Painting Imaginary Flowers
Painting Imaginary Flowers

Author: Sandrine Pelissier

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2018-09-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1440351554

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Discover a fresh, fun approach to painting unique flowers! Forgo reference photos and discover a more organic and joyful way of painting! With its friendly step-by-step format, Painting Imaginary Flowers features a simple, three-stage approach to creating flowers only you can make... 1. Drop in color (ink, watercolor or fluid acrylics) to create abstract backgrounds full of beautiful textures and "blooms." 2. Just like spotting shapes in the clouds, search for shapes in your background that suggest blossoms and leaves. Paint around them and watch the flowers emerge! 3. Add patterns in pen to create a lovely, faux collage effect. With plenty of mixed-media techniques throughout for building up luscious texture and color, even beginners can achieve happy results. Ten demonstrations show the versatility of this approach--from large-format pieces, to work in a series, and even Zen doodle landscapes. Never again will you be stuck for ideas or dependent on a photo. Every flower you paint will be unique, personal, and fresh from your imagination! Let your imagination blossom!

Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists
Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists

Author: Jamie Frater

Publisher: Ulysses Press

Published: 2014-05-13

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 1612432972

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Features lists that cover a broad range of subjects including bizarre births, weird jobs, crazy diets, strange phobias, historical oddities, religious scandals, ridiculous criminal acts, and weird superstitions.

Eighty-Nine Years and Still Evolving
Eighty-Nine Years and Still Evolving

Author: James Emerson Hough

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2021-03-11

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1098051254

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In this collection of miscellaneous essays and writings, the author reflects on the serenity of retirement living in the middle of his own private certified Forest Preserve and Wildlife Habitat in southeast Indiana, the inspiration it engenders to be creative, and the ability to focus his thinking. He finds it rewarding to share his perspective, but the selfish reason he writes is that it makes him a better person. When asked why he writes, Mr. Hough admits that writing helps keep his aging mind alert and head on straight. Sitting down in front of his laptop computer with a blank screen is challenging. He's inspired to unlock novel ideas in his mind, research them, and develop compelling techniques to put them together in writing and encouraged to place the result on the Internet for colleagues and friends to contemplate. Writing is the author's habit. Sometimes, he gets feedback; sometimes, he doesn't. He knows the value of free speech is priceless, and being a disabled veteran, keeping that freedom alive is inestimable. Retiring at the end of 1998, James Emerson Hough ended more than thirty-five years in private practice of the applied earth sciences as both a licensed professional geologist and licensed professional engineer. He is the geotechnical engineer of record on more than 3,700 projects requiring terrain evaluations, subterranean investigations, foundation analysis for earth-supported architectural structures and for engineering structures, analyses, reports, special studies, failure studies, explorations, inspections, laboratory testing, construction monitoring, and forensic services. Mr. Hough, the author or coauthor of numerous published technical papers and several technical books, possesses substantial expertise regarding slope stability, landslides, and landslide correction. My mind is like a garden, My thoughts are like seeds, I can grow flowers or I can grow weeds, I need to water them.

The Flower-Powered Garden
The Flower-Powered Garden

Author: Andy Vernon

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2018-03-07

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1604696664

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“Vernon’s gorgeously illustrated guide…is an indispensable resource for anyone looking to add a powerful punch of color to their garden.” —Library Journal The Flower-Powered Garden urges home gardeners to embrace one of the most joyful and important parts of the garden—color! Andy Vernon, a self-professed flower fanatic, highlights perennials and annuals that pack a punch, and shares 15 color combinations that can be used in containers and gardens. The boisterous combinations are inspired by some of Vernon’s favorite things—like sherbet, birds, and candy. A floripedia of 50 marvelous plants includes colorful favorites like dahlias, petunias, hollyhocks, fuchsias, and more. Vernon also shares basic gardening tips, with helpful advice on planting, watering, soil, and growing in containers. This colorful guide has everything you need to supercharge your garden with the power of flowers!

Illusion
Illusion

Author: Frank Peretti

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 1451678932

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A popular magic act for forty years, Dane and Mandy are separated when a car wreck supposedly takes Mandy's life, but instead she is transformed into her nineteen-year-old self in the present, and when the pair reunite, she still mesmerizes Dane--now forty years her elder.

Every Nook and Cranny: a World Travel Guide
Every Nook and Cranny: a World Travel Guide

Author: Faye Day

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2018-10-27

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 1543407943

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Every Nook and Cranny is the series of autobiographical travel guides touching on every continent, most countries, and hundreds of islands. Travel with the author through steamy jungles and bird-filled tropical rainforests to scorching deserts and the wilderness of Arctic regions, from Stone Age tribes to the sophistication of the world’s most modern cities. Explore the ancient civilizations and participate in amazing wildlife encounters. The author’s personal experiences are related together with some historical facts, many interesting stories, adventurous episodes, and several amusing anecdotes. In-depth and descriptive passages are illustrated with hundreds of photographs that will enable readers to visualize and fully appreciate the text.

