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Self-Sufficiency: Home Smoking and Curing

Joanna Farrow - IMM Lifestyle Books, 2016.
Format: Print book

This book gives information on the origins of smoke-curing, the basic smoking processes, raw materials, equipment and storage. In addition there are 25 recipes for meat, game, fish and shellfish.These days, home smoking and curing food is all about creating the best possible flavours. Surprisingly,...
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Cool Woodworking Projects: Fun & Creative Workshop Activities

Rebecca Felix - ABDO Publishing
Format: Print book

Sand, saw, stain, and hammer with Cool Woodworking Projects! Kids can learn how to handcraft a cool bow and arrow set, bend and mold a mini wooden skateboard, and more! Each workshop project includes easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions paired with photographs. Budding craftspeople and engineers...
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High-Tech DIY Projects With Electronics, Sensors, and LEDs

Maggie Murphy - Powerkids Pr
Format: Book

From School Library Journal Gr 5-8-These slim volumes are designed to attract children to the maker movement, which has rapidly grown as an online community among adult and teenage builders of technology devices. Each book offers a few projects, some made with readily available...
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Every Which Way Crochet Borders: 139 Patterns for Customized Edgings

Edie Eckman - Storey Books
Format: Print book

Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 100 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you're ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate...
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Siding, Roofing, and Trim: Completely Revised and Updated

Editors of Fine Homebuilding - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Details, details, details ... they're what make the exterior of your home stand out from the crowd. This new edition of Siding, Roofing, and Trim -- the latest installment in the FOR PROS BY PROS series from the editors of Fine Homebuilding -- provides you with all the expert advice...
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Stashbusters!: Featuring the Controlled Scrappy Technique - 9 Quilt Projects

Sarah Maxwell - Kansas City Star Quilts
Format: Print book

Sarah Maxwell and Dolores Smith teach readers how to combine fabric to create unique "controlled scrappy" quilts that reflect the maker's personality. The book includes 6 bed-size quilts, plus 3 smaller projects. The fun is in seeing how blocks emerge as you combine different...
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The Complete Guide to Drones: whatever your budget

Adam Juniper - Wellfleet
Format: Print book

Welcome to the world of drones! This book will show you everything you could ever want to know about buying and flying your first drones. From getting to grips with the jargon you'll need to speak to other flyers, to how you can design and build your own drone with advanced features like...
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Ham Radio Study Guide: Manual for Technician Class, General Class, and Amateur Extra Class

Ham Radio Study Guide Team - Trivium Test Prep
Format: Paperback

You're probably thinking this is just another typical study guide. Because we know your time is limited, we've created a resource that isn't like most study guides. With Trivium Test Prep's unofficial Ham Radio License Study Guide 2018-2019: Rapid Review Manual with Practice...
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Cool Plastic Bottle and Milk Jug Science

Tammy Enz - Capstone Press
Format: Print book

Why throw used plastic bottles and milk jugs in the reycling when you can reuse them yourself? These fun and informative science experiments and projects will keep readers entertained as they learn about scientific principles.
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Pat Sloan's Teach Me to Make My First Quilt: A How-to Book for All You Need to Know

Pat Sloan - That Patchwork Place
Format: Paperback

Expert teacher and quilt designer Pat Sloan guides you through each and every step as you make your first quilt. Pat's easy-to-follow instructions and more than 140 clear how-to photos make it fun to start, stitch, and finish nine classic blocks and nine simple quilt projects--even...
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Wild Blooms & Colorful Creatures: 15 Appliqué Projects - Quilts, Bags, Pillows & More

Wendy Williams - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

Pick up your needle and create landscapes filled with fanciful flowers and creatures from field, forest, and ocean. Designer Wendy Williams shows you how to make 15 appliqué projects in a style that’s part folk, part contemporary, and entirely delightful. Easy freezer-paper...
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LEGO NINJAGO: The Visual Dictionary

Hannah Dolan - DK Children; Har/Toy edition
Format: Hardcover

Meet the Masters of the Spinjitzu as they prepare to do battle and learn about great heroes and the ninjas mortal enemies while discovering little-known facts about their weapons and vehicles. Discover everything there is to know about the world of LEGO Ninjago with DKs all-new LEGO Ninjago...
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How to Restore and Customize Automotive Interiors

Dennis W. Parks - Motorbooks; First edition
Format: Paperback

A major part of any auto restoration is bringing the interior back to life, and How to Restore and Customize Automotive Interiors provides you with the tools and knowledge you need to tackle any job on any type of car, from prewar classics to full-on customs to modern vehicles. Veteran...
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How to Make a Movie in 10 Easy Lessons: Learn how to write, direct, and edit your own film without a Hollywood budget

