Today, there is a growing demand for designed landscapes - from public parks to back gardens - to be not only beautiful and functional, but also sustainable. With "Principles of Ecological Landscape Design", Travis Beck gives professionals and students the first book to translate the science of ecology into design practice. This groundbreaking work explains key ecological concepts and their application to the design and management of sustainable landscapes. It covers topics from biogeography and plant selection to global change. Beck draws on real world cases where professionals have put ecological principles to use in the built landscape. For constructed landscapes to perform as we need them to, we must get their underlying ecology right. "Principles of Ecological Landscape Design" provides the tools to do just that.

The Missed Party is a collection of poetic expressions emphasizing the Importance of grasping the Crucial Things in Life. We are so busy that we fail to embrace the moments in time that really matters. It is hopeful that through these pages you will be provoked to stop and live life before time snatches it from you. We've put too much emphasis on knowing when to leave the party. Now is the time to focus our attention so that we don't Miss The Party.

My First Selfie animates the questioning thoughts and perceptions of an embryo's growth until birth. Through the use of technology, the claim has been made from the womb and can be attested to for generations; that this is indeed my "My First Selfie"

"Waiting for my Brother" is about a little two year old girl named Krysette, who spends most of her days thinking about what her soon to be baby brother will look like, and all the exciting things she will teach him.

In this vast growing population where we find children are now caring for parents, Lou Carol extends deep compassion and offers much encouragment to many care givers. Role reversal of this venue was probably not anticipated and in most cases may not be embraced in this century. But for those who have embraced this fast growing population, there is an answer to your often experienced confusion, madness and sometimes depression, it's called laughter, which serves as medicine for the soul.

Inspired by the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, a young girl experience the miracle of her farmland evolving into a modern day energy generator.