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Author
Series
Poisons of Caux volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Back in the Kingdom of Caux after her journey to its sisterland, Ivy wakes up in a dismal orphanage alongside her friend Rue. Accompanied by a strange woman named Lumpen—who looks suspiciously like a scarecrow—the girls make their way back to Templar to plan a massive battle against the Tasters Guild, where Vidal Verjouce is making ink out of the deadly Scourge Bracken weed. Rocamadour grows darker and more dangerous with every drop.
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2) The weeds
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A Mississippi woman pushes through the ruin of the Roman Colosseum, searching for plants. She has escaped her life, signed up to catalog all the species growing in this place. Crawling along the stones, she wonders how she has landed here, a reluctant botanist amid a snarl of tourists in comfortable sandals. She hunts for a scientific agenda and a direction of her own. In 1854, a woman pushes through the jungle of the Roman Colosseum, searching for...
Author
Publisher
Mandel Vilar Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set at the contact zones between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this is a polyphonic novel, an intense and sometimes funny pharmacopeia of love lost and humanity regained; a most original combination of Caribbean noir and science-fiction addressing issues of global relevance including novel takes on ecological/apocalyptical imbalance bound to make an impact.
A Caribbean zombie—smart, gentlemanly, financially independent, and a top executive
7) In the weeds
Author
Series
Lovelight novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Evelyn St. James isn't the kind of woman you forget. Beckett Porter certainly hasn't. One incredible weekend in Maine, and he's officially a man distracted. He's not unfamiliar with hot and heavy flings, but Evie wove some sort of magic over him during their tumble in the sheets. He can't stop thinking about her laugh. Her hand pressed flat against his chest. Her smiling mouth at his neck. So when she suddenly appears on his farm as part of a social...
Author
Publisher
Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This up-to-date guide describes 540 common and ecologically and economically important weed species of the northeastern US and southern Canada. A dichotomous key to these species is based on vegetative rather than floral characteristics for identification. This also serves as a reference book for aspects of weed biology and ecology important to weed management"--
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"MADDER, MATTER, MATER-A WEED, A STATE OF MIND, A MATERIAL, A MEANING, A MOTHER. ESSAYIST AND HORTICULTURIST MARCO WILKINSON SEARCHES FOR THE ROOTS OF HIS OWN SELFHOOD AMONG FAMILY MYTHS AND MEMORIES. "My life, these weeds." Marco Wilkinson uses his deep knowledge of undervalued plants, mainly weeds-invisible yet ubiquitous, unwanted yet abundant, out-of-place yet flourishing-as both structure and metaphor in these intimate vignettes. Madder combines...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A Mrs. Jeffries Mystery She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon . . . and keeps him on his toes. Everyone's awed by his Scotland Yard successes-but they don't know about his secret weapon. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, Mrs. Jeffries's polished detection skills are up to the task .. . proving that behind every great man there's a woman-and that a crimesolver's work is never done. A Bone to Pick Eccentric Annabeth Gentry pretty...
Author
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Not all weeds are ugly uncontrollable brutes. Yes, they can be difficult and intimidating, but by learning how to grow weeds in unexpected ways you will become a better gardener with a more interesting garden. This book profiles over 50 weeds and shows you surprising ways to grow them, no matter what your garden type: from borders to boxes, sunny to shady, poor soil to rich, tropical to formal, Japanese-style to prairies. With interviews, tips and...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Anthony Bourdain's long time director and producer takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the insanity of filming television in some of the most volatile places in the world and what it was like to work with a legend. In the nearly two years since Anthony Bourdain's death, no one else has come close to filling the void he left. His passion for and genuine curiosity about the people and cultures he visited made the world feel smaller and more connected....
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the nearly two years since Anthony Bourdain's death, no one else has come close to filling the void he left. His passion for and genuine curiosity about the people and cultures he visited made the world feel smaller and more connected. Despite his affable, confident, and trademark snarky TV persona, the real Tony was intensely private, deeply conflicted about his fame, and an enigma even to those close to him. Tony’s devoted crew knew him best,...
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