Robert Blofield - Walter Foster Jr.
Format: Print book

It's show time! This Super Skills title introduces budding filmmakers to the world of movie making. Using the amazing cameras available on cell phones and tablets, kids can learn the filming and editing basics for developing their own movies. Is your story a comedy? A drama? Are you documenting...
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How to Amaze Your Son: Crafts, Recipes and Other Creative Experiences to Teach Him to See the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Raphaele Vidaling - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

How To Amaze Your Son has more than 50 truly creative and inspiring projects that will elicit "wow" and "cool" from the most skeptical of boys. There are crafts, science experiments, creative experiences, and easy magic tricks. Each is cheap and easy. All the amazements...
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A-Z of Quilting

Search Press - Search Press
Format: Print book

A comprehensive manual covering everything you need to know about quilting. Learn how to create and assemble a quilt top with a vast array of techniques including piecing, patchwork, appliqu, embroidery, beading, tucking, ruching and slashing. Discover both hand and machine quilting as well...
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Classic Car: The Definitive Visual History

Dk. - DK
Format: Hardcover

A visual guide to the most iconic classic cars of every decade from the 1940s to the 1980s, featuring more than 1,300 photographs and two prints suitable for framing.From the Aston Martin DB5 to the Chevrolet Corvette, Classic Car is packed with the marques and models of every decade...
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50 Shades of Rust: Barn Finds You Wish You'd Discovered

Tom Cotter - Motorbooks
Format: Book

101 barn-find tales sure to entice any car collector. In recent years, the quest to find and restore forgotten automotive gems has generated a cult-like following - a very large cult-like following. So large, in fact, that the subject of automotive archaeology has inspired an entire genre...
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The Good Housekeeping Cookbook: The Bridal Edition: 1,275 Recipes from America's Favorite Test Kitchen

The Editors of Good Housekeeping - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

This elegant bridal edition of Good Housekeeping's trusty cook's companion will help newlyweds get off to a delicious start as they launch their new life together. Featuring a 32-page color insert on outfitting, organizing, and maintaining the couple's shared kitchen, it includes...
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Stolen, Smuggled, Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures

Nancy Moses - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Stolen, Smuggled Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures tells the dark and compelling stories of iconic cultural objects that were stolen, smuggled or sold, and eventually returned back to their original owner. There are many books about museum heists, Holocaust artwork, insider theft,...
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Homesteading: A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More

Abigail R. Gehring - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

Who doesn’t want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully-illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It’s written with country lovers...
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Origami Games

Joe Fullman - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Print book

Some of the best games are played using a few simple objects and a lot of imagination. Dice, dominoes, and even a basketball hoop are possible to make using origami techniques and a bit of paper! Clear instructions complete with full-color photographs guide readers through the folds and flaps...
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Miller's Field Guide: Silver

Judith Miller - Mitchell Beazley; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Millers Field Guides are an invaluable resource for collectors when out buying items at antiques shops, auctions or car boot fairs. They provide a fast and accurate way to recognize, identify and date antiques. In each book a simple question-and-answer checklist is provided for a wide...
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Make: 3D Printing Projects: Toys, Bots, Tools, and Vehicles To Print Yourself

Brook Drumm - Maker Media, Inc
Format: Paperback

The promise of 3D printing is locked behind the set of skills needed to make amazing things with it. Even with the widespread availability of free CAD tools like TinkerCAD, OpenSCAD, and SketchUp, figuring out where to start is a challenge: if looking at a blank canvas in a word processor...
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Cool Cat Projects

Isabel Thomas - Raintree
Format: Library Binding

Are you crazy about cats?! Then this book is for you! This fantastic book is packed full of tips on how to care for your furry friend and covers everything you could possibly want to do with your cat. For example, you can find out how to photograph him or her at their best angle! Or throw...
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A Hot Glue Gun Mess: Funny Stories, Pretty DIY Projects

Kate Albrecht - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

In this beautiful paperback edition featuring French flaps, hugely popular lifestyle blogger, YouTube star, and designer Mr. Kate (Kate Albrecht) offers a stunning collection of step-by-step personal style and home projects - woven in with quirkily hilarious stories and anecdotes.Do you dream...
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Hand-Printing Studio: 15 Projects to Color Your Life A Visual Guide to Printing on Almost Anything

Betsy Olmsted - C&T Publishing
Format: Print book

Fabric, glass, wood, metal, humans . . . print on almost anything! Try your hand at DIY printing with 15 colorful projects, from a galvanized planter and curtains to a coffee table. Make over nearly any surface with block printing, silk screen, and disperse dye transfer with this complete...
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Simply Color: Blue: A Crayon Box for Quilters

