the coffinmaker s garden stuart macbride
The Coffinmaker´s Garden - Stuart MacBride
A house of secrets... As a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smith s home is falling into the sea. The trouble is: that s where he s been hiding the bodies. A killer on the run... It s too dangerous to go near the place, so there s no way of knowing how many people he s murdered. Or how many more he ll kill before he s caught. An investigator with nothing to lose... As more horrors are discovered, ex-detective Ash Henderson is done playing nice. He s got a killer to catch, and God help anyone who gets in his way. Stuart MacBride s deft plotting and whipcrack dialogue, along with a strong sense of place, make The Coffinmaker s Garden a must read. If you like your serial killers with lashings of dark humour, this is for you Peter Robinson, no. 1 bestselling author of the DCI Banks series The Coffinmaker s Garden is brilliantly creepy, with the most cleverly conceived crime scene I ve ever read. His legions of fans will love this - it s an unmistakable Stuart MacBride cocktail of dark violence and even darker humour Jane Casey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Cutting Place
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The Dead of Winter - Stuart MacBride
One of this country s finest crime writers Daily Mail Concludes with a glorious twist The Times A high wire balancing act but MacBride never falters Scotland on SundayTHE UNPUTDOWNABLE, UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR.It was supposed to be an easy job.All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace.From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren t what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras and there s a strict nine o clock curfew, because Glenfarach is the final sanctuary for people who ve served their sentences but can t be safely released into the general population.Edward s new boss, DI Victoria Montgomery-Porter, insists they head back to Aberdeen before the approaching blizzards shut everything down, but when an ex-cop-turned-gangster is discovered tortured to death in his bungalow, someone needs to take charge.The weather s closing in, tensions are mounting, and time s running out - something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way...******Praise for Stuart MacBride: A magnetic mix of creepy places, dark humour, horror and violence Sun Dark and brilliantly written Linwood Barclay MacBride is a damned fine writer Peter James MacBride s thrillers just keep getting better Express Crime fiction of the highest order Mark Billingham
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Shatter the Bones - Stuart MacBride
A bestseller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. The seventh DS Logan McRae thriller is a gripping page-turner in which fame and fortune crash head-on with crime and punishment.No suspects. No clues. No rest for the wicked. You will raise money for the safe return of Alison and Jenny McGregor. If you raise enough money within fourteen days they will be released. If not, Jenny will be killed. Aberdeen s own mother-daughter singing sensation are through to the semi-finals of TV smash-hit Britain s Next Big Star. But their reality-TV dream has turned into a real-life nightmare.The ransom demand appears in all the papers, on the TV, and the internet, telling the nation to dig deep if they want to keep Alison and Jenny alive.Time is running out, but DS Logan McRae and his colleagues have nothing to go on: the kidnappers haven t left a single piece of forensic evidence and there are no witnesses.It looks as if the price of fame just got a lot higherâ ¦
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Birthdays for the Dead - Stuart MacBride
Twelve years. Twelve dead girls. Thirteen will be unlucky for some.The Number One bestselling crime thriller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. A bloody, brilliant and brutal story of murder, kidnap and revenge.Detective Constable Ash Henderson has a dark secretâ ¦Five years ago his daughter, Rebecca, went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthday. A year later the first card arrived: home-made, with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front â “ Rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrified. Every year another card: each one worse than the last.The tabloids call him â ˜The Birthday Boyâ ™. Heâ ™s been snatching girls for twelve years, always just before their thirteenth birthday, killing them slowly, then torturing their families with his homemade cards.But Ash hasnâ ™t told anyone what really happened to Rebecca â “ they all think she ran away â “ because if anyone finds out, heâ ™ll be taken off the investigation. And heâ ™s sacrificed too much to give up before his daughterâ ™s murderer gets what he deservesâ ¦
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Close to the Bone - Stuart MacBride
The eighth Logan McRae novel in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride.Every murder tells a story. But not every victim tells the truth. â ˜A terrific writer â ¦ McRae is a delightâ ™ The TimesSticks and stones may break your bonesâ ¦The first body is chained to a stake: strangled, and stabbed, with a burning tyre around its neck. But is this a gangland execution or something much darker?Someoneâ ™s leaving little knots of bones on DI Logan McRaeâ ™s doorstep, but heâ ™s got bigger concerns. Rival drug gangs are fighting over product and territory; two teenage lovers are missing; someoneâ ™s crippling Asian immigrants; and Loganâ ™s been lumbered with an ambitious new Detective Sergeant and gained the unwelcome attention of the local crime boss.When another body turns up, the similarities between these murders and the plot of a bestselling novel seem like more than just a coincidence. And perhaps those little knots of bones are more important than they lookâ ¦
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Untitled Stuart MacBride 2025 - Stuart MacBride
The Granite City is ready to burn, and all it takes is a single spark . . .In the heat of a blistering summer, Aberdeenâ ™s police are struggling: half the force is off sick, leave has been cancelled, someoneâ ™s firebombed a hotel full of migrants, and thereâ ™s a massive protest march happening this Saturday.With officers dropping like flies, Detective Inspector Logan McRae is forced to juggle cases and run a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions.It doesnâ ™t help that the Aberdeen Examiner has just been bought by Natasha Agapova, a tabloid media tycoon hell-bent on blaming local police for everything. And sheâ ™s more than happy to fan the flames.But, as bad as everything seems, itâ ™s all about to get much, much worse . . .* * *Praise for Stuart MacBride: Dark and brilliantly written Linwood Barclay, author of I Will Ruin You MacBride is a damned fine writer Peter James, author of Picture You Dead Crime fiction of the highest order Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance
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Dying Light - Stuart MacBride
The second crime thriller in the No.1 bestselling Logan McRae series from Stuart MacBride. Even the darkest crimes will come to light⠦⠘Stuart MacBride is a damned fine writer⠙ Peter JamesCrime never sleeps.Down by the docks, in the dead of night, a woman is hunted down and killed. For DS Logan McRae, it⠙s just the beginning of another nightmare.Neither does this killer.As the day dawns and the body count rises, Logan realises that this isn⠙t just an isolated murder. It⠙s far more disturbing than that.A killer is on the loose and wreaking havoc ⠓ and Logan is running out of time to stop them.And the clock is ticking . . .
