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Author: Kyung-ah Choi
Publisher: TokyoPop
Published: 2004-07-06
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781591826873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Snow Drop nursery is So-Na's safe haven, but when the young girl's father forces her to enroll in a new high school, she is reminded that life in the outside world is no Garden of Eden.
Author: Gail Harland
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2016-06-15
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 178023628X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in paperback, a beautifully illustrated guide to the white and green sign of spring. Elegant flowers dressed in simple white and green, snowdrops look far too fragile to deal with wintry weather. But that’s just what they do, and they have become treasured by horticulturalists for their ability to flower in the earliest parts of the year. In this book, Gail Harland explores the role snowdrops have played in gardens and popular culture alike, as a treasured genus for enthusiast growers and an important symbol of hope and consolation. Harland explores a variety of cultural meanings for the deceptively petit flower. In Victorian England snowdrop bands encouraged chastity among young women. They have been favorite subjects in paintings in many different eras, and today they are the iconic symbols of several hope-giving charities. Poets and writers have written extensively about them, as have pharmacists, who have used their chemical, galantamine, in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Today some of their rarer bulbs can fetch record-breaking sums, and annual festivals that celebrate them draw people from all over the world. Walking among their brilliant white beds, Harland offers an ideal companion for any plant-lover who has ever eagerly awaited this treasured sign of spring.
Author: A.D. Miller
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2011-02-22
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 0385533454
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSHORTLISTED for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction An intense psychological drama that echoes sophisticated entertainments like Gorky Park and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Nick Platt is a British lawyer working in Moscow in the early 2000s—a place where the cascade of oil money, the tightening grip of the government, the jostling of the oligarchs, and the loosening of Soviet social mores have led to a culture where corruption, decadence, violence, and betrayal define everyday life. Nick doesn’t ask too many questions about the shady deals he works on—he’s too busy enjoying the exotic, surreally sinful nightlife Moscow has to offer. One day in the subway, he rescues two willowy sisters, Masha and Katya, from a would-be purse snatcher. Soon Nick, the seductive Masha, and long-limbed Katya are cruising the seamy glamour spots of the city. Nick begins to feel something for Masha that he is pleased to think is love. Then the sisters ask Nick to help their aged aunt, Tatiana, find a new apartment. Of course, nothing is as it seems—including this extraordinary debut novel. The twists in the story take it far beyond its noirish frame—the sordid and vivid portrayal of Moscow serves as a backdrop for a book that examines the irresistible allure of sin, featuring characters whose hearts are as cold as the Russian winter.
Author: Rannoch
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 66
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Makoto Hagino
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Published: 2020-08-11
Total Pages: 167
ISBN-13: 197472204X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sudden fever keeps Koyuki from participating at the Aquarium Club open house during the Nanahama High School culture festival. After a successful solo amberjack show, Konatsu stops by to wish Koyuki well and teasingly compares her to the salamander from a short story. Now Koyuki can’t stop thinking about how Konatsu once compared herself to the frog from that story. As school obligations keep them apart, Koyuki and Konatsu start to realize just how important they are to each other. -- VIZ Media
Author: Sorata Akiduki
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Published: 2019-11-05
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1974714349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShirayuki lays her life on the line to help Kihal and her bird, Popo, prove their worth to the kingdom—which leads Zen to kiss her for the very first time! Now she can’t get that kiss out of her head. Will she be able to keep her cool around the man she’s falling for? -- VIZ Media
Author: Davidson King
Publisher:
Published: 2018-01-28
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781984337146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter running from a past destined to kill him, Snow has been hiding on the streets.Tell nobody your name. Tell nobody your secrets.Trust nobody!These are the rules of the streets. His entire life changes when he saves an eight-year-old boy from a violent end. Christopher Manos is one of the most powerful crime bosses in the country.Don't ask anyone to do something you aren't willing to do yourself. Secrets can get you killed. Trust nobody!These are the rules he lives by.When his eight-year-old nephew disappears, he never expects the boy's savior to end up being his own. A man with a dangerous past and a man with a dangerous future find love amidst murder and mayhem. But with Snow's life being threatened at every turn, will Christopher's best be enough to prevent Snow Falling?
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Published: 1880
Total Pages: 938
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bill Watterson
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780833554536
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of comic strips following the adventures of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.
Author: George G. Brownlee
Publisher:
Published: 2021-10-29
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781849954938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSnowdrops are known as the 'harbingers of spring' at a time when there is little else in flower in the garden to brighten the dull winter months. No-one should be without these dainty white gems which can symbolize innocence, purity and hope. The author describes all known snowdrop species, the cultivation of garden-worthy varieties and their naming as well as their history in early European and English literature. He includes the earliest reference to the English word 'Snowe Dropps' in 1615, preceding the previous earliest reference to 'Snow drops' in 1633. For novice gardeners and those who have never grown snowdrops before he describes how to grow just a few reliable varieties, with advice on buying, planting, dividing, looking after snowdrops, labelling, diseases and companion plants. He also dispels the myth that snowdrops are difficult and don't survive well in gardens, giving advice on all aspects of snowdrop culture. For galanthophiles varieties are recommended to extend their collection. This advice is based on personal experience from growing over 100 different cultivars in his town garden in Oxford. The sequence of flowering of different snowdrop varieties from October to March is described, including the autumn-flowering Queen Olga's snowdrop. This diary format of their emergence will help gardeners learn how there can be snowdrops flowering for six months of the year. The book is illustrated with a stunning selection of close-up images of different varieties of snowdrops to help aid identification of these dainty flowers.Included in the chapter on snowdrop art are many historical images from the earliest-known snowdrop woodcut in Dodoens' European Herbal, 1568 to more recent 19th century images. No other author on snowdrops has attempted such an extensive description of snowdrop art over the centuries, including advice from Jacquie Hibbert on how to paint snowdrops, or has described the evolution of this art form for snowdrops. The book concludes with a useful index of all 22 recognized species and over 100 varieties with reference to international collections.
