Product Description: "The most soul-satisfying gardening book in years." —New York Times (March 1982, reviewing the 1981 cloth edition from IU Press)."Genuinely a classic..." —Los Angeles Times (on the occasion of Houghton Mifflin's paperback edition, which came out in 1994)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A collection of columns by an American garden writer includes practical information about vegetable and flower gardens, as well as reflections on how gardens feed the human soul

The 'Washington Post' columnist offers a harvest of sharp observations and humorous adventures gathered during a year in his garden, along with much down-to-earth advice on horticulture

Essays extol the seasons, gardens, and the natural world, and include observations and advice on gardening

Product Description: Henry Mitchell wrote for the Washington Post from the early 1970s to 1991. He was best known for his gardening columns, some of which have been gathered in two beloved books, The Essential Earthman and One Man's Garden. In addition to his gardening columns, Mr...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

In a collection of fiction, essays, poetry, journal entries, and letters, authors including Colette, Gertrude Jekyll, Nancy Mitford, Edith Warton, and Andrew Marvel reflect on the wonders of gardening, from the joys of weeding and the pitfalls of roses to the trials of gardening in a cold climate.

Product Description: "What's goin' down? I know you don't expect a seventy-five year old man to talk all that talk. . . " A strong and much needed book addressing black youth today, Preaching for Black Self-Esteem is geared to a generation of black men and women who can--suggests the authors--proudly face issues such as caste systems, one's own physical characteristics, feelings of ambivalence and inferiority, and even 'buppies'--economically upwardly mobile Blacks...read more

Outlines the history of Washington, D.C., describes the architectural styles of the city, and portrays its mansions, historic homes, and embassy buildings