God's Orchid
Author : Hjalmar Bergman
Publisher : Macmillan Company of Canada
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 31,8 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : Hjalmar Bergman
Publisher : Macmillan Company of Canada
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 31,8 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : Hjalmar Bergman
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Page : 316 pages
File Size : 33,13 MB
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Author : Shaw Desmond
Publisher :
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Science fiction, English
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Author : Peter Bernhardt
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0813542669
Zeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your own backyard garden. In this delightful book, botanist Peter Bernhardt reveals the rich history and mythology that underlie the origins of many scientific plant names. Unlike other books about botanical taxonomy that take the form of heavy and intimidating lexicons, Bernhardt's account comes together in a series of interlocking stories. Each chapter opens with a short version of a classical myth, then links the tale to plant names, showing how each plant "resembles" its mythological counterpart with regard to its history, anatomy, life cycle, and conservation. You will learn, for example, that as our garden acanthus wears nasty spines along its leaf margins, it is named for the nymph who scratched the face of Apollo. The shape-shifting god, Proteus, gives his name to a whole family of shrubs and trees that produce colorful flowering branches in an astonishing number of sizes and shapes. Amateur and professional gardeners, high school teachers and professors of biology, botanists and conservationists alike will appreciate this book's entertaining and informative entry to the otherwise daunting field of botanical names. Engaging, witty, and memorable, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden transcends the genre of natural history and makes taxonomy a topic equally at home in the classroom and at cocktail parties.
Author : Fletcher Anthony
Publisher : Momentum
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 174334287X
In the tradition of Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear, Fletcher Anthony brings us a magical world inhabited by the spirits. The world of ancient Indonesia, and modern-day Gondwanaland: Australia. Thousands of years ago, the People lived and worshipped their gods in the rainforests of the Indonesian archipelago. Then the Newcomers began to come from the north and the People were forced to move south and relocate again and again. They must trust those of their kind with whom they used to do battle; they must learn how to cross a river; they must forget their old ways and forge new ideas. Fern is their shaman, and above all her spirit must be forged anew or she and her people will die — not from hunger or starvation or war, but from the loss of their gods and the dying of their spirit, the very heart of their world. And in contemporary Australia, another Fern must choose between the new world and the old, and the visions of an ancient shaman may guide her path in the present.
Author : Mark W. Chase
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 15,26 MB
Release : 2017-03-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 022622452X
One of every seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid. Some are stunningly over the top; others almost inconspicuous. The Orchidaceae is the second most widely geographically distributed family, after the grasses, yet remains one of the least understood. This book will profile 600 species, representing the remarkable and unexpected diversity and complexity in the taxonomy and phylogeny of these beguiling plants, and the extraordinary means they have evolved in order to ensure the attraction of pollinators. Each species entry includes life-size photographs to capture botanical detail, as well as information on distribution, peak flowering period, and unique attributes--both natural and cultural. The result is a work which will attract and allure, much as the orchids themselves do.
Author : D.J. Torres
Publisher : Creative Locks Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 33,60 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0998702501
Author : Caitlin Kittredge
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 36,29 MB
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312388201
To end the supernatural war raging through Black London, Pete Caldecott is ordered to kill the crow-mage, which, plunging her into a moral quandary, forces her to turn to an unholy source for help.
Author : Mad Snail
Publisher : Cloudary Holdings Limited
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 19,3 MB
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Synopsis You can visit Webnovel.com to read Tales of Demons and Gods Manga and Novel Online Killed by a Sage Emperor and reborn as his 13 year old self, Nie Li was given a second chance at life. A second chance to change everything and save his loved ones and his beloved city. He shall once again battle with the Sage Emperor to avenge his death and those of his beloved . With the vast knowledge of hundred years of life he accumulated in his previous life, wielding the strongest demon spirits, he shall reach the pinnacle of Martial Arts. Enmities of the past will be settled in this new lifetime. “Since I’m back, then in this lifetime, I shall become the King of the Gods that dominate everything. Let everything else tremble beneath my feet!”
Author : Marguerite Dommett
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 22,31 MB
Release : 2013-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1291650180
This book contains the parish magazine publications over 6 year period for a local church in Hampshire.