Meadows

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Explores the development and management of established meadow areas, ways of starting from scratch in a garden setting, and the hundreds of beautiful grasses, bulbs, and colorful perennials that thrive in different conditions.

In Meadows, Christopher Lloyd explores the development and management of established meadow areas, ways of starting from scratch in a garden setting, and the hundreds of beautiful grasses, bulbs, and colorful perennials that thrive in different conditions. Lloyd's own experimental prairie is a springboard to discussing North American prairies and the plants that provide swathes of color in late summer and interest into winter. Filled with hundreds of specially commissioned photographs, this book provides a captivating guide for anyone wishing to preserve pasture lands, cultivate native species, and attract wildlife.

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Making a Wildflower Meadow
Pam Lewis
Manufacturer: Frances Lincoln
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Creating a Wildflower Meadow: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-102
Meadows
On the Wild Side: Experiments in the New Naturalism
Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens
Natural Landscaping: Designing with Native Plant Communities

ASIN: 0711221332

The Wildflower Meadow Book: A Gardener's Guide

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The Wildflower Meadow Book: A Gardener's Guide
Laura C. Martin
Manufacturer: East Woods Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Alpine meadows: The stunning beauty of the Rockies' wild flowers

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Alpine meadows: The stunning beauty of the Rockies' wild flowers
George Brybycin
Manufacturer: GB Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0919029256

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Creating a Flower Meadow
Yvette Verner
Manufacturer: Green Earth Books (an Imprint of Green Books)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1900322080

Fields of Dreams: Travels in the Wildflower Meadows of America (Spiritual Journeys in Nature)

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Fields of Dreams: Travels in the Wildflower Meadows of America (Spiritual Journeys in Nature)
Tim Fitzharris
Manufacturer: Harpercollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0062511432

Meadows and Meadow Gardening (Wild Flower Notes, Volume 5, Number 1)

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Meadows and Meadow Gardening (Wild Flower Notes, Volume 5, Number 1)

Manufacturer: New England Wild Flower Society, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ANASRM

Meet Me In The Meadow: Finding God In The Wildflowers

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Delightful and full of insight on God's handiwork

Meet Me In The Meadow: Finding God In The Wildflowers
Deborah Hedstrom-Page
Manufacturer: Revell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Delightful and full of insight on God's handiwork.......2005-05-03

Come and walk through "fields of wonder" in MEET ME IN THE MEADOW, 36 short essays by Deborah Hedstrom-Page about wildflowers.

Beginning with "anemone" and moving through her list of 36 wildflowers alphabetically (including a few "noxious" weeds!), Hedstrom-Page introduces each entry with a short essay. She offers a little lesson in floral anatomy, including the wildflower's coloring, its Latin and common names, plus its medicinal, historic, artistic, or culinary uses. Sketches by artist Kevin Ingram accompany the text.

Some of Hedstrom-Page's descriptions are lovely: "The columbine flower is shaped like the head and neck of a dove, and the spurs of the flower look like a quintet of doves bent down to drink at a fountain." On the pond lily, she writes, "This aquatic wildflower often adds a yellow ruffle to mountain lakes and marshes." Even those who know a wildflower well will see it through her eyes in a new way.

A section in each chapter called "My Wonderings" offers a short devotional thought related to the flower (On the viciously deep-rooted bull thistle, she ruminates, "Worry can get a choke hold on me..."). Occasionally, she overstretches spiritual analogies to make them fit a particular wildflower.

Following the devotional portion is a section, "Your Wanderings," in which she tells the reader when and where to find the wildflower, and what to look for. At the end of each essay is a boxed portion, "Aftereffects," in which the reader is invited to engage in some activity involving the wildflower. There are craft ideas (weaving with split bear grass leaves) and fun things to do with kids (making dangly earrings from bleeding hearts). Some delicious-sounding recipes are offered, from coffee made from chicory root, fireweed tea, to three dishes involving dandelions. There's even a poem and a gardening tip or two. Several lined pages for "reflecting on your growth" end the book.

Like any budding naturalist, Hedstrom-Page soon finds that her love affair with wildflowers turns to a bit of an obsession. It's not enough to know the name of the trillium --- she finds naming one wildflower leads to a desire to know its uses and its habitat. Naming things causes her to buy a field guide, and one field guide leads to another...and another, and another, and soon a whole library. A tripod, camera, and close-up lenses begin a photography series. Her affection for her topic is irresistible.