Vanessa Christenson - Lucky Spool Media
Format: Print book

Open up a crayon box of color inspiration with this simply irresistible collection of sweet books. Each book in the series is an exploration of an individual color. Simply COLOR: GREEN, Simply COLOR: BLUE, and Simply COLOR: PURPLE are exceptional pattern and color inspiration books for the confident...
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Sew Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Mix & Match 16 Paper-Pieced Blocks, 8 Holiday Projects

Mary Hertel - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

Pick your project then pick your block: mix and match 8 super-easy projects with 16 adorable paper-pieced blocks just for Christmas. Simply follow Mary's clearly illustrated instructions to create fun and fresh holiday blocks with whimsical designs. Plus, use her time-saving technique...
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Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2015: America's Most Authoritative Antiques Annual!

Terry Kovel - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; 47 edition
Format: Book

The 47th edition of the leading price guide includes 35,000 listings and more than 2,500 full-color photographs.Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide is the most thorough, colorful, and complete price guide available, from the most trusted, well-known name writing on the subject...
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The Official Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices 2015

Jerry Lee - Gun Digest Books; Tenth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Know What Your Guns Are Worth!Knowledge is power - and this huge, completely updated 2015 edition of The Official Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices gives you all the power you need to identify and price thousands of non-military cartridge firearms from around the world. Based on data...
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Crocheted Mitts & Mittens: 25 Fun and Fashionable Designs for Fingerless Gloves, Mittens, and Wrist Warmers

Amy Gunderson - Stackpole Books
Format: Print book

No matter what the season or the outfit, keep your hands covered in high style! From toasty warm mittens with bobbles and ribbing to lacy cotton hand covers perfect for summer fashion, this collection of 25 exciting new patterns has you covered.Trendy new designs include mitts with removable...
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Knitting for the Outdoors: 30 Merino Handknits for Active Guys and Gals

Gillian Whalley-Torckler - Stackpole Books
Format: Print book

Nothing beats knitted wool sweaters, hats, gloves, and scarves for keeping you warm when you go on outdoor adventures. And you look great in them, too! Perfect for hiking, biking, climbing, fishing--name your passion--the knits in this book are as hard-working as they are fashionable. Included...
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Pure Soapmaking: How to Create Nourishing, Natural Skin Care Soaps

Anne-Marie Faiola - Storey Publishing
Format: Print book

The pure luxury of soaps made with coconut butter, almond oil, aloe vera, oatmeal, and green tea is one of life's little pleasures. And with the help of author Anne-Marie Faiola, it's easy to make luscious, all-natural soaps right in your own kitchen. This collection of 32 recipes ranges...
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Paint Lab: 52 Exercises inspired by Artists, Materials, Time, Place, and Method

Deborah Forman - Quarry Books
Format: Print book

Paint Lab is packed with unique and experimental techniques and ideas in painting. This hands-on book is organized into 52 units, which may, but don't need to be explored on a weekly basis. The labs can be worked on in any order, so that you can flip around to learn a new mixed-media...
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Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning About Weather

Kathy Ross - Millbrook Pr
Format: Library Binding


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Draw Your Own Animal Zendoodles

Abby Huff - Capstone
Format: Print book

Go wild with zendoodling! Following easy step-by-step instructions, learn how to take simple lines and shapes and transform them into intricate cuddly cats, feisty foxes, darling dolphins, and more. With extra tips, tricks, and craft ideas, young artists of every ability will have fun drawing...
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Bathe, Buff, and Beautify: DIY Crafts and Recipes for Natural Body Care

Aubre Andrus - Capstone Press
Format: Library Binding

Nourish your body from head to toe with these simple handmade spa recipes. Using some of nature's best ingredients, such as sea salt, honey, essential oils, and beeswax, you'll craft soothing recipes like the Luxurious Lotion Bars, Sweet Dreams Cream, and the Good Morning Shower Steamer....
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Cool Engineering Projects: Fun & Creative Workshop Activities

Rebecca Felix - ABDO Publishing
Format: Print book

Design, arrange, construct, and experiment with Cool Engineering Projects! Kids can learn how to build a colorful working catapult, assemble a simple-machine maze, and more! Each workshop project includes easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions paired with photographs. Budding craftspeople...
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Why'd They Wear That?: Fashion as the Mirror of History

