Classic Irises And the Men And Women Who Created Them

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Irises are one of the world's most popular garden plants. That was not always so. The story of how several men and women transformed relatively unimpressive iris species into the plants with flowers of diverse forms and colors so beloved by today's gardeners has never been told until now. This book, the first ever written on the history of garden irises, represents years of research in French, British and American primary and secondary sources. It challenges taxonomists' designation of Iris germanica as the type species for genus Iris and the generally accepted status of Iris albicans. It is also the first book containing extensive information on the native iris species of Florida and the deplorable state of taxonomy of these species. This scholarly work was written to appeal to the lay reader as well as to the specialist. Many beautiful and original pictures of irises are included along with pictures of some of those whose stories are told.

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A must have book!.......2007-01-29

If you have not gotten a copy of C E Mahan's book "Classic Irises and the Men and Women Who Created Them" Do so. Especially those of us who live in California. If you want to know about the movers and shakers of the
California iris world you get to learn about them here. Phil Edinger, Ben Hager, William Mohr, Sydney Mitchell, and Jennett Dean are all there. (I personally met Ben Hager, actually talked him into speaking at a Fresno Iris Society meeting years ago.) What an honor that was.

There are wonderful photos and prints of flowers gone by. Well written and a joy to read. As the Preface states: "The book is a history of garden irises. It tells the stories of the men and women who transformed iris species into the flowers of myriad forms and color that grow in our gardens today." It actually does more than that. It helps us understand
how this little flower has been kept in gardens all around the world for centuries. It shows the passions of the men and women who loved them and their hard work of ensuring that generations to come would be able to love them as well.

The last chapter, which is dear to the author's heart, is about the "Ghost Irises" of Florida. In this particular case, time is fleeting for these irises, and the knowledge to be gained shall be lost forever.
What am I talking about? Obtain a copy for yourself and see!

"Classic Irises and the Men and Women Who Created Them" is well written by a very knowledgeable gentleman. "Clarence E. Mahan is an internationally recognized authority on Irises" He was president of the AIS Society and still very active in giving programs and lectures. There is no doubt in my mind that this book shall be around for a long time. Thank you CE Mahan for taking the time to save this information and share it with those of us who love Irises.

Sheer Beauty.......2007-01-27

When I slid this book from its packaging, I gasped at its external beauty. One cannot, they say, judge a book by its cover. But it is also said that there is an exception to every rule. Believe me, this is a book that you can judge by its cover. It is, literally, a work of art from beginning to end -- simply magnificent. If you are a lover of irises, I guarantee that the beauty of the illustrations will tear at your heart -- the paintings of Ethel Anson S. Peckham, the outstanding color photographs by Mike Lowe, as well as a variety of artistic renderings selected by the author from his own collection and from other sources. I forgot supper as I scanned the pages and, serendipitously, read passages here and there, but I soon saw that this was a book whose delights, like rich food, should be savored slowly and over time. It is a series of cleverly titled stories intertwining the development of great garden irises with the lives of their developers, all told in the author's uncomplicated but richly informative style. Whether relating the fortunes of French nurserymen during the Terror or a future irisarian's experiences as a boy on the American prairie, Clarence Mahan's narrative is never dull. Quite the contrary; in the remarkable depth and extent of its scholarship, it often reads like a detective story, its findings occasionally spiced by the sly humor for which the author is known among his associates in the iris world. Nor is this a book only for iris lovers. Since the early hybridizers of irises were often collectors, cultivators and purveyors of a wide variety of flowers, the reader is also treated to equally interesting sidelights on the development of roses, peonies, chrysanthemums and other garden favorites. But it is, above all, a tribute to the men and women whose lives resulted in the irises that grace our gardens today.

In the preface, Mr. Mahan says of the persons of whom he writes, " . . . they were not just gardeners. They were also artists. They created beauty by breeding irises." This is a book worthy of its subjects and their work, by an author who is of the same breed.

