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The American Woodland Garden, Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest
• Rick Darke
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome celebration of garden design and eastern woodlands.
(NAM10, $49.95)
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The Art of Setting Stones & Other Writings from the Japanese Garden
• Marc P. Keane
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In these lyrical essays Kyoto-resident and landscape architect Marc Peter Keane takes eight gardens of his adopted home as a point of departure for reflections on nature, religion and aesthetics.
(JPN124, $16.95)
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The Charleston Gardener
• Louisa Pringle Cameron
• Lauren Preller Chambers
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Charleston's most beautiful gardens and their gardeners who tend to them.
(USS310, $39.95)
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Classic Savannah: History, Houses and Gardens
• William Robert Mitchell
• Van J. Martin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A quick tour of Savannah, focusing on its sumptuous architecture.
(USS269, $35.00)
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Color for Adventurous Gardeners
• Jonathan Buckley
• Christopher Lloyd
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Practical advice on how to maximize the impact of color in your garden.
(GRD08, $19.95)
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The Complete Shade Gardener
• George Schenk
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A wise and witty guide to gardening beneath the trees.
(USA72, $22.95)
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The Cook and the Gardener, A Year of Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside
• Amanda Hesser
• FOOD
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An American cook in Burgundy, the author records her recipes and growing fondness for a very French gardener, in this narrative cookbook. It includes 250 recipes and some fine observations on local people and places.
(FRN85, $32.50)
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The Doors of San Miguel De Allende
• Robert De Gast
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A photographic tributes to the architecture of San Miguel de Allende. With a few pages introducing the region and 100 postcard-sized color photographs.
(MEX105, $19.95)
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Down The Garden Path
• Beverley Nichols
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A facsimile edition of Nichols' 1932 ode to the pleasures and perils of gardening. It's an entertaining account of creating a garden at Huntingdonshire. With charming original illustrations by Rex Whistler.
(GBR598, $24.95)
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The Explorer's Garden, Rare and Unusual Perennials
• Daniel Hinkley
• Roy Lancaster
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Remarkable finds in the Himalayas, Yunnan and other exotic locations around the world.
(NAT28, $39.95)
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Fruitful Sites, Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China
• Craig Clunas
• HISTORY
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A study of Ming Era (1450-1650) gardens in the Jiangnan Valley of the Yangtze, especially in wealthy Suzhou and to a lesser extent in Hangzhou. With 48 illustrations.
(CHN175, $24.95)
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Garden Lover's Guide to Germany
• Charles Quest-Ritson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A richly illustrated guide to the gardens of Germany.
(GER103, $19.95)
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Garden Masterclass
• John Brookes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A visually striking, definitive book of garden design.
(GRD07, $40.00)
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Garden Open Tomorrow
• Beverley Nichols
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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In this last book of his long gardening and writing career, Nichols reflects on nature's role as the ultimate gardener. Nichols' writing is full of wit, charm and many digressions including his thoughts on cats and plants as murder weapons.
(GRD03, $24.95)
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The Garden Primer
• Barbara Damrosch
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Damrosch has gone 100% organic for this new edition of her essential manual. Her reassuring tone and humor are among the many virtues of this sensible, exceedingly useful guide to garden planning. We turn to it for all our garden-related questions, from picking plants to compost, tools and pests.
(USA71, $18.95)
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The Garden Through the Year
• Fred Whitsey
• Graham Stuart Thomas
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A month-by-month guide to gardening that weaves practical advice on plant introduction with Thomas' own thoughts on the craft.
(GRD06, $49.95)
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Gardens in China
• Peter Valder
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A gorgeous book featuring over 500 color photographs of Chinese gardens in 11 provinces.
(CHN176, $59.95)
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Gardens of Historic Charleston
• James R. Cothran
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A photographic tour and history of Charleston's most treasured gardens.
(USS309, $39.95)
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The Gardens of Japan
• Teiji Itoh
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This beautifully illustrated overview of the history and tradition of gardens features 75 color photographs and astute essays. With a guide to 50 popular and representative gardens.