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This House of Burning Bones - Stuart MacBride
Don’t stoke the flames unless you want to get burned . . .It’s not going well for Aberdeen s NE Division: half the force is off sick, all leave has been cancelled, someone has firebombed a hotel full of migrants and there’s a massive protest march happening this Saturday.With officers dropping like flies, Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to kick off a major murder investigation with a skeleton staff of misfits, idiots and malingerers until the top brass can arrange back-up from other divisions.But, as bad as everything seems, things are about to get much, much worse . . .* * *Praise for Stuart MacBride: Dark and brilliantly written – Linwood Barclay, author of I will Ruin You MacBride is a damned fine writer – Peter James, author of Picture You Dead Crime fiction of the highest order – Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance
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Dark Blood - Stuart MacBride
The sixth gripping thriller in the No.1 bestselling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Scotland⠙s finest see first-hand how starting again can be murder⠦⠘MacBride is a damned fine writer⠙ Peter JamesEveryone deserves a second chance⠦Richard Knox has done his time and seen the error of his ways. He wants to leave his dark past behind, so why shouldn⠙t he be allowed to live wherever he wants?Detective Sergeant Logan McRae isn⠙t thrilled about having to help a violent rapist settle into Aberdeen. Even worse, he⠙s stuck with the man who put Knox behind bars, DSI Danby, supposedly to ⠘keep an eye on things⠙.Only things are about to go very, very wrong.Edinburgh gangster Malk the Knife wants a slice of Aberdeen⠙s latest development boom. Local crime lord Wee Hamish Mowat has ominous plans for Logan⠙s future. And Knox⠙s past isn⠙t finished with him yet⠦
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Broken Skin - Stuart MacBride
The third DS Logan McRae thriller in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride. A crime of passion â ¦ or cold-hearted murder?â ˜MacBride is a damned fine writerâ ™ Peter JamesThe Granite Cityâ ™s seedy side is about to be exposedâ ¦A serial rapist is leaving a string of tortured women behind him, but while DS Logan McRaeâ ™s girlfriend, PC Jackie â ˜Ball Breakerâ ™ Watson, is out acting as bait, heâ ™s trying to identify a blood-drenched body dumped outside Accident and Emergency.Loganâ ™s investigations suggest someone in the local bondage community has developed a taste for violent death, and he soon finds himself dragged into the twilight world of pornographers, sex-shops and S M.Meanwhile, the prime suspect in the rape case turns out to be Aberdeen Football Clubâ ™s star striker. Logan thinks theyâ ™ve got it horribly wrong, but Jackie is convinced the footballerâ ™s guilty and sheâ ™s hell-bent on a conviction at any costâ ¦
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Bloody Scotland - Stuart MacBride, Val McDermidová, Ann Cleevesová, Denise Mina, Chris Brookmyre, Anderson Lin, Sara Sheridan, Doug Johnstone, Gordon
WINNER OF THE CWA SHORT STORY DAGGERIn Bloody Scotland a selection of Scotland s best crime writers use the sinister side of the country s built heritage in stories that are by turns gripping, chilling and redemptive.Stellar contributors Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre, Denise Mina, Ann Cleeves, Louise Welsh, Lin Anderson, Doug Johnstone, Gordon Brown, Craig Robertson, E S Thomson, Sara Sheridan and Stuart MacBride explore the thrilling potential of Scotland s iconic sites and structures. From murder in an ancient broch and a macabre tale of revenge among the furious clamour of an eighteenth century mill, to a dark psychological thriller set within the tourist throng of Edinburgh Castle and a rivalry turning fatal in the concrete galleries of an abandoned modernist ruin, this collection uncovers the intimate - and deadly - connections between people and places.Prepare for a dangerous journey into the dark shadows of our nation s buildings - where passion, fury, desire and death collide.
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Cold Granite - Stuart MacBride
The very first Logan McRae novel in the No.1 bestselling crime series from Stuart MacBride. DS Logan McRae and the police in Aberdeen hunt a child killer who stalks the frozen streets.Winter in Aberdeen: murder, mayhem and terrible weatherâ ¦Itâ ™s DS Logan McRaeâ ™s first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldnâ ™t get much worse. Three-year-old David Reidâ ™s body is discovered in a ditch: strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. And heâ ™s only the first. Thereâ ™s a serial killer stalking the Granite City and the local media are baying for blood.Soon the dead are piling up in the morgue almost as fast as the snow on the streets, and Logan knows time is running out. More children are going missing. More are going to die. And if Logan isnâ ™t careful, he could end up joining them.
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Blind Eye - Stuart MacBride
The first thriller in the No.1 bestselling DS Logan McRae series. Nothing keeps a crime hidden like fear⠦⠘Stuart MacBride⠙s thrillers just keep getting better⠙ Express⠘You can⠙t be an eyewitness if I cut out your eyes⠦⠙Someone⠙s preying on Aberdeen⠙s growing Polish population. The pattern is always the same: men abandoned on building sites, barely alive, their eyes gouged out and the sockets burned.With the victims too scared to talk, and the only witness a paedophile who⠙s on the run, Grampian Police is getting nowhere fast. The attacks are brutal, they keep on happening, and soon DS Logan McRae will have to decide how far he⠙s prepared to bend the rules to get a result.The Granite City is on the brink of gang warfare; the investigating team are dogged by allegations of corruption; and Logan⠙s about to come to the attention of Aberdeen⠙s most notorious crime lord⠦
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Flesh House - Stuart MacBride
The 4th thriller in the Number One bestselling crime series from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. Panic grips The Granite City as DS Logan McRae heads up a manhunt for â ˜The Flesherâ ™ â “ one of the UKâ ™s most notorious serial killers.Panic strikes the Granite Cityâ ¦When an offshore container turns up at Aberdeen Harbour full of human meat, it kicks off the largest manhunt in the Granite Cityâ ™s history.Twenty years ago â ˜The Flesherâ ™ was butchering people all over the UK â “ turning victims into oven-ready joints â “ until Grampianâ ™s finest put him away. But eleven years later he was out on appeal. Now heâ ™s missing and people are dying again.When members of the original investigation start to disappear, Detective Sergeant Logan McRae realizes the case might not be as clear cut as everyone thinksâ ¦Twenty years of secrets and lies are being dragged into the light. And the only thing thatâ ™s certain is Aberdeen will never be the same again.
