"It was early on a summer’s morning. Sir Liontooth awoke and yawned, went out onto his balcony and looked at the garden. A wind ruffled the manes of the Indian Horse Chestnuts; he heard the growl of Dog Rose and saw the soft grey Lambs’ Ears prick as a Panther Lily passed..."Liontooth is a beautifully written gardening classic which will captivate every romantic gardener. Stunningly illustrated by over 150 remarkable 19th century botanical illustrations, including the extraordinary Les Fleurs Animées by the famous French illustrator Grandville.The book tells of Sir Liontooth, who lays down his sword and seeks happiness in the making of a beautiful garden. At first all is harmony; then enter discord – and with it a herbaceous mix of treachery, betrayal, loss of identity and civil war which all but wrecks his dream.Liontooth is a battle between good and evil, peopled by exotic characters and one extraordinary heroine.The illustrations by Grandville and Maund perfectly complement this captivating story, and in addition the author provides planting notes to accompany the text. This is a delightful book which will be cherished by garden lovers the world over.

Liontooth: The Story of a Garden

Literature & Fiction

Sharpe, Sara

Genre Fiction

Beautiful Books

<p>In the summer of 2001, Sara Sharpe married herself.In the beautiful town of Balsam, North Carolina, she bought a long white dress, a huge bundle of flowers, and a ring that she wears to this day. She stayed up all night writing a list of promises to herself, building a temporary altar at which to perform the blessed event, and decorating her cheerful, purple room at the Balsam Mountain Inn...Few would argue with the notion that it is hard, if not impossible, to love, honor and care for another if one does not first learn to love, honor and care for one's self. Some things deserve to be elevated to ritual status. Making the sort of commitment described herein, Sara argues, is one of those things.A Dress, A Ring, Promises to Self: an unconventional wedding planner for one, is a journal/planner as well as a book, designed to lead readers through the process of performing a similar commitment ceremony; one which, ultimately, provides a tangible opportunity to begin (or continue) to heal the past, imagine the future, and to construct - first on paper and then in your relationships - boundaries that will keep you safe, rituals that will keep you connected to the Divine, and language that will enable you to communicate your deepest desires.</p>

A Dress, A Ring, Promises to Self

Self-Help

Motivational

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

What makes someone suddenly, for no apparent reason, reject the pattern of her life? Leave her job, her lover, her friends; sell her house and every possession to walk out into the world one day, with barely a backward glance?In 1977, a 40-year old advertising copywriter at London’s J Walter Thompson decided that she must learn Modern Greek. This decision led Sara Sharpe to spend seven years on the road, travelling alone through Greece, Turkey and much of the Middle East. In 1984 she came home. Twenty years later, she revisited Likos, the Greek island she’d first encountered in 1980 and took out of their boxes the hundreds of pages of travel diaries she’d compiled during her vagabond days. Going Where My Pig Is Headed tells the story of those days.Sara’s diaries from 1977 to1984 combine improbable scrapes and adventures with poignant encounters and hilarious observations. But unlike many travel writers, she is able to view herself from the distance of 20 years, and question her motivation. Why did she have to go? And what were the consequences? Going Where My Pig Is Headed, by the author of the acclaimed Liontooth: the story of a garden, is for everyone who ever wondered what might happen if..."Today the rains which obligingly stopped for the Virgin are back. A grey sea with heaving spume. A bitter wind. A freighter from Thessaloniki is slumped against the quayside, its hull scarred and rusty, the R of ALEXANDROU missing. Staring at it, I let my mind wander back to the north of Greece, to the old kingdom of Alexander and a golden July beside a lake.."

Going Where My Pig Is Headed

Travel

Asia

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