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ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: I Powell, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

Garden Plants: The Expert Guide to Over 500 Plants for All

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brickell, Christopher / Royal Horticultural Society, PUBLISHER: Cassell, An international expert offers his highly personal style and wisdom, illustrated with more than 200 superb photos, on how to care for over 500 garden plants, including 300 treated in depth. Brickell explains what to do for year-round planning for a variety of trees, shrubs, climbers, wall shrubs, and herbaceous perennials, as well as bulb, alpine, and short-lived plants including warm-climate and greenhouse plants.

How to Help Your Child Overcome Your Divorce: A Support

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benedek, Elissa P. / Brown, Catherine F., PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Company, This book offers parents the latest information and advice, with numerous case examples, on support groups and answers to some of the most common questions on which divorced parents seek guidance. This book counsels: -- how to help children adjust to separation and divorce -- how to tell them the news, and reassure them of their parents' love and care for them -- and how to do just that, -- ways to keep the relationship between ex-spouses as free of conflict as possible, -- how to help childr feel good about themselves and grow as individuals, -- and, much more.

The Frugal Gardener: How to Have More Garden for Less Money

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Erler, Catriona Tudor, PUBLISHER: Rodale Press, Catriona Tudor Erler shares hundreds of innovative ways to reduce gardening expenses and cut costs on everything from soil amendments and quality tools to lush perennials and beautiful garden structures. Arranged by general category, The Frugal Gardener offers practical suggestions for immediate use, such as quick tricks for getting rid of weeds, as well as long-range ideas, like how to design a garden on a budget. Also included are step-by-step directions for making attractive, cost-conscious garden projects and a lengthy resource list for frugal gardeners.

Growing Up the Wall: How to Grow Food in Vertical Places, on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fisher, Sue, PUBLISHER: Green Books, Grow up If you have limited outdoor space and would like to grow your food, this practical illustrated guide will help you transform previously plant-free zones into thriving, beneficial, and utterly beautiful food-growing areas.Using special containers, either bought or homemade, as well as conventional methods, such as containers on a roof or growing plants up walls, you can grow a wide range of edible crops - and grab a salad for lunch without getting your feet wet. This book includes: Creating edible roof gardensPlanning and growing crops on green roofs, including on shedsUsing a wide variety of containers, e.g., ladder allotments and growing frames, with details of how to make themMaking the most of wall boxes and hanging basketsA directory of plants suitable for vertical growing - fruit, flowers, and herbs as well as vegetables - with advice on how to cultivate them.Whether you have an apartment with a wall, windowsill, balcony or small flat roof at your disposal; a school with nothing but a tarmac playground; or just a paved courtyard in your community center; this book will get you started on a new way of growing.

George and Flora's Secret Garden. Jo Elworthy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elworthy, Jo, PUBLISHER: Eden Project, A wonderful book about life and how things grow. Whether you have a garden or a window sill, everyone can have a go at growing their own food George and Flora are planning a surprise party to welcome home their new baby sister They're growing all the food for it themselves -- with a little help from Grandpa -- and are full of excitement as they watch how the baby grows in Mum's tummy and the vegetables grow in their garden. With clear and easy to follow tips and a handy month-to-month planting planner, readers will find all the information they need to grow and cook their own tasty food.

Reaching for the Sun

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, John, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, From their ability to use energy from sunlight to make their own food, to combating attacks from diseases and predators, plants have evolved an amazing range of life-sustaining strategies. Written with the non-specialist in mind, John King's lively natural history explains how plants function, from how they gain energy and nutrition to how they grow, develop and ultimately die. New to this edition is a section devoted to plants and the environment, exploring how problems created by human activities, such as global warming, pollution of land, water and air, and increasing ocean acidity, are impacting on the lives of plants. King's narrative provides a simple, highly readable introduction, with boxes in each chapter offering additional or more advanced material for readers seeking more detail. He concludes that despite the challenges posed by growing environmental perils, plants will continue to dominate our planet.

