More than 150 years after an alien race destroyed Earth, the planet Darien hosts a thriving human settlement, but this settlement is soon to become the focus of an intergalactic power struggle that dates back to an apocalyptic battle fought between ancient races at the dawn of galactic civilization.
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Seed, Soil, Sun. With these simple ingredients, nature creates our food. Once again, noted author Cris Peterson brings both wonder and clarity to the subject of agriculture, celebrating the cycle of growth, harvest, and renewal.
Try raising and saving seeds for your own vegetables and flowers! Saving seeds is a time-honored traditionthat many gardeners are rediscovering.
The Book of Seeds takes readers through six hundred of the world’s seed species, revealing their extraordinary beauty and rich diversity.
Pursuing an interest in the relationship between humans and the plant kingdom, photographer Mario Del Curto came to the Vavilov Institute, the oldest seed bank in the world where 330,000 species are preserved and regenerated.
ikebana, 166 In Bloom (Ngo), 177 indigenous farming practices, 195 indigenous plant knowledge, 93–95, 112, ... 120–123, 206–207 Kincaid, Jamaica, 124–127 Kinmonth, Patrick, 271 Kranz, Lauri, 128–131 Kreski, Barbara, 132–135. l♢.
A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakhóta family’s struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most.
This broad collection brings to the table a bag full of tools from anthropology, sociology, genetics, plant breeding, education, advocacy, and social activism. By design, multiple voices are included.
A mind-expanding, cheerfully dystopian new novel by Yoko Tawada, winner of the National Book Award Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as “the land of sushi.” ...
Simple rhyming text follows a child who plants flower seeds in a garden and loves to watch them grow.