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22 Dead Little Bodies and Other Stories - Stuart MacBride
From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD comes the short novel: 22 DEAD LITTLE BODIES, plus two short stories: STRAMASH and DI STEEL S BAD HEIR DAY, and a novella: THE 45% HANGOVER, all featuring his most popular characters â “ DS Logan McRae and DCI Roberta Steel.They say â ˜small is beautifulâ ™, but as Stuart MacBride demonstrates in these four tales, it can also be dark, violent, disturbing, and sometimes really quite rude.So pour yourself a wee dram, curl up on the sofa and enjoy DS Logan McRae and his sometime boss, friend, mother substitute, and nemesis, DCI Steel at their best.Here youâ ™ll find Loganâ ™s week from hell; Steelâ ™s own personal nightmare before Christmas; an explosive shootout on a remote Scottish island; and the ultimate test of their relationshipâ ¦
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Sawbones - Stuart MacBride
A gripping serial killer thriller with a twist ⠓ from No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBrideThis time the serial killer picked the wrong family⠦⠘MacBride is a damned fine writer⠙ Peter JamesThey call him Sawbones: a serial killer touring America kidnapping young women.The FBI⠙s investigating ⠓ but getting nowhere.The latest victim is Laura Jones. Sixteen years old. Pretty. Blonde. And the daughter of one of New York⠙s most notorious gangsters. Laura⠙s Dad doesn⠙t care about the law. What he wants is revenge. And he knows just the guys to get it.This time, Sawbones picked on the wrong family⠦
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This House of Burning Bones - Stuart MacBride
Stuart MacBride is back with Logan McRae to celebrate twenty years since the detective s first appearance in Cold Granite.
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A Song for the Dying - Stuart MacBride
A heart-stopping crime thriller and the fourth consecutive No. 1 Bestseller from the author of the Logan McRae series and Birthdays for the Dead.Heâ ™s backâ ¦Eight years ago, â ˜The Inside Manâ ™ murdered four women and left three more in critical condition â “ all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside.And then the killer just â ¦ disappeared.Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation, but a lot can change in eight years. His family has been destroyed, his career is in tatters, and one of Oldcastleâ ™s most vicious criminals is making sure he spends the rest of his life in prison.Now a nurse has turned up dead, a plastic doll buried beneath her skin, and it looks as if Ash might finally get a shot at redemption. At earning his freedom.At revenge.
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The 45% Hangover [A Logan and Steel novella] - Stuart MacBride
A brilliantly twisty, 80-page novella from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Including an extract from his new Logan novel, THE MISSING AND THE DEAD.Itâ ™s the night of the big Referendum, and all Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to do is find a missing â ˜Noâ ™ campaigner. Should be easy enoughâ ¦But, as usual, DCI Steel has plans of her own. As the votes are counted thereâ ™s trouble brewing in the pubs and on the streets of Aberdeen.Loganâ ™s picked up a promising lead, but all is not quite what it seems, and things are about to go very, very wrongâ ¦
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The Blood Road - Stuart MacBride
The tenth Logan McRae novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author.Scottish crime fiction at its very best.Some things just wonâ ™t stay buriedâ ¦When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in a crashed car, itâ ™s a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago. Or at least they thought he did.Now Inspector Logan McRae has to work out where DI Bellâ ™s been all this time â “ and what was so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead.But the deeper Logan digs, the more bones he uncovers. And there are people out there whoâ ™ll kill to keep those skeletons buriedâ ¦
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Twelve Days of Winter - Stuart MacBride
A collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season â “ from the No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBrideOn the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to meâ ¦Twelve days, twelve stories.Meet Fat Billy Partridge, possibly the worst cat-burglar ever; newbie drug-dealer Brian, who probably shouldnâ ™t be taking advantage of the jobâ ™s fringe benefits; Philippe, a chef with anger-management issues and lots of very sharp knives; Mr Unwin, the undertaker with the golden touch; and Lord Peter Forsyth-Leven, MSP, learning the hard way that having it all means youâ ™ve got so much more to loseâ ¦Thieves, drug dealers, lap-dancers, gangsters and even the odd good guy populate these twelve interlinked tales of crime and retribution set around the festive season.
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Oxford AQA History for A Level: Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702 - Farr David
Approved by AQA and tailored to the latest specification, Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702 helps students understand issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in this period of British history. It explores:- how the monarchy changed during Stuart Britain- why there were disputes over religion- how effective the opposition was- how important ideologies and individuals wereMake connections between the six key thematic questions in the specificationFocus on skills building and exam practiceKey features are:- Source-Based Learning. Includes a wide range of sources and extracts to develop vital skills in historical interpretation and source analysis- Exam Practice. Features exam-style questions and study tips to help students prepare and performPerfect for any student studying AQA AS or A Level History, this book helps students achieve success in Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy 1603-1702.
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In a Place of Darkness - Stuart MacBride
THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO CATCH A SERIAL KILLER… Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferred out of uniform and assigned to Oldcastle’s biggest ongoing murder investigation: Operation Telegram, hunting the Fortnight Killer . Every two weeks another couple is targeted. One victim is left at the scene, their corpse used as a twisted message board.The second body is never seen again. This should be the perfect chance for Angus to prove himself, but he’s been lumbered with the forensic psychologist from hell. It’s been twelve days since the Fortnight Killer last struck, and the investigation’s running out of time.Angus s shiny new job might just be the death of him…
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The Modern Japanese Garden - Stephen Mansfield
The first ever survey of the evolution of the Japanese garden, dating from 1900 to the present day.A major survey and the first book of its kind, The Modern Japanese Garden is set to become the definitive book on the subject. Featuring gardens from Tokyo, Kyoto and Fujisawa to Osaka, Okayama, Fukuoka and beyond, this impressive overview includes major analysis of key works of interest through detailed garden profiles; insights into some of the most renowned Japanese garden designers across history; and a thoughtful exploration of the essential themes and developments in Japanese garden design.The Modern Japanese Garden investigates the relationship between nature and modernity. Roughly divided between pre- and post-1945 Japanese garden design, it examines post-war shifts in attitudes towards the contemporary garden as they move from status symbols and expressions of influence to spaces of healing and mediation. A short history of the Japanese garden, from pre-Shinto stone arrangements to the last years of the nineteenth century, sits alongside analysis of the contemporary gardens of Japan’s corporate buildings, museums, hotels and public spaces.Garden profiles offer a comprehensive overview of the most iconic and influential gardens in Japan, and include a mix of landscape- and smaller-scale gardens, many just recently completed. Interspersed throughout are short interludes, covering everything from the ancient garden of Ryoan-ji in Kyoto to the aesthetic lexicon of Japanese garden design, while essays from a number of high-profile contributors meditate on particular themes.Intended for both professional and general readers with an interest in landscape design and Japan s contemporary lifestyle, this is the definitive sourcebook on the subject.
