Selected from "Fine Gardening" magazine, this collection of articles aims to show readers how to create their own beautiful outdoor living areas. There are profiles of garden rooms, from cosy sitting spots to formal courtyards, and methods are described for creating walkways, patios and ponds.
This text uses colour photographs to identify more than 900 species of birds known to occur from Antarctica to the Zambezi River. The book is divided into more than 150 plates, each grouping similar birds which are often difficult to distinguish in the field. Comparative descriptions are given, drawing attention to those diagnostic or distinctive ...
Because one of the most enjoyable ways to collect new ideas is to see what other creative people are doing. Southern Living Holiday Homes takes you on an armchair tour of houses across the South. You'll find hundreds of ideas for splendid decorations and see some of the best the region has to offer.
This book celebrates the beauty, diversity, and vitality of Wisconsin's instrument-making tradition as practiced by seventeen craftsmen in a dozen ethnic, regional, and occupational communities throughout the state. From Ojibwa dance drums to Hardanger fiddles, these instruments and their makers are introduced with stunning photographs and lively, ...
From the Illinois border to Green Bay, Wisconsin's Ethnic Settlement Trail encompasses twelve counties along Lake Michigan. This lavishly illustrated book highlights the folk artists who have carried on traditions of their ethnic communities, from Slovak wheat weaving and African American quilting to the Alte Kamerade Band that has played German ...
In this collection, the editors of "Just CrossStitch" magazine present more than 50 quick-to-stitch gifts for every occasion. Created especially for today's busy cross-stitcher, this book is full of quickly stitched, easily completed presents.
Compiled by the editors of "Fine Gardening" magazine, this book contains a collection of 21 articles which present the various elements of garden design. Illustrated in full colour throughout, the book offers a wealth of inspiring and practical ideas on how to redesign your garden to create a breathtaking landscape. The book includes tips and ...
This compact field guide to the identification of Southern African mammals based on their spoor, droppings and skulls has been accepted as the standard work on the subject. This edition offers up-to-date information on identification through signs. This edition provides new illustrations for a number of species. It also features illustrations of ...
This illustrated text explores the role such traditional arts as basketmaking, needlework and decoy carving continue to play in the life of many residents of Wisconsin. Several chapters provide a context of folklore to understand how folk artists use their work to connect past and present.
In each of these stories you will see people just like you who face tragedy, fear, and hopeless situations. This book will lift your spirits as you discover that God will do the impossible if you will only trust him.
Produced in association with a popular television series in South Africa, this text focuses on 13 different ecosystems or geographical regions in southern Africa and Madagascar. Emphasis within each chapter is upon the variety of life processes, including unusual behavioural and ecological phenomena. After a look at the evolutionary processes and ...
For more than 40 years, Guideposts has consistently offered encouragement, challenge, and strength. Now, the popular magazine gives us 60 stories about friendship: winning enemies, lessons learned too late, reconciliation through forgiveness, and more. A inspiration to readers everywhere.
This atlas and touring guide has been designed as a profile to the country, its major centres and places of interest. It is a guide for every home, to inspire the reader to discover the wonderful diversity of this fascinating land and its wealth of people, landscapes and wildlife. Here, strikingly revealed in over 75 maps, 300 colour photographs ...
Authoritative text runs continuously through this guide and is interspersed with feature boxes containing fascinating incidental information. A detailed introduction covering the geographical areas, historical perspective and the people is followed by a magnificent visual record of the main regions of South Africa - a kaleidoscope of beautiful ...
Part of an international series embracing exotic travel destinations, this volume explores all aspects of South Africa. It provides an introduction to the country, its people and its natural riches.
Covers 750 species of Southern African birds, including not only all the resident and breeding species occuring in the subregion but many of the rare visitors and vagrants. Photographs illustrate the variety of plumages and postures, including many pictures taken in flight.
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