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“helena moncrieff”

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  • The Fruitful City

    The Enduring Power of the Urban Food Forest

    by Helena Moncrieff ...
    Winner of the 2019 Heritage Toronto Book AwardShortlisted for the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize“Moncrieff eloquently reminds readers of the bounty and beauty that surround them.” —Publishers WeeklyOur cities are places of food polarities — food deserts and farmers’ markets, hunger and food waste, fast food delivery and urban gardening. While locavores and preserving pros abound, many of us can’t ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Sweethearts

    Tales of love, laughter and hardship from the Yorkshire Rowntree's girls

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire“On a warm Monday morning in 1932, just two days after leaving school, fourteen-year-old Madge was about to join her nine brothers and sisters at Rowntree’s. The smell of chocolate was in the air but as she walked up the road, her footsteps slowed at the daunting thought of what ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Madge’s story

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 1 - Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS
    This is Madge’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“On the morning of her Rowntrees job interview, on a warm Monday morning in July 1932, Fourteen-year-old Madge Fisher stood fidgeting in the hallway of her terraced house while her mother, Margaret, pinned ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Eileen’s story

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 3 - Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS
    This is Eileen’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“Eileen’s dad worked at the Rowntree’s factory loading cocoa beans into the grinding mills; it was hard physical work, but he was a tall and powerful figure and very fit. Eileen was only five when war broke ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Florence’s story (Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS, Book 2)

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 2 - Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS
    This is Florence’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“Florence was born in 1923 and remembers sleeping three or four to a bed with the other children. ‘If it was really cold, my mum would give us the shelf out of the fireside oven, wrapped in a piece of ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Maureen’s story

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 5 - Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS
    This is Maureen’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“Maureen started work at Rowntree’s on her fifteenth birthday in April 1959, and remembers being the only one in the entire workforce who was wearing ankle socks. But she soon settled in and on Saturday ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Patio Produce

    How to Cultivate a Lot of Home-grown Vegetables from the Smallest Possible Space

    by Paul Peacock ...
    How to cultivate a lot of home-grown vegetables from the smallest possible space. When space is at a premium, growing decent food to eat might seem an impossible task. Patio Produce is about just that; growing delicious, wholesome fruit and vegetables in the smallest spaces. It shows you how to make the most of pots and planters; how to create decorative but edible displays; how to plan for a ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Dorothy’s story (Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS, Book 4)

    by Lynn Russell, Neil Hanson ...
    Series Book 4 - Individual stories from THE SWEETHEARTS
    This is Dorothy’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“‘Every Friday when we got paid, they used to come round with your pay packet and a tin for charity and you’d put a penny in, and they’d go round all the machines for people to put money in. That was a ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Made in Detroit

    A South of 8 Mile Memoir

    by Paul Clemens ...
    A New York Times Notable BookA powerfully candid memoir about growing up white in Detroit and the conflicted point of view it produced.Raised in Detroit during the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, Paul Clemens saw his family growing steadily isolated from its surroundings: white in a predominately black city, Catholic in an area where churches were closing at a rapid rate, and blue-collar in a steadily ... Read more

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  • The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden

    Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers

    by Karen Newcomb ...
    One of the best books for beginning and experienced vegetable gardeners, this clear, straightforward, easy-to-read gardening bestseller (over 500,000 copies sold) uses organic, biodynamic methods to produce large amounts of vegetables in very small spaces.To accommodate today's lifestyles, a garden needs to fit easily into a very small plot, take as little time as possible to maintain, require a ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Edible City, The

    Edited by Christina Palassio, Alana Wilcox ...
    Series series uTOpia
    If a city is its people, and its people are what they eat, then shouldn’t food play a larger role in our dialogue about how and where we live? The food of a metropolis is essential to its character. Native plants, proximity to farmland, the locations of supermarkets, immigration, the role chefs can and should play in society - how a city nourishes itself makes a statement about the kind of city it ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • Food and Urbanism

    The Convivial City and a Sustainable Future

    by Susan Parham ...
    Cities are home to over fifty percent of the world's population, a figure which is expected to increase enormously by 2050. Despite the growing demand on urban resources and infrastructure, food is still often overlooked as a key factor in planning and designing cities. Without incorporating food into the design process – how it is grown, transported, and bought, cooked, eaten and disposed of – it ... Read more

    $45.39 CAD