10 must-read nonfiction books like The Handmade Apothecary: Healing Herbal Remedies by Vicky Chown

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The Handmade Apothecary: Healing Herbal Remedies

By: Vicky Chown

4.30

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Take a truly holistic approach to healing with this all-encompassing beginner’s guide to herbal med…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Handmade Apothecary: Healing Herbal Remedies by Vicky Chown , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

By: Ian Mortimer

4.01

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the 14th century. This text sets out t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception."

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"So, as long as you can get enough to eat, and can avoid all the various lethal infections, the dangers of childbirth, lead poisoning, and the extreme violence, you should live a long time. All you ha…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"Collectively they remind us that history is much more than an education process. Understanding the past is a matter of experience as well as knowledge, a striving to make spiritual, emotional, poetic…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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2. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

By: Lisa Schneidau

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magi… read more

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  • nature
"In the old days, there were bogles, the horrid things, creeping in the darkness, ready to take people. And even in the daytime, when there weren't bogles, people were always fretting about them, or s…"

-Lisa Schneidau, Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

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3. The Familiars

By: Stacey Halls

3.88

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies h… read more

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"Loyalty is earned, not demanded."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Respect is earned, not demanded."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Si el diablo es pobreza, hambre y dolor, entonces sí, creo que lo conocen."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Egy leánygyermek élete ugyanaz, mint egy feleségé – épp csak egy másik férfi mondja meg, mit csinálj."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

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4. The Mermaid of Black Conch

By: Monique Roffey

3.89

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a creature he doesn't ex… read more

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"The sea was the giant woman of the planet, fluid and contrary."

-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

"Womanhood was a dangerous business if you didn't get it right."

-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

"It was the magic that music makes, the song that lives within every creature on earth, including mermaids."

-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

"Life change quick boy. Another planet so. Later I saw that change came as change always comes, from a chain of events with a long history, too long to see from back to front, till it come"

-Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

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5. Now She is Witch

By: Kirsty Logan

3.54

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

She dug her mother's grave in the poison garden so it would stay hidden... From the snowy winter… read more

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6. The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

By: Alice Hoffman

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller Alice Hoffman brings us the conclusion of the Practical Magic series in a spellb… read more

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"Everything worthwhile is dangerous."

-Alice Hoffman, The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

"Language was everything. Trust was for fools. Love came and went. Words could be stolen."

-Alice Hoffman, The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

"Tonight the special was chicken pot pie, but most of the regulars were concentrating on whiskey."

-Alice Hoffman, The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

"Time is out there. Everything that ever happened is still happening. For instance, if I took your hand in mine."

-Alice Hoffman, The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2)

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7. Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • health
"Sick and weak are not useful entries in the dictionary of self-understanding."

-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

"Given their automatic tuning out, ADD children forever find themselves being told to “pay attention"

-Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

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8. The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3)

By: Elodie Harper

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy Amara's journe… read more

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9. Hare House

By: Sally Hinchcliffe

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Sally Hinchcliffe’s Hare House is a modern-day witch story, perfect for fans of Pine and The Loney.… read more

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"We soon fell silent too, and above and around us came the murmur of all the countless branches; a distant sort of a noise, ungraspable yet pervasive, like voices in another room."

-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House

"It was then, as I hesitated, that the head stepped in and said, 'We don't want a witch hunt'. I looked from one to another of them, and then back to her. Three very different women but in each of the…"

-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House

"It's not a simple matter. You can drain the water or grit the ice, or move the wall. It makes no difference in the end. It's just a bad spot here, and always has been. A crossroads. The place where t…"

-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House

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10. The Witch and the Tsar

By: Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

3.56

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning debut novel, the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will ris… read more

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"Once war is on men's minds, it festers within, claiming them."

-Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, The Witch and the Tsar

"Whoever came ... did so when their prayers had gone unanswered, when the mortal healers had thrown up their hands. They came in the depths of their despair."

-Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, The Witch and the Tsar

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11. Sistersong

By: Lucy Holland

3.97

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

My sister’s heart broke on the river—and the river took it and bore it away. In the ancient king… read more

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"The only names that matter are the ones we take for ourselves."

-Lucy Holland, Sistersong

"Remember. This is your story, no matter what history will claim or what songs people sing. And it’s no one’s place to stop you from telling it."

-Lucy Holland, Sistersong

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12. Rebel Witch

By: Kelly-Ann Maddox

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A truly contemporary take on how to be a witch, Rebel Witch is an antidote to the cookie-cutter wit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • witchcraft
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13. The Black Flamingo

By: Dean Atta

4.35

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen - then at university he finds his w… read more

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"Don’t let anyone tell you that you are half anything."

-Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

"Be a bit gay, be very gay. Be the glitter that shows up in unexpected places."

-Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

"To have a loving family is to feel afraid and yet believe you are going to be all right."

-Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

"I know that’s wrong, my thinking was wrong, the different ones are often the most strong"

-Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

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14. The Witch of the Forest's Guide to Natural Magick: Discover your magick. Connect with your inner & outer world

By: Lindsay Squire

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Whether you’re an out-and-proud witch in progress, or a witch in the broom closet, this spellbindin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • witchcraft
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15. The Switch

By: Lily Samson

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Shocking, seductive, sexy and scandalous. The Switch is a page-turning thriller, a clever mystery,… read more

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" Lilly Samson, The Switch, Quotes, shameless manipulation of. Allergies disclaimer: I would like to stress that this book is not exactly for the unwashed masses: I delayed showering after the last sw…"

-Lily Samson, The Switch

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16. The Homesteader's Herbal Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs

By: Amy K. Fewell

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Homesteader's Herbal Companion is a beautiful guide for the modern day homesteader. From learni… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • health
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17. Holistic Homesteading: A Guide to a Sustainable and Regenerative Lifestyle

By: Roxanne Ahern

3.81

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

Make healthier life choices to heal yourself and the environment through self-sufficiency. The Happ… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
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18. Herb Magic: An Introduction to Magical Herbalism and Spells

By: Patti Wigington

4.26

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Let your magic take root with the craft of magical herbalism Herbal magic is a powerful method o… read more

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  • witchcraft
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • herbs
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19. The Handmade Apothecary: Healing Herbal Remedies

By: Vicky Chown

4.30

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Take a truly holistic approach to healing with this all-encompassing beginner’s guide to herbal med… read more

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  • business
  • health
  • herbs
  • cookbooks
  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • witchcraft
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20. The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants: An A-Z of Healing Plants and Home Remedies (Kew Experts)

By: Monique Simmonds

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening refere… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • health
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21. Herbal Healers

By: Glennie Kindred

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

Need a boost? Feeling a bit sickly? Try some herbs! Camping in a field? Cooking in a wood? Fallen o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • witchcraft

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