![]() ![]() It's not surprising to hear some 15 years and older clivia plants people grow in their homes. However, it's a plant that will last you for years, even more than a decade. It's seldom listed in the plant bracket so it may not look gorgeous when you first spot it in the garden center. It grows from thick, tuberous roots rather than a true bulb, though people often refer to the clivia bulb when they talk about these plants. ![]() ![]() The clivia plant is a relative to the amaryllis. It is truly a beautiful indoor houseplant. The flowers are smooth petaled, with varied colors ranging from brick red to salmon, red and yellow. The clivia plant has heavy textured green strap-like leaves. The clivia plant, also known as kafir-lily is a beautiful houseplant you can grow relatively easily. How to Grow Clivia Plant Houseplants Last Updated On ![]()
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Circulation began to return to her arms and legs in flurries of minute, exquisite pains. Lilith Iyapo lay gasping, shaking with the force of her effort. It was a struggle to take in enough air to drive off nightmare sensations of asphyxiation. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory.a victory that has profound implications for US space policy and the impending presidential election. ![]() From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Inferno-now a major film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones-comes a lightning-fast thriller about an astonishing NASA discovery that uncovers a vicious conspiracy leading all the way to the White House. ![]() ![]() This two-volume set addresses the medical history and modern results of rabies in countries throughout the Americas, including the implications of and on cultural, economic, sociological, and research developments in the region. There is an international effort to eliminate human rabies caused by dogs over the next decade, and the Americas represent the primary region with the greatest proof-of-concept evidence to accomplish this goal. Rabies remains the most important viral zoonosis, with tens of thousands of human fatalities and tens of millions of exposures annually, which can be used to model for other pathogens, such as COVID-19. The region is rich in cultural references and notable for many discoveries in the field, including the current vaccine potency test, diagnostic assay, conception of oral vaccines for wildlife, the first human survivor and the first successful canine rabies program executed at a broad level. The Americas is the only region with bat rabies virus, including vampire bat rabies. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jenn: I was reminded recently what an impact years of table top role-playing has had when someone commented on how I was able to juggle so many story threads. TQ: What has influenced / influences your writing? Typically their 'free time' is exactly when I do my best work, so if I don't studiously protect that, I end up not accomplishing much. And that's not true at all, at least it isn't for me. So surely I must have that time for whatever it is they want. ![]() As a writer, there's always people (often well-intentioned) who think that I have a tremendous amount of free time, that writing is a few hours of intense focus following by oh, just doing nothing the rest of the time. TQ: What is the most challenging thing for you about writing? The journey may not travel on quite the roads I predicted, but I end up at the right place eventually. I start with an outline of milestone to aim for and usually have adjusted by the time I’ve finished. ![]() Jenn: A hybrid, although I lean towards plotter. TQ: Are you a plotter, a pantser or a hybrid? And I remember being annoyed because I didn’t think the story was good but my English teacher had given me an A anyway because she liked the drawing I’d handed in with it. Jenn: I wrote a short story in elementary school about an Egyptian high priestess. What is the first fiction piece that you remember writing? ![]() ![]() ![]() The Master: Jack, the enigmatic keeper of the club, and more than one lie told The Star: Kallia, a powerful showgirl out to prove she’s the best no matter the cost ![]() In a city covered in ice and ruin, a group of magicians face off in a daring game of magical feats to find the next headliner of the Conquering Circus, only to find themselves under the threat of an unseen danger striking behind the scenes.Īs each act becomes more and more risky and the number of missing magicians piles up, three are forced to reckon with their secrets before the darkness comes for them next. Fans of Caraval and The Night Circus will be delighted!" - Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn ![]() "Vibrant imagery, jaw-dropping set pieces, sizzling romantic tension, and unstoppable heroine Kallia bring this ambitious debut novel to spectacular life. ![]() ![]() Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is a memoir of her experiences working in the Athabasca oil sands in northern Alberta. ![]() This week her latest project hits shelves, and it’s arguably her greatest achievement to date. Outside of that work, Beaton has created kids’ books ( The Princess and the Pony and King Baby, which both won awards) and earlier this year an animated series based on one of those books: Pinecone & Pony on Apple TV+. The Canadian cartoonist’s Hark a Vagrant-a dizzying mix of the literary and historical references, lack of respect for institutions that didn’t deserve any, and gleeful silliness that ran through 2018-was a staple of Best Of lists for years, whether online or in its two print collections. ![]() Corey Katz / Kate Beaton reader comments 40 withįor those who paid attention to the webcomics scene of the 2010s or simply enjoy good humor writing, the name Kate Beaton is likely a familiar one. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her 2006 bestseller, Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell, won the Donald Creighton Award for Ontario History and the City of Ottawa Book Award. In 2008, Charlotte published Nellie McClung, a short biography of Canada’s leading women’s rights activist in the Penguin Series, Extraordinary Canadians. After coming to Canada in 1979, she worked as a political commentator, book reviewer and magazine columnist before she turned to biography and popular history.Ĭharlotte's most recent book is Gold Diggers, Striking It Rich in the Klondike. Born in Sheffield, England, and educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, she began her writing career in England as a magazine editor and newspaper columnist. Charlotte Gray is one of Canada’s best-known writers, and author of eight acclaimed books of literary non-fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() I enjoyed the one right before this one, A Grave Prediction #14. ![]() I take it this series must have a huge fan base as this is the 15th book. This is one case where Abby is positive there’s far more to this mystery than meets her inner eye.Ī Panicked Premonition is only the second book I have read in the “Psychic Eye Mystery” series. ![]() With the authorities racing to find and arrest him, Abby’s got to use all her intuitive prowess to get to Dave first, discover the real killer, and save her husband’s business. Then two of Dutch’s clients are found brutally murdered…inside their brand new panic room, and most of the evidence points to Dave as the killer. Abby’s intuition tells her something terrible has happened to him. One morning, one of Dutch’s partners, Dave, goes missing on his way to meet a client. Abby’s husband Dutch has a side business providing security and building panic rooms for wealthy clients. Professional psychic and FBI consultant Abby Cooper has used her inner visions to get her out of many a scrape and solve many a crime but she’s about to face a murder scene that will put all her powers to the test. ![]() Abby Cooper facing the ultimate locked room murder… The New York Times bestselling Psychic Eye Mystery series continues with P.I. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alternating between time lines of Then and Now, When You Were Everything blends past and present into an emotional story about the beauty of self-forgiveness, the promise of new beginnings, and the courage it takes to remain open to love. Despite budding new friendships with other classmates?and a raging crush on a gorgeous boy named Dom?Cleo?s turbulent past with Layla comes back to haunt them both. But pretending Layla doesn?t exist isn?t as easy as Cleo hoped, especially after she?s assigned to be Layla?s tutor. Now, Cleo wants to erase every memory, good or bad, that tethers her to her ex?best friend. Nearly a month since Cleo realized they?ll never be besties again. It?s been twenty-seven days since Cleo and Layla?s friendship imploded. Synopsis : You can't rewrite the past, but you can always choose to start again. ![]() Nicola Yoon is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything. Read Online When You Were Everything Books Full Page Ashley Woodfolk is the author of the highly acclaimed T he Beauty that Remains and When You Were Everything. ![]() |