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9 produkter
Paradise Under Glass
The Education of an Indoor Gardener
Häftad, 2014
225 kr
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Paradise Under Glass is a witty and absorbing memoir about one woman's unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her suburban Maryland home. Ruth Kassinger's wonderful story of the unique way she chose to cope with the profound changes in her life-a book that will delight …
Paradise Under Glass
The Education of an Indoor Gardener
E-bok, 2010
135 kr
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"A sumptuously written history of greenhouse horticulture" as well as a memoir of one woman''s quest to build an indoor garden (Entertainment Weekly).In the wake of her sister''s death and her children''s departure for college, baby boomer and journalist Ruth Kassinger found herself with time on …
Garden of Marvels
How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
Häftad, 2015
201 kr
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Combing the curiosity of The Botany of Desire and the playful spirit of Wicked Plants, a witty and engaging history of botany and gardening memoir from the author of Paradise Under Glass-an easy-to-follow, anecdotal tutorial on the fascinating science of plants. In Paradise Under Glass, Ruth …
Garden of Marvels
How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
E-bok, 2014
101 kr
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In the tradition of The Botany of Desire and Wicked Plants, a witty and engaging history of the first botanists interwoven with stories of today''s extraordinary plants found in the garden and the lab.In Paradise Under Glass, Ruth Kassinger recounted with grace and humor her journey from brown …
Build a Better Mousetrap
Make Classic Inventions, Discover Your Problem-Solving Genius, and Take the Inventor's Challenge
Häftad, 2002
170 kr
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Discover the secrets behind some amazing inventions! Through observation, experimentation, and perseverance, humansthrough the ages have managed to solve a whole array of perplexingproblems. These solutions have included such incredible inventionsas the parachute, the periscope, the solar water …
Build a Better Mousetrap
Make Classic Inventions, Discover Your Problem-Solving Genius, and Take the Inventor''s Challenge
E-bok, 2004
204 kr
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Discover the secrets behind some amazing inventions! Through observation, experimentation, and perseverance, humansthrough the ages have managed to solve a whole array of perplexingproblems. These solutions have included such incredible inventionsas the parachute, the periscope, the solar water …
Slime
How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us
E-bok, 2019
101 kr
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"No organisms are more important to life as we know it than algae" and this "engaging . . .deeply informative" book gives algae its due. —Elizabeth Kolbert, New York Times–bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winner The Sixth ExtinctionSay "algae" and most people think of pond scum. What they …
Bloom
From Food to Fuel, The Epic Story of How Algae Can Save Our World
Inbunden, 2019
187 kr
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Say 'algae' and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of us would exist.There are as many algae on earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for aeons. Algae created our oxygen-rich atmosphere, abundant oceans and …
