Books with author Michelle Madow

GROCERY STORE GARDEN & JOURNALHow to Create an Indoor Garden from Food You Buy at the Grocery StoreWait! Don't toss that celery bottom . . . that overripe cucumber ... that avocado pit! Use them to create your own indoor garden that will keep you supplied with tasty edibles all year. How convenient! Think of the time and money you'll save! Plus, you can create your garden without spending a cent -- unless you want to.It's easy. GROCERY STORE GARDEN & JOURNAL tells you how. Illustrations and step-by-step directions make your Grocery Store Garden an ideal family project. Children can complete most projects with minimal adult supervision.INCLUDES: Listings of what you need; directions for re-growing plants in water & in containers, for replanting, & for harvesting.How to collect, save, and store seeds.Journal pages to record notes and observations.Fascinating facts about the plants discussed in each chapter.GROCERY STORE GARDEN & JOURNAL supplies all the information you need to get started -- complete with illustrations, lists of directions, and tips.So . . . Get started NOW! Save money. Save time. Eat healthy, knowing that your home-grown food is pure & chemical free. It doesn't take long. Soon you'll be enjoying fresh salad greens, snipping fresh herbs, and munching crunchy edibles from your own Grocery Store Garden.Get your copy of GROCERY STORE GARDEN & JOURNAL NOW!

“Presto! No More Pests!” proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, "miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer." Easy to use, effective, and safe: who wouldn’t love synthetic pesticides? Apparently most Americans did—and apparently still do. Why—in the face of dire warnings, rising expense, and declining effectiveness—do we cling to our chemicals? Michelle Mart wondered. Her book, a cultural history of pesticide use in postwar America, offers an answer.America's embrace of synthetic pesticides began when they burst on the scene during World War II and has held steady into the 21st century—for example, more than 90% of soybeans grown in the US in 2008 are Roundup Ready GMOs, dependent upon generous use of the herbicide glyphosate to control weeds. Mart investigates the attraction of pesticides, with their up-to-the-minute promise of modernity, sophisticated technology, and increased productivity—in short, their appeal to human dreams of controlling nature. She also considers how they reinforced Cold War assumptions of Western economic and material superiority.Though the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the rise of environmentalism might have marked a turning point in Americans’ faith in pesticides, statistics tell a different story. Pesticides, a Love Story recounts the campaign against DDT that famously ensued; but the book also shows where our notions of Silent Spring’s revolutionary impact falter—where, in spite of a ban on DDT, farm use of pesticides in the United States more than doubled in the thirty years after the book was published. As a cultural survey of popular and political attitudes toward pesticides, Pesticides, a Love Story tries to make sense of this seeming paradox. At heart, it is an exploration of the story we tell ourselves about the costs and benefits of pesticides—and how corporations, government officials, ordinary citizens, and the press shape that story to reflect our ideals, interests, and emotions.

Spring break in the mountains is about to get hotter than ever.The Diamond sisters are off to Aspen with their father for spring break… until he’s called away on an urgent business trip. But why should his house—well, mansion—there go unused?So of course the sisters go to Aspen without him. And they don’t go there alone.Savannah’s flirtation with international pop star Perry Myles is heating up quickly. And surprisingly, Perry says yes when she invites him to Aspen. But is Perry who she really wants, or has the right guy been in front of her all along?Courtney shouldn’t be shocked when her future step-brother, Brett, joins them in Aspen. But now that they’re staying in a house together, their forbidden relationship is about to reach a point of no return.Peyton’s relationship with her bodyguard Jackson got him fired, and she can’t get rid of the guilt. She wants to make things right with him. But how can she do that when he refuses to talk to her?But all of this is the least of their problems. Because mean girl Madison is about to reveal a secret of her own.A secret so big, it’ll change everything the sisters have ever known.Get ready for the shocking conclusion to The Secret Diamond Sisters trilogy in the final book, Diamonds are Forever!*Contains casual teen drinking and teens in sexual situations.*Dark romances with happily ever afters.

Bees are incredible creatures and it's amazing what they can do with a brain the size of a sesame seed.In this book we look at 10 attributes, in the form of Bee-Attitudes, we would like our children to grow and develop, and tie them in with simple facts about the hone bee. Bible verses and extra facts are included to make this a fun and interactive book. Stunning photographs are used to illustrate the facts. Help your toddler find Henry the Honey Bee on each page. Count the number of bees on each attribute page as well - but don't count Henry. We hope you enjoy learning about the amazing honey bee, made by our loving Creator.

