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A Garden Makes a House a Home

By: Elvin McDonald

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A Garden Makes a House a Home features twenty-five residential gardens from every region across the United States, presented by veteran shelter magazine garden editor Elvin McDonald in a lavishly illustrated format. Lush, well-tended gardens—whether they adorn humble cottages or sprawling estates—add beauty and personality to any property and truly make a house into a home. In this volume, gardens from simple to grand respond to the needs of their sites and reveal the unique personalities of the owners that care for them: on a tight urban lot in Houston, a thoughtful selection of water-loving plants and an innovative fountain that mediates rainfall from the city’s frequent deluges block out noise from the surrounding streets; elaborate terraces on a steep hillside in Portland, Oregon, create a variety of outdoor living spaces nestled directly among a rich tapestry of perennials, tall grasses, and Japanese maples; and on forty verdant New Hampshire acres, a series of garden “rooms” and meandering paths create an Edwardian-inspired escape. The diverse array of gardens inspire with glorious, full-color images of plants thriving in all climates—berries, lettuces, and herbs burst from the rich soils of Berkeley, California, in an edible garden the whole neighborhood is invited to enjoy; succulents of all sizes and shapes add color and texture to a lakeside home in Dallas and an arid Tucson yard equally well; dozens of bonsai and plants native to Asia create an authentic Eastern atmosphere in Indianola, Iowa; the rambling cottage-style plantings of England are reinterpreted in a river valley in Knoxville, Tennessee; and closely clipped boxwood in Greenwich, Connecticut, forms a parterre that rivals the beauty of its elaborate French predecessors across the ocean. Elvin McDonald draws on his forty-five years of professional experience and distinguished career to present a collection of exquisite landscapes, created both by avid amateurs and well-known designers including Suzy Bales, Rosalind Creasy, Douglas Hoerr, Raymond Jungles, Karen Strohbeen and Bill Luchsinger, and Phillip Watson, that will inspire all who recognize the allure greenery can add to a home.

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The Monacelli Press, LLC

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1580933300

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9781580933308

A Garden Makes a House a Home

By: Elvin McDonald

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Smith & Hawken 100 Orchids for the American Gardener

By: Elvin McDonald

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Smith & Hawken 100 Orchids for the American Gardener

By: Elvin McDonald

A colorful photographic introduction to some one hundred varieties of orchids provides the reader with useful information about these special flowers, the care they require, and their overall proper maintenance. Original.

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260

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Workman Publishing

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0761110712

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9780761110712

Ortho's All about Orchids

By: Elvin McDonald

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Ortho's All about Orchids

By: Elvin McDonald

Covers selection, care, and propagation of easy care and new orchid varieties.

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102

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Meredith Books

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0897214242

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9780897214247

Stephen F. Austin State University Jacks

By: Hardy Meredith,Archie P. McDonald

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Stephen F. Austin State University Jacks

By: Hardy Meredith,Archie P. McDonald

Stephen F. Austin State University opened its doors in 1923, and its administrators instituted intercollegiate athletics almost immediately. Over the next eight decades, the Lumberjacks and Ladyjacksteam names derived from the areas predominant forest products industriesparticipated successfully in the Lone Star, Gulf Star, and Southland Conferences. Such outstanding Lumberjacks as James Silas, Mark Moseley, and Jeremiah Trotter have even gone on to successful careers in the NBA and NFL. This book offers readers a retrospective look at the success of SFAs athletic programs, as well as the players, coaches, and fans that led them to victory.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439638373

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9781439638378

Texas Public Gardens

By: McDonald, Elvin

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Texas Public Gardens

By: McDonald, Elvin

Populated by wildflowers and roses, water lilies and cacti, the public gardens of Texas offer some of the most diverse designs and varieties of plant specimens found in the nation. From the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, the author details more than 30 public gardens throughout Texas, examining the histories, layouts, designs, and plantings unique to each. More than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations provide a private tour through the Forbidden Gardens in Katy, the tropical conservatory and rainforest in the Amarillo Botanical Gardens, and the Bayou Bend Sculpture Garden in Houston. With its stunning images and detailed meditations on each of Texas's little Edens, this gorgeous collection is perfect for all seasons.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455612928

