Bøger af Richard Bird

This useful guide lays out the different varieties of squashes and pumpkins and shows them in glorious full color.

The 80s. And London is under siege. It started a few of months ago with people being attacked in dark alleyways and other areas that decent citizens don't dare venture down. There were mutters of strange bites, claw marks and other oddities, and then it grew into bizarre things seen out of the corner of the eye, seemingly no one actually viewing the attackers clearly. Then bodies started appearing, some drained of blood, some missing heads, and others completely ripped to shreds. And then when things looked bleak, he turned up....

A cultural satire that lampoons practically everything that makes America great...the legal profession, religion, war, art, advanced medical technology, sex, pets...even The American Dream itself.

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Although the "according to" Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are complementary it is challenging to the reader to comprehend the overall narrative as they are not organized by any consecutive line of thought or chronology. Each Gospel has a different emphasis and organization, shaped to be relevant to it's own purpose and audience; reflecting the differences of interest and environment. The Integrated Gospels consolidates the "according to" Gospels into a cohesive, reader friendly Gospel, presenting it in a chronologically and thematically consistent text by interweaving and arranging the scripture verses into a singular continuous narrative, thereby becoming relevant to all readers at all times. This unique text is presented exclusively in scripture verses with verse citations in margin of the quoted scripture for reference purposes. Employing no added commentary or paraphrasing The Integrated Gospels faithfully preserves the integrity of the Word of God, affording the reader a new and beneficial perspective on "The Greatest Story Ever Told".

"A definitive guide to pruning and training decorative and fruiting plants. Provides advice on pruning and training methods for every kind of ornamental plant. A helpful section explains how to train and prune fruit trees, climbing fruit, and soft fruit. All techniques and projects are shown in close-up step-by-step photography and diagrams, making the tasks absolutely clear and easy to follow. Contains an easy-to-use plant directory, describing the timing, frequency and method of pruning for a range of ornamental plants. Illustrated with over 700 photographs, and more than 270 specially commissioned artworks."--Back cover

The book "" The Gay Adventure: A Romance , has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

The box-set for garden lovers, with four highly-illustrated practical how-to books on key gardening topics.

Explains all the skills and techniques you need to grow your own edible crops, from designing the garden, to crop rotation, planting, propagation, pruning, harvesting and storage, illustrated with over 800 practical photographs and plans.

An illustrated gardener's guide to the different varieties of bulbe vegetables, their history and cooking uses

Debates the fundamental question of how far effective human resource management policies can enable schools and colleges to transcend the paradoxes of the global reform agenda. This title analyzes the relationship between leadership, the classroom and results.

Every gardener needs to know their Latin names. They may look confusing at first, but once you understand what certain key words mean, impenetrable-sounding and hard-to-pronounce species names are suddenly demystified. Many Latin names hide the secrets of where the plant is found, its colour, flowering times, leaf pattern, natural habitat and all sorts of other information that's extremely useful to the gardener: if you want a plant for a shady place, choose one with a name ending in sylvestris ('of woods'), while if your garden is dry, look out for the suffix epigeios ('of dry places').More than just a dictionary of plant names, this fascinating book explains the meaning of hundreds of Latin plant terms, grouped into handily themed sections such as plants that are named after famous women, plants that are named after the shape of their leaves, plants that are named after their fragrance or the time of year that they flower. Within these pages you'll learn that Digitalis purpurea (the common foxglove) is purple, that the sanguineum in Geranium sanguineum means 'bloody' (its common name is the bloody cranesbill), and to steer clear of any plant whose Latin name ends in infestus.

Richard Bird takes a radical approach to algorithm design, namely, design by calculation. These 30 short chapters each deal with a particular programming problem drawn from sources as diverse as games and puzzles, intriguing combinatorial tasks, and more familiar areas such as data compression and string matching. Each pearl starts with the statement of the problem expressed using the functional programming language Haskell, a powerful yet succinct language for capturing algorithmic ideas clearly and simply. The novel aspect of the book is that each solution is calculated from an initial formulation of the problem in Haskell by appealing to the laws of functional programming. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design will appeal to the aspiring functional programmer, students and teachers interested in the principles of algorithm design, and anyone seeking to master the techniques of reasoning about programs in an equational style.

Richard Bird is famed for the clarity and rigour of his writing. His new textbook, which introduces functional programming to students, emphasises fundamental techniques for reasoning mathematically about functional programs. By studying the underlying equational laws, the book enables students to apply calculational reasoning to their programs, both to understand their properties and to make them more efficient. The book has been designed to fit a first- or second-year undergraduate course and is a thorough overhaul and replacement of his earlier textbooks. It features case studies in Sudoku and pretty-printing, and over 100 carefully selected exercises with solutions. This engaging text will be welcomed by students and teachers alike.

Value-added tax (VAT) dominates tax systems around the world. But should every country have a VAT? Is VAT always as good as it could be in economic, equity and administrative terms? In developing and transitional countries the answers to such questions are critical to stability, growth and development. VAT is a critical fiscal tool in most countries. But VAT can sometimes be better designed and almost always better administered. The key questions that must be answered in designing and implementing VAT are essentially the same in all countries. But different tax designs may best suit different countries facing different circumstances. This book reviews experiences with VATs around the world and assesses how the choice of particular design features may affect outcomes in particular contexts.

(new edition) A clear and expert how-to guide to pruning and training ornamental and fruiting plants, with 970 informative photographs and illustrations, and a directory of plants and how to prune them (new edition).

An illustrated handbook on cultivating asparagus, celery, globe artichokes, rhubarb, seakale, peas, runner beans and more.

How to use scented bulbs, annuals, schrubs and trees to create a welcoming and relaxing outdoor environment.

An illustrated guide to different tree fruits and how to grow them, with culinary tips.

An illustrated guide to varieties and how to grow them, with culinary tips for each.

An illustrated guide to varieties and how to grow them, with culinary tips for each.

This handy book is an instant guide to the wide variety of annuals, biennials and tender perennials that have vibrant flowers and foliage, with suggestions suitable for every season and garden location.

Practical advice on growing your own produce whether you have a large garden, allotment or a container, from planning and planting to cultivation and cropping.

An illustrated gardener's guide to the different varieties of greens, their history and cooking uses.

A practical gardening guide for great results, with step-be-step techniques and 185 color photographs

This book gives advice on creating a kitchen garden with plans to suit everyone, from small vegetable plots to fruit gardens. It contains useful information on adding soil conditioners and fertilizers, improving drainage and making compost; thinning and transplanting seedlings; harvesting and storage.