Fell William (190 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. At age two, one December day in 1943, Eric is handed over to a stranger, the Reverend Brightman. TheReverend is here to help Erics unmarried mother, who cannot keep Eric as she has to work in the cotton mills. Across war-torn Britain, a bawling and exhausted Eric is taken on a long train journey, finding relief only in snatches of sleep. The traumatised child is handed over to another stranger and delivered within the grim walls of Aqualate Hall, in the countryside of Shropshire. It is the first in a long line of Barnardo Homes he must call home. Youre a bastard! snaps Matron, slapping him. Eric does not cry. He now knows that he must always hide his feelings if he is to retain his humanity. Erics progress is recorded by his caregivers and indicates that he is labelled early on as backward and spiteful. Yet Eric has his own story to tell. That of a life growing up in the rich countryside, full of childhood escapades, hobbies and the joys of nature; and of the imagination that shapes a childs developing sense of the world and his place within it. But it is the adults and senior boys who leave their physical and psychological marks: Matron, the bitter care-giver; the psychotic, frothing-at-the-mouth Master, Mr Clarke; the sexually aware, primitive Smitt; and the taunting bully-boy in school uniform. It is only when he meets the enlightened Master, Mr Savidge, that Eric feels freer to explore his relationships with others. This harrowing autobiography, set in the 1940s and 1950s, reveals the inner turmoil of a child in care, from early years to adolescence and emerging into adulthood. It is also a story of triumph, as a boy finds a way out of the fog of confusion around him, since that first wrench from his mothers love. Backed up by recorded orphanage reports that demarcate Erics troubled journey, Dont Come Crying Home seeks to give a rounder view of a struggling child, revealing his physical, sexual, and spiritual growth, all told with passion. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 366pp. Index. Wear extremities, light soiling.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback. Minor crease in spine.

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rubbing (commonly visible on dark-colored dustjackets) and two ink one-line underlinings on page 51elsewise, a bright, clean, tight copy sans flecks, tears, stains, other markings, and discoloration. Klein's eloquent and knowledgeable narratives include detailed portraits of forty-three individual gardens, all lustrously illustrated by noted garden photographer Derek Fell. While considering a garden's particular historical and social influences, Klein discuses the philosophy behind each garden, its planner's goals and even personality, and the garden's interaction with surrounding architecture. This complete guide also includes each location's address, phone number, hours of operation, events, and featured plants, flowers, and trees." PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in Fell's remarkable full-color photography (many full-page) with accompanying descriptive captions. 327 pages. GO4. Derek Fell (illustrator).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: vg+. 327 pages; color photos; contents clean; binding solid; 8" x 10" tall; color photo il'd dj. Hardcover (dj).

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Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Gift inscription. Once mostly rolling hills and valleys covered with hardwood forest in the seventeenth century, contemporary Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley now claim the largest concentration of many of the finest public and private gardens in the world. William M. Klein explores the broader attitudes and behaviors toward nature that have influenced this developmenttÂof colonial farms and gardens created for survival to the art of suburban gardens to nature conservatories and public parks.Discover how in 300 years we have moved from fencing nature out to fencing nature in. Out of the past, examine the worm fence at Colonial Pennsylvania Plantations, overgrown by weeds as it would have been during Colonial times, zigzagging across the fields tenuously holding back the great forest that presses down. Into the present, consider the chain link fence at the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum that bounds a threatened wetland habitat from the intrusion of highways and reverberates to the sounds of traffic from I-95 and the Philadelphia International Airport.…

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good +/Good +. First Edition. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. Good +/Good +. (1984). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 224 pp., DJ sunned, cover edges rubbed, writing on ffe . Color Photographs (illustrator).

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A Treatise on the Law of Mercantile Guaranties, and Engagements in the Nature of Guarantie. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 148 pages. Search for Columbus, La Isabela, foothold in the new world. Africa's Skeleton Coast. Miami. U.S.S. Macon: Lost and Found. Last Refuge of the Monk Seal.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 3rd edition, 5th printing ; 128 pp. : illustrated, many in color ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 0376038101 (pbk.) ; 9780376038104 (pbk.) ; LCCN: 86-80873 ; OCLC: 15149791 ; Rev. edition of: Basic gardening illustrated. 2nd ed. 1975 ; sitff color photographic paper wrappers ; G. Book.…

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