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      • The Forest Gardening Principle

        The Seven Layers to Growing Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs, Nuts and Berries

        by Sandra und Michael Skala

        The special thing about this book is its accessible tone and the authors’ direct, personal approach. Thanks to many years of experience, they know exactly how to create a forest garden and can share vast amounts of practical knowledge – made simple and accessible for everyone, even if you’re totally new to gardening. And it isn’t just (budding) forest gardeners who can benefit from this book; anyone who likes to grow their own can learn something from the many different methodologies explained here. No matter whether you want to plant your own forest garden or just to learn about the different methods this principle uses: in this book you’ll find plenty of useful guidance, valuable tips and tons of inspiration for how to integrate these elements into your very own space. Planning aids, plant lists for the individual layers, and numerous sketches and information tables will help you to implement it all smoothly at home and to find the strategy that works for you. Dig in!

      • Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2019

        Taubenblut. Die Siedler

        Eine sächsisch-polnische Familiengeschichte (1697–1939)

        by Bosri, Maria

        For centuries young pigeons were considered a delicacy. Broth boiled from them allowed sick people to recover and women in childbed to regain their strength. Not so in times of war. Then the farmers slaughtered all the pigeons in no time at all so that their flight would not show the plundering troops the way to the farms. Mostly in vain. Now the blood of women and girls also flowed, whom the soldiers jokingly called their pigeons before they committed suicide. And there have been many wars over the last centuries. Even on the territory of the then Polish noble republic.In 1698, after the election of Augustus the Strong as Polish king, five Saxon peasant families of Lutheran faith were resettled in Poland. They were to grow tartufflis (potatoes). A risky enterprise in the arch-catholic country. Lutherans were still considered heretics here. Near Petrikau (today Piotrków Trybunalski) they lived for almost 250 years in more or less good Polish and Jewish neighbourhood. And, depending on the ruler, in prosperity or in need. This was their home. Until Hitler came to power.

      • August 2020

        My Errors, Confusions

        by Gisela Heller

        The journalist, writer and fontane expert Gisela Heller invites readers with her memories on a journey through her long and eventful life. The author describes her not always easy path from her escape from her Silesian homeland and her professional beginnings in the early GDR, through her journalistic work for radio and television, to her closer involvement with a famous colleague who was to become her main work content and pillar of her life, Theodor Fontane. No writer is as close to me as Theodor Fontane, confesses the author and discovers, the more and the more intensively she deals with him, many parallels in her two life arcs. I did not choose him; he has grown into me over time.The book also offers exciting insights from the world of media and culture in the GDR, from the time of the reunification and the post-reunification period to the present, and presents a series of portraits of politicians, journalists and artist colleagues. At the same time, the extensive text does not omit family joys and difficulties and shows how the author repeatedly succeeded and continues to succeed in overcoming sometimes serious illnesses, crises and conflicts and in regaining a positive attitude to life.The touching autobiography concludes with the words: "The time of great, unfulfillable wishes is over; only one remained: May a pensive smile transfigure the face of those who think of me Cest çaThe almost 700-page memoirs of journalist, writer and font expert Gisela Heller were published to mark the 91st birthday of the author

      • Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
        September 2022

        From Wholesome to Deadly

        A mind-expanding journey through the forgotten world of poisonous plants

        by Jan Grossarth

        Survival artists, murder weapons, life-givers Poisonous plants are alchemists. From sunlight, soil and water alone, they create nerve toxins, medicinal substances and hallucinogens. Their history is both many-faceted and exciting and tells of murder, intoxication, brilliant minds and scientific errors. In this book, author Jan Grossarth takes us on a journey through time, presenting the most important poisonous plants, describing mysterious deaths and offering tips on creating your own poison garden. And finally, he ventures a look ahead, as he is convinced that plant toxins are going to revolutionise agriculture and medicine – and safeguard our future.

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