David Stevens Reihenfolge der Bücher

Focusing on the complexities of love, this volume provides a comprehensive guide to navigating romantic relationships. Drawing on over fifty years of accumulated wisdom, it outlines essential factors to consider in love, emphasizing that while love may come easily, it should not be approached blindly. Readers will discover a reliable roadmap to romance, along with insights on potential pitfalls and challenges to avoid, ensuring a healthier approach to building lasting connections and preventing heartbreak.

Focusing on early childhood development, this volume emphasizes the importance of equipping infants with essential skills for lifelong learning. It explores various strategies and activities designed to foster cognitive, emotional, and social growth in babies. The book provides insights into creating nurturing environments that support developmental milestones, ensuring that parents and caregivers can effectively contribute to a child's foundational experiences. Engaging and practical, it serves as a valuable resource for anyone involved in raising and educating young children.

A gripping tale of familial bonds and hidden truths unfolds as Owen Michaels disappears, leaving a cryptic note for his wife, Hannah, about his troubled daughter, Bailey. Struggling with her new role as a stepmother, Hannah must navigate the complexities of Bailey's grief over her late mother and the teenager's resistance to their relationship. The story delves into themes of protection, love, and the challenges of blending families amidst secrets and emotional turmoil.

The story revolves around a man's unexpected dilemma when his girlfriend expresses a desire for a threesome as a birthday gift. This request leads him into a humorous exploration of relationships, desires, and the complexities of intimacy. As he navigates his feelings and the potential dynamics involved, the narrative delves into themes of love, jealousy, and the challenges of fulfilling a partner's wishes while maintaining personal boundaries.

The narrative centers on the timely theme of domestic workers, exploring their complex lives through fast-paced, multi-plot storytelling. The author, who has previously written six engaging novels, aims to share this intricate world filled with unexpected conclusions, inviting readers into a captivating and relevant exploration of the challenges faced by those in domestic roles.

Every house has a backyard, an essential outdoor space where life unfolds. This guide illustrates how to maximize your area, transforming it into a peaceful or fun retreat that suits your lifestyle. The backyard serves as a crucial link between the house and the larger garden or may even represent the entire garden. Even with challenging conditions like poor soil or limited sunlight, this book offers numerous strategies to enliven the space with plants, creating a green paradise. First impressions matter; thus, backyards often feature significant “hard landscape” elements, which can consume a large portion of the budget. Effective planning and smart space utilization are vital. This guide helps you optimize your backyard without costly revisions and with future needs in mind. Reviewers praise it as an imaginative and informative resource for planning and planting small spaces, noting the clear and vibrant photographs. The book is described as easy to follow, filled with clever ideas, and possessing a unique personality. David Stevens, an esteemed garden designer and broadcaster, authored this work. He has won multiple gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show and has written extensively, including 21 books. As a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers, he leads a global design and lecture practice.

Look beyond the back door and discover the outdoor spaces that are waiting to be shaped into natural, relaxing extensions of the home. With gorgeous photographs throughout—many of them full-page—this inspiring guide immerses you in the aesthetics of outdoor living, from tiled gardens to trellised dining areas. Learn how boundaries, from low shrubs to metal walls, are essential to creating comfortable outdoor spaces, and how gardens can achieve the right balance of light and shadow. Also included are instructions for building wood and metal archways, “sleeper” steps, and a continuously refilling water chute; there is even a section on creating the perfect tree house!A Selection of the Homestyle Book Club.

Ein Garten, und sei er auch noch so klein, ist etwas ganz Besonderes: Ob inmitten einer Großstadt, als Dachgarten oder auf dem Land – immer weckt er Sehnsüchte, hat seinen ganz eigenen Charme und Charakter. Welche Möglichkeiten auch das kleinste Fleckchen Grün bieten kann, wenn man es nur geschickt gestaltet, zeigt dieses Buch mit neuesten Ideen: asiatisch anmutende, meditative Lösungen, grüne Oasen, ausgefallene Spiele mit Wasser, Holz und anderen Materialien, Anregungen für Beleuchtung, Wegführung und Gliederung verwandeln jeden kleinen Garten in einen einzigartigen Ort, der zum Verweilen und Genießen einlädt.

Umění britských zahradních architektů dosahuje celosvětového uznání již po řadu desetiletí, sama krása anglických zahrad je pověstná. Tato obsáhlá encyklopedie, která vznikla ve spolupráci s Královskou zahradnickou společností (The Royal Horticultural Society), vás provede zahradami celého světa. Na této cestě však rozhodně nezabloudíte, exotické prvky jsou zde totiž pozoruhodně propojeny s evropskými možnostmi a tradicemi. Renomovaní autoři vás zároveň seznámí se všemi úskalími tvorby zahrad, doporučí netradiční řešení architektonických návrhů a také poradí při každodenní práci v zahradě.

Providing a progressive organizational sequence that melds interior, exterior and borrowed landscape into an elegant, practical and integrated whole, this title takes you through the entire planning sequence of creating a garden in a limited space