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The Contemporary Garden - Phaidon Editors
Celebrate the beauty and creativity of the world⠙s greatest contemporary gardens through this stunning survey highlighting the leading designers of todayThe Contemporary Garden showcases 300 outstanding gardens in more than forty countries across the globe. Curated in collaboration with an international team of horticultural experts, this wide-ranging collection includes iconic public gardens such as the High Line and Changi Airport Garden, as well as private gems, such as a dreamy hillside garden in Morocco by Umberto Pasti and Anna Wintour⠙s elegant garden in upstate New York by Miranda Brooks.Beautifully designed and illustrated, The Contemporary Garden celebrates each garden with a gorgeous large-format image and insightful description. Readers will discover the work of renowned garden designers and landscape architects, such as Fiona Brockhoff, Dan Pearson, Sarah Price, and Bernard Trainor, alongside projects by rising stars and owner-makers.Organized alphabetically by designer or studio name, the book⠙s pages reveal a striking range of contemporary garden styles ⠓ naturalistic, community, wild, urban, botanical, dry, topiary, minimalist, edible, flower, and more ⠓ demonstrating how our evolving stylistic and horticultural aesthetic fosters an increasingly strong connection with the natural world.Both an inspirational resource and an authoritative reference, The Contemporary Garden will delight professional, recreational, and armchair gardeners of all ages.Garden designers featured include: Marian Boswell, Sam Cox, Erik Dhont, Isabel Duprat, Luciano Giubbilei, Olin, Piet Oudolf, Reed Hilderbrand, Amalia Robredo, and Tom Stuart-SmithGardens featured include: African Ancestors Memorial Garden, Chihuly Garden Glass, Gardens by the Bay, High Line, Hunting Brook Gardens, Jardins d⠙Étretat, The Native Plant Garden at New York Botanical Garden, The Opera Park, and numerous private gardensAdvisors and contributors include: Richard Aitken, Matthew Biggs, Matt Collins, Sorrel Everton, Joanna Fortnum, Clare Foster, Noel Kingsbury, Stephanie Mahon, Tovah Martin, Michael McCoy, Colleen Morris, Paul Redman, and Tony Spencer
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A Dark So Deadly - Stuart MacBride
A gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series.Beware of the darkâ ¦Welcome to the Misfit Mob â “ where Police Scotland dumps the officers it canâ ™t get rid of, but wants to. Officers like DC Callum MacGregor, lumbered with all the boring go-nowhere cases. So when an ancient mummy is found at the Oldcastle tip, itâ ™s his job to track down its owner.But then Callum uncovers links between his mummified corpse and three missing young men, and life starts to get a lot more interesting.No one expects the Misfit Mob to solve anything, but right now theyâ ™re all that stands between a killerâ ™s victims and a slow lingering death. Can they prove everyone wrong before someone else dies?
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The Garden - Toby Musgrave
The definitive reference guide to garden design, its rich history, and the creative art of gardening ⠓ a luxuriously illustrated A-Z compendium of more than 200 garden elements, styles, features, and ornaments for gardeners around the globe With its easy-to-use A-Z format, The Garden examines over 200 modern and historical garden styles, features, types and ornaments, with definitions and informative descriptions and more than 500 spectacular images. This accessible, inspirational book is perfect for both amateur gardeners and specialists alike. Its entries, written by garden expert and historian Toby Musgrave ⠓ author of Phaidon s bestselling book The Gardener s Garden ⠓ range from Allée, Borrowed Landscape and Coastal Garden, to Minimalism, New Perennial Planting, Pool, Vista and Xeriscape Garden and form a unique, illustrated glossary for gardeners, featuring more than 400 gardens, both public and private, iconic and lesser known. Examples include spaces such as the Baroque gardens of Versailles and rarely published tropical courtyards from contemporary designers, alongside artist creations such as Frida Kahlo⠙s courtyard in Mexico and Derek Jarman s coastal garden in Dungeness, England. Alongside the work of private garden owners and makers, the book also showcases the work of emerging and eminent designers, including Andrea Cochran, Emily Erlam, Raymond Jungles, Dan Pearson, and Piet Oudolf. Whether creating an English cottage garden or tending a Japanese Zen landscape, the range and beauty of The Garden will inspire gardeners and garden lovers everywhere as never before.
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The Science of Spice - Stuart Farrimond
Break new ground with this spice book like no other, from food scientist and bestselling author, Dr Stuart Farrimond. Explore the science behind the art of making incredible spice blends and how the flavour compounds within spices work together to create exciting layers of flavour and new sensations. Spice profiles - organised by their dominant flavour compound - showcase the world s top spices, with recipe ideas, information on how to buy, use, and store, and more in-depth science to help you release the flavours and make your own spice connections. There is also a selection of recipes using innovative spice blends, based on the new spice science, designed to brighten your palate and inspire your own culinary adventures. If you ve ever wondered what to do with that unloved jar of sumac, why some spices taste stronger than others, or how to make your own personal garam masala, this inspirational guide has all the answers. Explore the world s best spices, be inspired to make your own new spice blends, and take your cooking to new heights. About the Author Dr Stuart Farrimond, food scientist and author of the DK bestseller The Science of Cooking (2017), is a science and medical writer, presenter, and educator. He makes regular appearances on TV, radio, and at public events, and his writing appears in national and international publications, including The Independent, The Daily Mail, and New Scientist. He is the main author of this book and will reveal the science behind spices, in a way never before seen.
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The Science of Garden Biodiversity - Julian Doberski
You step out of the back door into the garden. There may be a few birds flitting around, perhaps butterflies or bumblebees on the wing. But often the garden can seem very still. But if you look beyond the superficial inactivity there is an ecological web of wildlife to explore, to understand and then to encourage more biodiversity.The Science of Garden Biodiversity: The Living Garden shows how data and science can help to dispel myths, such as that a garden fit for wildlife must be ‘ wild’ and that you must grow native plants. It also provides an understanding of how diverse life can be in gardens and how gardens work. And along the way there are scientific ‘ signposts’ to better wildlife gardening. Julian Doberski explains the role of small things - microorganisms and invertebrates - that are fundamental to the ecological functioning of gardens. Learning more about the ecology of a garden helps us understand and appreciate what makes a garden a refuge for wildlife and how following the science may lead to a more thoughtful and constructive approach to gardening and garden design and garden planting.
