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All about cactus plants. There are over 2,000 species of cacti, with various shapes and forms. Caldera cacti in southwestern US can overcome 20 m (66 ft) on height, while Rebutia cacti from Bolivia and Argentina are just several centimeters tall. Some cacti look like chandeliers or columns, others...

Who would never stop loving you, no matter the fortune and fame? A love of nothing to lose and everything to gain. A love that fuels each other’s fire for each other’s flame. See, I loved this girl who was the star in my eye … Adolescence is a time of change, discovery, and uncertainty. Dekota...

This is poetry written from the heart, about my life and how I view the lives of those around me. Meanwhile, gaining strength through writing.

Love...Light & Life!!! What is it all about? Three words can mean so much, but in themselves are just three little words. Just like the three little words ‘I Love You!!!’ The poetry and philosophy contained within this book contains just that, words, some large some small, but all very meaningful....

Donald V. “Doc” Tebbe rolled into the town of Fort Recovery, Ohio, in June 1962 ready to get work as a veterinarian. More than fifty years later, he’s still practicing his craft. It’s a career he knew he’d embark on as a young boy, when his prized cow, Shirley, suffered complications while...

Fitz Hugh Ludlow's autobiographical work The Hasheesh Eater contains Ludlow's experiences with hashish. First published in 1857. Includes: Excerpt from the 1843 Dispensatory of the USA, Entry on Cannabis, Excerpt from The Chemistry of Common Life, Chapter on Narcotics, the essay The Apocalypse of...

Karen Van de Water was a forty-seven-year-old healthy, nonsmoker with no family history of cancer when she learned she had lung cancer. A malignant tumor the size of a small hand grenade was lodged in her left lung. Suddenly, her life changed forever. She was pummeled physically, emotionally, psychologically,...

Part I of My Polio Memoir starts in 1953 when I was eighteen years old and diagnosed with polio at McCook General Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. After a period spent in isolation at McCook, I was moved to Newington Home and Hospital for Crippled Children for treatment. During the two years there,...

This book straddles the divide between personal story and period history. In his finely researched account, Jay D. Moore follows the life of a driven, genius stock analyst brought to the brink of insanity by alcohol. A second thread traces the story of a physician humbled and bewildered by the same...

Complete list of insane asylums and history in America. Before 1844, the mentally ill were stashed away in prisons and the basements of public buildings. But in the middle of the 19th century, reformers like Dorothea Dix pushed to improve the standing of those with serious mental illness, an effort that led to the construction of sprawling psychiatric hospitals.

Sarcoidosis affects each individual in different ways. No one person seems to have taken on, been affected by, or fights this disease in the same way therefore they are just like snowflakes no two are the same. These are writings from everyday people who are living with Sarcoidosis, caregivers and...

We are all looking for ways to be happy, but finding happiness and the steps we might take to get there are hard to come by. This books offers great ideas on simple steps to happiness you can take in your every day life. Though many suggestions you may find difficult, there are also many ideas in this...

The Zika virus and its varied effects have in recent months been the center of mass global coverage and health pandemonium. Purportedly linked to numerous birth defects in the Latin Americas, the Zika virus is a member of the Flaviviridae family of viruses and is believed to be primarily transmitted to human beings through the bite of the Aedes mosquito.

This eBook reveals all-natural cures, herbal remedies, and alternative therapies which treat your sinus symptoms without the use of surgery and drugs. Instead, its plan revolves around modifications in diet, nutrition, exercise, and mindset. Together, these modifications translate into a healthy and...