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Bedrock: The Making Of A Public Garden
by Jill Nooney
Cultivation is just another word for commitment. You think you are just pulling weeds, but what you are really doing is writing a love letter to your patch of earth, Thomas Rainer. This quote opens Bedrock: The Making of a Public Garden, a book that is a love letter from a woman to the garden she spent 40 years creating.
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Every Purchase Matters: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, And Consumers Are Changing The World
by Paul Rice
Fair Trade CEO Paul Rice has spent his life and career exploring the issue of how to benefit from our planet's resources without destroying them or each other and pushing businesses to take responsibility for the way their products are sourced and encouraging consumers to buy them. In a world of labor strife, climate disasters, and unpredictable markets, this book is a reminder of how far we've come already, and makes the case that we don't have to despair.
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How Can I Help?: Saving Nature With Your Yard
by Douglas W. Tallamy
Interest in landscaping with native plants is at an all time high, largely thanks to the work of Doug Tallamy. Hundreds of thousands of people have read his books and attended his nationwide lectures over the years. Yet, despite their familiarity with Tallamy's subjects, they still have excellent questions. Here, we get compelling and actionable answers from the man himself on the topics of his expertise: ecology/evolution, biodiversity, conservation, restoration, native plants, oaks, invasive species, pest control, home landscapes, and supporting wildlife at home.
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Matriarch: A Memoir
by Tina Knowles-Lawson
Tina Knowles, the mother of iconic singer songwriters Beyoncâe Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles, and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world over as a Matriarch with a capital M: a determined, self possessed, self aware, and wise woman who raised and inspired some of the great artists of our time.
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The Art of Elegance: How To Elevate Your Life With Style And Grace
by Gina Judy
In a world captivated by fleeting trends, The Art of Elegance reveals elegance as a way of being, beyond style and surface appeal. This book guides readers to cultivate grace, intentionality, and authenticity in every facet of life, inspiring a sophisticated, purposeful approach to both inner and outer beauty.
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The Sky's The Limit: Lessons In Service, Entrepreneurship And Achieving The American Dream
by John P. Calamos
Stories and lessons from John P. Calamos Sr., a rags to riches self made American billionaire. Each chapter contains stories and business lessons he learned along the way. From a stock boy in his parents' grocery store in Chicago's west side, to 400+ combat missions in Vietnam, to launching his own firm which now has upwards of $35 billion in assets.
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Waiting On The Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, And Goddesses
by Peter Wolf
From the legendary musical figure and former vocalist of the J. Geils Band, whose career spans more than six decades, a treasure trove of revealing vignettes, all told with gentle humor and heartrending poignancy. Told as a series of encounters with remarkable people over the course of a long and equally remarkable musical career,
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