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Dog Training For Dummies

Wendy Volhard · For Dummies
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback

Obedience training is one of the most important aspects of raising a dog. In fact, a well-trained dog is a FREE dog! Why? Because a trained dog requires fewer restrictions. The more reliable the dog, the more freedom he is given. Dog Training for Dummies shows dog owners how to select...
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Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court

Cara O'Neill Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

You don't need a lawyer to succeed in small claims court if you know how to present your own case. Properly preparing for your day in court can make the difference between receiving a check and writing one. Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court provides the information, tips,...
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Make a Zine: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution

Joe Biel · Microcosm Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

In this new edition of Microcosm's popular DIY guide to zine-making, Joe Biel updates the information provided in the first edition (edited by Biel and the late and great Bill Brent) to address zine making in today's digital and social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases...
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The Sorrows of Mexico

Lydia Cacho · Quercus Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Veering between carnival and apocalypse, Mexico has in the last ten years become the epicentre of the international drug trade. The so-called "war on drugs" has been a brutal and chaotic failure (more than 160,000 lives have been lost) . The drug cartels and the forces of law and order...
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TOEFL iBT: with 8 Online Practice Tests

Pamela J. Sharpe Ph.D. · Barrons Educational Series
Pages: 768
Format: Paperback

Barron's newest edition of TOEFL iBT has been fully updated to reflect the new TOEFL format and provides flexible study options and key skills review to help you study what you need to know for the test. You'll also get 8 full-length practice tests, 8 one-hour practice tests, four...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Sideshow and Other Carnival Curiosities

Ripley's Believe It or Not! · Ripley Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From displays of the human form - both beautiful and grotesque - to tricks of illusion, and wonders from the far-off world, the sideshow has captivated audiences since its popularity arose in the Victorian Era. It was those featured on the side stages of circuses, fairground midways, and halls...
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Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law: Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions

Shae Irving J.D. · NOLO
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback

The law affects practically every aspect of our lives, and legal questions come up daily. When they do, turn to Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, a handy, information-packed desk reference. Written by Nolo's expert team of attorneys, this book answers more than 1,000 of the most...
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Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

Tara Schuster · The Dial Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

By the time she was in her late twenties, Tara Schuster was a rising TV executive who had worked for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and helped launch Key & Peele to viral superstardom. By all appearances, she had mastered being a grown-up. But beneath that veneer of success, she was a chronically...
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The Little Gardener: Helping Children Connect with the Natural World

Julie Cerny · PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PR
Format: Hardcover

The Little Gardener is an engaging illustrated guide for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and educators who want to help children explore the natural world through gardening. Part how-to, part teaching tool, and part inspiration, The Little Gardener is a thoughtful combination of detailed...
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Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living

Kris Bordessa · NATL GEOGRAPHIC SOC
Format: Hardcover

Whether you live in a city, suburb, or the country, this essential guide for the backyard homesteader will help you achieve a homespun life--from starting your own garden and pickling the food you grow to pressing wildflowers, baking sourdough loaves, quilting, raising chickens, and creating...
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