Leapman, Michael
Summary: By the early eighteenth century, botanists were inching toward the shocking truth that plants had male and female organs and reproduced sexually. The first person to realize the practical implications of this was Thomas Fairchild, a London nurseyman, and celebrated author of The City Gardener. Leapman, a brilliant horticultural writer, has unearthed fascinating and colorful detail about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9152 FAIRCHILD, THOMAS LEALeapman, Michael
Summary: "From taking in the magnificent sight of Big Ben and Parliament Square from the great heights of the London Eye to walking across Tower Bridge after visiting the historic Tower of London to treating yourself to a night at the theatre on the city's West End, London truly offers a little bit of everything,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Trav Wor LondonLeapman, Michael
Contents: Introducing London. Four great days in London ; Putting London on the map ; The history of London ; London at a glance ; London through the year ; A river view of London -- London, area by area. Whitehall and Westminster ; Piccadilly and St. James's ; Soho and Trafalgar Square ; Covent Garden and the Strand ; Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia ; Holborn and the Inns of Court ; The city ; Smithfield and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.2 LONStemple, Heidi E. Y.
Summary: "Kids can learn how to help protect bird species, with Counting Birds - the real-life story of bird counting and watching. Frank Chapman loved birds. He created bird exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, and started a magazine "Bird-Lore." Back then, some sports hunters had a "Christmas Day bird hunt". People shot every bird they could see and counted them at the end of the hunt....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seagrass Press 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westeros and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself as the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016