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Lily of the Nile

Author : Stephanie Dray
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425238555

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Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray Pdf

The extraordinary daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony seeks to reclaim her birthright in the first novel of an epic historical fiction trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of America's First Daughter. With both of her parents dead, Princess Selene and her two surviving brothers are left at the mercy of their captors, taken from Egypt and put on display as war trophies in Rome. Trapped in an empire that reviles her heritage and suspects her faith, Selene struggles for survival in a court of intrigue. She can't hide the hieroglyphics that carve themselves into her hands, nor can she stop the emperor from using her powers for his own ends. Faced with a new and ruthless Caesar who is obsessed with having a Cleopatra of his very own, Selene is determined to resurrect her mother's dreams and succeed where she failed. But there's no telling what success will cost her in a treacherous political game where the only rule is win or die...

The Genus Agapanthus

Author : Graham Duncan
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-05
Category : Agapanthus
ISBN : 1842467239

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The Genus Agapanthus by Graham Duncan Pdf

An in-depth guide to a plant group prized for its vivid blue hue. Renowned for its stunning blue flowers, agapanthus--sometimes known as the blue lily or lily of the Nile--is a group of rhizomatous plants native to southern Africa. First cultivated in the Netherlands in the late seventeenth century, it rose to prominence as a conservatory plant in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries after certain varieties were found to be hardy enough to withstand the colder climate of the British Isles. Graham Duncan's The Genus Agapanthus provides both a revised classification of this plant group and a superbly illustrated celebration of their unique beauty. Featuring new watercolors from South African artist Elbe Joubert and color photographs showing the species in their spectacular and varied natural habitats, the book also highlights a selection of more than 150 of the most notable agapanthus cultivars from growers across Europe, Africa, and Oceania. The agapanthus's natural history is spotlighted as well, with comprehensive descriptions of each species, maps of their global distribution, and information on how to successfully cultivate, propagate, and care for them. This book's blend of science, horticulture, and art makes it essential for all varieties of plant lovers.

Our Lady of the Nile

Author : Scholastique Mukasonga
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780914671046

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Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga Pdf

Friendship, deceit, fear, and persecution at an elite boarding school for young women in Rwanda, fifteen years before the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi . . . “Mukasonga’s masterpiece” (Julian Lucas, NYRB) Scholastique Mukasonga drops us into an elite Catholic boarding school for young women perched on the edge of the Nile. Parents send their daughters to Our Lady of the Nile to be molded into respectable citizens and to escape the dangers of the outside world. Fifteen years prior to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, we watch as these girls try on their parents’ preconceptions and attitudes, transforming the lycée into a microcosm of the country’s mounting racial tensions and violence. In the midst of the interminable rainy season, everything unfolds behind the closed doors of the school: friendship, curiosity, fear, deceit, prejudice, and persecution. With masterful prose that is at once subtle and penetrating, Mukasonga captures a society hurtling towards horror.

66 Square Feet

Author : Marie Viljoen
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781613125557

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66 Square Feet by Marie Viljoen Pdf

“With lush photographs and spare prose” a Brooklyn blogger shares recipes and “records her life as a gardener, a cook and an urban forager.” (The New York Times) Marie Viljoen's beautiful first book draws the reader into a world of unfolding seasons, seen from the perspective of an expert gardener, cook and photographer. Each chapter is a month, divided into three parts: New York City, the author's garden, and her kitchen, each setting the stage for a lavish seasonal menu with recipes drawn from farmers markets, wild-foraged ingredients, and produce grown on her city terrace and roof farm. Named for the size of her tiny Brooklyn terrace, and the blog it inspired, Viljoen's book is a unique perspective of the concrete jungle, where the month is known by the flowers in bloom, the vegetable in season, and the migrating birds crossing a Brooklyn sky. Set against a backdrop of growing up in South Africa and moving to the United States, meeting her French husband, and finding a culinary and emotional home in Brooklyn, Viljoen's book is a love letter to living seasonally in the most famous city on the planet. “If you don't think of this city as a living ecosystem, Marie Viljoen will change your perspective forever.” —Edible Brooklyn “Offer[s] visions of growing, cooking and sharing fresh food as central to living a good life.” —Seattle Times

