books about: saplings (shadows volume novels)

books about: saplings

books:

Lone Wolf 2100 Volume 1: Shadows On Saplings (Lone Wolf 2100 (Graphic Novels))

1 review
Mike Kennedy, Francisco Ruis Velasco

Dark Horse, 2003

"They were a force of nature"
When I saw that Dark Horse Comics was starting a new Lone Wolf series set in the 22nd Century, I was quite interested. Typical of me, I really didn't think through the changes required to move the story several hundred years into its future. How this is done will make or break the story, especially since the moody atmospherics of the original series is so well known. Instead of a father and son ...

Saplings

1 review
Noel Streatfeild

Persephone Books Ltd, 2000

interesting adult novel by the famous children's book author
In this adult novel by the well-known author of Ballet Shoes, Streatfeild follows a happy middle-class British family into World War II and the evacuations of children from London during the bombings. As with her children's novels, her portrayal of how children think and feel is excellent. Her feel for the adults is rather less so, though it's very interesting to see an author much better known ...

Bonsai: Grow Your Own Bonsai from Cuttings, Seeds, and Saplings

3 reviews
Werner M. Busch

The Lyons Press, 2002

outstanding
I think this book is excellent. Although the trees are native to Europe, most of the advice applies perfectly to people in temperate North America. Scots Pine, yew, spindle, beech, hawthorn, apple, willow etc... all species are covered in detail with info on training, pests, propagation, etc.... Definitely not just for Europeans, anyone in the Eastern U.S. and most of Canada will find this very ...