"The plot revolves around Captain Clancy, who--mortally wounded while leading a charge up Ridge Red Boy--lies dying in a bamboo bed."--Back cover.

Goldberg reveals how to creatively bring bamboo home, teaching readers how to live with it indoors and outdoors--even how to grow their own bamboo. Her book includes bamboo projects, from a simple ladle to a more complex pergola for the garden. 150 color photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Explains how to use a system of layered mulch materials, including newspaper, leaves, and grass clippings, to provide a nutrient-rich base for healthy gardens and robust flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruits

Nicholas Highgate, separated from his parents during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, is smuggled to the mainland by his Chinese nurse and disguised as a Chinese boy. As he grows to manhood he witnesses the atrocities and deprivations of the Japanese occupation and is himself drawn into the Communist resistance activities. The book ends when the Japanese surrender and Nicholas is reunited with what remains of his family.