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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

A. C. Grayling

A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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Elli Ioannou

Millions of people visit Paris every year, but many of them miss the real gems of the city: the many secret gardens, parks and squares. 
 
Everyone knows the key tourist spots to visit, but who doesn’t want a tranquil hideaway, tucked away from the hustle and bustle, to have a coffee break and really enjoy the city like a local? From large resplendent parks, perfect for a springtime stroll, to small squares where you can enjoy your pastry at leisure, fashion photographer Elli Ioannou shares her insider guide for anyone hoping to travel to Paris, or simply looking for a little escapism. 
 
Throughout, you'll find stunning photographs across the seasons of one of the world's most beloved cities, a little history about each park, as well as the address and opening times. 
 
Secret Gardens of Paris features 20 beautifully photographed locations, from small green hideaways, to boutique hotels and green oases, to enchanting museum sculpture gardens. 
Perfect for anyone looking for a new way to enjoy Paris, whether you're a seasoned visitor or travelling there for the first time.

The Secret Gardens of Paris

Green Hideaways in the Heart of the City

Emilio Pimentel-Reid

All Things Considered is a joyful collection of interiors that mix prints, colour and style with gusto. In All Things Considered, Emilio Pimentel-Reid invites you into the homes of sixteen international artists, designers and creatives that place a curated sense of personality above all else. Explore their distinctive spaces &ndash; some historically influenced and others at the cutting edge of contemporary design, some serene and several provocative. Each home is uplifting and has been presented with great thought, confidence and flair. Designers featured include some of the world&rsquo;s top talents in architecture and interior design, such as Philip Hooper, Willow Kemp, Timothy Corrigan and Gert Voorjans, an iconic Belgian tastemaker. All Things Considered reveals how our homes serve as self-portraits of creative, individual style. This inspiring book encourages you to embrace your unique interior design personality and play by your own rules.

All Things Considered

Thoughtful Interior Design that Mixes Pattern, Colour and Style

Nicole England

Art in Residence is a stunning exploration of how life and soul is brought into beautifully designed spaces through the cherished objects, sculptures and seminal artworks of their owners. 
 
From a New York City loft and a Californian hideaway to an historic central London home and a beach house in Sydney, photographer Nicole England documents the incredible art collections that make a truly evocative home.

Art in Residence

Collected Objects and the Architectural Homes They Live In

Bex Partridge

Crafting with Flowers is a stunning book centred around crafting with both fresh and dried flowers, encouraging the reader to connect with nature and create stylish projects for their homes, spaces and to gift to others. The book features 20 practical projects and activities to help readers pause their hectic lives and immerse themselves in a connection to nature and creativity. 
 
From simple and cute ideas like flower crowns and garlands, to gorgeous seasonal wreaths and kokedama, all the projects in Crafting with Flowers connect the reader to the outside world, providing them with a beautiful piece to enjoy in their home. Bex gives helpful guidance on the best plants to use for each project and provides tips and techniques to get the most from your creations. 
 
With stunning photography and inspiring projects, Crafting with Flowers will give you the confidence and inspiration to bring nature into the home and allow you to find moments of calm and joy.

Crafting with Flowers

Celebrate the Seasons with 20 Floral Projects

Clare Coulson

An exclusive tour of the private gardens of the UK&rsquo;s most influential garden designers. 
 
 From bucolic country cottages to expansive estates, this book showcases the private gardens of eighteen globally-renowned landscape architects. Featuring in-depth interviews, full garden tours and stunning photography by &Eacute;va N&eacute;meth, the book gives an insight into the inventive and idiosyncratic ways leading designers craft their own gardens,&#160;some of which are previously unpublished.&#160;Featured designers include Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Miranda Brooks, Sarah Price, Dan Pearson, Tom Stuart-Smith, Isabel and Julian Bannerman, Arne Maynard and Mary Keen. 
 
 Written and curated by gardening writer Clare Coulson, Wonderlands is a visual bible of the very best British gardens.

Wonderlands

British Garden Designers at Home

Isabelle Palmer

Whether you have a roof terrace, a tiny balcony or just a window sill, there&rsquo;s no excuse not to get gardening. 
 
The Container Gardening Handbook shows just how easy it is to get started in the garden &ndash; and how to make the most of every little space. 
 
