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The Writer's Garden: How Gardens Inspired our Best-loved Authors
Jackie Bennett - Frances Lincoln
Format: Hardcover
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Great things happen in gardens. No one can doubt the importance of the garden in Roald Dahl's life as it was here where he worked, and here that he created James and the Giant Peach. And where would Jane Austen have been if she had never seen a 'walk', an ornamental lake, or a wilderness?... |
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Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style
Joseph Tychonievich - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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Rediscover a classic garden technique! Rock gardening - the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop - has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West,... |
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Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist
Roberto Burle Marx - The Jewish Museum ; New Haven
Format: Print book
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The modernist parks and gardens of Brazilian landscape architect and garden designer Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) earned him awards, widespread acclaim, and international fame. Over a 60-year career, he designed more than 2,000 gardens worldwide, the most famous of which are those... |
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Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden
Alexandra Risen - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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In this moving memoir, a woman digs into a garden and into the past and finds secrets, beauty, and acceptance. Alex's father dies just as she and her husband buy a nondescript house set atop an acre of wilderness that extends into a natural gorge in the middle of the city. Choked with weeds... |
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How to Smoke Pot
David Bienenstock - Plume
Format: Print book
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Once literally demonized as "the Devil's lettuce," and linked to all manner of deviant behavior by the establishment's shameless anti-marijuana propaganda campaigns, cannabis sativa has lately been enjoying a long-overdue Renaissance. So now that the squares at long last... |
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Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style
Mark D Sikes - Rizzoli
Format: Print book
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The first book from interior designer Mark D. Sikes is a celebration of American style today, showcasing chic and accessible ideas for every home. Modern and unfussy, Mark D. Sikes's interiors are classic takes on California indoor/outdoor living, with natural fibers and crisp coloration,... |
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Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life
Barbara Kingsolver; Steven L Hopp; Camille Kingsolver - HarperPerennial
Format: Book : English : 1st Harper Perennial edView all editions and formats
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Follows the author's family's efforts to live on locally- and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet. |
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Lumitecture: Illuminating Interiors for Designers and Architects
Anna Yudina - Thames & Hudson
Format: Print book
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A global survey of the most exciting lighting designs for interior spaces, featuring the latest interactive technologies, energy-efficient systems, and otherworldly experiences The role of light in architecture extends well beyond practical requirements. Light can create an environment,... |
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The Culinary Herbal: Growing and Preserving 97 Flavorful Herbs
Susan Belsinger - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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"This fresh new masterpiece excites the senses!" - Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and bestselling author Good cooks know that when it comes to herbs, there is nothing better than those that are clipped fresh from the garden. The Culinary Herbal highlights 97 delicious varieties... |
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Victory Gardens for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees
Lori Weidenhammer - Douglas and McIntyre
Format: Print book
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Who knew modern civilization may be brought down, not by plagues or war, but by bees? Or, more correctly, by no bees? This book investigates the growing problem of bee mortality and offers practical measures we can all take to help. In ecological terms, bees play a critical role in the survival... |
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Carnivorous Plants: Gardening with Extraordinary Botanicals
Nigel Hewitt-Cooper - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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Once known only to collectors, adolescent boys, and fans of the cult film The Little Shop of Horrors, carnivorous plants are poised to be the next big trend. Commonly sold alongside succulents and air plants, they provide striking architectural style and can be grown indoors and in gardens.... |
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Plant: Exploring the Botanical World
Phaidon Editors. - Phaidon
Format: Print book
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The ultimate gift for gardeners and art-lovers, featuring 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images everFollowing in the footsteps of the international bestseller Map: Exploring the World, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity... |
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Marfa Modern: Artistic Interiors of the West Texas High Desert
Helen Thompson - The Monacelli Press
