Orchids

Offers simple steps to growing beautiful orchids. This work includes practical tips and step-by-steps that show you how to choose, grow and care for orchids in your home or garden, from encouraging them to reflower, to arranging them to dazzling effect. More

…your world with orchids Orchids are beautiful, fragrant, wonderfully varied, and surprisingly affordable. But aren't they hard to grow at home? No! says orchid grower extraordinaire Steve Frowine. In this handy guide, he shows you step by step how to select the right orchids, keep them healthy,… More

Orchids make up one of the largest plant families in the world, and they have captivated gardeners for centuries. This book provides instructions for buying, growing and caring for orchids, as well as advice on propagating from seed and dividing established plants. It also contains an illustrated… More

From elegant warmth-loving moth orchids to exquisite slipper orchid, the second edition of Growing Windowsill Orchids tells you everything you need to know about successful orchid growing in the home. More

Not much can get Wolfe to leave his comfortable brownstone, but the showing of a rare black orchid lures him to a flower show. Unfortunately, the much-anticipated event is soon overshadowed by a murder as daring as it is sudden. Itâ s a case of weeding out a cunning killer who can turn up anywhereâ… More

As the world closes in around them, two Nazis hide out in a tropical paradise. The servants sense something strange about the two old men. They are not sure what business Dr. Langhof and Dr. Ludtz have in El Caliz, but they are certain that whatever they do in their colonial mansion is the work of… More

There are approximately 1500 species of native orchids in Costa Rica. This title presents some of the most common species. It includes species names in Spanish, English and Latin. More

* From the author of ICE ROAD, shortlisted for the Orange Prize, comes a love story that cuts across race and culture More

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To rescue her family from poverty and avoid marrying her slope-shouldered cousin, seventeen-year-old Orchid competes to be one of the Emperor's wives. When she is chosen as a lower-ranking concubine she enters the erotically charged and ritualised Forbidden City. But beneath its immaculate façade… More

At the Black Orchid Club, adventurous women who yearn for the pleasures of exotic, even kinky sex can quench their desires in discreet and luxurious surroundings. Having tasted the fulfilment of unique and powerful lusts, one such adventurous woman learns what happens when the need for limitless… More

January 1961, and the beaten, stabbed and strangled body of a nineteen year old Pearl Gambol is discovered, after a dance the previous night at the Newry Orange Hall. Returning from London to investigate the case, Detective Eddie McCrink soon suspects that their may be people wielding influence over… More

An erotic story of Imperial China from the author of "Red Azalea" and "Becoming Madame Mao". More

Now the bestselling author brings back his small-town chief of policeâ and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisyâ for another exhilarating adventure. . . . When Hollyâ s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable… More

When his plane exploded off the coast of Maine, authorities thought they had seen the last of Teddy Fayâ the ex-CIA tech wizard who kills his political targets for sport. But now theyâ ve found irrefutable evidence that he is alive and up to his old tricks. Now working for the CIA,… More

Chief of Police Holly Barker returns in her third suspenseful adventure-along with her father Ham and Daisy the Doberman. This time, they get introduced to the cutthroat world of Florida real estate...and uncover a scam as dangerous as it is lucrative. More

Love in a foreign land. A decaying hacienda full of secrets. And a woman searching for the story of her life. A funeral and some family business--that's what Julia Bentley expects when she travels to the Philippines to bury her grandfather. She hopes for a brief adventure, a distraction from her… More

Can a successful and powerful entrepreneur with an impeccable reputation and moving in the highest circles of New York be born out of wedlock to a Japanese prostitute during the Second World War? Obviously someone thought it was possible and Tetsuyo Akinichoâ s life spins into a sinister spiral of… More

…crime fiction Death is in the air at one of Milan's great fashion houses. As a new collection is unveiled, and the wealthy rub shoulders with the glamorous, owner Cristiana O'Brian escapes upstairs to discover the strangled body of her servant slumped on her bed - a single orchid by his side. W More

Track Listing Disc: 01 Track: 01 - The Lad That Time Forgot • Track: 02 - Incandescent Artillery • Track: 03 - Get Bramah • Track: 04 - Deep State • Track: 05 - The Art of Falling • More

Translation of: Il mistero delle tre orchidee. Originally published in Italian: Aurora, 1942. More

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Fascinated both by Laroche and the world she uncovered of orchid collectors and growers, she stayed on, to write this magical exploration of obsession and the strange world both of the orchid obsessives and of Florida, that haunting and weird 'debatable land' of swamps and condos, retirement… More

…in this fantastical novel from the author of The House of Months and Years. When a man walks into her grandfatherâ s curiosity shop and asks about a black orchid, Spindrift turns him away. Sheâ s never seen such a thing. Until one night it appears. Spindrift, an orphan, has one keepsake from More

When I was 32, my third husband walked out on my two young boys and I. It was the week before Christmas. I had a brand new business, with no predictable income. We lived in a little town house, I wasnâ t sure I would be able to pay the light bill for, much less the rent. There wasnâ t a present… More

Interior decorator Mara Dunn and orchidologist Julian Wood team up again to solve two murders in Michelle Wanâ s charming new botanical mystery.Mara is renovating the manor house of the wealthy Christophe de Bonfond when she discovers the body of a murdered infant. The body, concealed for more than… More

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A hilarious and anarchic portrait of a downwardly mobile family in post-crash Dublin More

The sci-fi series dips its toe into Agatha Christie waters when the Doctor (Peter Davison) arrives in 1920s England and becomes embroiled in a murder mystery. When the TARDIS arrives at Cranleigh Halt railway station on a summer afternoon in 1925, the Doct More

