Dale McCurry's method of raising venture capital for his environmental company fit the definition of a Ponzi scheme, resulting in his doing time in federal prison. He wrote daily, about everything from Martha Stewart to purple martins; from the Dalai Lama to prison etiquette. His observations, attitudes, profiles and spirit reflect a good life gone bad, gone good, and getting better. Letters from the Pen will make you shout, squirm, weep and rejoice at the truthfulness and tenderness of one man's five years behind bars.

Letters from the Pen

Dale McCurry

Boian Books, LLC

In ancient China, people observed that when certain plants were consumed, disease was reduced or dispelled. These herbs evolved to become medicines, and when passing this herbal knowledge from one generation to the next, it was essential that it be accurate. Herbalists and monks were primary medical practitioners in Chinese tradition, but they were not without their own greed and corruption. Peasants, therefore, devised historical and mythical tales to help common people remember names, uses, physical descriptions and locations of herbs. These orally transmitted tales were threaded with entertaining plots, scenic descriptions and gripping tension. From 1934 to 1980, folklorist Miao Wen-wei collected these stories from peasants, farmers and traditional doctors in the central coastal region of China's Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang provinces. Herbal Pearls is a rare gem of fifty-three simple tales that convey justice, wisdom, moderation, cleverness and resourcefulness by use of memory aids and mnemonic clues. These stories are short and without complexities, and have a stirring charm and vibrant character that apply to life and health even in the age of electronic transmission.

Herbal Pearls: Traditional Chinese Folk Wisdom

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Steven Foster

Yue Chong-xi

Alternative Medicine

Early history of a remote area of the Ozarks, which became Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a town that sprouted up virtually overnight in July 1879, following the discovery of curative power in the water. Researchers June Westphal and Catharine Osterhage spent four years culling newspaper articles, historical records, written accounts and rare photographs to compile a fair and accurate description of the City That Water Built. The First Edition of A Fame Not Easily Forgotten (1970) is available only from rare book dealers. This Second Edition is reproduced in its entirety, with the addition of an Index.

A Fame Not Easily Forgotten

June Westphal

Catharine Osterhage

<p>Sent to the Ozarks on a simple assignment, depressed and disillusioned accountant Andy Bosher is drawn into the danger and intrigue of the backwoods culture he finds. Far from his safe, but empty big-city life, the assignment is not what he first thinks it to be. When there is a murder, Andy stubbornly sets out to separate the layers of deception from the truth despite the peril.</p>

Murder in the Ozarks

Steve Weems

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Letters from the Pen

Herbal Pearls: Traditional Chinese Folk Wisdom

A Fame Not Easily Forgotten

Murder in the Ozarks