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The Climate Change Garden, UPDATED EDITION - Sally Morganová, Kim Stoddart
In this global gardener’s guide to creating a resilient, climate-wise garden, learn how to adapt your garden to cope with volatile weather extremes and other effects of a rapidly changing climate.It’s no longer gardening as usual. Heat waves, droughts, flooding, violent storms…the long-predicted extremes of weather caused by climate change are now on our doorstep, and gardeners around the world are feeling the effects. Certain pests are staying active until much later in the season, many plants are blooming earlier, soils are eroding and degrading at a rapid pace, unpredictable rainfall is water-logging our gardens, and fiercer storms are uprooting trees and snapping branches. Not to mention the effects of prolonged drought in many parts of the world and the water rationing that comes with it. What’s a gardener to do?We need to learn how to protect the garden against climate extremes, exotic pests, invasive weeds, and more. The Climate Change Garden is the first book to reveal which types of gardens are better suited to deal with such extremes and which techniques, practices, and equipment can be put to good use in our gardens to help temper the issues. There’s no getting away from it; no matter where on the planet you live, the climate and weather patterns are changing fast, and our gardening practices need to catch up.With the aim of building a more durable, robust, and productive garden beneath the shadow of climate change, you’ll learn how to: Adapt your plant selections, planting practices, and garden maintenance techniques for the new futureSelect vegetable and fruit varieties that are more adaptable to weather extremes and more capable of resisting pests and diseases Find ways to manage excess storm water runoff and minimize the heat island effectFoster wildlife and discover the importance of creating a safe haven for these creatures in a changing worldUse season extenders like cold frames, high tunnels, and row covers to protect edible plants from weather eventsTake measures to reduce your garden’s carbon footprint, including going no-till, building a green roof, and compostingLimit the risks from wind, frost, and snow by taking advantage of microclimates, planting wind breaks, and physically protecting plantsPlant more of the right trees for your future climate to help cool your home, slow the movement of water, and hold soil in placeThe Climate Change Garden is about working with the natural world to create a productive, low-maintenance, climate-savvy garden that’s capable of standing strong against the effects of a changing climate.
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The Yellow Wallpaper - David Stuart Davies
Selected and Introduced by David Stuart Davies.Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century is a wonderful collection of classic stories specially selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies. These are tales from the golden age of the great storytellers presenting evocative snapshots from that bygone era while at the same time providing engaging entertainment and stimulation for the modern reader.All emotions are catered for in the offerings by Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, H.G.Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Mrs Gaskell, O Henry, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Guy de Maupassant, Anton Chekhov, Charlotte Perkins Gillman and Charles Lamb. Through their words the rich pageant of yesterday springs to vibrant life. Each story has its own introduction and there is a set of informative notes. This volume is ideal reading for the student as well as those who relish a good tale well told.
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The Book of Garden Flowers - Angie Lewin, Christopher Stocks
The perfect armchair and gardening companion to the garden flowers of the British Isles. Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating tales of nineteen cultivated flowers and their journeys from distant corners of the world to British gardens, illustrated by the painter and printmaker Angie Lewin in this charming companion guide. The Book of Garden Flowers builds on the success of Angie Lewinâ ™s and Christopher Stocksâ ™ previous collaborations; The Book of Wild Flowers (Thames Hudson, 2024) and The Book of Pebbles (Thames Hudson, 2020.) While The Book of Wild Flowers explored the natural history of Britainâ ™s favourite wild species, The Book of Garden Flowers is more a social history, bringing into focus some of the remarkable people who introduced exotic plants to our gardens from around the globe, including: â ¢ Margery Fish, secretary to six successive editors at the Daily Mail, who rescued many cottage garden flowers from obscurity â ¢ Ellen Willmot, who employed over 100 staff in her garden and burned through a huge fortune thanks to her passion for plants, dying penniless and alone â ¢ Charles Dickens, who became obsessed with a particular pelargonium â ¢ John Gerrard, the famous 17th-century herbalist, who planted the first nasturtiums in the UK at his City of London garden â ¢ Henry VIII, who ate the first British-grown artichokes on the outskirts of Chelmsford Revealing new stories behind some of our most familiar and unusual garden plants, this beautiful book explores the horticultural history and floral folklore of some of the nationâ ™s favourite flowers.
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The Cottage Garden - Claus Dalby
Through over 700 exquisite photographs and evocative text written by Danish gardening celebrity Claus Dalby, explore the history and development of the beloved cottage garden design style.In the pages of The Cottage Garden, you’ll first draw inspiration from the stories and landscapes of generations of famous cottage gardeners, including Gertrude Jekyll, Vita Sackville-West, William Robinson, Margery Fish, and Tasha Tudor. Then, meet modern cottage gardeners from around the globe who combine billowing masses of flowers such as poppies, delphinium, lupines, foxgloves, peonies, roses, lilies, and many more to create dreamy landscapes infused with the romance and wildness of cottage-style gardening.You’ll find no formal lines, rigid rules, or perfect spacing in the cottage garden. Instead, the form is organic and purposefully unstructured. Plants self-sow here and there, bulbs pop up and spread unrestricted, and everything appears casual; though as you’ll come to learn through Dalby’s words, it is all done with great intent.Overflowing with textures and colors, the cottage gardens featured throughout this book in hundreds of full-color photographs are found in places as diverse as Germany, Sweden, Denmark, England, and the United States. The accompanying text is derived from Dalby’s personal visits to these gardens, along with his intimate interviews with the resident gardeners.Dalby provides useful details about the design, development, and continued evolution of cottage gardens. He shares the stories of these breathtaking modern cottage gardens in a way that allows you to glean inspiration you can use to create a cottage garden of your own, whether large or small. The gardens profiled in these pages exhibit the essential foundational elements and principals of well-designed cottage gardens. Whether home is in the countryside or a suburban subdivision, the profiled gardens will serve as both muse and motivation for the creation of a classic backyard cottage garden in your own space. This gorgeous tome is sure to become the bible of this much-adored classic garden design style.Also by Claus Dalby: Containers in the Garden
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The Vintage Farmhouse Garden - Rhonda Kaiser
With the insight and inspiration found in The Vintage Farmhouse Garden, you’ll create a gorgeous, vintage-inspired outdoor space, overflowing with style and charm.Garden and design influencer Rhonda Kaiser (@southernhomeandfarm) partners vintage-inspired design with the farmhouse aesthetic to make your outdoor space as beautiful and welcoming as possible. Whether it’s by creating a stunning tablescape, arranging a welcoming front porch, designing a peaceful outdoor garden oasis, or displaying a collection of seasonal plants and vintage accessories, Rhonda helps you bring all the classic comforts of a farm home into your garden, no matter where you live. Inside, you’ll find inspiration on how to: Turn your farmhouse garden vision into realitySelect and plant vibrant fruits, flowers, and shrubs for your farmhouse garden Include vintage finds in your garden designShape a welcoming space, from your front porch to your back gateIncorporate and decorate outbuildings like greenhouses and toolsheds to make them as beautiful as they are usefulAdd pollinator-friendly plants to your gardenCelebrate the seasons by inviting and entertaining others in your space Plus, favorite recipes using fresh flavors from the gardenDiscover the joys of curating a collection of vintage accessories and showcasing it as part of a well-designed farmhouse garden, overflowing with a colorful collection of edible and ornamental plants. Welcome to The Vintage Farmhouse Garden.