Hedstrom-Page's love for creation is reflected back in gratitude during her quiet times with her creator: "I imagined him as a glassblower or cabinetmaker carefully designing each flower, drawing from his eternity of beauty, purity, and knowledge --- divine resources beyond my comprehension," she writes. Wildflowers, she observes, provide a glimpse of God.

One of the few missteps in this beautifully designed book is the informational yet intrusive footnoting. It's also a little confusing that the activities involve picking wildflowers, yet a cautionary note at the end of the book advises readers to think before they pick: "Only in the wild do they look their best."

However, this is a delightful book to expand your knowledge of flora, to give to a friend as a gift, or to use with children and grandchildren to open their eyes to the beauty of creation. Even those readers who already love and have a working knowledge of wildflowers will find new information and insights into the wonder of God's handiwork here.
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Old English wild flowers: To be found by the wayside, fields, hedgerows, rivers, moorlands, meadows, mountains and sea-shore

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Old English wild flowers: To be found by the wayside, fields, hedgerows, rivers, moorlands, meadows, mountains and sea-shore
Joseph Tom Burgess
Manufacturer: Frederick Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

A Place Called Aullwood in Southwestern Ohio: Its Flowers, Woodlands and Meadows: Photographic Essay

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A Place Called Aullwood in Southwestern Ohio: Its Flowers, Woodlands and Meadows: Photographic Essay
Allan Horvath
Manufacturer: Allan L. Horvath Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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A Place Called Aullwood inspires and delights readers about the evolution of a wornout Dayton, Ohio farm along the Stillwater River into a famous informal country garden, and an important Midwest nature center and children's farm, born of the dream of a devoted couple, John and Marie Aull. Hence, the name Aullwood.

Published on the occasion of Marie Aull's 100th birtday in 1997, it portrays the story of her and her husband John Aull's Aullwood in a 64-page coffee-table book of photographs and text. The photos come from a vast collection of nature slides by the late Allan L. Horvath, PhD, APSA, photographer and geologist. The text is by Paul E. Knoop, Jr., former director of the Aullwood Audubon Center.

Includes 59 colors photos (4 of which are double- page), 3 black and white photos and 2 maps. A free-standing 9 x 11-inch companion map shows the path of Wiles Creek, the trails, habitat and other areas of Aullwood in detail.

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Few cities can boast such a distinguished literary history as Edinburgh. The new and expanded edition of this remarkable anthology traces the city's history and charts its literary past and present-a fascinating portrait of a vibrant capital as seen by writers through the centuries.

The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature

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The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature
Berthold Schoene
Manufacturer: Edinburgh University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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More than forty original essays written by critics from around the world examine the cultural and political role of Scottish writing since the country's referendum on national self-rule in 1997. Essays address issues of class, sexuality, gender, nationhood, globalization, cosmopolitan citizenship, and multiculturalism, and the specific political circumstances and aesthetic agendas behind them. The collection defines a new period in Scottish literary history and heralds in a new era in the criticism of Scottish writing.

The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Literatures in English

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The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Literatures in English
Brian McHale , and Randall Stevenson
Manufacturer: Edinburgh University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Far from the traditional march through the decades, genres, and national literatures, this anthology focuses on literary "hot spots": Freud's Vienna and Conrad's Congo in 1899, Chicago and London in 1912, the Somme in July 1916, Dublin, London, and Harlem in 1922, all the way through to Toni Morrison's Nobel Prize in Stockholm in 1993 and September 11, 2001. The Companion launches a controversial new method for understanding twentieth-century world literary history and includes illuminating critiques from expert contributors.

A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Thought in English

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Unique Reference Work

A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Thought in English
Edinburgh University Press
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0231135076

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From the triumphs of nationalism and political and cultural independence to the continuing problems of internal strife and poverty, postcolonial nations have grappled with a range of political, intellectual, and economic issues. This comprehensive volume introduces the major events, figures, and movements that have shaped the postcolonial history of the Anglophone world. With entries from more than fifty leading scholars arranged alphabetically by topic, the Companion brings together the postcolonial histories of Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, the Caribbean, and Canada. Each entry provides a summary of a historical event or topic and suggestions for further readings. The volume also includes substantive essays on historiography and women's histories.

