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Getting started in garden railroading: build the railroad of your dreams-- in your own backyard
Par Allan W Miller. 2001
Simple, easy-to-follow steps for an operating railway designed for year-round enjoyment. Begins with the most frequently asked questions posed by…
beginners, and continues with information on planning, design, foundation preparation, trackwork, power and control systems, landscaping, scenic details, and operation. 2001.How did we find out about the speed of light? (How did we find out--series.)
Par Isaac Asimov. 1986
How clean is your house?
Par Kim Woodburn, Aggie MacKenzie. 2004
In this book the authors continue the mission of their popular Channel 4 television series - to educate, inform and…
generally browbeat us all into cleaning properly. Sweeping through the house room by room, they tackle all manner of cleaning challenges, from streaky windows to smelly fridges. Each chapter is packed with tools of the trade, star tips, 'don't do that's', step-by-steps and 'before's and after's'. There's even a 'filth questionnaire' to determine your cleanly status - and Aggie's famous rotas for the cleaning-impaired! 2004.Gardens of our souls: a correspondence of friendship and healing
Par Diane Sims. 1998
The story of Diane Sims, who struggled with Multiple Sclerosis for 23 years and then found out she had the…
same cancer that took her sister's life. Her friend, Marla Fletcher, decided to send Sims letters about her garden. These letters would prove to be an incredible source of inspiration for both women; gardens became a metaphor for the human spirit and as the years passed, Sims began to heal. 1998."Gardening from Berryfields" is invaluable to all gardeners and, in particular, to the viewers of BBC2's "Gardeners' World". Using the…
main projects undertaken at Berryfields (the "Gardeners' World" garden), the book guides the reader through a year of gardening, giving practical advice so that they can use Berryfields as a template for managing their own. The book is divided into 13 chapters covering subjects such as the kitchen garden, courtyard garden, dry garden, herb garden, mixed borders, pond, orchard, and wildflower meadow. 1999.Fearful symmetry: the search for beauty in modern physics
Par A Zee. 1987
Ecological gardening: Your Path To A Healthy Garden
Par Marjorie Harris. 2009
Harris - who has been an organic gardener since the 1960s - encourages the Canadian gardener to get back to…
basics. With information updated for today's society, she shows how little use pesticides and chemicals are when making a lush and abundant garden. 2009.Cultivating delight: a natural history of my garden
Par Diane Ackerman. 2001
A celebration of the sensory pleasures of the garden, from deadheading flowers to studying slugs. Ackerman describes the unexpected drama,…
and the sanctuary, that her garden provides. Her hymn to the outdoors and the pleasure we take in it ranges from descriptions of nature's violence to loneliness, portrayed by clamouring male crickets in spring, to sheer wonderment. 2001.Coming of age in the Milky Way
Par Timothy Ferris. 1988
Building my Zen garden
Par Kieran Egan. 2000
This narrative is a chronicle of Egan's Zen garden adventure with observations about the "Zen" principles that guided his work.…
It is the education professor's first foray into the world of garden writing. 2000.Thorne writes for nonscientists and scientists who are not physicists in a quest to share his insights about "where and…
how relativity fails and what replaces it." He combines established principles of physics with imaginative speculation to examine concepts, such as black holes, that were developed theoretically long before technology was able to provide any observable evidence. 1994.American grown: the story of the White House kitchen garden and gardens across America
Par Michelle Obama. 2012
America’s First Lady describes the kitchen garden that she and White House staff planted in 2009 on the south lawn.…
Discusses seasonal plants and chores, provides recipes, explores other gardens across the country, and examines the history of gardening. 2012.Alice in Quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
Par R. S Gilmore. 1995
Physicist Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantumland - a whole new Wonderland,…
smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. Alice's unusual encounters make the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts easier to grasp. 1995.Accessible gardening: tips & techniques for seniors & the disabled
Par Joann Woy. 1997
Advises gardeners with special needs on ideas, tools, and methods. Topics include garden design and layout, raised beds, container and…
tabletop gardening, easy composting, watering, lawn care, and accessories to facilitate physical tasks. An appendix lists sources of tools, supplies, and information. c1997.Absolute zero and the conquest of cold: And The Conquest Of Cold
Par Tom Shachtman. 1999
Historical survey of western scientists' efforts to control cold. Discusses Boyle's experiments in the seventeenth century, the invention of the…
sealed glass thermometer, the work of Fahrenheit and Celsius, the discovery of refrigeration, twentieth-century research on attaining absolute zero, and related topics of superconductivity and superfluidity. 1999.A starter garden: the guide for the horticulturally hapless
Par Cheryl Merser. 1994
In an unintimidating, conversational style, Cheryl Merser describes the basics of ornamental gardening for beginners. She discusses gardening tools, shortcuts,…
year-round maintenance, and many types of plants from shrubs to herbs, perennials to annuals. c1994.A new leaf: growing with my garden
Par Merilyn Simonds. 2011
Traces a year of growing seasons at The Leaf, Simonds' acreage in eastern Ontario. A lifelong gardener, Simonds works the…
soil and the soul for wide-ranging revelations about everything from flowers that keep time, to the strange gift of compost, to great gardens of the world, to things lost and found underground. 2011.A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes
Par Carl Sagan, S. W Hawking. 1988
The author answers the question, "How can an expanding universe follow unchanging laws of nature?" The relativity theory not only…
allows, but requires, a Big Bang. Written in layman's terms, the book explains the nature, origin, evolution and fate of our universe. Bestseller 1988.Vaincre le désordre: dans sa tête et dans sa maison
Par Sophie Legault. 2013
Avons-nous un problème de rangement, ou souffrons-nous d'un mal plus profond qui fait que les objets prennent toute la place…
dans nos maisons ? Avec Vaincre le désordre, dans sa tête et dans sa maison, l'organisatrice professionnelle Sophie Legault propose aux lecteurs aux prises avec le désordre de leur maison d'amorcer une réflexion sur leurs habitudes de consommation et sur leur rapport aux objets qui les entourent. L'auteure offre ensuite un véritable programme de mise en ordre pour se sortir de la désorganisation et ne pas y retomber. Elle présente les astuces qu'elle a élaborées au fil des ans pour désencombrer les placards, déblayer le sous-sol, dégager les chambres et libérer la cuisine. Un livre pour tous ceux qui sentent le besoin de vaincre le désordre en eux et chez eux ! 2013.