The Gardeners Year Illustrated By Josef Capek

Author : Karel Čapek
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1444659642
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Year - Illustrated by Josef Capek written by Karel Čapek and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1529096251
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Year written by Karel Capek and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gardener’s Year is a charming and light-hearted insight into the life of an amateur gardener. Structured loosely around what to plant, grow or cultivate each month, Karel Capek takes us on a rollicking journey through a year in his own small garden. Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features lively black and white illustrations by Czech artist Josef Capek and is translated by M. and R. Weatherall. From making puddles with an untamable hose to sowing luxuriant weeds instead of grass, Capek reveals how a gardener grows into his surroundings ‘spurred on by each new failure’. Subverting the tradition of a ‘how to’ gardening book, he teaches his readers about the magic of seeds, the perils of planting vegetables and the thrilling surprises of a rock garden. As the year progresses and frail buds turn from flowering stems to drooping bulbs and falling leaves, Capek’s small garden buzzes with life, wisdom and humour.

Author : DK
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0241188296
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Year written by DK and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plan a garden that's pretty and productive all year round with this essential garden guide - now available in PDF Gardener's Year will help you create, care for and enjoy a colourful and fruitful garden throughout the year, from the first frost-tinged flowers, to autumn's fiery finale. Packed with timely tips, this invaluable gardening guide is full of planting ideas, reminders and how-tos for every season and area of the garden. You'll find helpful advice on seasonal jobs, when to plant, garden projects and planting ideas for every area of the garden, including beds, borders and patios. An at-a-glance garden calendar clearly shows each month's jobs, including sowing, planting, watering, feeding, pruning and harvesting, plus illustrated step-by-steps of key techniques flag up handy gardening tips that can make all the difference. Star plants for every season are picked out for you and specific plants are recommended for different uses such as scent, cut flowers, ground cover and even which plants attract butterflies. In Gardener's Year you'll discover what and when to plant for stunning garden displays, how to grow vegetables, beautiful flower garden ideas and the very best plants for colour, scent and year-round pleasure in your garden, it's the perfect gift for gardeners.

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473381886
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karel Capek Fairy Tales - With One Extra as a Makeweight and Illustrated by Joseph Capek written by Karel Capek and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karel Capek Fairy Tales is a delightful collection of ten classic children's stories, written by Karel Capek. It is beautifully illustrated throughout, with striking black-and-white images of Karel's brother; Josef Capek. The narratives of 'Capek Fairy Tales' include: 'A Long Tale about a Cat', 'The Dogs' Tale', 'The Birds' Tale', 'The First Bandits' Tale', 'The Water Sprites' Tale', 'The Long Police Tale', and many more. Karel Capek (1890 - 1938) was a Czech writer, best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts and the play, R. U. R, which introduced the word, 'robot'. He maintained a close relationship with his brother Josef (1887 - 1945), and the two lived and worked together for most of their adult life. Together, the Capeks produced books and plays on themes as diverse as detective stories, full-novels, philosophy, fairy tale collections, theatre plays, and even a book on gardening.

Author : Karel Capek
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473381878
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Had a Dog and a Cat - Pictures Drawn by Josef and Karel Capek written by Karel Capek and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Had a Dog and a Cat is a delightfully charming book, originally written in Czech. Featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations, this is the perfect storybook to share with little ones who love animals. First published in 1940, this wonderful volume is a collation of short children’s stories about our most beloved pets: cats and dogs. I Had a Dog and a Cat was written and illustrated by Czech brothers Josef and Karel Čapek. The comic storybook was then translated into English by Czech couple Marie and Robert Weatherall. The stories featured in this volume include: - Minda, or the Breeding of Dogs - Ben, Benji, Blackie and Bibi - Iris - Dashenka - The Dog Show - More About Dogs and About Cats Too

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement written by and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richardson Wright
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0812968735
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardener's Bed-Book written by Richardson Wright and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2003-04-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1929, The Gardener’s Bed-Book is a much beloved gardening classic by the renowned editor of House & Garden magazine in the 1920s and ’30s. Each of its 365 perfectly sized little essays is meant to be read in bed at night after a long day’s work, either real or imagined, in the garden. A charming and mischievously funny companion to curl up with, Wright ranges comfortably—and lyrically—from giving gardening advice to meditating on such topics as antique collecting and travel, great literature and architecture. He is an addictive delight, as memorable describing the challenges of growing plume poppies as he is the simple pleasure of hanging up the dish towel once the housework is done. Written in language that is as timeless as it is seductive, The Gardener’s Bed-Book will appeal to gardening experts and armchair enthusiasts alike. This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Dominique Browning, the editor in chief of House & Garden and author of Around the House and in the Garden and the forthcoming Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener.

Author : Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Summer in a Garden written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : L. M. Montgomery
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blue Castle written by L. M. Montgomery and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2022-12-30T21:03:08Z with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L. M. Montgomery is perhaps best known as an author of youth fiction, especially her Anne of Green Gables series. But of her novels intended for adult readers, The Blue Castle is the most famous. In Valancy Stirling’s rural Ontario town, marriage is thought to be a young woman’s vital accomplishment. Yet Valancy, now in her late 20s, has never had a flicker of interest from any suitor. Add to this the oppressive home life she endures with her mother, and Valancy’s misery is complete. In order to find some relief, she builds a fantasy world in her imagination—her “Blue Castle”—full of love and beauty. Even this, however, fails to support her when her chest pains prove to be the sign of a terminal condition. This traumatic discovery combines with Valancy’s inspirational reading to prompt her to take back her life—much to her relatives’ consternation. Undeterred, Valancy finds new worth and freedom in relationships she could never have imagined before, which bring their own surprising twists and turns. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Author : Katherine S. White
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590178513
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Onward and Upward in the Garden written by Katherine S. White and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1925 Harold Ross hired Katharine Sergeant Angell as a manuscript reader for The New Yorker. Within months she became the magazine’s first fiction editor, discovering and championing the work of Vladimir Nabokov, John Updike, James Thurber, Marianne Moore, and her husband-to-be, E. B. White, among others. After years of cultivating fiction, White set her sights on a new genre: garden writing. On March 1, 1958, The New Yorker ran a column entitled “Onward and Upward in the Garden,” a critical review of garden catalogs, in which White extolled the writings of “seedmen and nurserymen,” those unsung authors who produced her “favorite reading matter.” Thirteen more columns followed, exploring the history and literature of gardens, flower arranging, herbalists, and developments in gardening. Two years after her death in 1977, E. B. White collected and published the series, with a fond introduction. The result is this sharp-eyed appreciation of the green world of growing things, of the aesthetic pleasures of gardens and garden writing, and of the dreams that gardens inspire.