The African violet (Saintpaulia) continues to increase in popularity having developed over the last fifty years from its few hundred varieties to the thousands that exist today in an ever-increasing range of colour & type. This guide

Includes:: chapters on the plant's history development & classification & provides practical information & advice on propagation general care hybridization & the prevention & treatment of pests & diseases. Written in a non-technical style it seeks to explode the myth that African violets are difficult to grow.

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In The African Wars Chris Peers provides a graphic account of several of the key campaigns fought between European powers & the native peoples of tropical & sub-tropical Africa in the late nineteenth & early twentieth centuries. His pioneering & authoritative study describes in vivid detail the organization & training of African warriors their weapons their fighting methods & traditions & their tactics. He concentrates on the campaigns mounted by the most successful African armies as they struggled to defend themselves against the European scramble for Africa. Resistance was inconsistent but some warlike peoples fought long & hard
- the Zulu victory over the British at Isandhlwana is the best known but by no means the only occasion when the Africans humiliated the colonial invaders. Chris Peers is a leading expert on the history of the armies of nineteenth-century Africa & has written widely on the subject. He has also compiled a series of books on the armies of China. He has contributed many articles to military history wargaming & family history magazines & his major publications include Warlords of China 700BC-AD1662 Warrior Peoples of East Africa & Soldiers of the Dragon.
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After" is the fourth shocking funny & heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's " Second World War" series. After
- The Nazis took
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Mark Steyns New York Times" bestseller " After America" is now in paperback! Featuring a new introduction & updated throughout " After America" takes on Obamas disastrous plan for our nation & reveals exactly what a post-American world will look like if we dont change our ways soon. Says Steyn: " Nothing is certain but debt & taxes. & then more debt. If the government of the United States had to use GAAP (" The Generally Accepted Accounting Practices" that your company & the publisher of this book have to use) Uncle Sam would be under an SEC investigation & his nephews & nieces would have taken away the keys & cut up his credit card". Slim as it is however Steyn argues there is still hope. " Americans face a choice: you can rediscover the animating principles of the American idea-of limited government a self-reliant citizenry & the opportunities to exploit your talents to the fullest-or you can join most of the rest of the western world in terminal decline. This is a battle for the American idea & its an epic one but you can do anything you want to do. So do it." Bitingly funny & wickedly clever " After America" is Mark Steyn at his best." ...

Eva was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday & sent to Auschwitz. Her survival depended on endless strokes of luck her own determination & the love & protection of her mother Fritzi who was deported with her. When Auschwitz was liberated Eva & Fritzi began the long journey home. They searched desperately for Eva's father & brother from whom they had been separated. The news came some months later. Tragically both men had been killed. Before the war in Amsterdam Eva had become friendly with a young girl called Anne Frank. Though their fates were very different Eva's life was set to be entwined with her friend's for ever more after her mother Fritzi married Anne's father Otto Frank in 1953. This is a searingly honest account of how an ordinary person survived the Holocaust. Eva's memories & descriptions are heartbreakingly clear her account brings the horror as close as it can possibly be. But this is also an exploration of what happened next of Eva's struggle to live with herself after the war & to continue the work of her step-father Otto ensuring that the legacy of Anne Frank is never forgotten. ...

The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee & glances up from a book as a young man a musician intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. Later Mari is interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese & requests her help. Meanwhile Eri is at home & sleeps a deep heavy sleep that is too perfect too pure to be normal; pulse & respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporific state for two months; Eri has become the classic myth
- a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible a hint of life flickers across the TV screen though the televisions plug has been pulled. Strange nocturnal happenings or a trick of the night?
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A thousand years ago humanity abandoned Earth after an environmental apocalypse engulfed the globe. In the ensuing centuries the survivors settled on a hospitable planet called Nova Prime withstood an onslaught from a mysterious alien force & carved out a new home in the farthest reaches of the galaxy. This is the fractured home to which General Cypher Raige of the United Ranger Corps returns after an extended tour of duty. For Kitrai his thirteen-year-old son tagging along with his famous father is the adventure of a lifetime
- & a chance to salvage their relationship. When an asteroid collides with their craft they make a crash landing that leaves Cypher seriously
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- wounded. Kitai Raige has always wanted to prove that he has what it takes to be a Ranger. Now all too soon he gets his chance. With his father's life on the line Kitai must venture out into the strange hostile terrain of a new world that seems eerily familiar: Earth.


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Whether youre new to After Effects & want to get up to speed quickly or already a user who needs to become familiar with the new features After Effects Apprentice was created for you. With 11 core lessons plus a final project that pulls it all together youll learn how to tap this programs vast potential
- whether you create motion graphics for network television corporate communications or your own projects. Fully updated to cover the major new features introduced in After Effects CS6 CS5.5 & CS5 this edition of the book presents a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to master in order to use After Effects effectively. Youll learn to creatively combine layers animate eye-catching titles manipulate 3D space track or rotoscope existing footage to add new elements color key & stabilize a shot to place it in a new environment & use effects to generate excitement or enhance the realism of a scene. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions guide you through the features with explanations of the why" instead of just the "how" behind each technique. Youll learn more than just the tools; youll learn skills that you can immediately put to work expressing your own ideas in your productions. Topics include how to: Animate edit layer & composite video & still images. Manipulate keyframes & the way they interpolate to create more refined animations. Use masks mattes stencils & blending modes to add sophistication to your imagery. Create & animate text & shape layers Place your layers in 3D space. Use tracking & keying to create special effects such as replacing screen displays. DVD contains: All exercise source material & project files for After Effects CS6 CS5.5 & CS5 plus 90 minutes of video tutorials."
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Everything seemed perfect in Neil Jacksons childhood until one day on a cold January morning in 1976... He was awoken by the police knocking on the door to break the shocking news that his mother had become the second victim of a serial killer
- soon to become known as the Yorkshire Ripper. This evil act exposed a web of secrets & lies that was to devastate Neil & change his life forever. Jane Carter Woodrow an experienced criminologist discovers what happens when the camera & the lurid headlines fade away. Neils riveting story captures the real nature of the tragedy that murder can visit on a family & shows how incredibly he pieced his life back together after becoming one of the forgotten victims of Britains most notorious serial killer.
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Patrick Paniter was James IVs right-hand man a diplomatic genius who was in charge of the guns at the disastrous battle of Flodden in September 1513 in which the English annihilated the Scots. After the death of his king he is tormented by guilt as he relives the events that led to war. When Louise Brenier daughter of a rogue sea trader asks his help in finding out if her brother Benoit was killed in action it is the least he can do to salve his conscience. Not satisfied with the news he brings Louise sets off to find out the truth herself & swiftly falls foul of one of the lawless clans that rule the ungovernable borderlands. After Flodden is a novel about the consequences of the battle of Flodden as seen through the eyes of several characters who either had a hand in bringing the country to war or were profoundly affected by the outcome. There have been very few novels about Flodden despite its significance & none from this perspective. Its a racy adventure combining political intrigue & romance & its readership will be anyone who loves historical fiction or is interested in the history of Scotland & the turbulent ungovernable borderlands between Scotland & Engl&. ...