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  • Heroines of Horticulture

    A Celebration of Women Who Shaped North America's Gardening Heritage

    by Stefan White ...
    A celebration and a salute to 100 brave, determined, creative women over the past few centuries who have shaped North America's heritage and landscapes through their horticulture work and contributions. Through tales of invention, creativity, dogged research, innovation, perspiration, and inspiration spanning from the early 1700s to the mid-1980s, Heroines of Horticulture offers readers insight ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Age-Friendly Cities and Communities

    A Global Perspective

    by Olivia Vanmechelen, Pui Hing Chau, Rebecca L. Jones, Caroline Holland, Jeanne Katz, Sheila Peace, Paul McGarry, Mark Hammond, Stefan White, Lisa Cannon, Cathy Gong, Hal Kendig, Kieran Walsh, Thomas Scharf, Bernard McDonald, Moses Wong, Francis Cheung, Jean Woo, David Phillips, Dominique Verte, Nico De Witte, Daan Duppen, Liesbeth De Donder, An-Sofie Smetcoren, Birgit Wolter, Josefine Heusinger, Meredith Dale, Luma Al Masarweh, Dale Dannefer, Jessica Kelley-Moore, Fleur Thomese, Samuèle Remillard-Boilard ...
    Series series Ageing in a Global Context
    As the drive towards creating age-friendly cities grows, this important book provides a comprehensive survey of theories and policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people living in urban areas.In this book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, leading international researchers critically assess the problems and the potential of designing age-friendly environments. The ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

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  • The Ghost Orchard

    by Helen Humphreys ...
    For readers of H is for Hawk and The Frozen Thames, The Ghost Orchard is award-winning author Helen Humphreys’ fascinating journey into the secret history of an iconic food. Delving deep into the storied past of the apple in North America, Humphreys explores the intricate link between agriculture, settlement, and human relationships. With her signature insight and exquisite prose, she brings light ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Field Study

    Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium

    by Helen Humphreys ...
    “[A] delightful mix of memoir and field study.” — Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewAward-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need to look for beauty in whatever nature we have left — no matter how diminishedAward-winning poet and novelist Helen Humphreys returns to her series of nature meditations in this gorgeously written and illustrated book ... Read more

    $10.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bees in America

    How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation

    by Tammy Horn ...
    "Integrates history, technology, sociology, economics, and politics with this remarkable insect serving as the unifying concept" ( Buffalo News).The tiny, industrious honey bee has become part of popular imagination—reflected in our art, our advertising, even our language itself with such terms as queen bee and busy as a bee. Honey bees—and the values associated with them—have influenced American ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Monster's Bones

    The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

    by David K. Randall ...
    A gripping narrative of a fearless paleontologist, the founding of America’s most loved museums, and the race to find the largest dinosaurs on record.In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New York’s struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a privileged socialite whose reputation rests on the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Assembling the Dinosaur

    Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle

    by Lukas Rieppel ...
    A lively account of the dinosaur's role in Gilded Age America, examining the connection between business, paleontology, and museums.Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America into a world center for vertebrate paleontology. At the same time, the United States emerged as the world's largest industrial economy, ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Forests

    A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape

    by Jill Jonnes ...
    **“Far-ranging and deeply researched, Urban Forests reveals the beauty and significance of the trees around us.” *—*Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction“Jonnes extols the many contributions that trees make to city life and celebrates the men and women who stood up for America’s city trees over the past two centuries. . . . An authoritative account.” —Gerard ... Read more

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  • The Earth in Her Hands

    75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants

    by Jennifer Jewell ...
    “An empowering and expertly curated look at the horticultural world.” —Gardens IllustratedIn this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up.Profiled women include flower farmer ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • All the Presidents' Gardens

    Madison's Cabbages to Kennedy's Roses—How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America

    by Marta McDowell ...
    This New York Times bestseller shares the rich history of the White House grounds, revealing how the story of the garden is also the story of America.The 18-acres surrounding the White House have been an unwitting witness to history—kings and queens have dined there, bills and treaties have been signed, and presidents have landed and retreated. Throughout it all, the grounds have remained not only ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Trees in Paradise

    A California History

    by Jared Farmer ...
    From roots to canopy, a lush, verdant history of the making of California.California now has more trees than at any time since the late Pleistocene. This green landscape, however, is not the work of nature. It’s the work of history. In the years after the Gold Rush, American settlers remade the California landscape, harnessing nature to their vision of the good life. Horticulturists, boosters, and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • American Eden

    From Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards: What Our Gardens Tell Us About Who We Are

    by Wade Graham ...
    “American Eden moves luminously through landscapes of history, literature, biography, and design theory. . . . fusing sharp-edged analysis and graceful American prose.” —Kevin Starr, author of Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge“Informative and absolutely engrossing.” —Ross King, author of Brunelleschi's DomeGarden designer and historian Wade Graham offers a unique vision ... Read more

    $8.99 USD