Sarah Albee - National Geographic Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Move over Project Runway. Get ready to chuckle your way through centuries of fashion dos and don'ts! In this humorous and approachable narrative, kids will learn about outrageous, politically-perilous, funky, disgusting, regrettable, and life-threatening creations people have worn throughout...
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Creative Gardening: Growing Plants Upside Down, In Water, and More

Lisa J Amstutz - Capstone Press
Format: Print book

Young gardeners will not only find unique projects for planting and gardening, but will also be inspired to create their own. Using unexpected materials and methods, readers will be planting gardens like no other.
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Sweets & Treats With Six Sisters' Stuff: 100+ Desserts, Gift Ideas, and Traditions for the Whole Family

Six Sisters' Stuff - Shadow Mountain
Format: Print book

Six Sisters' Stuff is one of the most widely followed cooking and lifestyle blogs with 6.7 million page views per month and their most popular features are their fantastic dessert recipes. Whether quick-and-easy, imaginative show-stoppers, special occasion, holiday-themed or adorably cute...
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Art Deco Collectibles: Fashionable Objets from the Jazz Age

Rodney Capstick-Dale - Thames & Hudson
Format: Print book

From cigarette cases and watches to compacts and lighters, a range of portable, exquisitely crafted classics from the Art Deco era In the 1920s and 1930s Art Deco style influenced everything from art and architecture, interiors and furnishings, automobiles and boats to the small, personal...
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Incredible Snack Package Science

Tammy Enz - Capstone Press
Format: Library Binding

Why throw away used snack packages when you can reuse them? These fun and informative science experiments and projects will keep readers entertained as they learn about scientific principles.
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Amazing Barn Finds and Roadside Relics: Musty Mustangs, Hidden Hudsons, Forgotten Fords, and Other Lost Automotive Gems

Ryan Brutt - Motorbooks
Format: Hardcover

Discover the allure of forgotten cars.Something that to the rest of the world is nothing but a forgotten automotive hulk slowly degenerating into a pile of iron oxide is to the car enthusiast something so much more. Like those who restore Victorian homes or antique furniture, car guys see not a decrepit...
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Collecting With Kids: How To Inspire, Intrigue and Guide the Young Collector

Pamela Y Wiggins - Krause Publications
Format: Print book

A family treasure hunt! Curiosity, imagination and the longing for adventure drive all children. After all, the promise of a good treasure hunt captivates. Collecting With Kids, a breezy, fun and informative how-to guide, is perfect for parents, grandparents, educators or anyone...
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Stylish Wraps Sewing Book: Ponchos, Capes, Coats and More - Fashionable Warmers that are Easy to Sew

Yoshiko Tsukiori - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

This DIY sewing book presents a fabulous new collection of lightweight wraps that are easy to sew and look fantastic!. Stylish Wraps Sewing Book provides 5 full-sized patterns that can be used to create 22 timeless wraps to keep the chill off--and look great in the process. All of the sewing...
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Pretty Handmades: Felt and Fabric Sewing Projects to Warm Your Heart

LAUREN WRIGHT - Tuva Publishing
Format: Paperback

Encouraging crafters of all skill levels on their creative journey, this book contains felt and patchwork sewing projects with step-by-step illustrations and easy to follow instructions. The designs are quick and fun to make and with such a wide range of well-designed projects and techniques,...
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Simple Friendships: 14 Quilts from Exchange-Friendly Blocks

KIM DIEHL - THAT PATCHWORK PLACE
Format: Print book

It's hard to imagine authors Kim Diehl and Jo Morton could get any better--until they joined forces to share their signature looks. Enjoy stitching this creative blend of 14 spectacular quilts, all created from classic blocks.Discover fun ways to exchange blocks with friends or make...
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Big Knits, Big Needles

Hanna Charlotte Erhorn - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Use giant needles and chunky-weight yarn to make sweaters and jackets in no time at all.Big Knits, Big Needles includes 20 step-by-step projects and a tutorial section on the techniques of the basic stitches you need to know. From a belted cardigan to a hooded toggle coat, your cold-weather-wear...
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The Dollar Bill Origami Book: 30 Designs That Turn Money into Art

Janessa Munt - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

Transform everyday money into gorgeous art with these original origami designs. Take your regular origami hobby to the next level with dollar bill origami - the art of folding beautiful designs with the humble dollar bill. The unique size, shape, texture, and pattern of dollar bills provide...
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Gizelle's Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog

Lauren Watt - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

"A lightbeat, epic account of how the 20-something author brought her giant English Mastiff to her first tiny New York apartment after college, while navigating boyfriends, first jobs, her mother's illness and a bucket list that involves her dog's participation, "--NoveList."Lauren...
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Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2017