Beginner's Guide to Cacti & Other Succulents

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ellis, John, PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing (NY), A beginner eager to grow cacti needs a basic guide with easy-to-follow advice, minimal use of specialist terminology, and above all, plenty of photographs to help with plant selection. Look no further: this is for any new gardener of succulents. It' s filled to the brim with the fundamentals of cultivation and offers an enti-cingly simple introduction to many beautiful varieties. Find out how to nurture your own succulent plants in greenhouses, cold frames, and conservatories, on the windowsill, and in the garden so they' ll stay healthy and flower regularly, as well as facts on watering, temperature, light, compost, repotting, propagation, and controlling diseases. The most unique feature is the detailed and beautifully illustrated directory of plants, offering rich guidance on cultivating each species.

Everyday Leadership: Attitudes and Actions for Respect and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacGregor, Mariam G. / Taswell, Ruth, PUBLISHER: Free Spirit Publishing, Written and experiential activities help teens discover their own leadership potential and develop skills that guide them to act responsibly and make a difference in the world around them. Teens gain a greater understanding of who they are, what matters to them, how that translates into leadership, and how leadership relates to everyday life. Written activities encourage reflection; "do something" activities call for commitment and action. Both enable teens to reach new levels of leadership. Created for use with "Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens," this consumable guide also functions as a stand-alone resource for personal growth.

Smaller Perennials: A Comprehensive A to Z

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elliott, Jack, PUBLISHER: Timber Press (OR), An illustrated dictionary of perennials that grow to a height under 30 inches, this book is ideal for gardeners wishing to grow a large number of plants within limited space. These plants are particularly popular for use at the front of herbaceous or mixed borders, or between architectural plants and shrubs in shady beds. Published at $ Our last copies available at $

How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johnson, Dave, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, Learn to set up and take high-quality photographs with your digital camera. This easy-to-follow guide explains how to enhance and improve existing images as well as print your photos and publish them on the Web for others to see. You'll also get coverage of related equipment including editing software, hardware add-ons, and online image management tools.

The Frugal Gardener: How to Have More Garden for Less Money

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Erler, Catriona Tudor / Tudor Erler, Catriona, PUBLISHER: Rodale Press, With warmth, wit, and detail, garden guru Catriona Tudor Erler teaches you which tools you need for essential garden jobs, how to help hoses find the "fountain of youth", whether to repair, replace or rent equipment, and hundreds more thrifty lessons. "What Will You Save?" and "25 Smart Shopping Tips" sidebars put frugal facts right at readers' green thumbs. Whether you are planting a perennial border or pumpkin patch, this resource will help you spend little and grow a lot

Conscious Marriage: From Chemistry to Communication

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lucas, John C., PUBLISHER: Crossing Press, What are the tools of effective relating? Why don't we utilize them as we should in our relationships? What has caused the cycle of dysfunction that has typified so many marriages in the past few decades? How do we grow beyond it? Conscious Marge provides answers to these questions with a blueprint for building a successful relationship. The foundation is comprised of the Five Cs basic to an enduring marriage: chemistry, common goals, commitment, communication, and consensus. Conscious Marriage charts the stages of our relationships and shows us what we need to make them grow into joyous, fulfilled marriages. We learn to identify and solve problems, how to land on our feet when we fall in love.

The Mulch Book: A Complete Guide for Gardeners

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Stu / Moore, Donna, PUBLISHER: Storey Publishing, Details on how to use bark, stones, hay, compost, plastic sheeting, and other materials as a barrier to keep weeds out and beneficial elements in. Includes information that will allow readers to create their own mulches and select appropriate mulches for specific plants.

Monopoly Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, James Clifford / Anderson, Annelisa, PUBLISHER: Hoover Institution Press, Jim Miller details how political markets function in a way that makes it inherently difficult for them to perform as well as commerical markets. He exposes advantages incumbents erect to ward off challengers and reveals how most reform proposals increase these advantages. Drawing on his own experience in politics, he outlines ways to broaden opportunities for challengers and make the political marketplace more competitive and responsive to the voters.