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The Bee-Friendly Garden - Gretchen LeBuhn, Kate Frey
For every gardener who cares about the planet, this guide to designing a bee garden helps you create a stunningly colorful, vibrant, healthy habitat that attracts both honeybees and native bees.In The Bee-Friendly Garden, award-winning garden designer Kate Frey and bee expert Gretchen LeBuhn provide everything you need to know to create a dazzling garden that helps both the threatened honeybee and our own native bees. No matter how small or large your space, and regardless of whether you live in the city, suburbs, or country, just a few simple changes to your garden can fight the effects of colony collapse disorder and the worldwide decline in bee population that threatens our global food chain. There are many personal benefits of having a bee garden as well! Bee gardens:· contain a gorgeous variety of flowers· bloom continuously throughout the seasons· are organic, pesticide-free, and ecologically sustainable· develop healthy and fertile soil· attract birds, butterflies, and other beneficial insects· increase the quantity of your fruit and vegetable harvest· improve the quality, flavor, and size of your produceIllustrated with spectacular full-color photos, The Bee-Friendly Garden debunks myths about bees, explains seasonal flower progression, and provides detailed instructions for nest boxes and water features. From “super blooming” flowers to regional plant lists and plants to avoid, The Bee-Friendly Garden is an essential tool for every gardener who cares about the planet and wants to make their yard a welcoming habitat for nature’s most productive pollinator.
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RHS Garden Bridgewater - Phil McCann, The Royal Horticultural Society
Following the popular BBC series, this book is the comprehensive guide to one of Europe #39;s largest and most ambitious gardening projects, the magnificent RHS Bridgewater. RHS Garden Bridgewater has a rich history, deeply entrenched personal connections with the local community and now a dazzling and exciting future, all of which is brought to life in this sumptuous book. Set on the site of the former Worsley New Hall stately home in Manchester, bordering the Bridgewater canal, the Bridgewater garden is one of the most exciting public garden projects undertaken anywhere in the world in recent years. Guided by a masterplan from the renowned landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, it is a showpiece of horticultural excellence with a rich array of attractions, from walled gardens and Chinese streamside features to aromatic kitchen gardens and verdant wooded areas, all placed at the heart of the community.RHS Garden Bridgewater charts the glory years of royal visits to the site, the decline and fall into disrepair and the subsequent restoration and development of the gardens into what they are today. Chronicling personal memories from the people who shaped the gardens, the book is beautifully illustrated and provides a complete insight into how a garden was and will once again become an integral and inspirational part of the community.
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The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook - Sally Morganová
Create a thriving garden or allotment that works in harmony with nature and will flourish in the face of ever-changing environmental conditions.In The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook, expert organic gardener Sally Morgan shares a wide range of ecological concepts from permaculture, regenerative gardening, agroecology and more to boost your garden⠙s biodiversity and enrich your soil. This must-have guide will help you:Build your soil so it⠙s full of healthy organic matter and protect it through no-dig practices, composting, cover crops and mulchingIncrease resilience through productive plant combinations and polycultureCreate wildlife-friendly habitats utilising walls and fences, log piles, water features and wild cornersChoose the right plants to attract pollinators and plant defendersCombat disease and keep pests at bay using natural predators, companion planting and trap and barrier cropsPLUSThe importance of collecting genetically diverse seeds from plants that have adapted to local conditionsustainably manage water in your garden, especially in times of drought or excessive rainfallWhether you⠙re a passionate gardener, allotment holder or grower, The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook will help you future-proof your garden by giving it everything it needs to adapt and succeed, whatever the climate challenge.(Previously published as The Healthy Vegetable Garden, now updated and revised) A must-read for anyone who wants to know how to grow their own zero-food miles, pesticide-free veg, while treading gently upon our planet.  Dave Goulson, author of The Garden Jungle and Silent Earth This book could not be better timed, and given Sally⠙s lifetime experience of organic gardening, it⠙s bound to inspire all those who want to ⠘grow back better⠙.  Helen Browning, Chief Executive, Soil Association
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The Secret Lives of Garden Bees - Jean Vernon
A friendly, accessible insight into the weird-but-wonderful world of the bees you may find in your garden.From the common or garden bumblebees that nest in bird boxes, compost heaps, and old mouse holes making ‘Winnie the Pooh’ style honey pots to feed their babies, to the quirky wool carder bee, a solitary bee that combs the fluff from garden plants to line her brood cells and the amazing leaf-cutter bee that carves chunks out of plant foliage to seal its egg chambers.This book will reveal the secrets and fascinating lives of the bees that live and breed in your garden, from buzz pollination, to the bee robbers that cheat the plants and steal nectar by stealth.With a seasonal guide to explore what you are likely to see in your garden, great plants to grow to help them, plus other fascinating information on these secretive creatures, this book is designed to bring alive the world of garden bees before your very eyes.
