Bøker av Jackie Bennett

Gardens have provided the location, the subjects the pastime and the passion for our greatest artists, from Matisse and Monet to Dali and Da Vinci. This book looks at 20 gardens and more than 30 associated artists and examines the art, the garden-making, and the gardens they immortalised which you can visit today.

Explore the fundamental questions of life in The McGuffin Quest. Katie White and Harry Jinx, lifelong friends, set out on an adventure to the Kingdom of Wisconsin in search of the elusive McGuffin. Is it an English teacher who inspires Katie, or is the quest itself the true inspiration? As they journey through the idyllic rolling hills of Baraboo, Wisconsin, the world around them transforms into a whimsical and thought-provoking universe of bizarre tales. Along the way, they confront the age-old dichotomy of pattern and chaos, the nature of connection, and the meaning of literature, from poetry to Moby Dick to Mother Goose. Does it all connect to life? Does anything? With surprises at every turn, The McGuffin Quest is a journey of discovery that will leave you pondering long after the final page.

Fully updated and expanded edition of The Writer's Garden, with approximately 19 new authors/gardens. Features specially photography of the gardens and beautiful full page illustrations, as well as fascinating insight into the time spent in these spaces by each great writer. The majority of the gardens in the book are open to the public to visit.

The ultimate guide to encouraging wildlife into the garden all year round. Taking a month-by-month approach, The Wildlife Gardener's Almanac is packed with ideas, advice, tips and checklists, to give gardener's the best chance to make their contribution to conserving our native flora and fauna, no matter what size their garden.

For the first time, Shakespeare's Gardens brings together brand new photography of the gardens with beautiful archive images of flowers, old herbals, and 16th century illustrations.

"I am a flat chested teenybopper and nobody likes me. At least not today. Maybe if I'm lucky someone will like me tomorrow." That's how I started my project on family and community that Mrs. McKinney gave us for our first grade eight assignment. Pathetic, eh? It's not really true, I guess. Just feels like it most days.…And so begins Jenny Grant's account of the trials and tribulations of her final year of elementary school. Along the way Jenny finds her world rocked by a family crisis, breaks the leg of one of the most popular girls in school, and discovers (can it be?) true love. By turns hilarious and heartwrenching, When Am I Supposed to Sleep? is guaranteed to prevent readers from getting to sleep themselves as they wait to find out how Jenny's grade 8 year will turn out.

* An updated and revised edition of the best-selling THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A CONVENT GIRL, including a new contribution from Marian Keyes.