Tony Russell

Using evocative text and delightful imagery, Tony Russell brings to life each of the fifty gardens featured, covering their history, plants, architecture and personalities along the way. The diversity of gardens to be found within the Cotswolds and within this book is quite astonishing. Here you will find grand landscapes such as Blenheim Palace and Dyrham Park, influential pioneers at Iford Manor and Rousham, historical gems such as Prior Park and Painswick Rococo Garden, national icons at Westonbirt Arboretum and Hidcote Manor, contemporary masterpieces at Througham Court and Abbey House and an abundance of English gardens in all their beauty, overflowing with roses, herbaceous borders and pastel shades. All the gardens featured allow public access at some time during the year. The Cotswolds' Finest Gardens is undoubtedly set to become a classic in its genre, a book that will appeal to gardeners and non-gardeners alike, those who live within the region as well as those who visit.

This superbly illustrated book is a comprehensive identification reference to over 550 of the most important and best-known trees of Britain and Europe. A detailed introduction looks at the origins of trees, their evolution over time and the ways in which they have adapted to suit the variety of terrains in which they thrive. The book then presents an extensive illustrated encyclopedia of the most common, popular, prolific or unusual trees found in Britain and Europe. With over 1600 photographs, artworks, illustrations and maps, this encyclopedic resourcebook is perfect for home or study.

This is a beautifully illustrated guide to trees from around the world. It is a comprehensive guide to over 600 trees from the tropics and temperate worlds, with more than 800 photographs and illustrations. It includes conifers, deciduous broadleaf trees, striking cacti-like palms and fruit trees. It features stunning watercolour artworks of each tree through the seasons, and useful maps show the natural distribution of each tree. Without trees there would be no life on Earth, and this wonderful encyclopedia provides all you need to know about these amazing plants. This book explains what a tree is, how it lives, grows and dies, and describes the purpose of its buds, branches, flowers, leaves, roots, cones, fruit and bark. Each tree is each accompanied by a watercolour artwork, along with photographs of their defining characteristics to make identification easy.

Great Gardens to Visit 2011 is the ninth edition of the full colour guide to gardens that are open to visit in the British Isles. The 2011 edition features more than 200 of the very finest British gardens. Divided into counties, each garden featured in the book is given a full page description with a brief history of the garden and details of the plants that are grown. Each garden has a fact file detailing the opening times, the admission charges, the facilties including disabled access. The location and the contact details of each garden including the web address and email are also included.

Graced by more than 200 illustrations, many of them seldom seen and some never before published, this sparkling volume offers vivid portraits of the men and women who created country music, the artists whose lives and songs formed the rich tradition from which so many others have drawn inspiration. Included here are not only such major figures as Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Fiddlin' John Carson, Charlie Poole, and Gene Autry, who put country music on America's cultural map, but many fascinating lesser-known figures as well, such as Carson Robison, Otto Gray, Chris Bouchillon, Emry Arthur and dozens more, many of whose stories are told here for the first time. To map some of the winding, untraveled roads that connect today's music to its ancestors, Tony Russell draws upon new research and rare source material, such as contemporary newspaper reports and magazine articles, internet genealogy sites, and his own interviews with the musicians or their families. The result is a lively mix of colorful tales and anecdotes, priceless contemporary accounts of performances, illuminating social and historical context, and well-grounded critical judgment. The illustrations include artist photographs, record labels, song sheets, newspaper clippings, cartoons, and magazine covers, recreating the look and feel of the entire culture of country music. Each essay includes as well a playlist of recommended and currently available recordings for each artist. Finally, the paperback edition now features an extensive index.

Gardens to Visit 2010 is the eight edition of the full colour guide to gardens that are open to visit in the British Isles. The 2010 edition features more than 200 of the very finest British gardens divided into counties. Each garden featured in the book is given a full page description with a brief history of the garden and details of the plants that are grown, as well as at least one full colour picture. Each entry includes a fact file detailing the opening times, the admission charges and the facilities, including details of disabled access. The location and the contact details of each garden including the web address and email are also included.

The ultimate reference guide and identifier for more than 1000 of the most spectacular, best-loved and unusual trees across the globe. Contains more than 3000 specially commissioned artworks and photographs.

Primary Science for the Caribbean is designed specifically for the Caribbean science curriculum. Illustrated with lively designs, this series makes science fun. The series places science in a real world context. Written by experts in primary science education, and includes a teacher's guide that provides background material and interesting ideas.

Primary Science for the Caribbean is designed specifically for the Caribbean science curriculum. Illustrated with lively designs, this series makes science fun. The series places science in a real world context. Written by experts in primary science education, and includes a teacher's guide that provides background material and interesting ideas.

Primary Science for the Caribbean is designed specifically for the Caribbean science curriculum. Illustrated with lively designs, this series makes science fun. The series places science in a real world context. Written by experts in primary science education, and includes a teacher's guide that provides background material and interesting ideas.

Primary Science for the Caribbean is a major new science course designed specifically for the Caribbean science curriculum. Highly illustrated with a lively design, this series makes science fun and encourages students to think for themselves. The series places science in a real world context and supports an integrated approach to the teaching of science for primary grades 1-3. Written by experts in primary science education, this series includes a teacher?s guide that provides sound background material and interesting ideas on teaching science.

Primary Science for the Caribbean is a major new science course designed specifically for the Caribbean science curriculum. Highly illustrated with a lively design, this series makes science fun and encourages students to think for themselves. The series places science in a real world context and supports an integrated approach to the teaching of science for primary grades 1-3. Written by experts in primary science education, this series includes a teacher's guide that provides sound background material and interesting ideas on teaching science.

Primary Science for the Caribbean is a major new science course designed specifically for the Caribbean science curriculum. Highly illustrated with a lively design, this series makes science fun and encourages students to think for themselves. The series places science in a real world context and supports an integrated approach to the teaching of science for primary grades 1-3. Written by experts in primary science education, this series includes a teacher?s guide that provides sound background material and interesting ideas on teaching science.

Yonder Come the Blues combines three influential and much-quoted books: Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues. Updated with additional new essays, the book discusses the crucial early development of the blues as a music of Blacks in the United States, explaining some of the most significant factors that shaped this music. Together, these three texts emphasise the significance of the African heritage, the mutuality of much white and black music and the role of recording in consolidating the blues, thus demonstrating the importance of these formative elements in its complex but combined socio-musical history. Redressing some of the misconceptions that persist in writing on African-American music, this book will be essential reading for all enthusiasts of blues, jazz and country music and will be important for students of African-American studies and music, popular music and popular culture.

Based on fact, the story tells of a strike by the girls in a match factory in 1888, when unions were still groping for recognition and mass withdrawal of labour was an almost unheard-of strategy in industrial relations. The match-cutters finally rebel against working conditions in which young girls had their jaws rotted away by phosphorus, and discipline was maintained by a system of crippling fines and sanctions. A grim episode, perhaps, but not many minutes of the play are allowed to pass before the natural ebullience of the traditional Cockney sparrow helps to create sparkling entertainment which warms the heart, yet retains the essential drama of the central theme.13 women, 5 men