This title is an illustrated guide to varieties cultivation & care with step-by-step instructions & over 110 beautiful photographs. Everything you need to know at a glance in one handy & beautifully illustrated practical guide. It

Includes:: full photographic directory of more than 40 common & exotic water plants from bog plants & marginals to oxygenating plants & water lilies. For each plant full botanical information is provided on history growth hue height spread & suitability. It offers step-by-step photographic guidance on buying plants propagation routine maintenance & pests & diseases.

Includes:: instructions on how make a pond with a liner stocking your finished pool & adding ornamental fish. A highly accessible guide to bringing water plants into your garden whether you have a large or small space. Water gardens are increasingly popular not only for the exciting variety of plant life that can be cultivated but also for the diversity of animal species attracted by the aquatic environment. This clear & accessible book explains how to use water plants to their best advantage as well as providing an illustrated directory of over 40 recommended varieties. It explains the difference between bog plants & oxygenators surface floating plants & deep-water plants with practical advice on growing & maintenance. From selecting & caring for water plants to making your own pond the book will help you to create a water feature to enjoy for years to come.



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From one of the worlds leading experts on health & skin care
- a revolutionary guide that will help you look & feel ten years younger
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You have only to call my name to bring me back " he whispered his breath hot in my ear. " You have only to love me to make me human." Seduced by a powerful incubus demon Callie has succeeded in banishing him to the Borderlands but Liam still haunts her dreams tempting her with the knowledge of how to bring him back. But loving an incubus usually ends in death for a human. For her own sake Callie must learn to control her desires & ensure Liam remains trapped for all eternity in his watery prison. Only there is a more dangerous creature than Liam in the Borderlands. The Water Witch is looking for a way back..." ...

The Water-Babies (1863) is one of the strangest & most powerful children's books ever published. Written by an Anglican clergyman with an insatiable love of science the story combines an uplifting moral about redemption with a crash course in evolutionary theory & has an imaginative exuberance equalled only by Lewis Carroll. Young Tom is a chimney-sweeper's boy who one day falls into a river & drowns only to be transformed into a water-baby. Through his encounters with friendly fish curious lobsters & characters such as Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby he sloughs off his selfish nature & earns his just reward. Tom's comic adventures are constantly interrupted by Kingsley's sideswipes at contemporary issues such as child labour & the British education system & they offer a rich satiric take on the great scientific debates of the day. The story's linguistic & narrative oddities make it an unclassifiable fantasy that is both a naturalist's handbook & an aquatic Pilgrim's Progress & its vibrant symbolism also reveals some of Kingsley's more private obsessions regarding cleanliness & sanitation reform. This new edition reprints the original complete text & illustrations &

Includes:: a lively introduction & notes that reveal the full richness of this bizarre but compelling fairy tale.

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Amid the aroma of the sea & the Galician pines a young saxophonist is found dead in his swanky flat overlooking the beach. The murder seems to have taken place after a sexual encounter with a lover: there are two glasses filled with gin in the living room & the dead man Luis Reigosa is tied by the wrists to the headboard of the bed. But the way he was killed makes it impossible to obtain any more clues about his activities that night: his stomach groin & thighs are horribly burned & his genitals look hideously like a toasted cashew. The unusually cold-blooded & cruel murder is assigned to Leo Caldas a disheartened police inspector still searching for his place in the world. The case unfolds between inviting nights at the jazz clubs & the tense affected atmosphere of afluent Vigo. ...

The world's population is increasing; but its supply of water is not. Empires have grown & declined due to discovery & exhaustion of their water sources & now the West is at last catching on to the fact that abundance of water can no longer be taken for granted. For the last fifty years wars have been fought over oil; for the next fifty they may be fought over water (in fact some local wars already have been). Remarkably this new book is the first to bring together the ecological geographical political & scientific aspects of water. Its author Professor Paul Younger is one of the UK's leading experts on water
- a substance of which we consume 150 litres of a day & in its bottled form are willing to pay more for than for petrol.
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With it&8217;s rapid fire machine gun action the Waterbolt watersplasher gives you 3 ways to shoot single shot high pressure stream or rapid fire machine gun. Shoots up to 35ft (10.6 metres). Waterbolt provides hours of fantastic outdoor play. Not suitable for children under 3 years old due to small parts. ...

How can we answer the many questions young children have about death? Looking for a meaningful way to explain to neighbourhood children the death of a five year old friend Doris Stickney adapted the graceful fable about the waterbug that changed into a dragonfly. First published under the title Death" in ' Colloquy' (December 1971) the story was revised & expanded in 1982 to become the current bestselling Waterbugs & Dragonflies. This edition features full-colour paintings by Gloria Ortiz Hernandez an artist whose work has been exhibited in Europe South America & the USA. A native of Columbia she currently lives & creates her work on a farm in Pennsylvania." ...

Harness the power of negative space! Breathe new life into your art through negative painting. Linda Kemp shares her techniques for using the strength of negative space
- the areas not occupied by subject matter
- to create alluring works of art. Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines is a comprehensive guide to evoking more passion in your paintings. Youll learn how to take hold of the often-overlooked areas of a painting through interactive easy to follow elements including: Step-by-step techniques exercises & projects Do-it-yourself tests & worksheets Troubleshooting suggestions & secrets Straightforward diagrams for color & design Both beginning & advanced artists will benefit from negative painting concepts presented in this guide. Using landscapes florals & motifs from nature youll gain the skills & knowledge to make your next watercolor your most striking work yet.

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Discover fresh forgiving techniques that promise less frustration & juicier results! Julie Gilbert Pollard subscribes to the whatever works" school of painting. Not bound by tradition she shows you how to unleash your watercolors for exciting & expressive results...and have lots of fun doing it! See how a few simple steps at the beginning can preserve the lights lock in the darks & allow you greater freedom to let your watercolor do what it does best: move & flow wet-into-wet creating luminous layers of depth & vitality. Inside you'll find: 9 step-by-step painting demonstrations plus many more quick lessons illustrating basic techniques. How to paint water rocks trees & other landscape elements in a lively manner. Easy techniques for making your paintings pop including tips for successful spattering. How to combine a representational painting style with abstract acrylic underpaintings for unique & lively results. This book is all about painting boldly embracing the medium's unpredictable nature & achieving a loose painterly quality. It's ideal for the beginner trying to get off on the right foot as well as the intermediate artist looking for ways to "freshen up" their approach." ...