The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a moving story of hope & forgiveness & an international bestseller The Victorians used flowers to express emotions honeysuckle for devotion azaleas for passion & red roses for love For Victoria Jones flowers & their meanings are her only connection to the world
- although for her they are most useful in expressing feelings such as grief mistrust & solitude After a childhood in the foster care system Victoria
- now eighteen
- has nowhere to go & sleeps in a public park where she plants a small garden of her own When her talent is discovered by a local florist she discovers her gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them But it takes a meeting with a mysterious vendor at the flower market for her to realize what's been missing in her own life As she starts to fall for him though she must confront a painful secret from her past
- & decide whether it's worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness



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Dr Francis S Collins head of the Human Genome Project is one of the world's leading scientists working at the cutting edge of the study of DNA the code of life Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God How does he reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable? In THE LANGUAGE OF GOD he explains his own journey from atheism to faith & then takes the reader on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics chemistry & biology -- indeed reason itself -- are not incompatible with belief His book is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all why are we here? How did we get here? & what does life mean? ...

' As a child I just knew which plant to pick up & hold to my head for a headache to go away Once I heard about the concept of a 'doctrine of signatures' I would just stand silently in awe of nature talking to me talking & talking in her silent direct speech The book of nature seemed so obviously spelled out & in oddest contrast to what I learned in medical school My professors seemed never to have heard of nature being vibrant & alive & brimming with patterns of energy that are right there for us to understand & use This direct & primordial experience of being part of nature's omnipresent cyclic course taught me more in the realm of no-words than any university ever could have' -- Julia Graves During the Middle Ages communicating with nature was called the 'doctrine of signatures' & it was an important part of the work of traditional healers & herbalists The Language of Plants covers all aspects of the doctrine of signatures in an easily accessible format so that everyone whether nature lovers or healers can learn to read the language of plants in connection with healing ...

The communication of scientific principles is becoming increasingly important in a world that relies on technology Exploring the use of scientific language in the news & examining how important scientific ideas are reported & communicated this title in the Intertext series takes a look at the use & misuse of scientific language & how it shapes our lives The Language of Science explores the goals of & problems with scientific language & terminology demonstrates the power & misuse of scientific discourse in the media examines the special qualities of scientific communication explores how science & popular culture interact is illustrated with a wide range of examples from the MMR vaccine to AIDS & the biological weapons debate &

Includes:: a glossary as well as ideas for further reading This practical book is ideal for post-16 to undergraduate students in English Language Linguistics Journalism Communications Studies or Science Communication

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In The Language of Things Deyan Sudjic Director of the Design Museum decodes the things around us their hidden meanings our relationship with them how they shape our lives & why we desire them Design is everywhere It seduces pleases & inspires us It makes us part with our money It defines who we think we are An iPhone an anglepoise lamp a Picasso a banknote an Armani suit a William Morris textile a Lucky Strike packet a spacecraft
- every object tells a story And understanding their stories offers us a whole new way of seeing the world & Articulate & wonderfully knowledgeable for anyone who takes an interest in the world around us& Time Out &A nightmare vision of a world drowning in objects witty well observed & wide-ranging& Guardian & An elegant witty & free-ranging survey from Thomas Chippendale&s ponderous 18th-century manor-house furnishings to Jonathan Ive&s sprightly Macintosh i Books& Daily Telegraph & Lively engaging& Evening Standard & Readable sharp & worthwhile& Financial Times Director of the Design Museum Deyan Sudjic was born in London of Yugoslav parents He is a former architecture critic for the Observer & a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art Sudjic was Director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002 & is author of The Edifice Complex the much-praised 100-Miles City the best-selling Architecture Pack The Language of Things & monographs on John Pawson Ron Arad & Richard Rogers
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From fjords to mountains schools of herring to herds of reindeer Scandinavia is rich in astonishing natural beauty Less well known however is that it is also rich in languages Home to seven languages Scandinavia has traditionally been understood as linguistically bifurcated between its five Germanic languages (Danish Norwegian Swedish Icelandic & Faroese) & its two Finno-Ugric ones (Finnish & Sami) In The Languages of Scandinavia Ruth H Sanders takes a pioneering approach she considers these Seven Sisters of the North together While the two linguistic families that comprise Scandinavia's languages ultimately have differing origins the Seven Sisters have coexisted side by side for millennia As Sanders reveals a crisscrossing of names territories & even to some extent language genetics intimate language contact has created a body of shared culture experience & linguistic influences that is illuminated when the story of these seven languages is told as one Exploring everything from the famed whalebone Lewis Chessmen of Norse origin to the interactions between the Black Death & the Norwegian language The Languages of Scandinavia offers profound insight into languages with a cultural impact deep-rooted & far-reaching from the Icelandic sagas to Swedish writer Stieg Larsson's internationally popular Millennium trilogy Sanders's book is both an accessible work of linguistic scholarship & a fascinating intellectual history of language ...

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is the long-awaited new story collection from Denis Johnson author of the groundbreaking highly acclaimed Jesus' Son Written in the same luminous prose this collection finds Johnson in new territory contemplating mortality the ghosts of the past & the elusive & unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves Finished shortly before Johnson's death this collection is the last word from a writer whose work will live on for many years to come ...

'A charming & brilliantly entertaining novel shot through with the light-hearted Nesbit touch' Penelope Lively from the introduction When did two girls of our age have such a chance as we've got
- to have a lark entirely on our own? No chaperone no rules no No present income or future prospects said Lucilla It's 1919 & Jane & her cousin Lucilla leave school to find that their guardian has gambled away their money leaving them with only a small cottage in the English countryside In an attempt to earn their living the orphaned cousins embark on a series of misadventures
- cutting flowers from their front garden & selling them to passers-by inviting paying guests who disappear without paying
- all the while endeavouring to stave off the attentions of male admirers in a bid to secure their independence' To come upon any Nesbit today hitherto unread is like receiving a letter from a friend whom you have believed dead' New York Times


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THE LARKINS a family that live just short of domestic bliss at 66 Sycamore Street in a suburb of London This classic sitcom was created by Clapham-born Fred Robinson & based upon his youthful scripts for plays about a fictional Cockney family This complete third series was originally aired in 1960 & brought to DVD for the first time ...

The Laser is the world's most popular adult dinghy & comes with three rigs Standard (used by men at the Olympic games) Radial (used by women at the Olympic games) & 47 (used by young people moving up from the Optimist) But the boat is not restricted to top athletes; its versatility means that it is an ideal boat for beginners & club racers too Lasers can be found at nearly every sailing club throughout the world Targeted at the club sailor The Laser Book covers the techniques & skills needed to succeed in Laser sailing for those starting out through to those striving to win their Club Championship Whether you are a youngster moving up to a 47 or a club sailor looking to improve your results expert advice from author Tim Davison plus contributions from Laser gold medallists world champions & their coaches will take your Laser sailing to the next level Beginning with setting up the boat Davison takes you through your early sailing experiences & caring for your Laser Developing your skills on all points of sailing you will then be introduced to race tuning & racing itself This is detailed for all three Laser rigs including the new Mk 2 Standard sail Over 350 photographs show you exactly how it's done & 50 diagrams illustrate key boat parts the different points of sailing & complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity Whatever your background your current level or the extent of your ambition this book gives you all the tools you need to get out on the water & improve your Laser sailing ...