 This is the perfect book for novice gardeners who may have mastered the art of indoor plants and are ready to take it outside. The chapters include the basics, how to make a garden in a day, weekend projects, one-pot wonders, window boxes and finishing touches. It features over 20 projects with a mix of small gardens, singular containers and window boxes, all of which are stylish and easy to manage. Isabelle also offers advice on how to upgrade store-bought containers with a lick of paint, transforming the look of your plants. 
 
 With clear step-by-step instructions and advice on which plants suit your space, as well as how to care for them, this is an accessible book for anyone looking to start their own small garden.

The Container Gardening Handbook

A Beginner's Guide to Growing Flowers in Pots

Alice Bailey

Maddie Bailey

The Houseplant Handbook is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant matches for your home environments with a sustainable and innovative approach. 
 
 Focusing on working with the plants you already own, the book is divided in chapters detailing all the possible conditions: Extreme Sun/Heat, Dry Air/Central Heating, Deep Shade, High Humidity, Draughty, Cold. 
 
 By matching awkward spaces in your home with environments in the natural world, this book shows you how to relocate plants to improve their growth and help them thrive. 
 
 Features an extensive section with informative plant profiles that include their origin, easy-to-follow tips on feeding and watering, optimum conditions, prospective growth, and is concluded by a helpful troubleshooting chapter dealing with common problems, and what to try when all hope is lost.

The Houseplant Handbook

A Beginner’s Guide to Caring for Houseplants

Steve Cordony

Moments at Home celebrates the signature aesthetic of one of Australia&#39;s leading interiors stylist, Steve Cordony, in order to inspire home lovers globally. 
 
 Steve seeks to share insightful interior styling and tablescaping ideas as well as small, everyday details which are the soul of the home. Including sumptuous photography of his clients&#39; homes as well as Steve&#39;s own beautiful property, Rosedale farm, he wants to empower readers to create their own moments of reflection and connection. 
 
 Steve carefully plots a visual journey to be followed through nine&#160;different areas of the home, from the kitchen and entry way to the bedroom and dining room, highlighting key styling tips in each one, showing how you can tailor them to your space to create meaningful moments in your home. Be encouraged by Steve&#39;s elegant and accessible approach to creating spaces that feel both personal and luxurious. 
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Moments at Home

Interior Inspiration for Every Room

Micaela Sharp

Modern Upholstery is a contemporary guide designed to demystify the art of upholstery and inspire you to boldly transform your own furniture. 
 
 When it comes to furniture, all too often we can feel stuck between buying pieces that are mass produced and low-quality and those that are astronomically expensive and out of our price range. Micaela Sharp shows us that with a few new skills, some tools and the desire to learn, we can forge a more sustainable path when it comes to furnishing our homes. With information on how to source second-hand furniture and find the most beautiful independent fabrics you&rsquo;ll be able to create more sustainable, and personal pieces that will be cherished for years and stand out from the crowd. &#160;&#160; 
 
 Along with oodles of inspiration, the book teaches versatile core techniques, from stripping back and handling webbing, through to decorative skills such as adding piping or frills, which you can use and adapt to whatever style of furniture you have in your home. There are also four in-depth projects that you can make along with Micaela to really bring a unique sense of style to your home: a headboard, footstool, window-seat cushion and armchair. 
 
 Be inspired to learn new skills, confidently find your own style and give your furniture a show-stopping colourful makeover.

Modern Upholstery

Discover the Joy of Transforming Your Furniture

Françoise Vauzeilles

Quick Crafts: Macram&eacute; is a fabulous book that will get you knotting up a storm in an afternoon! 
 
 There are more than 25 simple and beautiful projects for readers to turn their hands to, including braided wreaths, fringed lampshades and woven wall hangings. 
 
 All the projects are shown in versatile Scandi neutrals, which would make a tasteful addition to any home, but if you decide to feature a bit of colour, there&rsquo;s handy information on using natural dyes included. With helpful instructions on basic macram&eacute; knots as well as inspirational photography, it won&#39;t be long before your home is adorned in gorgeous macram&eacute; pieces.

Macramé

25 Super Simple Projects For Your Home

The Hidden Histories of Flowers reveals the captivating world of flowers. From the symbolism and meaning behind flowers and how these have evolved over time, to how humans interact with flowers based on cultural and geographical differences, and how flowers have been coveted for their medicinal aspects as well as for their visual merits, The Hidden Histories of Flowers showcases fascinating details of flowers and our relationship with them. If you find yourself wondering about the deeper meanings behind flowers and are keen to investigate their inner workings and place in history, The Hidden Histories of Flowers is the perfect place to begin your exploration.