Daughters of the Nile

Author : Stephanie Dray
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780425258361

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Daughters of the Nile by Stephanie Dray Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray’s historical fiction series comes to a stunning conclusion as the daughter of Cleopatra risks everything to revive her dynasty. After years of abuse as the emperor’s captive in Rome, Cleopatra Selene is now a powerful queen, ruling over the exotic kingdom of Mauretania with her husband, King Juba II, by her side. But when a jealous Augustus Caesar demands that her children be given over to him to be fostered in Rome, Selene is drawn back into the web of imperial plots and intrigues that she vowed to leave behind... Determined and resourceful, Selene must shield her loved ones from the emperor’s wrath, all while vying with ruthless rivals like King Herod. But unless she can find a way to overcome the threat to her marriage, kingdom, family, and faith, Selene may very well be the last of her line...

Mara, Daughter of the Nile

Author : Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780451479365

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Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Pdf

This compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, was written by the three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author Eloise Jarvis McGraw. Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom in ancient Egypt, under the rule of Queen Hatshepsut. Mara is not like other slaves; she can read and write, as well as speak the language of Babylonian. So, to barter for her freedom, she finds herself playing the dangerous role of double spy for two arch enemies—each of whom supports a contender for the throne of Egypt. Against her will, Mara finds herself falling in love with one of her masters, the noble Sheftu, and she starts to believe in his plans of restoring Thutmose III to the throne. But just when Mara is ready to offer Sheftu her help and her heart, her duplicity is discovered, and a battle ensues in which both Mara’s life and the fate of Egypt are at stake. “Dangerous espionage, an unusual love story, and richly drawn background make this a book to capture quick and lasting interest.”—Horn Book “Thoroughly engrossing.”—Kirkus Reviews

Cleopatra's Daughter

Author : Michelle Moran
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849166409

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At the dawn of the Roman Empire, when tyranny ruled, a daughter of Egypt and a son of Rome found each other . . . Selene's legendary parents are gone. Her country taken, she has been brought to the city of Rome in chains, with only her twin brother, Alexander, to remind her of home and all she once had. Living under the watchful eyes of the ruling family, Selene and her brother must quickly learn how to be Roman - and how to be useful to Caesar. She puts her artistry to work, in the hope of staying alive and being allowed to return to Egypt. Before long, however, she is distracted by the young and handsome heir to the empire... When the elusive 'Red Eagle' starts calling for the end of slavery, Selene and Alexander are in grave danger. Will this mysterious figure bring their liberation, or their demise?

The Origin Of Plants

Author : Maggie Campbell-Culver
Publisher : Random House
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-03
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781473509320

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The Origin Of Plants by Maggie Campbell-Culver Pdf

A fascinating history of Britain's plant biodiversity and a unique account of how our garden landscape has been transformed over 1000 years, from 200 species of plant in the year 1000 to the astonishing variety of plants we can all see today. Thousands of plants have been introduced into Britain since 1066 by travellers, warriors, explorers and plant hunters - plants that we now take for granted such as rhododendron from the Far East, gladiolus from Africa and exotic plants like the monkey puzzle tree from Chile. Both a plant history and a useful reference book, Maggie Campbell-Culver has researched the provenance and often strange histories of many of the thousands of plants, exploring the quirky and sometimes rude nature of the plants, giving them a personality all of their own and setting them in their social context. The text is supported by beautiful contemporary paintings and modern photographs in 2 x 8 pp colour sections.

