carnivorous plant
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nursery in southeast Australia. He went on to publish ''Carnivorous Plants'' (1983) and ''A Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World'' (1993). This was followed by ''Killer Plants and How to Grow Them'' (1997) for
Penguin Books
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Gordon worked for
Penguin Books
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and was the publishing director of children's and adult illustrated books, publishing ''Australia Through Time'', ''Botanica'', and many others. In August 1999, Gordon Cheers and Margaret Olds set up Global Book Publishing. Their first two titles, ''Anatomica'' and ''The Global Encyclopedia of Wine'',Various Authors (2004) "The Encyclopaedic Atlas of Wine" Global Book Publishing, Australia appeared in 2000. ''Anatomica'', with 912 pages, is likely the most comprehensive, illustrated body atlas since '' Gray's Anatomy''. ''Wine'' gives extensive coverage of the world’s wine regions. In 2003, Gordon published, amongst others, ''Flora'' (1584 pages), which covers 20,000 plants and includes 12,000 color images. It is the largest illustrated single volume plant encyclopedia ever published.
In 2005, with Margaret Olds, he established Millennium House to publish illustrated non-fiction books for both the Australian and the international market. Their titles include ''Astronomica'', ''Historica'', ''Geologica'', ''Natural Health'', ''Earth Concise'', ''Earth Blue'' and the '' Earth Platinum''. Millennium House was awarded Best Overall Atlas Award in June 2010, by the
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, giving Millennium House this award for the third year in row.
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Children's Book Council of Australia
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