Home Among the Palm Trees


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Can the timid schoolteacher, the laidback guy-next-door, and two cheeky border collies overcome their painful pasts and form a home together? Ana Hamilton stood up for herself and sent a man to prison. Now he’s out and she’s on the run. Arriving in the small North Queensland town of Elizadale, Ana finds herself reigniting her lost social life with new friendships, yoga, and dog agility training with her beloved border collie. But with the threat of revenge pursuing her, Ana can’t dare put down roots. Liam Maguire has it all, a beautiful house and a thriving business. Passionate about Elizadale’s tourism, he’s about to open a café to highlight fresh produce from his family’s banana farm, Shadow Creek. All that’s missing from his life is the right woman … and the intriguing new teacher may be the one he’s been waiting for. But burned by a city girl before, can Liam risk his heart over another blow-in with flighty feet and shadows in her eyes? Drawn together through a budding friendship and the playful antics of their border collies, Ana and Liam begin to open their hearts. But as danger lurks in the darkness, can Ana risk staying in Elizadale with him when she may need to run again? Or worse, have her life violently cut short and leave Liam bereft? Book One of the Shadow Creek Series




Palm Trees in the Snow


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Letters from the past transport a young Spanish woman into the mysterious lives of her father and her uncle during the waning years of colonial rule in Guinea When Clarence comes upon a series of letters from her family’s past, she starts to piece together the story of her father’s travels with his brother, and she becomes curious about her origins. Sifting through the clues and assembling the narrative, Clarence embarks on a journey to the exotic African isle of Fernando Poo, where the 2 brothers, Jacobo and Kilian, landed after fleeing their conventional, safe lives in the Spanish Pyrenees. A secret rests at the heart of this tale as it moves back and forth between generations and spaces. For Clarence, in 2003, the life that Jacobo and Kilian created 50 years ago on the island as 2 expatriate cocoa cultivators starts to unfold. The brothers explore a culture that is starkly different from Spain, and in the midst of discovering what it means to grow the perfect cocoa beans, they build a strong friendship—and learn the dangers and delights of forbidden love.




Look at a Palm Tree


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Learn to name the different parts of a palm tree, including the roots, trunk, flowers, and leaves.




Reunited with the Millionaire


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'A tender second-chance romance. Rachel Armstrong has a fresh, unique voice.' - USA Today bestselling author Alyssa J. Montgomery Amidst pristine beaches, gorgeous hikes and breathtaking sunsets in the Whitsundays, can Mirabella convince the man she's always loved to open his heart to her and her child? All Mirabella Goldring wants is a family. So when she falls pregnant to her boyfriend of six months, it's not the end of the world. Until she arrives in Sydney to surprise him and is met by his wife. Pregnant, alone, and facing her biggest fear-becoming a single mother-Mirabella heads back to the airport to return home to Melbourne. The last person she expects to encounter is her high school sweetheart, now millionaire CEO, Lincoln Crawford. Lincoln is also down on his luck. Recently separated from his wife, he has given up his dreams of a family and is ready to live a life of solo adventure; starting with a trip to the Whitsundays originally planned for two. But when he runs into the girl he let get away ten years ago, he impulsively invites her to come with him. A tropical vacation with an old friend who looks like she needs cheering up sounds perfect. When sparks start to fly, both Mirabella and Lincoln wonder if this might be something more. But there's one problem: After his own cold childhood living with a stepfather who didn't love him, Lincoln swore he would never adopt another man's child ... and Mirabella is now a package deal.




First Palm Trees


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The West Indian trickster Anancy Spiderman tries to persuade Sun-Spirit, Water-Spirit, Earth-Spirit, and Air-Spirit to create the world's first palm trees so that he can collect a reward from the king.




Trees in Paradise


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Describes how the first settlers in California changed the brown landscape there by creating groves, wooded suburbs and landscaped cities through planting eucalypts in the lowlands, citrus colonies in the south and palms in Los Angeles.




