Gardening, farming and astrology have been linked for thousands of years. You are aware of the four seasons, but you do not realize how paying attention to the days, and months, will help increase, and improve, your planting. This book combines ordinary gardening methods, with common-sense astrology, to help you improve your gardening.
The Lingering Garden has a lot of fine specimen of calligraphy.Many of them, which date back to hundred years ago, are included in this book. With the help of this book, readers could have a better understanding of the collection in the Lingering Garden.
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The architect Chuin Tung introduced the classic beauty of Chinese gardens to the world through this book The interest of garden appreciation: profound interpretation of the spirit and connotation of Chinese gardens The method of gardening: comprehensive analysis of the details and techniques of garden construction (including architectural and planning, ornament and furniture, rockery, planting) The history of gardens: detailing the difference between garden history and Eastern and Western gardens 建筑学界一代宗师童寯向世界介绍中国园林之美的经典著作 赏园之趣：深刻解读中国园林的精神与内涵 造园之法：全面分析园林营造的细节与技法（建筑与布局，装修与家具，叠石，植物配置） 园林之史：细述园林历史及东西方园林的区别
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"Peter Tschaikowsky ist der berühmteste Komponist des alten Rußlands. Mit einer detaillierten Werkanalyse verknüpft Garden die farbige Schilderung des unruhigen Musikerlebens; präzise aufgehellt werden auch die Hintergründe von Tschaikowskys erzwungenem Selbstmord."
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Younger and younger people and families have gone in search of their own garden in recent years. This trend intensified further as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. While the original purpose of gardening was self-sufficiency, the idea of promoting health has recently come to the fore. Horticultural therapist Andreas Niepel reaches out to new, young gardeners with this book. In a vivid and relaxed way, he describes how gardening promotes positive emotions of pleasure, vitality, improved self-esteem, social integration, closeness to nature, well-being, a sense of security and control as well as relaxation.
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This volume presents the art of Chinese classical gardens, including gardening techniques, garden types and garden structures. It also introduces the famous ancient gardens in China.
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An understanding of the work of zoos and aquariums is central to many programmes of study in wildlife conservation and more specialised programmes in zoo and aquarium science and management. This book is intended as a study and revision guide for students following these programmes. It contains 600 multiple-choice questions (and answers) set at three levels - foundation, intermediate and advanced - and grouped into 10 major topic areas: 1. History of zoos and aquariums 2. Zoo and exhibit design 3. Aquariums and Aquatic exhibits 4 Visitor studies, zoo education and zoo research 5. Nutrition and food presentation 6 Reproductive biology and genetics 7. Conservation breeding and assisted reproductive technologies 8. Behaviour, training and environmental enrichment 9. Animal welfare and conservation medicine 10. Zoo organisation and regulation The book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. It allows the reader to learn and revise the meaning of terms used in zoo and aquarium biology, the principles of animal husbandry and enclosure design, the behaviour of zoo visitors, the operation of captive breeding programmes, the international organisation of zoos, their legal regulation and much more.
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This Students' Dictionary of Zoo and Aquarium Studies contains over 5,000 terms (illustrated by 88 figures) used in zoos, aquariums, safari parks, birds of prey centres, petting zoos, animal rescue centres and other facilities that make up the 'zoo industry'. It covers a wide range of topics including animal behaviour, animal husbandry, animal welfare, ecology, law, taxonomy, classification, nutrition, parasitology, physiology, reproduction, experimental design, statistics, veterinary science, disease, visitor studies, water management, wildlife conservation and zoo design and architecture. It should be of great interest to those studying zoo biology, animal management, veterinary science and related subjects along with zookeepers and aquarists in the early stages of their careers. Dr Paul Rees has a long-standing interest in animals and in zoos. He has taught a wide range of subjects including ecology, animal behaviour, zoo biology, and wildlife and zoo law. While lecturing at the University of Salford he created the first undergraduate programme in Wildlife Conservation and Zoo Biology in the United Kingdom and over a period of some 20 years was an external examiner for BSc and MSc programmes in zoo biology and wildlife conservation at the Universities of Edinburgh, Chester, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, Gloucestershire and Nottingham Trent University. Dr Rees has published research on the large mammal fauna of Ngorongor Crater, Tanzania, the ecology and behaviour of elephants and cheetahs living in zoos, and the laws concerning wildlife reintroductions and the regulation of zoos.
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