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Perseverence, cooperation and compassion - wonderful!
The Leaf Men
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The leaf men rescue

The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs

Manufacturer: Laura Geringer
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060272376

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William Joyce's previous children's books, especially Dinosaur Bob and A Day With Wilbur Robinson, have delighted kid-kids and grown-up-kids alike with their strange, stylish illustrations and their slightly warped sensibility. In his latest book, The Leaf Men, things get even stranger, as the reader is plunged into the teeming mysterious world of an old woman's garden. When the old lady falls ill, and her garden falls into disorder, the mythical Leaf Men must be called upon to vanquish the evil Spider Queen and return things to order. Arachnid rights groups may quarrel with the choice of the spider as the villainess, but just about everyone else will marvel at Joyce's invention and his weird, detailed paintings.

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The brave good bugs march off to save the garden . . .

First, they must fight the evil Spider Queen . . .

Before summoning the Leaf Men to save the day . . .

But what about the mystery of the Long-Lost Toy?

Here is ancient elfin magic, epic adventure, and a bugle salute to the power of memory, loyalty and love as resounding as Robin Hood's call to his Merry Men!

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Perseverence, cooperation and compassion - wonderful!.......2007-08-30

_The Leaf Men_ tells of an elderly woman who is sick and cannot tend her garden, which is dying. In order to save the plants (and by extension, the old woman), the Brave, Good Bugs have to embark on a journey to call the Leaf Men to restore health to plants and people alike. Subtly teaching the importance of perseverence, cooperation and compassion, both the woman and her garden are saved. A wonderful story with beautifu (and subtle) artwork - look carefully, as there are "hidden" clues and secrets in Joyce's artwork. A favorite in my home. Recommended for children ages 4 - 7.

The Leaf Men.......2007-04-24

I think this book was awesome. An old woman is sick and her garden grows horribly and so doodle bugs try to climb to the tallest branch of a tree to call the leaf men to fix the garden. A queen spider thinks that no insect can do that. During the doodle bugs` journey the queen and ants attack the doodle bugs, but the doodle bugs call the leaf men and the leaf men save the doodle bugs and the garden. Then the old woman gets better. I recommend this book to anyone.

Best Childrens Book.......2007-04-20

The book The Leaf Men by William Joyce is a great book for young readers. it is very creative and very exciting. This book is full of adventure. It is about a old lady who gets sick so the bugs in her garden try to help her. They get in fight with the Queen Spider, and won. The old lady was better and they lived in peace. This is one of the best childrens book I have ever read. William Joyce is a great writerand illustrator. In the story the pictures a wonderful. It is awsome!!!!!!!

Best Childrens Book.......2007-04-20

The leaf men rescue.......2007-04-20

If it wasn't for the dung bettles the leaf men would not come and if they didn't come the garden would die forever.The leaf men frist saved the rose because it was the most precious flower in the garden if it died every thing else would.So if they didn't find the metal man the Old woman wouldn't have felt better.

Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden (Modern Library Gardening)

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A Nice Old Story About A Nice Old Time
Unique perspective on gardening and the "grand manor"....

Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden (Modern Library Gardening)
Reginald Arkell
Manufacturer: Modern Library
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ASIN: 0812967380
Release Date: 2003-04-15

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Back in print after fifty years

Old Herbaceous is a classic British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse’s immortal butler, Jeeves. Born at the dusk of the Victorian era, Bert Pinnegar, an awkward orphan child with one leg a tad longer than the other, rises from inauspicious schoolboy days spent picking wildflowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener “Old Herbaceous,” the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard capable of producing dazzling April strawberries from the greenhouse and the exact morning glories his Lady spies on the French Riviera, “so blue, so blue it positively hurts.” Sprinkled with nuggets of gardening wisdom, Old Herbaceous is a witty comic portrait of the most archetypal—and crotchety—head gardener ever to plant a row of bulbs at a British country house.

This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by
Penelope Hobhouse, a renowned garden designer and lecturer and the author of numerous gardening books.

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Husband loves book.......2007-01-12

I bought this book for my husband, the real gardner in the family, who has an penchant for doing things the "old fashioned way" or "old school" way. He loves the main character and has picked up some great ideas for the garden this spring.

JS

A Nice Old Story About A Nice Old Time.......2004-08-31

Old Herbaceous was first published in about 1950. It is the fictional chronicle of the life of Old Herbaceous, the head gardener at an English manor house. He begins life as a foundling child, early develops a love for flowers which grow along an abandoned canal, and then becomes a gardener at the manor house after impressing the Lady of the Manor at a garden show. Gradually he rises through the ranks of gardeners to eventually become head gardener.

