From the question of why Britain is so wet, to an account of Charles Darwin's obsession with earthworms, this book is an exploration of gardening in Britain. It includes tales of legendary gardeners and the history of lawns and lawnmowers.
Master story teller Charlie Elliott says it perfectly in this book for all fishermen: “Whether you are a fresh water Walton or the owner of a yacht, plowing the depths beyond the sight of land for a long-billed monster of the sea, you are seeking out the quiet aquatic spaces of the earth for a reason more compelling than to satisfy your stomach juices. “Whenever you assemble your tackler, there are latent questions in your mind. What adventure awaits you just beyond the river bend, or when you beach your boat where the forest marches down to meet the laek? What delightful memory will you bring home, or what bizarre hair graying thrill could encounter you unexpectedly where the water trails run out and stop? “Those are not the only reasons you fish, by any stretch of nylon thread. Whether you are out for salmon or for lunker bass, of grayling or bonefish, your premeditated design of the day calls for out-thinking, out- maneuvering and then out-battling some wary old mossback of the depths or shallows. But as an adjunct to this high ideal, you are also seeking many other things which add immeasurably more to your day than meant on your table. You’re looking for sunshine on the water, the refrigerated glades, the bonds of friendship between strong men. Your diversions of the day include a hundred adventures not listed in a fishing guide.”
Artists and writers have always been drawn to flowers, as sources of inspiration, for simple enjoyment, and flowers themselves have been the muses for many of our greatest and most memorable works of art. This volume brings together the best flower poetry and prose from a broad range of writers, from Shakespeare and Milton, to Reginald Farrer and Edward Augustus Bowles, to twentieth-century poets such as Marianne Moore and Theodore Roethke. Wild and garden flowers are here explored in all their moods and mysteries. The poems and extracts are illustrated with botanical art from the Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Library, acknowledged as the world’s finest horticultural library. Addison • Betjeman • Bowles • Bradley and Cooper • Burns • Burroughs • Capek • Carroll • Clare • Colette • Crabbe • Ellacombe • Farrer • Fish • Gerard • Gilbert • Hanmer • Hardy • Hopkins • Housman • Hudson • Hunt • Jekyll • Johnson • Lawrence • Longfellow • Marvell • Milton • Mitchell • Moore • Parkinson • Pitter • Plunkett • Ridler • Roethke • Rohde • Rossetti • Sackville West • Seward • Shakespeare • Silkin • Sitwell • Stevenson • Swinburne • Thomas • Williams • Williamson • Wither • Wordsworth
The brutal, unsolved murder of Donny Hayes was the bait that attracted best-selling author, John Ravenscroft, to beautiful and dangerous Tierra Isle. The lure was perfect—an unsolved murder in a small community, complete with larger than life characters—the exact formula for a Ravenscroft novel. But, deep down, Ravenscroft knew there was another, altogether more sinister force drawing him to Florida's Gulf coast, something he was born to confront.The seven people named in the strange book given to him by the fortune-teller were pieces in a puzzle that would lead him to his destiny. The journey would be terrifying and the consequences of failure unimaginable.
In 1927 Owen Wister called The Pinto Horse “the best western story about a horse that I have ever read.” The pinto roamed the Montana range in the late 1880s, surviving wolves and blizzards and earning the respect of the herd but never blending in, always standing out in vulnerable perfection. After years of trusting to human kindness, he falls into the hands of fools. The Phantom Bull, first published in 1932, is also marked by authenticity and controlled beauty of style. Old Man Ennis, who ranched on the upper Madison in Montana, grudgingly admired the slate-colored Zebu cow, whose wild cunning was passed on to her calf. The calf grows into a monster bull, not personified but endowed with the suggestion of a definite point of view. A phantom glimpsed against the horizon—that is the image he leaves.
In these essays, Charles Elliott casts a whimsical eye over gardens and gardening around the globe. From the Japanese craze for the Ingurishu Gaaden (English Garden) to the plundering of tropical forests for orchids, Elliott seeks to bring to life remarkable episodes in horticultural history.
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