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Quotes on Gardens and Gardeners
Mankind's Wisdom on Gardening from Wild Flowers to Rose Gardens
Compiled by Patty Crowe
The gardener is the keeper of the soil, the architect of hope and earth's artist. "The poetry of the earth is never dead." said John Keats. This book is a tribute to the poets of the earth, the workers of the soil, the growers and guardians of living things.
Mankind's Greatest Quotes
Mankind's Wisdom from Aristotle to Zimmerman
Compiled by Patty Crowe
Culled from centuries of thought, this book is a concise compilation of mankind's greatest wisdom, beautifully rendered, easy to read. We can learn from the sages of the past and the experiences of the present. 50 pages of wisdom and illustrations, it makes the perfect gift for young and old alike.
Quotes on Childhood & Children
Mankind's Wisdom on Children from Zeus to Seuss
Compiled by Patty Crowe
Zeus, Father of the Olympian Immortals, said, “How simple the child.” 3000 years later, B. C. Forbes of Forbes magazine fame made the statement, “Upon our children - how they are taught - rests the fate - or fortune - of tomorrow’s world.“ Both true, yet spans apart, it is perhaps the very width of this span which best defines the child.
Quotes on Art & Artists
Mankind's Wisdom on Art from Plato to Picasso
Compiled by Patty Crowe
Exquisitely illustrated with some of the greatest masterpieces of all time, this book is a celebration of life through art. The perfect gift for young and old alike, Quotes on Art and Artists is both an introduction to the world of art and a celebration of civilization’s greatest artistic creations.
Quotes on Parents and Parenting
Mankind's Wisdom on Parenthood from King Solomon to Dr Spock
Compiled by Patty Crowe
"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." If words could describe parenthood, these by Elizabeth Stone may just sum up the experience for many parents.
Quotes on Educators & Educating
Mankind's Wisdom on Education from Socrates to Cyberspace
Compiled by Patty Crowe
Upon education, our future depends. Every moment of life is a learning opportunity; every person and experience a potential teacher. This beautifully illustrated book of mankind's collective wisdom celebrates life, learning and the human experience
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Quotes on the Beauty of Aging
Mankind's Wisdom on Aging from Diogenes to Dylan
Compiled by Patty Crowe
All will age. We begin aging from the time we are born. But we only begin to get old when we no longer find beauty in living and reasons to live. These pages contain 2500 years of wisdom on aging poignantly illustrated by an artist who herself remained young all her life, right up to the age of 87.
Quotes on Music and Musicians
Mankind's Wisdom on Music from Mozart to McCartney
Compiled by Patty Crowe
Music, which some call the universal language, has been with us as long as life itself. From each continent's birdsong to the thumping of elephants on their moonlit jaunt across a grassland, from the Neanderthal's bone flutes and triangles to Mozart's orchestral harmonies to today's electronically generated sounds, music has been created, advanced and enjoyed by every living creature in history.
Quotes on Poets and Poetry
Mankind's Wisdom on Poetry from Shakespeare to Shelley
Compiled by Patty Crowe
Poetry has soothed the mind, lifted the spirit and inspired man to greatness since thought began. It is the song of the season, the chill of the air, the vision of hope. It is the inescapable meadow into which we run when we have something to say, some way to feel, some song to sing, someone to be.
Quotes on Ships and the Sea
Mankind's Wisdom on Seafaring from Christopher Columbus to Captain Jack Sparrow
Compiled by Patty Crowe
Is it the draw of unknown lands, the rhythm of the waves, the thrill of adventure? Or is it the sea, something about the sea itself, which draws a sailor to his task? Confronting the raw elements of life sharing in her triumphs and her sorrows in ways no land-lubber will ever know, the sailor knows that his skill...
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