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Gardening Wicked Plants The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart “This captivating page-turner is a walk on the dark side of plants as entertaining as any best-selling whodunit.” —Houston Chronicle “Entertaining, informative— and a little unsettling.” —Los Angeles Times ISBN 978-1-56512-683-1, No. 72683 $18.95 Paper over Board, 2009 • A New York Times Bestseller • An AHS Best Book Wicked Bugs The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army and Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart “A ton of well-researched, fascinating information with terrific and terrifying stories from history.” —Smithsonian.com ISBN 978-1-56512-960-3, No. 72960 $18.95 Hardcover, 2011 E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-063-3 • A New York Times Bestseller The Earth Moved On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart “[Rachel] Carson’s legacy is proof that science books matter, that good prose can change the world. On its own scale, Stewart’s book paddles along in Carson’s wake.” —The Boston Globe “Stewart’s fascination with her subject is infectious, her writing as simple and sleek as the earthworm itself.” —San Francisco Chronicle A Discovery Channel Book Club Selection ISBN 978-1-56512-468-4, No. 72468 $12.95 Paper, 2005 Flower Confidential The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful by Amy Stewart “A book every flower lover should read . . . [Stewart] gives lessons in botany and big business, history and horticulture. She enlightens and entertains; she poses questions and offers opinions. And she does it with style.” —New York Newsday ISBN 978-1-56512-603-9, No. 72603 $13.95 Paper, 2008 • A New York Times Bestseller From the Ground Up The Story of a First Garden by Amy Stewart “A rich feast of a book that celebrates the extraordinarily satisfying joys of making and keeping a garden.” —Kirkus Reviews ISBN 978-1-56512-240-6, NO. 72240 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2000 Lives of the Trees An Uncommon History by Diana Wells “Wells portrays 100 trees, beginning with acacia and ending with yew, in a tree album containing lovely drawings and pithy essays. Cinnamon, ginkgo, ‘small and spiny’ frankincense, mahogany, Osage orange, sycamore — all are succinctly described and celebrated in this warmly informative, fun-to-browse book of colorful tree histories.” —Booklist “You’ll learn all sorts of delectable lore and legend, history and science.” —Chicago Tribune ISBN 978-1-56512-491-2, No. 72491 $19.95 Paper, 2009 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells illustrated by Ippy Patterson From abelia to zinnia, one hundred well-known garden favorites and the stories behind their names. A Garden Book Club Selection ISBN 978-1-56512-138-6, NO. 72138 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1997 • 140,000 copies in print A Rose by Any Name The Little-Known Lore and Deep-Rooted History of Rose Names by Douglas Brenner and Stephen Scanniello “Covering social and cultural history, technology, art, and science, A Rose by Any Name proves that a whole world can be found within the petals of a single rose.” —Martha Stewart Living Gardener’s Latin A Lexicon by Bill Neal introduction by Barbara Damrosch This charming illustrated volume provides gardeners with brief, clear definitions and terms that combine to form the names of a seemingly infinite number of plant species. a garden book club selection ISBN 978-1-56512-384-7 NO. 72384 $10.95 PAPER, 2003 The $64 Tomato How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander “A wry memoir in which every reader who’s spent way more to grow a plant than he could purchase it for at the supermarket will recognize his own successes, failures and foibles.” —San Francisco Chronicle ISBN 978-1-56512-557-5, No. 72557 $13.95 Paper, 2007 ISBN 978-1-56512-518-6, No. 72518 $19.95 Hardcover, 2009 35 | Backlist nonfiction Algonquin Books
Gift Books History/ african american The Smartest Woman I Know by Ilene Beckerman Beckerman brings the wit and wisdom of her grandmother, the irrepressible Ettie Goldberg, to life. “A delightfully heartfelt and humorous bouquet of a book.” —Jewish Woman Magazine “A quick, amusing read complete with quirky illustrations.” —Publishers Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-537-7, No. 72537 $15.95 Hardcover, 2011 E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-117-3 Mother of the Bride The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress by Ilene Beckerman “Pithy wit and cute drawings sketch the happy tears, bittersweet memories and flares of anxiety that a daughter’s wedding elicits.” —The Dallas Morning News “An account that is sweetly sentimental and brutally honest, touching and witty—in short, a true gem.” —Publishers Weekly, starred ISBN 978-1-56512-476-9, No. 72476 $10.95 Paper, 2005 Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Ilene Beckerman Ilene “Gingy” Beckerman’s beloved and bestselling book has been adapted for the stage by Nora and Delia Ephron. The star-studded Off-Broadway show is receiving rave reviews, as did the book: “Illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women . . . This small gem of a book is worthy of a Tiffany box.” —The New York Times Book Review “Ilene Beckerman’s sleek little memoir . . . strikes a startling chord . . . Unsettling and oddly powerful.” —People ISBN 978-1-56512-475-2, No. 72475 $10.95 Paper, 2005 What We Do for Love by Ilene Beckerman “This savory little truffle turns out to be surprisingly poignant, laced with the bitter, the rueful, and the sweet.” —Good Housekeeping a book-of-the-month club selection ISBN 978-1-56512-180-5, No. 72180 $14.95 hardcover, 1997 Makeovers at the Beauty Counter of Happiness by Ilene Beckerman Beckerman addresses what really matters in life in a book that captures all the wisdom, humor, and candor of her bestselling illustrated memoir Love, Loss, and What I Wore. “Cuts to the heart of the female experience.” —Chicago Tribune ISBN 978-1-56512-374-8, No. 72374 $15.95 Hardcover, 2005 What the Dormouse Said Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books collected by Amy Gash illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan with a foreword by Judith Viorst Wisdom and whimsy from more than two hundred of our best-loved children’s books, from Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter. “Charming.” —The New York Times “By turns humorous, perverse, nonsensical and insightful, the words will jog more than a few memories.” —Publishers Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-451-6, NO. 72451 $9.95 PAPER, 2004 Rising to the Occasion A Practical Companion for the Occasionally Perplexed by Edith Hazard and Wallace Pinfold “A witty cross between an etiquette book and a scout manual . . . This is a truly essential book purchase.” —Wilson Library Bulletin ISBN 978-1-56512-329-8, no. 72329 $12.95 paper, 2001 Singing for Your Supper Entertaining Ways to Be a Perfect Guest by Edith Hazard ISBN 978-1-56512-090-7, No. 72090 $15.95 hardcover, 1996 On the Road to Freedom A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail by Charles E. Cobb Jr. Award-winning journalist and 1960s civil rights worker Charles E. Cobb Jr. takes us on a pilgrimage through the heart of the civil rights era. This essential piece of American history is also a useful travel guide with maps, photographs, and sidebars of background history, newspaper coverage, and firsthand interviews. “Charlie Cobb was in the heart of the Southern movement and one of its keenest observers. Now he takes us there in this exciting and inspiring tour. His book is rich with history, drama, and emotion.” —Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States “Cobb brings alive America’s last good war and its many heroes, unsung as well as famous.” —Hodding Carter III “The great strength of this book is that it is the story of people and not simply a repetition of dates and a listing of places and events. Put this book on your must-read list!” —Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP a Black expressions book club selection ISBN 978-1-56512-439-4, No. 72439 $18.95 Paper, 2007 36 | Backlist nonfiction Algonquin Books
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