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Welcome houseplants into your space and use them to make beautiful home decor projects that showcase your plants and your creativity.
It's time to change the way we think about houseplants. For too long we have overlooked potted plants and failed to appreciate the many benefits they can bring into our homes: improved air quality, natural decor, brilliant colors, and a greener lifestyle, just to name a few.
Living Decor is a manual to introducing...
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Grow in the Dark puts the spotlight on 50 of the best houseplants you can grow in your dim or dark apartment. Author Lisa Eldred-Steinkopf, known as the Houseplant Guru, shares the knowledge she's gained tending to her own personal jungle of over 1,000 houseplants.
Having a south-facing window doesn't always guarantee you the best light to grow plants-especially if your window faces an alley or a tree-lined street. What's the point of growing an...
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Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, the number of small farms operating in the United States dropped by more than 75 percent according to the US Department of Agriculture. But, recently, there has been a major resurgence in these family operated, outdoor businesses that has made them both financially viable again and underrepresented. The world of small farm businesses is being bolstered by a surge in interest by health conscious individuals...
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! A plant's environment helps it grow. Weather, soil, and animals are important to a plant's survival. But do you know what happens to a plant when the seasons change? Or how earthworms help a plant's roots? Let's experiment to find out! Simple step-by-step instructions help readers explore science concepts and analyze information.
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The Orca Wild series travels over land, underwater and through the air to meet the animals who live in our world. The books challenge us to think about our relationships, both good and bad, with vulnerable species and habitats. Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book examines the biology, habitat and environmental threats facing bioluminescent species on land and...
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Each year around 2,000 new plant species are discovered. It’s no surprise then that there are some that have astounding abilities! Curious readers will learn about the specific features that make the abilities of a wide range of plant species possible with this lively read. It features compelling fact boxes and explanatory text that reveal how certain plant parts have evolved to meet the challenges of specific habitats. Each dynamic spread...
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Without plants, life on Earth would be very challenging. It is hoped that with this book you will learn to appreciate the importance of plants as living things. The first chapter starts with the needs of plants. It is then followed by a discussion on the plant life cycle. The last chapter talks about the role of plants in the food chain. Start reading today.
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Introduces "living fossils, or modern-day animals that very closely resemble their ancient relatives. Meet the coelacanth, horseshoe crab, dragonfly, tuatara, nautilus, and Hula painted frog. All are living fossils. Why have they changed so little over time, while other animals evolved or went extinct?"--Amazon.com.
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Do You want to live a healthier, better life and lose that weight and you also want a simple yet comprehensive guide that can help you on this journey of whole food, plant-based eating?
Figuring what to eat or not eat on a whole food, plant-based diet can be slightly overwhelming when changing from a diet that you have been used to. But the benefits of the plant-based diet are enormous, can't be ignored and you just can't pass over it. This book is...
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Caffrey, staying true to his Birmingham roots, successfully captures these living moments in history. Full of factual tales, you're offered unique honesty, raw humor and superb use of authentic dialects. As you read, you'll discover the everyday habits of a collection of real life personalities working in a car manufacturing plant, during its final glory days.
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Adventurous Gardener seeks relationship with Tropical Plant...
Tropical plants are energizing. They awaken a tired summer garden with lush, sensuous foliage and fascinating flowers and turn a suburban patio into a sophisticated, late-night paradise. But if you garden in a temperate climate and have been reluctant to commit to what you're sure will be too much work, it's time to let “Tropical Plants and How to Love Them” author Marianne Willburn...
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How Bugs and Plants Live Together is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.
RI.2.4 and Literacy.
L.2.4d. Readers learn about the relationships between bugs and plants, illustrated by full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "Bugs and Plants Need Each Other" (9781477723029) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative...
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Sophie's hugely popular Instagram Raw and Free depicts her plant-based life with her gorgeous family of partner, professional surfer Ricardo Christie, and three young boys.
Her stunning cookbook is packed with over 100 delicious, vibrant plant-based, gluten-free and refined-sugar-free recipes that she has devised, and that the whole family enjoys eating.
There are easy, family-friendly wholefood recipes for all meals plus great information to help...
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The goal of Hittin' It Raw is to present the complexities that go into becoming a vegan in a down to earth format. Although catered to the Raw Vegan lifestyle, the principles are universal to all vegan types. From the science to the transition, this book gives valuable insight into the successful transition into veganism. Getting straight to the point with no filler or fluff, Hittin' It Raw sets the stage to become a Raw (and/or) traditional Vegan...
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"Beginning with opium, the "joy plant," which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a...
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In Field Guide to Urban Gardening, author Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening shares the basics of growing plants, offers tips on how to choose the right urban gardening method, and troubleshoots the most common problems you'll encounter.
If you think it's impossible to grow your own food because you don't have a large yard or you live in the city…think again. There is a plethora of urban gardening options to create beautiful, productive edible gardens...
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Renowned herbalist Amy Blackthorn shows readers how to bring plant spirits into their daily spiritual practice with therapeutic access, subconscious learning, and divining skills that help them understand plant spirits on a deeper level.
“Blackthorn's Botanical Magic” showed a new generation of witches how scent affects people, whether they understand it or not. In “Blackthorn's Book of Sacred Plant Magic,” we travel even deeper into the...
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The definitive handbook to raising vegan children you've always wished you had.
Is bringing up a vegan baby unhealthy? Raising Vegan Kids is the ultimate vegan parenting manifesto that takes on this myth and answers all the other questions you've always wondered about-the vegan way. Raising ethically vegan children, in fact, lays the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent health for your child, the animals, and the planet.
Eric C. Lindstrom is in...
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"Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, this book examines the importance of seeds to all living things, the threats they face and why we have to preserve and conserve seeds for the future. Illustrated with photographs throughout."--
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