Plants for American Landscapes

Author : Neil G. Odenwald,Charles F. Fryling, Jr.,Thomas E. Pope
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0807130117

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Plants for American Landscapes by Neil G. Odenwald,Charles F. Fryling, Jr.,Thomas E. Pope Pdf

Plants for American Landscapes is a superb practical guide to the identification, selection, and cultivation of over a thousand of the most popular and dependable ornamental plants grown in the United States. With more than a century of collective experience in landscape architecture and horticulture, the authors share their intimate knowledge of flowers, foliage, fruit, and barks, as well as their insights concerning each plant's unique attributes. Their succinct, fact-filled, vivid descriptions present both essential material and fascinating tidbits about which plants are suited to particular environments. Eight hundred full-color photographs display the plants in their natural settings. Homeowners, gardeners, landscape architects and designers, horticulturalists, and anyone who loves plants will find it a resource they turn to again and again.

The Nile

Author : Toby Wilkinson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781408839935

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From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers and Victorian steamers today carries modern-day tourists past bankside settlements in which rural life – fishing, farming, flooding – continues much as it has for millennia. At this most critical juncture in the country's history, foremost Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey up the Nile, north from Lake Victoria, from Cataract to Cataract, past the Aswan Dam, to the delta. The country is a palimpsest, every age has left its trace: as we pass the Nilometer on the island of Elephantine which since the days of the Pharaohs has measured the height of Nile floodwaters to predict the following season's agricultural yield and set the parameters for the entire Egyptian economy, the wonders of Giza which bear the scars of assault by nineteenth-century archaeologists and the modern-day unbridled urban expansion of Cairo – and in Egypt's earliest art (prehistoric images of fish-traps carved into cliffs) and the Arab Spring (fought on the bridges of Cairo) – the Nile is our guide to understanding the past and present of this unique, chaotic, vital, conservative yet rapidly changing land.

Knit and Crochet with Beads

Author : Lily Chin
Publisher : Interweave
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1931499446

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Knit and Crochet with Beads by Lily Chin Pdf

Handknitting and crochet are taken to a whole new level with the fashion-savvy designs provided in this book. Stitch techniques for knitting and crochet include prestrung and hoisted-atop stitches, single- and double-crochet, and half-double crochet. Each technique is then demonstrated with an exciting range of masterful designs that feature a sparkling array of beads strategically nestled among the stitches. Beaded projects are accompanied by easy, step-by-step instructions and illustrations and include Fair Isle and cabled tunic sweaters, a short-sleeve pullover and vest, felted slippers with a beaded-star pattern, and dazzling jewelry. Also shown are ways to mix techniques and add beaded accents to pockets, collars, scarves, socks, vests, and even pillows. Knitters and crocheters of all skill levels will find inspiring projects and a feast of possibilities for one-of-a-kind garments and accessories.

Nile Cat

Author : Angela Cecil Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 183811470X

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Nile Cat by Angela Cecil Reid Pdf

It is 1871. Fourteen-year-old Rose and her twin sister, Lily, arrive in Egypt with an enemy to defeat and an ancient mission to complete. Can the ghost of a long dead temple cat save them? The penalty for failure is death.

Agapanthus for Gardeners

Author : Hanneke van Dijk
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0881926566

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Agapanthus for Gardeners by Hanneke van Dijk Pdf

A practical guide to growing this popular perennial, with information on choosing and buying plants, cultivation requirements, propagation, and pests and diseases.

Chinese Brush Painting

Author : Ning Yeh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0961830581

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Chinese Brush Painting by Ning Yeh Pdf

A second addition, also known as Ning Yeh's "Gold Edition" updates his original guide of step-by-step instructions for Chinese Brush Painting.

Cakes by Design

Author : Scott Clark Wooley
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-02-25
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1585673331

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Cakes by Design by Scott Clark Wooley Pdf

Their specialty cakes have astounded and drawn raves from such clients as Tiffany's, Cartier, Bloomindales, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vogue, and have graced the pages of Bride's Little Book of Cakes and Toasts, Bride's magazine and Martha Stewarts Weddings. They are quite simply master bakers' (Martha Stewart Weddings). Here, with step-by-step instructions on how to make dozens of varieties of flowers and a profusion of inspirational photos, CAKES BY DESIGN will delight and inspire you to achieve simple and spectacular sugar art creations.'