In the spring of 1914, two college friends, Thomas Tiggy McStuart and Hans von Gotha, one British and the other German, find themselves on opposite sides of the impending war. Tiggys dream of becoming a barrister and Hans plan to receive his doctorate are quickly fading. As Hans leaves for Germany… More

Growing up, I was told never to ask my Dad about his time overseas in World War II. After his passing in July 2003, my mother came across an old shoe box that had been pushed to the back of his closet. Upon opening the box, she found over one hundred letters he had written to her while stationed in… More

A hilarious and anarchic portrait of a downwardly mobile family in post-crash Dublin More

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Veteran governess Laura Grey joins the Selwick Spy School expecting to find elaborate disguises and thrilling adventures in service to the spy known as the Pink Carnation. She hardly expects her first assignment to be serving as governess for the children of André Jaouen, right-hand man to… More

January 1961, and the beaten, stabbed and strangled body of a nineteen year old Pearl Gambol is discovered, after a dance the previous night at the Newry Orange Hall. Returning from London to investigate the case, Detective Eddie McCrink soon suspects that their may be people wielding influence over… More

The Military Orchid is a comic masterpiece - a blend of botany, memoir and satire; the story of Jocelyn Brooke's obsession with one flower - the Orchis Militaris, the military orchid. More

In the summer after leaving school, a young botanist sets out to fulfil a childhood dream -- to find every species of orchid native to the British Isles. This study of the 52 native species is a fantastic gateway into the compendious world of orchids. More

In the summer after leaving school, a young botanist sets out to fulfil a childhood dream - to find every species of orchid native to the British Isles.He has just a few months to complete his quest - no one has ever done it before within one growing season- and it will require ingenuity, stamina… More

In the summer after leaving school, a young botanist sets out to fulfil a childhood dream - to find every species of orchid native to the British Islesâ Š He has just a few months to complete his quest - no one has ever done it before - and it will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of… More

Jenna Miller's job as a florist in the small town of Thornton has kept her too busy for any intimate relationships, and she's feeling that one wild night with an even hotter man is way overdue. So when her friend Eileen asks her to be a tester of the soon-to-be-released online matchmaking service… More

…rarest and most sought-after orchid in the world. Prices soared to $10,000 on the black market. Then one showed up at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, where every year more than 100,000 people visit. They come for the lush landscape on Sarasota Bay and for Selby's vast orchid collection, one of the… More

`Remarkable ... Evoking the intensity with which orchid hunters pursue their quarry ... Vivid and expressive' Sunday Times More

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An exciting new set of Biff, Chip and Kipper stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta full of modern-day appeal. These stories support children's transition from fully decodable phonic readers to stories with richer language. Children will enjoy exploring the humorous illustrations and familiar… More

Provides a booklet for visitors to the Natal Drakensberg who would like to know the names of the plants they see, but have no training in botany. This booklet has simple botanical keys, black and white drawings, and a few words of text to help the reader reach the correct name. The plants covered in… More

Ann Mortimer shows you how to paint beautiful orchids - the most exotic and vibrant of flowers. Artists who want to learn how to paint their complex shapes without relying on their drawing skills have everything they need, and more experienced artists will be inspired by Ann's striking paintings. More

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Never kill another orchid - give them a happy life! Learn how to keep your orchids flowering beautifully, year after year, with advice from an RHS Gold Medal-winning orchid grower. And discover sensational new varieties to add to your collection. More

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Murder Mystery- Pacific Northwest sleuths are on the trail of witches and mobsters! A quick and fun read. A young woman's skeleton washes up on the beach of Bainbridge Island, with Wiccan and astrological symbols burned into the skull and thighbones. This is the first title in the Red Tarantula… More

Murder Mystery- Pacific Northwest sleuths are on the trail of militiamen and Wall Street mortgage bankers! A quick and fun read. A Wall Street real estate tycoon is found floating dead in a vat of Vodka, in ritzy Mill Valley, California. This is the second title in the Red Tarantula Mystery… More

Track Listing Disc: 01 Track: 01 - This Strange Effect • Track: 02 - Left It With the Moon • Track: 03 - Orchids • Track: 04 - Audrey Hepburn • Track: 05 - Tidal Waves • Track: 06 - More

Track Listing Disc: 01 Track: 01 - I'm in the Mood for Love • Track: 02 - Whatever Lola Wants • Track: 03 - Misirlou • Track: 04 - I Surrender Dear • Track: 05 - Orchids in the Moonli More

From the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid comes the poignant story of a friendship of a lifetime More

…years have passed since Mara Dunnâ s sister Bedie, an orchid enthusiast, disappeared while on a hiking holiday in southwestern France. Mara remains determined to find out what happenedâ but her only real clue is a sequence of wild orchids, including a mysterious, previously unknown Ladyâ s… More

Track Listing Disc: 01 Track: 01 - Love to Hate It • Track: 02 - Orchid • Track: 03 - Marie • Track: 04 - Air • Track: 05 - Thorns Product Details Format: More

Track Listing Disc: 01 Track: 01 - Faith in Nothing Except in Salvation • Track: 02 - Economy of Freedom • Track: 03 - Honesty • Track: 04 - Noid • Track: 05 - Licking an Orchid (Feat. Jam More

While the Ghost Orchid offers the toughest challenge of any wild plant, there were fifty more British species Peter had yet to see, having ticked off the first 1,400 rummaging in hedges, slipping down gullies and peering in peat bogs. More

…bride, and she has passed the harsh tests of the Dragons and been given a new name, Hu Qing Lan, "Tiger Orchid." And despite Freeman's Japanese heritage, he has been chosen to become the eventual leader of the Dragons. But someone inside the Dragons wants Freeman dead, and Tiger Orchid sho More