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Sleep Solutions: Quiet Nights for You and Your Child From Birth to Five Years

Rachel Waddilove · Lion Hudson; 1st New edition edition
Format: Paperback

Drawing upon her years of experience, Waddilove explores the different ways to help young children develop good sleeping patternsMost new parents expect to have sleepless nights, but are they the inevitable part of parenting expected? In this most essential of guides, Rachel draws on her own 30 years...
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The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving

Jared Zystro · Seed Savers Exchange
Format: Print book

Filled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting seed that is true-to-type and ready for sowing in next year's garden. In this comprehensive book,...
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Little House of Quilts: 10 Nostalgic Quilts and 5 Projects Inspired by the Writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Stone Roberts · Fons & Porter L C
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Gorgeous, pioneer-inspired quilts and accessories with a timeless appeal! In her treasured Little House books, Laura Ingalls Wilder shared stories about growing up on the American frontier. In Little House of Quilts, author Laura Stone Roberts captures the nostalgia of reading Half-pint's...
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Thank You for Your Service

David Finkel · Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

From a MacArthur Fellow and the author of The Good Soldiers, a profound look at life after warThe wars of the past decade have been covered by brave and talented reporters, but none has reckoned with the psychology of these wars as intimately as the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David...
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Fine Woodworking Turning Techniques & Projects

Editors of Fine Woodworking · The Taunton Press, Inc.,
Pages: 171
Format: Paperback

With only a few turning tools and a lathe, it's possible to create a host of useful and artistic objects. Part of the appeal of turning is that a turner (as opposed to a furniture maker or other classic woodworker) gets results quickly. In only a few minutes, the object takes shape...
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Assisted: An Autobiography

John Stockton · Shadow Mountain
Format: eBook

Foreword by Karl MaloneA fast, gritty, durable player who could read a basketball floor as well as anyone who ever played the game, John Stockton left the NBA after nineteen seasons with the Utah Jazz, holding a massive assist record, including the career mark (15,806). He also twice led the league...
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Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History

Bill Laws · Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating stories of the plants that changed civilizations. Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully presented guide to the plants that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Entries feature a description of the plant, its botanical name, its native...
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Do Your Children Believe?: Becoming Intentional About Your Family's Faith and Spiritual Legacy

Terence Chatmon · W Publishing Group
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Are your children ready to live out their faith in the real world? Most parents who value Christian faith want their children to enjoy a vibrant, growing relationship with God, both now and throughout their lives. But few of those parents ever attach this hope to an ongoing plan; therefore,...
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The Edge of the Precipice: Why Read Literature in the Digital Age?

Paul Socken · Mcgill-Queens University Press
Format: Hardcover

Can a case be made for reading literature in the digital age? Does literature still matter in this era of instant information? Is it even possible to advocate for serious, sustained reading with all manner of social media distracting us, fragmenting our concentration, and demanding short,...
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Celiac Disease

Rory Jones · William Morrow; Rev Upd edition
Format: Hardcover

“The definitive resource for every celiac, those yet to be diagnosed, and their families….A must-have book. “— Elaine Monarch, Executive Director, Celiac Disease Foundation A completely revised and updated edition of the definitive book on one of the most...
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Love Your Leftovers: Through Savvy Meal Planning Turn Classic Main Dishes Into More Than 100 Delicious Recipes

Nick Evans · Lyons Press
Pages: 277
Format: Paperback

Nick Evans runs the popular food blog macheesmo.com, and he came up with a simple yet effective concept for everyday cooking: Create one foundation dish, in decent quantity, when you have the time--perhaps on a lazy Sunday afternoon--and then repurpose it to make other delicious dishes...
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VW Camper Van: A Biography

Mike Harding · Aurum Press, Limited
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

It was invented immediately after the war, in the factory a far-sighted English military man had set up to turn the German economy from making machines of warfare to more pacific products. By the seventies that dream had been amply fulfilled, as the VW Campervan became the conveyance...
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Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy

Eri Hotta · Vintage
Format: Kindle Edition

Library Journal? 10/15/2013 In 1941, Japan was a resource-strapped country bogged down in a costly war with China. So why did it decide to initiate a war with the United States? Hotta (Pan-Asianism and Japan's War, 1931–45) explores every aspect of this question. She reveals that...
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Woman's Day Recipe Remix: Start with 1 basic recipe, get 4 delicious dishes

Woman's Day · Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Start with one basic recipe—finish with at least FOUR sensational variations! Based on a monthly column in Womans Day magazine, Recipe Remix takes a basic recipe, technique, or ingredient and shows you how to make multiple exciting variations. Master the perfect chicken cutlet and you have...
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