The Gangs of New York is a tour through a now unrecognisable city of abysmal poverty & habitual violence cobbled from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, & solid historical research. Asbury presents the definitive work on this subject, an illumination of the gangs of old New York that ultimately gave rise to the modern Mafia & its depiction in films like The Godfather. ...

Herbert Asbury, author of The Gangs of New York & The Gangs of Chicago, turns his attention to chronicle the seedy underworld of San Francisco, from its gold-rush glories to its subterranean opium dens. Houses of ill repute play host to shanghaied sailors, & the Chinese tong wars rage around the city. San Francisco's historic past is here brought to life in all its scintillating & infamous glory. ...

When the book opens Eve, who is the narrator, is just coming into consciousness. She has been given by God to the Serpent to raise. Her sense of wonder as the Serpent introduces her to life in Paradise is a strength of the book; she learns about nature, love & the way that the new & fascinating world works. When she comes into contact with God
- who rears Adam
- she is wary of his dominance & egotism. One day, becoming impatient to discover whether or not he`s designed the male & female to procreate properly, God rushes Adam & Eve into intercourse. The Serpent alone regcognizes the consequences of God`s act. ` Until today Eve has felt...that the world was good...' but ' Adam as good as raped her.' Eve is devastated by the experience.
Eve leaves the Garden to gain some distance from God & to discover what exists in the outside world; the Serpent accompanies her. They make several journeys
- one to a volcano, one to a desert, one to a mountain range & one to the sea (where Eve swims out to sea against the instructions of the Serpent & nearly drowns.) On their return to the Garden, the roots of the apple tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil begin to grow; the Serpent sensing that time is running out to teach Eve that love making is good, changes into a man & makes love to her with great sensitivity. After this she is prepared to accept her role as the mother of humankind.
God is outraged by Eve's
- & also Adams's
- interest in the tree of knowledge. He is at his capricious worst: everything must bow to his wishes. They realise that if they are to have any freedom of will they must leave God & the garden. The Serpent warns them that this will involve future suffering but Eve feels she must develop & be her own person. They go forth...










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The complete guide to choosing, fitting & maintaining all the non-living things in the garden, with step-by-step advice on everything you could build or use in your garden:

Walls, fences & gates.
Paths, drives & patios.
Ponds, bird baths & bird tables.
Pergolas & garden lighting.
Barbecues & play areas.
Greenhouses & garden storage.
Choosing the right materials & tools for the job.
How to maintain & repair garden structures








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It is the autobiography of Giorgio Bassani, told in a time span of around 15 years, a time where the ambiguous & mysterious female figure of Micol was a central part of his life. They live in a time where racial laws are being passed by fascist Italy & as a result Micol & her family open the gates of their huge mansion & even bigger garden to a handful of jeweish friends that have been banned from any recreational activity. In this garden Micol guides the narrating ...