books about: organic     books:       From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine30 reviews Jeff Cox Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999 Almost perfect This book tells you everything about growing grapes and producing fine wine. It even deals with the choice of grape-varieties suited for your climate. It is almost perfect. I think many Europeans will read this book, and it would have been perfect if it included the Meditteranean countries in the tables of climate-zones and selection of suitable varieties. It is very difficult to find this ...             Food to Live By: The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook33 reviews Myra Goodman Workman Publishing Company, 2006 A Must Have for your Cookbook Shelf A great cookbook also tells a story. This is a wonderful story of a family, a business, and filled with incredible recipes. The discussion of why organic and the types of foods that are best for you start the reader off. There are personal touches with photos that make the reader feel a part of their story (so to speak). The recipes have history to them and are excellent. It is good sized book ...             Perennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for Great-Looking, Trouble-Free Gardens28 reviews Jeff Cox Rodale Books, 2002 A great reference Keep this book on your counter all spring and summer long - you'll find lots of reasons to refer to it.             Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web37 reviews Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewis Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006 Excellent resource Despite the short length of this book, it was packed with lots of good information and was easy to read. It brought to my attention aspects of fungi versus microbial activity that I was never aware of and how these affect soil quality for gardens versus shrubs. The book has had an immediate payback for me, as I am a novice composter and now know how to do that better. It also described compost ...             The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to ...28 reviews Rodale Books, 1996 The perfect handbook The book really is complete, easy to consult and delightful to page through. I live in a tropical area outside the US and was afraid the book might not cover the (many) pests we withstand here. But they were all there, and were referred to attacks against tropical foliages, which actually amazed me! The detailed pictures of insects and disease symptoms are accompanied by an informative text, and ...             The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening ...51 reviews Edward C. Smith Storey Publishing, LLC, 2000 Great book for beginners & those who want to improve/expand their gardens This book was listed by someone who began a hobby farm as the best book she bought on the garden in general and for self sustaining wannabees...so I took a risk and I found it to be great! I live in an area with a short growing season (Pacific NW) and found many great ideas that are very applicable to me. This guy makes a lot of sense and makes it very easy, in fact you can decide how "deep" you ...             Parasite Rex : Inside The Bizarre World Of Natures Most Dangerous Creatures52 reviews Carl Zimmer Free Press, 2000 A Jarring Read, but Absolutely Enthralling I don't know why, but I find parasites interesting. However, I wasn't exactly looking for a book on this particular subject; rather I merely stumbled upon it. When I go to the book store I typically peruse my favorite sections, one of which is science. On the shelf I came across the title "Parasite Rex"... so I picked it up "King Parasite...huh." Then I made the mistake of reading the back of ...             The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure64 reviews Joseph C. Jenkins Jenkins Publishing (PA), 1996 Great for the environment Due to a plumbing fault in the house, my family have been composting in the back garden on a daily basis for over a year. What a bonus to stumble upon this book and find out that our actions have been helping to preserve the future of our planet! A number of residents in our street have complainined that the local environment has been suffering from some kind of unpleasant air pollution of late, ...             The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book (Encyclopedia of Country Living)110 reviews Carla Emery Sasquatch Books, 2003 The best overall book for country living There's a reason why so many farmers and homesteaders consider Carla Emory's book to be THE definitive source of information. Sure she wrote it many years ago, but it has evolved with each printing into a total package of information. It covers everything from raising and butchering livestock, to baking, gardening, canning, using herbs, building chicken coops and churning butter. I've turned to ...             There's a Sheep in my Bathtub39 reviews Brian Hogan Asteroidea Books, 2007 You will connect with this one I have been acquainted with Brian for several years now and also have met many of the characters in the book. In fact I have visited the scene of this incredible story. What God has done there will melt most anyone. God's work is stunningly beautiful and He has blessed Brian with a rare experience coupled with a storytelling gift. Not only will you be drawn into the story, you will - without ...             