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9781455612925

Texas Rangers, Ranchers, and Realtors

James Hughes Callahan and the Day Family in the Guadalupe River Basin

By: Thomas O. McDonald

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Texas Rangers, Ranchers, and Realtors

James Hughes Callahan and the Day Family in the Guadalupe River Basin

By: Thomas O. McDonald

A native Georgian, James Hughes Callahan (1812–1856) migrated to Texas to serve in the Texas Revolution in exchange for land. In Seguin, Texas, where he settled, he met and married a divorcée, Sarah Medissa Day (1822–1856). The lives of these two Texas pioneers and their extended family would become so entwined in the events and experiences of the nascent nation and state that their story represents a social history of nineteenth-century Texas. From his arrival as a sergeant with the Georgia Battalion, through the ill-fated 1855 expedition that bears his name, to his shooting death in a feud with a neighbor, Callahan was a soldier, a Texas Ranger, a rancher, and a land developer, at every turn making his mark on the evolving Guadalupe River Basin. Separately, Sarah’s family’s journey reflected the experience of many immigrants to Texas after its war of independence. Thomas O. McDonald traces the pair’s respective paths to their meeting, then follows as, together, they contend with conflict, troublesome social mores, the emergence of new industries, and the taming of the land, along the way helping to shape the Texas culture we know today. With a sharp eye for character and detail, and with a wealth of material at his command, author Thomas O. McDonald tells a story as crackling with life as it is steeped in scholarly research. In these pages the lives of the Callahan and Day families become a canvas on which the history of Texas—from revolution, frontier defense, and Indian wars to Anglo settlement and emerging legal and social systems—dramatically, inexorably unfolds.

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639

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University of Oklahoma Press

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080616994X

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9780806169941

Smithville

By: Dennis McDonald

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Smithville

By: Dennis McDonald

In 1865, industrialist/inventor Hezekiah Bradley Smith purchased Shreveville, later renamed Smithville, an abandoned textile mill and town located along the Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, for $20,000. He moved many workers from his Lowell, Massachusetts, plant to the new location, rebuilt the factory, and prepared it for the manufacture of his patented iron woodworking machinery. Smith began to improve the aging housing in the surrounding village. He opened a school and, later, constructed a new school building. Smith erected a boardinghouse for factory workers that contained shops and a concert hall. Through farming on land adjacent to his mansion, he made fresh produce and milk available to his workers. Smith's company also expanded into new industries by working with outside inventors, like George Washington Pressey, who needed a manufacturer for his American Star Bicycle. Later, Arthur Hotchkiss contacted the company to build the world's first bicycle railroad to transport workers from Mount Holly to the Smithville factory. This book captures life in the village and factory, memorializing the intertwining lives of the Smithville workers and H.B. Smith through photographs.

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128

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Arcadia Publishing

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146710356X

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9781467103565

The Nurse Educators Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes

By: Mcdonald

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The Nurse Educators Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes

By: Mcdonald

The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes, Fourth Edition is a widely-used resource for both faculty and nursing education students that covers the assessment of critical thinking, the development of learning objectives, and the creation of tests, including detailed tips for writing many kinds of individual test items. The book also covers the analysis of test reliability.Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

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320

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284148955

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9781284148954

The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes

By: Mary McDonald

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The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes

By: Mary McDonald

The Nurse Educator's Guide to Assessing Learning Outcomes, Third Edition is a widely-used resource for both faculty and nursing education students that covers the assessment of critical thinking, the development of learning objectives, and the creation of tests, including detailed tips for writing many kinds of individual test items. The book also covers the analysis of test reliability. Examples of effective and ineffective test items are included throughout to help faculty and nurse educators deepen their understanding of how to create effective tests and assess student learning. This new edition addresses the increased pressure that NCLEX and other certification exams are placing on nursing students and faculty, and reflects the most recent updates to the NCLEX Detailed Test Plan. Each chapter has been updated with timely information and examples.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449687679

