Download or read book The Botanist written by L.K. Hill and published by Liesel Hill. This book was released on 2017-02-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex knows one thing for sure: Something creepy happened on that abandoned stretch of desert highway. When Alex Thompson is pulled over by a squad car in the middle of nowhere, the police officer acts downright bizarre. She's positive something’s not right about the whole situation. Years later, a mass grave is discovered in that same area, and she knows she came close to being one of the victims. So why did the killer let her go? Cody Oliver is a small-town detective. His department can’t handle a case this huge. When a mysterious woman, Alex, appears from the past, it stirs something in him. Could a chance encounter a million years ago have been that important? Could a short, random meeting he’d dismissed as soon as it ended be the key to stopping a serial killer? If Cody and Alex can’t find the killer's laid, discover his connection to Alex, and bring him to justice, the desert will continue to fill up with bodies. "The mystery was gruesome and chilling but so good.”—JBronder Book Reviews "…the creepiest murderer you'll ever know.”—www.seemlessreader.blogspot.com "I blame L.K. Hill for my sleepless nights…I LOVED this book!"—R.K. Grow, Author

Download or read book An Ear to the Ground written by Ken Thompson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did plants get to be the way they are? Why do they have pretty flowers? How different would things have been if the wrong kind of pollinators had got the upper hand? Why are Latin names so complicated, and why Latin anyway? Why is a weed-free lawn an ecological impossibility? This entertaining book gives the answers to these questions and many more. It shows how a little botanical knowledge can bring not just better results but peace of mind, and that losing sleep over such traditional gardening bogeys as weeds, pests and pruning is not necessarily the best course. In this new edition Ken Thompson grabs the opportunity to explain why any old plant will do for companion planting - but also that it can do as much harm as good - and why planting by the moon is complete and utter nonsense.

Download or read book A Botanist s Guide to Society and Secrets written by Kate Khavari and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant botanist Saffron Everleigh is ready for her next thrilling adventure in the newest installment of Kate Khavari’s mesmerizing historical mystery series. “A cleverly plotted puzzle” (Ashley Weaver) in the vein of Opium and Absinthe, this is perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Sujata Massey. London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton’s brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder. A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned, and expired in Adrian’s train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for Adrian with Inspector Green. Despite her unresolved feelings for Alexander, Saffron begins to unravel mysteries surrounding the dead scientist. As if a murder case weren’t enough, her best friend Elizabeth’s war-hero brother, Nick, arrives in town and takes an immediate interest in Saffron. Saffron learns Alexander has been keeping secrets from her, including a connection to Nick, who Saffron and Elizabeth begin to suspect is more than he seems. When another scientist is found dead, Saffron agrees to go undercover at the government laboratory. Risking her career and her safety, she learns there are many more interested parties and dangerous secrets to uncover than she’d realized. But some secrets, Saffron will find, are better left undiscovered.

Download or read book Son of the Alpha written by Bella Moondragon and published by Rogue Wolf Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling paranormal romance series continues! Sydney made a promise to himself that he’d never pursue finding his mate. Not after witnessing his beloved cousin, Kenna, the Luna of Veiled Valley, nearly losing Evander. He’s accepted being alone. He’s accepted a loveless, childless fate… all to keep himself, and whoever his mate might be, safe. But finding Sarah wasn’t part of his plans, and finding her half frozen with an infant wasn’t something he could let slide. So he lets her into his home…. And eventually, it becomes impossible to not let her into his heart as well. But danger is brewing in every direction. Gabriel of the disbanded Draven Coven is still looking for his cousin, the elusive Sasha, and Sydney has been tasked with locating her before he does. Sydney must find her before all hope is lost, but when he learns the truth about what happened to the missing girl from Eastonia, his path forward only gets more complicated. Join three million readers and find out why The Alpha King's Breeder series is a fan favorite!

Download or read book Freedom s Choice written by Anne McCaffrey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abducted by the alien Catteni, Kristin Bjornsen was one of many humans brought to the planet Botany as part of an experiment to see if it could support life. Enslaved and forced to colonize a world not their own, the settlers have accepted Botany as their home—a home worth fighting for… Kristin’s people have learned that the aliens responsible for their imprisonment are merely mercenaries, subjugated by the parasitic Eosi Race, and that Botany is being farmed remotely by some unknown species—a species that may be sympathetic to the colonists’ struggle for freedom. The “Farmers” refuse to join the humans in their rebellion against the Catteni, but they agree to use their technological skills to shield Botany and hide it from its enemies—buying Kristin and the settlers time to build up their forces and liberate their world…

Download or read book Salt Lick written by Lulu Allison and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A compelling fable of decline, a lament for a way of life, and a warning about what society is already becoming. It is a capsule of England and its dystopian present ... as sad and angry as it is memorable' Rónán Hession 'Salt Lick is that rare beast – imaginative, risky storytelling where every sentence is a gift' Heidi James Britain is awash, the sea creeps into the land, brambles and forest swamp derelict towns. Food production has moved overseas and people are forced to move to the cities for work. The countryside is empty. A chorus, the herd voice of feral cows, wander this newly wild land watching over changing times, speaking with love and exasperation. Jesse and his puppy Mister Maliks roam the woods until his family are forced to leave for London. Lee runs from the terrible restrictions of the White Town where he grew up. Isolde leaves London on foot, walking the abandoned A12 in search of the truth about her mother.