The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture21 reviews Chelsea Green, 2002 Excellent for persons looking into planting a vineyard. This is a very well written and easy read book on growing all types of grapes. Details of picking, planting, preparing are all spelled out in great detail. We are entertaining the idea of putting in a vineyard and this book has given us a lot of knowledge of what we need to do and how to do it.             Mom-a-licious: Fresh, Fast, Family Food for the Hot Mama in You!23 reviews Domenica Catelli Waterside Publishing, 2007 A Winner! I have many cookbooks but I love this one for empowering busy moms (and dads) to cook with fresh healthy ingredients and throw out the processed food that lurks in everyone's kitchen. The recipe for "nutricious nuggets" was worth buying the book for on it's own. My kids love it!!!             Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World20 reviews Paul Stamets Ten Speed Press, 2005 Great Book! I purchased this book as a gift for a fellow graduate student who is studying the relationship between vascular plant roots and fungi. He and our professor/advisor oohhed and aahhed over it. I should have gotten one for our advisor too! A quality book with great photos through-out and it is very readable! I have come to the conclusion that mycologists aren't pretentious wordy folks! They ...             Organic Disciplemaking: Mentoring Others Into Spiritual Maturity And Leadership20 reviews Dennis McCallum, Jessica Lowery Touch Publications, 2006 A Practical and Comprehensive Resource In the long tradition of The Lost Art of Disciple Making, Multiplying Disciples, and Disciples Are Made, Not Born, Organic Disciplemaking: How to promote Christian leadership development through personal relationships, biblical discipleship, mentoring, and Christian community is designed to do more than tell about the need for making disciples of Jesus. This is a book that painstakingly provides ...             Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & ...19 reviews Carol Venolia, Kelly Lerner Lark Books, 2006 PERFECTION! I could not put this book down. It answers all of my questions and concerns as I begin to contemplate the large undertaking of creating a healthy, eco-friendly home for our family. Very thorough, creative and well-written... I only wish I could hire these women directly. Just enough information to cover all of the key considerations, with plenty of guidance on how to dig deeper if necessary. ...             Smart Soapmaking: The Simple Guide to Making Traditional Handmade Soap Quickly, Safely, and Reliably, or How ...25 reviews Anne L. Watson Shepard Publications, 2007 Smart Soapmaking I was inspired to make soap when my daughter shared some shea butter soap with me that she had bought at a farmer's market and because I was concerned about the chemicals in the products we were using. I read a great deal about making cold process soap during the 2 years I was making melt and pour soap and gathering equipment. It seemed scary and complicated. Everyone said something ...             The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms20 reviews Robert B. Grossman Springer, 2007 Excellent Book on Mechanisms I bought this book to practice mechanisms because I'll be taking a physical organic class in the spring that uses them heavily. I used this book instead of sitting in on a sophomore organic class, because by job as a TA conflicted. Anyway, this book is extraordinary. Dr. Grossman has taught me so many things about how to write a correct mechanism and how to recognize a bad mechanism when I see ...             Advanced Organic Chemistry21 reviews Jerry March John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1986 The Best Reference for Organic Chemistry This is by far the best text I have found. Although it is considered a text book, it is more handy as a reference tool. I have seen no other book that contains more information than March's. This book is actually worth the price.             Making Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth- and Animal-Friendly Living24 reviews Ingrid Newkirk St. Martin's Griffin, 2005 A Great Resource My roommate bought me a copy of this book and it's really opened my eyes! Although I've been vegan for several years I didn't realize how much more I could be doing to help the world around me by making smarter choices. It's not only inspiring but a great resource book as well.             The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook: Whole Foods Recipes for Personal and Planetary Health21 reviews Alissa Segersten, Tom Malterre MS CN Whole Life Press, 2007 Fabulous Allergy-Free Recipes! I purchased this book about a month ago and have been cooking most of our family's meals from it since. I am back to buy another one for my sister who is pregnant right now with her first child. (I thought the introduction to solid foods list for babies in the back of the book would be useful to her). About 2 years ago both of my sons were diagnosed with ADHD. I have put both of my sons on a ...              search for books animal-friendly, chemicals, chemistry, composting, creatures, dangerous, disciplemaking, earthbound, encyclopedia, gardening, great-looking, handcrafted, high-yield, leadership, luxurious, mechanisms, mom-a-licious, not-so-green, nutrition, perennials, planetary, problem-solving, reasonable, remodeling, soapmaking, spiritual, traditional, trouble-free, vegetable, viticulture books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen office product: Proud Grandma Too Cute Birth Announcement Photo Key Chain, Personalized, ... Impressum - about us get your own free shoutbox