Product Description: The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto takes in a varied selection of gardens old and new, large and small, public and private. It ranges from tiny monastery gardens tucked away within the walls of Venice to grand palatial landscapes in the former marshes of the hinterland...read more

Product Description: To many of us, the great gardens of Italy seem like paradise on earth. But how much do we know of their history, and the people who created them?In this ravishing book, illustrated with contemporary paintings, drawings and prints as well as photographs of the gardens today, Helena Attlee tells their story...read more

Product Description: An encyclopedia of two classic and ever-popular horticultural arts combined in one unique volume.

Product Description: Cornish gardens have it all: dramatic natural settings in coast or combe, a wet and mild climate yielding exotic and extravagant plant growth, an indefinable quality of foreignness. Antony has a magnificent early eighteenth-century house in an equally fine natural setting, Glendurgan is the repository of a plant-collecting dynasty who have lived there since the 1820s, while the beautifully restored Heligan retains all the charm of its Victorian heyday...read more

Product Description: In Japanese gardens, visitors find nature condensed and displayed to perfection. Trees are trained and sculpted until they epitomize the very best of the trees' tree-like qualities; the finest natural landscapes are reproduced in miniature; and the seasons are celebrated with spring blossom and the fiery leaves of autumn...read more

A young girl and her grandmother collect frog's eggs at a pond, and put them in a fish tank to watch them grow into frogs

More than two hundred full-color photographs accompany a vivid journey through the traditional and modern neighborhoods of Dublin, Ireland, capturing the elegant streets, squares, and architectural monuments of the city's eighteenth-century Georgian world of the old city, as well its modernist urban architecture, social and artistic traditions, literary landmarks, and other attractions.

A lavishly illustrated survey includes coverage of the regional centers of Arles and UzFd, the antique markets of L'Isle-sur-la-Sourge, the Riviera resort of HyFres, the mountainous Saint-Martin-VTsubie, coastal and Italianate Menton, and perfume capital Grasse. 20,000 first printing. BOMC.

The sequel to The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany returns to Italy to explore the art and architecture, landscapes, gastronomic delights, principal landmarks, hotels and restaurants, and other features of Tuscany's country towns.

Product Description: Scotland's legends, landscape, and history are captured in striking color photos and informative text. Each chapter is devoted to an area within the country, including a separate road map and information on key tourist locations. Lists places and sites suitable for children and the disabled...read more

Text, illustrations, and photographs portray the proper way to handle strangers, such as not accepting a ride home and saying 'no' to candy.