The Wicked Plants Coloring Book

Author : Amy Stewart
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616206837
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wicked Plants Coloring Book written by Amy Stewart and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEWARE! Even horticulture has a dark side. Amy Stewart and Briony Morrow-Cribbs offer up 40 menacing plants in gorgeous, vintage-style botanical illustrations to color. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, each wonderfully creepy spread offers the curious stories of these botanical evildoers, from the vine that ate the South to the weed that killed Lincoln’s mother to the world’s deadliest seed. For gardening die-hards, each plant’s family, habitat, and common names are also listed. Based on the New York Times bestseller Wicked Plants. www.wickedplants.com

Author : Amy Stewart
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616200634
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked Bugs written by Amy Stewart and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes—creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the “bookworms” that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into the extraordinary powers of six- and eight-legged creatures. With wit, style, and exacting research, Stewart has uncovered the most terrifying and titillating stories of bugs gone wild. It’s an A to Z of insect enemies, interspersed with sections that explore bugs with kinky sex lives (“She’s Just Not That Into You”), creatures lurking in the cupboard (“Fear No Weevil”), insects eating your tomatoes (“Gardener’s Dirty Dozen”), and phobias that feed our (sometimes) irrational responses to bugs (“Have No Fear”). Intricate and strangely beautiful etchings and drawings by Briony Morrow-Cribbs capture diabolical bugs of all shapes and sizes in this mixture of history, science, murder, and intrigue that begins—but doesn’t end—in your own backyard.

Author : Amy Stewart
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 0761169458
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked Plants written by Amy Stewart and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In "Wicked Plants," Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature's most appalling creations. It's an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You'll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother). Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.

Author : Amy Stewart
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616206993
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked Bugs (Young Readers Edition) written by Amy Stewart and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know there are zombie bugs that not only eat other bugs but also inhabit and control their bodies? There’s even a wasp that delivers a perfectly-placed sting in a cockroach’s brain and then leads the roach around by its antennae — like a dog on a leash. Scorpions glow in ultraviolet light. Lots of bugs dine on corpses. And if you want to know how much it hurts to get stung by a bullet ant (hint: it really, really hurts), you can consult the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. It ranks the pain produced by ants and other stinging creatures. How does it work? Dr. Schmidt, the scientist who created it, voluntarily subjected himself to the stings of 150 species. Organized into thematic categories (Everyday Dangers, Unwelcome Invaders, Destructive Pests, and Terrible Threats) and featuring full-color illustrations by Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Wicked Bugs is an educational and creepy-cool guide to the worst of the worst of insects, arachnids, and other arthropods. This is the young readers adaptation of Amy Stewart’s bestselling book for adult readers.

Author : Amy Stewart
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 9781565124387
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flower Confidential written by Amy Stewart and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes look at the floriculture industry covers how cut flowers are bred, grown, and sold in the United States, discussing the historical roots of the industry and describing the attitudes of those involved in floriculture.

Author : Coby Michael
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 164411335X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poison Path Herbal written by Coby Michael and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Explains how to work with baneful herbs through rituals and spells, as plant spirit familiars, as potent medicines, and as visionary substances • Details the spiritual, alchemical, astrological, and symbolic associations of each plant, its active alkaloids, how to safely cultivate and harvest it, and rituals and spells suited to its individual nature and powers • Shares plant alchemy methods, magical techniques, and recipes featuring the plants, including a modern witches’ flying ointment Part grimoire and part herbal formulary, this guide to the Poison Path of occult herbalism shares history, lore, and information regarding the use of poisonous, consciousness-altering, and magical plants. Author Coby Michael explains how, despite their poisonous nature, baneful herbs can become powerful plant allies, offering potent medicine, magical wisdom, and access to the spirit realm. Detailing the spiritual, alchemical, astrological, and symbolic associations of each plant, the author explores their magical uses in spells and rituals. He focuses primarily on the nightshade family, or Solanaceae, such as mandrake, henbane, and thorn apple, but also explores plants from other families such as wolfsbane, hemlock, and hellebore. He also examines plants in the witch’s pharmacopoeia that are safer to work with and just as chemically active, such as wormwood, mugwort, and yarrow. The author shares rituals suited to the individual nature and powers of each plant and explains how to attract and work with plant spirit familiars. He offers plant alchemy methods for crafting spagyric tinctures and magical techniques to facilitate working with these plants as allies and teachers. He shares magical recipes featuring the plants, including a modern witches’ flying ointment. He also explores safely cultivating baneful herbs in a poison garden.

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408845458
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unnatural Creatures written by Neil Gaiman and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The griffin, the sunbird, manticores, unicorns – all manner of glorious creatures never captured in zoos, museums or photographs are packed vividly into this collection of stories. Neil Gaiman has included some of his own childhood favourites alongside stories classic and modern to spark the imagination of readers young and old. All contributors have given their work free to benefit Dave Eggers' literacy charity, 826DC. Also includes a new Neil Gaiman Story.

Author : Johanna Basford
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 014313695X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rooms of Wonder written by Johanna Basford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author Johanna Basford, a stunning new coloring book that invites artists to explore the great indoors Through her bestselling coloring books and distinctive illustrations, Johanna Basford's beautiful forests, ocean depths, and hidden magical kingdoms have enchanted millions of people around the world. In this newest work, Basford takes her audience indoors, inviting them to explore the wonders of the worlds within. Hidden within every illustration in Rooms of Wonder is a secret key and a locked door. Find the key, unlock the door and continue to the next room. Discover a busy craft studio, a wizard’s workshop, a mouth-watering ice cream parlour and an opulent banquet hall. With hidden treasures, curious spaces and a few enchanted interiors, all you need to do is unlock the first door and begin your magical journey. Now printed on a new snowy white paper, to allow for more vibrant coloring, but still with enough texture to blend and create wonderful colored pencil effects.

Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486499197
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steampunk Designs written by Marty Noble and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-one full-page images depict men and women in Victorian regalia adorned with goggles and gears against moody background mashups of butterflies, flowers, and stars with locomotives, hot-air balloons, Victrolas, and other machinery.

Author : Bill Laws
Publisher : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 9781770855885
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History written by Bill Laws and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating stories of the plants that changed civilizations.