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The Star Wars Craft Book

Bonnie Burton - LucasBooks; Original edition
Format: Print book

GIVE IN TO THE POWER OF THE CRAFTY SIDE Chewbacca Sock Puppets. Ewok Flower Vases. AT-AT Herb Gardens. With The Star Wars Craft Book, fans of all ages and skill levels can bring the best of the galaxy far, far away right into their own homes. Fully illustrated, this guide features a variety...
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Black & Decker Codes for Homeowners, Updated 3rd Edition: Electrical - Mechanical - Plumbing - Building - Current with 2015-2017 Codes

Bruce A. Barker - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

You don't need to be an expert to assess your house's codes - you just need this guide.What is the proper clearance for an egress window? Does flexible duct have to be supported every four feet or five? Can vent pipe terminations be located near operable doors and windows? The difference...
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Better Homes and Gardens Baking: More than 350 Recipes Plus Tips and Techniques

Better Homes and Gardens - Better Homes & Gardens; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

This all-new and gorgeous edition of Better Homes and Gardens Baking (the first major all-purpose BH&G baking title published since 1998) is a compendium of irresistible cookies, brownies, cakes, pies, cobblers, pastries, and breads—from everyday sweets to special-occasion...
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How To Add Value To Your Home

Scott McGillivray - HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Format: Paperback

From the star of HGTV's Income Property, hundreds of investments in your home that pay big dividendsFor more than a decade, Scott McGillivray has been renovating and investing in real estate, both on his hit TV shows and in his own thriving real estate businesses. In How to Add Value to Your...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Cabinets & Countertops: How to Customize Your Home with Cabinetry

Editors of Cool Springs Press - Cool Springs Press; First edition
Format: Paperback

A skillbuilding and confidence-creating introduction to working with cabinets and countertops, The Complete Guide to Cabinets & Countertops contains comprehensive information on the tools, materials, and techniques you'll need to create kitchen cabinets and countertops, bathroom...
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Country Living The Little Book of Big Decorating Ideas: 287 Clever Tips, Tricks, and Solutions

Katy McColl - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Get inspiration on every page! Based on the signature "Bright Idea" feature in Country Living magazine, this stunning guidebook shows you how to decorate your home in fresh and imaginative ways. These are smart concepts you'll grasp in a single glance and brief caption: shortcuts...
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World of Quilts - 25 Modern Projects: Reinterpreting Quilting Heritage from Around the Globe

Cassandra Ellis - C&T Publishing
Format: Book

Travel the globe with these 25 quilt projects—no passport required! In World of Quilts—25 Modern Projects, Cassandra Ellis presents quilt projects that are historically rooted in cultures around the world. Using time-honored techniques, she strips quilting back to the basics...
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300 Tips for Painting and Decorating: Tips, Techniques and Trade Secrets

Alison Jenkins - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

Everything needed for trouble-free makeover projects and creative home maintenance. In this practical manual, a professional decorator shares hundreds of her personal tips, techniques and trade secrets that will guide homeowners in attractive decorating and regular maintenance tasks,...
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Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia

Judith Miller - Mitchell Beazley; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A new edition of the bible of the antiques world - the most accessible, authoritative and trusted antiques reference book available. This new edition reflects changes in the antiques market since 2008. Clearly and logically organized by period and a type, it is packed with practical and useful...
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The Nonstop Color Garden: Design Flowering Landscapes & Gardens for Year-Round Enjoyment

Nellie Neal - Cool Springs Pr
Format: Paperback

Your garden can be a kaleidoscope of color in every season!Ask any gardener and they will tell you, color is the most important (and most fun!) part of garden design. In The Nonstop Color Garden, author Nellie Neal shows how to use color as an exciting element in your garden during all four...
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Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree: Stockings, Ornaments, Garlands, and More

Edie Eckman - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Book

Christmas stockings, ornaments, and more -- this is every crocheter's must-have holiday project book! Beginners will love Edie Eckman's useful technique tutorial, and experienced crafters will want to jump right in and start one of these 20 exciting projects. The book includes eight...
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Lauren Conrad Celebrate

