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Pumpkinflowers

• Author : Matti Friedman
• Publisher : Algonquin Books
• Release Date : 2017-04-18
• Genre : Biography & Autobiography
• Pages : 272
• ISBN : 9781616206918

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“A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal “Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried -- its Israeli analog.” —The New York Times Book Review It was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; flowers was the military code word for “casualties.” Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding this remote outpost, a task that would change them forever, wound the country in ways large and small, and foreshadow the unwinnable conflicts the United States would soon confront in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. Pumpkinflowers is a reckoning by one of those young soldiers now grown into a remarkable writer. Part memoir, part reportage, part history, Friedman’s powerful narrative captures the birth of today’s chaotic Middle East and the rise of a twenty-first-century type of war in which there is never a clear victor and media images can be as important as the battle itself. Raw and beautifully rendered, Pumpkinflowers will take its place among classic war narratives by George Orwell, Philip Caputo, and Tim O’Brien. It is an unflinching look at the way we conduct war today.

Pumpkinflowers

• Author : Matti Friedman
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2016-06
• Genre : Lebanon
• Pages : 242
• ISBN : 1785900781

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It was one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; 'flowers' was the military code word for casualties. Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing, otherworldly experiences of a band of young men, plucked by conscription from westernised boyhoods, and charged with holding this remote outpost - a pointless task that changed them forever and foreshadowed the unwinnable conflicts the United States would soon confront in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Part memoir, part reportage, part elegy for lost youth, this powerful narrative captures the birth of today's chaotic Middle East and the rise of a 21st century type of war in which there is never a clear victor, and innocence is not the only casualty. Raw and beautifully rendered, Pumpkin flowers will take its place among classic war narratives by George Orwell, Philip Caputo, Vasily Grossman and Micahel Herr. It is an unflinching look at the way we conduct war today 'Throughout, the author grapples with questions regarding both Israeli aggression and the nature of the state's survival. In a chilling final section, he chronicles his travels as a Canadian tourist to his former combat zone in Lebanon, encountering friendly residents in thrall to Hezbollah and seething with anti-Semitism. A haunting yet wry tale of young people at war, cursed by political forces beyond their control, that can stand alongside the best narrative nonfiction coming out of Afghanistan and Iraq.' Kirkus Review 'Pumpkinflowers is a beautifully written insight into the day-to-day realities of what it's like being a soldier and the often boring reality of war. No former soldier who has spent hours manning guard-posts during his military service could remain indifferent to such lines as "sometimes you took over one of the guard-posts, checked your watch an hour later, and found that five minutes had passed". Frie

Pumpkinflowers

• Author : Matti Friedman
• Publisher : Algonquin Books
• Release Date : 2016-05-03
• Genre : Biography & Autobiography
• Pages : 256
• ISBN : 9781616206086

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“A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal “Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried -- its Israeli analog.” —The New York Times Book Review It was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; flowers was the military code word for “casualties.” Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding this remote outpost, a task that would change them forever, wound the country in ways large and small, and foreshadow the unwinnable conflicts the United States would soon confront in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. Pumpkinflowers is a reckoning by one of those young soldiers now grown into a remarkable writer. Part memoir, part reportage, part history, Friedman’s powerful narrative captures the birth of today’s chaotic Middle East and the rise of a twenty-first-century type of war in which there is never a clear victor and media images can be as important as the battle itself. Raw and beautifully rendered, Pumpkinflowers will take its place among classic war narratives by George Orwell, Philip Caputo, and Tim O’Brien. It is an unflinching look at the way we conduct war today.

Pumpkinflowers

• Author : Matti Friedman
• Publisher : Signal Editions
• Release Date : 2016-05
• Genre : Lebanon
• Pages : 256
• ISBN : 0771036906

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"It was small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that continue to emanate worldwide today. The hill was called the Pumpkin; flowers was the military code word for "casualties." Friedman's visceral narrative recreates harrowing wartime experiences in a work that is part frontlines memoir, part journalistic reporting, part military history. The years in question were pivotal ones, and not just for Israel. They saw the perfection of a type of warfare that would eventually be exported to Afghanistan and Iraq. The new twenty-first century war is one in which there is never any clear victor, and not enough lives are lost to rally the public against it. Eventually Israel would come to realize that theirs was a losing proposition and pull out. But, of course, by then these soldiers--those who had survived--and the country had been wounded in ways large and small."--

Edible Medicinal Flowers

• Author : Margaret Joan Roberts
• Publisher : New Africa Books
• Release Date : 2000
• Genre : Cooking (Flowers)
• Pages : 160
• ISBN : 0864864671

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This guide brings together an extraordinary collection of over 80 flowers, trees and herbs that not only give a magnificent show in the garden, but also have remarkable healing properties and can be used in cooking and as cosmetic alternatives.

