Manito Park

Manito Park

Author: Tony Bamonte

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780974088112

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A history of Manito Park and an overview of the early history of Spokane, Washington. The book is filled with many old photographs, fascinating stories and a general discourse about the park's development. It provides a nostalgic visit to the rich past of both Manito Park and Spokane. This edition celebrates the park's centennial and includes a color section of the park today.


Murder at Manito

Murder at Manito

Author: Chris Bieker

Publisher: Rex Begonia Mysteries

Published: 2022-08-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781735219103

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Shortly before the kickoff of Spokane's string of garden related events, the head gardener of the Lilac City's prestigious Manito Park is found dead -- shot through the heart. The city's curmudgeonly top detective Rex Begonia and his protégé Ivy Lizei are tasked with solving the crime. Can they weed out the growing list of suspects and crack the case in time for Mayor Sammy Proscuitto to announce his re-election campaign and garner the green vote? Enjoy the wordplay and sleuthing in this first story in the Rex Begonia Mysteries.


The Wonder of Girls

The Wonder of Girls

Author: Michael Gurian

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2002-01-26

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0743418689

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Michael Gurian, whose national bestseller The Wonder of Boys presented a radical and enlightening view of parenting sons, now offers a groundbreaking approach to raising daughters. In The Wonder of Girls, Gurian, himself the father of two girls, provides crucial information for fully understanding the basic nature of girls: up-to-date scientific research on female biology, hormones, and brain development and how they shape girls' interests, behavior, and relationships. He also offers insight into a culture mired in competition between traditionalism and feminism and a new vision that provides for the equal status of girls and women yet acknowledges their nature as complex and distinct from men. He explains what is "normal" for girls each year from birth to age 20; what developmental needs girls face in each stage; how to communicate effectively with girls; and how to cope with developmental crises such as early sexuality, eating disorders, parental divorce, and more. With personal insights, practical tips, real-life anecdotes, and accessible science, The Wonder of Girls creates a new parenting paradigm. Key elements include: a nature-based approach to why girls are the way they are the connection between the need for profound attachment and the physical and brain development of girls support for a girl's inherent need for intimacy tools to protect girls' self-esteem and emotional life a new approach to girls' character development and rites of passage. With this scientifically based developmental map of girlhood, Gurian equips parents with a comprehensive guide for raising daughters. Challenging our culture to examine and embrace a crucial piece of the puzzle missing thus far, The Wonder of Girls elevates the dialogue on parenthood.


Greenscapes

Greenscapes

Author: Joan Hockaday

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13:

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Landscape architect John Charles Olmsted was mentored by Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York¿s Central Park. In the early 1900s, the meticulous, visionary protégé brought his famous stepfather¿s pastoral aesthetic to premier parks throughout the Pacific Northwest¿green retreats that still refresh urban souls in Portland, Seattle, and Spokane.


Salt Dancers

Salt Dancers

Author: Ursula Hegi

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-05-24

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1439144109

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Salt Dancers is at once a brilliant portrait of an American family, a story of the secrets families guard, and a moving account of one woman's journey back to a past filled with elusive memories and suppressed rage. Why did Julia's mother disappear one day without so much as a word? How did a loving father who taught her such a beautiful thing as the salt dance become such a terrifying and abusive presence? These are the questions which Julia must confront when she returns to Spokane, Washington, after an absence of twenty-three years. Salt Dancers, a superbly written novel, is a poignant and truthful chronicle of self-discovery and the power of resurrection.


The Indomitable Francis H. Cook of Spokane

The Indomitable Francis H. Cook of Spokane

Author: Doris J. Woodward

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780982152911

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"Francis H. Cook was one of Spokane, Washington's founding fathers, as well as the 'Father of Mount Spokane State Park.' Starting Spokane's first newspaper, building its first motorized streetcar line, developing the nucleus of what became Spokane's renowned Manito Park, and building the first road to the top of Mt. Spokane were among Cook's many accomplishments. Not only a printer, editor and publisher, he was also a Washington Territorial Legislature president, a builder, developer, inventor, surveyor, farmer and Spokane's greatest promoter in its early days."--Publisher description.


The Planthunter

The Planthunter

Author: Georgina Reid

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1604699647

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An exciting and refreshing call to arms, The Planthunter is a new generation of gardening book for a new generation of gardener that encourages readers to fall in love with the natural world by falling in love with plants.


Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life

Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life

Author: Marta McDowell

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1604699752

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“A visual treat as well as a literary one…for gardeners and garden lovers, connoisseurs of botanical illustration, and those who seek a deeper understanding of the life and work of Emily Dickinson.” —The Wall Street Journal Emily Dickinson was a keen observer of the natural world, but less well known is the fact that she was also an avid gardener—sending fresh bouquets to friends, including pressed flowers in her letters, and studying botany at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke. At her family home, she tended both a small glass conservatory and a flower garden. In Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life, award-winning author Marta McDowell explores Dickinson’s deep passion for plants and how it inspired and informed her writing. Tracing a year in the garden, the book reveals details few know about Dickinson and adds to our collective understanding of who she was as a person. By weaving together Dickinson’s poems, excerpts from letters, contemporary and historical photography, and botanical art, McDowell offers an enchanting new perspective on one of America’s most celebrated but enigmatic literary figures.


Butterflies on Breezes

Butterflies on Breezes

Author: Valerie Comer

Publisher: Greenwords Media

Published: 2016-09-28

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781988068152

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From a USA Today bestselling author! Like a butterfly on a summer breeze, Love rarely lands where it's expected. Working for her dad's landscaping business stifles Linnea Ranta. When she's invited to design and build a community garden with an intriguing master carpenter, she seizes the chance to unfurl her wings, but at what expense to her heart? Logan Dermott eases back his flirting when he senses Linnea's fragility, but she has more backbone than he suspected. As they work together, Logan finds he's falling for her, but it may be too late to win her love. Will Linnea break free of her chrysalis and fly away before Logan realizes what he almost had?


Tom Kundig: Houses

Tom Kundig: Houses

Author: Dung Ngo

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2006-11-09

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781568986050

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"Architect Tom Kundig is known worldwide for the originality of his work. This paperback edition of Tom Kundig: Houses, first published in 2006, collects five of his most prominent early residential projects, which remain touchstones for him today. In a new preface written for this edition, Kundig reflects on the influence that these designs continue to have on his current thinking. Each house, presented from conceptual sketches through meticulously realized details, is the product of a sustained and active collaborative process among designer, builder, and client. The work of the Seattle-based architect has been called both raw and refined--disparate characteristics that produce extraordinarily inventive designs inspired by both the industrial structures ubiquitous to his upbringing in the Pacific Northwest and the vibrant craft cultures that are fostered there." --