The Map Of Leaves

Author : Yarrow Townsend
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913696481
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Map of Leaves written by Yarrow Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Ma died, Orla has lived alone in a woodshed by the river. Her garden provides everything she needs. But when people begin to fall sick, Governor Atlas decrees that the plants are the cause and must be destroyed. Armed only with her mother's book of remedies Orla sets out on a barge-boat to discover the truth and save her garden ...

Author : Allen J. Coombes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022617686X
Total Pages : 2007 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Leaves written by Allen J. Coombes and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 2007 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all our childhood memories, few are quite as thrilling, or as tactile, as those of climbing trees. Scampering up the rough trunk, spying on the world from the cool green shelter of the canopy, lying on a limb and looking up through the leaves at the summer sun almost made it seem as if we were made for trees, and trees for us.Even in adulthood, trees retain their power, from the refreshing way their waves of green break the monotony of a cityscape to the way their autumn transformations take our breath away. In this lavishly illustrated volume, the trees that have enriched our lives finally get their full due, through a focus on the humble leaves that serve, in a sense, as their public face. The Book of Leaves offers a visually stunning and scientifically engaging guide to six hundred of the most impressive and beautiful leaves from around the world. Each leaf is reproduced here at its actual size, in full color, and is accompanied by an explanation of the range, distribution, abundance, and habitat of the tree on which it’s found. Brief scientific and historical accounts of each tree and related species include fun-filled facts and anecdotes that broaden its portrait. The Henry’s Maple, for instance, found in China and named for an Irish doctor who collected leaves there, bears little initial resemblance to the statuesque maples of North America, from its diminutive stature to its unusual trifoliolate leaves. Or the Mediterranean Olive, which has been known to live for more than 1,500 years and whose short, narrow leaves only fall after two or three years, pushed out in stages by the emergence of younger leaves. From the familiar friends of our backyards to the giants of deep woods, The Book of Leaves brings the forest to life—and to our living rooms—as never before.

Author : Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0375420525
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of Leaves written by Mark Z. Danielewski and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2000-03-07 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

Author : Steve Metzger
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0439873770
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We're Going on a Leaf Hunt written by Steve Metzger and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three friends go on a hike searching for fall leaves.

Author : Julia Rawlinson
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1913634310
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fletcher and the Falling Leaves written by Julia Rawlinson and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the autumn season sets in, Fletcher is very worried his beautiful tree has begun to loose all of its leaves. Whatever Fletcher attempts to do to save them, it's simply no use. When the final leaf falls, Fletcher feels hopeless... until he returns the next day to a glorious sight. A tender, uplifting tale about acceptance and hope for the future.'Captivating' Publishers Weekly'Preschoolers will love being in on the joke, even as they marvel at the bright petals that herald the astonishing beauty of spring' ALA Booklist

Author : Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0375714413
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Whalestoe Letters written by Mark Z. Danielewski and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2000-10-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Lièvre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love. Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.

Author : Julia Kuo
Publisher : Curious Artist
ISBN 13 : 1631592602
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drawing Trees and Leaves written by Julia Kuo and published by Curious Artist. This book was released on 2016-12 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing Trees and Leaves merges information, inspiration and instruction to guide readers to develop their drawing skills and powers of observation.

Author : Thea Stilton
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545414695
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt (Thea Stilton #11) written by Thea Stilton and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geronimo's sister Thea Stilton narrates this action-packed adventure!The Thea Sisters have been invited to Egypt to participate in a fabu-mouse archeological excavation. They are helping to look for the legendary ancient Treasure of the Sun! A precious blue stone scarab may be the key to their search, and they work enthusiastically to uncover the past. But they also discover that thieves are after the hidden treasure. It's up to the Thea Sisters to stop them!

Author : Luther S. Livingston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A-Dick written by Luther S. Livingston and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Luther Samuel Livingston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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