This book is pleasing for several reasons. First, it helps us understand what a complex thing an English manor house must have been, with its ranks of servants and underlings. Secondly, it has beautiful descriptions of flowers, shrubs, trees, and other elements of the English countryside. Finally, its a great social history in microcosm of the changes England underwent from the 1870s through the World War II era.

In many ways Old Herbaceous is another Goodbye Mr. Chips: a short quiet book about a seemingly unimportant individual who turns out to be much more than he appears.

Unique perspective on gardening and the "grand manor"...........2003-12-28

Reginald Arkell's lovely book OLD HERBACEOUS is unusual as it is a novel about gardening with a gardener protagonist. Michael Pollen and company have added this book to their ever expanding collection of gardening gems-The Modern Library Garden Series. OH was first published in 1950.

At the opening of the book, Pinnegar the protagonist has retired and is living in a cottage on the estate where he gardened for over 60 years. He reflects on how he began his gardening career when Mrs Charteris instructed her head gardener, a Mr. Addis, to hire him after he won a wild flower arrangment contest she judged. Sixty years later, Pinnegar has replaced Addis and acquired his nickname `Old Herbaceous' from the younger gardeners who view him as a relic of a bygone era.

The book provides a different perspective on the "new" gardens promoted by the garden designers and owners such as Jeckell, Bowles, and Robinson who became prominent at the end of the 19th century and in the early 20th century. In their books and correspondence, these individuals often write "I did this" and "I did that" but in reality they mostly instructed head gardeners who supervised a crew of under gardeners and carried out their instructions. Frequently, these designers and their gardeners were at odds with each other. As anyone who has ever gardened knows, to really understand gardening you must get your hands dirty. Learning to garden is an acquired skill gained via trial and error and cannot be learned by observation alone.

Furthermore, the "new" gardens designed by Jeckell, Bowles and others which superceded "bedding out" (the hallmark of Victoria's reign) and formal 19th century gardens drew their inspiration from the cottage gardens of the working class. Cottage gardens consisted of a mix of herbs and perennials growing informally side by side. Sometimes, the `new' gardens incorporated plants from exotic locales. The tender nature of these plants led to the invention and promotion of glass houses, cold frames, and bell jars. In OLD HERBACEOUS, Pinnegar acquires Ipomoea (morning glory) seeds and grows them in the main green house to please his mistress.

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Set among the upper classes in the gracious, repressive and complex world of 1920s Ceylon (Sri Lanka), this evocative novel tells the story of two people who must determine if it is possible to pursue personal happiness without compromising the happiness of others. A young teacher, Annalukshmi, whose splintered family attempts to arrange an appropriate marriage for her, must decide whether the independence she craves will doom her to a life without love and companionship. It is also the story of Balendran who, respectably married, must suppress-or confront-the secret desires for men that threaten to throw his life into chaos. With sensuous atmosphere and vivid prose, this masterfully plotted novel re-creates a world where a beautiful veneer of fragrant gardens and manners hides social, personal, and political issues still relevant today.

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Is there a sequel?.......2006-10-03

I could almost smell the spices and taste the scent of flower-laden air. The social web of demands is sensitive and true to the environment. The book is romantic and sensuous, hopeful and pitifully sad. It teems with atmosphere, politics, intrigue and disappointment and sacrifices made to maintain a better world. The ending was unsatisfactory. One star character showed her maddening and perhaps arrogant side. Somehow, the decisons made didn't ring true. Nevertheless, such are one's choices, and I recommend this novel without hesitation.
I have been told Cinnamon Gardens was recommended by a well-respeccted university as reading material prior to an academic and cultural trip the institution was leading there.
To understand Sri Lanka today, you must read this.

