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Meet the man who climbs trees for a living. In this adventure memoir, Aldred carries us with him across the globe and up to the top of these towering forest titans as he recalls his most memorable encounters with trees and their inhabitants.? Every child knows the allure of climbing trees. But how many of us get to make a living at it, spending days observing nature from the canopies of stunning forests all around the world? As a wildlife cameraman...
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Whether it's an arctic heather that can create subtropical conditions within its leaves, or a dwarf mistletoe that can shoot its seeds up to fifty feet away, plants demonstrate remarkable strategies in coping with and surviving their environments. Plants are often exposed to bitter cold, relentless winds, intense heat, drought, fire, pollution, and many other adverse growing conditions. Yet they are still able to survive and often even thrive. This...
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Are you tired of your indoor plants wilting away despite your best efforts? Do you struggle to keep your houseplants thriving and vibrant? House Plant Hacks is your go-to guide for transforming your indoor gardening game. With practical tips and expert tricks, this book addresses the common challenges plant lovers face, making greenery maintenance a breeze.About This Book:Unlock the secrets to optimal watering schedules tailored to different plant...
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Unveiling the Enchantment: The Secret Garden of Bonsai Mastery Are you yearning to delve into the captivating world of Bonsai gardening but feel overwhelmed by its mysterious allure? Unlock the secrets and embrace the magic of Bonsai gardening with "The Secret Garden: Unlocking Bonsai Gardening's Magic."About This Book:Mastery Unveiled: Learn the art of cultivating exquisite Bonsai trees effortlessly.Secrets Revealed: Discover insider techniques to...
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A color page with my step by step visual guide. I'll show you the steps to creating a finished drawing of ginseng using only an outline to get started.My email contact information and a link to the image file is included so you can request or print more copies of the outline at no extra charge.
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Counting Petals uses the counting format to introduce the lovely flowers of Hawai'i and to practice counting. The photographs were snapped with a digital camera while walking in the neighborhoods, parks, school grounds and botanical gardens in Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Counting is a forerunner in the learning of basic mathematics. Counting involves being able to match objects. In this book it is the matching of numerals in a given sequence to the petals...
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From the renowned author of "Divinely Guided," "Poetic Colors," "The Sugar Orchard," "The Essence of a Pearl," and "The Poetry of Angelia Richhart." Angelia Richhart has now released a new work named "Angelia Richhart Photography." "Angelia Richhart Photography" is a lovely book of photos of nature. This book has enriched photos of beautiful flowers as well as nature and all the beauty it entails. This book will touch your heart and soul and remind...
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Gardening may be pursued either as a hobby or as a career. To the modern urban world, gardening is a hobby, a relaxing escape from the pressures of an urban environment. To a vocational gardener, gardening may be an enjoyable vocation. Whatever may be the reason behind the gardening activity, undoubtedly, growing flowers, fresh vegetables, herbs, and fruits, provides a great sense of joy, relaxation and accomplishment. In horticulture, gardening is...
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Is there any scientific merit to the creationist point of view? This book looks at that question in detail and studies the flaws of evolutionary thinking and even the lack of true science in the evolution model. The creation model can be backed up scientifically. The book looks at topics like dinosaurs coexisting with man, the flood, the age of the Earth, and the intelligence of early man.
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Une fleur est la structure reproductive des plantes qui produisent des graines. Il est généralement composé de quatre parties principales : sépales, pétales, étamines et carpelles. Les sépales sont les feuilles modifiées qui protègent la fleur avant qu'elle ne fleurisse, tandis que les pétales sont les feuilles modifiées qui donnent généralement à la fleur sa couleur et son attrait. Les étamines sont les structures mâles qui produisent...
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The Garden Interior is the beautiful and inspired story of how one great garden raised a family and of what goes on inside the heart and mind of a gardener. Against the backdrop of the story of one modern-day family growing up in a rambling old arts and crafts house with a gorgeous acre of lush, mature gardens, this loving memoir is filled with gardening wisdom, humor, and nostalgia for growing up in the 1960s and 70s; it is also loaded with distinctive...
14) Botanical Drawing: A Step-By-Step Guide to Drawing Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit and Other Plant Life
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The definitive artist's guide to drawing detailed and accurate plants, flowers and other vegetation in pencil-including illustrations and exercises.
“Botanical Drawing” provides a thorough and expert guide to the subject, touching on the history of this fascinating art form as well as its rules and practicalities. Artist Penny Brown explains the materials, learnings and techniques required to produce accurate botanical illustrations. She also...
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This guide to the wildlife and vegetation of California's Central Valley and Foothills Regions features more than seven hundred detailed line drawings.
California's San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys and the nearby Sierra Nevada Foothills are host to abundant, varied, and often surprising plants and wildlife. This fully illustrated guide pairs over seven hundred meticulous line drawings with descriptions of the birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles,...
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Dog Tales of Australia is the bucket-list book for all those looking to live a 'paw-some' life – that is, a life filled with adventures with their best dog friend by their side.In this book, award-winning photographer Kerry Martin, her husband Sam and their much-adored dogs Keiko and Summer take you on an epic, furry adventure around incredible Australia. It's the best of the dog-friendly destinations to the north, south, east and west! From red...
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Adorable dogs paired with the hilarious, heartwarming reasons they love their weird-looking, fur-less human companions.
Honorable Mention for Pets-Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards
Have you ever considered what our precious pooches would say to us if they could speak?
In Thanks for Picking Up My Poop, our cute and cuddly canine companions impart their humorous and heartfelt motivations for staying so dedicated to their sometimes-clueless...
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The author of acclaimed memoirs about life on a French olive farm explores the larger history and culture of the Mediterranean delicacy.
Carol Drinkwater has a passion for olive trees and the fruit they bear-"bitter berries" that are transformed into savory delights and pressed into precious oil. Already intimately familiar with the fruit thanks to her olive farm in the South of France, she decided to travel throughout the Mediterranean basin-from...
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Award-winning nature writer John Leland offers a collection of twenty-seven short, poetic essays that marry science and the humanities as the author seeks meaning in trees. Readings in Wood is an investigation of trees and forests and also of wood as a material that people have found essential in the creation of society and culture. Leland views with wit and erudition the natural world and the curious place of human beings as saviors and destroyers...
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