By outlining the cultural, social, and political contexts of postcolonialism as well as examining elements of colonial history, the Companion illuminates complex contemporary debates about globalization, AIDS prevention, immigration, race, politics, economics, culture, and language.

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Unique Reference Work.......2006-04-14

Unique Reference Work
This book is unique and by far the best I have seen. In its scope, its historical depth and detail, its friendliness, the Poddar and Johnson book will inevitably become the standard reference work. It will be of use not only in postcolonial studies but for those that come from other disciplines like cultural studies, literature, history, anthropology, and international relations. The competitors-- the Ray and the Lazarus volumes-- chart the usual territory in a very limited way and make no effort to invite the uninitiated. There must be at least 100 more books that spout postcolonial theory but it is rare indeed for a book to offer the wide historical picture across different regions of the world and link it so intimately to literary and cultural production as well as our contemporary concerns.
It will be a long time before this can be replaced.

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Edinburgh Literary Companion
Andrew Lownie
Manufacturer: BIRLINN (ALBA)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K6SUW4

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The Literary Companion to Edinburgh
Andrew Lownie
Manufacturer: Methuen Publishing, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0413751309

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This fully updated edition not only charts Edinburgh's literary history and associations but also presents a lyrical potrait of Scotland's capital as seen through the eyes of writers through the centuries.

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The amazing inside story about a gambling ring of M.I.T.

students who beat the system in Vegas -- and lived to tell how.

Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.'s math students and engineers take up blackjack under the guidance of an eccentric mastermind. Their small blackjack club develops from an experiment in counting cards on M.I.T.'s campus into a ring of card savants with a system for playing large and winning big. In less than two years they take some of the world's most sophisticated casinos for more than three million dollars. But their success also brings with it the formidable ire of casino owners and launches them into the seedy underworld of corporate Vegas with its private investigators and other violent heavies.

Filled with tense action, high stakes, and incredibly close calls, Bringing Down the House is a nail-biting read that chronicles a real-life Ocean's Eleven. It's one story that Vegas does not want you to read.

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"It's Friday night and you're on a red-eye to the city of sin. Strapped to your chest is half a million dollars; in your overnight bag is another twenty-five thousand in blackjack chips; and your wallet holds ten fake IDs. As soon as you land in Las Vegas, you are positive you are being investigated and followed. To top it all off, the IRS is auditing you, someone has been going through your mail -- and you have a multivariable calculus exam on Monday morning. Welcome to the world of an exclusive group of audacious MIT math geniuses who legally took the casinos for over three million dollars -- while still finding time for college keg parties, football games, and final exams. In the midst of the go-go eighties and nineties, a group of overachieving, anarchistic MIT students joined a decades-old underground blackjack club dedicated to counting cards and beating the system at major casinos around the world. While their classmates were working long hours in labs and libraries, the blackjack team traveled weekly to Las Vegas and other glamorous gambling locales, with hundreds of thousands of dollars duct-taped to their bodies. Underwritten by shady investors they would never meet, these kids bet fifty thousand dollars a hand, enjoyed VIP suites and other upscale treats, and partied with showgirls and celebrities. Handpicked by an eccentric mastermind -- a former MIT professor and an obsessive player who had developed a unique system of verbal cues, body signals, and role-playing -- this one ring of card savants earned more than three million dollars from corporate Vegas, making them the object of the casinos' wrath and eventually targets of revenge. Here is their inside story, revealing their secrets for the first time.

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Non Fiction.......2007-09-03

A look at the ever growing sophistication of the duel between casinos and the professional card counters who realise that they do, indeed, have an edge at blackjack.

Technology and increased surveillance is slowly and surely bringing this to an end. Where it doesn't, there is still the good old beat up the winners technique if you fancy try it in Uzbekistan or somewhere.

Great Book.......2007-08-04

If you like Vegas, Money, and an awesome time, read this book. I read it in 2 days, and I hardly read.

Dad's fathers day gift.......2007-07-22

Amazon website wouldn't let me type in a zip code; website defaulted the zip based on city name and the zip was incorrect. As a result, package couldn't be delivered. I was issued a full refund (I think).