Expressions of freedom.......2006-05-13

This novel has the culmination of different kinds of human rights. Gay rights, women's rights, class rights, labour rights, ethnic rights, religious rights, and the right to self-determination. Everything that the multicultural, multireligious, multiethnic Sri Lanka represents. Taking place in the 1920's, against the backdrop of British colonialism and Ceylon's struggle to gain independence, the author cleverly weaves the story of Balen and Annalukshmi. Balen, a gay Tamil man who is unable to go against the constraints of family and society, finally comes to terms with his true self. Annalukshmi, a career minded Christian Tamil woman who is coerced into arranged marriage, finds her peace in an unexpected turn of events.

colorful and compelling, but..........2005-12-26

CINNAMON GARDENS is basically a period romance novel set in 1920s Ceylon that has intelligence and a literary sensibility. In the character of Annalukshmi, author has created a spunky heroine obviously modeled on Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennett. The book is at its best when it blatantly imitates Austen, with its matchmaking and calculating future incomes. But what really animates the book is the struggle of the characters to conform to society's expectations without sacrificing their own individual happiness. Some, like most of the women and the closet homosexual Balendran, cannot break free of the bonds of tradition. Others, like Balendran's brother and the lower caste people break the bonds but pay the price. It is very compellingly written. I read it rather quickly. However, I was ultimately disappointed. I felt that the ending was a big concession to current political correctness and ended with a group of modern cliches. The current cliché is that when a woman is confronted by a choice she must make between two men, the politically correct decision is to decide she doesn't need either of them because she's a strong W-O-M-A-N. And I didn't buy any of it. I also question whether a person of Balendran's particular time, place and upbringing would really "come out" to one of the characters he comes out to. I wish the author had just given the reader what he promised at the beginning. I would have appreciated a straightforward romance a lot more than what I ultimately got. I felt a little like I had been the victim of bait-and-switch by the ending. But the author is very talented and I would like to read his other work.

Excellent.......2005-11-24

A novel very well written in which the individual stories of each one of the personages interacting themselves in their emocional or family relationship represent each one of the political, religious or social tendencies of the colonial Ceylon in the 1920s.
Cinnamon Garden, an aristocratic neighborhood in Colombo, Ceylon is the setting of this story where cingaleses, tamils, mixed raced and brittish live together and debate themselves between their millenary customs or the new one introduced by the colonialist, the christianism or the traditional religions, the social liberalization or the cast prejudice, the colonial status quo or independency, traditionalism or progress, a debate that confront each one of the personages and ruled their lives.
A story masterly written recommended for those readers who enjoy a novel where history and manners mixes with a good trama.

Exquisite.......2005-01-03

After reading this author's first book, "Funny Boy," I went right to this. Like "Funny Boy," it is rich with culture, history and politics, all wrapped up in a fulfilling, captivating story. This book, set in the 1920s, has two parallel narratives.

The first is of Annalukshmi, a young, independent woman from Ceylon who struggles with her family's (and society's) insistence on an arranged marriage. The other narrative is about her uncle Balendran, a businessman who has obeyed familial restrictions and expectations, at great emotional sacrifice. Both of their worlds get turned upside down--by the actions of others, and how they choose to react to others in light of their own internal changes.

The many other characters are well-drawn, and it's a gripping story you don't want to end. When all the plot lines are tied up, though, it leaves you with a feeling of deep satisfaction and of having seen, and learned from, important lives of an earlier time. Quality writing, superb story-telling and peerless creation of a environment little known to most Westerners.

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The Garden of Allah Revisited

The Garden of Allah
Robert Hichens
Manufacturer: Fredonia Books (NL)
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ASIN: 1589636325

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A grand tale of adventure in the Sahara Desert, and a young woman who travels from England to the Middle East, this novel was the basis for the 1936 film that was produced by David O. Selznick, directed by Richard Boleslawski, and starred Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, and Basil Rathbone. The film received two Academy Award nominations and received an Honorary Award for the color cinematography. Earlier it was filmed twice as a silent film, including a 1927 MGM production, directed by Rex Ingram, starring Alice Terry (Ingram's wife) and Ivan Petrovich. The early first silent film version starred Helen Ware, Thomas Santschi, Al W. Filson, and Eugenie Besserer.

