Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest

"Few parts of America have as many native plants that excel in the garden as the Pacific Northwest. But until this year, there wasn't a comprehensive book on the subject. Now there is: Gardening With Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest...The main body of the book is divided into encyclopedic sections on trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials, including information about where they grow in the wild, how to propagate them, and how they fit into home gardens...This book contains so much well-organized, well-written material that it should become a standard guidebook for anyuone who gardens with Northwest natives." -Sunset 

A Dream of Red Mansions

Also known as Hong Lou Meng, this is arguably China's greatest literary masterpiece. A chronicle of a noble family in the eighteenth century; but the splendor of enchanting gardens, pleasure pavilions, and daily life of the most sophisticated refinements hides the realities of decay and self-destruction.

The Gardens of Sallust: A Changing Landscape

Pleasure gardens, or horti, offered elite citizens of ancient Rome a retreat from the noise and grime of the city, where they could take their leisure and even conduct business amid lovely landscaping, architecture, and sculpture. One of the most important and beautiful of these gardens was the Horti Sallustiani, originally developed by the Roman historian Sallust at the end of the first century B.C. and later possessed and perfected by a series of Roman emperors. 

Creating Outdoor Classrooms: Schoolyard Habitats and Gardens for the Southwest

Schoolyards have come a long way from the barren playgrounds that many people remember. Today's school campuses often feature gardens in which students can learn about native plants and wildlife, grow vegetables and fruit, explore cultural traditions, practice reading and math skills, and use their imaginations to create fun play spaces. And for a growing number of urban students, these schoolyard gardens offer the best, if not the only, opportunity to experience the natural world firsthand and enjoy its many benefits. This book is a practical, hands-on guide for creating a variety of 

Better Homes and Gardens Knitting and Crocheting

Covers Everything with Excellent pics, diagrams, and easy step-by-step instructions! Covered completely: Yarn definitions, How to knit, casting on, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, binding off, picking up dropped stitches, picking up stitches, buttonholes, knitting on 4 needles, knitted patches, popular pattern stitches, ribbing patterns, fancy pattern stitches, edgings & borders, cable stitches, duplicate stitch, Designs For Knitting, ponchos plus (1 knitted, 1 crocheted), Cardigan & pullover knits, knitted stole, the modern miss, classic sweater set for kids and ladies,