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The Everything Horse Book

Cheryl Kimball · Adams Media
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

The Everything Horse Book is a detailed introduction to loving and appreciating these majestic animals, from the basics of riding to important information on care and feeding. This exciting book is perfect for horse lovers of all ages and skill levels. You'll learn what breed is best...
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Compost: A Family Guide to Making Soil from Scraps

Ben Raskin · Roost Books
Format: Hardcover

Set your family on the path to a planet-friendly lifestyle with this fun guide to compost--what it is, how to make it, how to maintain it.  Includes games, stickers, and more!Teach your kids that composting is fun with this funky guide that takes you from the nitty-gritty of compost...
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Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: Friendship Shawls

Debbie Macomber · Leisure Arts
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

Best-selling author and avid knitter Debbie Macomber teams with Leisure Arts to introduce a new Warm Up America! Initiative - Friendship Shawls. Similar to prayer shawls, friendship shawls are handmade gifts of caring. They`re perfect for special occasions or simply as friendship gifts....
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Complete Photo Guide to Clothing Construction

Christine Haynes · Creative Publishing int'l
Format: Paperback

The Complete Photo Guide to Clothing Construction helps you master all of the techniques needed to sew clothes--including tops, dresses, pants, skirts, and even outerwear. This technique-driven book follows the entire process of clothing construction, including a section on the sewing machine...
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The Holmes Manual

Mike Holmes · The Holmes Manual Hardcover – 2014
Format: Book

No-nonsense advice from the star of HGTV's Holmes Makes It Right and Holmes Inspection Why are my windows fogging up? What can I do about a squeaky floor? Why is my bedroom so much colder than the rest of the house? Are tankless water heaters worth the money? From top to bottom, outside...
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Handpaint Country: A Knitter's Journey

Cheryl Potter · XRX Books
Pages: 234
Format: Book

Dream of color: color that pools, concentrates, merges, speckles, flows, reflects - color that makes a splash. In Handpaint Country, you'll meet hand-dyers who live the dream. Then the designers take over, showing you what to do when you choose a colorway, not just a color. Handpaint...
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The Silver Madonna and Other Tales of America's Greatest Lost Treasures

W.C. Jameson · Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Print book

The twenty-four tales in this book are of the most famous lost treasures in America, from a two-foot statue reportedly made entirely of silver (the “Madonna”) and a cache of gold, silver, and jewelry that was rumored to also contain the first Bible in America to seventeen tons...
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How to Hang a Picture: And Other Essential Lessons for the Stylish Home

Jay Sacher · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

Like tying a Windsor knot or brewing a perfect cup of coffee, knowing how to hang art on your wall is a hallmark of everyday style and nuts-and-bolts know-how. The where, what, and whys of hanging art are an overlooked, under-appreciated line of inquiry. Most of us simply wing it with a quick...
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Super Simple Origami

Irmgard Kneissler · Sterling
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Who says simple can’t be awesome? Try these super simple origami techniques. Using just five basic forms, you can make amazing figures and objects, from a duck, a cat, and a penguin to a rose and a tulip to a windmill and masks. More than 150 diagrams and color photographs show how....
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Earrings VISUAL Project Guide: Step-by-step instructions for 30 gorgeous designs

Chris Franchetti Michaels · Visual; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

projects to make one-of-a-kind earrings Earrings are the cornerstone of any womans jewelry collection They are among the most popular jewelry-making projects because they are quick to create and dont require a large investment in materials From simple hoops and drops to intricate clusters...
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Barn Find Road Trip: 3 Guys, 14 Days and 1000 Lost Collector Cars Discovered

Tom Cotter · Motorbooks International
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Great collector cars are still out there--just waiting to be found!Sadly, there is very little reality in reality TV. That wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that these shows are the only TV shows for the barn-find collector car aficionado.Barn Find Road Trip is the antidote to all the manufactured...
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New Complete Dog Training Manual

Bruce Fogle · DK ADULT; 1st edition
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate dog training manual, perfect for any breed of dog. Beautifully illustrated with full--color photographs and detailed annotations, the New Complete Dog Training Manual shows you how to establish routines, implement commands, break bad habits, and learn how to train various...
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100 Weekend Projects Anyone Can Do: Easy, practical projects using basic tools and standard materials

Editors at The Family Handyman · The Family Handyman
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

100 do-it-yourself simple projects, requiring only basic tools, precut lumber and standard materials.Build fashionable, functional, inexpensive indoor and backyard furniture - even if you're a complete beginner. These are realistic projects for the average weekend warrior that require no great...
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Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2017

Terry Kovel · Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pages: 592
Format: Print book

The 49th edition of Kovels', the leading antiques price guide, includes 25,000 listings and more than 2,500 full-color photographs. Kovels' is the most complete and best-illustrated price guide available, from the most trusted name in the industry. It features exceptionally well-organized,...
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