Bamboo for Gardens
This is a nicely organized book. The contents are divided into 9 chapters that present topics in a very logical manner. The topics are: Bamboo and the Grass Family, Structure and Function, Culture, Propagation, Landscaping and Maintenance, Bamboo ... [... more]
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Stir-Fried Wild Bamboo Shoot with Chilli Sauce
Skin wild bamboo shoot and rinse. Scald in boiling water until done. Cut green pepper and red chilli into pieces. Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute green pepper and red chilli. Saute mashed ginger and garlic with 1/2 tbsp sesame oil. Add in seasonings ... [... more]
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Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: Contemporary Stories by ...
 Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: This book provides the reader with great insight into different cultures of the far east. The stories vary in length from just a few pages, to some rather long stories. Each of the stories gives the reader great insight into [... more]
CDN$20.50
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Bamboos
Delightful Illustrated Guide to Growing Bamboo: Before Michael Bell's book, "The Gardener's Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos," was published early in 2000, for many years "Bamboos" by Christine Recht and Max Wetterwald was the only [... more]
CDN$36.07
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Gone Bamboo
Sophomore Slump: A rather disappointing followup to "Bone in the Throat," this mob caper never reaches the breezy good humor of the Bourdain's debut. There are some decently interesting characters (a crossdressing mobster and a legendary [... more]
CDN$5.98
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Handcrafting Bamboo Fly Rods
Hndcrafting Bamboo Fly Rods: Not for everyone: This is a good reference book, but should not be your sole source of information. Too much is left out that is critical to building a first rod. For example, a lot of details are missing with regards to what [... more]
CDN$27.50
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The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Wonderful: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter was my introduction to Kawabata and I loved it. Yasunari Kawabata was the first Japanese writer to be honored with a Nobel Prize. Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) is an extremely old Japanese [... more]
CDN$48.95
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Splitting Cane: Conversations with Bamboo Rodmakers
bamboo book: Surveys only some of the better rodmakers - Brackett, Jennings, Jenkins and others - and describes test casting and action of each...Observations were interesting, but not much of a reference. This is not an updated reference book a la Marty [... more]
CDN$41.95
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Ornamental Grasses for Shade - Bamboo
Yes, bamboo is a grass. Like all true grasses, it's a member of the Poaceae family. There are over seventy genera and between seven hundred and a thousand species of this most versatile of grasses. The big difference between bamboo and most other ... [... more]
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The Book of Bamboo: A Comprehensive Guide to This ...
Use Other Books for Pictures: This is a very good reference book for studying the botony of bamboo and also for building (ideas only) and other uses for bamboo in the past and present in other countries where bamboo is in abundance. Do not expect [... more]
CDN$31.00
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Amer Bamboos
super photos, great text: A wonderful introduction to bamboo for anybody. This was my first "scholarly" book on this fascinating plant, and the background material (which generalizes to all bamboo of the world) is outstanding. So many great [... more]
CDN$65.95
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New Bamboo: Architecture and Design
How can you forget the ZERI Foundation?: The book is beautiful, well documented and presents a marvellous insight about the great work of Simon Velez and his colleague Marcelo Villegas. It is though a mystery that the book simply decides to neglect [... more]
CDN$80.00
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