Are heirloom vegetables more difficult to grow
than conventional hybrids? "The Beginner's Guide to Growing
Heirloom Vegetables" debunks this myth by highlighting the 100
heirloom vegetables that are the easiest to grow and the
tastiest to eat.Marie Iannotti makes it simple for beginning gardeners to jump on the heirloom trend by presenting an edited list based on years of gardening trial and error. Her plant criteria is threefold: The 100 plants must be amazing to eat, bring something unique to the table, and -- most importantly -- they have to be unfussy and easy to grow. Her list includes garden favorites like the meaty and mellow 'Lacinato' Kale, the underused and earthy 'Turkish Orange' Eggplant, and the unexpected sweetness of 'Apollo' Arugula. $19.95
Hands-On Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs
Starting with Just One Square Yard! Lolo Houbein has been growing food for more than 30 years and now, drawing on her wide learning and hard-earned experience, she offers a wealth of information on how to turn small plots of land into sources of nourishing, inexpensive, organic food. Amateur gardeners wondering how to get started and veteran gardeners looking for new ideas will be inspired by Houbein 's practical, often charming, and always optimistic advice. "One Magic Square" includes:
Earth-friendly tips, tricks, and solutions for establishing and maintaining an organic gardenIllustrated, annotated plans for 30 plots with different themes including perennials and pick-and-come-again plants, anti-cancer and anti-oxidant-rich vegetables, and salad, pizza, pasta, and stir-fry ingredientsComprehensive information about every plant in every plotColor photographs of the author 's own garden plus helpful illustrationsHoubein family recipes for making the most of your bounty including salad dressings, fruit and vegetable juices, stir-fries, and more. $18.95
Growing plants from seeds isn't difficult; it just takes a little know-how. Now, gardeners of any experience level can get a jump on the growing season with this concise, straightforward guide. Expert gardener Barbara Ellis provides the basic information that you need and teaches you foolproof starting techniques for a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. $8.95
Western Garden Book: The 20-Minute Gardener, shows readers how to
have a beautiful yet easy-to-maintain garden with minimal effort
or time. This book is as easy to use as it is inspiring, whether
you grow plants on a balcony, in patio containers, or in a small
backyard.
Learn how to keep your garden looking beautiful in just 20 minutes
a day, by breaking down chores into manageable chunks
Discover how the quickest fixes can turn a quiet garden into a
magical outdoor room.
Freshen problem spots with our inspiring projects. Plus designs
for pots, paths, and easy-care beds – many with step-by-step
instructions.
Grow some of the West’s best 160 plants, profiled and pictured in
an encyclopedia, with easy-to-follow planting guidelines.
Tend your garden following our simplest techniques for amending
soil, making compost, planting, and watering.
Find your region in the 16-page Regional Gardening Calendars, then
follow our tips for what to do in your garden each month. $24.95
Gardeners,
like everyone, are too short on time and money to waste either
on plants that only look good for a few weeks. You want
hardworking, eye-catching plants that provide beauty for
multiple seasons.You want powerhouse plants -- plants with colorful spring flowers and summer fruits, or summer fruits and fall foliage, or summer flowers, fall foliage and winter stems ... or any combination of two or more of these desirable features. Like flowering dogwood that boasts summer flowers and fall fruit and foliage. Or honeysuckle that has fragrant spring flowers, summer and fall foliage, and fall fruit.
"Powerhouse Plants" by Graham Rice features multiseasonal perennials, annuals, groundcovers, vines, shrubs, and trees. Profiles include basic plant information, including size, hardiness, and preferred growing conditions. $24.95
What's New At Steve's
OKLAHOMA @ the MOVIES
by The Oklahoma Historical Society
OHS
is pleased to announce the release of Oklahoma @ the Movies, a companion
book to the exhibit.
"The second in the Oklahoma Historical Society's Popular Culture Series,
Oklahoma @ the Movies gives readers an intimate, insider's view of the
Sooner State's impact on Hollywood over the motion-picture industry's
hundred-year history. This is a lively and entertaining story-the story of
Sooner State stardom!"
In 19 information-packed articles, some
surprising facts emerge in a fascinating narrative. Thomas Edison's company
filmed the very first Western cowboy movies on Oklahoma ranches, including
the fabled 101 Ranch. Genuine movies icons "in front of the camera"-Hopalong
Cassidy (William Boyd). Joan Crawford, Ron Howard, Will Sampson, Brad Pitt.
and Jennifer Jones-hailed from Oklahoma.
