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Tasty Home: Life Skills: From Sewing a Button to Saving a Houseplant, Money-Saving Hacks and Easy DIYs You Need to Know

Tasty Home - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

Discover all the life hacks you've been missing with this perfect compendium of skills to answer all of life's most asked questions from BuzzFeed's popular lifestyle destination NIFTY.. Need help unclogging a drain? Can't seem to keep a plant alive? Just want to finally...
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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Sarah Ogilvie - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind's greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented...
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Level Up (20) (ANNUAL)

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! - Ripley Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Push the limit. Progress. Pride yourself on what makes you stand out and take things to the next level. It's time to Level Up - Ripley's way!. Filled with all-new and all-true photos and stories from around the world, Ripley's Believe It or Not! Level Up inspires readers of all ages...
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The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together

Brennan Barnard - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Paperback(second edition)

Updated and completely revised, the ultimate family guide to managing a college search in a positive way.Is your family just starting to think about visiting colleges? Maybe you are in the throes of the college search, feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. Miss a deadline? Should you be looking...
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Who's a Good Dog?: And How to Be a Better Human

Jessica Pierce - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover

A guide to cultivating a shared life of joy and respect with our dogs. Who's a Good Dog? is an invitation to nurture more thoughtful and balanced relationships with our canine companions. By deepening our curiosity about what our dogs are experiencing, and by working together with...
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Houseplant Hookups: All the Dirt You Need to Find the Perfect Match

Agatha Isabel - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Taking its cues from the wonderful world of online dating, Houseplant Hookups explores the pros and cons of cohabitating with different houseplants. The perfect gift for any plant or gardening enthusiast, these illustrated dating profiles are as hilarious as they are informative."The...
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Super Bloom: A Field Guide to Flowers for Every Gardener

Jac Semmler - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover

A reinvention of the flower and gardening encyclopedia. From Achillea (yarrow) to zinnia, here are seventy-five plant profiles of the most beautiful flowers and foliage to bring shape, color, and beauty to any garden.A super bloom is a natural phenomenon in which climate and conditions...
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Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary

Michael Witwer
Format: Hardcover

A visually stunning exploration of a legendary fantasy world. The Forgotten Realms offer D&D players an endless array of secrets to uncover, foes to fight, and treasures to be taken. But there is one name that has always stood out from the rest: Drizzt. Drizzt Do'urden.. This legendary...
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The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth

Adam Goodheart - David R. Godine, Publisher
Format: Hardcover

A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe believed to be the most isolated human community on earth. The Sentinelese people want to be left alone and will shoot deadly arrows at anyone who tries to come ashore. As the web of modernity draws ever closer, the island...
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