Home & Garden

At West Dean is the story of how Sarah Wain and Jim Buckland brought back to life a neglected garden in Sussex and is a celebration of the gardening excellence they have established there.

The most up-to-date and complete guide to gardening for homeowners..

Build a bunkbed in the morning and a super soaker in the afternoon, with PVC and Pipe Engineer. Make a chandelier, a wine rack, a bike trailer and more.

In Upcycling Outdoors, Max McMurdo teaches you how to discover your inner design genius, where to find great scrap items, and techniques on how to transform them into great design for your garden and outdoor spaces.

Put the fun into gardening with this beautifully illustrated guide to growing plants indoors and out. Combines beautiful design with great facts and practical projects, explains how plants work, describes the building blocks of gardening, and shows how to grow everything from cacti to cucumbers.

Grow some of the world's most unique and beautiful houseplants with this one-of-a-kind guide. Plus, find DIY projects for using houseplants to kick up your decorating skills! Houseplants make epic house guests—they don’t talk back, they’re 100% no drama, they’re exceptional listeners, and they ...

Learn to identify the butterflies you see, and find out what to plant in your garden so they visit you at home! Butterflies are likely the most popular insects in the entire insect class. With their large, brightly colored wings and beneficial pollinator roles in the ecosystem, it's no wonder they have ...

Fresh and Flavorful Herbs is packed with recipes and techniques to help home chefs learn to grow and learn about herbs right in their own kitchen.

Find the answers to all your DIY questions in this amazingly successful, bestselling volume. "The Reader's Digest DIY Manual" is a byword amongst amateurs and professionals alike for reliable advice and clear instructions on every aspect of home and garden maintenance and improvement. With growing numbers ...

The Little Book of Allotment Tips is full of useful advice for all interested in allotment growing. Learn how to diversify and rotate what your grow, which essential tools you need and suggestions for harvesting rainwater. From finding the perfect plot of land to put every last bit of available space ...

This guide to the world of Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs, reveals the habits of the great and the good of the Edwardian era and the duties of the servants that made it all possible. All the tips and tricks of Edwardian housekeeping are revealed from growing prize blooms and vegetables in the garden to preparing cuisine in the kitchen.

An irresistible pot-pourri of canine facts, embracing the essential, the trivial, the intriguing, and the extraordinary. The perfect kennel-top or coffee-table book to paw through at random.

The London Medium Porcelain Tray from Galison features a charming illustration of London's landmarks. This tray is a perfect spot to leave keys, jewelry, and other trinkets.
- Size: 6.5 x 5"
- Gold trimmed on the Tray
- Gift box included

Using Sweden as a case study, this book combines theories of family practices, care and childhood studies with the personal perspectives of nannies, au pairs, parents and children to provide new understandings of what constitutes care in nanny families.

Cats are individual, totally inscrutable and completely lovable. And they love us back - when they feel like it. Anyone who has known the friendship of a cat, this book is for you.

Before the 1980s, people wishing to recreate or reconstruct a historic garden, 'back to its former glory,' relied almost solely on documentary sources, paintings and literary references. For the last twenty years it has been recognised that these are not terribly reliable sources and people have turned ...

This invaluable guide is a must for anyone who wishes to control their consumption of fossil fuels and learn about different possible sources of energy that could be adopted in the home.

This fun-filled collection of ways to lay the groundwork for children's future is packed with everyday opportunities to contribute to brain development during the critical period from 12-36 months. Each game is accompanied by information on related brain research and a description of how the activity promoted brain power in children. 133 b&w illustrations.