Written by a winner of two gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society, and with over 800 color illustrations, this amazing resource enlightens you on everything needed to produce a garden from scratch and sustain it successfully: planting fundamentals, maintenance techniques, and specialized skills like caring for wildflowers. Bonus: great garden designs and over 1,000 plant profiles! "...just the thing, both for beginners who want gardening explained simply and for old hands who want an all-in-one resource."--House and Garden.
The unique style of the English garden is admired and copied all over the world. This book shows how the gardens of each period reflect the political, social and cultural life, how they affected architecture, clothes and manners, and how ideas and plants from other continents were embraced to form the art of English garden making. The contributions and personalities of individual men and women are analysed and celebrated. The author reveals how each period was influenced by a love or hate relationship with nature, alternatively keeping it at bay or taming it, manipulating, romanticising or celebrating it.
In The Good Granny Guide you will find a whole range of practical advice to help you make the most of the time you spend with your grandchildren, as babies, as toddlers, and through the primary school years.
A nostalgic culinary pilgrimage, rediscovering the sort of classic, robust, wholesome food that would have emerged from the kitchen of an Edwardian country house like Downton Abbey. In this sumptuous cookbook, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall takes us on a nostalgic culinary pilgrimage, rediscovering classic recipes from the Edwardian kitchen. With delicious dishes, adapted with today’s kitchen in mind and delightfully informed by reminiscences from Jane’s childhood, this is much more than a cookbook - it offers a slice of gastronomic history, reviving the flavours from the great English country houses.
Following the success of 'The Good Granny Guide', here is the diary - packed with granny-friendly information, from top ten birthday present ideas to how to download Guns'n'Roses onto an iPod.
Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Biology First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019 Ensure that students are prepared for every aspect of Higher Biology with the new edition of this popular textbook from James Torrance and his renowned author team, completely updated for the 2018 changes to the SQA Higher Biology syllabus. - Suggested learning activities throughout help to develop students' knowledge and skills including all new case studies, research topics and investigations - Testing your knowledge questions at the end of each chapter provide opportunities to continually assess Knowledge and Understanding, and are particularly useful for homework tasks - 'What you should know' summaries of key facts and concepts provide an excellent source of material for consolidation and revision prior to the SQA examination. - 'Applying Your Knowledge and Skills' sections at the end of each section have been substantially extended to give students extra practice in exam questions and foster the development of Skills of Scientific Experimentation, Investigation and Enquiry
Energy-boosting recipes for glowing health from the "queen of guilt-free gobbling." Like many of us, Susan Jane White spent a long time fighting her body, riding the wheat-sugar-dairy merry-go-round, thinking her diet couldn’t possibly be the reason she felt so ill. Once she liberated herself from that circuit, she discovered a whole world of fabulous ingredients to explore. Tasty. Naughty. Healthy. Nice. is about discovering true food bliss, and the over 135 recipes are anything but restrictive. Let Susan Jane, in her own hilarious fashion, show you the tasty way to a healthier you—and who says you can’t throw in a little naughty while you’re at it? Find recipes for: · Breakfasts that give long-lasting energy, such as High-Octane Banana Nutmeg Bars; · Snacks, Soups, and Salads for nutritional pick-me-ups, like the antioxidant all-star Dining al Desko Beet Salad and the protein-rich Superman’s Salad; · Satisfying suppers, such as Chocolate Chili con Carne with Coconut Yogurt; Simple Salmon with Asparagus Soldiers and Whipped Green Tea; and Pumpkin Falafel; · Tasty treats that are extra satisfying, such as Goji Berry Halva, Raw Cacao Nib Toffee, and Ice Green Tea with Manuka Honey Cubes. Whether you are a newcomer to whole food living, a busy mom trying to find healthy snacks and meals, or just looking for new healthy inspiration, give yourself a high-five for deciding to dive into these recipes.
Ensure your students are prepared for every aspect of their assessment with the only textbook that offers comprehensive coverage of the new syllabus requirements. - Written by a highly experienced bestselling author - Covers the new specification with all the new topics in the SQA examinations - Provides thorough exam preparation, with graded Practice Exercises - Organised to make it easy to plan, manage and monitor student progress
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