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Carrot Creatures

Iryna Stepanova · Firefly Books
Pages: 95
Format: Print book

This fun series is for home cooks that are eager to advance their food presentation skills, for parents that would like to work with their children to create fun food creatures (and are handy with a knife) , and for professional food stylists and chefs. Titles in the Make Your Own series:...
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The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs

MARK O'CONNELL · Dey Street Books
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

The wildly entertaining and eye-opening biography of J. Allen Hynek, the astronomer who invented the concept of "Close Encounters" with alien life, inspired Steven Spielberg's blockbuster classic science fiction epic film, and made a nation want to believe in UFOs.In June 1947,...
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Word 2016 in Easy Steps

Scott Basham · In Easy Steps
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

Word 2016 in easy steps shows you how to quickly get to grips with the new features of Microsoft's latest version of this popular word processing application.Word 2016 in easy steps uses detailed images and easy-to-follow instructions to get you up to speed with Word, whether you're...
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Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India

Sujatha Gidla · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

"Ants Among Elephants is an arresting, affecting and ultimately enlightening memoir. It is quite possibly the most striking work of non-fiction set in India since Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, and heralds the arrival of a formidable new writer." -- The EconomistA...
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101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home: A Nerdy Farm Wife's All-Natural DIY Projects Using Commonly Found Herbs, Flowers & Other Plants

Jan Berry · Page Street Pub Co
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Go Green in Every Part of Your Life with These Easy, All-Natural Herbal ProductsKick toxic, synthetic skin care products and cleaners out the door and bring the healing joy of nature into your life with the simple, versatile projects in 101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health &...
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Balance: A Dizzying Journey Through the Science of Our Most Delicate Sense

Carol Svec · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Some low-frequency sounds - such as noise from storms or truck engines - can make you feel dizzy and nauseated. An index finger's light touch can stop people from losing balance. You are more prone to trip when you think someone is watching you. A breakthrough in improving balance as we age might...
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More Lovely Knitted Lace: Contemporary Patterns in Geometric Shapes

Brooke Nico · Lark Books (NC)
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Brooke Nico, author of Lovely Knitted Lace and a nationally known lace teacher and designer, presents 16 new projects that offer a fresh and original take on lace knitting. Think sweaters, capelets, tunics and cowls, knit in yarns both thick and thin - contemporary designs that give knitters...
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The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden

Roy Diblik · Timber Press
Format: Book

Weve all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy...
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No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

NAOMI KLEIN · Haymarket Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. Trump's vision -- a radical deregulation of the US economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out war on "radical Islamic terrorism," and sweeping aside climate science to unleash a domestic...
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The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

David J Morris · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 338
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD
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Senior Court Clerk

National Learning Corporation. · National Learning Corporation
Pages: 200
Format: Plastic Comb

The Senior Court Clerk Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: civil practice...
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Quilting with a Modern Slant: People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern Quilt Community

Rachel May · Workman Pub Co
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Modern quilting allows artists the freedom to play with traditions and take liberties with fabrics, patterns, colors, stitching, and the ways in which they all connect. In Quilting with a Modern Slant, Rachel May introduces you to more than 70 modern quilters who have developed their own styles,...
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Accounting For Dummies

John A. Tracy · For Dummies
Pages: 382
Format: Paperback

Open the books on accounting with this friendly guide Want to make sense of accounting basics but don't know where to begin? This new edition of Accounting For Dummies helps you speak your accountant's language with ease - minimizing confusion as you maximize profits. Written in plain English,...
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Good Housekeeping Soups: 70 Nourishing Recipes

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. · Hearst
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

These fabulous and hearty soups will warm your family's heart . . . all year round. Nothing beats the aroma of a simmering soup, and Good Housekeeping has 70 triple-tested recipes that the whole family will enjoy. Offering a mouthwatering array of choices and flavors, the soups include...
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Irish Art: A Concise History

Bruce Arnold · Thames & Hudson; Revised edition
Format: Print book

An historical review of Irish art brings into view the many gifted artists who have been linked to foreign traditions. Irish art of the early Christian era is justly celebrated. So, too, are the individual contributions of artists such as Jack B. Yeats. What is perhaps less widely accepted...
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