The author is also writer of "The Paradine Case" which was later filmed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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The Garden of Allah Revisited.......2001-02-19

How exciting to see this novel back in print. I first came upon this story while patrolling the intricate rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta during the Viet Nam War c. 1968-1969. A public library had donated several books to the ship's library, this enchanting story being one of them. I have since read this hard-to-find book (usually via special searches at the Los Angeles Public Library) several times. This epic novel about the experience of a single woman travelling alone from England to Algeria can best be appreciated when read against the social and cultural contexts of what constituted appropriate behavior for respectable ladies in 1905 England. A young woman travelling unescorted to a far-off exotic land was quite a titillating piece of literature which might not be appreciated from a 2001 perspective. That aside, Robert Hichens' ability to capture the rich historic texture of Algeria at the time, juxtaposed against the deep complexity of one of the novel's primary characters, and the "dark mystery" with which the author so effectively teases the reader through the second half of the story, has not lost its intrigue in the almost 100 years since its writing. The author's talent and sensitivity are displayed in his ability to convey to the reader the hot sultry climate; the din and cacaphony of high-density Algerian cities; the sensuality of romantic and exotic evenings; the rhythms of ethnic Algerian music and the smells of Algerian food wafting through the reader's nostrils. In fact, the author's talent, love and respect for the cultural backdrop of his story can perhaps be more appreciated by today's readers who are more competent at modern global cultural competency efforts. This book is an absolute treasure which delivers a somewhat disappointing denouement only because the shame that in 1905 is the mystery of one of the principle characters, to readers in the second half of the last century, may not only be viewed as not shameful, but perhaps even as liberating. During my first reading of this enchanting work, at the moment when the great shame is disclosed to the reader, because social mores have changed dramatically since this book was written, the revelation was anti-climatic. Nonetheless, the story is as enchanting as it is intriguing. Not only is this book worth the reading; adding this book to your collection is worth the investment; and I guarantee that like me, you will read this book more than once if you are one who enjoys re-visiting earlier literary expereinces. (And yes, from this novel the screenplay for "The Garden of Allah" starring Charles Boyer and Marlene Deitrich was written.)

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This charming classic of gardening literature takes us on a tour of the great gardens of the past. Each of Fairbrother's chapters is filled with the fascinating history of gardening. From the humblest vegetable plots of the Anglo-Saxons to King Henry VIII's topiary gardens, filled with fantastic creatures and beasts, Fairbrother shows us how these gardens are true mirrors of the age to which they belong. As she follows the changing fashions in gardens - from functional gardening to gardens as "rooms for outdoor living" - Fairbrother leads us through the fascinating literature that gardening has inspired, evoking the pleasure and joys that gardens have to offer. (6 X 9, 288 pages, illustrations)

My Secret Garden Shed: True-Life Male Sexual Fantasies

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My Secret Garden Shed: True-Life Male Sexual Fantasies

Manufacturer: Nexus (UK)
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ASIN: 0352337257

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a terrific look at relationships
I Couldn't Wait to Finish this Book
Don't miss this book
Beard does it again
A wonderful book about golf and life

Lost in the Garden
Philip Beard
Manufacturer: Viking Adult
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ASIN: 0670037591
Release Date: 2006-05-04

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From the author of Dear Zoe, a wry novel of suburban life unraveled

Michael Benedict, overprivileged but undermotivated, seems to have it all: a beautiful wife, two lovely daughters, a law practice that provides a comfortable life for his family, and a natural golf swing. Can it all unravel in a few short months?

As he did in his debut, Dear Zoe, Philip Beard has created a pitch-perfect narrator who ruefully and winningly pulls the reader into the confusing world that is his life. When his wife announces she's pregnant, at age forty, with a “surprise” baby, Michael's underwhelming response disturbs the fault lines of both his marriage and his psyche. He tries to find solace in his obsessions: his golf game, his newfound luck in the stock market, and, since his wife has cut him off, some kind of sex that isn't exactly extramarital.

Like Tom Perrotta and Nick Hornby, Philip Beard writes insightfully, movingly, and with the lightest touch about the messiness of life. Anyone who wakes up some mornings feeling life is still a work in progress will find this the perfect summer read.

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a terrific look at relationships .......2007-06-11

In the Pittsburgh, area, forty-five years old Michael Benedict decides he wants to live his dream of becoming a professional golfer so he plans to join the senior tour. His wife Kelly is unhappy with his desire although they live comfortably with their two children and his investments are growing. However, Kelly says if he score under seventy twice, she will support his Peter Pan fantasy.