Flowers as Vegetables

• Author : Roby Jose Ciju
• Publisher : AGRIHORTICO
• Release Date : 2019-05-21
• Genre : Gardening
• Pages : 38
• ISBN : 9876543210XXX

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Some flowers are eaten as vegetables in many parts of the world. Most popular among them are pumpkin flowers, Sesbania flowers, calabash gourd flowers and broccoli flower clusters. Nutritional information and food significance of these 4 popular flowers are briefed in this small book for informational purposes only.

Street Food

• Author : Tom Kime
• Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
• Release Date : 2007-11-01
• Genre : Cooking
• Pages : 224
• ISBN : 9781405326209

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Tom Kime develops a taste for street food on his own doorrstep – on thestreets of Southall's Indian community. He then travels around theworld to countries renowned for their street food – Mexico, theLebanon, Malta, Vietnam. Back home he writes up the recipes to recreatethe authentic tastes of his travels, using ingredients readilyavailable here. Evocative narrative alongside each recipe recalls Tom'stravels and where he tried each dish. He leaves you yearning – eitherto follow in his footsteps, or to start creating and eating his exoticofferings here – in your own kitchen..

Spies of No Country

• Author : Matti Friedman
• Publisher : Algonquin Books
• Release Date : 2019-03-05
• Genre : History
• Pages : 272
• ISBN : 9781616209414

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“Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing.” —The New York Times Book Review Award-winning writer Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluff—but it’s all true. Journalist and award-winning author Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies reads like an espionage novel--but it’s all true. The four agents at the center of this story were part of a ragtag unit known as the Arab Section, conceived during World War II by British spies and Jewish militia leaders in Palestine. Intended to gather intelligence and carry out sabotage operations, the unit consisted of Jews who were native to the Arab world and could thus easily assume Arab identities. In 1948, with Israel’s existence hanging in the balance, these men went undercover in Beirut, where they spent the next two years operating out of a newsstand, collecting intelligence and sending messages back to Israel via a radio whose antenna was disguised as a clothesline. Of the dozen spies in the Arab Section at the war’s outbreak, five were caught and executed. But in the end, the Arab Section would emerge as the nucleus of the Mossad, Israel’s vaunted intelligence agency. Spies of No Country is about the slippery identities of these young spies, but it’s also about the complicated identity of Israel, a country that presents itself as Western but in fact has more citizens with Middle Eastern roots and traditions, like the spies of this narrative. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, Spies of No Country is an eye-opening look at the paradoxes of the Middle East.

100 Edible Healing Flowers

• Author : Margaret Roberts
• Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
• Release Date : 2014-02-19
• Genre : Gardening
• Pages : 224
• ISBN : 9781775841524

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Margaret Roberts is a well-known proponent of the use of natural products to enhance health and wellbeing. In 100 Edible & Healing Flowers, she encourages readers to create a garden of flowers that can be used in celebrations, in the kitchen, and also to produce medicines and cosmetics. In this hands-on, practical book, Margaret instructs how and when to plant, grow and harvest flowers, and supplies recipes that harness the medicinal, cosmetic and edible nature of these plants. The accessible, down-to-earth text is spiced with personal anecdotes and information about the historical use of flowers in herbalism. Colourful photographs aid identification, and Margaret’s delicate line drawings add an appealing touch of whimsy to this elegant book. An indispensable guide for anyone interested in health, wellness, organic gardening and using flowers to enhance their cooking and health.

Vibrational Healing Through the Chakras

• Author : Joy Gardner
• Publisher : Crossing Press
• Release Date : 2014-11-12
• Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
• Pages : 304
• ISBN : 9780804151306

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Every life form is made up of vibrations that coincide with the harmonic frequency to which all life is attuned. The vibrations of the body easily go out of tune when a person is exposed to physical or emotional stress. Vibrational Healing Through the Chakras provides the most up-to-date information on the use of vibrational tools such as crystals, aromas, sounds, bodywork, and homeopathy to help the body remember its own healthy harmonic resonance. Author Joy Gardner offers this in-depth look at vibrational healing for people interested in improving their own health and well-being, as well as those who want to become practitioners of this gentle art. Explore how to use vibrations to release old dysfunctional patterns in the body-mind and replace them with new patterns that resonate with the body's own healthy frequencies. • An in-depth resource guide to using vibrational tools at the chakra points to heal the body and mind. • Includes a detailed explanation of chakras and the human energy field and how to heal with a variety of tools including colors, crystals, aromatherapy, and light.

