Art&DesignWinter2024

44 | RECENTLY RELEASED ISBN: 978-0-7643-6729-8 Size: 9 1/14" x 8 1/4" (232 x 207 mm) Pages: 128 Price: $24.99, £22.99, 35.99 CAD Illustrations: 263 color photos Binding: hardcover BISAC: GARDENING / Flowers / Perennials Marvelous Mopheads Hydrangeas for Home & Garden by Joan Harrison This is the first book on the market devoted entirely to cultivating mopheads Includes a comprehensive guide (and index) of available varieties and over 250 accompanying photos Gives mophead hydrangea lovers everything they need for selecting the right mopheads for their garden and taking care of them once they’re planted A comprehensive growing guide to mophead hydrangea varieties available today, and best practices for cultivating each. Finally, a book just about mopheads, the most-popular hydrangeas for home gardeners. Newmophead varieties flood the market every year. It’s hard to keep track of them all, let alone choose the perfect one(s) for the home garden. Marvelous Mopheads provides a comprehensive list of mophead varieties and invaluable advice about the best mopheads, including the older tried-and-true mopheads and more-recent introductions. Joan Harrison is a master gardener, writer, photographer, and speaker who has extensively researched hydrangeas for over 30 years. The founding president of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society, she delights in taking part in the annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival. She lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. ISBN 978-0-7643-6729-8 ISBN: 978-0-7643-6749-6 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) Pages: 336 Price: $50.00, £45.99, 73.00 CAD Illustrations: 140 color and b/w photos, tables, and charts Binding: hardcover BISAC: FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Miscellaneous Voynich Reconsidered The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World by Robert Edwards This book sheds new light on the mysterious 500-year-old Voynich manuscript The bizarre symbols and illustrations in the book do not belong to any known living or extinct language This book is for anyone fascinated by ancient languages and mysteries A detailed mathematical analysis into the mysterious Voynich manuscript— undeciphered since its creation in 15th-century Europe—and a guide to aid readers in finding the manuscript’s possible meaning. In this book, Dr. Robert Edwards brings a fresh, mathematical perspective to the Voynich manuscript and sets out a strategy whereby the interested reader could extract meaning from the seemingly impenetrable symbols . . . if meaning is there to be found. The Voynich manuscript has been described as the most mysterious document in the world. Robert Edwards studied mathematics at Cambridge University and earned his MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics. He is also the author of D. B. Cooper and Flight 305: Reexamining the Hijacking and Disappearance . He lives in both England and Romania. ISBN 978-0-7643-6749-6