Ronald Jones

Anthony Sutton

Veliz Books

Silvana Ayala

Particles of a Stranger Light

Charlie White

Introduction by Ronald Jones A thorough treatment of an artist whose images have explored the limits of pornography, the psychological landscape of Los Angelos, and the emotionally fraught relationship between self-perception and appearance. Including essays by Annabel Chong, William Deverell and Fred Alan Wolf, this generously illustrated book includes images and details of White's three most recent photographic projects, as well as interviews which reveal his relationship to his art. Illustrated in full-colour throughout.

Plant Life of Kentucky is the first comprehensive guide to all the ferns, flowering herbs, and woody plants of the state. This long-awaited work provides identification keys for Kentucky’s 2,600 native and naturalized vascular plants, with notes on wildlife/human uses, poisonous plants, and medicinal herbs. The common name, flowering period, habitat, distribution, rarity, and wetland status are given for each species, and about 80 percent are illustrated with line drawings. The inclusion of 250 additional species from outside the state (these species are “to be expected” in Kentucky) broadens the regional coverage, and most plants occurring from northern Alabama to southern Ohio to the Mississippi River (an area of wide similarity in flora) are examined, including nearly all the plants of western and central Tennessee. The author also describes prehistoric and historical changes in the flora, natural regions and plant communities, significant botanists, current threats to plant life, and a plan for future studies. Plant Life of Kentucky is intended as a research tool for professionals in biology and related fields, and as a resource for students, amateur naturalists, and others interested in understanding and preserving our rich botanical heritage.

An Illustrated Guide to the Vascular Flora

Plant Life of Kentucky

On hearing that her grandfather George, her only remaining relative had died, was stressful enough but to make matters worse he knew he was dying and only told Simon Quinn, a disreputable solicitor. Gemma Smith was put in a precarious position when the will was read to her, does she pursue her career in the world of finance or accept the contents of the will. She decided after some lengthy consideration to carry out George's request and continue to run his rather tatty antique shop in Clevewood Bay a sedate seaside resort in Sussex. All is not as straightforward as it seems, a letter left for her at the bank has some sort of cryptic message to decipher, reading it several times was a wise decision. Gemma met Jack a builder who renovated the premises while she sweet-talked him to moving in and cajoled him for her own intentions. Strange requests from customers asking for packages that George used to give them and visits from two unsavoury characters put her on her guard, she used her fortitude and guile to handle these issues with ease, she likes to be one step ahead when dealing with anything that may stop her own motives. She employed two people to help her run the shop, Shaun, Simon Quinn's nephew and Sally a local girl who both get entangled in Gemma's extraordinary personal life. Mysteries abound in the letter the more she reads it, customers strange requests, George's past, two bunches of keys with the letter, she has to solve these enigmas somehow and soon. Manipulating Jack, Sally and Shaun to gain their trust without their awareness they will have to be kept at bay for her to fulfil her own ambitions. She finds a secret compartment containing small sealed packages and a notebook with a list of local peoples names, one or two she recognises but this all seems very secretive, something the letter tries to tell her. She stumbled upon in the kitchen a concealed entrance to a basement which creates another puzzling dilemma and a shock causing her to appreciate George's sense of humour. Gemma continues to read the letter until finally one day she cracks the code which opens a safe in the basement, happy days now she can relax a bit. Following some so-called business with people in the notebook things were looking rosier but her new allies were suspicious of her movements so she needs to retain their trust by any means to enhance relationships. Karen Dawson, a hotel receptionist that Gemma knows, became a secretary for Simon Quinn which proved benenficial. Mrs Watkins, the previous secretary, had her own agenda which suited everyone involved with him. Several valuable antiques that caught her eye at her customers houses were negotiated by lying or deception to obtain them, it didn't matter to Gemma the people took her word on the price. Unaware of the contents of the packages her three allies, and now Karen, were inveigled into various scenarios as Gemma continues to outwit everyone in her path. Peter Morton, a solicitor friend of George, aides Gemma to shame and ridicule Simon Quinn, she is considering moving away from Clevewood Bay with help from Peter when the time is right. Her allies will be told in confidence and if any are not happy, tough, Gemma has her goal to reach. On reading their letters in private Jack, Sally, Shaun and Karen have to make a decision to meet her there or not. Is Gemma to be trusted, they don't know, does Gemma trust any of them, she's not entirely sure. Have they all been fooled and who might have let anyone down? A gigantic setback for global use of the contents of the packages put Gemma in a difficult situation, her position of authority becomes weakened by an unknown identity. Has someone tricked her at the last minute to ruin everything? Does one of her alliesor somebody else know more about her than she realises especially when suddenly out of the blue an individual arrives and unsettles Gemma in her new environment

The Inveigler

Compiles detailed identification keys to families, genera, and species of plant life found in Kentucky, and contains information on wildlife and human uses, important weeds, poisonous plants, and medicinal herbs, as well as scientific and common names, flowering periods, habitat, physiographic distribution, state and federal designations, and wetland ranking.

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