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Physiological Processes in Plant Ecology: Toward a Synthesis With Atriplex (Ecological Studies)
C. B. Osmond , and O. Bjorkman Manufacturer: Springer-Verlag ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387100601 |
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Physiological Processes in Plant Ecology: Toward a Synthesis with Atriplex
Manufacturer: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3540100601 |
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Fly Fishing Patagonia: The Lake District
Juan Pablo Reynal Manufacturer: R y B Ediciones ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 9872054606 |
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A nice coffee table book.......2005-01-21
Awesome!.......2003-03-22
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At Home With Beatrix Potter: The Creator of Peter Rabbit
Susan Denyer Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0810921065 |
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The richly illustrated At Home with Beatrix Potter will delight the many admirers of the artist and writer of children's books. Her beloved characters--Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, and their whimsical friends--were inspired by the English countryside, which she grew to love during summer vacations as a girl. In 1905, at the age of 40, Potter bought Hill Top Farm overlooking Esthwaite Water in the Lake District, a region of hills and lakes famous for its glorious landscapes. She continued to buy property in the area with her royalties, and by the time she died 37 years later, she had amassed over 4,000 acres. She fought vigorously to preserve the beauty of the Lake District and its rural ways, leaving her estate to the National Trust, Britain's leading conservation agency. This book, written by an official of the Trust, is a tribute to the jewel of the estate, 17th-century Hill Top Farm. Potter restored and furnished it as a showcase of English country ways, though she actually lived in a large cottage nearby. Her substantial collection of Lake District antiques reflected the influential Arts & Crafts movement, which emphasized the integrity of handmade objects in a period of increasing mechanization. The book takes us on a tour of the farm, alternating the artist's original photographs and watercolors with photographs of the building and countryside as they look today. Several two-page spreads of the garden in early summer and the Lake District in late autumn are especially beautiful. Unpretentious, solid, charming, understated: At Home with Beatrix Potter embodies the rustic virtues that Beatrix loved. --John StevensonBook Description
The creator of Peter Rabbit, Samuel Whiskers, and Jemima Puddle-Duck, Beatrix Potter (1866-1942) is one of the best-loved children's book authors of all time. Yet few in America are aware of the role she played in protecting some of England's most beautiful landscapes and in designing romantic interiors and a lovely garden at Hill Top, her beloved Lake District farmhouse.Taking the reader through her picturesque house and the breathtaking scenery around it that inspired many of her famous stories, this charming book is the first to look at the intimate connection between the English countryside and Potter's work. Her own exquisite sketches and watercolors, as well as personal ephemera, appear alongside specially commissioned full-color photographs, revealing a home filled with treasured old furniture and beautiful objects and celebrating an artist-storyteller whose legacy as a conservationist at last receives the attention it deserves.
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A place I'd like to visit.......2007-08-24
Ten stars.......2003-01-05
That and reading and seeing photographs of her as well as her farms and reading why she bought each property and the breeds of sheep she raised was of special interest to me. I loved seeing the inside of her farms, although I had seen the inside of a few, via the National Land Trust to whom she left her properties.
I loved the photographs of Beatrix and how she was so eccentric, kind yet firm and a woman ahead of her time. And it was nice to read that she was a true homestead style woman who had the waste not want not mentality, as well as a deep appreciation for quality and hated to see old bridges torn down for modern ones, although she was quick to make sure the stones and plants, wood and other things being discarded by some, didn't end up in some dump area but were recycled into new walls and buildings and plantings on her property.
This is a book a cottage gardener, keeper of sheep. painters, stone masons and anyone who loves working with their hands will love. As well as sincere environmentalists and organic gardeners and farmers.
A DELIGHT FOR THOSE WHO LOVE BEATRIX POTTER'S BOOKS.......2000-04-07
Blend of Biography, Original Sketches and Scenic Photography.......2000-04-04
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Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller, and Countrywoman
Judy Taylor Manufacturer: Warne ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0723241759 |
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Excellent biography, Wonderful photographs and illustrations.......2007-05-23
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The Arsenic Labyrinth
Martin Edwards Manufacturer: Poisoned Pen Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1590583280 |
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After 10 years, Guy--a drifter with a taste for deception--has returned to Coniston in England's Lake District. A local journalist, Tony di Venuto, is campaigning to revive interest in the disappearance of Emma Bestwick, and Guy knows what happened to her.Customer Reviews:
A fine balance of mystery and deduction.......2007-01-16
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Leisure Guide the Lake District (Aa Leisure Guides)
Mike Gerrard , and John Morrison Manufacturer: Automobile Assn ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0749520558 |
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The Discovery of the Lake District: A Northern Arcadia and Its Uses
Robert Woof , and John Murdoch Manufacturer: Faber & Faber ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0905209966 |
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Walk the Lake District
Charles Davis Manufacturer: Discovery Walking Guides Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Spiral-bound Similar Items: ASIN: 190494616X |
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Wainwright Pictorial Guides Box Set: 50th Anniversary Edition (Wainwright 50th Anniversary ed)
A. Wainwright Manufacturer: Frances Lincoln ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0711224617 |
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Reproductions of the author's original artworks.
