Verlag: Workman Publishing Mai 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0761155252 ISBN 13: 9780761155256
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Comic
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging.' -Molly Ivins, Writer'Some days you're a bug. Some days you're a windshield.' -Price Cobb, Race Car Driver'In times like these it is good to remember there have always been times like these.' -Paul Harvey, Radio BroadcasterWhen life hands you lemons, it's inspiring to hear from people who've made (and drunk) the lemonade. People who've been there, done that, and lived to tell the tale. Who've graduated from the school of hard knocks and never lost their sense of humor. People like Mark Twain, Warren Buffett, Marlene Dietrich, Natalie Goldberg, Amarillo Slim, Fran Lebowitz, Michael Jordan. People who know, as the writer Sherry Hochman puts it, that 'Every day is a gift-even if it sucks.'.
Verlag: Workman Publishing Mai 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 1604691271 ISBN 13: 9781604691276
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glinting red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a climbing plant that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. Bestselling author Amy Stewart takes on two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations in an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate and otherwise offend. Menacing botanical illustrations render a ghastly portrait of evildoers that may be lurking in your back (or front) garden. Drawing on history, medicine, science and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, enlighten and alarm even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.