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Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the British monarchy. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched on London. Old noble names were ruined while rising dynasties seized power and lands. The war between the royal House of Lancaster and York, the longest and most complex in British history, profoundly altered the course of the monarchy. In The Wars of the Roses, Alison...
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Graham Stuart Thomas stands alone as the world's pre-eminent rose gardener. In this unique presentation he focuses on the uses of a variety of garden plants, flowering and nonflowering, with which to create enduring garden designs that rescue roses from the stiff formality of most ornamental gardens. Here, Mr. Thomas employs the lessons of the magnificent garden at Mottisfont Abbey, first created by him in 1972 and extended in the 1980s, to demonstrate...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 14
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In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the woman he loves, and participating in the struggle between the Yorks and Lancasters in the War of the Roses.
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Anne Gifford's dowry--or lack thereof--is of no concern to Sir Dylan DeFrayne. Wrapped in each other's arms, what more could they possibly need? Yet the young lovers' passion can never be sanctioned--the DeFraynes and Giffords have been sworn enemies for decades. Lest more blood be shed, the two must keep their affair a secret…and plot their elopement. Clad in threadbare hand-me-downs, Anne never expects the powerful and aged Brennan Forbes to remember...
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Robert B. Martin Jr
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2012.
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1 online resource
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"Horizon Roses 2012 contains a record 2,410 reports by 92 nation-wide reporters on the exhibition potential of 323 roses introduced in the last five years. The reports include 66 new roses not mentioned in prior issues. All comments are candid and reported in the words of the reporter. Supplementing the comments are photographs of 136 roses on which multiple comments were received The reports are set forth alphabetically and include statistics of...
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Winner of the ALA Reading List Award
Difficult and obstinate. Thriving under a set of specific and limited conditions. That pretty much describes me. Maybe that’s why I like these roses so much.
Roses are Galilee Garner’s passion. An amateur breeder, she painstakingly cross-pollinates her plants to coax out new, better traits, striving to create a perfect strain of her favorite flower, the Hulthemia. Her dream is to...
Difficult and obstinate. Thriving under a set of specific and limited conditions. That pretty much describes me. Maybe that’s why I like these roses so much.
Roses are Galilee Garner’s passion. An amateur breeder, she painstakingly cross-pollinates her plants to coax out new, better traits, striving to create a perfect strain of her favorite flower, the Hulthemia. Her dream is to...
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Douglas Green
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2012.
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"Award winning garden author Doug Green describes how he overwinters his tender hybrid tea roses with absolutely no protection in USDA zone 4. From hybrid teas to hardy-climbing roses, Green describes the practical low-maintenance professional gardening tricks to grow and successfully overwinter these roses with no fuss or muss in a low-maintenance way. You'll be able to duplicate these results easily and wonder why you hadn't thought of these yourself...
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Douglas Green
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2012.
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"Fragrant plants make gardens a wondrous joy and in this ebook, award winning garden author Doug Green lists the best plants and the best varieties in those plants for you to plant in your garden. From perennials, roses, annuals and bulbs, Green lists those plants you want to search out for their fragrance. Doug Green is a full time garden writer and a retired specialist-plant nurseryman who loves gardening and particularly enjoys his fragrant plants....
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Storey Publishing, LLC
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1989
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1 online resource (32 p.)
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"GROW BEAUTIFUL ROSES IN 10 SIMPLE STEPS! The rose has inspired artists, writers, and composers for centuries. Now you can join the ranks of those inspired gardeners who cultivate roses in their home gardens. Whether you're a novice gardener wanting to know the basics or a seasoned horticulturalist looking up tips on improving your blooms, Maggie Oster's expert advice offers all the know-how you'll need. Her ten simple steps ensure beautiful, fragrant...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
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2012
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1 online resource (272 p.)
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"Many people think roses are difficult to grow. Peter Schneider puts that fear to rest by showing you that when it comes to roses, it's all about location, location, location. The right rose will thrive when planted in the perfect spot. Right Rose, Right Place is an inspiring yet practical book that encourages both new and experienced gardeners to make the most of roses in hedges and privacy screens, on trellises, in flower beds, as container plants,...
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A town paralyzed with fear, two children gone missing. Roger's most difficult case yet...
April 1475. As Roger approaches the thriving village of Totnes, danger crackles in the air. A pack of cutthroats wanders the forest after a night of pillaging, and Roger barely manages to hide from them in the brush.
He soon learns that the marauding band has been terrorizing the countryside for weeks. And worse, they are believed to be responsible for the disappearance...
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Timber Press
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2015.
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1 online resource (256 pages)
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Spray no more! Roses have a reputation for being finicky garden plants that require chemicals and fertilizers to stay healthy and disease free. Fortunately, recent breeding efforts have produced disease-resistant varieties that perform beautifully in all kinds of conditions. Peter E. Kukielski, former curator of the award-winning rose garden at the New York Botanical Garden, highlights 150 of these tough, new varieties, rating them for disease resistance,...
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Thirty-three eminent gardeners on their favorite rose
Among the plant kingdom, Rosa is a relatively small genus, comprising only about one hundred species around the globe. But as these species intercross, they have given rise to as many as thirty thousand cultivars, making the rose perhaps the most various of all plants grown in gardens-and one of the most treasured.
This one-of-a-kind collection gathers together thirty-three eminent gardeners...
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Belinda's Dream, "Katy Road Pink" and "Georgetown Tea." The names alone evoke images of glorious cottage gardens and arching trellises laden with perfumed blossoms. Offering gardeners hardiness and ease of care, some roses have even lived for decades untended. All provide their admirers with years of pleasure and enticing fragrances. In this edition, rose expert Bill Welch updates the latest information and top sources for antique roses. The improved...
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"Based on archival sources that have not previously appeared in print, this history of the Wars of the Roses is told from the perspective of the women behind some of the key participants as the conflict between York and Lancaster ebbed and flowed. An examination of the six sisters of Warwick the Kingmaker who all married powerful noblemen fighting on opposite sides in the Wars of the Roses, this history serves also as an exploration of the role of...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
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1990
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1 online resource (32 p.)
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"Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life."--
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"An Exhilarating, Magical Blend of History and Fantasy Set during the Original Game of Thrones--For Fans of T. H. White, George R. R. Martin, and Philippa Gregory. Beginning with the Palm Sunday Battle of Towton, the bloodiest ever fought on English soil, Wonders Will Never Cease relates the fabulous adventures of one man and his noble family amid the chaos and political intrigue that beset England during the War of the Roses, when two great houses...
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Lost and disillusioned, Sophia knows there has to be more to life than this. The discovery of a mystifying and deliriously beautiful rose garden, and its enigmatic and compassionate Gardener changes Sophia's outlook on life.
Helping to tend his roses throughout the seasons, Sophia is enticed into a fragrant and seductive world where all is not as it seems, and time has no meaning. Intrigued by the words of an ancient Persian poet, Sophia and the...
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