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Barbara Delinsky · Anchor
Format: Kindle Edition

In her luminous new novel Barbara Delinsky explores every womanrsquos desire to abandon the endless obligations of work and marriagemdashand the idea that the most passionate romance can be found with the person you know best Emily Aulenbach is thirty a lawyer married to a lawyer working...
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The Boy Mechanic Makes Toys: 159 Games, Toys, Tricks, and Other Amusements

Popular Mechanics · Hearst
Pages: 272
Format: Perfect Paperback

It's vintage fun! This follow-up to The Boy Mechanic - Popular Mechanics' collection of can-do ingenuity from the early 1900s - features more than 200 unique toys and games that anyone with a basic tool kit will want to make, plus the unusual and attractive rounded, flexibound format....
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Holiday Crafting and Baking with Kids: Gifts, Sweets, and Treats for the Whole Family

Jessica Strand · Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback

Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids will bring the whole family together for some good holiday fun. Children ages four and up will love selecting their own materials and digging into these cheerful projects. There is something here for everyone and every winter occasion Thanksgiving, Hanukkah,...
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Complete Custom Closet: How to Make the Most of Every Space

Chris Gleason · Popular Woodworking Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

No More Cluttered Closets!How would you like to create a storage or work area that isn't just a black hole behind some doors? Using basic to intermediate carpentry and cabinetmaking skills, you can make your closets what they should be - organized, orderly and well-utilized spaces....
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Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Patterns That Go Way Beyond Socks!

Judith Durant · Storey Publishing, LLC; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Sock yarn can be used for much more than socks! Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders is an irresistible compilation of 101 original patterns for baby clothes, mittens, scarves, hats, jewelry, cozies, bags--even a dog sweater and a lamp shade--that all use just a single skein of sock yarn. Contributed...
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Soap Book

Sandy Maine · Interweave
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Fire Light, Forest Garden, Gentlemen Farmer, Lemon Verbena, Oat and Wheat Bran--this is but a sampling of the thirty wonderful recipes you'll find in this guide to making soap. History, chemistry, equipment, plants, and oils--everything you need to know to create your own all-natural,...
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The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs

America's Test Kitchen Kids · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Want to bake the most-awesome-ever cupcakes? Or surprise your family with breakfast tacos on Sunday morning? Looking for a quick snack after school? Or maybe something special for a sleepover? It's all here. Learn to cook like a pro -- it's easier than you think.For the first time ever,...
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Martha Stewart's Handmade Holiday Crafts: 225 Inspired Projects for Year-Round Celebrations

Martha Stewart · Potter Craft
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

"A treasury of projects, tips, inspiration, and techniques for year-round holiday crafting"--
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Gooseberry Patch Family Favorites Recipes: Over 200 tried & true recipes, memories and traditions from Gooseberry Patch family and friends

Gooseberry Patch (Firm) · Oxmoor House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

For over 24 years, neighbors & friends Vickie & Jo Ann have shared their love of antiques, gardening, decorating and food within the pages of their county store mail-order business. Now they're excited about their newest book featuring year-round treasures of family traditions...
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The New Scroll Saw Handbook

Patrick Spielman · Sterling
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

This bestseller’s massive technical updates and new sections make an even more valuable contribution, with simplified instructions. “Terrific, everything a book should be.”—Fine Woodworking. “Excellent....Belongs in all public libraries.”—Library...
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Scrapbooking Just for You!: How to Make Fun, Personal, Save-Them-Forever Keepsakes

Candice Ransom · Sterling
Format: Hardcover

Birthday parties, graduations, vacations, family time, and fun days with friends girls want to remember every moment. They can, with this cool collection of irresistible and very doable scrapbooking ideas.  Targeted to tweens and teens, it explains how to make beautiful, personal, keep-them-forever...
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The Weaver's Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom

Jane Patrick · Interweave; Spi edition
Format: Hardcover

New and experienced weavers alike are always on the lookout for new weave-structure patterns. The Weaver's Idea Book presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. The techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet,...
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Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: A Practical Guide for Aspiring Fashion Designers

Steven Faerm · Barron's Educational Series; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

A widely-recognized fashion design teacher presents a series of step-by-step tutorials and exercises, and offers students extensive advice on how to prepare for a successful career in the glamorous fashion design industry. The book opens with an overview of the principles of fashion design,...
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Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream

Carole Kismaric · Harper Collins Publishers/Lookout Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

They're back!Growing Up with Dick and Jane reunites us with two old friends, Dick and Jane, who, for forty years, taught so many of us to read. Here's the all American brother and sister team. Look! It's Dick, in his striped polo shirts and shorts, always ready for an adventure....
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Homemade: The Heart and Science of Handcrafts

Carol Endler Sterbenz · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Offering an abundance of information and inspiration, Homemade is a revelatory addition to the craft world—the ultimate reference book on crafting and also a warm, engagingly written book that combines history and personal narrative with the science that makes a craft possible and the passion...
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