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| Before the science of pharmacology was confined to the laboratory, all medicines were remedies made from plant materials. Healers---from the Neolithic shamans to the eminent physicians of the Enlightenment---made their own poultices, tinctures, and salves from plants that grew in their gardens or in the wild. Few abilities were more important to a doctor than a precise identification of the correct flora. The 48 beautiful nineteenth-century botanical illustrations in this deck - accompanied by text describing the appearances and uses of the plant - introduce readers to a range of natural remedies, from golden seal to St. John's wort. Disclaimer: These cards are not a guide to herbal use; the information and illustrations found here are for artistic and historical purposes only. Contact your physician for advice and information about the proper and safe use of herbs. Pomegranate and The Academy of Natural Sciences assume no responsibility or liability for harms associated with any herbal use. |
Surprising, amusing, and insightful, this second volume of Who Said? Knowledge Cards is once again an entertaining and fact-filled tour of witty and wise sayings. Quiz yourself or a friend on the origins of well-known - and not so well known - quips, phrases, and adages. Discover the source of "You can't make an omelet without breaking the eggs." ( A phrase Stalin used frequently.) Or, learn something new about popular social figures. Each card is an illuminating journey into the origin of the quotes, complete with a short biographical sketch about the speaker. This deck of 48 cards includes intriguing people such as Margaret Mead, Bob Dylan, Vincent van Gogh, Winston Churchill, and Florence Nightingale. |
| PO-163 Herbs and Medicinal Plants
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| This deck of knowledge cards profiles every state. Along with the basics - such as capital, date of statehood, motto, population, and median household income - the cards showcase interesting and little-known facts and identify the Native Americans who inhabited the area when Europeans first arrived. The front of each card highlights the state's geographic location on a map of the united states, making this deck an enjoyable quiz game as well as a compact reference tool. | Great art moves beyond the realm of its own medium and reaches out, evoking emotion or inspiring ideas. But the ability to identify the style and medium of a compelling piece can greatly enrich the viewing experience. With this deck of 48 Knowledge Cards you will embark on an enlightening journey into the terminology of the art world. Learn the definition of styles and movements (abstract expressionism, pointillism, Dadism), media (gouache, tempera), and methods (impasto, drypoint, chiaroscuro). Descriptive examples and historical facts accompany the definition of each art-related word. Longtime art Lovers and Neophytes alike will find The Language of Art to be a fascinating and reliable tool - and you'll never confuse a caryatid with a kouros again. |
| PO-165 The 50 united States
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PO-166 The Language of Art
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| Amusing to our modern ear, the definitions of these 48 forgotten words are cause for laughter--at someone else's expense. Each Knowledge Card introduces an antiquated insult and its dusty definition, complete with descriptions of the origins of the insult and some examples of usage. Describe your nosy neighbor who is a spatherdab (chatterer, gossip, or scandle-monger) or a strange officemate who is a gongoozler (idle person who stands staring for prolonged periods at anything out of the ordinary) with glee! Jeffrey Kacirk, author of the books Forgotten English (William Morrow, 1997) and the Word Museum (Simon and Schuster, 2000), has compiled these hilarious verbal affronts that will keep you readily armed with vocal indignities from as far back as the mid-sixteenth century. Don't miss his other Forgotten English Knowledge Card Decks published by Pomegranate. |
Do you know the opening line from the film Casablanca? ("It had to be you…") Who first spoke the phrase "You ain't heard nothin' yet, folks"? (Al Jolson.) And what words inaugurated the age of telecommunication? ("Watson, please come here - I need you.") This deck of 48 Knowledge Cards features lines by playwrights, memorable utterances by historical figures, and notorious quips by well-known individuals of our age. Complete with insightful historical details about the quotation - such as its source, the context it was spoken, and the intriguing person who made it memorable - each card will entertain and inform you with famous first words. |
| PO-167 Forgotten English
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