The Hidden Histories of Flowers

Fascinating Stories of Flora

Jennifer Haslam

"Jennifer Haslam&rsquo;s book The New Naturals combines inspiring design with some gorgeous houses, beautifully photographed and presented in a warm, approachable style. It feels timeless, classic and considered, chiming perfectly with its message of sustainability that feels especially relevant today." &ndash; Ben Kendrick"Jennifer Haslam&#39;s The New Naturals is so inspiring, showcasing a modern, and very beautiful, yet sustainable way to live, something we can all take influence from." &ndash; Pip Rich"Jennifer Haslam has once again worked her creative magic and masterfully curated a collection of not only beautiful, but sustainable homes from around the world. It is a coffee table must-have that you will want to return to again and again." &ndash; Nicole Gray &#160; The New Naturals celebrates 18 global homes that put wellbeing and environment first, incorporating eco elements and sympathetic natural materials that provide a nourishing connection to nature. The properties showcased include: renovated Victorian homes in London; Italian summer houses; New York retreats and Australian new builds. Their owners and designers are the likes of Louisa Grey&#160;(House of Grey), Jonathan Tuckey, Jack Harries and Alice Aedy of Earthrise Studios, Sebastian and Brogan Cox and many more. Their shared credentials are garnered from a focus on key eco elements such as clay walls, reclaimed wood, stone, and natural paints but their visual identities are unexpectedly varied. These contributors are pioneers of slow living and sustainable choices, whether it&#39;s a lick of paint, an upcycle of existing pieces, the use of sustainable materials, or modern technology that sits comfortably behind the scenes. All combine to create a book showing us how we must exist, now and in the future.

The New Naturals

Inspired Interiors for Sustainable Living

Sarah Andrews

The Poetry of Spaces is a stunning exploration of the core principles of aesthete stylist Sarah Andrews&#39; work. Beginning with the five foundational themes of: light, life, instrument, material and sense, Sarah explores the inspiration behind these lessons before sharing some impeccable examples of their use in homes across the world. The following &#39;Places&#39; and &#39;Rooms&#39; chapters offer a chance for a deeper dive in the styling choices at some truly remarkable homes. Sarah&#39;s creative eye and relatable writing style will inspire readers to look afresh at their homes and reach for new style heights.

The Poetry of Spaces

A Guide to Creating Meaningful Interiors

Amy Moorea Wong

Joyful case studies of homes that range from lightly speckled to heavily doused in colour with interviews from the renowned designers that created them, Kaleidoscope explores ways to use colour in the home, enticing readers into the world of the happy hued house. By covering 20 of the world&rsquo;s most inspiring, colourful homes and talking to the interior designers, stylists and creatives behind them, interiors journalist Amy Moorea Wong explores how to incorporate pigment into interiors projects, the easy steps to embracing colour indoors and the modern twists to make every room pop. Banish the beige, the greys and the creams! The colour movement is here, welcoming colour into the home whether it be brilliantly bright and bold, or soothing, subtle and subdued. The cool, contemporary home is a space filled with happy, life-affirming hues that create both a relaxing sanctuary and a space that is fizzing with life, joy, creativity and surprise. Forget fleeting Instagram trends and discover the palette that works with your surroundings and light as well as representing your personality, and delivering a boost of positivity.

Kaleidoscope

Modern Homes in Every Colour

Stuart Ovenden

The Flowerpot Forager is a beginners&#39; guide to growing wild food in pots, making foraging easy.The Flowerpot Forager details 30 wild edible plants that can be grown at home in containers with as much effort as you would put into your tending your herb pot from the supermarket, plus a very simple recipe or two on how to use them &ndash; think pink clover lemonade, water mint pesto and dandelion salad. Foraging is a perennially aspirational hobby for gardeners and cooks alike, but it&rsquo;s now entering the mainstream; from supermarkets stocking wild garlic to Fever Tree spiking their tonics with elderflower, wild food is everywhere. Historically, location has hampered the accessibility of foraging &ndash; if you don&rsquo;t live near a wood, riverbed or meadow, it can be difficult to find those lusted-after ingredients in cookbooks and on TV shows. But The Flowerpot Forager is here to solve that.