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9781449687670

Poet in the Grandstand

An Enlightened Tour of Ballparks and the Places Where They Live: 1990-2010

By: Thomas Porky McDonald

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Poet in the Grandstand

An Enlightened Tour of Ballparks and the Places Where They Live: 1990-2010

By: Thomas Porky McDonald

In the area of ballpark hopping, there have been a number of accounts written, recorded or talked about in recent times, sometimes for a cause or others just as a gimmick. Through Poet in the Grandstand, poet and writer Thomas Porky McDonald gives us a most unique twist on a preoccupation which has grown in the past few decades, in the wake of the closings of classic old yards and the birth of the more entertainment and nostalgia driven open-air parks. From his first trip in 1990, to the fabled Comiskey Park of Shoeless Joe Jackson, Bill Veeck and the Go-Go Sox, on through to the 2010 opening of Minnesotas fabulous Target Field, featuring the modern M&M Boys, Joe Mauer and Justin Mourneau, McDonald offers up a book that is part travelogue and part poetic tribute to all the places that men and women have gone to over the years for a very personal sense of joy. This journey, done methodically, over two decades, picks up steam as the chapters begin to flow. The effect of McDonald himself clearly growing as a poet through the years is accentuated by the fact that more and more pieces are written in the later trips. The end result is a most interesting volume of not just ballparks, but Americana, as numerous attractions taken in during those ballpark weeks and weekends are also noted and/or dissected. For fourteen seasons on his own and then six more accompanied by friend and confidant Adam Boneker, McDonalds travels, highlighted by over 300 poems, can take the reader back to a simpler time or into the possibilities of the future. In chapter and in verse, Poet in the Grandstand has something for both the baseball enthusiast and the curious traveler. Fans of the game and lovers of the road will each find much to offer within these pages.

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730

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AuthorHouse

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1452073503

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9781452073507

Rose Gardening

By: Elvin McDonald

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Rose Gardening

By: Elvin McDonald

An essential volume for gardeners at all levels, this book offers complete instructions on pruning, garden chores throughout the year, and new and imaginative ways to grow roses.

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Meredith Corporation

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0696019817

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9780696019814

House Beautiful

Outdoor Living & Gardens

By: Elvin McDonald

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House Beautiful

Outdoor Living & Gardens

By: Elvin McDonald

Whether selecting vintage wicker for a porch, planting a rainbow-hued cottage garden, or converting an old shed into a working retreat, readers will find wonderful inspiration and invaluable instruction in this guide to outdoor living at its fullest. Illustrated.

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Hearst Communications

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0688094295

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9780688094294

Beautiful Gardens Made Easy

39 Quick Project Ideas that Will Transform Your Home

By: Elvin McDonald,Miracle-Gro

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Beautiful Gardens Made Easy

39 Quick Project Ideas that Will Transform Your Home

By: Elvin McDonald,Miracle-Gro

39 quick projects and simple techniques to make the home sensational with big effects outdoing little effort. Covers gardens that enclose, transform, display, entertain, produce, and support.

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Meredith Corporation

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0696216140

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9780696216145

The 100 Best Annuals

A Practical Encyclopedia

By: Elvin McDonald

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The 100 Best Annuals

A Practical Encyclopedia

By: Elvin McDonald

In The 400 Best Garden Plants, Elvin McDonald took the guesswork out of garden planning by highlighting the annuals, perennials, bulbs, trees and shrubs that are sure bets for a successful gardener. Now, the four parts of that book are divided into individual books so readers can zero in on exactly what they want and need. Lovely, useful, and inspiring, this series proves you don't have to be an expert to nurture a garden that will bring years of pleasure. 100 full-color photos each. Size D. 108 pp. 20,000 print each.

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Random House (NY)

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067976027X

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9780679760276

Shrub Roses

By: Elvin McDonald

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Shrub Roses

By: Elvin McDonald

Explored the history of shrub roses and suggest growing methods.

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Smithmark Publishers

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0765190664

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