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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding

Ted Floyd · National Geographic
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching.How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal...
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Plant Style: How to Greenify Your Space

Alana Langan · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Expert advice on how to make your home fashionably lush with greenery Ferns are back in the bathroom, cacti are sitting on plant stands and hoyas are cascading from hangers. Indoor plants are the ultimate indoor accessory. Softening interiors and readily available, they are a stylist's...
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Micro Living: 40 Innovative Tiny Houses Equipped for Full-Time Living, in 400 Square Feet or Less

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

For everyone who's ever dreamed of simplifying their life and downsizing their home, Micro Living offers an insider's look at what tiny house living is really like. Best-selling author and tiny house enthusiast Derek "Deek" Diedricksen profiles 40 tiny - but practical - houses...
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Junk Beautiful: She Sheds: Hundreds of Inspired Ideas for Your Backyard Retreat

Sue Whitney · Taunton Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Move over, Man Caves. She Sheds are coming to a house near you. Across the country, ladies are carving out a special place for themselves, one free from stress and concern. And they're doing it in their own backyards by turning spaces usually reserved for old tools and greasy car parts...
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Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

Gretchen Rubin · Harmony
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

With clarity and humor, bestselling author of The Four Tendencies and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin illuminates one of her key realizations about happiness: For most of us, outer order contributes to inner calm. And for most of us, a rigid, one-size-fits-all solution doesn't work....
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The Anatomy of Sheds: New Buildings from an Old Tradition

JANE FIELD-LEWIS · GIBBS SMITH INC PUB
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Super-cool spaces to relax, work, chill out, or escape. Over 50 real examples from around the world -- some simple and modest and some extravagant -- inspire and instruct the reader on how to create their own special space. The owners themselves describe how they have created their own hideaways,...
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Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture: 20 Step-by-Step Projects Anyone Can Build

Katie Jackson · Timber Press
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Selected as a Gardens Illustrated Recommended ReadHand-Built Outdoor Furniture covers twenty step-by-step, fully illustrated projects with hundreds of clear and easy-to-follow photographs. Finished pieces include simple items include a trellis, a flower box, and a plant stand and more complicated...
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Handmade Houseplants: Remarkably Realistic Plants You Can Make with Paper

Corrie Beth Hogg · Timber Press
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

Houseplants are everywhere - on Instagram, in the media, and in trendy homes all over the world. In Handmade Houseplants, expert crafter and tastemaker Corrie Beth Hogg offers a no-water necessary alternative: plants made from paper! This stylish guide includes step-by-step instructions...
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Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness

Marie Tourell Soderberg · Penguin UK
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Other books will tell you how to be hygge. This is the only book that will show you. Though we all know the feeling of hygge instinctively, few of us ever manage to capture it for more than a moment. Now Danish actress and hygge aficionado Marie Tourell Søderberg has traveled the length...
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The Children's Garden: Loads of Things to Make & Grow

Matthew Appleby · Frances Lincoln
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

A garden can be a place for discovery, creativity and fun, and a space that encourages children to enjoy and engage with the natural world.Through 52 exciting family projects, one for every week of the year, this book inspires parents and their children aged 5 to play and learn in the garden,...
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The Value of Weeds

Ann Cliff · Crowood Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Weeds are wild plants that have survived in the face of centuries of hostility. Many gardeners who are unfamiliar with the versatility of weeds think of them as a nuisance. They can be good, bad, dangerous, or beautiful. Above all, they are tough. This essential guide explores the virtues...
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Wiring Complete: 3rd Edition

Michael W Litchfield · Taunton Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

The third edition of this best-selling volume is a comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use reference for homeowners covering all home wiring situations from the most basic to advanced. Wiring Complete is a highly visual book focused on real world situations faced by homeowners and real...
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The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop: Handmade Accessories for Your Tiny Living World

Janit Calvo · Timber Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A not-so-mini trend The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop is the next big thing for the crafters and gardeners already captivated by gardening small. Organized by fun themes - including gardens around the world, holidays, and fantasy gardens - it's a fun-filled guide to creating one-of-a-kind...
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Grow Your Own Herbs: The 40 Best Culinary Varieties for Home Gardens

Susan Belsinger · Timber Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Nothing tastes better than herbs harvested fresh from the garden!Grow Your Own Herbs shares everything you need to know to grow the forty most important culinary herbs. You'll learn basic gardening information, including details on soil, watering, and potting. Profiles of 40 herbs - including...
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Happy by Design: How to create a home that boosts your health and happiness

VICTORIA HARRISON · Weldon Owen
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Invite health and happiness into the heart of your home with practical ideas for decor, organization, and mindfulness that will transform your living space - and create an uplifting atmosphere that looks after you from morning to night!Happy by Design teaches us how we can actively improve...
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