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Originally published in 1903.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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The subject of the crusades is enormous, covering 700 years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and comprising scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. Although in almost every one of the many topics into which the subject is divided there is lively debate and development, there has not been a journal dedicated to the history of the crusades since the "Revue de l'Orient Latin". Crusade studies now centre on the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, and this organization, together with Ashgate, has taken the initiative to launch a new journal. Because the greatest need appears to be for more historical sources - narrative, homiletic and documentary - to be made available in trustworthy editions, editorial preference is given to the publication of texts in both European and oriental languages. "Crusades" also incorporates the Society's Bulletin. ... Read more

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10 Ways to Save Over $300 a Month is a strategy guide that teaches where to get the best deals including website links and retail places to shop.

Shows what stores have the best prices for different types of food. Includes ways to save money on your existing services. Also included are ways to get things for free just by being nice to people.

Also included is how to handle rebate deals and how to always get your rebate check. The guide also shows how to track all of your financials from one place. ... Read more

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The Hospitallers were a religious order, founded in Jerusalem in 1099, devoted to nursing and to fighting the Infidel. With their fellow knights, the Templars, they played a heroic part in the defence of the Holy Land, manning great castles while at the same time providing exemplary nursing care for the poor. After the fall of the Holy Land, the knights retreated first to Cyprus and then to Rhodes, which was massively fortified to defy the Turks. Finally expelled from Rhodes in 1523, they were given Malta by Charles V, where they survived the Great Siege of 1565, an epic of heroism that enthralled Europe. Driven from Malta by Napoleon in 1804, they have survived into modern times as a unique charitable order, still running a hospital in Jerusalem and providing first-aid for millions. Hospitallers is an illustrated history of this remarkable order.

‘Like true Israelites and warriors most versed in holy battle, on fire with the flame of true love, you carry out in your deeds the words of the Gospel.’
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Chapters: Lenae Williams, Swin Cash, Nancy Lieberman, Ruth Riley, Katie Smith, Ivory Latta, Olympia Scott, Lynette Woodard, Jennifer Azzi, Dominique Canty, Wendy Palmer, Alexis Hornbuckle, Cheryl Ford, Kara Braxton, Chandi Jones, Sandy Brondello, Katie Feenstra-Mattera, Mfon Udoka, Deanna Nolan, Sheri Sam, Shavonte Zellous, Anna Deforge, Cindy Brown, Iciss Tillis, Carla Boyd, Andrea Stinson, Astou Ndiaye-Diatta, Tamara Moore, Cláudia Das Neves, Elaine Powell, Olayinka Sanni, Jacqueline Batteast, Plenette Pierson, Niele Ivey, Tyresa Smith, Stacey Thomas, Gergena Baranzova, Kedra Holland-Corn, Britany Miller. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 130. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lenae Teresa Williams (born July 14, 1979 in Addison, Illinois) is professional basketball player. She played Detroit Shock at rookie season, in 2003 was traded to the Phoenix Mercury after training camp 2003 pre-season she was released 2 different teams In Charlotte Sting and Indiana Fever, after leaving at DePaul University. Lenae spent time playing overseas. Played at Mondeville at France after season. Recently bourght a new home in Bloomingdale, Illinois. After 7 year away from WNBA Williams rejoin the team on March 17, 2010. College Stats: ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8801959 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of the Fall Members, Steve Hanley, Mark E. Smith, Paul Hanley, Marc Riley, Brix Smith, Craig Scanlon, Karl Burns, Simon Rogers, Una Baines, Julia Adamson, the Weeds, Martin Bramah, Tony Friel, Factory Star, Simon Wolstencroft. Excerpt:Brix Smith Brix Smith-Start (born November 12, 1962 as Laura Elisse Salenger in Los Angeles , California ) is an American singer and guitarist , best known for being a member of British post-punk band The Fall , and as lead singer with The Adult Net . Biography Brix grew up in Los Angeles and Chicago . While in Chicago, she formed a band called "Banda Dratsing", and was their bassist/vocalist. Brix studied theatre and literature at Bennington College in Vermont . . The Fall Brix married Fall vocalist Mark E. Smith in 1983, and joined the band on guitar and vocals in the same year. She first appeared on the Perverted by Language album. During her period with the band she helped introduce a more mainstream, pop-oriented element to the group's sound. She divorced Smith and left The Fall in 1989. She temporarily rejoined the group for Cerebral Caustic (1995) and The Light User Syndrome (1996). The Adult Net In 1985, Brix started her side project, The Adult Net, with fellow Fall member, Simon Rogers , and other contributors (including Mark E. Smith). The band released four singles for The Fall's then label Beggars Banquet Records in 1985 and 1986, starting with a cover of Strawberry Alarm Clock 's "Incense and Peppermints". After three years and a scrapped album recorded with members of The Smiths , The Adult Net released The Honey Tangle in 1989 on Phonogram Records . This line up included Brix along with musicians including Craig Gannon , The The member James Eller and ex-Blondie drummer Clem Burke . Solo work and other activities After leaving... ... Read more

