Her whole life, Georgia' s father has told her she will be the one to write his story. It' s a story in which living is just a game of chance: why did Grant Tree survive when others didn' t? Why did he find love and happiness, and a grown daughter to spill his story to so that she can record the whole beautiful, unlikely mess of it? Told in parallel to Grant' s story is the life of his friend and dealer Brian Geoffrey Chambers, known in the book as Charlie, who was ultimately executed in M...

Make the right cut every time and maximize your fruit production—covers over forty varieties of trees from apples to almonds and plums to pomegranates.Note: If you would like to see the Echo Point paperback version of How to Prune Fruit Trees , please search ISBN 1626549540.While the act of pruning is simple enough, knowing where and when to prune can confound even experienced gardeners. For more than half a centu...

Love is worth celebrating at any time of the year . . .The little English town of Lullbury Bay goes all out for Christmas each year, and Honor Martin loves it. After a bad breakup years ago, she's settled into the simple pleasures of working at the local primary school and dining at the Sea Spray Café. The holiday is the high point of her year.Artist Jago Pengethley, however, doesn't share her merry mood. A new arrival in town, he's here with his mother and...

One day at sunset, in a city far, far away, sat granny Konko, telling her grandchildren - Karabo, Khutso and Bindi, about a story which in Chinese art, had long been written and spoken about. This, was the story of the Four Junzi - the orchid, the chrysanthemum, the plum blossom, and the bamboo. These four plants represent the seasons of life in all living beings - Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. She also told them about the life-cycle of a glass butterfly called Eustacia, which had one...

In this collection of natural-history essays, biologist Joan Maloof embarks on a series of lively, fact-filled expeditions into forests of the eastern United States. Through Maloof’s engaging, conversational style, each essay offers a lesson in stewardship as it explores the interwoven connections between a tree species and the animals and insects whose lives depend on it—and who, in turn, work to ensure the tree’s survival.Never really at home in a laboratory, Maloof took to the w...

The breathtaking, new escapist novel from Emma Burstall, perfect for fans of Victoria Hislop, Carol Kirkwood and Karen Swan.A magical villa. A life-changing summer...Heartbroken after the loss of a friend and the collapse of her marriage, Stella hopes that this trip to the idyllic Greek island of Crete will give her and her family a chance to heal. And when she first steps into the breath-taking Villa Ariadne, with its views over the azure waters and into...

In "White Nights and Other Stories," Fyodor Dostoyevsky explores the intricate recesses of the human soul, weaving together themes of love, isolation, and existential yearning. Through vivid characterization and a poignant narrative style, this collection delves into the lives of lost souls in the bustling city of St. Petersburg. The titular tale, "White Nights," presents a poignant account of an unnamed narrator's brief connection with a woman named Nastenka, encapsulating the melancholic...

Love is worth celebrating at any time of the year . . .The little English town of Lullbury Bay goes all out for Christmas each year, and Honor Martin loves it. After a bad breakup years ago, she's settled into the simple pleasures of working at the local primary school and dining at the Sea Spray Café. The holiday is the high point of her year.Artist Jago Pengethley, however, doesn't share her merry mood. A new arrival in town, he's here with his mother and s...

“If they are going to kill us anyway, we might as well die in our lands.” With these words and a shrug of shoulders, a leader of the Unified Peasant Movement of the Aguán (MUCA) explains their decision to occupy more than 20,000 hectares of oil palm plantations in the Bajo Aguán region in Northern Honduras after the military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, 2009.The Coup under the Palm Trees interrogates the Honduran present, through an exploration of t...

The nine stories of CAUTION Men in Trees capture the pressure, need, and frequent helplessness of people confronted with intractable reality. As suggested by the collection's epigraph from Superman—"Did you say kryptonite?"—the characters in these stories have reached a point where they realize that parts of their lives are coming undone, and that their own thoughts and actions—or, frequently, the failure to act soon enough—are the cause. Though settings and situations vary, the s...