Anne Wilkinson’s poetic career emerged during a time of few Canadian poets—and even fewer who were women. The Essential Anne Wilkinson showcases the work of her abbreviated but meaningful career, with poems that range from intellectual and symbolic lyrics, to direct, incisive satire. Infused with a woman’s perspective, Wilkinson’s poems reflect her attempts to come to terms with the restrictive world within which she was born and to find her voice amid the expectations of society, gender and class. The Essential Poets Series presents the works of Canada’s most celebrated poets in a package that is beautiful, accessible, and affordable. The Essential Anne Wilkinson is the 11th volume in the series.
Anne Wilkinson’s poetic career emerged during a time of few Canadian poets—and even fewer who were women. The Essential Anne Wilkinson showcases the work of her abbreviated but meaningful career, with poems that range from intellectual and symbolic lyrics, to direct, incisive satire. Infused with a woman’s perspective, Wilkinson’s poems reflect her attempts to come to terms with the restrictive world within which she was born and to find her voice amid the expectations of society, gender and class. The Essential Poets Series presents the works of Canada’s most celebrated poets in a package that is beautiful, accessible, and affordable. The Essential Anne Wilkinson is the 11th volume in the series.
Gardening is one of the most popular leisure activities today and most people take it for granted that suitable plants, equipment and information are easily available. This was not always the case. Anne Wilkinson's engaging book recreates the world of amateur Victorian gardeners – those who had no idea how to start gardening, and no information to help them. In the 1860s gardening was mainly the preserve of professionals who worked on large estates, but a new breed of gardeners was emerging – ordinary householders. Their gardens range from country cottage and rectory gardens to urban gardens behind terraced houses. With no help from the professionals – who refused to believe that gardens in towns were a practical possibility – those innovators laid down the foundations for modern amateur gardening as it is today. This book, richly illustrated with images from contemporary magazines and other sources, explores their journey to create their own piece of England's 'green and pleasant land'.
Quick and reliable to grow for summer colour, and well marketed, most gardeners will have at least one pelargonium in their garden or conservatory, without realising either the number or variety of species available, nor the plant's extraordinary history. The Passion for Pelargoniums reveals the fascinating and dramatic tales of those who have been involved in finding, classifying, collecting and breeding the plants. It explodes the myth that all modern versions of the plant are descended from the oldest known variety - the seventeenth-century drab-coloured P. triste, literally translated as the sad pelargonium, and reveals that 2,000 hybrids have been developed from less than a dozen plants originally imported from the East. From the contribution of L'Heritier, whom Sir Joseph Banks named 'an impudent Frenchman', to collectors like Masson and the Marquess of Blandford (known for his 'elegant emporium'), competing nurserymen determined to make both fortunes and reputations, and the burgeoning Victorian varieties as growers searched for the holy grail of the scarlet geranium, the book recounts the plant's extraordinary history. Today, while traditional white ones, doubles, 'nosegays' and 'rosebuds' still flourish, the 'lemon-scented geranium' is only one of a number of scented varieties, while pelargoniums can have flowers of pink, red, purple, yellow or black. This is the story of how the passion felt by gardeners for their plants stirred them to bitter rivalry and criminal obsession, scandal, fraud, and fast dealing, and saw polite society being rather less than polite.
The New 7-Week Step-By-Step Program Designed to Help You Transform Your Body Without Feeling Hungry | Cook Your Lean and Green Recipes and Avoid Wasting Time in the Kitchen
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You don't have time to cook, but you still want to have a sustainable diet plan that makes you lose weight and feel better? Are you tired of fast diets that don't work in the long run and you always end up regaining your weight without getting results? Do you still want to enjoy good food without being too hungry? If you answered "Yes" to at least one of these questions, read on... ★ We are often "forced" to eat in a hurry. Then we end up eating incorrectly and, above all, it's unhealthy for our body. This is the main cause of why many people today feel tired and oppressed already in the early hours of the morning. Following a diet is very important for introducing the right amounts of nutrients into our body that will provide us with the energy needed to face the day. The Optavia diet(TM) is definitely for you. This type of scientifically proven diet is structured to allow you to use your time in your favor. You won't have to give up any tasty foods. It is based on a specific plan to follow. Every 3 hours, a meal is allowed. Without going hungry, you will discover how essential it is to divide your meals throughout the day and not live with the stress of cooking all day before. What are the benefits of this 7 week plan? - Don't go hungry at any time of the day. - The weeks you set are more than enough to allow your body to take advantage of all the benefits this diet has. - Cook with the air fryer to cut your cooking time in half and prepare delicious Lean & Green recipes. - A mental approach is suitable for undertaking a diet seriously. - 4 weeks are enough to notice the changes, but with 7 the results are consolidated and the body is accustomed to adapting in a better way. In this book you will find: - A detailed introduction on how the Optavia diet(TM) works - How to set and achieve all your goals - A detailed 7-week plan explained step by step and week by week to bring you the absolute best results - Lots of tasty recipes for everyone that are cheap and quick to accompany the whole plan in an easier and more sustained way Why is the Optavia diet(TM) the right diet for you? It will allow you to get the first results very quickly. You will notice evident improvements in the mirror that will lead you to continue the plan to the end, avoiding giving up earlier, unlike many other diets where they require more mental and physical commitments. With the recipes with the air fryer, you will learn how to cook your dishes quickly, without spending too much time. Above all, it's healthy for all family members YOU CAN TREAT YOURSELF TO EVENINGS AT A RESTAURANT WITHOUT HAVING TO REGRET HAVING EATEN TOO MUCH! What are you waiting for? Start your journey now! Do you want to keep putting it off until next year, or do you want to start today?
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