The Flowerpot Forager

An Easy Guide to Growing Wild Food at Home

Andrew Perry

The Herb Gardening&#160;Handbook gives you the know-how of what herbs to buy, what to plant them with, how to use them and even how to make herbs look good, no matter the space available. Beginning with a simple guide of how to get started and the best growing conditions for herbs, The Herb Gardening Handbook is a stylish guide to 12 herb projects that will suit everything from indoor window ledges to balconies and gardens. From the Cocktail Herb Garden, which focuses on the botanicals that will make summer cocktails and drinks all the more fragrant to the Pizza Pantry Garden where readers will grow everything needed to create delicious pizza toppings. There are also projects looking to make a positive impact on the environment, such as the Bee Buffet, which will feature tasty herbs that pollinators will love to be a part of. Using widely accessible herbs as well as suggestions for more interesting varieties and including stunning photography, this book is perfect for gardening beginners, as well as seasoned pros looking to learn some new tips and tricks on how to make the most of herbs.

The Herb Gardening Handbook

A Beginners' Guide to Growing and Harvesting Herbs No Matter Your Space

Ruth Matthews

Create a multifunctional &ndash; and stylish &ndash; space for working and living at home.Own Your Zone helps you to create a multifunctional, calm space that works for you and strikes the perfect balance between living and working from home &ndash; without compromising on style.Our home now needs to serve multiple purposes; it needs to be a place we work, work out, wine, dine and chill. With Own Your Zone, learn how to break your home into different zones for work and play. Create an environment that helps you get in the zone at the start of the working day and to easily switch off and wind down when 5.30pm hits.With more and more of us working from home and it looking likely to become our &lsquo;new normal&rsquo; (firms including Twitter and Facebook have said they will allow employees to work from home for ever!), the work-life divide has become hopelessly blurred.Whether you&rsquo;re working from your bedroom or your kitchen, learn how to carve out a space to help you focus for your 9 to 5, create a book nook for all that important down time or a clutter-free space for yoga &ndash; all in the same room.

Own Your Zone

Maximising Style & Space to Work & Live in the Modern Home

Angela Maynard

The Art of Gifting Naturally is a unique and contemporary guide to the&#160;joy of making gifts by hand. Inspired by the seasons, Angela Maynard showcases more than 25&#160;inspiring projects that are easy to make and perfect to gift to friends and family.From soothing skincare and fragrance to jam-making and natural dyeing, Angela shows us ways to reconnect with nature and reflect its importance in gift-giving. Consideration is also paid to the ways to wrap your gifts, such as doing away with plastic in favour of reusable materials.With a focus on sustainability, slow-living and mindful crafting, The Art of Gifting Naturally is a timeless book to be enjoyed and shared with loved ones.

The Art of Gifting Naturally

Simple, Handmade Projects to Create for Friends and Family

Paul Anderton

Robin Daly

Learn how to make cuttings and regrow a huge range of houseplants as well as a few outdoor varieties with this simple, step-by-step guide to propagation.The second title from the authors of Regrown, in Propagate, Paul Anderton and Robin Daly show just how easy home propagation is, with instructions on how to regrow your favourite houseplants and some allotment crops.Conversational, approachable and aiming to inspire their readers, the authors explore 20 propagation projects from multiplying plants such as monsteras and rubber plants in a small city apartment through to making dozens of ready-to-go tomato plants from budding side-shoots on the allotment.With stunning photography and clear, detailed illustrations, the book also includes historical, anecdotal and personal stories about the marvel of propagation, along with a handful of bitesize interviews with other propagators, showing just how easy it is to share the joy of plant parenting.

Propagate

How to Regrow your Houseplants

Marianne Slater

Cut Flower Growing will show you how to grow and harvest your own cut flowers at home, no-matter your space or skill-level.Split into three sections: Planning &amp; Preparing, From Seed to Cutting and Creating with Blooms, this book takes you through the very basics of cut flower growing: how to plan your space and what you want to grow, what varieties to look for as well as feature some essential tips and tricks for maintaining healthy plants.Featuring simple ideas on how you can enjoy the spoils of your hard work with 12 beautifully inspiring, seasonal and stylish cut-flower arranging projects this stunning guide provides all the information you need to get started with your own cutting garden.

