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The Smart Guide to Understanding Your Cat

Carolyn Janik · Smart Guide Publications, Inc.; Second edition edition
Format: Book

With a wealth of practical information, this comprehensive and enjoyable handbook will provide cat owners with new insights into their pets: how they think, how they express affection, how they make choices—in short, why they do what they do. Among the topics covered in this multifaceted...
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Decoding Your Dog: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones

American College of Veterinary Behaviorists · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

More than ninety percent of dog owners consider their pets to be members of their family. But often, despite our best intentions, we are letting our dogs down by not giving them the guidance and direction they need. Unwanted behavior is the number-one reason dogs are relinquished to shelters...
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Literary Yarns: Crochet Projects Inspired by Classic Books

Cindy Wang · Quirk Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Crochet adorable amigurumi inspired by classic literature. Comics fans have action figures. Sports fans get trading cards. But what about literature lovers? What book-themed accessories can decorate bookshelves, proclaim a love of reading, and show off crafting skills, all at the same...
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Plantiful: Start Small, Grow Big with 150 Plants That Spread, Self-Sow, and Overwinter

Kristin Green · Timber Press (OR)
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback

Whoever coined the phrase "money doesn't grow on trees" must not have been a resourceful gardener. While we may not be able to harvest physical money, with the right plants and techniques gardeners can rely on nature to give itself away for free. Plantiful shows you how to have...
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Origami Toys & Games

TOM BUTLER · ENSLOW PUBLISHERS
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

By following illustrated step-by-step instructions, children can create fun origami toys and games such as a zoomerang, a magic star that converts into a Frisbee, and a catapult and basketball hoop to share with their friends. A brief introduction explains the origins and significance of origami...
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Hentopia: Create a Hassle-Free Habitat for Happy Chickens; 21 Innovative Projects

Frank Hyman · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

More eggs, less work! And more enjoyment for both the chickens and their keeper! That's the promise of Frank Hyman's Hentopia.

From the Vending Machine Feeder to the Refilling Rainwaterer, Hyman's innovative building projects are designed to save time and money while keeping...
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How to Fold Origami: Easy Techniques and Over 20 Great Projects

DAVID MITCHELL · COLLINS & BROWN
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Become an origami expert, with this guide to every basic fold! Featuring hundreds of specially drawn, step-by-step diagrams; gorgeous photographs; and easy-to-follow instructions from master origamist David Mitchell, this beautiful book lays out the basics of origami folding. It contains...
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Nail Art Sourcebook: Over 500 Designs for Fingertip Fashions

PANSY ALEXANDER · CARLTON Books LTD
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

This popular guide to nail art features the coolest trends in fingertip fashion! Nail art is a fabulous way to make your own personal statement, and turn your nails into the hottest fashion accessory around. From stripes, chevrons, and flowers to glitter, gemstones, foils, and trompe l'oeil...
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Handmade Easter Crafts

Ruth Owen · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Instead of wood or plastic, imagine a woven Easter basket made of duct tape! Using materials from around the house, including recycled items, the crafts in this book are sure to make preparing for Easter even more fun. Readers are guided by detailed step-by-step instructions to create table...
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Martha Stewart's Newlywed Kitchen: Recipes for Weeknight Dinners and Easy, Casual Gatherings

Martha Stewart · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Cozy up at home with more than 100 recipes to cook for each other and for friends.

The team at Martha Stewart Living has created the ultimate cookbook for the modern couple. Discover how to make your kitchen function well as the two of you whip up the meals you love - quick...
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Floragami: Create Beautiful Flowers from Folded Paper

Armin Taubner · Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

Create stylized versions of real flowers, whimsical fantasy flowers, and beautiful floral balls and wreaths--40 designs in all--using cut, folded, and glued paper. Step-by-step folding instructions are included, with hundreds of color diagrams.
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Quilting Basics: A step-by-step course for first-time quilters

Michael Caputo · Cico Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

A complete quilting course for beginners, in 12 easy workshops. Have you ever thought about creating a patchwork quilt, but decided it would take too long or be too difficult? If so, Quilting Basics is your perfect introduction to this popular craft. Beginning with the "Getting Started"...
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The Halloween Book

Annalees Lim · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Have a fantastic Halloween with this fun and informative book filled with Halloween facts and activities to celebrate this spooky festival. The Halloween Book brings together lots of ideas for Halloween costumes, crafts, recipes and games, along with poems and spine-tingling ghost stories....
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Lark Books-Fabric Blooms

Megan Hunt · Sterling Publishing
Format: Print book

STERLING PUBLISHING-Lark Books: Fabric Blooms. A beautiful life with Fabric Blooms- creating simple solo flowers; frothy fabricated accessories and bouquets brimming with cheer; all made of simple materials. This book contains forty-two flowers to make; wear and adorn your life. Author:...
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