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The New Shade Garden - Ken Druse
In The New Shade Garden, award-winning author Ken Druse presents a comprehensive guide to creating a shade garden with an emphasis on the adjustments necessary for our changing climate. There is a new generation of gardeners who are planting gardens not only for their visual beauty but also for their ability to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Druse offers advice on a wide variety of common problems facing today’s gardeners, including: Watering plants without stressing limited resourcesDesigning your own gardenPruning treesDealing with a troublesome deer situation Preparing soil for plantingThe vast array of flowers and greenery that grow best in the shadeAnd more! Druse writes in his introduction, “The garden of the future will be a shade garden. There are many reasons: fiscal, historical, environmental—and for the sake of our health and the planet’s.” Discover what Druse has learned in his many years of gardening: Creating your own lush oasis is the best defense against our changing world. Filled with guidance, horticultural facts, and useful plant recommendations, this book is sure to become a resource you will refer to again and again. Perfect for new and seasoned gardeners alike, this wide-ranging encyclopedic manual provides all the information you need to start or improve upon your own shade garden. “Reading Druse is like talking to a generous old friend who knows exactly when you’re about to give up and comes to the rescue.” ―New York Times Book Review “Druse argues that shade gardens will be the most comfortable, satisfying and sustainable option.” —Chicago Tribune
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The Garden Club Murder - Amy Patricia Meade
Tish Tarragon s preparations for Coleton Creek s annual garden club awards luncheon are threatened when one of the prime contenders is murdered.Literary caterer Letitia Tish Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek s annual garden club awards, but when she is taken on a tour of some of the top contenders with the garden club s president, Jim Ainsley, Tish is surprised at how seriously the residents take the awards - and how desperate they are to win.Wealthy, retired businessman Sloane Shackleford has won the coveted best garden category five years in a row, but he and his Bichon Frise, Biscuit, are universally despised. When Sloane s bludgeoned body is discovered in his pristine garden, Tish soon learns that he was disliked for reasons that go beyond his green fingers. Have the hotly contested awards brought out a competitive and murderous streak in one of the residents?
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The Garden Club Murder - Amy Patricia Meade
Tish Tarragon s preparations for Coleton Creek s annual garden club awards luncheon are threatened when one of the prime contenders is murdered.Literary caterer Letitia Tish Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek s annual garden club awards, but when she is taken on a tour of some of the top contenders with the garden club s president, Jim Ainsley, Tish is surprised at how seriously the residents take the awards - and how desperate they are to win.Wealthy, retired businessman Sloane Shackleford has won the coveted best garden category five years in a row, but he and his Bichon Frise, Biscuit, are universally despised. When Sloane s bludgeoned body is discovered in his pristine garden, Tish soon learns that he was disliked for reasons that go beyond his green fingers. Have the hotly contested awards brought out a competitive and murderous streak in one of the residents?
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The Water-Smart Garden - Noelle Johnson
Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how! As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it’s more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in The Water-Smart Garden, you’ll learn dozens of techniques to limit water use while growing a gorgeous and thriving garden. Not only will you learn how to make smart plant choices and improve the water-holding capacity of your soil, you’ll learn xeriscaping techniques, drought-tolerant growing tips, and plant care advice to make the most of low-water situations.Also includes information on:Harvesting and redistributing rainwater in cisterns and rain barrelsEmploying methods like ollas and drip irrigation to target water directly to plant rootsBeing more water-efficient in the vegetable garden by using mulches and targeted irrigationPlanting containers that require less-frequent watering Replacing a lawn with more drought-resilient plants Building swales and berms to redirect water to where it’s neededAuthor and dry-gardening horticulturist Noelle Johnson of @az.plant.lady makes it easy to help save this precious resource and still have a resilient, attractive, and low-maintenance landscape.
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The Spanish Garden - Cherry Radford
Andie finds herself in the midst of a media scandal that threatens to end her career as a TV landscape designer and her relationship with fellow presenter Johnny.On impulse, she decides to rent her grandmother s old home in southern Spain where she stayed as a child, but is shocked to discover that the beautiful Mediterranean garden she loved is now neglected and overgrown. Worse, her booking has fallen through and ex-flamenco dancer Vicente and his little son Rafi are staying at Casa Higuera â “ where Vicente s wife died in an unexplained accident.After a rocky first meeting, Andie offers to restore the garden, and gradually she and Vicente form a tentative bond.As the garden heals and reveals its secrets, can anything grow between two people who have lost so much?An unputdownable romance set under the beautiful Spanish sunshine, perfect for fans of Rosanna Ley, Jennifer Bohnet and T.A. Williams.Readers love The Spanish Garden! Stunning... Heart-warming with lovely descriptions and beautifully written NetGalley, 5 * Review Hooked from the start... A lovely storyline that takes the reader to the heat and beautiful Spain NetGalley, 5 * Review Wonderful... A real page turner NetGalley, 5 * Review Amazing... A beautiful read... Cannot praise it enough NetGalley, 5 * Review Fun, flirty, funny... Light and airy and really easy to read NetGalley, 4* Review Great summer read... A delight to read and I look forward to reading more from this author Lady Reading 365, 4* Review Heart-warming... Full of self discovery, friendship, womanhood, and love Goodreads, 4* Review Beautifully written page-turner NetGalley, 4* Review Love the way this author writes... Her stories always leave me smiling... A lovely book! NetGalley, 4* Review Beautifully written NetGalley, 4* Review
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The Money-Saving Garden Year - Lautenbach Anya
Garden better for less all year long with Anya Lautenbach the â œMoney-Saving Gardenerâ .With month-by-month advice on what to do when â “ from self-sown seedlings to spot, the best time to propagate different plants, and seasonal pruning jobs â “ Anya shows you how to keep your garden looking good without breaking the bank. Handy monthly plant lists, money-saving tips, propagation chart, and planting calendar guide you on your way.Embrace each season with timely projects to absorb you, garden highlights to enjoy, and notes on how to find happiness in your garden even in the depths of winter. Anyaâ ™s clear, practical yet mindful approach will help anyone grow a glorious garden while cutting costs.
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The English Landscape Garden - Tim Richardson
Smooth lawns, glassy pools, cool garden temples, mysterious woodland glades, evocative statuary ... the 18th-century English landscape garden offers a transcendent vision of Arcadia, a world of rich escapism peopled by gods and goddesses, young lovers and dairymaids, poets and philosophers. This sumptuous, beautifully photographed volume celebrates this quintessentially British creation, arguably its greatest artform, taking you on a tour of 20 of the finest surviving gardens, including: Studley Royal (Yorkshire), a dreamy valley garden which culminates with a view down and across the ruins of a Cistercian abbey Stowe (Buckinghamshire), the great politically motivated garden of its day, boasting the ensemble masterpiece that is William Kent’s Elysian Fields Chiswick House (London), Lord Burlington’s experiment in neoclassical architecture Petworth (Sussex) – of ‘Capability’ Brown, who eschewed the symbolism of earlier generations but created instead his own powerful vision of pastoral Arcadia Hawkstone Park (Shropshire), designed to elicit a thrill of fear in visitors as they traverse rocky precipices and encounter live hermits Including much new research and specially commissioned photographs, this is a book to dive into and be transported to an idyllic dream realm.