The Sweetheart Killer
The Sweetheart Killer

Author: NJ Mackay

Publisher: Hera books Ltd

Published: 2024-04-18

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1804364886

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‘The ending was mind-blowing...I cannot say enough good things about this book.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review Loving him might be the last thing they do... Stevie Gordon is lonely, filling her time by stalking her ex-boyfriend, James Cowley. He might be married, but neither his wife nor his girlfriend knows as much about him as Stevie does. But when James’ latest mistress is brutally murdered, her body carefully posed amongst the bluebells of Thamespark, Stevie is as shocked as anyone. But with her troubled childhood taking a toll on her mind, and her heavy drinking leading to frequent blackouts, can Stevie really know she is innocent? DI Sebastian Locke and the Thamespark squad are drawn into an urgent murder case, but as they delve deeper, they find links to a previous victim, with all the clues pointing back to James. As another innocent is targeted, Stevie becomes increasingly terrified that her own mind is betraying her. But, is she capable of murder? And if not, who else is watching in the shadows? A twisty, unputdownable detective novel that fans of Cara Hunter and Mark Billingham will love. Readers are falling in love with The Sweetheart Killer: ‘I loved every paragraph, every sentence and every word of this masterpiece!...I am totally hooked!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘I was glued to this...A great story with a fantastic 'never saw it coming' twist. Highly recommended.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Dark and engaging...A multitude of red herrings had me guessing (incorrectly) who the murderer was the entire time!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Plenty of red herrings and an ending I did not see coming. This really sucked me in from the start’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘A terrific book...enough twists and false leads to keep things gripping, amazing characters and natural dialogue.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review ‘Well plotted, with twists you never saw coming.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review Praise for NJ Mackay: ‘A fabulous introduction to DI Sebastian Locke...a new hero (and fictional crush!) is born. A cast of liars and cheats makes for a thrilling and tantalising tale.’ Sam Holland ‘A brilliantly twisty cold case novel which gradually unfurls to reveal the chilling truth.’ Marion Todd ‘A perfect blend of mystery and psychological thriller...Dramatically and emotionally stirring...whilst also providing edge-of-your-seat thrills.’ Dominic Nolan

Research on Human Subjects
Research on Human Subjects

Author: Bernard Barber

Publisher: DI BAIO EDITORE

Published: 1973-03

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780871540904

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Confronts the ethical questions that arise in the area of scientific experimentation with human beings. Data are presented here on two key issues: informed consent and risk-benefit ratios. The authors discuss the mechanism of such experiments and the difference of appraoch within the field. They also examine the role of medical schools in creating ethical awareness in students as well as the peer group reviews which screen research on human subjects. The authors offer recommendations of policy change and reform for the bio-medical profession.

By Any Other Name
By Any Other Name

Author: Simon Morley

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-10-07

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0861540549

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‘Fascinating...I’ll never look at a rose in quite the same way again.’ Adrian Tinniswood The rose is bursting with meaning. Over the centuries it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at life’s seminal moments. Grown in the Middle East two thousand years ago for its pleasing scent and medicinal properties, it has become one of the most adored flowers across cultures, no longer selected by nature, but by us. The rose is well-versed at enchanting human hearts. From Shakespeare’s sonnets to Bulgaria’s Rose Valley to the thriving rose trade in Africa and the Far East, via museums, high fashion, Victorian England and Belle Epoque France, we meet an astonishing array of species and hybrids of remarkably different provenance. This is the story of a hardy, thorny flower and how, by beauty and charm, it came to seduce the world.

Taxonomy
Taxonomy

Author: Mammen Daniel

Publisher: Alpha Science International, Limited

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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Taxonomy: Evolution at Work unfolds as a story explaining the strategies in which the different plant groups evolved over time and their struggle for survival by developing new and better characters. The problems faced by the primitive group of land plants are explained and the methods by which the plants intelligently outwit the adversaries such as insects, herbivores, parasites etc. or adverse environmental situations are described. The adaptations thus achieved by the plants made them an evolved taxon. The plants of this taxon, in turn, when faced by new unfavorable situations, elaborated still better characters and formed a third taxon. Similarly fourth, fifth and the n'th taxa evolved. All plant groups are described in terms of their successful adaptational characters (intelligence ) and the study of these processes is the study of evolution at work and this is precisely the subject of taxonomy.