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Being there Being there Jerzy N. Kosinski Being There is a satirical novel by the Polish born writer Jerzy Kosinski, first published in 1971. Set in America the story concerns Chance, a simple gardener who unwittingly becomes a much sought a… OL10695414W
The pumpkin man and the crafty creeper The pumpkin man and the crafty creeper Margaret Mahy A bossy and demanding plant insists on going home with Mr. Parkin, who usually only tends quiet pumpkins, and from that moment his peaceful existence is changed OL11153382W
The gardener The gardener Sarah Stewart A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her. OL12355648W
The greenhouse The greenhouse Auður A. Ólafsdóttir Lobbi, a young man just leaving for a new job, experiences a chain of life changing events including the death of his mother and unexpected fatherhood for himself, but as he focuses on the cultivatio… OL16591446W
The Garden of Evening Mists The Garden of Evening Mists Tan Twan Eng "On a mountain above the clouds, in the central highlands of Malaya lived the man who had been the gardener of the Emperor of Japan.” Teoh Yun Ling was seventeen years old when she first heard a… OL17375351W
Sophie and the rising sun Sophie and the rising sun Augusta Trobaugh When Mr. Oto arrives in Salty Creek, Georgia, kind Miss Anne takes him in and widow Sophie rediscovers new joy after meeting him, but the relationships are tested after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor… OL17740070W
This little pig This little pig Leonard B. Lubin The nursery rhyme beginning "This little pig went to market" is illustrated with eighteenth-century pigs who enact the tale with extravagant embellishment. OL18148548W
Father figure Father figure Nichols, Beverley If your previous experience with Beverly Nichols has been the books of his funny, warm and affectionate gardening trilogy (Down the Garden Path, Sunlight on the Lawn, etc), *caveat lector.* This is … OL1824897W
Sunlight on the lawn Sunlight on the lawn Nichols, Beverley Sunlight on the Lawn brings to a close Beverley Nichols's delightful Merry Hall trilogy describing the renovation of his rundown Georgian mansion and its garden. In his entertaining and inimitable ma… OL1824923W
Death in summer Death in summer William Trevor A chilling new novel by the author of Felicia's Journey. After both his wife and mother-in-law die suddenly, Thaddeus's household seems to settle down. But then an unwelcome guest appears, heralding … OL1863417W
Sophie and the rising sun Sophie and the rising sun Augusta Trobaugh A radiant novel that gets the rhythms and cadences of small-town life exactly right. An unforgettable story of a time when the world lost its innocence--and of a town that finds its redemption in an … OL1930997W
Bunny Mellon Bunny Mellon Meryl Gordon "A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, o… OL19716843W
The house of hope The house of hope Audrey Willsher "When Marianne goes to Hope Grange, it's to take up her job as a maid in the household of Hugo Lacey. But it is not the grand house she is expecting. Hope Grange is a crumbling wreck and a house of g… OL20942901W
The day job The day job Mark Wallington To finance Mark Wallington's dream of being a television comedy writer, he becomes a gardener to the residents of north London for a year. He gardens for people like Mrs Fleming, convinced that there… OL24191338W
Za oceanem Za oceanem Robin Pilcher On a visit to the U.S., a Scottish whisky distiller takes a break from corporate life by going to work as a gardener for a wealthy couple. Without revealing his identity, he becomes the confidant of … OL24733570W
Lessons from great gardeners Lessons from great gardeners Matthew Biggs Since its earliest days, the art and science of gardening has been continually transformed and enhanced by great gardeners - men and women whose passion for gardening has driven them to improve and i… OL26411976W
Pascual y el pez de luz Pascual y el pez de luz Céline Manillier Pascual the gardener, who lives in the middle of a garden, gets tired of carrying water and builds a canal and reservoir; at night, he sees a fish-shaped light in the water, and when a drought occurs… OL27013650W
Le jardinier qui cultivait des livres Le jardinier qui cultivait des livres Nadine Poirier Album où l'on raconte comment une fillette et un vieux jardinier solitaire se lie d'amitié. Toujours affairé à planter des mots dans la terre, pour y faire pousser des récits, le vieil homme savourai… OL29248091W
Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians J. M. Coetzee For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts… OL500388W
Snakeskin shamisen Snakeskin shamisen Naomi Hirahara From Summer of the Big Bachi to Gasa-Gasa Girl, Naomi Hirahara's acclaimed novels have featured one of mystery fiction's most unique heroes: Mas Arai, a curmudgeonly L.A. gardener, Hiroshima survivor… OL5719196W
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