Each title in Super Science offers a fascinating look at a key area of science: forces & motion micro-organisms states of matter & so forth. Full-colour photos & diagrams an appealing dynamic layout & experiment & fact boxes help young readers to really discover the excitement of science for themselves. ...

Flowering shrubs are one of the most important features in your garden. The Flowering Shrub Expert contains a complete illustrated A-Z of flowering shrubs & offers advice on: How to get year-round colour in your garden. Where to buy your shrubs. Planting & pruning. How to mulch feed & water your plants. Dealing with pests & diseases. ...

Painting your favorite flowers is easy with Donna Dewberry! Add the beauty & elegance of painted flowers to your projects. Its quick & fun with Donna Dewberrys popular one-stroke technique! This easy-to-use reference provides all of the instruction & inspiration you need to successfully paint more than 50 garden flowers & wildflowers in an array of stunning colors. Donna provides complete instruction beginning with step-by-step photos of her basic one-stroke painting technique. Youll discover the secrets of painting leaves vines & other foliage common to a variety of flowers. With handy color charts & tips on painting flower petals of all kinds youll learn how to create unique floral designs that can be used on furniture walls picture frames & more with fabulous results every time. ...

Charlie Gordon IQ 68 is a floor sweeper & the gentle butt of everyones jokes until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius. But then Algernon the mouse whose triumphal experimental tranformation preceded his fades & dies & Charlie has to face the possibility that his salvation was only temporary. ...

Scandal hits the staid publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in the strong-room. Suspicion immediately falls on his wifes lover the junior partner in the firm. But how does an unpublished Restoration comedy come to feature in the tragedy? & what of the odd disappearance of another director twenty years before? The trial of Mike Wedgwood for murder is nail-bitingly tense & Campion needs all his resources to uncover the truth. ...

After having finished training in painting ceramics & sculpture Moniek Vanden Berghe focused on floral art. Her style is contemporary-modern. One of her main specialities is bridal work. With an eye for stunning detail she designs with great accuracy bridal bouquets floral purses corsages hair claps & tiaras. She also decorates the bridal table the cars the church & the bridesmaids in an elegant & harmonious way. This book offers bridal ideas to florists & is an inspiration for anyone whos soon to be married & wants to have a flourishing party. This is an excellent addition to Monieks first bestseller on the theme of love & marriage. ...

Author Moniek Vanden Berghe & photographer Kurt Dekeyzer are the creators of the highly successful books Flowers in Love" & " Flowers in Love II" in which they focus on different aspects of bridal floral art. This book is composed of truly inspiring mourning arrangements. Within this delicate theme they have assembled for both professional & amateur florists brand new touching floral arrangements in full harmony with the latest coffin & cremation urn designs. In addition they show a series of both very contemporary & more traditional wreaths altar decorations & tomb arrangements. This book really is the ultimate proof that delicate & sensitive floral designs can ease the pain & create hope for those who have lost loved ones." ...

Through thick mist & a cold east wind Lavinia returns to Scotl&. Up at the big house Mrs Farquhar is dying. Seeing Lachlan again. Lavinia remembers her childhood holidays there: swimming in the loch the picnics bottle-feeding the lambs down at the farm & the evenings when they danced reels. Most of all she remembers Mrs Farquhars grandson Rory. In the house as the old lady lies serene & beautiful in the bed she has slept in since coming home to Lachlan as a bride Lavinia meets Rory once again. Flowers in the Rain is one of sixteen stories each giving another magical glimpse into Rosamunde Pilchers world. The world in which most prefer to live all the time. ...

Flowers in the Worlds Most Beautiful Gardens puts the spotlight on the star of the garden; the flower. Tracing the history of flower gardens from the Middle Ages to today the book discusses the types of flowers commonly planted the landscape designs the advances in technology & how these practices have advanced throughout the centuries. Each chapter also focuses on a significant type of bloom; the rose i ris & tulip feature among others. Illustrated with more than 150 exquisite photographs by Alain Le Toquin this book features the worlds most extraordinary flower gardens featuring gardens in Europe Africa Asia & North America. ...

This practical & inspirational guide in a handy sketchbook format is aimed at the practised beginner & shows how to paint successful flowers in watercolours in just 30 minutes
- ideal for the busy amateur artist. Many people think they dont have enough time to paint but in this attractive guide Trevor Waugh encourages quick & simple learning. By working with just a few materials & focusing on just the key techniques it is possible to achieve successful delicate paintings of flowers in no more than half an hour. & for those artists who already have a little painting experience learning to work more quickly enables them to free up their style & paint more spontaneously. All the key topics are covered from watercolour techniques colour & tone to learning about flower shapes foliage patterns & textures. There are also practical projects & step-by-step demonstrations as well as helpful tips & checklists.
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