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Paint It: The Art of Acrylics, Oils, Pastels, and Watercolors

Mari Bolte · Capstone Press
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback

Any master starts at the beginning. Dip your brush into oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints, and sharpen your pastels. Develop essential techniques that will propel your art from scribbles to masterpieces.
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Stitched Sewing Organizers: Pretty Cases, Boxes, Pouches, Pincushions & More

Aneela Hoey · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Celebrate and use your sewing skills with Aneela Hoey's 15 stylish yet functional patterns for a wide variety of sewing organizers. Designed to work together, many of the smaller projects fit into larger ones and can be made into a coordinating set. Showcase trendy fat quarters and half-yards...
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Adventures in Fabric-La Todera Style: Sew 20 Projects for You & Your Home

Julie M. Creus · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Paperback

This festive collection from designer Julie Creus brings together bright fabrics, ingenious construction methods, and a large dash of whimsy to make 3-D effects like you’ve never seen before in fabric. Create usable art with ingenious new techniques for fabric folding, fusing, weaving,...
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National Geographic Complete Guide to Pet Health, Behavior, and Happiness: The Veterinarian's Approach to At-Home Animal Care

Gary Weitzman DVM · National Geographic
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

In National Geographic's comprehensive and easy-to-use illustrated pet reference, a renowned veterinarian offers expert advice on common health, behavior, and training for cats, dogs, and other domestic pets. Combining first aid, medical reference, and tips and tricks of the trade,...
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Trainable cat : a practical guide to making life happier for you and your cat

John Bradshaw · Basic Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Dog owners know that dogs can be trained, but the idea of training rarely crosses cat owners' minds. But as bestselling anthrozoologist John Bradshaw and cat expert Sarah Ellis show, not only can cats be trained, but they absolutely should be to ensure a happy and healthy relationship between...
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Blue Book of Gun Values-38th Ed.

S P Fjestad · Blue Book Publications, Inc
Pages: 2512
Format: Paperback

The newest 28th edition Blue Book of Gun Values has been extensively revised to include all the new 2007 makes/models, in addition to updating the rising values on both modern guns and antiques. Expanded to 2080 pages, this newest edition also has an enlarged color Photo Percentage Grading...
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Think Small: The Tiniest Art in the World

Eva Katz · Chronicle Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the astounding to the downright unbelievable, this little volume of mind-blowingly tiny artworks showcases the talents of 24 artists from around the globe. Makers, crafters, art enthusiasts, and fans of tiny works will delight in this homage to all things infinitesimally small. Replete...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Concrete & Masonry, 4th Edition: Build with Concrete, Brick, Block & Natural Stone

Editors of Cool Springs Press · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Love all of your masonry and concrete projects--knowing that you did them yourself!--with help from our experts.No projects offer more aesthetic or financial satisfaction than DIY concrete and masonry projects. Homeowners can routinely save thousands of dollars in labor costs by buying...
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Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2014: America's Bestselling Antiques Annual

Kim Kovel · Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; 46 edition
Format: Book

The 46th edition of the leading price guide in antiques continues to feature actual prices in 700 categories and more than 2,500 full-color photographs.Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide is the most thorough, colorful, and complete price guide available, from the most trusted,...
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Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening: How to Grow Nutrient-Dense, Soil-Sprouted Greens in Less Than 10 days

Peter Burke · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

The Low-Tech, No-Grow-Lights Approach to Abundant Harvest Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening offers good news: with nothing more than a cupboard and a windowsill, you can grow all the fresh salad greens you need for the winter months (or throughout the entire year) with no lights, no pumps,...
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Backyard Building: Treehouses, Sheds, Arbors, Gates, and Other Garden Projects

Jean Stiles · Countryman Press
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback

Here is the very best of backyard building: Popular building authors Jeanie and David Stiles -- whose treehouse once garnered a spread in Architectural Digest -- have gathered dozens of original plans for treehouses, playhouses, and sheds, as well as a summer house, tea house, garden arbor,...
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Country Style: Home Décor and Rustic Crafts from Chandeliers to Coffee Tables, Bedcovers to Bulletin Boards

Anna Örnberg · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A beautiful, rustic home isn't hard to create. With a splash of color, some pieces that pop, and a little bit of inspiration, even the most standard unit can be flipped into a country haven. Try elegant whites, industrial details, grandiose patterns, or some shabby chic. It's fun and easy...
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The Joy of Less

Francine Jay · Chronicle Books
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover

Francine Jay pioneered the simple living movement with her self-published bestseller, The Joy of Less. In this fully redesigned and repackaged edition - featuring never-before-seen content - Jay brings her philosophy to more readers who are eager to declutter. Rather than the "crash...
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