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Build a Compact Garden

Samantha S Bell · Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Introduces organic gardening and explains how to build acompact, no-dig garden using food scraps and household waste. Additional features to aid comprehension include detailed step-by-step illustrations, a clear list of materials, informative captions and callouts, fast facts, suggestions...
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Practical Knots: A Step-by-step Guide

Barry Mault · Arcturus Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A knot book aimed at the everyday user of knots around the home and outdoors. Instead of presenting a bewildering array of knots which are of no consequence in real life, this book shows you, step by step in photographic sequence, how to tie knots, and then how they can be used for a number...
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Robot Wars: Build your own Robot manual

JAMES COOPER · Haynes Publishing UK
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Robot Wars is the highly successful TV series in which competitors aim to 'fight to the death' using remote-controlled robots fighting within an enclosed arena. Robot Wars is currently being aired on BBC2 on Sunday evenings, with a new series coming to air in October 2017 to coincide...
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The Cruise Handbook

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

Exploring the frozen Alaskan wilderness; spotting elephants and lions on a Botswana river safari; sailing through the mighty fjords in Scandinavia and New Zealand; island-hopping the Caribbean, rich in colonial plazas and white sand beaches. Cruising has never been more diverse. This practical...
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The Encyclopedia of Pottery Techniques: A unique visual directory of pottery techniques, with guidance on how to use them

Peter Cosentino · Search Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

The new and up-to-date edition of the popular and comprehensive pottery book by ceramics expert Peter CosentinoThe new and up-to-date edition of the popular and comprehensive pottery book by ceramics expert Peter Cosentino.Inside, discover all the major pottery techniques used the world...
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Puppies For Dummies

Sarah Hodgson · For Dummies; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to train a puppy Bringing home a puppy? This fun, friendly guide to puppies prepares you for this tough but terrific time. From the basics of puppy training—housebreaking, feeding, crating—to the latest on doggie day care, traveling with a puppy, and the new designer...
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How Patterns Work: The Fundamental Principles of Pattern Making and Sewing in Fashion Design

Assembil. · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 500
Format: Paperback

When you are trying to learn something new, the best teachers are often the ones who will walk you slowly through all of the basics in a way that is straightforward and easy to understand. It is this approach to learning that has led us to create "How Patterns Work", so that those...
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The Self-Sufficiency Handbook: Your Complete Guide to a Self-Sufficient Home, Garden, and Kitchen

Alan Bridgewater · CompanionHouse Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Worried about ever-rising fuel bills and longing for the day when you can be off-grid and independent? Anxious about the quality of the food you eat and planning to go organic? Yearning to get back to the way it was but don't know where to start? This book will show you how to achieve the eco-friendly...
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Typewriter: A Celebration of the Ultimate Writing Machine

Paul Robert · Sterling
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Favored by many famous and upcoming writers and poets as their tool of choice, and benefitting from the nostalgia of steampunk and Mad Men, typewriters (like vinyl) have experienced a resurgence - especially among hipsters. This fascinating book celebrates that renaissance through images...
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DIY Papercrafts

Marisa Edghill · Walter Foster Jr. - Quarto Library
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Learn how to transform washi tape and paper into beautiful stationery, giftwrap, gifts, and moreall with just a few simple tools! DIY Paper Crafts is full of unique and inspirational ideas and step-by-step projects that are perfect for washi tape crafters of any skill level. Full of inspirational...
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Embroidery: A Maker's Guide

Eleanor Crow · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

A practical guide to embroidery, inspired by craft traditions from across the globe, and the second volume in the Maker's Guides series from the Victoria and Albert MuseumEmbroidery: A Maker's Guide contains fifteen beautiful step- by- step projects for crafters at all levels. Each one takes...
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Build a Birdhouse

Mirella S Miller · The Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Introduces the benefits of having birds around the home andexplains how to build a birdhouse from household materials. Additional features to aid comprehension include detailed step-by-step illustrations, a clear list of materials, informative captions and callouts, fast facts, suggestions...
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