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The English Garden: A Social History
Charles Quest-RitsonCharles Quest-Ritson sets out to put gardening in its context.
RHS Encyclopedia of Roses
Charles Quest-RitsonCharles Quest-Ritson has travelled the world in pursuit of the rose and distils over 20 years experience of roses, as a grower, lecturer, trials judge and author in this indispensible reference book.
Ninfa: The Most Romantic Garden in the World
Charles Quest-RitsonBased on Charles Quest-Ritson's 20-year study of Ninfa, this book showcases the garden's unique appeal in images of plants winding over ruined towers and walls, roses scrambling for footholds in crumbling archways, and the frescoed church ...
The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Roses
Charles Quest-RitsonEvery gardener's rose bible.
Gardens of Europe: A Traveller's Guide
Charles Quest-RitsonOrganised by country, Gardens of Europe includes over 600
American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses
Charles Quest-RitsonEncompassing a history of the rose, the origins of different varieties, and information on care and cultivation, this alphabetically organized, richly illustrated reference showcases more than two thousand varieties of the popular garden ...
A Knight of the Nets
Amelia E. Barr... Catherine Parr Traill Charles A. Eastman Charles Dickens Charles Dudley Warner Charles Farrar Browne Charles Ives Charles Kingsley Charles Lathrop Pack Charles Whibley Charles Willing Beale Charlotte M. Braeme Charlotte M. Yonge ...
The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to ...
Doron SwadeTHE DIFFERENCE ENGINE Doron Swade is Assistant Director and Head of Collections at the Science Museum in London. He is an engineer and a historian of technology, and a leading authority on the life and work of Charles Babbage.
The Cogwheel Brain: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build ...
Doron SwadeThe story of his lifelong bid to construct such a machine is a triumph of human ingenuity, will and imagination.
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 26–30: William C. Van Horne ...
Wayne LarsenPresenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.
3:59.4: The Quest to Break the Four Minute Mile
John BryantThis is the story of the long quest for the 'Magic Mile', almost two hundred years in the making.
The Lost Ark of the Covenant: The Remarkable Quest for the ...
Tudor ParfittIn 2006, he made an incredible journey to its final resting place and in February 2008 he will reveal this to the world. This is the amazing story of his quest.
The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth
Ben WitheringtonNow with a lengthy new postscript, this widely praised book updates you on the continuing saga of the Third Quest for the historical Jesus.
Himalayan Quest
Peter PotterfieldAmerica's leading high-altitude mountaineer describes his quest to climb fourteen of the highest mountains in the world, in a richly illustrated volume that includes his accounts of his twelve successful expeditions. Original.
The Billion-Dollar Molecule: The Quest for the Perfect Drug
Barry WerthHere is a fascinating no-holds-barred account of the business of science, which includes an updated epilogue about the most recent developments in the quest for a drug to cure AIDS.
What Is Your Quest?: From Adventure Games to Interactive Books
Anastasia Salter"What's Your Quest? examines the future of electronic literature in a world where tablets and e-readers are becoming as common as printed books and where fans everywhere are blurring of the positions of reader and author.
Quest for Identity: America since 1945
Randall Bennett WoodsQuest for Identity is a survey of the American experience from the close of World War II, through the Cold War and 9/11, to the present.
Bones of the Dragon
Margaret WeisIt will be up to the Vindras people, as the dragon-goddess's champions, to undertake the quest to recover all Five. The fate of the Old Gods and the Vindras rests on their recovery--for this is not only a quest to save the world.
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
H. P. LovecraftThe Dream-Quest combines elements of horror and fantasy into an epic tale that illustrates the scope and wonder of humankind's ability to dream. The story was published posthumously by Arkham House in 1943.
Lincoln's Quest for Union: A Psychological Portrait
Charles B. Strozier"This is a remarkable book with extraordinary insights about the inner life of Abraham Lincoln. It will be read and studied for years to come." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off
Justin Yifu LinInterwoven with insights, observations, and stories from Lin’s travels as chief economist of the World Bank and his reflections on China’s rise, this book provides a road map and hope for those countries engaged in their own quest for ...
Children of the Holocaust: Conversations With Sons and ...
Helen EpsteinBorn to survivors of Auschwitz and Terezin, the author recounts her private quest to come to terms with her parents' past, a quest which took her to Israel and into the home of other children of concentration-camp survivors
Anthony Caro: quest for the new sculpture
Ian BarkerIt exclusively brings together selections from his previously unpublished correspondence with critics, including Clement Greenberg and Michael Fried, and his fellow artists.The story of Caro's quest for a new language for sculpture is told ...
Life on Earth-- and Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest
Pamela S. TurnerInvites readers to join NASA astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay on a fascinating quest to better understand what factors are necessary to sustain life on both Earth and beyond. Simultaneous.
Beginning the Quest: Law and Politics in the Early Work of ...
Barry Cooper... and Philosophical Perspectives, edited by Bruce P. Frohnen and Kenneth L. Grasso The Philosopher and the Storyteller: Eric Voegelin and Twentieth- Century Literature, by Charles R. Embry The Constitutionalism of American States, edited ...
Weird Tales, A Stable for Nightmares: The Devil World
Charles Young et al.INDEX DICKON THE DEVIL. DEVEREUX’S DREAM. CATHERINE’S QUEST. HAUNTED. PICHON and SONS, OF THE CROIX ROUSSE. THE PHANTOM FOURTH. THE SPIRIT’S WHISPER. DOCTOR FEVERSHAM’S STORY. THE SECRET OF THE TWO PLASTER CASTS. WHAT WAS IT?
The Lotus Quest: In Search of the Sacred Flower
Mark GriffithsThe Lotus Quest unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era, as Griffiths visits shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes, and meets priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and ...
Become the Ultimate You!
Lynn EdwardsBecome the Ultimate YOU! will guide you in this quest for peace of mind and a deeply satisfying life. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Lynn Edwards suggests many ways and techniques that serve you in your quest for the ultimate YOU.
The Holy Grail: The History of a Legend
Richard BarberThe search for the grail has always been described as a quest; in this book, Barber goes on his own quest, brilliantly exploring the richness of the Holy Grail's cultural impact.
The Pragmatist: Bill de Blasio's Quest to Save the Soul of ...
Joseph P. ViterittiCharles Bagli, “Overhauled Affordable Housing Program Requires a 'Fair Wage' for Builders,” The New York Times, April 11, 2017. “Albany Agrees to Resurrect the 421-a Tax Exemption, Association for Neighborhood and Housing ...
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