Lauren Conrad - Dey St.
Format: Print book

From lifestyle and fashion icon Lauren Conrad - #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lauren Conrad Style and Lauren Conrad Beauty - comes her dazzling and essential guide to entertaining, filled with an inspiring array of lifestyle tips and personal stories and lavishly illustrated with...
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Gardens in Detail: 100 Contemporary Designs

Emma Reuss - The Monacelli Press
Format: Hardcover

Explore 100 gardens from around the world with this illustrated guide to the design elements of each - from historical style to planting and landscape design. This comprehensive reference offers gardens from many periods of history - Islamic, Renaissance, English Landscape, Arts &...
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The Bible Sampler Quilt: 96 Classic Quilt Blocks Inspired by the Bible

Laurie Aaron Hird - Fons & Porter L C
Format: Print book

Devotion meets design in a stunning sampler quilt honoring both the Old and New Testament! Evoke the spirit of favorite Bible passages in fabric with this gorgeous how-to guide from renowned sampler-quilt author Laurie Aaron Hird. In The Bible Sampler Quilt, Laurie pairs scripture with...
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The Art of Beadwork: Techniques and Inspirational Projects for Creating Exquisite Pieces

Carol C. Porter - Running Press
Format: Print book

The Art of Beadwork is the definitive reference guide for everything beadwork, offering crafters a compendium oftechniques for creating exquisite pieces of jewelry and accessories using beads, as well as instruction on a multitude of inspirational projects.This lavishly illustrated book...
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Team Dog: How to Train Your Dog--the Navy SEAL Way

Mike Ritland - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

New York Times-bestselling author and former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland teaches all dog owners how to have the close relationship and exceptional training of combat dogs. In TEAM DOG, Mike taps into fifteen years' worth of experience and shares, explaining in accessible and direct language,...
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The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe

Anuschka Rees - Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book

Is your closet jam-packed and yet you have absolutely nothing to wear Can you describe your personal style in one sentence If someone grabbed a random piece from your closet right now, how likely is it that it would be something you love and wear regularly With so many style and shopping...
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Mosaic Garden Projects: Add Color to Your Garden with Tables, Fountains, Bird Baths, and More

Mark Brody - Timber Press
Format: Book

No plant can truly offer year-round color in the garden, but a beautiful mosaic can. This hands-on guide includes a primer on the fundamentals of mosaic, with information on materials and three mosaic methods. Mosaic artist Mark Brody then walks you step-by-step through the creation of 25 decorative...
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60 Quick Luxury Knits: Easy, Elegant Projects for Every Day in the Venezia Collection from Cascade Yarns

Sixth & Spring Books. - Sixth & Spring Books
Format: Paperback

Knit up a little luxury with Venezia, an opulent, yet well-priced, wool/silk blend from Cascade Yarn! These 60 easy, elegant designs for a wide range of accessories include a Buttoned Cable Cowl, Lacy Layered Hat, Diamond Lattice Scarf, Soutache Capelet, Smocked Belt, Geometric Mitts, and Fringed...
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The Shady Lady's Guide to Northeast Shade Gardening

Amy Ziffer - UPNE
Format: Paperback

Finally, a guide to shade gardening that offers a simple and proven method for bringing those sunlight-deprived areas of your garden to life! Ziffer condenses her considerable experience and her expertise in shade gardening for New England and environs into a unique and easily digestible...
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The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden

Roy Diblik - Timber Press, 2014.
Format: Print book

We've all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy...
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Modern Country Knits: 30 Designs from Juniper Moon Farm

Susan Gibbs - Sixth&Spring Books
Format: Print book

Susan Gibbs gave up a power position as a network news producer to become a shepherd and establish Juniper Moon Farmand these 30 modern country knits all use her own popular line of commercially produced yarns. Featuring contributions by such notable designers as Tabetha Hedrick and Yoko...
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Creative Soldered Jewelry & Accessories: 20+ Earrings, Necklaces, Bracelets & More

Lisa Bluhm - Lark Crafts; 1 edition
Format: Book

Lisa Bluhm's first book, Simple Soldered Jewelry & Accessories, was a huge success. Now she's back with more than 20 trendy new projects and the hottest techniques. Thanks to a robust basics section crafters will easily master the fundamentals of using either a soldering torch...
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Knit to Flatter: The Only Instructions You'll Ever Need to Knit Sweaters that make You Look Good and Feel Great!