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty-one houses in and around Marfa, Texas, provide a glimpse at creative life and design in one of the art worlds most intriguing destinations.When Donald Judd began his Marfa project in the early 1970s, it was regarded as an idiosyncratic quest. Today, Judd is revered for his minimalist... |
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Jens Jensen: Writings Inspired by Nature
Jens Jensen - Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Format: Hardcover
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Jens Jensen (1860-1951) was one of America's most distinguished landscape architects and a pioneering conservationist. During his long and productive career, this Danish-born visionary worked for and with some of the country's most prominent citizens and architects, including Henry... |
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Fix Your Garden: Get Your Outdoor Space Blooming in No Time at All
Jane Moseley - Portico
Format: Print book
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Don't know what to do with a messy garden or bleak-looking balcony? Want to stake your claim on a little corner of a shared garden? No gardening experience whatsoever? This book is the perfect solution. Packed with tips and tricks to get your green fingers going, this beautifully illustrated... |
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101 Chilies to Try Before You Die
David Floyd - Firefly Books
Format: Print book
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101 Chilies to Try Before You Die is an all-in-one guide to the fruit of the genus Capsicum, or chilies, which contain capsaicin, a natural chemical that causes effects ranging from a slight tingle on the tongue to stinging pain. It is that heat that makes chilies a dynamite... |
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The Floral Patterns of India
Henry Wilson - Thames & Hudson
Format: Print book
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A detailed view of the stunningly rich floral pattern in Indian architecture and design Author of Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India Henry Wilson has deepened his initial study of the decorative arts in India, creating a companion volume that focuses on a single theme: the floral... |
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What Is a Garden?
W S Merwin - University of South Carolina Press, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Poet and environmentalist W. S. Merwin moved to Hawaii in 1976 and has spent the last forty years planting nineteen acres with more than eight hundred species of palm, creating a lush garden on a ruined former pineapple plantation. Now the Merwin Conservancy, this land has served as Merwin's... |
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The Aromatherapy Garden: Growing Fragrant Plants for Happiness and Well-Being
Kathi Keville - Timber Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Immerse yourself in the healing power of fragrance! The Aromatherapy Garden explains how fragrant plants can be as therapeutic as they are intoxicating, and how easy it is to add this captivating element to gardens large and small. It reveals the scents, secrets, and science behind fragrant... |
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Feng Shui For Dummies
David Daniel Kennedy - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Benefit from the ancient Chinese art of Feng ShuiTake a look around you. What do you see? Whether or not youre aware of it, your environment profoundly affects your health, wealth, family life, relationship, and yes, even your destiny.Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway) , which means wind... |
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Miniscapes: Create Your Own Terrarium
Clea Cregan - Hardie Grant Books
Format: Print book
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Create miniature landscapes for your home or office, or as unique gifts for loved onesTerrariums offer the perfect green solution for the apartment or city dweller who is starved of nature but lacks space, time, or patience for outdoor projects. Now everyone can create a miniature landscape,... |
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Vern yip's design wise : your smart guide to a beautiful home
Vern Yip - Running Press
Format: Print book
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Vern Yip is one of the most beloved and recognizable interior designers in America. Over the course of his near-decade at HGTV, he has counseled thousands of people on beautifying their homes on limited budgets. Through his shows, as well as in his regular column "Learn from Vern"... |
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Pollinator Friendly Gardening: Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators
Rhonda Fleming Hayes - Voyageur Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Want to do your part in helping your local pollinators flourish? Pollinator Friendly Gardening makes it easy. Are you interested in growing a naturally healthy garden? How about making sure your local environment helps bees, butterflies, and birds survive and thrive? If you are a beekeeper,... |
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Grow For Flavor: Tips and Tricks to Supercharge the Flavor of Homegrown Harvests
James Wong - Firefly Books, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Gardeners can be disappointed by the insipid flavor of the vegetables and fruit that they have so carefully nurtured. The problem, according to botanist James Wong, is that many conventional gardening practices are based on pure myth or faulty science. They create bumper crops at the expense... |
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Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change
Larry Weaner - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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"This beautiful book shows us that guiding natural processes rather than fighting them is the key to creating healthier landscapes and happier gardeners. An essential addition to our knowledge of sustainable landscapes." - Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home This... |
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