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Comprehensive... filled with magnificent color photographs.... The book is very readable and should be part of every gardener's resource library.--Kim Haworth National Gardening Association (06/14/2012)

Gorgeous photos and lovely watercolor drawings, along with lots of helpful information to inspire your efforts at herb gardening.--Susan Littlefield National Gardening Association (06/27/2012) A gardener could get lost for hours in Lima's treasure trove of a book.--Dominique Browning New York Times Sunday Book Review (06/01/2012) Grisly, gross and utterly compelling ... with 250 color photographs, you may find it hard to put this down. As an introductory book to archeology and anthropology, this book is without peer. Its individual case studies are detailed enough to spark interest, but short enough not to bog down in details.... This book presents the results in a very readable fashion and should help to create wider interest and understanding of this fascinating topic.-- (01/01/2002) Eminently readable ... crammed full of information about each plant. All the basics are covered--seed planting, preservation, cultivation and garden use. It is also a book to pick up from time to time to read and re-read just for pleasure. Herbs are a banquet for the senses.-- (04/27/2012) You'll find what you need and much more (including recipes) in this beautiful book... [It] is back in print after many years out of it and we wonder at the lapse. Lima's writing sparkles with wit, elegance and wheelbarrows full of practical information.-- (06/22/2012) Herbs is as pretty as it is packed with detailed information about the care and uses of just about every herb under the sun. This title has been out-of-print but returns to book stores and garden centers this spring to enlighten the green-thumb crowd on such topics as selecting landscape herbs, distinguishing between culinary and medicinal herbs, and creating alluring container herb gardens.-- (03/30/2012) Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide offers a thorough, rich treatment of the topic. Produced in large format with gorgeous photographs, this handsome paperback resurrects the out-of-print 2001 hardback edition. Especially engaging is Lima's chapter on uncommon scents, which introduced me to the antique and now almost forgotten Iris florentina. Equally engaging is an enlightening chapter on herbs from woods, fields and meadows.-- (06/06/2012) First published in 2001 and long out of print, Patrick Lima's book has been reissued, a happy occurrence for those who love good writing and beautiful photography, whether they grow herbs or not... Turid Forsyth does justice to the plants profiled by Patrick Lima in language that is almost poetic.... There's plenty of practical information here, but Lima excels in bringing together lore, description and medicinal uses. It's a great read.-- (06/30/2012) Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide may make you think about turning your entire lawn over to herbs.... A gardener could get lost for hours in Lima's treasure trove of a book.-- (06/03/2012) Completely engrossing, this richly illustrated book shares the findings of studies of ancient human burials from the world.... An utterly fascinating book.-- (06/01/2012) Comprehensive... filled with magnificent color photographs.... The book is very readable and should be part of every gardener's resource library.-- (06/14/2012) [Bahn] provides a glimpse into the study of archeology through specific illustrative cases.--Book News (12/01/2012)

Grisly, gross and utterly compelling ... with 250 color photographs, you may find it hard to put this down. As an introductory book to archeology and anthropology, this book is without peer. Its individual case studies are detailed enough to spark interest, but short enough not to bog down in details.... This book presents the results in a very readable fashion and should help to create wider interest and understanding of this fascinating topic. Eminently readable ... crammed full of information about each plant. All the basics are covered--seed planting, preservation, cultivation and garden use. It is also a book to pick up from time to time to read and re-read just for pleasure. Herbs are a banquet for the senses.--Adele Kleine Chicago Botanic Garden (04/27/2012) You'll find what you need and much more (including recipes) in this beautiful book... [It] is back in print after many years out of it and we wonder at the lapse. Lima's writing sparkles with wit, elegance and wheelbarrows full of practical information.--Renee Enna Chicago Times (06/22/2012) Herbs is as pretty as it is packed with detailed information about the care and uses of just about every herb under the sun. This title has been out-of-print but returns to book stores and garden centers this spring to enlighten the green-thumb crowd on such topics as selecting landscape herbs, distinguishing between culinary and medicinal herbs, and creating alluring container herb gardens.--Elana Ashanti Jefferson Denver Post (03/30/2012) Gorgeous photos and lovely watercolor drawings, along with lots of helpful information to inspire your efforts at herb gardening.--Susan Littlefield National Gardening Association (06/27/2012) Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide offers a thorough, rich treatment of the topic. Produced in large format with gorgeous photographs, this handsome paperback resurrects the out-of-print 2001 hardback edition. Especially engaging is Lima's chapter on uncommon scents, which introduced me to the antique and now almost forgotten Iris florentina. Equally engaging is an enlightening chapter on herbs from woods, fields and meadows.--William Scheick Texas Gardener's Seeds (06/06/2012) First published in 2001 and long out of print, Patrick Lima's book has been reissued, a happy occurrence for those who love good writing and beautiful photography, whether they grow herbs or not... Turid Forsyth does justice to the plants profiled by Patrick Lima in language that is almost poetic.... There's plenty of practical information here, but Lima excels in bringing together lore, description and medicinal uses. It's a great read.--Kym Pokorny The Oregonian (06/30/2012) Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide may make you think about turning your entire lawn over to herbs.... A gardener could get lost for hours in Lima's treasure trove of a book.--Dominique Browning Toronto Star (06/03/2012) Completely engrossing, this richly illustrated book shares the findings of studies of ancient human burials from the world.... An utterly fascinating book.--Gloria Hildebrandt Escarpment Views (06/01/2012) A gardener could get lost for hours in Lima's treasure trove of a book.--Dominique Browning New York Times Sunday Book Review (06/01/2012) Comprehensive... filled with magnificent color photographs.... The book is very readable and should be part of every gardener's resource library.--Kim Haworth National Gardening Association (06/14/2012)

Grisly, gross and utterly compelling ... with 250 color photographs, you may find it hard to put this down. As an introductory book to archeology and anthropology, this book is without peer. Its individual case studies are detailed enough to spark interest, but short enough not to bog down in details.... This book presents the results in a very readable fashion and should help to create wider interest and understanding of this fascinating topic.

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Paul Bahn, Ph.D. studied archeology at Cambridge University. For this book he worked with a team of 16 contributors from universities around the world. His numerous books, written alone or with a co-author, include Ancient Places, Images of the Ice Age, Journey through the Ice Age and The Cambridge Illustrated History of Archaeology.

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