Pumpkins

• Author : AGRIHORTICO
• Publisher : AGRIHORTICO
• Release Date : 2019-05-24
• Genre : Gardening
• Pages : 20
• ISBN : 9876543210XXX

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Scientific name of common pumpkins, which are rounded with smooth skin and yellow colour, is Cucurbita pepo. Scientific name of large cultivars of pumpkins and squashes (giant pumpkins) is Cucurbita maxima. Scientific name of winter cultivars of pumpkins and squashes is Cucurbita moschata. Pumpkins are actually a group of squash plants, fruits of which may be small-, medium- or large-sized with round or elongated shape and with smooth or ribbed skin. Fruit colour varies from green to greenish yellow to deep yellow to orange to red color. Fruit has a thick shell which contains seeds and pulp. Numerous pumpkin cultivars are available in the market that varies in shape, size and colour of flesh. Most parts of the pumpkin are edible, including the fleshy shell, pumpkin seeds, the young leaves, and the pumpkin flowers.

A short guide to Tango and Cookery

• Author : Lucienne Delamarque
• Publisher : Youcanprint
• Release Date : 2020-11-19
• Genre : Performing Arts
• Pages : 231
• ISBN : 9791220302111

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This booklet wants to be a friendly suggestion to a possible distracted companion, a small reminder for oneself, without any pretense as the title already shows. To read on a train while traveling or on a cot bathed in the rays of the sun or the two lines placed on the bedside table before sleeping. Fruit of the pleasant experience gained by the author in approaching Tango, it is the simple and colloquial attempt to demonstrate that even people like the author herself who are apparently less suitable for dancing can have their moments of joy. Nil impossibile volenti.

The Kick Acid Diet

• Author : Alwyn Wong
• Publisher : Lulu.com
• Release Date : 2011-06-01
• Genre : Health & Fitness
• Pages : 406
• ISBN : 9780981121505

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Our bodies are alkaline by design but acidic by function. Metabolic acidosis, a silent saboteur, occurs when our bodies acidity level rise, resulting in the breakdown of metabolically active bone and muscle. Left uncontrolled, the acids produced by life's processes wreak havoc on all of our hormones, leaving our bodies in a state of dysfunction and ultimately disease. Metabolic acidosis not only results from life's processes - stress, disease, and physical activity, but is also caused by diet. It can also be prevented by diet, and The Kick Acid Diet will show you how! Dr. Alwyn Wong, will teach you how to prevent acidosis, improve your health, and lose fat. The Kick Acid Diet plan includes: assessing your own pH levels; controlling acidity through the consumption of alkaline foods; and a muscle-building, calorie burning workout program. If your metabolism is acidic, the Kick Acid Diet is for you!

The Aleppo Codex

• Author : Matti Friedman
• Publisher : Algonquin Books
• Release Date : 2013-05-14
• Genre : History
• Pages : 320
• ISBN : 9781616202705

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Winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature A thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and by the 1940s it was housed in a dark grotto in Aleppo, Syria, and had become known around the world as the Aleppo Codex. Journalist Matti Friedman’s true-life detective story traces how this precious manuscript was smuggled from its hiding place in Syria into the newly founded state of Israel and how and why many of its most sacred and valuable pages went missing. It’s a tale that involves grizzled secret agents, pious clergymen, shrewd antiquities collectors, and highly placed national figures who, as it turns out, would do anything to get their hands on an ancient, decaying book. What it reveals are uncomfortable truths about greed, state cover-ups, and the fascinating role of historical treasures in creating a national identity.

The Aleppo Codex

• Author : Matti Friedman
• Publisher : Algonquin Books
• Release Date : 2013-05-14
• Genre : History
• Pages : 320
• ISBN : 9781616202781

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Winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature A thousand years ago, the most perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible was written. It was kept safe through one upheaval after another in the Middle East, and by the 1940s it was housed in a dark grotto in Aleppo, Syria, and had become known around the world as the Aleppo Codex. Journalist Matti Friedman’s true-life detective story traces how this precious manuscript was smuggled from its hiding place in Syria into the newly founded state of Israel and how and why many of its most sacred and valuable pages went missing. It’s a tale that involves grizzled secret agents, pious clergymen, shrewd antiquities collectors, and highly placed national figures who, as it turns out, would do anything to get their hands on an ancient, decaying book. What it reveals are uncomfortable truths about greed, state cover-ups, and the fascinating role of historical treasures in creating a national identity.