Garden City

Kathryn Massey spends her days spreading rumors and keeping secrets. Losing herself one headline at a time has left Kathryn’s personal identity scattered - and dumps her at the narrow end of the bargaining table with the man she trusts the least. Gwendolyn Brick has simpler aspirations. As a costume designer, her sights are set on glamour, not heights of fame. But her friendship with Marilyn Monroe puts her directly into the crosshairs of studio head, Darryl Zanuck - and he’s someone you don’t say no to....

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat like a Local–Bangladesh by Author Sofia Kamal offers the inside scoop on food in Bangladesh. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate.

Of all the great cities in the world, few personify their country like New York City. As America's largest city and best known immigration gateway into the country, the Big Apple represents the beauty, diversity and sheer strength of the United States, a global financial center that has enticed people chasing the "American Dream" for centuries. As such, it's only fitting that Madison Square Garden, the stadium that bills itself as the world's most famous arena, resides in the heart of Manhattan.

Maddy Hamilton is at sea with her life. Her world was turned upside down when she discovered a message on her boyfriend's phone from a woman who was definitely not her. Then, when she thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, her boss delivered a second blow - there were cutbacks at work and Maddy was one of the unlucky ones. Six weeks after the break up, Maddy moves into Maxwell House to live by herself for the first time in 36 years. Lonely, heartbroken, and in desperate need of something, she finds a very unruly, very unloved patch of garden.

En este audiolibro encontrarás cómo se construye la ciudad de las plantas y tips básicos de cuidado. Además, una historia del Mercado de Jamaica, el principal centro de venta de flores y plantas en la ciudad, narrado en las cuatro estaciones del año. Así como una breve guía para que te inicies en el cultivo de plantas de autoconsumo y huertos urbanos. Conocerás la historia detrás de los nombres más bizarros, pero más divertidos de algunas plantas; un texto donde se reflexiona cómo la vegetación configura nuestras vivencias diarias.

The urban centers are becoming more and more dangerous with a steady increase of homeless tent cities littered by discarded junky drug paraphernalia. Those living, of necessity, in these homeless encampments are themselves in an ever-dangerous environment, holding onto every scrap of earthly possession, housed in stolen shopping carts, to not have these last vestiges of worldly belongings being stolen by others, leaving them even more destitute. The political policies of the defunding of police have limited those who remain in law enforcement.

Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants–the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled.

In 1997 New York City hipsters Lee and Ed were at a crossroads. Money was tight, their careers were floundering, their apartment was tiny, and their relationship, frankly, was dysfunctional. Then, on a fateful day in August, they decided on impulse to visit a nearby animal shelter, just to look at dogs. In a split-second decision that would change their lives, they brought home Wallace. They quickly realized that this spaniel mix was more than they could handle.

The best way to add height to your landscape is to build a vertical garden. However, there are several factors to consider when creating your own. You've come to the right place if you want to build your own vertical garden. Vertical gardening has become extremely common in recent years, and making one is a lot of fun.

Even in the confines of a city apartment, you now have the possibility to effectively manage your space and grow all kinds of tasty and flavorful crops. This is indeed your chance to regain control of the quality of the produce you eat - you are the one managing what goes on in your plants and inside your soil. Discover how to transform your apartment into a self-sufficient garden.

Finally, a book that simplifies the beginning skills of urban homesteading and provides easy lessons for those ready to be more self-sufficient. We are all different and live in different situations. This book will get you started in ways you might not have thought of, no matter where you are.

If you’re looking for a solution to all your food supply problems—cost, accessibility, health, and safety—it’s time to do what struggling families did in World War II—grow your own food. And you can do it in your very own organic garden. Organic gardening is most commonly associated with large spaces in the beautiful countryside. But even if you live in a tiny space in the city with no backyard, you can still create a beautiful organic garden at home. 

Animals bond people and transcend class, financial and cultural barriers. Pets matter to people more than anything, but what happens to those people who can't afford pet insurance or vet's bills? Animal Matters is a diary of real-life cases written during a year of Charlotte's career working as a veterinary surgeon in a 24-hour inner-city London animal charity hospital. The audiobook provides listeners with a revealing, honest, emotional experience, with deeply sad moments followed by amusing and unimaginable ones.

Do you want to eat tasty and famous traditional dishes from around the world without traveling and spending a lot of money? With the quick and easy instructions in this audiobook, you will be able to create more then 100 delicious famous dishes. You can present dishes rich in aromas and flavors at the table, creating the atmosphere of a famous distant city, comfortably from your home, saving time and money. Even if you think you're not good at cooking, this audiobook will help you improve your cooking skills.

In this book, Nom Wah’s owner, Wilson Tang, takes us into the hardworking kitchen of Nom Wah and emerges with 75 easy-to-make recipes: from bao to vegetables, noodles to desserts, cakes, rice rolls, chef’s specials, dumplings, and more.