![]() ![]() ![]() Taking photos that captured the essence of the plant became an obsession of mine as I traveled around the northeast stopping wherever I saw a plant in the book-along interstate highways, inner-city neighborhoods, and random roadside encounters. Most of the 268 species covered in the book are illustrated with three to six images that capture the form of the plant and the typical habitat where it grows the plant. My book has nearly 1,200 photos of plants and I took all but fifteen of them over a period of fourteen years. ![]() What’s your favorite anecdote from your research for this book? In this Q&A we ask author Peter Del Tredici three questions about his book, Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide, and his research on plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under the projected future environmental conditions. ![]()
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![]() Has anything bad happened for a long time?” It was the old fear. “I have been having second thoughts lately.” The brightness inside the tent from the open flap made him squint. His jaw clicked as he opened his mouth too wide and stretched his lean sinewy arms high above his head. ![]() “Well,” Henry replied in a shirty manner, “it’s your dig too. Ever the lazy one! “In any case, why the panic. He had had a rough journey to get to the site, at least, he deemed it so. “Is that supposed to make me feel better?” Robert rubbed his eyes, moving his head out of the sunlight that streamed into the tent. It had been a tough morning, sweat streaked the dirt on his sun-browned visage. “We are almost through.” His excitement was palpable. ![]() Henry clapped him on the shoulder to wake him. His newly arrived half-brother was resting after the journey, sipping a cool drink and lying on the single cot, looking quite nonchalant as he signalled to his brother – two fingers above the glass. Sand splattered as Henry pounded down the slope towards the too bright, white tent. ![]() To the men with rock axes he said, “hold it there a moment.” They put their tools down, resting on shovel or pick-axe handles, wiping dust from their craggy faces. “We’re breaking through!” shouted Henry Jackson to the diggers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Summer is a teenager who finds herself kidnapped on her way to a party. These are the three phrases that defined The Cellar for me. Stockholm syndrome, a twisted psychopath and a dedicated boyfriend. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. 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This time I was able to really focus and listen and I picked up so much I missed the first time and also was able to process some of the concepts more thoroughly. So I didn't have to stop reading and go do independent research on a specific topic or person, just so I could keep up, as I did the first time I read it. ![]() The book started me on a quest to learn more about Scotland, it's history and it's contributions to civilization so when I read the audiobook version I was much more familiar with the content. Much of the history and the philosophical concepts introduced in the book were fairly new to me when I originally read it. This is one of the few that I have read that I think shines in both formats. There are so many books I have read in paper form and later in audiobook format and usually I am either disappointed in the audiobook, or I find it much improved over the original version. So I was quite excited to read it in audio format as soon as I could. ![]() ![]() It is a book I have been waiting for in audio format and it was finally published in audio in August of 2016. I first read this book in 2002, shortly after publishing and found it so informative and well written, I have referred to parts of it several times in the past. ![]() ![]() ![]() Eleanor is miserable in France, but it is only after she learns the pleasures of the flesh from her uncle, Raymond of Antioch, that she determines to leave Louis. Eleanor is, after all, a lusty daughter of Aquitaine, and Louis (later Saint Louis) was raised to be a monk. She marries Prince Louis of France to protect herself and her beloved Aquitaine from greedy and ambitious lords, but the marriage is a disaster. Her father, William, never remarries, and at 15, Eleanor inherits his lands along with their rebellious vassals. When Eleanor's mother and brother die suddenly in 1130, Eleanor becomes heir to the large and wealthy duchy of Aquitaine. ![]() ![]() This time, her subject is the torrid romance of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England. In her second novel of historical fiction, Jones (The Fatal Crown, 1990) continues her prurient tale of scandal and succession among medieval European royalty. ![]() ![]() When you engage with Osho's writing, you feel as if he is speaking to you. This inspiring compendium of spiritual wisdom and insight offers a way for everyone to access the enlightening message of the Buddha as Osho offers his unique take on his teachings, with a wisdom and wit that make it a wonderful read. Nearly two decades after his death in 1990, the influence of his teachings continues to grow, reaching seekers around the world. The Sunday Times named him one of the '1,000 makers of the twentieth century' the novelist Tom Robbins has called him 'the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ'. Osho is one of the best-known spiritual teachers of our time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The supporting cast wasn\’t particularly fleshed out, but I think that\’s okay. In some ways it confirmed things I already thought, but I think the things it confirmed were fairly empathetic views, which I can\’t see as a bad thing. It\’s a book that has had, and I think will continue to have, an effect on my worldview. Someone who has given it a lot of thought. Urist Green's You Are an Artist: Assignments to Spark Creation published (April) Release of the sequel to Hank Green's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. Which was kinda the goal, right? The themes explored include fame, the way we tend to pay attention to the people who scream the loudest, how dangerous fear can be, and giant space men, and are so so relevant and clearly told by someone with an inside perspective. ( KNOCK KNOCK WHERE IS MY SEQUEL) April was a complex character that I sympathized with and disagreed with in almost equal measure. I read it all the way through today and was enthralled the whole time. For the moment, fans of Hank Green and An Absolutely Remarkable Thing will simply have to patiently wait. Less thankfully, he has not announced any significant information about that sequel. I like Hank, I wanted it to be good, but I remain skeptical of books by youtubers. Thankfully, Hank Green has announced plans for a sequel. ![]() ![]() All of which would be hard enough without the bomb Jen dropped the day Judd's father died: She's pregnant. For Judd, it's a weeklong attempt to make sense of the mess his life has become while trying in vain not to get sucked into the regressive battles of his madly dysfunctional family. Like a family.Īs the week quickly spins out of control, longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed, and old passions reawakened. Simultaneously mourning the death of his father and the demise of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the Foxmans as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch's dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. ![]() Conspicuously absent: Judd's wife, Jen, whose fourteen-month affair with Judd's radio-shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. ![]() ![]() The death of Judd Foxman's father marks the first time that the entire Foxman family-including Judd's mother, brothers, and sister-have been together in years. ![]() ![]() ![]() She was established as a writer by the time she reached her twenties but it was not until she published The Heart is a Lonely Hunter at the age of twenty-three, that she won widespread recognition. They did, however, keep in touch and subsequently remarried, separating finally in 1953 he later committed suicide. The marriage was not a success and they divorced. ![]() In 1938 she married James Reeves McCullers, a corporal in the US army. For a while she could only use one finger to type, and for years before her death could not sit at a desk to work. She was always a delicate person and as a young adult she began to suffer from strokes, and by the age of thirty-one she was paralysed down her left side. Carson McCullers was born at Columbus, Georgia, in 1917. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m so sick of seeing book stores close down… They’re world treasures. I love reading books about books, I mean, who doesn’t? And I can 100% relate to the book. The premise of this book sound absolutely incredible. How is she going to fend off the attractions of beautiful fellow artist, Blaine? And, more importantly, will his anarchist ways make or break her bookshop campaign? Time is ticking – but that’s not the only problem Paige has. Paige is determined to save it but mobilising a small town like Greysworth is no mean feat. It’s a place where she can escape from her sleepy hometown, hang out with her best friend, Holly, and also earn some money.īut, like so many bookshops, Bennett’s has become a ‘casualty of the high street’ – it’s strapped for cash and going to be torn down. ![]() It’s just the type of contemporary that I love reading and I had such high expectations!īennett’s Bookshop has always been a haven for sixteen-year-old Paige Turner. They make me feel all warm inside and I can relate to absolutely everything that happens… Perks of being a book lover! When I saw this book on Netgalley, I instantly requested it. ![]() |