Clipped Ivy
Some very common plants or 'garden workhorses' can look special when clipped and pruned into interesting shapes. A good example is Hedera canariensis, a species of ivy native to Tunisia and Algeria. A vigorous, evergreen, woody-stemmed climber, ... [... more]
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Blue Atlas Cedar
The Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) is native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria, where it can be found in scattered stands at elevations of 1,000 to 2,500 metres. With a different growth habit to the parent plant, the blue Atlas cedar ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Guy Johnson
Guy Johnson, the son of Dr. Maya Angelou, completed college in Egypt. After graduating, he managed a bar on Spain's Costa del Sol, ran a photo-safari service from London through Morocco and Algeria to the Spanish Sahara, and worked on the oil ... [... more]
Random House |
Mike Chappell
It is hard to convey the public impact of France's war to maintain her colonial grip on Algeria; yet in the late 1950s this ugly conflict dominated Europe's media to almost the same extent as would Vietnam ten years later. It brought France to ... [... more]
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Katherine Neville
When financial executive Verity Banks' latest proposal is axed by her boss, she decides to show how easy it is to break through automated security, hide money, and then show senior... Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. ... [... more]
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Albert Camus
Born in Algeria in 1913, Albert Camus published The Stranger-- now one of the most widely read novels of this century-- in 1942. Celebrated in intellectual circles, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. On January 4, 1960, he ... [... more]
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Alistair Horne
Alistair Horne is the author of eighteen previous books, including A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962, The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916, How Far from Austerlitz?: Napoleon 1805-1815 and the official biography of British prime minister Harold ... [... more]
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