Snowdrop

Author : A. D. Miller
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0857893033
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Snowdrops written by A. D. Miller and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2011 Snowdrops. That's what the Russians call them - the bodies that float up into the light in the thaw. Drunks, most of them, and homeless people who just give up and lie down into the whiteness, and murder victims hidden in the drifts by their killers. Nick has a confession. When he worked as a high-flying British lawyer in Moscow, he was seduced by Masha, an enigmatic woman who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs and intimate dachas, the human kindnesses and state-wide corruption. Yet as Nick fell for Masha, he found that he fell away from himself; he knew that she was dangerous, but life in Russia was addictive, and it was too easy to bury secrets - and corpses - in the winter snows...

Author : Betina Birkjær
Publisher : Enchanted Lion Books
ISBN 13 : 9781592703739
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost written by Betina Birkjær and published by Enchanted Lion Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful, candid picture book for children to understand what happens when a loved one begins suffering from dementia, and how best to care for them.

Author : Kate McIlhagga
Publisher : Wild Goose Publications
ISBN 13 : 1849521107
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Green Heart of the Snowdrop written by Kate McIlhagga and published by Wild Goose Publications. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of Kate McIlhagga's work in one collection. Includes poems and prayers of gathering and beginning; creation and self; Advent and Epiphany; Lent and mothering; Easter and Pentecost; pilgrimage and endings and blessings.

Author : Kyung-ah Choi
Publisher : TokyoPop
ISBN 13 : 9781591826859
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Snow Drop Volume 2 written by Kyung-ah Choi and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hae-Gi's nude modelling assignment triggers a traumatic flashback for So-Na. Meanwhile, Sun-Mi reveals herself as a rival of SoNa's for Hae-Gi's affections. She goes so far as to enlist Ha-Da's help in trying to pry So-Na and Hae-Gi apart.

Author : Gail Harland
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 178023628X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Snowdrop written by Gail Harland and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant flowers dressed in simple white and green, snowdrops look far too fragile to deal with wintry weather. But that’s just what they do, and they have become treasured by horticulturalists for their ability to flower in the earliest parts of the year. In this book, Gail Harland explores the role snowdrops have played in gardens and popular culture alike, as a treasured genus for enthusiast growers and an important symbol of hope and consolation. Harland explores a variety of cultural meanings for the deceptively petit flower. In Victorian England snowdrop bands encouraged chastity among young women. They have been favorite subjects in paintings in many different eras, and today they are the iconic symbols of several hope-giving charities. Poets and writers have written extensively about them, as have pharmacists, who have used their chemical, galantamine, in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Today some of their rarer bulbs can fetch record-breaking sums, and annual festivals that celebrate them draw people from all over the world. Walking among their brilliant white beds, Harland offers an ideal companion for any plant-lover who has ever eagerly awaited this treasured sign of spring.

Author : Gunter Waldorf
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9780711233850
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Snowdrops written by Gunter Waldorf and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about the cultivation and propagation of snowdrops: tips, tools, and sources of supply Snowdrops: the harbinger of spring, delicate and charismatic. Over 300 varieties of snowdrops are portrayed here for the first time in such abundance – brilliantly photographed in their natural environment. The reader learns everything necessary to cultivate and propagate these bulbs, about collecting them and the right tools of the trade. Indispensible for galanthophiles, the book will spark the interest of beginners and is a beautiful and practical reference work for connoisseurs.

Author : Mary Balogh
Publisher : Class Ebook Editions Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1944654291
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Snowdrop written by Mary Balogh and published by Class Ebook Editions Ltd. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Stewart, Viscount Merrick, is honor-bound to marry Anne Parrish after a snowstorm strands them alone together overnight. But nothing is going to force him into living with her when he believes she deliberately ensnared him. He settles her on his country estate and does not see her again until his grandmother, determined to bring them back together, invites Anne to join the whole family at a house party in honor of her Golden Wedding anniversary. Alexander finds Anne much changed, and he discovers that his feelings toward her are changing too. But will his angry, newly confident wife allow herself to be wooed?

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Scandinavia Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 8771326898
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Snowdrop written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Scandinavia Publishing House. This book was released on 2015-01-26 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty of Hans Christian Andersen's most cherished stories in single volumes Illustrator various artists. Known all over the world, these fairytales hold stories of great value and are a source of inspiration for both young and old.

Author : George G. Brownlee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849954938
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Passion for Snowdrops written by George G. Brownlee and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snowdrops are known as the 'harbingers of spring' at a time when there is little else in flower in the garden to brighten the dull winter months. No-one should be without these dainty white gems which can symbolize innocence, purity and hope. The author describes all known snowdrop species, the cultivation of garden-worthy varieties and their naming as well as their history in early European and English literature. He includes the earliest reference to the English word 'Snowe Dropps' in 1615, preceding the previous earliest reference to 'Snow drops' in 1633. For novice gardeners and those who have never grown snowdrops before he describes how to grow just a few reliable varieties, with advice on buying, planting, dividing, looking after snowdrops, labelling, diseases and companion plants. He also dispels the myth that snowdrops are difficult and don't survive well in gardens, giving advice on all aspects of snowdrop culture. For galanthophiles varieties are recommended to extend their collection. This advice is based on personal experience from growing over 100 different cultivars in his town garden in Oxford. The sequence of flowering of different snowdrop varieties from October to March is described, including the autumn-flowering Queen Olga's snowdrop. This diary format of their emergence will help gardeners learn how there can be snowdrops flowering for six months of the year. The book is illustrated with a stunning selection of close-up images of different varieties of snowdrops to help aid identification of these dainty flowers.Included in the chapter on snowdrop art are many historical images from the earliest-known snowdrop woodcut in Dodoens' European Herbal, 1568 to more recent 19th century images. No other author on snowdrops has attempted such an extensive description of snowdrop art over the centuries, including advice from Jacquie Hibbert on how to paint snowdrops, or has described the evolution of this art form for snowdrops. The book concludes with a useful index of all 22 recognized species and over 100 varieties with reference to international collections.

Author : Freda Cox
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847975623
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops written by Freda Cox and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snowdrops are one of the best loved, most popular and widely grown of all bulbous plants. A Gardener's Guide to Snowdrops celebrates their beauty and magical annual resurrection, and describes the twenty known species and more than fifteen hundred named snowdrops that are available to gardeners.This detailed book looks at every aspect of snowdrops. It discovers their history, celebrates their beauty in different settings, advises on their cultivation, follows their appearance in literature and mythology, suggests their medicinal qualities, and much more besides. The book is completed with a comprehensive directory of names, descriptions and illustrations of hundreds of snowdrops. A detailed book that is a treasure house of ideas and advice for all gardeners that will inspire and delight. Aimed at gardeners, nurserymen, snowdrop enthusiasts, botanical artists, botanists and galanthophiles. Beautifully illustrated with 750 drawings in the directory and 195 colour photographs in the chapters. Includes a comphrensive listing of hundreds of snowdrops. Freda Cox is an established artist and writer with a passion for plants and gardens.