Fiction.......2007-07-19

A reviewer below who gave this book 5 stars noted that it is a dramatization based on real events. There is a label for those types of books--fiction. It bothers me tremendously that this book is billed as non-fiction and was listed on non-fiction bestseller lists. As soon as it became obvious to me that the book was fiction (which should happen very quickly if you approach the book with any sort of a critical perspective), it became difficult for me to enjoy the book. If you can suspend disbelief and are interested in a story based on events the general framework of which I'm sure are true, then you will probably find this to be a quick, entertaining read.

I get it.......2007-07-08

This is an interesting story, but it would have been better as a feature article in a magazine, not a 257 page book. It was a ballsy thing for these geeks to do, but we didn't need to hear about every trip, and every close call. And where were the serious consequences besides getting banned from casinos, and audited by the IRS? I kept waiting for some real trouble for Kevin.

21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

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21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Ben Mezrich
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 1416561706

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It's Friday night and you're on a red-eye to the city of sin. Strapped to your chest is half a million dollars; in your overnight bag is another twenty-five thousand in blackjack chips; and your wallet holds ten fake IDs. As soon as you land in Las Vegas, you are positive you are being investigated and followed. To top it all off, the IRS is auditing you, someone has been going through your mail -- and you have a multivariable calculus exam on Monday morning. Welcome to the world of an exclusive group of audacious MIT math geniuses who legally took the casinos for over three million dollars -- while still finding time for college keg parties, football games, and final exams.

In the midst of the go-go eighties and nineties, a group of overachieving, anarchistic MIT students joined a decades-old underground blackjack club dedicated to counting cards and beating the system at major casinos around the world. While their classmates were working long hours in labs and libraries, the blackjack team traveled weekly to Las Vegas and other glamorous gambling locales, with hundreds of thousands of dollars duct-taped to their bodies. Underwritten by shady investors they would never meet, these kids bet fifty thousand dollars a hand, enjoyed VIP suites and other upscale treats, and partied with showgirls and celebrities.

Handpicked by an eccentric mastermind -- a former MIT professor and an obsessive player who had developed a unique system of verbal cues, body signals, and role-playing -- this one ring of card savants earned more than three million dollars from corporate Vegas, making them the object of the casinos' wrath and eventually targets of revenge. Here is their inside story, revealing their secrets for the first time.

Master storyteller Ben Mezrich takes you from the ivory towers of academia to the Technicolor world of Las Vegas, where anything can happen -- and often does. Bringing Down the House launches you into the seedy underworld of corporate Vegas -- deep into the realm of back rooms, ever-present video cameras, private investigators, and the threats and tactics of pit bosses and violent heavies. Equipped with twenty different aliases and disguises, the group of young card counters struggles around these roadblocks to live the high life -- until one fateful day when Vegas violently follows them home to Boston. Suddenly, there can be no more hiding behind false identities; the high life folds like a bad hand of cards.

Filled with tense action and incredibly close calls, Bringing Down the House is a real-life mix of Liar's Poker and Ocean's Eleven -- and it's a story Vegas doesn't want you to read.

Bringing Down the House : The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
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Bringing Down the House : The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

Manufacturer: Recorded Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 1402578938

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Welcome to the world of a group of audacious MIT math geniuses who legally took the Las Vegas casinos for over three million dollars -- and still found time for keg parties, football games, and final exams. The students were handpicked for a decades-old underground blackjack club dedicated to beating the system. While classmates worked long hours in labs and libraries, they traveled to gambling locales with hundreds of thousands of dollars from shady investors taped to their bodies. Filled with tense action and incredibly close calls, this is a real-life mix of Liar's Poker and Ocean's Eleven -- and a story Vegas doesn't want you to read.

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.i.t. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions [Audiobook] [Cd]

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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.i.t. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions [Audiobook] [Cd]
Ben Mezrich
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000KIPA48

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8 Hours 4 Minutes, unabridged on compact disk. A New York Times best-seller, this is the true story of how six M.I.T. students beat Vegas at its gameblackjack. Using complex calculations, disguises, and teamwork, the students made fortunes in the biggest casinos, and it was all perfectly legal. Mezrichs suspenseful account has been called a real-life Oceans Eleven. A lively tale that could pass for thriller fiction ... Mezrichs skilled yet easy writing draws sweat to the readers brow.Rocky Mountain News

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