Let's Read Some $#!7 by Gérard Debuigne & François Couplan and Anna Urbanek

Welcome to another installment of Let's Read Some $#!7 (LRSS)!
In sum, the purpose of these videos is to introduce educational resources regarding the creation of video games, to promote literacy, to provide world-building tools for creatives, to provide books for escapism, and/or to get banned books into people's view and whatever I feel like reading aloud at the time.

They go as follows:
1. Read the summary on the back of the book (if applicable).
2. Read the "About the Author" section (if applicable).
3. Read the "Forward", "Preface", "Acknowledgments", and "Author's Notes" (if applicable).
4. If there is no "Introduction", read [part of] the first chapter.

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Even though the purpose is education/book introduction, I only read PORTIONS because of DMCA and Copyright.

Today, I read PORTIONS of 2 books:
1) "100 Plants That Heal" text by Gérard Debuigne & François Couplan: https://bookshop.org/a/18974/9781446308776
Discover 100 common medicinal plants and how to use them for healing and self-care with this sumptuously illustrated guide.

Thanks to exceptional photographs showing detailed views of all parts of the fresh plants, you will quickly learn to recognise them. Discover their fascinating history, active components and therapeutic properties, and learn how to prepare safe and effective herbal medicines and remedies at home.
  This journey into plant-based wellbeing is guided by a respected ethnobotanist and doctor of phototherapy, meaning you can grow your knowledge of this natural science with complete confidence.
  Whether you are a nature lover, a green witch or a herbalist, this magnificent book will satisfy all your curiosities about healing plants and become your essential guide to herbalism.

2) "Herbalist Primer" by Anna Urbanek: https://amzn.to/3JR481I
- A guide to real-world magical plants.
- A mix of ethnobotany, folklore, green witchcraft, occult, and science.
- A fully-illustrated, thoroughly-researched resource for writers and world-builders.
- An all-in-one book for druids, healers, alchemists, and poisoners—perfect as an in-world item and applicable in all fantasy (and most modern) settings.
- A system-agnostic tool for game masters everywhere, complete with tips on including the plants in your campaign—and creating new, exciting pieces of flora.

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The Monday, May 6th, and 577th, Artist Shout-Out goes to Ann-Marie Rechter!
Check out the shout-out on O&T here: https://opinionsandtruth.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/aso-577-ann-marie-rechter/

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Welcome Gamers and Readers!
1:44 - Artist Shout-Out
3:19 - Read Aloud Prelude
6:00 - "100 Plants That Heal"
23:19 - "Herbalist Primer"
44:03 - Just Chatting/Commentary
46:10 - Closing
48:37 - Artist Shout-Out
49:51 - Closing
50:19 - MonriaTitans' Bookshop
52:06 - Farewell

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