Flax: The genus Linum (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles)

Linum usitatissimum is a widely distributed plant that has a long history of traditional use as both an industrial oil and fiber crop. It is known as linseed in the United Kingdom, or flax in North America. For the last 15 years, there has been a steadily growing interest in the medicinal and nutraceutical value of flax, including experimental evidence for its use in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular and kidney diseases. 

Fictions of Disease in Early Modern England - Bodies, Plagues and Politics

How did early modern people imagine their bodies? What impact did the new disease syphilis and recurrent outbreaks of plague have on these mental landscapes? Why was the glutted belly such a potent symbol of pathology? Ranging from the Reformation through the English Civil War, this is a unique study of a cultural imaginary of "disease" and its political consequences. Healy's approach illuminates the period's disease-impregnated literature, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, Dekker, Heywood and others.

World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps

Following Churchill's directive to set occupied Europe ablaze, the SOE and later its American sister organization, the OSS, were deployed across the continent. Outnumbered, surrounded and in great peril, these brave agents were armed with a wide variety of devices to help them achieve their objectives, including numerous pieces of sabotage equipment and cunning booby traps.
 

Begin Again - A Biography of John Cage

John Cage, whose pieces dazzled and confounded audiences for six decades, hardly seems the easiest of subjects for the biographer, but this is a well-researched, coherent, quite readable account of the composer and his work. What comes across is a man who was ferociously driven to create music and to promote it to those who could most effectively advance it. Cage was an iconoclast, yet he developed relationships—often symbiotic—with some of the iconic artists of the past century, including Arnold Schoenberg, Jasper Johns, Marcel Duchamp, Buckminster Fuller, Pierre Boulez, Robert Rauschenberg, and longtime companion Merce Cunningham.

Portugal 21st Ed.

- Frommer's Portugal, 21e, will feature a brand new history and culture chapter and several new detailed city maps.
- Veteran authors Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince provide up-to-the-minute coverage of nightlife and shopping in Lisbon, including where to find the best antiques and wine stores; insider information on the best beaches, vineyards, and historic attractions, including Portugal's 13 UNESCO World Heritage sites; detailed walking tours and nature hikes; accurate maps; and advice on how to plan a successful family vacation.