Cut Flower Growing

A Beginner's Guide to Planning, Planting and Styling Cut Flowers, No Matter Your Space

Catherine Foxwell

Floral Evolution shows you how to use accessible flowers to make beautiful floral designs.Author Catherine Foxwell believes that the flowers and beautiful arrangements should be accessible to all, and this book takes you through some simple projects using sustainable techniques to achieve this.She uses readily available, inexpensive flowers in straightforward projects that teach you how to repurpose the bloom into four different displays. Chapters are broken down into Flowers for the Home, Flowers to Give, Flowers to Wear, Flowers for Celebration, Large Arrangements, DIY Wedding Flowers and Special Project.With this step-by-step, extremely accessible approach, anyone can arrange blooms like a pro.

Floral Evolution

Over 20 Displays That Make the Most Of Every Stem

Alexander Breeze

The Life Eclectic is a stunning interiors book that celebrates the individuality of eclectic decorating styles through 15&#160;homes of creatives from around the world.Featuring homes of the world&#39;s most well-respected creatives, including Studio MacLean, Manfredi della Gherardesca&#160;and Martin Brudnizki, The Life Eclectic is a celebration of individuality, and embracing the joy that fluidity in taste can bring.How often have you leafed through an interiors book and wondered how you might be able to recreate the eclectic, joyful and chic style of famed designers, when your mis-match belongings seem to juxtapose in all the wrong ways? The Life Eclectic is an interiors book that through carefully selected case studies of homes from the UK, US, Australia,&#160;France and&#160;Denmark, shows how highly regarded designers, artists, gallerists&#160;and writers curate their treasured (and varied) possessions to glorious effect.

The Life Eclectic

Brilliantly Unique Interior Designs from Around the World

Ophelie Damblé

Discover 50 practical actions on how to you can make your environment greener.With suggestions for your home, your building, your neighbourhood and your city as a whole, Living Green in the City is full of smart ideas on how you can revegetate the area around you.With illustrated tutorials and testimonials, this is the perfect guide for anyone wanting to bring more greenery around them.

Living Green in the City

50 Actions to Make Your Surroundings Greener

Becky Cole

The Garden Apothecary shows us how to harvest and use commonly found plants, weeds and herbs to create our own healing home apothecaries. With tasty recipes, wild skincare, in-depth plant spotlights and a back-to-roots ethos, The Garden Apothecary will encourage the reader to become more connected to the natural world through learning the art of herbalism from plants growing in our gardens. Focusing on 20 herbs and plants, learn how to identify, grow and pick them from your garden or forage them, as well as discovering their medicinal properties. Each plant spotlight includes in depth information on how to use it in a multitude of recipes and remedies. The Garden Apothecary is a safe and mindful approach to the often overwhelming world of foraging and herbalism.

The Garden Apothecary

Transform Flowers, Weeds and Plants into Healing Remedies

Pip McCormac

A New Leaf: Curated Houses Where Plants Meet Design is a celebration of the modern and stylish homes that reinvent the humble houseplant as a coveted design object.The book spotlights 18 houses around the world (including United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Italy and Brazil), each illustrated with a selection of images of the entire home with particular emphasis on their plantlife. Each section includes an interview with the owners, walking the reader through the plant choices they made and the impact they had on their unique aesthetic.Pip McCormac&#39;s informative text and Jen Haslam&#39;s expert curation make A New Leaf invaluable to interior design lovers and those seeking inspiration on how to incorporate plants in their lives.

A New Leaf

Curated Houses Where Plants Meet Design

The Hidden Histories of Houseplants explores 20 of the world&rsquo;s most common houseplants.This book isn&rsquo;t just a dry exploration of historical cultivation; the narrative explores the plants&rsquo; places in social history, science and culture, showcasing the most fascinating elements of each plant&rsquo;s story, be it the exploration as to why Monstera deliciosa have holes in their leaves, whether houseplants have the ability to count, or why Calathea leaves open during the day and close up at night.Accompanied by stunning illustrations, each text takes the reader on a journey through time, history and culture, told by the most universally binding objects in our homes from London to Beijing &ndash; houseplants.

