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This is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and over 145 glorious photographs. (read more)

This is an illustrated guide to varieties, cultivation and care, with step-by-step instructions and over 145 glorious photographs. It offers advice on buying, planting, mulching, growing, feeding, weeding, deadheading and watering miniature roses, both in the open ground and in containers. It features a full photographic directory of over 50 beautiful varieties, including Centifolia roses, China roses, polyanthas, patio roses, ground-cover roses, miniature bush roses and miniature climbers.

It offers step-by-step guidance on propagation and pruning, and how to deal with common pests and diseases. Roses are one of the world's best-loved flowers, and in today's smaller gardens where space is often limited, the advent of miniature varieties has caused a revolution in rose growing. This accessible handbook is a practical grower's guide that includes a fascinating history of the miniature rose, an illustrated directory of varieties, and care and maintenance instructions for growing, propagating and pruning.
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Containing rarely seen images from the exclusive Cote Maison magazines, this sumptuous book brings together homes that exemplify (read more)

Containing rarely seen images from the exclusive Cote Maison magazines, this sumptuous book brings together homes that exemplify the very best in contemporary country style - perennially desirable and effortlessly attainable. Country living has long been associated with a relaxed, informal way of life and a sense of tradition. This strong appreciation of rural traditions does not mean, however, that all country homes are relics of the past, set in decorative aspic.

Contemporary solutions and innovative ideas work equally well when old spaces are given over to new uses, converted, renovated or just revived. It's impossible to deny that modern country style is still based on traditional rural values. Lightness of living is always important; an understanding of the things that make life pleasant, such as family and friends, comfort and ease, food and drink. (hide)

Modern pastoral interiors are about embracing the pared-back lifestyle of living in the country, taking nature as the main point (read more)

Modern pastoral interiors are about embracing the pared-back lifestyle of living in the country, taking nature as the main point of inspiration. Specially commissioned photography in homes across Scandinavia and the United States shows how to use colours, textures and details to create a home in which to unwind - a retreat from the rest of the world. Niki Brantmark shows us various takes on this simple, informal style.

In chapter 1, Forest, the interiors are filled with exposed wood throughout, combined with traditional patterns and features, such as log burners and woven rugs. Chapter 2, Graphical, explores a look that is striking, reminiscent of weather-beaten landscapes: think whitewashed ceilings, rugged stone surfaces and striking black features, softened by cosy soft furnishings and fresh plants and flowers - while Homestead style in chapter 3 introduces warmer hues, featuring painted wood and creamy, light browns in textiles, furniture and collectibles. The final chapter, Waterside, brings to mind calm lakes and babbling streams, with rooms filled with light, and gentle blue and grey shades.

Pub Date:11/02/2016 (hide)

Moss is all around us. While it is most often associated with damp, shady spaces, it can be found in the most unexpected and far-flung (read more)

Moss is all around us. While it is most often associated with damp, shady spaces, it can be found in the most unexpected and far-flung places, from deserts to Antarctica.

This book is a celebration of its quiet, unassuming beauty and a primer to understanding the secrets of the world's most ancient plant: * Discover the fascinating history of this soft and tactile plant * Learn how and where to identify and gather different moss species. * Take a tour of some of the most beautiful moss gardens in the UK, the US and Japan, where moss viewing has become a national phenomenon. * Learn how to cultivate moss, tie Japanese moss balls (kokedama) and plant moss landscapes in pots and terrariums. (hide)

Music as an Art begins by examining music through a philosophical lens, engaging in discussions about tonality, music and the moral (read more)

Music as an Art begins by examining music through a philosophical lens, engaging in discussions about tonality, music and the moral life, music and cognitive science and German idealism, as well as recalling the author's struggle to encourage his students to distinguish the qualities of good music. Scruton then explains - via erudite chapters on Schubert, Britten, Rameau, opera and film - how we can develop greater judgement in music, recognising both good taste and bad, establishing musical values, as well as musical pleasures. As Scruton argues in this book, in earlier times, our musical culture had secure foundations in the church, the concert hall and the home; in the ceremonies and celebrations of ordinary life, religion and manners.
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Pub Date:04/08/2016 - Quirky and humorous, part poetry, part reflection, this is the story of the book told by none other than ...BOOK! (read more)

Pub Date:04/08/2016 - Quirky and humorous, part poetry, part reflection, this is the story of the book told by none other than ...BOOK! This extraordinary character begins by reminding us of his origins in oral story and clay tablets, then ponders on papyrus, parchment and paper, and on being a scroll who finally gets a spine. We see Book lovingly illuminated by monks in medieval monasteries, then witness the massive changes brought about by the invention of the printing press, and the coming of paperbacks and eBooks in the 20th century. But Book's not the straightforwardly chronological sort, and can't help musing - and those musings, whether they're on the evolution of the alphabet, libraries, book-burning or blurbs, are delightful and thought-provoking.

Sixteen years of reflection and observation have gone into this charming title. (hide)

The National Theatre Story is filled with artistic, financial and political battles, onstage triumphs - and the occasional disaster. (read more)

The National Theatre Story is filled with artistic, financial and political battles, onstage triumphs - and the occasional disaster. This definitive, authorized account takes readers from the National Theatre's 19th-century origins, through false dawns in the early 1900s and on to its hard-fought inauguration in 1963 at the Old Vic. There, Laurence Olivier was for ten years the inspirational leader of the NT Company, before it moved into its concrete, South Bank home, whose three theatres have since 1976 hosted more than 700 productions, premiering some of the 20th and 21st centuries' most popular and controversial plays, including Amadeus, The Romans in Britain, Closer, The History Boys and War Horse. (hide)

New Monologues for Women features forty monologues from plays published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama recently. The monologues are (read more)

New Monologues for Women features forty monologues from plays published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama recently. The monologues are selected by the editor, Geoffrey Colman, on account of their relevance to drama school students and recent graduates entering the profession. Each monologue is preceded by an introductory paragraph, written by the editor, outlining the setting, character type, and point in the plot.

Suggestions are offered for staging, character interpretation, points of significance in the text, and how to draw from decisions made in professional productions. This collection is the go-to resource for the auditioning actor with an insatiable appetite for new, original and excellent material. (hide)

Are you ready to change your life? Are you sick of always wearing black and getting undressed in the dark? Are you fixated with a (read more)

Are you ready to change your life? Are you sick of always wearing black and getting undressed in the dark? Are you fixated with a number on the scales? Are you afraid to step into the gym and commit to a routine? Is your confidence at an all-time low? Is all of this having a negative impact on your life, relationships and happiness? James Smith is armed with every tool you'll ever need to achieve incredible results - from dieting, training and staying in shape to identifying the fads, cons and nonsense that get inthe way of genuine lasting progress. (hide)

This is Felicity Lawrence's Sunday Times bestseller Not on the Label, updated with extraordinary new material on the horsemeat scandal. (read more)

This is Felicity Lawrence's Sunday Times bestseller Not on the Label, updated with extraordinary new material on the horsemeat scandal. In 2004 Felicity Lawrence published her ground-breaking book, Not on the Label, where, in a series of undercover investigations she provided a shocking account of what really goes into the food we eat. She discovered why beef waste ends up in chicken, why a single lettuce might be sprayed six times with chemicals before it ends up in our salad, why bread is full of water.

And she showed how obesity, the appalling conditions of migrant workers, ravaged fields in Europe and the supermarket on our high street are all intimately connected. Her discoveries would change the way we thought about the UK food industry for ever. And, when the horsemeat scandal hit the headlines in 2013, her book seemed extraordinarily prescient once again.
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