THE EASY WAY TO GET ORGANIZED, PLAN, and KEEP a RECORD OF YOUR GARDENHow many times have you asked yourself such questions as: "When did I fertilize the . . . ?""Where did I plant the . . . ?" "How long did it take the . . . seeds to sprout?""How did that new hybrid variety of . . . work out?""Where did I buy that spray for . . . ?""Which kind of . . . were the best producers?""Where did I put those plans for my new patio garden?""Where is that great photo of my beefsteak tomatoes?" Wouldn't it be nice to get organized? To stop the endless searching? To have one place to keep all your important garden information? To have that information at your fingertips?The good news is: Help is on the way.! Enter the GARDEN JOURNAL and PLANNER!Unlike other journals or planners, the GARDEN JOURNAL and PLANNER is complete. It's your all-in-one tool for planning your garden, organizing and tracking your garden activities, and recording everything you want to remember about your garden.What's more, the GARDEN JOURNAL and PLANNER supplies grid paper, sketching paper, and pages for displaying pictures and photos. Thus the JOURNAL/PLANNER is not just for writing. It enables you to create a VISUAL as well as a WRITTEN record of your garden.The JOURNAL was designed for practical use and for flexibility. You may begin any day of any month. You write in the dates. There is no need to wait until January 1 to begin.If you're looking for a coffee-table journal, this journal's not for you. The GARDEN JOURNAL and PLANNER is a working journal. It is designed to be used. Take it outside with you as you garden.Are you a beginning gardener? Or, are you "well-seasoned"? It matters not. Either way, your GARDEN JOURNAL and PLANNER will be of tremendous help to you in ensuring your gardening success. It will save you time and money, too. As an organizing tool it will definitely save you time and effort, and, as they say time is money!Don't delay. Begin now. Once you start using the GARDEN JOURNAL and PLANNER, you'll wonder how you ever gardened without it!

“Presto! No More Pests!” proclaimed a 1955 article introducing two new pesticides, "miracle-workers for the housewife and back-yard farmer." Easy to use, effective, and safe: who wouldn’t love synthetic pesticides? Apparently most Americans did—and apparently still do. Why—in the face of dire warnings, rising expense, and declining effectiveness—do we cling to our chemicals? Michelle Mart wondered. Her book, a cultural history of pesticide use in postwar America, offers an answer.America's embrace of synthetic pesticides began when they burst on the scene during World War II and has held steady into the 21st century—for example, more than 90% of soybeans grown in the US in 2008 are Roundup Ready GMOs, dependent upon generous use of the herbicide glyphosate to control weeds. Mart investigates the attraction of pesticides, with their up-to-the-minute promise of modernity, sophisticated technology, and increased productivity—in short, their appeal to human dreams of controlling nature. She also considers how they reinforced Cold War assumptions of Western economic and material superiority.Though the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the rise of environmentalism might have marked a turning point in Americans’ faith in pesticides, statistics tell a different story. Pesticides, a Love Story recounts the campaign against DDT that famously ensued; but the book also shows where our notions of Silent Spring’s revolutionary impact falter—where, in spite of a ban on DDT, farm use of pesticides in the United States more than doubled in the thirty years after the book was published. As a cultural survey of popular and political attitudes toward pesticides, Pesticides, a Love Story tries to make sense of this seeming paradox. At heart, it is an exploration of the story we tell ourselves about the costs and benefits of pesticides—and how corporations, government officials, ordinary citizens, and the press shape that story to reflect our ideals, interests, and emotions.

GROCERY STORE GARDEN & JOURNALHow to Create an Indoor Garden from Food You Buy at the Grocery StoreWait! Don't toss that celery bottom . . . that overripe cucumber ... that avocado pit! Use them to create your own indoor garden that will keep you supplied with tasty edibles all year. How convenient! Think of the time and money you'll save! Plus, you can create your garden without spending a cent -- unless you want to.It's easy. GROCERY STORE GARDEN & JOURNAL tells you how. Illustrations and step-by-step directions make your Grocery Store Garden an ideal family project. Children can complete most projects with minimal adult supervision.INCLUDES: Listings of what you need; directions for re-growing plants in water & in containers, for replanting, & for harvesting.How to collect, save, and store seeds.Journal pages to record notes and observations.Fascinating facts about the plants discussed in each chapter.GROCERY STORE GARDEN & JOURNAL supplies all the information you need to get started -- complete with illustrations, lists of directions, and tips.So . . . Get started NOW! Save money. Save time. Eat healthy, knowing that your home-grown food is pure & chemical free. It doesn't take long. Soon you'll be enjoying fresh salad greens, snipping fresh herbs, and munching crunchy edibles from your own Grocery Store Garden.Get your copy of GROCERY STORE GARDEN & JOURNAL NOW!

In the Winter of 2010, the night skies lit up with alien invaders. Within minutes, the ground became active with infected humans, aliens and panicked survivors, all scrambling to escape the chaos. In the midst of the invasion, college dropout Edith Fitzgerald makes the choice to make her way to Reno, to where her parents are. Along the way, her allies begin to question her sanity, but it's apparent that the real monsters are not the invaders - it's the humans standing in her path.