The Hidden Histories of Houseplants

Fascinating Stories of Our Most-Loved Houseplants

The Green Indoors is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant matches for your home environments with a sustainable and innovative approach.Focussing on working with the plants you already own, the book is divided in chapters detailing all the possible conditions: Extreme Sun/Heat, Dry Air/Central Heating, Deep Shade, High Humidity, Draughty, Cold.By matching awkward spaces in your home with environments in the natural world, this book shows you how to relocate plants to improve their growth and help them thrive.Features an extensive section with informative plant profiles that include their origin, easy-to-follow tips on feeding and watering, optimum conditions, prospective growth, and is concluded by a helpful troubleshooting chapter dealing with common problems, and what to try when all hope is lost.

The Green Indoors

Finding the Right Plants for Your Home Environment

Kit Kemp

In Design Secrets, Kit Kemp plants that creative seed giving readers a new way of looking at interiors and the confidence to be bold in their designs.Design Secrets is a unique, lively and informative masterclass which will become your touchstone for top tips, do&rsquo;s and don&rsquo;ts and creative projects to add a fresh and exciting feel to your living space. It even has its own colouring-in book to explore new colour ideas.Discover how to create character in your home by making the most of the often forgotten details, from dado rails to the leading edge of a curtain. Learn about celebrating raw materials, creating a collection and even adding a touch of magic, as Kit shares creative ways to bring personalised details to make your home as individual as you are.Kit reveals her &lsquo;Dos and Don&rsquo;ts&rsquo;, including clever tips on how to hang art to tell a story and designing your own signature Kit Kemp headboard. This chapter is an invaluable glossary of creative ideas, with playful yet practical guides exploring topics from how to use colour in design, tips for lighting up a room, how to use found fabrics and more.In &lsquo;Meet the Maker&rsquo; readers can delve into the creative minds of some of Kit&rsquo;s favourite artists and craftsmen, from the retired sailor turned woolworker, Colin Millington to renowned ceramicist Martha Freud, sustainable fashion designer Clio Peppiatt and figurative painter Joe Fan.In the final chapter, Kit intends to awaken &#39;the maker&#39; in every reader with a series of fun and creative projects to do at home, from embellishing a shell mirror to painting candlesticks and a step-by-step guide to appliqu&eacute; a cushion.There is even an opportunity to add your own personal flourish to the book itself in the one-of-a-kind hand illustrated colouring-in book, which invites readers to reimagine some of Kit Kemp&rsquo;s most iconic interiors.In Design Secrets, Kit Kemp welcomes you into her colourful world and reveals how to create interiors which capture the imagination.

Design Secrets

Adding Character and Style to an Interior to Make it Your Own

Lucy Hutchings

"Clear, modern and inspiring" - Alan Titchmarsh, gardener and broadcasterIn this truly innovative book Lucy Hutchings &ndash; aka She Grows Veg &ndash; proves that vegetable gardening doesn&#39;t always require outdoor space.Through clever uses of space and containers, understanding of growing conditions and a unique, design-led approach, Lucy showcases how anyone can grow pretty much anything in their back garden, courtyard, balcony or kitchen.Lucy creates&#160;19&#160;projects, from living vegetable walls and hydroponics basics, to&#160;indoor greenhouses&#160;and&#160;hanging herb racks&#160;that have all the decorative style and visual interest of ornamental house plants.With step-by-step illustrations and stunning photography, with Get Up and Grow, you can go from gardening novice to growing pro in a matter of weeks.&#160;Lucy is blazing a trail for new-wave gardening with a mantra of anything is possible, for anyone.

Get Up and Grow

Herb, Vegetable and Fruit Growing Projects for Both Indoors and Outdoors, from She Grows Veg

Let Paul and Robin, aka Two Dirty Boys, take you through the process of reusing items to grow plants from kitchen cuttings otherwise bound for the waste bin.Vegetables have the extraordinary ability to regenerate themselves without fertilization - even your everyday kitchen scraps. With step-by-step illustrations, this guide shows you how to grow twenty vegetables that are every bit as delicious as their first incarnations.Ranging from fruits and herbs that will sprout in a matter of days, to vegetables that will delight in later seasons, Regrown is an easy-to-follow guide to growing new plants, with a focus on repurposing produce found in any supermarket. The projects include everything from carrot tops and mushroom stalks to ginger, avocado and even pineapple, with tips on how to use them in the kitchen, too.Grow new plants from your cooking scraps - all you need is a jar and a tapful of water... then just let nature do its thing.

Regrown

How to Grow Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables from Kitchen Scraps

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