Amy Herzog - Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Format: Paperback

Knit to Flatter is about celebrating the body you have been given and creating sweaters that make you look and feel great Part instruction manual and part pattern collection Knit to Flatter teaches you how to assess your shapetop-heavy bottom-heavy or proportional and then knit accordingly...
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Cold Antler Farm: A Memoir of Growing Food and Celebrating Life on a Scrappy Six-Acre Homestead

Jenna Woginrich - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

Farm City meets The Omnivore's Dilemma in Cold Antler Farm, a collection of essays on raising food on a small homestead , while honoring the natural cycle of the "lost" holidays of the agricultural calendar.Author Jenna Woginrich is mistress of her one-woman farm and is well...
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The Art of Seamless Knitting

Simona Merchant-Dest - Interweave
Format: Paperback

Go beyond the basics! Learn how to convert flat patterns to circular techniques with 12 classic, beautiful projects suitable for all ages. With The Art of Seamless Knitting, take your knowledge of top-down, bottom-up, and seamless knitting to a higher level by adapting lace, cable, and color...
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Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies: 101 Projects for Infants & Toddlers

Judith Durant - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Irresistible! This collection of 101 projects makes it easy and fun to crochet adorable clothes, toys, and accessories for the babies and toddlers you love. Each project uses just one skein of yarn, many take just a few hours to complete, and plenty are suitable for beginners. Hats and caps,...
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Men & Make Fabulous

Denise Wild - Interweave
Format: Book

Give your clothes a new lease on life!Showing how to take classic mending techniques one step further to add personality and style to clothes, Mend Make Fabulous is a uniquely comprehensive resource that combines visual inspiration with practical advice for the fashion-conscious sewer....
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Sarah Style

Sarah Richardson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In the flawless style of Deborah Needleman's Domino comes the interior design book of the decade, from HGTV star, virtual sensation, and Canadian design queen Sarah Richardson.Ever wondered how to transform your laundry room from drab to fab? Your kitchen from prison to paradise?...
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Roses Without Chemicals: 150 Disease-Free Varieties That Will Change the Way You Grow Roses

Peter Kukielski - Timber Press
Format: Book

Spray no more!Roses have a reputation for being finicky garden plants that require chemicals and fertilizers to stay healthy and disease free. Fortunately, recent breeding efforts have produced disease-resistant varieties that perform beautifully in all kinds of conditions. Peter E. Kukielski,...
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Knit Wear Love: Foolproof Instructions for Knitting Your Best-Fitting Sweaters Ever in the Styles You Love to Wear

Amy Herzog - STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
Format: Paperback

In this follow-up to Knit to Flatter, author Amy Herzog is back with more real-talk for knitters. In Knit Wear Love, she guides us through picking a base pattern that not only works for our inherent shape, but also suits our size and style - all with the skill of a top-notch...
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Crazy for Crochet: 70 Projects You'll Love to Make: Hats, Slippers, Sweaters, Bags, Pillows, Blankets, Potholders, and More

Lilly Secilie Brandal - Trafalgar Square Pub
Format: Print book

A crochet hook and a few colorful balls of yarn are all you need to conjure up the prettiest accessories and loveliest garments - for adults and children, house and home, from easy to challenging. Everything you need to get started is right here: clear, detailed guidance through the basics...
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The Artful Year: Celebrating the Seasons and Holidays with Crafts and Recipes--Over 175 Family- Friendly Activities

Jean Van't Hul - Roost Books
Format: Print book

Winner of the 2015 Parent's Choice AwardFrom the author of The Artful Parent--a year's worth of art projects, seasonal activities, and recipes for simple, family-friendly crafting through the seasons and holidays. Celebrating the seasons and holidays is a wonderful opportunity...
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Building Cabinets, Bookcases & Shelves: 29 Step-by-Step Projects to Beautify Your Home

