Mary Lennox didn't think about death until the day it knocked politely on her bedroom door and invited itself in. When a terrible accident leaves her orphaned at fifteen, she is sent to the wilderness of the Georgian Bay to live with an...
Gardens
- Auteur:Dimaline, CherieSommaire:
- Auteur:Tracey, DavidSommaire:
The term "guerrilla" may bring to mind a small band of armed soldiers, moving in the dead of night on a stealth mission. In the case of guerrilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are shovels, and the mission...
- Auteur:Richards, HuwSommaire:
Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to grow his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded, and now wants to help you do the same. Can't afford a raised bed? Try repurposing an old wooden pallet. Don't want to...
- Auteur:Smith, LaneSommaire:
A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
- Auteur:Baraton, AlainSommaire:
For gardening aficionados and Francophiles, a love letter to the Versailles Palace and grounds, from the man who knows them best. In Alain Baraton's Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its...
- Auteur:Cullen, Mark, Cullen, BenSommaire:
Why do we garden? Why should we? How is gardening changing the world? These are just some of the philosophical gardening questions pondered in this heartfelt and gorgeously designed book. An informed and personal reflection on gardening...
- Auteur:Stonehouse, CathySommaire:
A long poem in six sections, Dream House takes its cue from Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space in its investigation of female embodiment, calling up such feral, liminal spaces as the pregnant body, the aging mind, snail shells,...
- Auteur:De Vries, MaggieSommaire:
When Sophie and Matthew plant pumpkins, their grandfather explains to them why they need bees to make their pumpkins grow, but how will the bees find their garden?
- Auteur:Terry, Bill, Bates, RosemarySommaire:
You may never look at a garden in the same way again. Though not a “how-to” book, Beauty By Design is a treasure trove of ideas and enchantment for seasoned gardeners and beginners alike. Eleven inspired artists of the garden share...
- Auteur:Vigneault, Gilles, Jorisch, StéphaneSommaire:
Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story and 2 recorded songs performed by Connie Kaldor and Paul Campagne. An irresistible story-song, full of wit and whimsy, that will take you far away into an imaginative world of poetry inhabited...
- Auteur:Osler, MirabelSommaire:
"Osler's plea is not so gentle; rather, its opinionated (though never dismissive), bell-clear, wickedly humorous, brilliant--a call for cultivated anarchy in the garden that turns an oxymoron into a sensuous, sensible act. ``Why garden...