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If you love topiary but think it takes too much time and care, look again. Maybe you can start with a small potted plant, then expand to a trellis or an espalier, until you're ready to create fantastic green sculptures, lively garden paths, and even a labyrinth. Large or small, the methods are the same, and they're all clearly explained with practical illustrations of each step, along with page after page of full-color photos of the world's most magnificent examples. Try your hand at the most popular shapes, including spheres, hearts, baskets, and birds, as well as shapes made wth frameworks and structures and multi-tier shapes.
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Gardening 
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 | Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson
The first part of this book--thinly veiled autobiography--describes Kerouac's months as a fire lookout; the second is taken up with his travels. AUTHOR: Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Art of Suiseki by Willi Benz
Because the larger features of nature repeat themselves in smaller forms, the art known as suiseki was born. Suiseki is a bit like bonsai, except it features small stones rather than miniature trees. If you've ever picked up a rock that reminded you of a giant boulder or even a mountain range, you've already begun to be a suiseki artist. Here in breathtaking color you'll see some of the majestic ways stone has polished and shaped by wind and water. Enjoy the stunning exhibition of rocks arranged in outdoor parks and gardens, along with tiny miniatures situated on carved wooden bases. Some serve as backdrops for waterfalls, hold pools of water, or are planted with bonsai. While many of the stones have simply been discovered and artfully displayed, others feature more creative touches, such as those that contain embedded leaf fossils and also serve as containers for mosses and ferns. You'll see stones shaped like human forms -- as well as other animals, from sea creatures to flying birds. But the photos are only half the book! The other half shows how you can create your own suiseki collection -- the tools you need, the places to look, and ways to prepare them for display. AUTHOR: Willi Benz
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Gardening
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 | My Parents Think I'm Sleeping by Jack Prelutsky, Yossi Abolafia
This collection of 14 humorous poems deal with that period of time after the lights go out and you fall asleep--or to when your parents think you're asleep! Nocturnal thoughts and actions described include the fear of a shadow on the wall, reading under the covers with a flashlight, and sneaking into the kitchen for that last piece of chocolate cake, all written with Prelutsky's special wit and illustrated by Yossi Abolafia. AUTHOR: Jack Prelutsky, Yossi Abolafia
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Middlemarch by A. S. Byatt, Bert G. Hornback, David Carroll, E. S. Shaffer, Felicia Bonaparte
George Eliot's masterpiece, portraying every level of society in a provincial English town, tells the story of the romantic idealist Dorothea Brooke, her misguided marriage, and the love affair that ultimately brings meaning to her life. A parallel plot involves the plight of Lydgate, the equally idealistic doctor who arrives in Middlemarch hoping to bring advanced medical techniques to the village poor but becomes infatuated with a spoiled and materialistic young woman. The novel explores the idea that the search for one's true function in life may be warped or frustrated by one's environment--and also how those obstacles may ultimately be overcome or transcended. It is celebrated for its solid Victorian virtues of realism and moral fervor; it is also a grand panorama of personality types, a fascinating and detailed look at English life in 1832, and an intensely readable and gripping story. AUTHOR: A. S. Byatt, Bert G. Hornback, David Carroll, E. S. Shaffer, Felicia Bonaparte
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Kiana's Iditarod by Shannon Cartwright, Shelley R. Gill
Story about the famous 1130 mile race as seen through the eyes of lead dog Kiana. AUTHOR: Shannon Cartwright, Shelley R. Gill
PUBLISHER: Paws Four Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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