No Author Supplied. - Popular Woodworking Books
Format: Paperback

A Place for Everything...Whether you need storage for books, DVDs, games or clothes, youll find attractive, custom options in this book. Open shelving? An enclosed cabinet? A classic bookcase? Theyre all here. Building Bookcases, Cabinets and Shelves offers 29 storage solutions in a variety...
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The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future

Levi Tillemann - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The Great Race recounts the story of a century-long battle between automakers for market share, profit, and technological dominance - and a race to build the car of the future.The world's great manufacturing juggernaut - the $2 trillion automotive industry - is in the throes of a revolution....
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Crafting a Colorful Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to Personalizing Your Space with Color

Kristin Nicholas - Roost Books
Format: Hardcover

Knit, stitch, and paint your way to a more colorful and happy home with color expert and crafter Kristin Nicholas. Learn how to make your home sing through handmade crafts and a bold use of color. Kristin Nicholas, color expert and all-around master crafter, shares her secrets to selecting...
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The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden: Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers

Karen Newcomb - Ten Speed Press

This classic gardening bestseller (over 500,000 copies sold) uses ecologically friendly, intensive biodynamic methods to produce large amounts of vegetables in very tiny spaces. Revised for an all new generation of gardeners, the 40th anniversary edition includes brand new information on the variety...
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Remodelista

Julie Carlson - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

Remodelista.com is the go-to, undisputed authority for home design enthusiasts, remodelers, architects, and designers. Unlike sites that cater to all tastes, Remodelista has a singular and clearly defined aesthetic: classic pieces trump designs that are trendy and transient, and well-edited...
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The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden

Roy Diblik - Timber Press
Format: Book

Weve all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy...
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Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree: Stockings, Ornaments, Garlands, and More

Edie Eckman - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

Christmas stockings, ornaments, and more -- this is every crocheter's must-have holiday project book! Beginners will love Edie Eckman's useful technique tutorial, and experienced crafters will want to jump right in and start one of these 20 exciting projects. The book includes eight different...
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Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Design, Build, and Create

Taunton Press - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Print book

The latest addition to Black Dog's best-selling Wisdom and Know-How series, this complete, all-in-one, easy-to-follow resource, from the reliable experts at Taunton Press, covers everything you need to know about woodworking, from carving to building to finishes.Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How...
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The Crochet Answer Book, 2nd Edition: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask

Edie Eckman - Storey Publishing, LLC; New edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Edie Eckman's classic Q&A reference is better than ever! In this revised and updated second edition, you'll find helpful answers to even more crochet questions, including new questions on broomstick lace, linked stitches, crochet cables, and much more. You'll also find illustrations...
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Deep-Rooted Wisdom: Stories and Skills from Generations of Gardeners

Augustus Jenkins Farmer - Workman Pub Co
Format: Paperback

Who taught you to garden? In the past, gardening knowledge was handed down from generation to generation. The essential skills necessary to create productive, beautiful gardens were passed from teacher to student and parent to child. Today that chain of wisdom has been broken and some of the old skills...
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The Crochet Answer Book, 2nd Edition: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask

Edie Eckman - Storey Publishing, LLC; New edition edition
Format: Book

Edie Eckmans classic QA reference is better than ever! In this revised and updated second edition, youll find helpful answers to even more crochet questions, including new questions on broomstick lace, linked stitches, crochet cables, and much more. Youll also find illustrations for left-handed...
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Paper Panda's Guide to Papercutting

Louise Firchau - Search Pr Ltd
Format: Print book

This book has Paper Panda's very distinctive stamp on it and begins with a design section which takes the reader through a very personal account of what inspires her, how she works, and how Paper Panda came about. The techniques involved in papercutting are fairly simple and easy to explain,...
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A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue

