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Learn to Play the Ukulele, 2nd Edition: A Simple and Fun Guide For Complete Beginners

Bill Plant · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

With the help of this book and companion CD, anyone can learn to play the ukulele overnight! Inside Learn to Play the Ukulele:Learn how to hold and tune a ukulele correctlyLearn how to keep time and strumScales and chords including C major, G major, reading tablature, and bar chordsUkulele...
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Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction

GABRIELLE MOSS · Quirk Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A hilarious and nostalgic trip through the history of paperback pre-teen series of the 80s and 90s.Every twenty- or thirty-something woman knows these books. The pink covers, the flimsy paper, the zillion volumes in the series that kept you reading for your entire adolescence. Spurred by the commercial...
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Ham Radio For Dummies

H WARD SILVER · For Dummies
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Your how-to guide to become a ham Ham radio, or amateur radio, is a way to talk with people around the world in real-time, or to send email without any sort of internet connection. It provides a way to keep in touch with friends and family, whether they are across town or across the country....
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Oh Sweet Day!: A Celebration Cookbook of Edible Gifts, Party Treats, and Festive Desserts

Fanny Lam · Front Table Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Sweeten your celebrations with recipes from Fanny of Oh Sweet Day! As always, Fanny uses simple, familiar ingredients to create delectable desserts that are too lovely to eat and too delicious not to. From special "Love Someone" Banana Bread for Valentine's Day to Thanksgiving...
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LED Project Handbook

John Baichtal · No Starch Press
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

The LED Project Handbook is a collection of interactive and customizable projects that all have the humble LED in common, but don't write them off as basic! You'll learn how to make challenging and imaginative gadgets like a magic wand that controls lights using hand gestures, a pen-sized...
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Mini Hoop Embroideries: Over 60 little masterpieces to stitch and wear

Sonia Lyne · Search Press
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

Create 20 tiny masterpieces in a wide range of embroidery styles by renowned founder of Dandelyne(TM) , Sonia LyneFrame it, wear it, look awesome.Stitch and paint dozens of different embroidery designs in these cute mini embroidery hoops by Sonia Lyne, founder of Dandelyne(TM) ! Following...
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An Atlas of Natural Beauty: Botanical Ingredients for Retaining and Enhancing Beauty

Victoire de Taillac · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The perfect gift book from Paris's iconic apothecary L'Officine Universelle Buly captures the elegance and sophistication of the Parisian beauty standard in a beautifully illustrated and detailed guide - with easy-to-follow recipes - to retaining and enhancing natural beauty."Nothing...
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250 Japanese Knitting Stitches: The Original Pattern Bible by Hitomi Shida

HITOMI SHIDA · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

250 Japanese Knitting Stitches contains the original collection of knitting stitches first published by Hitomi Shida in 1996. Copies of the original Japanese edition have been jealously coveted by knitters around the world - and now Tuttle Publishing brings you this classic in English for the first...
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Lotta Jansdotter Paper, Pattern, Play

Lotta Jansdotter · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

A lifelong artist, Lotta Jansdotter has been creating patterns and motifs for fun since childhood and professionally since 1996. Her organic, playful, and timeless designs have appeared on everything from sewing and quilting fabrics to rugs, bedsheets, baby gear, dishes, and more. For Paper,...
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Dimensional Bead Embroidery: A Reference Guide to Techniques

Jamie Cloud Eakin · Lark Crafts
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

". . . a book you will refer to over and over again." - Bead&Button A paperback edition of Jamie Cloud Eakin's fantastic bead-embroidery guidebook. Jamie Cloud Eakin shows beaders of all levels the mechanics of more than 30 indispensible techniques for bead embroidery...
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Small Space Style: Because You Don't Have to Live Large to Live Beautifully

Whitney Leigh Morris · Weldon Owen
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Interior design maven and Instagram star Whitney Leigh Morris makes living in a mere 362 square feet look elegant and effortless - even with a husband, baby, and two Beagles in the mix. In her debut book, Whitney shares her best ideas for making any tiny space efficient and stylish - whether...
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Outdoor Paint Techniques and Faux Finishes, Revised Edition: 25 Great Outdoor Finishes for Plaster, Wood, Cement, Metal, and Stone

MARINA HENNIGS LOUISE NIVEN · Creative Homeowner
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

This practical guide to exterior decorating will inspire both beginning and more advanced decorators to revitalize your outdoor environment!25 weatherproof paint effects ideal for external walls, floors, and woodwork in your garden, patio, or porch5 surface options: plaster, cement, wood,...
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Make Ink: A Forager's Guide to Natural Inkmaking

Jason Logan · Abrams
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The Toronto Ink Company was founded in 2014 by designer and artist Jason Logan as a citizen science experiment to make eco-friendly, urban ink from street-harvested pigments. In Make Ink, Logan delves into the history of inkmaking and the science of distilling pigment from the natural world....
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