Shows how to use herbs in garden borders, knot gardens, fragrant hedges, and as ground covers, and describes the most popular herbs and their uses

Gardening with Herbs

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Tolley, Emelie

Mead, Chris

Gardening & Landscape Design

Ebury Press

Traces the life and career of the Black, world heavyweight champion boxer, describes public attitudes towards him, and looks at how he paved the way for other Black athletes

Champion: Joe Louis (The Penguin Sports Library)

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin??Books

"A stunning piece of work that transcends the genre of sports biography." — Kirkus Reviews "Boxing aficionados will be fascinated . . . a valuable addition to American social history." — Washington Post Book World "This outstanding book not only chronicles the career of a great boxer, but charts the rise of sports as a legitimate form of American recreation and the public's changing perception of the Afro-American athlete. . . . Thorough and compelling." — San Francisco Chronicle This critically acclaimed biography chronicles the life and times of Joe Louis, the famed African-American pugilist. Known affectionately as The Brown Bomber, Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship for a record eleven years and blazed a trail in professional sports for Jackie Robinson and other black athletes. A dynamic combination of sports and social history, this narrative traces the champion's rise from abject poverty in the segregated South to his gradual acceptance and eventual adulation by the American public of the 1930s and '40s. Dramatic accounts of his triumphs in the ring include his finest hour: the 1938 defeat of Max Schmeling, Hitler's champion, which made Louis the living symbol of American freedom and human rights. Fourteen photographs illustrate this compelling biography.

Joe Louis: Black Champion in White America (Dover Books on Sports and Popular Recreations)

Community & Culture

Dover Publications

From London's legendary Portobello Road to the humble neighborhood tag sale, the flea market is the destination of choice for savvy shoppers. Part collector's guide, part decorating manual, Flea Market Style celebrates the marriage of two great passions--shopping and home design--and answers the important question that lies behind every purchase, big or small: What will I do with this once I get it home? Best-selling authors Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead offer exciting new ideas for choosing and decorating with flea market finds, illustrated with lush photographs of a variety of interiors from formal to funky. Beginning with the basics of "working a flea," the authors offer helpful strategies for indentifying the genuine article and getting the best prices, ideas for new ways to use collectible items, and hints on caring for them. Chapters are devoted to every major category of flea market merchandise, from old textiles and paper goods to sports memorabilia, garden ornaments, kitchen collectibles, and major pieces of furniture, among others. With a resource section listing major shows and relevant publications, and eight unique projects that will cleverly allow you to transform your purchases into singular home accents, Flea Market Style proves that anyone can use flea market finds to give their home a distinctive, personal style.

Flea Market Style: Decorating with a Creative Edge

Antiques & Collectibles

Clarkson/Potter

Offers gardening tips, hints on arranging cut flowers, craft ideas, and recipes using tulips

Tulips

The authors of Herbs and The Herbal Pantryoffer a delightful look at how the most popular herbal flowers and foliage can add beauty to any home. In Herbal Bouquets, best-selling authors Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead return to celebrate another aspect of their most popular subject. Illustrated with stunning color photographs, their new book begins with a section on selecting and gathering the best plants, whether from your own garden or from roadsides and open fields. Emelie reveals which herbs have particularly nice flowers or foliage and offers detailed descriptions of her eight favorites, including poppies, peonies, and hydrangeas, with specific growing information for each. Next, Emelie shows how to preserve and dry herbal plants for use in long-lasting arrangements, how to choose an appropriate container, and how to create a variety of stylish bouquets, from country to urbane. Finally the book's 15 projects and recipes (a refreshing Lavender Linen Spray a lovely straw Garden Hat, and traditional May Wine, for instance) are wonderful reminders that herbs have a place in the home beyond the kitchen

Herbal Bouquets

Crafts & Hobbies

Blending biography and social history, this portrait of one of the first Black Americans to win fame and respect in the twentieth century draws on new interview material and translations from German press coverage

Champion: Joe Louis, Black Hero in a White World

Scribner

Champion: Joe Louis

Robson Books Ltd.

Champion Joe Louis: A Biography

Robson Book Ltd

Discusses migration, the navigational abilities of birds, and scientific studies of migration, and offers suggestions on amateur observation of migratory birds

Bird Migration

Science & Math

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