Michael J Tougias - Scribner
Format: Paperback

A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, survival, and daring rescue - "an edge-of-your-seat chronicle of what happens when a sailboat goes up against a fierce storm in the heart of the Gulf Stream" (The Providence Journal) . Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life...
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False Graining Techniques: How to add the rich look of wood to your next project

Beth Oberholtzer - Fox Chapel Publishing
Format: Paperback

Graining with paint offers an expressive way to transform any plain surface with textured and stylized veneers. This practical introduction to a unique folk art includes 6 easy projects with vivid step-by-step color photos. The authors provide all of the information you need to get started,...
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Dream Home: The Property Brothers Ultimate Guide to Finding & Fixing Your Perfect House

Jonathan Scott - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller: "This essential guide informs readers on how to sell, buy, and potentially remodel any residence. A must read." - Library Journal (starred review) . Twin brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott have taken HGTV by storm with their four hit shows, filled with...
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Scarf Style 2: Innovative to Traditional, 26 Fresh Designs to Knit

Ann Budd - Interweave
Format: Paperback

Discover fresh new designs for scarves, shawls, and cowls. With Scarf Style 2, you'll follow up to the best-selling Scarf Style and learn from the experts!Scarves are comfort food for knitters, and a great way to learn new techniques without a big investment in time or materials. You'll...
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Woodworking, Revised and Expanded: Techniques & Projects for the First-Time Woodworker

John Kelsey - Fox Chapel Publishing; Revised, Expanded edition
Format: Paperback

Woodworking is a useful and enjoyable skill that anyone can learn and this book is the perfect place to start Each of the practice projects inside can be completed in just a few hours Designed to teach basic woodworking skills they require only ordinary lumber and simple hand and power...
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How to Make Jewelry Charms from Polymer Clay: 50 Exquisite Projects and Full Instructions for All Skill Levels

Jessica Sharpe - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Book

The trend of creating tiny, meticulously detailed replicas of real life objects out of polymer clay is more popular than ever. A quick search online reveals stunning examples of cakes, flowers, animals, and anything else that can be imagined--all no bigger than a fingertip. These miniature...
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Growing the Northeast Garden

Andrew Keys - Timber Press
Format: Book

Andrew Keys and Kerry Michaels divulge how to grow all-year ornamental gardens specifically suited for the Northeast. Learn the region’s myriad climates, geography, soils, and other distinct influences—and how to work with them.  Follow the specially compiled A-Z plant...
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Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees

Ann Ralph - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Book

Grow your own apples, plums, cherries, and peaches in even the smallest backyard! Expert pruner Ann Ralph reveals a simple yet revolutionary secret that keeps an ordinary fruit tree much smaller than normal.
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Little Book of Whittling, The: Passing Time on the trail, on the Porch, and Under the Stars

Chris Lubkemann - Fox Chapel Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Little Book Of Whittling. Tools and materials; including what wood is best to carve. How to Start: Including choosing and sharpening the best knife. Projects: Including knives, forks, and spoons; birds and animals; trees and flowers; whistles and walking sticks; and much more.
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Martingale Modern Baby Crochet Book

Stacey Trock - Martingale
Format: Print book

MARTINGALE-Modern Baby Crochet. This book is packed with clever beginner-friendly projects to crochet for baby boys and girls. Create items singly or in sets projects are divided into color groups-bright pastels and neutrals. This book contains twenty-one easy patterns that are ideal for a baby...
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Cross-Stitch to Calm: Stitch and De-Stress with 40 Simple Patterns

Leah Lintz - Interweave
Format: Print book

Maximize the fun of needlework and minimize the stress! Discover how relaxing and satisfying crafting can be! In Cross-Stitch to Calm you'll stitch away your stress with this simple, yet meditative craft. Only a bit of embroidery floss, a needle, and fabric are needed. 40 unique,...
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Journal Your Way: Designing & Using Handmade Books

Gwen Diehn - Lark Crafts
Format: Paperback

Custom tailor a journal thats just right for you! With step-by-step illustrations and instructions for more than sixteen formats and 10 cover styles, Gwen Diehn celebrates the art of making and using a personalized journal. Inspiring images showcase a rich variety of working journals, fascinating...
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Printing on Fabric: Techniques with Screens, Stencils, Inks, and Dyes

