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Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is the ultimate guide, and Chris is the undisputed heavyweight champion of foraging in the South." —Sean Brock, author of Heritage and chef of McCradys, Minero, and Husk
The Southeast offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Chris Bennett as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Southeast Foraging
Author
Publisher
Bantam Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
62 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
With stunning photography and expert step-by-step tips, Bring The Outside In reveals everything you need to know to help your plants thrive, from dramatic statement foliage and miniature citrus trees to table-top terrariums and hanging planters. With chapters on orchids, cacti, herb gardens and chilli plants, your home will be flourishing in no time.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Trying to eat locally? Discover food in the plant life all around you. Learn to eat your way around the block! Your backyard or a nearby park or vacant lot might be rich with edible possibilities. The author leads you through harvesting etiquette, plant identification, and tips on how to eat the leaves, flowers, nuts, seeds, roots, and mushrooms that are there for the taking. Foraging is the fun, safe, and free way to eat locally.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For 65 million years, Madagascar was lost to the world, isolated, undiscovered, and untouched by humans. Left to its own devices it became a hotbed of evolution, resulting in the greatest concentration of unique creatures anywhere on the planet. More than 80% of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Recognized as one of the world's most important biodiversity hotspots.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded. In the thirty years since, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, dangerous technology slipping its leash, ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers the entire world. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning...
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Series
This poison heart volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate to save the ones you love? Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart. To locate the missing piece, she must turn to the blood relatives she's never known, learn about their secret powers, and take her place in their ancient lineage. But Briseis is not the only one who wants the Heart, and her enemies will stop at...
Author
Series
Peterson field guide volume no. 23
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1977]
Physical Desc
xiii, 330 pages, 15 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
455 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ground covers are an essential part of any garden-they suppress weeds, mask problem areas, and knit different parts of the garden together. Yet only a handful of old standbys are commonly used, resulting in dull, unimaginative landscapes. In reality, there are thousands of exciting, garden-worthy plants that make excellent ground covers-people just don't know about them. This comprehensive reference will provide both essential information and photographs...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 321 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.
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