Palm Trees on the Hudson


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*** IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award WINNER (AUDIOBOOK - Nonfiction category) *** Palm Trees on the Hudson is the hilarious prequel to Elliot Tiber’s bestseller Taking Woodstock. Before Elliot found financial success by bringing Woodstock Ventures to his upstate motel, he was one of Manhattan’s leading interior designers. Then Elliot’s career came to a halt due to a floating society party, Judy Garland, and the Mob. In April 1968, Elliot was hired to throw an elegant dinner party aboard a luxury yacht on the Hudson River. Included on the guest list were New York’s rich and famous—politicians, financiers, and even Elliot’s icon, Judy Garland. The big night arrived. But when a fight broke out, resulting in the destruction of everything including rented palms, Elliot’s event turned into financial disaster. Things couldn’t get any worse—or so it seemed until the Mob paid a visit. By turns comic and tragic, Palm Trees on the Hudson is the take-no-prisoners memoir that gives readers a more intimate look at the man who went on to fight back at Stonewall and who helped give birth to the Woodstock Nation.




Your Ultimate Palm Tree Handbook


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Your Ultimate Palm Tree Handbook is a must have for anyone having these tropical delights in their homes or landscapes.Easy to read, comprehensive and full of photos.This informative guide book is full of descriptions, growing instructions and color pictures for all the most popular palms used in landscaping your yard or in decorating your home or patio. Now it's super convenient to have the answers to all your questions at your fingertips. Increase your knowledge to create your own paradise with palms by learning:* all the types of trees, broken down into defining categories like mature size, cold hardiness, etc* how much, where and when to fertilize* which ones are best indoors or in containers* how to start palm trees from seed* the best places to display them in your yard* planting tips* and much more!A detailed alphabetical listing of palm trees using their common names is an easy reference guide to follow. Each listing includes photos and specific growing instructions for each of the most fashionable varieties that are the easiest to find.Just Starting Out?Your Ultimate Palm Tree Handbook is perfect for the beginning gardener just starting out. Inside there are specific explanations:* that include planting- both field grown and potted palms* of outdoor plant hardiness and growth zone maps* how to read the fertilizer bag, what the numbers mean, which ones are best* of palms listed by common names, but scientific names are included for reference* with landscape placement ideas* of diagnosing potential problems, and much more.Your Guide to Palm Tree HealthDoes your tree look healthy? Not sure what's wrong?We have the solution!You'll learn:1. What insects could be making a home of your palm, plus how to eliminate them2. How to diagnose a possible mineral deficiency, what each one looks like and how to treat3. About the different diseases that could be infecting your tree and the best therapies for each one.Each section includes photos and descriptions of what to look for and exactly what you can do to bring your pride and joy back to the glorious tree it should be.Already Have Palms?Already have a palm tree in your yard? Not sure what kind it is?Educate yourself in the section on identification. It breaks down all the specific areas of the tree to look at when trying to determine the species.Knowing the correct species will help you to provide the proper nutritional and growing conditions that will allow your palm to thrive.Creating and maintaining your own "Paradise with Palms" couldn't be easier.Your tropical oasis awaits. Transform your landscape today!




Give Me a Home Among the Gum Trees


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Give me a home among the gum trees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two A kangaroo. Ben Woods warm and funny illustrations bring this classic Aussie song to life.




A Luminous History of the Palm


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Fiction. Short Stories. "This little book can be read as a series of small portraits through time, all of which include a palm tree. Or it can be read as a revolutionary tract. The palm is a symbol traced through history, a hidden portal to intimate moments that bring geographies and situations to life. A vital presence, it coaxes out vitality. It's everywhere once you start to look, a secret joyful emblem. A LUMINOUS HISTORY OF THE PALM would have been very easy to have spent a lifetime writing. Why the palm? Why not? Are abstract categories any better? Run your fingers over the leaves, help the plant to take root, sprinkle the water of your attention on the first story so it grows. Repeat the exercise a couple of dozen times. If you like, go on to create your own history on the basis of other trees, other flowers, other animals. Infinite stories proliferate, yet sprout from the same soil."--Jessica Sequeira