Jen Swearington - Lark Crafts
Format: Paperback

From award-winning quilter, garment designer, and teacher Jen Swearington comes an essential and accessible guide to printing by hand on fabric. She starts by explaining how to translate design ideas into prints, from single motifs to repeating patterns. Jen then goes on to cover various...
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Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control

Jessica Walliser - Timber Press
Format: Book

It may seem counterintuitive to want bugs in a garden, but insects are indeed valuable garden companions. Especially those species known for eating the bugs that eat plants. Assassin bugs, damsel bugs, and predatory stink bugs are all carnivores that devour the bugs that dine on a garden.Attracting...
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Free-Motion Quilting for Beginners:

Molly Hanson - That Patchwork Place
Format: Print book

Learn the fundamentals of free-motion quilting by working on fabric pieces the size of a fat quarter. Take your skill to new heights as you quilt 10 practical projects to enhance your daily life.,
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Handmade for the Garden: 75 Ingenious Ways to Enhance Your Outdoor Space with DIY Tools, Pots, Supports, Embellishments, and More

Susan Guagliumi - Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Format: Paperback

The DIY craze has moved beyond the craft room and into the garden! Relying on easy-to-find, inexpensive, and repurposed materials, Handmade for the Garden is a treasure trove of original projects that not only make planting and growing efficient and successful but also add a personal...
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Cable Left, Cable Right: 94 Knitted Cables

Judith Durant - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Spiral-bound

Knitted cables, with their three-dimensional twists and turns, are a common element in lots of patterns - but most patterns dont include directions for executing them. Cable Left, Cable Right, by expert knitter Judith Durant, eliminates the mystery with detailed, in-depth instructions...
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Knit Me, Dress Me, Love Me: Cute knitted animals and their mini-me toys, with keepsake outfits to knit and sew

Sue Stratford - Search Pr Ltd
Format: Print book

This charming book is all about cute, easy knits with a vintage feel. It includes knitting patterns for six different animal toys - a rabbit, a kitten, a mouse, a puppy, a panda and a monkey, each approx. 8 inches (20cm) high, and all easy and quick to knit. Each will be accompanied...
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Love Where You Live: At Home in the Country

Joan Osofsky - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

Design expert Joan Osofsky of Hammertown Barn, a popular lifestyle store, shares her in-depth knowledge on stylish modern country living with a collection of creative ideas and real-life tips for making your home warm and welcoming. Joan Osofsky’s liberating philosophy about cozy...
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The Joy of Decorating: Southern Style with Mrs. Howard

Phoebe Howard - Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Format: Hardcover

Phoebe Howard, known affectionately as Mrs. Howard to her clients, has a penchant for creating stylish spaces, which has evolved into her own critically acclaimed brand of interior design. Mrs. Howard’s first book features several of her largest design projects and addresses the most...
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The Speedy Vegetable Garden

Mark Diacono - Timber Press; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Typically, vegetable gardening is about the long view: peas sown in spring aren't harvested until summer, and tomatoes started indoors in February can't be eaten until July. But it's not true for all plants. Some things can be planted and eaten in weeks, days, even hours.The...
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The Sweetapolita Bakebook: 75 Fanciful Cakes, Cookies & More to Make & Decorate

Rosie Alyea - Clarkson Potter Publishers
Format: Paperback

Paint, doodle, and sprinkle your way to stunning one-of-a-kind sweets. The world of Sweetapolita is sparkly and sprinkly and charming as can be, with 75 recipes for everything from pretty homemade cookies to decadent layer cakes. But what really sets these treats apart are interactive...
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How to Crochet: Learn the Basic Stitches and Techniques. A Storey BASICS® Title

Sara Delaney - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Print book

The perfect guide for beginners! Sara Delaney shows you her techniques for working a basic chain and creating single and double chain stitches. Youll learn about changing colors, joining, fastening off, reading crochet patterns, and working with different shapes. Working on small projects,...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Candice Olson Family Spaces Book