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The front yard is the stepchild of landscape design, ignored in the current enthusiasm for gardening. Typically, with its high-maintenance lawn and overgrown foundation planting, the front yard doesn't enhance the house or provide useful living space for the homeowner. Yet as new properties become smaller and old ones grow shadier, the front garden may be the best place to grow vegetables or flowers, to sit outside in comfort and privacy, or even to swim or play tennis.
Mary Riley Smith, a landscape designer who has often dealt with poorly planned and underused front properties, has filled this book with creative ways to make your own front garden beautiful and functional. She shows how to design paths, driveways, and parking areas and how to camouflage unattractive but necessary structures. For privacy, she describes the different virtues of fences, clipped hedges, and loose, flowing hedgerows.
When it comes to planting in front of the house, the choices are surprising: instead of a lawn, you might create a colorful cottage garden, an edible landscape, a drought-tolerant meadow of regional native plants, a sea of ornamental grasses, or even a romantic orchard. All of these landscapes, and dozens more from all parts of the country, are illustrated with beautiful photographs. THE FRONT GARDEN concludes with nine case histories, including the landscape designers' plans, that will give you even more ideas for turning your front yard into a beautiful garden. ... Read more

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If it wasn't for my HOA I'd have a front garden like this
If my pesky HOA didn't object, I'd have a front garden without any grass at all. As is, I ripped out all the non-native Bermuda and planted Texas Buffalo grass. Sigh...I still wish I could make that wonderful transition to a full yard Texas style Cottage Garden using all native Texas plants.

This book gave me a lot of ideas on how to install my cottage garden but still maintain the "lawn" for the HOA goons who don't seem to understand the benefits of less water/fertilizer/pesticide use.

I like the book because it shows a lot of photos where plantings other than grasses can be installed not only in front yards but also side yards and the "inferno strip" between the yard and the sidewalk. Including vegetable plants among the perennials is a wonderful and quirky touch that is surprisingly pleasing to the eye and is a wonderful way to fill in bare spots and reap great rewards at harvest time too.

If you're searching for new ideas to revamp that boring front garden lawn, this book is full of inspiriation.

Beautiful Pictures and Plenty of Advice
I purchased this for ideas on planting a front yard garden to supplement the back yard garden. While the author advises building raised front yard garden beds, there is no advice for the length/width of the beds. I google researched and am now building 4 raised beds made of plain wood. Don't use treated lumber as the chemicals leech into the soil around your vegetables and flowers. I google researched more and free standing beds that can be walked all the around should not be more than 5' wide or it is impossible to lean over and weed/plant. If a person cannot walk fully around the beds as in against a fence or house, plant them wide enough to reach into the farthest area unless you want to climb into the raised garden box.

This book details the historical past of front gardens from colonial times to their reemergence today. People interested in saving grocery money will like the idea. The author seems a little naive when she speaks about privacy fences being 6' tall as most city codes limit the height to 4' in a front yard-garden or not. Planting tall hedges in front or behind the fence solves that problem as there is no height limits on plants although then the issue of too much shade or burglar ideal conditions may occur.

A picture is worth a thousand words and a lot of time her pictures offer more advice as to how to go about your front garden than the printed word.

Still, this book will inspire you to plant that front garden, install that sidewalk and get that curb appeal.The pictures are gorgeous.

Oldie but goodie......
When Mary Riley Smith's THE FRONT GARDEN was published in 1991, it became an instant hit with me.Other writers have jumped into the subject since then, but Riley's book retains the freshness of relatively new and creative original ideas.I began my front garden over 20 years ago, when we moved into a seven-year old house here in Arlington that sat back from the street on a narrow lot.The front yard is much bigger than the back yard, and it pained me to see all the wasted space.The front yard received much sunlight, the back is in shade.Anyone with a desire to grow most of the perennials available in these times knows, that most of them do better in sunshine.

So, when the dogwood badly planted in the hot sun succumbed to borers, to the amazement of our conventional neighbors, we rototilled the front yard and created a huge swath of flowers and shrubs.I used many of the ideas in my own head (for better or worse) until I found Smith's book.

Although "only" a paperback, the book includes many stunning photos of gardens in the front yard--along driveways, beside houses, next to porches.Best of all Smith includes some simplistic designs (what every new gardener needs) showing various plants for your geometric or herb or vegetable garden.Did I say vegetable?Yes, indeedy.I grow hot peppers, beans, and last year melons in raised beds.We have a terraced garden made from timbers sitting in the middle of the front yard where you are likely to see tulips in the spring and beans later on. This year, if you pass by, you will see purple peppers in the petunias (ornamental veggies are the "in" plant).

I've noticed over the years that my neighbors are filling in their wasted spaces (front yards) with flowers and veggies.The kindest comments of all come from the passersby who stop to admire the garden and go away with a smile. One woman said "Thank you for opening up your garden to the street." ... Read more