(JPN38, $60.00)
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Gardens of New Orleans, Exquisite Excess
• Jeanette Hardy
• Lake Douglas
• Richard Sexton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A sumptuously photographed tour of the grander gardens of New Orleans.
(USS231, $40.00)
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Gardens of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
• William M. Klein
• Derek Fell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Beautiful color photographs capture the stunning gardens of southeastern Pennsylvania, featuring various locations in and around Philadelphia, including the Brandywine River Conservancy Museum, Longwood Gardens, and Winterthur.
(USE96, $36.50)
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Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palace of Islamic Spain
• D. Fairchild Ruggles
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Spain's Moorish legacy is nowhere more evident than in its graceful Islamic architecture and sumptuous gardens.
(SPN170, $36.00)
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A Guide to the Gardens of Kyoto
• Marc Treib
• Ron Herman
• GUIDEBOOK
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Organized geographically, each of the featured gardens in this indispensable guide gets several pages with special features, practical information, history, comments and several black-and-white photographs.
(JPN07, $22.00)
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Havana/La Habana
• Nancy Stout
• Jorge Rigau
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Gorgeous photographs emphasize living neighborhoods. The text thoroughly explores the roots and development of Cuban architecture.
(CBA08, $50.00)
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Henry F. Du Pont and Winterthur
• Ruth Lord
• R.W. Lewis
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir describing the Du Pont family's legacy and their beloved home, Winterthur.
(USE95, $29.95)
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The House by the Sea, A Journal
• May Sarton
• LITERATURE
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One of many journals by May Sarton, who moved from New Hampshire to live alone in a house on the seacoast of Maine. She writes beautifully on the topics of aging, solitude, nature, gardening, food, relationships, and of course, on life in coastal Maine.
(USE61, $14.95)
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A House in Sicily
• Daphne Phelps
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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An old-fashioned memoir of life at Casa Cuseni, the pensione and garden in Taormina run by the indomitable Daphne Phelps, which has been a sanctuary for Tennessee Williams, Betrand Russell and other guests, famous and infamous, since 1947.
(ITL148, $16.95)
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Italian Villas and Their Gardens
• Edith Wharton
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A facsimile edition of Wharton's witty, astute essays on the history and pleasures of Italy's famous villas. With photographs and the original, full-page illustrations by Maxfield Parrish.
(ITL91, $35.00)
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Japanese Garden Design
• Marc P. Keane
• Haruzo Ohashi
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated introduction to the aesthetics and meanings of Japanese gardens. It relates the social, religious and historical contexts to landscape and garden design.
(JPN52, $30.00)
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Linnea in Monet's Garden
• Christina Bjork
• Lena Anderson
• Joan Sandin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A very floral introduction to the art of Monet and his Impressionist circle for children ages 5 to 8. Linnea and her neighbor frolic in Monet's garden at Giverny and look at Impressionist paintings in Paris.
(FRN312, $16.00)
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Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden
• Emily Whaley
• William Baldwin
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The thoughts and reflections of 85-year-old Mrs. Emily Whaley, a giant in the Charleston gardening community -- and owner of one of the most visited private gardens in America.
(USS311, $14.00)
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My Favorite Plant, Writers and Gardeners on the Plants They Love
• Jamaica Kincaid
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology of essays on plants and gardening from contemporary authors as well as luminaries of the past. Compiled by Caribbean writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid.
(GEN126, $20.00)
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Nantucket, Gardens and Homes
• Taylor Lewis
• Virginia Heard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This collection of color photographs portrays the landscapes and classic houses of the island, most dating back to the 18h and 19th centuries.
(USE264, $50.00)
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The Private Gardens of Charleston
• Louisa Pringle Cameron
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Color photographs depicting the city's many gardens.
(USS264, $39.95)
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The Secret Garden
• Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Tasha Tudor
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The enduring children's classic about a magical garden hidden on a staid country estate.
(GBR391, $6.99)
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Tales of the Rose Tree, Ravishing Rhododendrons and Their Travels Around the World
• Jane Brown
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An English garden writer, Brown offers an entertaining, learned whirlwind tour through the social, commercial and botanical history of the much-loved ornamental, including a roundup of early collecting forays into Asia and the Himalayas.
(GEN372, $35.00)
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