Looking to make your home greener? The most comprehensive and complete guide to house plants you'll ever need, take this conveniently compact guide with you the next time you feel inspired to bring new plants home to help you decide! With plant descriptions and complete growing and care information per page for 240 popular species, Pocket Guide to Houseplants will show you everything you need to know to incorporate plants in your interior design. Containing over 500 color photogra...

Flamboyant and fantastic, orchids are the world's most highly prized plants—yet home growers think they're difficult to grow. Orchids don't have to be a challenge: the secret is to find plants that share similar growing conditions. With more than 100 breathtaking color photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams, this book is the perfect choice for Southern gardeners who want to add glamour to their home or garden.

Mushikiwabo is a Rwandan working as a translator in Washington when she learns that most of her family back home has been killed in a conspiracy meticulously planned by the state. First comes shock, then aftershock, three months of it, during which her worst fears are confirmed: The same state apparatus has duped millions of Rwandans into butchering nearly a million of their neighbors.Years earlier, her brother Lando wrote her a letter she never got until now. Urged on by it, she ru...

This all-encompassing anthology delivers clear steps that leaders can take throughout the PLC at Work® process to turn their priority schools around. Every key topic is considered and discussed--from prioritizing time for collaboration to implementing effective coaching to aligning school and district goals. Over the course of thirteen chapters, readers will grow in their role as leaders and gain a clear vision of how to evolve their priority school into a thriving place of learning.

With the blood of a Dragon on his hands, Anuka Sandbar and his friends flee from the horde of Dragons hunting them.Desperate for a weapon to use against the Dragons, Anuka assembles a band of professional thieves and thugs to infiltrate a secret dungeon. The Black DragonLord has hidden an artifact there so powerful it could turn the tide in the inevitable war against the tyrannical Dragon rulers.Will Anuka and his friends, old and new, escape their pursuers...

In the wake of Watergate, Gerald Ford appointed eminent lawyer and scholar Edward H. Levi to the post of attorney general—and thus gave him the onerous task of restoring legitimacy to a discredited Department of Justice. Levi was famously fair-minded and free of political baggage, and his inspired addresses during this tumultuous time were critical to rebuilding national trust. They reassured a tense and troubled nation that the Department of Justice would act in accordance with the princi...

Buck, a huge four-year-old Scottish Shepherd-Saint Bernard cross-breed, lived a life of ease at Judge Miller's Santa Clara Valley estate. This is the story of Buck and how he was thrust into the life of a sled-dog in the savage Klondike during the Gold Rush, and how he ran with the wolves.Jack London, born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, is well known for his stories involving men and animals and their struggles in the environment. Being an illegitimate child, he adopted his ...

In the quaint English village of Tilling, a peculiar discovery sends shockwaves through the community. The long-extinct dodo bird has seemingly returned, its egg found in the garden of the eccentric Miss Mapp. As the villagers speculate and gossip, a young woman named Dodo emerges, claiming to be the bird's daughter. With her enigmatic past and uncanny connection to the dodo, Dodo becomes the center of a whirlwind of intrigue and suspicion. As the truth unravels, the boundaries between rea...

Anuka Sandbar is the most interesting half-goblin alive. Just ask him.Anuka is a daring, dagger-wielding half-goblin con artist. When his Papa disappears, Anuka sets sail to find him. While on his way to a sleazy Dragon-run city, Anuka and his unlikely companions are enslaved by pirates and sold to a DragonLord.Anuka would rather eat his hat than work for a Dragon, but with his chances of finding Papa dwindling, he’s left with no choice. Anuka and his frien...