Fragrant Gardening

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradley, Steven / Bradley, Val, PUBLISHER: Laurel Glen Publishing, The elusive search for scent and its aesthetic and therapeutic benefits dates back centuries. Fragrant Gardening guides readers in this age-old pursuit with projects for creating and maintaining fragrant balance in the garden year-round. Fully illustrated step-by-step projects catering to gardens of all sizes walk readers through every technique from sowing seeds, bowling bulbs, root cutting, and pruning, to planting walkways, containers, ground cover, and hedges. Each chapter is dedicated to a season and contains sections on planning, flowering, jobs to do, propagation, and planting, as well as a plant directory for that season. Other topics discussed include historical background, classification, and essential oils, as well as information on drying and preserving plants, basic garden design principles, and making the most of fragrance.

The Woodland Garden: Planting in Harmony with Nature

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Forster, R. Roy / Downie, Alex M., PUBLISHER: Firefly Books, The Woodland Garden is a valuable source of information and a practical how-to guide on hundreds of plant species ideally suited for planting in the woodland environment. Here is all the information needed to get started, from design, plant selection and initial planting through ongoing maintenance, using principles that can be applied anywhere in North America in almost any size garden - from large estate to city lot. The book is easy-to-follow and clearly illustrated. Including zonal maps, a bibliography and over 80 pages of suitable plants, shrubs and climbers, The Woodland Garden features: Designing the Woodland Garden Building the Woodland Garden The Canopy - plus a list of woodland trees The Understory - plus a list of woodland shrubs Plants of the Woodland Floor Climbing Plants Planting, Pruning and Maintenance Authors' Favorite Plants - 109 detailed descriptions of the best woodland garden performers Helpful tips throughout offer useful advice gleaned from the authors' decades of collective experience. They explain weeds and pests, preparing the land, watering and mulching, propagation. They discuss lilies and rhododendrons, soil characteristics, adapting a property, working with a new site, and converting an old garden. There are sections on fragrance, water, rocks, pathways, scale and unity plus how to analyze a site, design a woodland garden, and much more.

Pond Life: Revised and Updated

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reid, George K. / Zim, Herbert Spencer / Dolan, Tom, PUBLISHER: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press, This guide describes and illustrates, in full color, the plants and animals that live in or near ponds, lakes, streams, and wetlands. It includes surface-dwelling creatures as well as those of open water, the bottom, and the shore and tells how various animals and plants live together in a community. Plus suggestions for: Where and when to lookObserving and collecting specimensMaking exciting discoveries

How to Conduct Surveys: A Step-By-Step Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fink, Arlene / Kosecoff, Jacqueline B., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Popular for helping readers to organize a rigorous survey and evaluate the credibility of other ones by giving them practical, step-by-step advice, the Second Edition of this book now also covers: computer-assisted and interactive surveys and how they contrast with telephone and face-to-face surveys; guidelines for preparing informed consent statements for survey respondents; ways to ensure the sample you have is large enough to detect a difference between groups (if one exists); ways to ask questions about ethnicity; how to read computer output containing survey results; how to prepare a structured abstract of a survey report; new survey data analysis techniques, such as odds ratios, relative risks, and confidence intervals as well as sampling techniques, such as snowball sampling; and guidelines for preparing overheads and slides to report survey results with illustrations of how an oral presentation of survey results differs from a written one.

Eating Disorders: The Path to Recovery

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Middleton, Kate, PUBLISHER: Lion Publishing Plc, What is an eating disorder? What are the symptoms? What causes them? And is full recovery possible? Written primarily for young adults, this insightful handbook is designed to push those suffering from eating disorders towards recovery. Information is provided on every aspect of eating disorders, including what they are, how they operate, who is prone to have them, and how they can be treated. Worksheets and positive case studies designed to be motivational complete this informative guide that is perfect for those with a disorder, as well as their family and friends.

