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Choose the right plant from 200 varieties of cacti and succulents, and learn how to grow and show them off with help from this comprehensive guide.How can you encourage your bunny ear cactus to flower and flourish? What is the best method for propagating an Echeveria or Kalanchoe? What exactly are living stones, and where do they grow in the wild?Practical Cactus and Succulent Book is the ultimate reference book for cactus and succulent enthusiasts. An extensive illustrated plant directory profiles more than 200 succulent and cactus varieties, with instructions on how to grow each one, while information dashboards offer fascinating facts and quirky stats about different plant families, such as Euphorbia and Echinopsis. Show off your plants with inspirational display ideas and step-by-step projects. Follow the simple propagation instructions to increase your cacti and succulent collection without spending money. Keep your plants healthy with advice and tips for care and cultivation.Practical Cactus and Succulent Book is everything a cactus lover needs.

In tune with the popular move toward fresh, local, and homegrown food, The Kitchen Garden lets you get the most from your garden and helps to dramatically reduce the amount you spend on produce at the supermarket. This new edition of the bestselling guide from Alan Buckingham is filled with seasonal advice, essential to-do lists, and essential fruit and vegetable crop planners. Discover how to grow fresh, seasonal produce in your garden all year round, and take the uncertainty out of your harvest with clear, reliable gardening advice for every month.In-depth crop planners show you when to sow and how to cultivate more than 60 herbs, fruit, and vegetables, including potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, strawberries, and apples. Month-by-month alerts help you guard against the season's garden pests and diseases to ensure a top-quality harvest. Prioritize key tasks, learn crop rotation techniques, and try step-by-step garden projects, such as sowing peas in guttering and making your own compost bin. Ideal for first-time vegetable growers, urban gardeners, and seasoned gardeners alike, The Kitchen Garden has everything you need to know to make the most of your plot.

A book that takes a young reader on an exciting and unique journey through all the working parts of a human body.My Amazing Body Machine dives deep inside our human bodies and into our intricately wired brain, teaching young readers about the human anatomy. With clear text, close-up photography and fascinating bite-size facts about the human body, learning biology has never been this fun.------- Read More ------Have you ever been asked a question by your little one about their body you weren't able to respond to? This book has the answers. The human body is a fascinating machine that works in an immediate and ingenious way. My Amazing Body Machine teaches the reader about the science and biology of the body in step-by-step through easy to understand text, colorful illustrations and easy to follow dialogue boxes. Young children are always fascinated with their bodies and how they work. This engaging and appropriate book is the perfect introduction for kids to their amazing body. My Amazing Body Machine supports STEM education initiatives and makes it simple and enjoyable to understand. These STEM initiatives will engage your child and touch on subjects included in all school curricula and the real world.An Incredible Journey Through The Most Amazing Machine You'll Ever Own - Your Body! Beautiful paper-craft illustrations reveal how the human body is made and what it does as never before. Learn about your powerful pumping heart to your amazing brain and your strong, sturdy skeleton to your teen-tiny cells. Packed with fantastic facts and easy-to-understand explanations. My Amazing Body Machine focuses on educating while engaging your young reader with interesting facts, up-close imagery and easy to understand textThis interesting biology book for kids will further your understanding of: -Your body as a working machine-Your bodies framework and bone structure-Learn about the heart and blood -Look at your lungs and breathing-Learn about your body's natural defenses-How our bodies process food -And more!My Amazing Body Machine by Robert Winston is a fabulous colorful book and makes understanding the most complex machine on earth both simple and enjoyable. Suitable and appropriate for children and young curious minds.

Learn how to bake everything from an apple cake and easy lemon drizzle to strawberry shortcake, carrot cake, and chocolate cake. Step-by-step instructions show you what to do, and simple scientific explanations tell you why it works. All you need are a few basic ingredients and a little know-how, and in next-to-no-time you'll be enjoying delicious, fresh homemade cake.

"Find out all about [Diplodocus'] big day--from going out with her hunting pack in the morning, to weathering a big rainstorm, and escaping from a muddy ravine"--