In Oklahoma @ the Movies you will learn about Will Roger's humorous movies: Gene Autry, "singing cowboys" and music writers from Oklahoma: and the career of rising stars, including Kristen Chenoweth, Alfre Woodard, and Wes Studi. An eye-opening article reveals how Native American actors, writers and producers from Oklahoma masterminded a complete transformation in the way Americans see "Indians" on the screen. There's even an "actors's-eye view," penned by a screenwriter for the movie Dan Turner Hollywood Detective and a bit player in Vigilante Blood, both shot in Tulsa.
Oklahoma men and women behind the scenes make great movies greater: Gray Frederickson produced the Godfather; Lucien Ballard, an Academy Award-winning cinematographer and inventor, shot dozens of classic films, including the original True Grit: and S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders, filme in Oklahoma und the direction of Francis Ford Coppola.
Contributing authors include: Elizabeth Anthony, Gary Rhodes, Bill Moore,
Hugh Foley, Steve Gragert, Debra Spindle, Guy Logsdon, Bobby Weaver, John
McConnel, Loretta Jackson, Dianna Everett, Ryan LaCroix, Larry O'Dell Brian
Hearn, John Wooley, and Gray Frederickson. $34.99
PROUDLY PROTECTING OKLAHOMA The 75th Anniversary of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol by Bob Burke Foreword by Governor Mary Fallin
The
need for a state police force in Oklahoma became evident in the 1930s as the
popularity of the automobile and the lack of paved roads caused a spike in
traffic injuries and fatalities. Now, three quarters of a century later, the
Oklahoma Highway Patrol is one of the most modern state police agencies in
the nation. Using the latest in technology, the OHP continues to protect and
serve the citizens of Oklahoma. $30.00
ALEX CROSS, RUN
by James Patterson
Kill Alex Cross
was "Patterson at the top of his game" (Washington Post). Alex Cross, Run is
even better. DON'T LOOK, ALEX CROSS Top plastic surgeon Elijah Creem is
renowned for his skills in the operating room, and for his wild,
no-expense-spared "industry parties," bringing in underage exotic dancers
and models for nights of drugs, champagne, and uninhibited sex. That is,
until Detective Alex Cross busts one of Creem's lavish soirees and ruins his
fun. Now Creem is willing to do anything to avoid going to jail. DON'T
THINK, ALEX CROSS But Alex doesn't have time to dwell on that case. A
beautiful woman has been found murdered in her car, a lock of her hair
viciously ripped off. Then a second woman is found hanging from a
sixth-floor window with a brutal scar slashed across her stomach. When a
third mutilated body is discovered, rumors of three serial killers on the
loose send Washington D.C. into an all-out frenzy. JUST RUN Alex is under so
much pressure to solve these three grim cases that he hasn't noticed that
someone else investigating him-someone so obsessed and so twisted that
they'll do anything-ANYTHING- to get the vengeance they require. Alex Cross,
Run is James Patterson's most unrelenting story yet-a white-hot, sensational
thrill ride with the most extreme and gripping characters Patterson has ever
brought to life. $28.99
The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult
"Some
stories live forever . . . "
Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day's
breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories,
and the shadow of her mother's death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in
Sage's grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike up an
unlikely friendship. Despite their differences, they see in each other the
hidden scars that others can't, and they become companions.
Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and
shameful secret--one that nobody else in town would ever suspect--and asks
Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says yes, she faces not only moral
repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well. With her own identity
suddenly challenged, and the integrity of the closest friend she's ever had
clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she's made
about her life and her family. When does a moral choice become a moral
imperative? And where does one draw the line between punishment and justice,
forgiveness and mercy?
In this searingly honest novel, Jodi Picoult gracefully explores the lengths
we will go in order to protect our families and to keep the past from
dictating the future. $28.99
CALCULATED IN DEATH
by J.D. Robb
In her years at the NYPSD, Eve Dallas has solved some truly appalling
homicides. But some cases are worse than others.
On Manhattan's East Side a woman lies dead at the bottom of the stairs,
stripped of all her valuables. Most cops might call it a mugging gone wrong,
but Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows better.
A well-off accountant and a beloved wife and mother, Marta Dickenson doesn't
seem the type to be on anyone's hit list. But when Eve and her partner,
Peabody, find blood inside the building, the lieutenant knows Marta's murder
was the work of a killer who's trained, but not professional or smart enough
to remove all the evidence.
