For two decades readers around the world have been fascinated by Brian Capon's crystal-clear descriptions of how plants work. What happens inside a seed after it is planted? How do plants use each other
- & animals
- to survive? How do they reproduce & how do they transform nutrients into growth? Botany for Gardeners" is the most complete compact & accessible introduction to the world of botany available. The new edition has been expanded with dazzling scanning electron microscope photographs & even more amazing facts about plants. Especially timely are new essays on food plants: what makes plants edible the effects of climate change & the role of genetic engineering. Whether it's the exotic behaviors of unusual seeds the astounding weight-bearing capacity of the Victoria waterlily or the ingenious existence of lichens the third edition of " Botany for Gardeners" will be embraced by beginning gardeners & devoted plant-o-philes."

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A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at Mc Donalds half a world away can enjoy a long golden french fry. A gardener plants tulip bulbs in the autumn & in the spring has a riotous patch of colour to admire. Two simple examples of how humans act on nature to get what we want. Or are they? What if those potatoes & tulips have evolved to gratify certain human desires so that humans will help them multiply? What if in other words these plants are using us just as we use them? In blending history memoir & superb science writing Pollan tells the story of four domesticated species
- the apple the tulip marijuana & the potato. All four plants are integral to our everyday lives & Pollan demonstrates how each has thrived by satisfying one of humankinds most basic desires. Weaving fascinating anecdote & accessible science Pollan takes the reader on an absorbing journey through the landscape of botany & desire. It is a journey that will change the way we think about our place in nature
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This title features brilliant dazzling never-before-collected non-fiction by the legendary David Foster Wallace author of The Pale King Beloved". For his brilliantly discerning eye his verbal elasticity & his uniquely generous imagination David Foster Wallace was heralded by critics & fans as the voice of a generation. Collected in " Both Flesh & Not" are fifteen essays published for the first time in book form including writing never published before in the UK. From " Federer Both Flesh & Not" considered by many to be his nonfiction masterpiece; to " The (As it Were) Seminal Importance of " Terminator 2" which deftly dissects James Camerons blockbuster; to " Fictional Futures & the Conspicuously Young" an examination of televisions effect on a new generation of writers David Foster Wallaces writing swoops from erudite literary discussion to open-hearted engagement with the most familiar of our twentieth-century cultural references. A celebration of David Foster Wallaces great loves
- for language for precision for meaning
- & a feast of enjoyment for his fans " Both Flesh & Not" is a fitting tribute to this writer who was never concerned with anything less important than what it means to be alive. Praise for David Foster Wallace: "A visionary a craftsman a comedian.. .hes in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us". (Zadie Smith). " Wallaces essays brim with cerebral energy acute observation & fizzing wit. Enviably good". (" Sunday Times"). " Wallaces exuberance & intellectual impishness are a delight.. .a superb comedian of culture". (" Guardian" James Wood). David Foster Wallace who died in 2008 was the author of the acclaimed novels " Infinite Jest" & " The Broom of the System". His final novel " The Pale King" was published posthumously in 2011. He is also the author of the short-story collections " Oblivion" " Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" & " Girl with Curious Hair" & his non-fiction

Includes:: several essay collections & the full-length work " Everything & More"."



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No other couple has drawn the same unwavering fascination of fans & tabloid journalists alike for over three decades & Ryan ONeal is the only person who can tell the story behind the headlines. Both of Us his only memoir is everything their relationship was
- at once exuberant sad & timeless. Ryan & Farrahs story begins with the youthful optimism of new love between two charismatic & beautiful stars. Soon however reality intrudes: troubled children from previous marriages; Farrahs first husband Lee Majors reluctant to leave; mismatched career trajectories; the birth of their son Redmond; drug abuse
- all leading to an inevitable break-up. After a relationship with a younger woman midlife fears of growing older & his own leukemia diagnosis in 2001 Ryan eventually realized that he had cast aside his true soulmate & he & Farrah started a new life together. When Farrah was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 Ryan stood by her side through grueling treatment & ultimately faced the heartbreaking discovery that even love could not save her. Written with candor emotional honesty & above all deep love for his adored Farrah Both of Us is the heartbreaking story of a true Hollywood fairy-tale.

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As one of a handful of UK police officers trained in SAS deep-cover surveillance David Corbett infiltrates the toughest communities living among junkies prostitutes murderers & firearm dealers in order to gather evidence that would lead to dozens of convictions. His rapport with hardened criminals was forged during his youth on the mean streets of Glasgow where he ran with the gangs joyriding & stealing. But when his friends began disappearing into borstals Corbett decided it was time to take himself in hand & followed his father into the police force. His ability to mingle with gangsters was soon identified as an asset & after serving time in the CID
- where he was involved in investigating the murder of Arthur Thompson Junior the son of Glasgow's Godfather
- he became an undercover agent with the Crime Squad. He trained in urban & rural surveillance & invented a fictional past for himself. Like Donnie Brasco the legendary US cop who won the trust of the Mafia Corbett risked his life every day: one false move & his cover would have been blown. The pinnacle of his career was an operation in the former pit town of Blyth where there had been 15 drug-related deaths in 12 months. Leaving his wife & family he spent five months undercover wired up winning the confidence of the dealers & had to cope with having his life endangered by a corrupt officer. Corbett's work led to 31 convictions & commendations from the Chief Constable & a Crown Court Judge but without any form of counselling the stress took its toll & he was forced into early retirement.

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Botswana & Namibia: Fused together by epic landscapes including Fish River Canyon the Kalahari & the Okavango Delta & some of the continent s greatest concentration & diversity of wildlife this is truly Africa. Alan Murphy Lonely Planet Writer Getting you to the heart of a place" Amazing experiences Inspirational images author recommendations & the best of local knowledge. Plan the perfect trip Planning features & top itineraries give you the freedom to create your ideal trip. Get off the beaten track Our authors uncover local secrets that will make your trip unique. Safari-planning advice Colour wildlife guide Understand Botswana Understand Namibia We tell it like it is Our job is to make amazing travel experiences happen. We visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never take freebies for positive coverage so you can always rely on us to tell it like it is." ...

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- the oldest rust-red desert in the world parks teeming with wildlife
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Freda & Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory. A work outing offers promise for Freda & terror from Brenda; passions run high on that chilly day of freedom & life after the outing never returns to normal. Beryl Bainbridge will dazzle readers in this offbeat haunting yet hilarious novel. ...

In this elegant & impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading experts on Africa & poverty economist Paul Collier writes persuasively that although nearly five billion of the world's people are beginning to climb from desperate poverty & to benefit from globalization's reach to developing countries there is a bottom billion" of the world's poor whose countries largely immune to the forces of global economy are falling farther behind & are in danger of falling apart separating permanently & tragically from the rest of the world. Collier identifies & explains the four traps that prevent the homelands of the world's billion poorest people from growing & receiving the benefits of globalization
- civil war the discovery & export of natural resources in otherwise unstable economies being landlocked & therefore unable to participate in the global economy without great cost & finally ineffective governance. As he demonstrates that these billion people are quite likely in danger of being irretrievably left behind Collier argues that we cannot take a "headless heart" approach to these seemingly intractable problems; rather that we must harness our despair & our moral outrage at these inequities to a reasoned & thorough understanding of the complex & interconnected problems that the world's poorest people face."
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