Gardening
FANTASTIC FUNGI
Written by Paul Stamets
Contributions from Michael Pollan, Andrew Weil, Eugenia Bone, and many more expterts make Fantastic Fungi an awe-inspiring visual journey through the exotic, little-known realm of fungi and its amazing potential to positively influence our lives.
ISLAND GARDEN
Written by Celia Thaxter
Though Celia Thaxter had always thought of herself first and foremost as a poet, it is her Island Garden for which she is remembered. This, a collection of remembrances and advice from her summers gardening on Appledore Island among the Isles of Shoals, was originally published in 1894, shortly before her death.
DINOSAURS REDISCOVERED: THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION IN PALEONTOLOGY
Written by Benton, Michael J
In this fascinating and accessible overview, renowned paleontologist Michael J. Benton reveals how our understanding of dinosaurs is being transformed by recent fossil finds and new technology.
WILD HORSES OF THE SUMMER SUN: A MEMOIR OF ICELAND
"Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us."--Virgina WoolfEach June, Tory Bilski meets up with fellow women travelers in Reykjavik where they head to northern Iceland, near the Greenland Sea. They escape their ordinary lives to live an extraordinary one at a horse farm perched at the edge of the world. If only for a short while.
GIANTS OF THE MONSOON FOREST: LIVING AND WORKING WITH ELEPHANTS
High in the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India grow some of the world's last stands of mature, wild teak. For more than a thousand years, people here have worked with elephants to log these otherwise impassable forests and move people and goods (often illicitly) under cover of the forest canopy.
PROPAGATING PLANTS: HOW TO CREATE NEW PLANTS FOR FREE
Written by Alan Toogood
Learn how to propagate virtually every type of plant, from fruit trees and ornamental shrubs to exotic orchids and succulents. With hundreds of step-by-step tutorials, this new edition of Propagating Plants is your go-to guide for clear and instructive propagation advice. How long do your seedlings need to germinate? What makes a healthy stem cutting?
HOW TO MAKE A PLANT LOVE YOU: CULTIVATE GREEN SPACE IN YOUR HOME AND HEART
Written by Summer Rayne Oakes
Potted plants aren't mere decoration; they offer a rare opportunity to find joy by caring for another living being. Summer Rayne Oakes keeps over 750 live houseplants spanning 400 species in her Brooklyn apartment. She's an environmental scientist, an entrepreneur, and (according to a New York Times profile) the icon of wellness-minded millennials who want to bring nature indoors.
BIRDS BY THE SHORE: OBSERVING THE NATURAL LIFE OF THE ATLANTIC COAST
Written by Jennifer Ackerman
From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard.
STRANGE HARVESTS: THE HIDDEN HISTORIES OF SEVEN NATURAL OBJECTS
An intriguing exploration of the possibility of a more mutually beneficial relationship with nature through the stories of the small-scale harvests of seven uncommon products In this beguiling book, Edward Posnett journeys to some of the most far-flung locales on the planet to bring us seven wonders of the natural world - eiderdown, vicuña fiber, sea silk, vegetable ivory, civet
GARDENER'S BOOK OF COLOR
A comprehensive guide to using color in the garden to best advantage. "Color is the most potent weapon in a gardener's armory," Andrew Lawson writes. "Nothing in a garden makes more impact."
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