When she learns she is pregnant he reacts by being cold towards her. She is hurt by his icy demeanor, but she reacts by withdrawing from him. Needing sex and not getting any home cooking he moves out becomes a recurring client of Healing Touch sexual therapy. He makes his bid to join the tour, but lacks conviction until his caddie Sal gets into his face that he has the talent to play, but not the heart.

LOST IN THE GARDEN is a terrific look at relationships when a man rejects his lifestyle to keep his youth even as he enters middle age. Michael is a deep person as he is the focus of the story line with his refusal to bring anything further into his relationships with loved ones and willingly gives up everyone he cherishes. The rest of the cast is not quite as developed as the prime player. Although the ending implies reconciliation, which goes against the trend of the plot, readers will appreciate making par with Philip Beard.

Harriet Klausner

I Couldn't Wait to Finish this Book.......2007-01-29

I got Lost in the Garden after I finished reading Dear Zoe - which I loved. But Lost in the Garden bored me. The golf analogy was so boring that I started skipping it. I just wanted the book to end - I wanted to see if there was a lesson to be learned, a point to be made - something to validate the publishing of this book. The lesson I learned was that just because someone writes a good book, that doesnt mean they can write two good books.

Don't miss this book.......2006-07-21

Despite the less universal subject appeal, this book is even better than Beard's first novel,'Dear Zoe.' It is not about golf and sex. It is about family relationships and personal growth. It is hilariously funny, poignant,wise and wonderful. Forget Kirkus' dumb plot review and live for a few hours with Beard's characters: Kelly, Sal and Hank. You will ache for Michael and his children and you will laugh out loud at Michael as a child. I challenge you not to love this book.

Beard does it again.......2006-07-03

Although this book didn't pull me into it in quite the same way as did his Dear Zoe, (which was one of my favorite books ever, so it would've been hard to do), it was a thoroughly enjoyable read. Beard is a skilled and observant writer. I have this habit of highlighting passages that I find especially well done, and my copy of Lost in the Garden is probably now more yellow than white.

I hope women and non-golf-lovers won't be discouraged from reading this book because of its golf theme. There's far more to this story than golf.

A wonderful book about golf and life.......2006-07-03

I bought this book because I enjoyed Mr. Beard's first book, "Dear Zoe" and I'm a sucker for books about golf. While the descriptions of Micahel Benedict's quest for the senior golf tour were great, his observations about love and life were what made the book so special. And I had to laugh out loud several times at his observations that brought back memories of similar experiences.

Annie's Garden Journal: Reflections on Roses, Weeds, Men, and Life

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Just the book I was looking for....
Excellent by a thoughful artist
Sometimes funny, pretty pages, and interesting.
FUN AND EASY READING
Mildly entertaining

Annie's Garden Journal: Reflections on Roses, Weeds, Men, and Life
Annie Spiegelman
Manufacturer: Carol Publishing Corporation
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1559723734

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A warm, touching and funny book on family, gardening, Hollywood, marriage and life.

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Just the book I was looking for...........2000-03-22

'Annie's Garden Journal' was like reading someone's diary. I've felt all the same emotions Annie writes about, and some of them were painful, but I could laugh about it! I read this book in 3 separate sittings, didn't want it to end! I'm glad to see that she's working on another book, I'll be sure to get it too!

Excellent by a thoughful artist.......1999-09-26

I thought this was an excellent effort by a clearly thoughtful author. The author is obviously human which comes out in this book.

Sometimes funny, pretty pages, and interesting........1999-06-26

I enjoyed the honesty of the book and how the author shared her life with her readers. Honesty is a quality not often found in authors, especially new ones. I'm eagerly awaiting Annie's next book, and interested in how Bill's chiropractic career is going.

FUN AND EASY READING.......1999-06-06

If you want an easy book to read that will make you smile this is a pretty good book. I did get some help for my roses, and I really enjoyed this book a lot.

Mildly entertaining.......1998-08-11

This is a little on the juvenile side. But does provide a few laughs. Don't buy it, borrow it.

Men's suits: How to judge quality (Home and garden bulletin)

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Men's suits: How to judge quality (Home and garden bulletin)
Clarice Louisba Scott
Manufacturer: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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