Smartgarden Regional Guide: Southeast

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: American Horticultural Society / Pelczar, Rita / DK Publishing, PUBLISHER: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), Presenting a new way to think about gardening, the American Horticultural Society's "smart gardening" program teaches gardeners how to their own preferences and time availability, assess the possibilities of a location, and then create a garden that is in tune with the environment. A coding system, assigned to each plant, uses hardiness and heat zones, sun/shade, water needs, and plant size to help determine the perfect plants for any site. Includes more than plants that grow well in: Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Acquista Ora

Colorado Gardener's Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crett, John / Cretti, John L., PUBLISHER: Cool Springs Press, Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening and the increase in their home's property value. Book retailers are well aware that the trend in gardening books is to regional titles that provide credible information on the plants that perform well in specific regions. "Colorado?Gardener's Guide" is written by the highly popular gardening expert John Cretti. Contains easy to use advice on the top landscape plant choices (more than 160 entries) for Colorado. Recommends specific varieties and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow and how to care for Colorado's best plants.

Crop Genetic Resources

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frankel, Richard Ed. / Frankel, O. H. / Hawkes, J. G., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book deals with one of the world's fastest disappearing natural resources - the invaluable reservoir of genetic variability in our cultivated plants which have evolved since our forebears began to domesticate them some years ago. The preservation of these 'genetic resources', as they have come to be called, is vital to mankind. Without them the geneticists and plant breeders cannot breed the new varieties needed to feed the world's population by providing more disease-resistant strains of our food plants. This volume explores topics such as how to collect and preserve this variation. It ends with a section on how these activities are planned on a world scale through the medium of FAO and other international agencies, and with the participation of scientists from developed and developing countries. This book will be of use as an intelligently written work of much historic value.

Mental Management for Great Golf: How to Control Your

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Epstein-Shepherd, Bee, PUBLISHER: Lowell House, The difference between a mediocre and a good golfer is consistency. Consistency in drives and putts can shave handicaps and make golf a pleasure. How to achieve consistency has as much to do with mental attitude as it does about mechanics. Dr. Bee Epstein Shepherd gives you step-by-step instructions on how to control your thoughts for breakthrough performance. Mental Management for Great Golf will help golfers gain greater confidence in their game and create a consistency of form and play. -- How to overcome first-tee jitters and practice mind over putter -- Information on how to use hypnosis and self-hypnosis to overcome negative imagery -- The four keys to better golf are applicable to other sports and life as well

The Gourmet Garden

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hayes, Virginia, PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Connoisseurs of good food understand that the highest quality natural ingredients are vital to gourmet dining. In this era of mass-produced foods, they are turning in increasing numbers to their own gardens as the most reliable source for organically grown and freshly harvested herbs, fruits, and vegetables. Amateur chefs and home gardeners who value nutritious, naturally grown foods will find themselves referring to this book time and time again. It shows how to grow the very finest natural, organic ingredients in their own garden, greenhouse, or if space is at a premium, in a window box. Author Virginia Hayes explains the steps involved in cultivating herbs, fruits, vegetables, and even edible flowers. She provides directions for potting, pruning, and tending the plants, and concludes with advice for harvesting, storing, and using these foods in the kitchen. She devotes separate chapters to greens, herbs, edible flowers, special aheirlooma vegetables, baby vegetables, flavorful fruits and berries, ethnic specialties, and mushrooms. She also offers seasonal tips to help home gardeners grow many fresh, natural ingredients all year round. Full-color illustrations throughout. (sidebar) Virginia Hayes Instructs on Creating a Gourmet Kitchen Garden Making compost and compost tea Preparing soil for planting Light and exposure requirements Starting seeds for transplanting Extending the seasonagreenhouse, cold frame, or window sill Weed control Mulching Protecting against pests and diseases Staking, tying, and other support methods... and much more.

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