Jazzman

by JohnFordham (Author), JohnFordham (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.87

  Drawn from conversations with the jazz musician and jazz-club proprietor, Ronnie Scott, and with his friends and contemporaries, this book offers a portrait of the man, his music and his business, and marks the 35th anniversary of Ronnie Scott's Club in Soho. It follows Scott's story from his early days as a sharp-dressing, wisecracking young dance-band musician in wartime London, through the coming of rock 'n' roll, hipster fashions and jive talk, to the setting up of his now famous club. The result is both a biography and an offbeat picture of life at the margins in post-war Britain. The book is an updated edition of Let's Join Hands and Contact the Living , published in 1986.

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.31

  All experienced gardeners practise companion gardening, although some of them may not realize it. The concept is very simple: the conditions in which a plant grows and the plants that grow near it affect its well-being in one way or another. Some plants are useful because they shade smaller ones; some accumulate minerals that benefit others; some attract pests and can be used as sacrificial plants alongside a more valuable crop; others just seem to do better with certain plants nearby. Based on years of experience and observation, this book is a celebration of colourful and sympathetic planting which aims to encourage gardeners to pay closer attention to the care of their plants. The author also wrote The Companion Garden .

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $4.28

  All experienced gardeners practise companion gardening, although some of them may not realize it. The concept is very simple: the conditions in which a plant grows and the plants that grow near it affect its well-being in one way or another. Some plants are useful because they shade smaller ones; some accumulate minerals that benefit others; some attract pests and can be used as sacrificial plants alongside a more valuable crop; others just seem to do better with certain plants nearby. Based on years of experience and observation, this book is a celebration of colourful and sympathetic planting which aims to encourage gardeners to pay closer attention to the care of their plants. The author also wrote The Companion Garden .