Candice Olson - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Candice Olson Family Spaces Book- Everybody wants their homes main living space to meet the needs of the whole family, and look great doing it. HGTV star Candice Olson is an expert in showing clients how a room can have many functions while still looking pulled-together...
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Seed Bead Chic: 25 Elegant Projects Inspired by Fine Jewelry

Amy Katz - Lark Crafts
Format: Paperback

Upscale, elegant, CHIC: these 25 handcrafted projects look like the fine jewelry you'd find in high-end boutiques. But why splurge when all it takes to make them are some seed beads and intermediate-to-advanced skills? Featuring a variety of stitches - including the author's newly...
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The Beginner's Guide to Writing Knitting Patterns: Learn to Write Patterns Others Can Knit

Kate Atherley - Interweave
Format: Paperback

Create custom knitting patterns to share and sell!Writing clear, easy-to-follow knitting patterns is easier than you think! In The Beginner's Guide to Writing Knitting Patterns, knitting expert Kate Atherley provides everything you need to know to share your projects with fellow...
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Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival

Laurence Gonzales - Audible Studios
Format: Audiobook

Twenty-five years after the catastrophe, a dramatic and extraordinarily rare 360-degree view of the crash of a fully loaded jumbo jet. As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed...
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The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway

Doug Most - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding, horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 crippled the entire northeast, a solution had to be found. Two brothers from one of the nation's great...
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The Complete Houseplant Book: Identifying, Choosing And Maintaining Plants For Your Home, With An A-Z Directory And Over 600 Photographs

Peter McHoy - Southwater
Format: Print book

Expert advice on choosing the best plant for the different rooms in your home, with a guide to 350 species, and practical care and maintenance.,
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The Wedding Dress: How to Make the Perfect One for You

Becky Drinan - GMC Publications
Format: Paperback

This book is the one. The Wedding Dress: How to Make the Perfect One for You offers many indispensable tips - Advice on dresses to flatter every body shape All the information you will need on equipment Fabrics: selection and types Sewing techniques How to work from patterns How to alter...
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How to Mulch: Save Water, Feed the Soil, and Suppress Weeds. A Storey BASICSTitle

Stu Campbell - Storey Books
Format: Paperback

Mulching makes your garden and yard much easier to care for, helping to retain moisture, keep weeds in check, and protect young plants. This concise guide shows you exactly how to mulch for any situation, covering sheet mulching, feeding mulches, and living mulches for use in the yard,...
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Essential Car Care for Women

Jamie Little - Seal Press
Format: Paperback

Despite the many advances women have made since the internal combustion engine was invented, there is still one widely held belief that wont seem to go away that when it comes to cars, women should just leave it to the men. In Essential Car Care for Women, ESPN NASCAR pit reporter Jamie...
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The Art of Hummingbird Gardening: How to Make Your Backyard into a Beautiful Home for Hummingbirds

Mathew Tekulsky - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

This book is devoted solely to hummingbird gardening and is a practical guide to cultivating flowers and other plants that will attract the hummingbirds of North America to your home and garden. You will be able to grow flowers in profusion and provide nectar for these smallest of birds,...
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The Holmes Manual

Mike Holmes - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The Holmes Manual offers a unique troubleshooting guide and instruction manual for America's homeowners: 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,...
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Adventures in Yarn Farming: Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm

Barbara Parry - Roost Books
Format: Hardcover

A knitting book focusing on the sheep-to-shawl process by a well-known knitter, shepherd, and artisanal yarn producer. Gain an insiders view on fiber farming and yarn craft, from sheep to skein, all told through the eyes of shepherd and textile artisan Barbara Parry. Follow her flock over...
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Winter Knits Made Easy

DK Publishing - DK
Format: Book

Packed with patterns that make cable, fair isle, and textured knitting accessible to everyone, Winter Knits Made Easy contains step-by-step tutorials and straightforward projects for the family and home. Winter Knits Made Easy features beautiful and inspiring photographs of every completed...
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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse

Eric Jay Dolin - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book

In a work rich in maritime lore and brimming with original historical detail, Eric Jay Dolin, the best-selling author of Leviathan, presents an epic history of American lighthouses, telling the story of America through the prism of its beloved coastal sentinels.Set against the backdrop...
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Organize Your Home: Clutter Cures for Every Room (Better Homes and Gardens) (Better Homes and Gardens Home)

Better Homes and Gardens - Better Homes & Gardens
Format: Paperback

Home organization tips from the experts at Better Homes and GardensMost homeowners struggle to stay organized. "Stuff" accumulates quickly, and finding practical and efficient ways to store it - and the know-how to pare down possessions to those that are truly needed - can be tricky....
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Popular Woodworking's Shaker Furniture Projects: Step-by-Step Plans for 31 Traditional Projects

Editors of Popular Woodworking Magazine - Popular Woodworking Books
Format: Book

The beauty of well-made Shaker furniture!From the crisp, clear lines of the designs to the beautiful tones of the wood, there's something classic and timeless about Shaker furniture. In this book we've gathered 31 handsome projects representing a wide range of iconic Shaker designs...
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Kids Cook!

Ruth Owen - Windmill Books
Format: Print book

Its time to grab a chefs hat and get cooking. Readers will love the fun and accessible recipes in this book, which include scrumptious pumpkin soup, gingerbread, and ice cream. Theyll learn how to make their own pizzas from scratch with homemade sauce and healthy toppings. Each recipe includes...
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Banners, Buntings, Garlands & Pennants: 40 Creative Ideas Using Paper, Fabric & More

Kathy Sheldon - Lark Books (NC)
Format: Print book

Festive and eye-catching, banners, buntings, garlands, and pennants add visual fun to almost any type of celebration or space. These 40 quick and easy projects - made of paper, fabric, felt, and more - make beautiful displays. Use them for special events, for holidays, when entertaining,...
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Colorful Stitchery: 65 Embroidery Projects to Personalize Your Home

Kristin Nicholas - Roost Books; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

Embroidery has never looked this good or been so colorful--65 projects to stitch your way to a more colorful home. With inspiration and encouragement from designer and colorist Kristin Nicholas, would-be and experienced stitchers alike will find dozens of embroidery projects that...
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Giftwrapped

Jane Means - Jacqui Small LLP
Format: Hardcover

In this digital age, anything tangible somehow feels more significant or appreciated, and nowhere is that more evident than in the world of paper and giftwrapping. Wherever you look, blogs or magazines offer ideas for enhancing a humble gift by embellishing it with vintage or reused materials.Giftwrapped...
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60 Quick Knit Baby Essentials: Sweaters, Toys, Blankets, & More in Cherub from Cascade Yarns

Sixth&Spring Books - Sixth & Spring Books
Format: Paperback

Every baby needs these knits - and every knitter needs this book! This adorable collection in the bestselling 60 Quick Knits series features easy, creative projects that range from blankets and booties to onesies, cardigans, hats, and toys. Each one is made in cuddly Cherub, a popular,...
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Compact Houses: 50 Creative Floor Plans for Well-Designed Small Homes

Gerald Rowan - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

Discover the huge possibilities of a small house! Whether you're building from scratch or retrofitting an existing structure, these 50 innovative floor plans will show you how to make the most of houses measuring 1,400 square feet or less. Gerald Rowan presents creative and efficient layouts...
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The Tao of Vegetable Gardening: Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy, and Serenity

Carol Deppe - Chelsea Green
Format: Book

The Tao of Vegetable Gardening explores the practical methods as well as the deeper essence of gardening. In her latest book, groundbreaking garden writer Carol Deppe (The Resilient Gardener, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties) focuses on some of the most popular home garden vegetables?tomatoes,...
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Pinch Pottery: Functional, Modern Handbuilding

Susan Halls - Lark Crafts
Format: Paperback

The technique is simple; the results are gorgeous! Susan Halls has created an array of refined, sophisticated and incredibly modern-looking projects that are perfect for beginners, yet enticing for more seasoned ceramicists. The pieces range from a mug, vase, and jug to a bowl, teapot,...
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