This holds all 104 engravings from the 1614 Hortus Floridus, widely regarded among botanists as a horticultural masterpiece. Here the full-page black and white plates accompany an engaging text in calligraphic style to describe flower names, attributes, and blossom month. No color; but a fine historic reproduction of an early masterwork.

Love Kinkade? Give this book to a friend and watch them smile. Every page has wonderful Thomas Kinkade illustrations -- it's as though you're giving a portable gallery. The illustrations accompany heartwarming quotations that honor friendship. Printed on high quality, glossy paper. Judging by the continuing popularity of Kinkade, ANYTHING Kinkade is quite collectible, too. A treasure to cherish.

Simple, elegent wise. Each page has a quotation. Awesome, such awesome wisdom. Inspiring. Helps make understanding the world, all the more simple. Save yourself hours of time, buy this book and a similiar to book, Jani King's - The Gift. Then after contemplating you'll have more understanding then reading hundreds of 'new age books' These two books are the best anywhere.

A lot of people find Greek and Latin literature boring as hell. If they refer to their school books I cannot blame them. But lets keep in mind that Sappho wrote poetry 'as refreshing as a morning breeze' and that Euripides sometimes wrote horror as if he was an early incarnation of Stephen King.Homer is often humorous for instance when he describes Zeus who's afraid that his wife Hera will be mad at him if he should change the course of the Trojan war. In 'A garden of Greek verse' are poems and excerpts of poems from about sixteen authors, a lot of it no more than two or three lines. To name a few of less known authors: Anacreon, Alcman, Callimachus, Menander, Palladas. 'A Garden of Greek Verse' proofs to us that Greek literature is a very intresting place to travel with a large variety of landscapes. I should say: read this little book of 80 pages, enjoy the beautiful illustrations and forget all about your school books.

A wonderful story for all ages. Especially for gardeners. "Growing" in an urban setting is the theme. The reader becomes engaged not only in the growing things but also how people, who were at first unrelated, grow and their lives become intertwined. Thus the transformation of an entire community!

This is the story, inside and out, of the first Ali-Frazier fight as written by the man who directed the fight for the first and most significant pay-ver-view boxing match. It A very entertaining, must-read for boxing fans.

This delightful little book cites excerpts of Latin poetry by Ovid, Catullus, Vergil, and Horace, which are matched with translations by such venerable English poets as John Dryden, Alexander Pope, William Wordsworth and Richard Lovelace. On the facing pages are lovely reproductions of frescoes and mosaics, mostly recovered from Pompeii. You'll find some famous quotations, for example this from Horace, "They are not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream/Our path emerges for a while, then closes/Within a dream." It would make a nice gift for a literary friend--or for yourself to take along to the park on a lazy summer afternoon.

This is a lovely small book. The scriptures are relevant to any occasion, of course, and referenced, and the painting reproductions are nicely done on good quality paper. This is a book in good taste for a gift of any kind, especially for older people or when a token gift is in order. I intend to order all in the series.

The memories of your deceased loved-one will bring great joy and laughter and at times sadness. This book helps to capture these moments in time, to be read again and again. It will be a valuable source of healing for those who are left here to remember. Although flowers are nice, this book allows for lasting memories which will not fade. This can be passed down to younger generations so they, too, can feel a connection to the family's past.

Serious gardeners need many kind of books, but one of the very first everyone should have is Elsa Bakalar's "A Garden of One's Own." She demystifies gardening so that a newcomer such as myself learns quickly how to do the many tasks that other books consider too rudimentary to explain. Her obvious talent for teaching is invaluable, and having her book at your side is almost as good as having a gardening tutor next to you. I refer to it often, and recommend it to anyone who gardens.