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William Wallace (August 1, 1947 – January 30, 2012) was an American teacher and later an author of children's books. He started writing to quiet down his fourth grade students, who loved his stories and encouraged him to make "real" books.
The Golden Pine Cone is a novel by Canadian author Catherine Anthony Clark. [1] [2] The main characters are siblings Bren and Lucy, who find a golden pine cone in the woods and go to the spirit world in order to give it to its rightful owner, Tekontha, ruling spirit of British Columbia, where it takes place. The Golden Pine Cone was Clark's ...
The harvest is often labor-intensive, as the pine cones can only be hand-picked when allowed (the trees are often located in natural protection areas, where cone-harvesting is not allowed). After the cones are harvested, they are cut into 3–5 mm slices and soaked in grain brandy. In contrast to fruit brandy, grain brandy has a weaker taste ...
The timing for the new Little Book Chapter 6: “To The Finish” release could not be better. The legal definition of the American single malt whiskey category recently came one step closer to ...
Pine oil is a higher boiling fraction from turpentine. Both synthetic and natural pine oil consists mainly of α-terpineol, a C10 alcohol (b.p. 214–217 °C). [5] [1] Other components include dipentene and pinene. [6] The detailed composition of natural pine oil depends on many factors, such as the species of the host plant. [7]
Chris Pine, best known for his incredible acting career, is now adding "children's book author" to his resume. The 44-year-old star, and son of CHiPs actor Robert Pine and actress-turned ...
The taste thresholds of other bitter substances are rated relative to quinine, which is thus given a reference index of 1. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] For example, Brucine has an index of 11, is thus perceived as intensely more bitter than quinine, and is detected at a much lower solution threshold. [ 7 ]
“Children will get into anything, and children will especially get into anything that tastes or looks like candy,” said Dr. Theresa Michele, who leads the FDA’s office of nonprescription drugs.