Download or read book Noni Flowers written by Nora Bellows and published by Potter Craft. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designer Nora J. Bellows’s extraordinary Noni® bag and flower patterns have earned her acclaim and endeared her to a loyal following of knitters all over the world. Now, in her first book, she offers lifelike knitted flowers that rival the beauty of true botanicals. This is a collection of luscious designs and essential techniques that knitters will turn to again and again. Inside, you’ll find: • 40 exceptional knitted and felted flowers, from Angel’s Tears Ddaffodils to ylang ylang • 6 beautiful yet practical garment, accessory, and home projects perfect for floral embellishment • Clear instructions for knitting, felting, wiring, and finishing your work
Download or read book Noni Flowers written by Nora Bellows and published by Potter Craft. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designer Nora J. Bellows’s extraordinary Noni® bag and flower patterns have earned her acclaim and endeared her to a loyal following of knitters all over the world. Now, in her first book, she offers lifelike knitted flowers that rival the beauty of true botanicals. This is a collection of luscious designs and essential techniques that knitters will turn to again and again. Inside, you’ll find: • 40 exceptional knitted and felted flowers, from Angel’s Tears Ddaffodils to ylang ylang • 6 beautiful yet practical garment, accessory, and home projects perfect for floral embellishment • Clear instructions for knitting, felting, wiring, and finishing your work
Download or read book Noni written by Scot C. Nelson and published by PAR. This book was released on 2006 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hawaiian Heritage Plants written by Angela Kay Kepler and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-05-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost 90 per cent of Hawaii's flora are found nowhere else in the world. This text presents a revised edition of a guide book to these and other plants that comprise some of the most unique ecosystems in the world. In a series of essays, the author weaves cultural and biological, historical and geographic, aesthetic and spiritual aspects of Hawaiian ecology into non-technical accounts of 32 plants important to early Hawaiians.
Download or read book Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands written by Craig R. Elevitch and published by PAR. This book was released on 2006 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is for the person who lives in the tropics or subtropics and is interested in native plants, who wants to know about plants that are useful, who loves to watch plants grow, and who is willing to work with them. Such a person might ask questions like, Where will they grow? How do I grow them? Are they good to eat? How are they used? What are their names? These questions and more are answered here."--Préface
Download or read book A Shrouded Spark written by Breshea Anglen and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noni Grace always thought she was just an average teenager with an undying determination to leave her hometown. However, on the day of Nonis high school graduation, everything changes, and the faade of her ordinary life fades away. A near-fatal car crash alters her life, as does the man who rescued her. Nonis savior, Alexander Albright, reveals that Noni is anything but ordinary. She has unimaginable power inside her, and that power is now sought after by dark entities that wont stop until they possess the very essence that keeps Noni alive. Leaving her hometown is the least of her worries, as Noni must now struggle to survive. With the help of Alex and his sister, Ileana, Noni learns everything about the powerful Light that lies dormant inside h er while trying to keep the truth hidden from her family. Noni must protect herself, her loved ones, and her Light from the creatures that seek it. It will take strength, sacrifice, and faith to awaken the truth about her power and keep everyone safe.
Download or read book The Inheritors written by Aruna Chakravarti and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2004 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There'S Insanity In Our Family & It Runs In Our Blood The Blood Of The Vaidic Brahmins & One Or Two Of Us Go Mad In Every Generation.' From The Ritual-Bound Household Of An Orthodox Scholar In A Small Village In Bengal In 1897 To Germany And Mumbai At The Turn Of The New Millennium, The Inheritors Follows The Shifting Life Patterns Of A Family Through A Melange Of Narratives, Memories And Characters. The Unrelenting Puritanism Of Nyayaratna Bishnupada Deb Sharma Drives His Daughter Radharani To Insanity And Throws Into Sharp Relief His Grandson Shibkali'S Feeble Attempt To Break Free. Giribala Voices Her Resentment Against Her Circumstances Through A Lifetime Of Silence, Her Destiny Finding An Echo In Her Daughter Alo, Tragic Victim Of Her Husband'S Sexual Perversions. And Pramatha'S Depraved Radicalism Is Set Against Shashishekhar'S Progressive Outlook Which Symbolizes The Most Significant Departure From The Stifling Constraints Of His Community. Even As It Inherits The Deadwood Of The Past, Each Generation Strives To Liberate Itself, Setting The Stage For The Eternal Conflict Between Tradition And Change, Between A Legacy And Its Inheritors. Aruna Chakravarti Draws Upon History And Myth, Religion And Folklore, Rituals And Culinary Practices To Create A Vivid Portrait Of A Community Of Vaidic Kulin Brahmins. The Narrative, Oscillating Back And Forth In Time, Weaves A Vibrant Tapestry Of Life Differing Ideologies And Sensibilities, Suicides And Desertions, Marriages And Infidelities, Bigotry And Liberalism Set In The Larger Context Of A Nation'S Inexorable March Towards Independence And A Society Caught On The Cusp Of Conservatism And Modernity.
Download or read book Awakening the Sun Quartz Fields written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baby Knits from Around the World written by Kari Cornell and published by Creative Publishing international. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knitting expert Kari Cornell teaches you how to make your own baby knits in all of the world’s authentic traditions. Baby Knits from Around the World showcases 20 designs by well-known artisans hailing from classic knitting traditions in Scandinavia, Ireland, Scotland, England, the Baltics, Europe, South America, and North America. The book includes detailed instructions for ever-popular baby hats, blankets, sweaters, booties, pants, dresses, toys, and mitts; while introductions to each pattern detail the history of the technique that the design employs. With over 100 gorgeous photos and diagrams throughout, knitters of all proficiency levels are sure to enjoy Kari Cornell’s hand-picked collection of baby knitting projects.