But when someone steals the files out of Marta's office, Eve must immerse
herself in her billionaire husband Roarke's world of big business to figure
out who's cruel and callous enough to hire a hit on an innocent woman. And
as the killer's violent streak begins to escalate, Eve knows she has to draw
him out, even if it means using herself as bait... $27.95
A STORY OF GOD AND ALL OF US A NOVEL BASED ON THE EPIC TV MINISERIES THE BIBLE
Scripture's greatest stories and
most compelling characters come to life in this sweeping new novel by Roma
Downey and Mark Burnett.
Beginning with the creation of man and ending with the revelation of a new
world, readers will revel in this epic saga of warriors, rebels, poets, and
kings, all called upon by God to reveal His enduring love for mankind.
Ultimately, God's plan is fulfilled in the story of Jesus the Messiah, whose
life, death and resurrection brings salvation to one and all.
A STORY OF GOD AND ALL OF US is a companion to "The Bible," the epic
ten-hour mini-series produced by the authors and televised around the world.
$24.99
Home by Charles Faudree
"The single most important ingredient in a home is that it must have a soul." -Charles Faudree
In Home, best-selling author and designer Charles Faudree invites a few of his friends-designers, artists, family and clients-to introduce the different rooms of the house and add their unique insights on how to make the most of the space we live in. The homes featured here have plenty of Charles's typical French Country soul-from large family living areas to intimate spaces of the boudoir, library, dressing room and closet.
Charles Faudree's designs are often featured in Traditional Home, Southern Accents, House Beautiful and Veranda. His fabric line is marketed through Vervain. This is his sixth book. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Jenifer Jordan has shot exclusively for three of Faudree's previous books and for Modern Country (Gibbs Smith). She lives in Tulsa. $50.00
1356 by Bernard Cornwell
"The
most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall
Street Journal) has delivered another blockbuster with this thrilling tale
of peril and conquest at the Battle of Poitiers.September 1356. All over France, towns are closing their gates. Crops are burning, and through-out the countryside people are on the alert for danger. The English army—led by the heir to the throne, the Black Prince—is set to invade, while the French, along with their Scottish allies, are ready to hunt them down.
But what if there was a weapon that could decide the outcome of the imminent war?
Thomas of Hookton, known as le Batard, has orders to uncover the lost sword of Saint Peter, a blade with mystical powers said to grant certain victory to whoever possesses her. The French seek the weapon, too, and so Thomas's quest will be thwarted at every turn by battle and betrayal, by promises made and oaths broken. As the outnumbered English army becomes trapped near Poitiers, Thomas, his troop of archers and men-at-arms, his enemies, and the fate of the sword converge in a maelstrom of violence, action, and heroism.
Rich with colorful characters, great adventure, and thrilling conflict, 1356 is a magnificent tale of how the quest for a holy relic with the power to change history may culminate in an epic struggle. $28.99
Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter
Bob Lee Swagger is back in a thriller fifty years in the making . . .
It's not even a clue. It's a whisper, a trace, a ghost echo, drifting down
through the decades via chance connections so fragile that they would
disintegrate in the puff of a breath. But it's enough to get legendary
former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger interested in the events of November
22, 1963, and the third bullet that so decisively ended the life of John F.
Kennedy and set the stage for one of the most enduring controversies of our
time.
Swagger begins his slow night stalk through a much-traveled landscape. But
he's asking questions that few have asked before: Why did the third bullet
explode? Why did Lee Harvey Oswald, about to become the most hunted man on
earth, risk it all by returning to his rooming house to secure a pistol he
easily could have brought with him? How could a conspiracy that went
unpenetrated for fifty years have been thrown together in the two and a half
days between the announcement of the president's route and the assassination
itself?
As Bob investigates, another voice enters the narrative: knowing, ironic,
almost familiar, that of a gifted, Yale-educated veteran of the CIA Plans
Division. Hugh Meachum has secrets and the means and the will to keep them
buried. When weighed against his own legacy, Swagger's life is an
insignificant expense--but to blunt the threat, he'll first have to ambush
the sniper.