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Alyssa and the Spell Garden - Alexandra Sheppard
â ˜Enchanting and heart-lifting.â ™ Sophie Andersonâ ˜Bursts with glimmering magic.â ™ Jasbinder Bilan A delight . . . funny, heartfelt and packed full of magic. Abi Elphinstoneâ ˜Magical and empowering.â ™ G M Linton A magical, cosy, spellbinding treat! Kieran Larwood Utterly charming. Lizzie Huxley-Jones The perfect mix of heart and magic. Rachel Faturoti A heart warming read with a blast of magic! Janelle McCurdyAlyssa must save the magical spell garden with her new unreliable powers.When 11-year-old Alyssa is forced to spend the summer holiday with her mumâ ™s family, who sheâ ™s never met before, her latent magical powers explode into life. Her great aunt runs a secret school in her spell garden where local kids can hone their power. The garden grows spell ingredients that have protected their family and the wider neighbourhood for decades â “ ever since they arrived from Jamaica with their mother Effie in the 1960s. But something is going wrong and the magic is running out! Can Alyssa use her new, unpredictable powers to set things right?A contemporary fantasy set in a small community in North London facing eviction and gentrification with a magical garden at the centre of it. Stunningly illustrated by Bex Glendining.
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The Science of Living - Stuart Farrimond
Explore the science behind your daily living habits and make your day healthier, happier, and more productive.Best-selling author Stuart Farrimond brings you a ground-breaking health book that will revitalise your daily routine and bring to light the latest research in psychology, nutrition, biology, and physics alike. Set out to unearth the facts behind the pseudo-science fads, and provide take-away advice on every area of our lives,is an approachable, entertaining and easy-to read fitness guide for those seeking self-development backed up by solid The Science of Living scientific evidence. Dive straight in to discover: -The Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night structure takes you through a typical day.-Fascinating statistics and infographics bringing each science story to life.-Long-held health myths debunked and exploded by new science.-Action points to each story to help you tweak your lifestyle habits accordinglyIs sleeping 8 hours a night good for optimum health? If I exercise every day, why am I not losing weight? Should I brush my teeth before or after breakfast? Is coffee good or bad for you? These are all fundamental everyday questions explored throughout this wellness book, which combines popular science with practical self-improvement, factoring in the latest scientific research to debunk the common myths and provide easy-to-read and relatable content for every reader! The popular question and answer format brings an immediacy to the information provided, and the highly visually illustrations truly bring the science to life in a contemporary and accessible way. From fitness tips to circadian rhythms, productivity to popular science, this all-encompassing healthy lifestyle book truly does have it all. What better way to redefine your routine and revitalise your life than gifting yourself a new you this New Years? This curated collection of self-improvement tips will teach you to become a better balanced version of yourself. So make 2022 the year of wellness and healing yourself!
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Self-Fed Farm and Garden, The - Eliot Coleman
In his first all-new book in fifteen years, renowned organic grower and bestselling author Eliot Coleman presents his self-fed growing method that continuously sustains soil fertility and produces delicious, exceptionally nutritious vegetables with no need for purchased fertilizer or compost. A radical yet timeless understanding of what organic farming is truly about. . . This book is the culmination of a lifetime of insight, and a must-read for anyone who believes that food can be a force for change. . . a new classic for the ages. Jean-Martin Fortier, author of The Market Gardener. The Self-Fed Farm and Garden presents the organic method as a self-sustaining system rooted in soil health care and shows readers how they can shift to a self-fed model that continually recharges the soil with organic matter, thus allowing the soil food web to provide all the nutrients crops need for healthy growth and excellent yields. Based on his long study of his library of classic farming and gardening books, Eliot Coleman re-engineered the way he managed soils and crops at Four Season Farm over the past decade so that he would never need to purchase off-farm inputs of compost or fertilizer. The self-fed approach combines classic techniques practiced by the pioneers of organic farming, including: Growing green manure crops year-round and shallowly tilling them into the soil. Growing leguminous plants to add nitrogen. Devising effective crop rotation systems for disease and weed control. Once you implement a self-fed system, Coleman explains, then you alone and not the farm and garden products industry are master of your destiny. A self-fed system is safe from contamination by pollutants, which is a key point in this era of widespread contamination of soil and water by PFAS and other forever chemicals. The self-fed system also has the benefit of far lower expenses than those that rely on purchased fertilizers from off the farm. The book also delves into the underlying causes in the shifts in the organic movement, calling out the erosion of standards in the National Organic Program and the greenwashing of the new trend of regenerative agriculture. Eliot includes specific examples, such as how large corporate interests acted to lobby against those who sought to protect the need for pure ingredients in composts for organic farms. In the book s conclusion, Eliot describes the next chapter in the life of Four Season Farm as he and his wife, awarding-winning garden book author Barbara Damrosch, step away from the farm-scale production, making space for a new farming couple to steward the land.
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The Bee-Kind Garden - David Squire
â ˜A charming little book for anyone who wants a gentle introduction to the world of honeybees Ken Thompson, author of No Nettles Required The lives of bees are interwoven with our own, but how much do you know about them?Bees are a delight to see in the garden on warm summer days, buzzing as they flit from flower to flower. They are also vital for the future of the planet and without their dedicated pollinating skills, many crops would eventually fail. Then there is honey â “ a near-miraculous elixir that in earlier generations was an integral part of life as a sweetener and food preserver. The Bee-Kind Garden reveals the many facets of the lives of bees, including their hives, flight patterns and defence. It is filled with helpful information on important topics such as which flowers are best for attracting bees to your garden, beekeeping equipment and guidance for extracting honey as well as the art of talking to bees. It also celebrates the charming proverbs, limericks and verse bees have inspired.This beautifully illustrated book is a homage to bees and to ensuring that they continue to live in harmony with humans in bee-friendly gardens.
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British Airfields of the Second World War - Stuart Hadaway
The Second World War airfields peppered around Britain are among the most visible and widespread reminders of this devastating conflict. Some are now almost forgotten or built over; others have become museums, industrial estates or parkland; and some have been adapted and remain in operation today. In this beautifully illustrated history, aviation historian Stuart Hadaway explains the crucial part airfields played between 1939 and 1945, detailing their construction and expansion; their facilities and equipment; the many functions they housed from command and control to maintenance and bomb-loading; how the airfields were used both for defence and offence; and how they changed during the war. He also explores what life was like on the airfields, as well as listing some of the remaining sites and what can be seen today.
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