Download or read book Twenty to Make written by Susie Johns and published by Search Press Limited. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knitters and textile artists alike will love knitting this beautiful selection of flowers. Using simple, easy-to-follow instructions, flower lovers everywhere will find their favourite here, where you can create a rose, cherry blossom, poppy, daisy, clematis, tulip, peace lily and more.Susie's inspired choice of wools and novelty yarns make these wonderful projects for anyone interested in contemporary knitting design.
Download or read book Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants written by T. K. Lim and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-02 with total page 955 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book continues as volume 5 of a multicompendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed as vegetables, cereals, spices, stimulant, edible oils and beverages. It covers selected species from the following families: Apiaceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cunoniaceae, Lythraceae, Papaveraceae, Poaceae, Polygalaceae, Polygonaceae, Proteaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rubiaceae, Salicaceae, Santalaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae and Zingiberaceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses, nonedible uses; and selected references.
Download or read book Journey to a Healthy Life written by Dr. U.B. Lall and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-05-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a bank of knowledge for anybody who would like to prevent any serious health disorder. Most learn it the hard way, as I did however you can be wiser. Like any health professional being completely wrapped in one’s work seldom leaves time for one’s own self. So before I realized I was obese, diabetic and a cardiac patient. In my journey of treatment I had the fortune of exercising certain paramedical ways of treating disease. This thus triggered the curiosity to collect as much information regarding an alternative way of living and culminated in this book. Hope it helps you in enriching your life.
Download or read book On the N Pali Coast written by Kathy Valier and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1988-05-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outdoors adventurers interested in natural beauty will make this book a must for any anticipated visit to the island of Kauai. Valier's descriptions of park routes, natural wonders, and trails are supplemented by maps pinpointing each point of interest.
Download or read book Sustainable Horticulture 2 Volume Set written by Debashis Mandal and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely two-volume compendium, Sustainable Horticulture, addresses the most important topics facing horticulture around the world today. The volumes cover a wide range of topical issues and trends in sustainable horticulture today: Volume 1: Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvements, and Volume 2: Food, Health, and Nutrition. Global food demand is expected to be double by 2050, while at the same time the production environment and natural resources are continually shrinking and deteriorating due to many complex factors. Horticulture, a major sector of agriculture, is vital to enhancing crop production and productivity in parity with agricultural crops to meet the emerging food demand. Implementing sustainable models of crop production is really an enormous endeavor. Promising technologies and management options are needed to increase productivity to meet the growing food demand despite deteriorating production environments.
Download or read book Sustainable Horticulture Volume 1 written by Debashis Mandal and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Horticulture, Volume 1: Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvements is part of a two-volume compendium that addresses the most important topics facing horticulture around the world today. Volume 1, on Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvement, outlines the contemporary trends in sustainable horticulture research, covering such topics as crop diversity, species variability and conservation strategies, production technology, tree architecture management, plant propagation and nutrition management, organic farming, and new dynamics in breeding and marketing of horticulture crops. Sections include: Genetic Resources & Biodiversity Conservation Production & Marketing of Horticulture Crops Crop Improvement & Biotechnology Together with Volume 2: Food, Health, and Nutrition, this two-volume compendium presents an abundance of new research on sustainable horticulture that will be valuable for a broad audience, including students of horticulture, faculty and instructors, scientists, agriculturists, government and nongovernment organizations, and other industry professionals.
Download or read book Noni s Secret Garden written by Sharon J. Stillman and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noni's Secret Garden is a story of love between a grandmother and her grandchildren and their connection to nature. They encounter animals in their "secret place" that is surrounded by trees, flowers and wildlife. Not only a story of joy and excitement, it is a reminder of how precious times can be if we open our hearts to the gifts God has bestowed around us. Remember: " Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if anything is praiseworthy, think of about such things" Philippians 4:8
Download or read book The Aromatherapy Encyclopedia written by Carol Schiller and published by Basic Health Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of essential oils has been recognized for thousands of years. Today, the use of aromatherapy is growing rapidly as greater numbers of people experience the benefits and life-enhancing properties of these precious substances. Aromatic essences can have a direct effect on our health, reduce our stress levels, and enable us to have a better overall outlook on life, as well as improve our relationship with our natural environment. These raw materials are also an important ingredient in perfumes, fragrances, cosmetics, and skin and body care products, and are extensively used for flavoring foods and drinks. Carol Schiller and David Schiller, recognized experts in the field of aromatherapy, have created the most comprehensive reference guide on the market to date. The Aromatherapy Encyclopedia: A Concise Guide to Over 385 Plant Oils includes information on the proper safety and handling of oils, extraction methods, practical everyday uses, documented properties, and methods of use. Chapters detail ancient historical to present-day uses from around the world for carrier oils, essential oils, CO[subscript 2] extracts, absolute oils, and infused oils. This guidebook also provides a convenient category listing of oil properties for quick access, and a useful resource of alphabetically arranged botanical names that cross-reference the common name of each oil. The user-friendly format and writing style of this book can be of great value as an indispensable learning tool for a novice as well as a vital source of information for researchers, formulators, practitioners, nurses, therapists, industry professionals, wholesalers, and retailers. Book jacket.
