5 Best health books like Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests by Phyllis D. Light

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Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

By: Phyllis D. Light

4.19

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

This practical and easy-to-understand guide to the plant wisdom of Southern and Appalachian folk me…

If you liked the health plot in Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests by Phyllis D. Light , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more

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  • historical
"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

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2. Little Men (Little Women, #2)

By: Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, … read more

Similar categories in Louisa May Alcott's Little Men (Little Women, #2) book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • historical
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3. The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

By: Amely Greeven , Heng Ou , Marisa Belger

4.13

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The first 40 days after the birth of a child offer an essential and fleeting period of rest and rec… read more

Similar categories in Amely Greeven's The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • nonfiction
  • health
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4. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more

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"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

5. How to Be a Victorian

By: Ruth Goodman

3.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Step into the skin of your ancestors . . . We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert, but … read more

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6. Little House Living: The Make-Your-Own Guide to a Frugal, Simple, and Self-Sufficient Life

By: Merissa A. Alink

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Livingcomes a motivational homemaking book, … read more

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7. The Story of Arthur Truluv

By: Elizabeth Berg

3.68

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful, life-affirming novel about a remarkably loving man who creates for himself and others … read more

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8. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

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9. Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

By: Dana K. White

4.09

Format: 240 pages, ebook

You don't have to live overwhelmed by stuff--you can get rid of clutter for good! While the worl… read more

Similar categories in Dana K. White's Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • nonfiction
  • reference
"Remember your goals are “better"

-Dana K. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

"Envisioning perfection inhibits more than it inspires."

-Dana K. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

"An easier-to-manage home will mean less wasted food in the future. Get that? Less wasted food is the goal."

-Dana K. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

"Decluttering is stuff you don’t need leaving your house. And that’s really all it is. If five things leave or five hundred things leave, you’ve succeeded."

-Dana K. White, Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

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10. The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life

By: Julie Bogart

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A joyful and accessible approach to homeschooling that harnesses children's natural curiosity and m… read more

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  • nonfiction
"A lifestyle of learning begins at home - with parents who create a context that is welcoming of children as they are and that offers them happy experiences, accessible tools, and parental involvement."

-Julie Bogart, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life

"If you send a child to therapy before you've been for yourself, the child rightly discerns that you consider the child the problem. If, however, you've used therapy in your life before asking your ch…"

-Julie Bogart, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life

"On some intuitive level, I knew that learning had to be more than the mastery of facts. I've experienced it as an adult. I become consumed with a subject like quilting or preparing yogurt cultures, a…"

-Julie Bogart, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life

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11. White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better

By: Regina Jackson

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A no-holds-barred guidebook aimed at white women who want to stop being nice and start dismantling … read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

4.45

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are har… read more

Similar categories in Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • nonfiction
  • nature
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13. Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia

By: Jake Richards

4.04

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

In Backwoods Witchcraft , Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rit… read more

Similar categories in Jake Richards's Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • occult
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • spirituality
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14. Energetic Herbalism: A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions Integrating Elements of Vitalism, Ayurveda, and Chinese Medicine

By: Kat Maier

4.81

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

In this indispensable new resource both for the home apothecary and clinical practitioners, a celeb… read more

Similar categories in Kat Maier's Energetic Herbalism: A Guide to Sacred Plant Traditions Integrating Elements of Vitalism, Ayurveda, and Chinese Medicine book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • nonfiction
  • health
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15. Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing

By: Victoria Sweet

4.20

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

A radical new understanding of how medicine is best practiced, by the award-winning author of God's… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Sweet's Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • health
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16. When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary

By: Alice Hoffman

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most… read more

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  • historical
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17. Appalachian Granny Witch Magick: Magick and Musings of an Appalachian Mountain Witch

By: Pat O'Keefe

3.79

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

Granny Witch MagickAppalachian Granny Witch Magick contains the magick and personal musings of an A… read more

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18. Herbal Handbook: 50 Profiles in Words and Art from the Rare Book Collections of The New York Botanical Garden

By: The New York Botanical Garden

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Herbal Handbook is a charming, information-packed guide to 51 herbs and their uses illustrated with… read more

Similar categories in The New York Botanical Garden's Herbal Handbook: 50 Profiles in Words and Art from the Rare Book Collections of The New York Botanical Garden book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • herbs
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19. Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

By: Phyllis D. Light

4.19

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

This practical and easy-to-understand guide to the plant wisdom of Southern and Appalachian folk me… read more

Similar categories in Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests book and Phyllis D. Light's Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests

  • history
  • health
  • historical
  • medicine
  • herbs
  • occult
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • reference
  • nature
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20. 'Tis the Damn Season

By: Fiona Gibson

4.36

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

This year, their families can deck the bloody halls themselves... Old friends Shelley, Lena and … read more

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21. Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia

By: Anthony Cavender

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalach… read more

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  • medicine
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • health

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Dana K. White

4.09

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Julie Bogart

4.18

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4.48

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Ina May Gaskin

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation

Pam England , Rob Horowitz

4.01

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Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond

Nancy Bardacke

3.75

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