Grasses, Pods, Vines, Weeds
Grasses, Pods, Vines, Weeds

Author: Quentin Steitz

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2015-02-18

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1477306625

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Purple three-awn. Tree of heaven. Alamo vine. Narrowleaf cattail. These exotic and fanciful names conjure up visions of lush foliage, colorful grasses, and dense plant life. They are, in fact, names of native and naturalized Texas plants—grasses, pods, vines, and weeds. Lovely and all-too-often overlooked in nature, they become ornamental delights when used imaginatively and decoratively. Grasses, Pods, Vines, Weeds introduces 44 of Texas' most common and important naturals. Quentin Steitz shows how to recognize them and discover their aesthetic wealth. By taking the reader through all of the steps involved in utilizing naturals—from harvest to design—her book becomes an important tool for floral and landscape designers, decorators, horticulturalists, home gardeners, botanists: all those people who enjoy hands-on experience with Texas' vast array of native and naturalized plants. The book presents clear and concise descriptions of many Texas naturals, accompanied by approximately 150 full-color photographs showing each in one or more stages of growth and also in a design. The reader can see the plant as it looks not only in the wild but also in an arrangement. The author offers techniques on how the species can be prepared for display, discussing drying and arranging. And a chapter on cultivation and conservation suggests to outdoor enthusiasts species they can grow for decorative natural materials as well as conserve and appreciate in the wild. Grasses, Pods, Vines,Weeds is enhanced by flora selected, collected, prepared, and dried by the author. These hand-culled materials have been used in designs contributed by some nineteen notable floral designers as well as the author. The text and designs combine to reveal the fresh, creative applications of Texas' decorative naturals and to increase our pleasure in the wonders of natural Texas.

The Bees
The Bees

Author: Laline Paull

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-05-06

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0062331167

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The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Hunger Games in this brilliantly imagined debut set in an ancient culture where only the queen may breed and deformity means death. Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion. But Flora is not like other bees. With circumstances threatening the hive’s survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw but her courage and strength are an asset. She is allowed to feed the newborns in the royal nursery and then to become a forager, flying alone and free to collect pollen. She also finds her way into the Queen’s inner sanctum, where she discovers mysteries about the hive that are both profound and ominous. But when Flora breaks the most sacred law of all—daring to challenge the Queen’s fertility—enemies abound, from the fearsome fertility police who enforce the strict social hierarchy to the high priestesses jealously wedded to power. Her deepest instincts to serve and sacrifice are now overshadowed by an even deeper desire, a fierce maternal love that will bring her into conflict with her conscience, her heart, her society—and lead her to unthinkable deeds. Thrilling, suspenseful and spectacularly imaginative, The Bees gives us a dazzling young heroine and will change forever the way you look at the world outside your window.

Two Peas in a Pod
Two Peas in a Pod

Author: Chris McKimmie

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1742690270

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Marvin and Violet have been friends since they were babies. They are like two peas in a pod. But then Violet moves away... With a unique Australian flavour, this story of friendship is both tender and truthful.

Pod
Pod

Author: Stephen Wallenfels

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-04-24

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1101569034

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A "fast-paced and engrossing" (Publishers Weekly) sci-fi novel that asks the question: What would you do to survive? When the black spheres filled the sky, anyone caught beneath them would vanish in a flash of blue-white light. Huddled indoors, the survivors were unaware if what was happening in their neighborhoods was happening worldwide. Josh is trapped at home with his father, whose sanity is starting to erode from the endless confinement. Megs struggles to survive in a hotel parking garage where she sees human nature at its worst. For both of them, food, water, and time are running out. And hovering patiently above them is an extraterrestrial enemy that has inexplicably declared war against humanity…

Pods
Pods

Author: Jane Embertson

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13:

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A field guide to more than 150 species of wildflower and weed pods. Includes photographs that show the flower in bloom, its pod, and a dried arrangement.

The Pods
The Pods

Author: James P Clay III

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-10-25

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1794702911

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The world has been mystified by 27 UFO's that had landed here on earth 25 years ago. Until a scientist named Albert Elskavore finally discovered a way of opening one of these space-craft's, and is to find out that it was the government's agenda all along. That is, In order to destroy the world. Since of course a population of infected aliens with the zombie virus, contracted to every living thing on this planet. Not only was he unaware that he was going to unleash this horrid virus, but he was also unaware of the dark hidden secrets that held him captive. That he once thought was a prominent family of his own in Area 51.

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Author: Robin Sloan

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1443415804

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The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a web-design drone, and serendipity, sheer curiosity and the ability to climb a ladder like a monkey have landed him a new gig working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. But Clay begins to realize that this store is even more curious than its name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything. Instead they “check out” impossibly obscure volumes from strange corners of the store, all according to some elaborate, long-standing arrangement with the gnomic Mr. Penumbra. The store must be a front for something larger, Clay concludes, and soon he has embarked on a complex analysis of the customers’ behaviour and roped his friends into helping him figure out just what’s going on. But once they take their findings to Mr. Penumbra, they discover the secrets extend far beyond the walls of the bookstore. Evoking both the fairy-tale charm of Haruki Murakami and the enthusiastic novel-of-ideas wizardry of Neal Stephenson or Umberto Eco, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore is exactly what it sounds like—an establishment you have to enter and will never want to leave.

Dolphin and Whale Pods
Dolphin and Whale Pods

Author: Louise Spilsbury

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-01-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1477703756

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Even in the ocean, the members of dolphin and whale pods function together as an organized group. Readers will learn how they hunt, travel, and communicate with each other, even over large distances. Easy-to-follow text is accompanied by beautiful underwater photography.