexing mystery-how a fellow volunteer became a corpse with curiously red lips.

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Download or read book A Corpse for Yew written by Joyce and Jim Lavene and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes gardening tips! No rain means profits are wilting at The Potting Shed, so Peggy Lee joins her mother on a "bone harvest" expedition for the local historical society. But she stumbles upon a perplexing mystery-how a fellow volunteer became a corpse with curiously red lips.

Download or read book Celebrating Life Customs around the World 3 volumes written by Victoria R. Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 1427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents hundreds of customs and traditions practiced in countries outside of the United States, showcasing the diversity of birth, coming-of-age, and death celebrations worldwide. From the beginning of our lives to the end, all of humanity celebrates life's milestones through traditions and unique customs. In the United States, we have specific events like baby showers, rites of passage such as Bat and Bar Mitzvahs and "sweet 16" birthday parties, and sober end-of-life traditions like obituaries and funeral services that honor those who have died. But what kinds of customs and traditions are practiced in other countries? How do people in other cultures welcome babies, prepare to enter into adulthood, and commemorate the end of the lives of loved ones? This three-volume encyclopedia covers more than 300 birth, life, and death customs, with the books' content organized chronologically by life stage. Volume 1 focuses on birth and childhood customs, Volume 2 documents adolescent and early-adulthood customs, and Volume 3 looks at aging and death customs. The entries in the first volume examine pre-birth traditions, such as baby showers and other gift-giving events, and post-birth customs, such as naming ceremonies, child-rearing practices, and traditions performed to ward off evil or promote good health. The second volume contains information about rites of passage as children become adults, including indigenous initiations, marriage customs, and religious ceremonies. The final volume concludes with coverage on customs associated with aging and death, such as retirement celebrations, elaborate funeral processions, and the creation of fantasy coffins. The set features beautiful color inserts that illustrate examples of celebrations and ceremonies and includes an appendix of excerpts from primary documents that include legislation on government-accepted names, wedding vows, and maternity/paternity leave regulations.

Download or read book The Bleeding Tree written by Hollie Starling and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the last of the ebbing days, the brink of the new season. It was the murky hours, the clove between sunset and sunrise. It was a tall tree with deep roots and it had been bleeding for a long while. As summer falls into autumn, Hollie Starling is hit by the heart-stopping news that her father has died by suicide. Thrust into a state of 'grief on hard mode', Hollie feels underserved by current attitudes toward grief and so seeks another way through the dark. Following her first year without her father, Hollie embraces her lifelong interest in folklore and turns to the healing power of nature, the changing seasons and the rituals of ancient communities. The Bleeding Tree is an unflinching year-zero guidebook to grief that shows us that by looking back to past traditions of bereavement we can all find our own way forward. 'Starling's account of family life is riveting and narrated with grace and honesty, counterpointing the personal with the mythic.' - Irish Times

Download or read book The Mythic Forest the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature written by Gary R. Varner and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this world tour of folklore and ancient art, Varner examines the images we give to the spirit of nature and explores this important aspect of human perception.

Download or read book Life After Death What Happens to Your Body After You Die written by Michael Wilson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death is not an end – it’s a new beginning. After death, all of the molecules that came together to form the living “you” become nutrients for millions of creatures, large and small. Your body becomes the hub of a complex ecosystem of microbes, insects, worms, plants and more. Cheer up! This book shows how you are going to live forever – as components of so many other wonderful creatures. It describes the science behind the remarkable recycling of your body. We begin with lessons about how your body functions, is a collection of valuable nutrients and is a home to millions of microbes. The book goes on to describe the various stages the body passes through as it decomposes following death. The microbes and insects that make use of your tissues are then introduced. Finally, you will learn about the enduring effects that your body will have on the wider biosphere. We are rich in valuable resources that will end up feeding an immense number and variety of other creatures. Inevitably, your body will support the continuation of life on our beautiful planet – this book describes how all this happens.

Download or read book Forbidden Knowledge written by George F.J. Bentley and published by Arena books. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the conventional view of human history, which for most academics only starts from the Classical era, by including the knowledge recorded in the Adam and Eve story: "e;Thou shall not eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge."e;

Download or read book D is for Death written by Sophie Duffy and published by Legend Press Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-08 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D is for Death is not just a book: it's a captivating and thought-provoking adventure that challenges perceptions and leaves you with a profound appreciation for the one certainty that binds us all – the journey from A to Z, where death becomes a quirky guide through life's mysteries.

Download or read book The White Goddess written by Robert Graves and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Goddess is perhaps the finest of Robert Graves's works on the psychological and mythological sources of poetry. In this tapestry of poetic and religious scholarship, Graves explores the stories behind the earliest of European deities—the White Goddess of Birth, Love, and Death—who was worshipped under countless titles. He also uncovers the obscure and mysterious power of "pure poetry" and its peculiar and mythic language.

Download or read book An Abecedarian of Sacred Trees written by Mark G. Boyer and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every person has seen a tree and maybe planted or climbed one! In all world religions, various trees are considered sacred. Trees have the ability to help us reach wholeness if we learn their wisdom and integrate it into our lives. This abecedarian--a book whose contents are in alphabetical order--explores the spiritual growth that is possible by reflecting on the wisdom of woody plants, which help humans experience the divine. In these pages you can explore trees from Acacia to Zaqqum. For each of the forty entries, the author presents a text identifying the tree, a reflective study, a question for journaling or personal meditation, and a concluding prayer. Some trees you may have heard about, and some may be new to you. The spiritual life is enhanced by the trees that surround and share the earth with us while also disclosing the divine to us.

Download or read book written by Robert Morrison and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cemetery Yew written by Cynthia Riggs and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now officially deputized, 92-year-old Victoria Trumbull must dig up clues to find a missing corpse.

Download or read book The Universal Herbal The Second Edition Revised and Improved written by Thomas GREEN (Botanist.) and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Universal Herbal Or Botanical Medical and Agricultural Dictionary Containing an Account of All the Known Plants in the World Arranged According to the Linn an System Etc With Plates written by Thomas GREEN (Botanist.) and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book National Geographic Desk Reference to Nature s Medicine written by Steven Foster and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated compendium of information on plants and their diverse therapeutic properties and benefits brings together folklore, scientific research, and medical theory to describe hundreds of plants and their origins.--