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The Big Book of Hacks

Doug Cantor · Weldon Owen
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

In this reboot of the popular 2012 title, readers will find a collection of the most up-to-date and thrilling DIY tech projects around - straight from the experts at Popular Science magazine. Updated with new and more modern projects, the Big Book of Hacks the perfect book for aspiring...
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Life Hacks: The King of Random’s Tips and Tricks to Make Everyday Tasks Fun and Easy

Grant Thompson · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

For the past few years, Grant Thompson has spent his weekends starting fires, building cannons, and experimenting with dry ice and liquid nitrogen. Hes made pumpkins explode, defied gravity, and discovered countless ways to make everyday life easier using ordinary items such as butter,...
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51 Things to Make with Paper Plates

FIONA HAYES · QEB Publishing
Pages: 79
Format: Hardcover

51 Things to Make with Paper Plates, transforms unwanted paper plates into Angels, Dragons, Sailboats and much more. Perfect activities for parent and child to create together. The 51 projects feature a well-balanced mix of techniques, materials, colors and styles for a range of ages.
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Crochet Taxidermy: 30 Quirky Animal Projects, from Mouse to Moose

Taylor Hart · Storey Publishing
Pages: 207
Format: Print book

Crochet Taxidermy puts a new twist on amigurumi, the popular Japanese method of creating considerably cute stuffed animals with oversized heads. In this delightful collection, heads of animals from farm and forest, sea and safari come to life with irresistible details like the drowsy eye (for...
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Crafting a Colorful Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to Personalizing Your Space with Color

Kristin Nicholas · Roost Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Knit, stitch, and paint your way to a more colorful and happy home with color expert and crafter Kristin Nicholas. Learn how to make your home sing through handmade crafts and a bold use of color. Kristin Nicholas, color expert and all-around master crafter, shares her secrets to selecting...
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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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Gardens in Detail: 100 Contemporary Designs

Emma Reuss · The Monacelli Press
Format: Hardcover

Explore 100 gardens from around the world with this illustrated guide to the design elements of each - from historical style to planting and landscape design. This comprehensive reference offers gardens from many periods of history - Islamic, Renaissance, English Landscape, Arts &...
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Amigurumi

Lan-Anh Bui · Guild of Master Craftsman
Format: Paperback

The craze for crocheting cute characters has swept through Japan and around the world-and now everyone can get caught up in this irresistible new hobby. Amigurumi, which literally means crocheted stuffed toy, is fast, fabulous, and fantastic fun. It takes just a few minutes to learn the techniques,...
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Take A Seat: 16 Beautiful Projects for Your Home

Jemima Schlee · GMC Publications
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Jemima Schlee's clever use of fabrics, textures, yarns and paint not only add personality and character to any interior, they are also an ideal way for thrifty types to create a new look on a budget. From homely armchairs and pouffes to eye-catching footstools and vintage-print seat...
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The Big E : the story of the USS Enterprise

Edward Peary Stafford · Naval Institute Press
Pages: 560
Format: Print book

Her admirers will by grateful to Commander Stafford for preserving so much of her so well. -- "New York Times" The unbelievable career of the bravest and most effective warship America ever built, excitingly recorded. -- "Life" An action-packed drama of living men in a ship...
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Modern Baby Knits: 23 Knitted Baby Garments, Blankets, Toys, and More!

Tanis Gray · Interweave Pr
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

When it comes to baby knits, only the cutest garments will do! It's even better when they use only 1, 2, or 3 skeins of yarn. Whether you're whipping up something special for your own little one or need an easy gift for a baby shower, you'll find lots of adorable options in 3 Skeins or Less:...
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The Rose

Jennifer Potter · Atlantic Books
Format: Book

For fans of Anna Pavord's The Tulip and Andrea Wulf's The Brothers Gardener, a vividly written and lavishly illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers Ever since Sappho planted roses at the shrine of Aphrodite, no flower has captured the imagination in quite the same...
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Conversations with Cosmo: At Home with an African Grey Parrot

Dr. Betty Jean Craige PhD · Sherman Asher Pub
Format: Book

In CONVERSATIONS WITH COSMO: AT HOME WITH AN AFRICAN GREY PARROT, Betty Jean Craige tells the story of her parrot's education in the language and culture of her human friends. Cosmo is a seven-year-old female Congo African Grey Parrot who by the age of six had learned more than a hundred...
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Mittens from Around Norway: Over 40 Traditional Knitting Patterns Inspired by Folk-Art Collections

Nina Granlund Saether · Trafalgar Square Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Take a trip to Norway - without ever setting down your needles! Let Nina Granlund Sæther guide you through Norway's mountains, rivers, and countryside as you delve into 400 years of Scandinavian knitting history. Reconstructed from historical sources or drawn directly from the author's...
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Search Press Books, Crazy Garlands and Bunting

Alistair MacDonald · Search Press
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

Garlands and bunting are popular adornments for the home and all types of celebration. Here, Alistair Macdonald has given these traditional decorations a thoroughly modern twist and created 20 fun and fabulous projects that will make an eye-catching addition to any home or party. There...
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