Download or read book Illustrations of Indian Botany written by Robert Wight and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Great Circle written by Reynolds Price and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-10-02 with total page 1208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in a single volume for the first time, is the trilogy of novels in which Reynolds Price traces the paths of two families, the Mayfields and the Kendals, through nearly two centuries of American history -- the oldest character is born in 1815; the youngest in 1985. Though their aims and wanderings carry some of them to distant states and as far afield as Europe, both families are rooted in North Carolina and Virginia; and their eventually joined lives are enhanced and deeply shadowed by the racial complexities of their world. No other narrative has portrayed that entanglement -- nor the gifts and ravages of sexual hunger and family life -- more honestly and compellingly than A Great Circle.The narrative energy of the trilogy arises, however, simply from the dozens of men, women, and children whose memorable contentments, failures, and sacrifices weave a story that is as persuasive as any human drama. It is also the secret history of a nation in crisis -- from the becalmed aftermath of the Civil War, through the Great Depression and the wars of the twentieth century, to the struggles for racial and sexual equality, the devastations of the AIDS plague, the poised hopes of the third millennium, and a great deal more. In the final richness of its texture, it offers the joy implicit in all steady views of the world. The critic Michael Kreyling has said, Trilogies produced by American novelists in [the twentieth century] can scarcely match A Great Circle's sweep and finesse. Any reader in search of the ancient pleasures of wit and laughter, tragedy and recompense, and the healing surprises of pattern and harmony inherent in the broader reaches of narrative will find plentiful reward in a story which literally answers to all the meanings of the old word saga.This combined edition contains a new preface by the author, a family tree, and an annotated list of major characters.

Download or read book Illustrations Of Indian Botany Or Figures Illustrative Of Each Of The Natural Orders Of Indian Plants Described In The Author s Prodromus Flor Peninsul Indi Orientalis written by Robert Wight and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Freeing Finch written by Ginny Rorby and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ginny Rorby, the author of Hurt Go Happy, winner of ALA’s Schneider Family Book Award, comes Freeing Finch, the inspiring story of a transgender girl and a stray dog who overcome adversity to find love, home, and a place to belong. When her father leaves and her mother passes away soon afterward, Finch can’t help feeling abandoned. Now she’s stuck living with her stepfather and his new wife. They’re mostly nice, but they don’t believe the one true thing Finch knows about herself: that she’s a girl, even though she was born in a boy’s body. Thankfully, she has Maddy, a neighbor and animal rescuer who accepts her for who she is. Finch helps Maddy care for a menagerie of lost and lonely creatures, including a scared, stray dog who needs a family and home as much as she does. As she earns the dog’s trust, Finch realizes she must also learn to trust the people in her life—even if they are the last people she expected to love her and help her to be true to herself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Finally A Family written by Callie Endicott and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s a world-famous photographer… Setting his sights on a single mom! Former fashion photographer Logan Kensington’s turning his lens on his new career as part owner of an expanding talent agency. First order of business: persuading Jessica Parrish to relocate her family-owned shop, a move she’s dead set against. But the spunky single mom’s making Logan view life differently, opening his eyes to a secret longing for a home and family…

Download or read book Lessons from Plants written by Beronda L. Montgomery and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving. We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms and supply psychological benefits to humans as well, improving our moods and beautifying the landscape around us. But plants don’t just passively provide. They also take action. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the vigorous, creative lives of organisms often treated as static and predictable. In fact, plants are masters of adaptation. They “know” what and who they are, and they use this knowledge to make a way in the world. Plants experience a kind of sensation that does not require eyes or ears. They distinguish kin, friend, and foe, and they are able to respond to ecological competition despite lacking the capacity of fight-or-flight. Plants are even capable of transformative behaviors that allow them to maximize their chances of survival in a dynamic and sometimes unfriendly environment. Lessons from Plants enters into the depth of botanic experience and shows how we might improve human society by better appreciating not just what plants give us but also how they achieve their own purposes. What would it mean to learn from these organisms, to become more aware of our environments and to adapt to our own worlds by calling on perception and awareness? Montgomery’s meditative study puts before us a question with the power to reframe the way we live: What would a plant do?

Download or read book Botany Bay written by Charles Bernard Nordhoff and published by Librorium Editions. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interesting historical novel by the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty. The novel decribes the life of the Hugh Tallant, as told by himself. Hugh Tallant, an American, is convicted in London of highway robbery and as such exported as a convict to New South Wales, Australia, as part of the First Fleet. The story shows its readers the hardship of the convicts who arrived on the First Fleet, as well as the even worse conditions endured by the convicts of the Second Fleet. Because the historical data is given as part of a fictional story, the book makes both an interesting and pleasant read

Download or read book Journal of Botany written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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