As each man hunts the other across today's globe and through the thickets of
history, "The Third Bullet "builds to an explosive climax that will finally
prove what Bob Lee Swagger has always known: it's never too late for
justice. $26.99
Ironhorse
by Robert B. Parkers
For years, Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch have ridden roughshod over
rabble-rousers and gun hands in troubled towns like Appaloosa, Resolution,
and Brimstone. Now, newly appointed as Territorial Marshalls, they find
themselves traveling by train through the Indian Territories. Their first
marshaling duty starts out as a simple mission to escort Mexican prisoners
to the border, but when the Governor of Texas, his wife and daughters climb
aboard with their bodyguards and $500,000 in tow, their journey suddenly
becomes a lot more complicated.
The problem is Bloody Bob Brandice. He and Virgil have had it out before, an
encounter that left Brandice face-down in the street with two .44 slugs
lodged in him. Now, twelve years later on a night train struggling uphill in
a thunderstorm, Brandice is back - and he's not alone. Cole and Hitch find
themselves in the midst of a heist with a horde of very bad men, two
beautiful young hostages, and a man with a vendetta he's determined to carry
out.
Empire and Honor by W.E.B. Griffin
October 1945: The Germans and Japanese have surrendered. For Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS, it should be time to pack up, but they have far more important things to do.
In the closing months of the war, the United States made a secret deal with the head of German intelligence's Soviet section. In exchange for a treasure trove of intelligence, including the identity of the Soviet spies in the American atomic bomb program, his people would be spirited to safety. If word got out, all hell would break loose, and the United States would lose some of its best sources, not to mention its most valuable secrets.
It is up to Frade and company to keep them all safe. But some people have other ideas. $27.95
Collateral Damage
by Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington returns in the stunning new thriller by the "New York
Times-"-bestselling author.
Stone Barrington is back in Manhattan and pleased to receive an unexpected
visit from his friend and sometime lover Holly Barker, now an assistant
director at the CIA. For her part, Holly is glad to leave the staid,
official environs of the capital for the dining and atmosphere of New York,
but her sojourn isn't only for pleasure. An explosive incident requires her
immediate attention--and Stone's investigative expertise.
But what initially appears to be a clear-cut case soon becomes increasingly
complex--and dangerous. For in the secretive world of government
intelligence, national interests all too often conflict with power grabs and
turf wars, and extreme wealth allows even the most pursued rivals to slip
through the cracks. As Stone and Holly follow the trail from London's posh
embassy district to Manhattan's Upper East Side, they learn just how well
the most cunning plans can be disguised . . . and how far some people will
go to wreak vengeance. $26.95
Threat Vector
Tom Clancy
#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Tom Clancy is back and the stakes
have never been higher.
Jack Ryan has only just moved back into the Oval Office when he is faced
with a new international threat. An aborted coup in the People's Republic of
China has left President Wei Zhen Lin with no choice but to agree with the
expansionist policies of General Su Ke Qiang. They have declared the South
China Sea a protectorate and are planning an invasion of Taiwan.
The Ryan administration is determined to thwart China's ambitions, but the
stakes are dangerously high as a new breed of powerful Chinese anti-ship
missile endangers the US Navy's plans to protect the island. Meanwhile,
Chinese cyberwarfare experts have launched a devastating attack on American
infrastructure. It's a new combat arena, but it's every bit as deadly as any
that has gone before.
Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus may be just the wild card
that his father needs to stack the deck. There's just one problem: someone
knows about the off-the-books intelligence agency and threatens to blow
their cover sky high. $28.95
Cross Roads by Wm. Paul Young
Anthony Spencer is egotistical, proud of being a self-made business
success at the peak of his game, even though the cost of winning was
painfully high. A cerebral hemorrhage leaves Tony comatose in a hospital
ICU. He 'awakens' to find himself in a surreal world, a 'living' landscape
that mirrors dimensions of his earthly life, from the beautiful to the
corrupt. It is here that he has vivid interactions with others he assumes
are projections of his own subconscious, but whose directions he follows
nonetheless with the possibility that they might lead to authenticity and
perhaps, redemption. The adventure draws Tony into deep relational
entanglements where he is able to 'see' through the literal eyes and
experiences of others, but is "blind" to the consequences of hiding his
personal agenda and loss that emerge to war against the processes of
healing and trust. Will this unexpected coalescing of events cause Tony to
examine his life and realize he built a house of cards on the poisoned
grounds of a broken heart? Will he also have the courage to make a
critical choice that can undo a major injustice he set in motion before
falling into a coma? $24.99
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