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Dead Man Riding: A Nell Bray Mystery
Gillian Linscott Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0312308248 |
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A strong sense of locale with an ordinary plot.......2004-03-04
NOT YOUR AVERAGE COUNTRY HOUSE MYSTERY.......2003-04-14
Linscott has placed her story in an earlier era -- the last year of Queen Victoria's reign. It begins at a student production of Love's Labour's Lost, a clue to what will happen when an idealistic group of Oxford students set off to spend their summer break studying Plato in rural Cumberland. Not the kind of motivation that usually draws characters in a murder mystery to an English country estate. The country estate is very different too. A rundown house with no spare bedrooms for the guests, with outdoor plumbing, and scant meals of rabbit stew and oatcake.
Linscott showers the reader with clues and suspects galore, in the classic mystery tradition, while obscuring their true import until the very end. Her evocation of Cumberland circa 1901 is brillant and the mind-set of her late-Victorian characters is entirely believable.
I take this to be a prequel to Nell Bray's later adventures as a sleuth. If so, it is a very attractive beginning.
strong historical mystery.......2003-01-18
The villagers openly detest Alan's uncle with some believing he is a murderer because he shot at a mob on his property and one of the participants Arthur Mowbry turned up missing. One night when Nell takes a walk, she stumbles upon Alan's uncle's body, which is tied to his horse. Nell desperately wants to believe it was suicide or that someone she doesn't know killed him but she cannot close her mind to the possibility that one of the people she calls a friend is a murderer.
DEAD MAN RIDING is more than just a mystery; it is a story about the friendship and the lives that bind people together. At the same time the background is at a point in history when women realize that they are the equals of men and deserve the same rights. The heroine is the most intellectual of the group because she is determined to obtain answers despite the fact that she might not like them. Gillian Linscott is a talented storyteller who writes outside the sub-genre box.
Harriet Klausner
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Walk the Lake District
Vivienne Crow Manufacturer: Discovery Walking Guides Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Spiral-bound Similar Items:
ASIN: 1904946151 |
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World History: The Human Journey (Chapter and Unit Tests with Answer Key)
Manufacturer: Holt, Rinehart and Wilson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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Answer Key to "Old World and America"
Maureen K. McDevitt Manufacturer: T A N Books & Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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An extremely valuable resource that will save many hours for the busy teacher or homeschooling parent. Also, a student can work his own way independently through the 55 chapters of "Our Pioneers and Patriots"; plus, it provides an excellent, quick review of each chapter. Easy to use, clear, well laid out and complete. Gives page number references. Any potential difficulties are noted. Makes use of "Our Pioneers and Patriots" a greater pleasure!
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Progress Assessment Support System with Answer Key (Holt California Social Studies, World History: Ancient Civilizations)
Manufacturer: Holt, Rinehart and Winston ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0030420849 |
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Answer Key for Document-based Questions Activites (World History and Geography)
ProductGroup: Book Binding: Pamphlet ASIN: 0030666899 |
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Answer Key for Geography Activites and Guided Reading Strategies (World History The Human Journey)
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A Beka Old World History and Geography set of 4 Answer Key to Text, Maps & Activity Key, Test Key & Quiz Key ABeka
A Beka ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000S1QKX2 |
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This is a set of 4 Abeka 5th grade Old World History and Geography. It includes: 1. Old World History & Geography Answer to Text Questions. 66915004 2. Old World History & Geography Maps and Activities Key. 61379003 3. Old World History & Geography Test Key. 61395003 4. Old World History & Geography Quiz Key. 61417003
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Chapter 10 Resource File with Answer Key - The Greek World (World History Ancient Civilizations, Holt Social Studies)
Rinehart and Winston Holt ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0030421322 |
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* Vocabulary Builder * Biography * Literature * Primary Source * History and Geography * Social Studies Skills * Focus on Writing * Chapter Review * Answer Key
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Chapter 11 Resource File with Answer Key - The Roman Republic (World History Ancient Civilizations, Holt Social Studies)
Rinehart and Winston Holt ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0030421330 |
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Chapter 12 Resource File with Answer Key - The Roman Empire (World History Ancient Civilizations, Holt Social Studies)
Rinehart and Winston Holt ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0030421349 |
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* Vocabulary Builder * Biography * Literature * Primary Source * History and Geography * Social Studies Skills * Focus on Writing * Chapter Review * Interdisciplinary Projects * Answer Key
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Chapter 13 Resource File with Answer Key - Rome and Christianity (World History Ancient Civilizations, Holt Social Studies)
Rinehart and Winston Holt Manufacturer: Holt, Rinehart and Winston ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0030421373 |
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Great Drawings of All Time
Manufacturer: Kodansha America ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0870112945 |
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Great Drawings of All time.......1998-03-21
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Great drawings of all time - The Twentieth century - [Complete in Two Volumes]
Ira. Thorson, Victoria Moskowitz Manufacturer: "Created by Shorewood Fine Art Books, Inc., New York; published by Talisman Books, Inc., Redding, Conn."--V. 5, t.p. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0935986057 |
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Great Drawings of All Time Volume 1 Italian Thirteenth Through Nineteenth Century
Manufacturer: Shorewood Publishers Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GKT20S |
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Great Drawings of All Time, Voume II: German, Flemish and Dutch Thirteenth Through Nineteent Century
Ira (editor) Moskowitz Manufacturer: Shorewood Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J33TJ2 |
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Great Drawings of All Time. 4 volumes
Ira, editor. MOSKOWITZ Manufacturer: see notes for publisher info ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MXD4GW |
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Great Drawings of All Time: The Twentieth Century
Manufacturer: Shorewood ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0935986006 |
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GREAT DRAWINGS OF ALL TIME. 4 Volume set
Manufacturer: Shorewood Publishers Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000I718R4 |
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