String Of Pearls
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In Defense of Plants
The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.
String of Pearls
"Michele Lowe's radiant new play explores the possibilities that open up in the lives of an array of women as they come into contact with a certain strand of pearls. While the pearls are stolen, bought, bestowed, unstrung and nearly lost, four actresses play 27 characters in this deeply moving drama that is as fresh as it is funny. On the eve of her granddaughter Amy's wedding, Beth asks to see the pearls she gave Amy's mother long ago. When Amy cannot produce them Beth determines to find the pearls. She takes us back to the time when she received them and then gave them to her daughter, who passed them on to her dearest friend Ela who lost them one Sunday morning. Spanning 35 years, the pearls touch the lives of mothers and daughters, sisters and friends, even husbands and wives as they weave a deeply affecting story of love and loss."--Publisher's website.
A String of Pearls
During the last night in her Melbourne house, Kirstin Elliott's thoughts return to her past, to her childhood in Berlin and to Markus, her first love.Soon after Kirstin and Markus part in Paris, the Second World War is declared. In addition to the horror of war, the fear of the Nazi regime is looming. Kirstin's mother, a Jewess, has died and thus escaped the persecution against her people. But there is Kirstin's aunt, for whom the family fears.With the increase of air raids, Kirstin's father insists that she is evacuated. In the skirmish at the station, Kirstin helps a mother and her three children. During the journey she discovers that they are Markus's family.A strange friendship develops between the two women without Magda ever learning that Kirstin is in love with her husband. Then Markus is killed in Russia. With the approach of the Russians they flee. But no avail. The Russians catch up with them. Kirstin, after the first frightful hours, finds safety and love with a Russian officer.After parting from Magda and the children, Kirstin returns to Berlin. Her beloved father is dead. Her aunt has perished in one of the Concentration Camps. She longs for her sister Astrid and is overjoyed to be reunited with her.In 1947, Kirstin meets Rick, an Australian, whom she marries and follows to Australia. Here Rick's mother and his daughter make life difficult for her. Only when Kirstin's baby is born, do Moira and Kirstin become friends. A new trauma begins for Kirstin on meeting Joachim, a German to whom she is drawn from the start.In time, Kirstin, together with her young son, returns to Germany for a visit. On their flight back to Melbourne to Rick and her daughters, she no longer doubts where her home is.In an Epilogue, the later years of Kirstin's years are briefly touched on. The growing up of her children, Rick's death. Finally the day comes when she must leave her house. But there are her memories to sustain her.