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Author
Series
This poison heart volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift: the ability to grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. Their new home comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 37 cm
Language
English
Description
"From fish to fireflies, some living things have a special ability--they can glow. Why do they glow? Is everything that glows bioluminescent? And what is bioluminescence, anyway?"--
Author
Publisher
Laurence King
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Whether you're a total novice, a newly minted plant parent or an experienced indoor gardener, this book will help you take the next step to having a well-planted home. Featuring cool plant projects and styling ideas to make the most of your houseplants, this friendly guide will help you discover how to make a mounted wall garden, a kokedama and an air plant mobile. Create enviable shelf displays, terrariums and hanging plant features. The fun and...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays + 2 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays (approximately 247 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Plants live secret, unseen lives. They are capable of forming mutually beneficial relationships with animals. But they can also be as aggressive, competitive, and dramatic as any living thing on our planet. Using specialist cameras, this spectacular series allows us to travel beyond the power of the human eye, to look closer at their interconnected world. Each episode introduces a set of plants, reveals the battles they face, and the ingenious ways...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ted Genoways uses the story of Hormel Foods and soaring recession-era demand for its most famous product, Spam, to probe the state of the meatpacking industry, including the expansion of agribusiness and the effects of immigrant labor on Middle America.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Two women, separated by a generation but equally scarred by war find hope, meaning and friendship through a garden of flowers. Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to loneliness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind a towering fence surrounding her home and gardens, Iris has built a new family ... of flowers. Iris propagates her own daylilies and roses while tending to an heirloom garden...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Partners, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
25 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"A prize pumpkin grows from a single seed in this charming board book that introduces babies and toddlers to the life cycle of plants. Bursting with vivid photos and featuring super-simple facts, this charming board book explores how plants grow and what they need to live.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It started as just another assignment. Reporter Kimberly Wells and cameraman Richard Adams were covering the daily routine at an Los Angeles power plant when the unthinkable occurred: a nuclear accidnet that could have wiped out Southern California. And Richard caught it all on tape. When their TV station refuses to air the footage, Wells and Adams recruit plant supervisor Jack Godell to expose the terrifying truth: the facility is a ticking bomb....
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