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Miniature Gardens: Design and create miniature fairy gardens, dish gardens, terrariums and more-indoors and out

Katie Elzer-Peters · Cool Springs Press
Format: Print book

A revealing peek into the captivating world of gardening in miniature, complete with inspiring photos and practical step-by-step instructions. A delightful, fun, and endlessly creative new trend is sweeping the gardening world miniature gardening! With your imagination as the only limit...
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The Bridesmaid's Manual: Make it To and Through the Wedding with Your Sanity

Sarah Stein · Berkley
Format: Paperback

Will you be my bridesmaid? It's flattering, isn't it? A romantic celebration, and you'll be playing a supporting role. But what if being a bridesmaid means committing to a year of party planning and splurging on an unflattering dress you'll wear at the wedding--and never...
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Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving

Tim Hollister · Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback

Most driving literature for parents focuses on how to teach a teen to drive, without explaining why teen driving is so dangerous in the first place or giving parents a plan to preempt the hazards teens face. By contrast, Not So Fast empowers and guides parents to understand the causes and situations...
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Christmas with Southern Living 2014: Our Best Guide to Holiday & Decorating

The Editors of Southern Living Magazine · Oxmoor House
Format: Hardcover

Christmas with Southern Living is ALL NEW for 2014. Included are special holiday menus and over 100 recipes especially designed for holiday cooking, baking, entertaining, and gift-giving. Dozens of photos, kitchen tips, and entertaining ideas add extra value to the recipe pages, which make...
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Scarf Style 2: Innovative to Traditional, 26 Fresh Designs to Knit

Ann Budd · Interweave
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Discover fresh new designs for scarves, shawls, and cowls. With Scarf Style 2, you'll follow up to the best-selling Scarf Style and learn from the experts!Scarves are comfort food for knitters, and a great way to learn new techniques without a big investment in time or materials. You'll...
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Sweet Paul Eat and Make: Charming Recipes and Kitchen Crafts You Will Love

Paul Lowe · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 283
Format: Print book

It began as a little blog highlighting the recipes and crafts of the Norwegian-born food and prop stylist Paul Lowe. Six years later, Sweet Paul is an online magazine followed by millions and a print quarterly sold nationwide in specialty stores. Praised by the New York Times as "...
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Drive!: Henry Ford, George Selden, and the Race to Invent the Auto Age

Lawrence Goldstone · Ballantine Books
Pages: 372
Format: Print book

From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile, an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the Automobile Club of America...
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A Guide Book of United States Coins 2015: The Official Red Book Hardcover

R. S. Yeoman · Whitman Publishing; 68th edition
Format: Print book

The Official Red Book, now in its 68th year, is famous nationwide as the premiere resource for the U.S. coin collectors. This best-selling "one-volume library" helps you make smart buying decisions as you build your collection. Millions of readers rely on it for real-world coin...
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Gizelle's Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog

Lauren Watt · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 244
Format: Print book

"A lightbeat, epic account of how the 20-something author brought her giant English Mastiff to her first tiny New York apartment after college, while navigating boyfriends, first jobs, her mother's illness and a bucket list that involves her dog's participation, "--NoveList."Lauren...
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Zero to Maker: Learn

David Lang · Maker Media
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback

Are you possessed by the urge to invent, design, and make something that others enjoy, but don't know how to plug into the Maker movement? In this book, you'll follow author David Lang's headfirst dive into the Maker world and how he grew to be a successful entrepreneur. You'll...
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Natural Beauty with Coconut Oil: 50 Homemade Beauty Recipes Using Nature's Perfect Ingredient

Lucy Bee · Quadrille
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Coconut oil, as we know, is nature's perfect ingredient. It has earned that accolade not only for its versatility in cooking, but also its application as an effective and economic beauty treatment for skin, hair, and oral health.Tapping into the current trend for making your own beauty...
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Simple Matters: Living with Less and Ending Up with More

Erin Boyle · Abrams Image
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

For anyone looking to declutter, organize, and simplify, author Erin Boyle shares practical guidance and personal insights on small-space living and conscious consumption. At once pragmatic and philosophical, Simple Matters is a nod to the growing consensus that living simply and purposefully...
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Kaffe Fassett's Bold Blooms: Quilts and Other Works Celebrating Flowers

Kaffe Fassett · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

A stunning guide and vibrant pattern collection of 25 new patchwork and needlepoint projects, from renowned color expert and quilt and fabric designer Kaffe Fassett. Drawing inspiration from the natural beauty of flowers, Kaffe Fassett's Bold Blooms invites crafters to explore the behind-the-scenes...
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