Noah Fleisher - Krause Publications
Format: Print book

"Welcome to Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2017. For nearly 70 years, our sole purpose has been to inform, enthuse, and interpret the dynamic world of collecting. The times have certainly changed along the way but our vision remains constant. As the longest-running guide to this...
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2017 Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price & Reference Guide

Jerry Lee - Krause Publications
Format: Print book

More guns! More values! More of what you need! For more than a quarter century Standard Catalog of Firearms has been the leading illustrated guide to guns and their values, offering more of what the firearms enthusiast and collector needs--more photos, more prices and more guns!...
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Savoring the Seasons With Our Best Bites

Sara Wells - Shadow Mountain; Spi edition
Format: Print book

Make the most of each season of the year. Savoring the Seasons with Our Best Bites delivers more than 100 all-new recipes featuring fresh ingredients and holiday-specific dishes. This cookbook includes time-saving tips, helpful tutorials, and full-color photographs. Moms and kids will particularly...
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The Wedding Book: An Expert's Guide to Planning Your Perfect Day--Your Way

Mindy Weiss - Workman
Format: Print book

Everything you need to make the wedding of your dreams come true, no matter what your vision, taste, or budget. Written by Mindy Weiss, the "megastar wedding planner" (People) , The Wedding Book is the most comprehensive wedding guide published, and is now revised and updated...
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Make Pillows: 12 Stylish Projects to Sew

C & T Publishing - C&T Publishing
Format: Print book

Spruce up your space with 12 pretty pillow patterns you can make in a day! Whatever your taste -- bold, modern, whimsical, or traditional -- you'll find it here. Utilize a variety of techniques from patchwork to appliqu and embroidery, with motifs included. Whip up a few fancy throw...
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Hack That Tote!: Mix & Match Elements to Create Your Perfect Bag

Mary Abreu - C&T Publishing
Format: Print book

One pattern, infinite looks! With simple tweaks, you can reinvent the basic tote 11 ways, sewing useful projects like a backpack, messenger bag, laundry duffle, and stylish cross-body purse. Create your perfect carryall by adding zippers, pockets, handles, drawstrings, and purse hardware...
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The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity

F Sehnaz Bac - Dover Publications
Format: Print book

Transform ordinary stones into colorful works of art with this easy-to-follow guide. Popular stone artist F. Sehnaz Bac, a seasoned archaeologist who markets her painted Sassi dell'Adriatico (Stones of the Adriatic) on Etsy, presents step-by-step instructions for creating 30 fantastic...
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Sew Small19 Little Bags: Stash Your Coins, Keys, Earbuds, Jewelry & More

Jennifer Heynen - C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Paperback

Sew 19 simply embellished projects including a card holder, coin purses, earbud holder, small wallets, pouches and organizers. These cute and useful bags are perfect for holding all of your little things. Personalize the organizers with adorable embellishments and appliqus and use up your...
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Sewing

Rita Storey - Powerkids Pr
Format: Print book

Sewing is a skill thats useful for making cool crafts in addition to having many uses around the house. Readers learn the basic techniques of sewing through simple, clean explanations as they create a number of neat projects, including a needle case, yo-yo necklace, and flower cushion....
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Horses: The Illustrated Guide to Breeds

Susan McBane - Chartwell Books
Format: Print book

Horses: The Illustrated Guide to Breeds is a comprehensive visual directory of the officially recognized world`s horse breeds including evolution, history and numerous professional photographs of the horse breeds included. The introductory section begins with the evolution and history of the horse-...
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Creative Scarves: 20+ Stylish Projects to Craft and Stitch

Heidi Borchers - Fons & Porter
Format: Book

Show off your scarf style!Why shop endlessly for the perfect scarf when you can create one that is perfectly you? In Creative Scarves you'll find 24 fashionably fun and incredibly easy design ideas to help you make (or make-over) your own gorgeous scarves for every outfit, occasion...
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Simply Color: Orange: A Crayon Box for Quilters

Vanessa Christenson - Lucky Spool Media
Format: Hardcover

At is simplest, each book is an exploration of color. By understanding the fundamentals of colorwork and successful color combinations, the first part of these books will celebrate a single color. The second part of the book features 6 patchwork projects 4 quilts and 2 small projects that...
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Ultimate Crochet Bible: A Complete Reference with Step-by-Step Techniques

Jane Crowfoot - Collins & Brown
Format: Print book

"A comprehensive book that belongs on every crafts shelf." - BOOKLIST The latest fashion magazines are full of crocheted pieces, but beginning stitchers looking to tap into the trend might not know where to start. Ultimate Crochet Bible is the ideal guide for anyone casting...
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By the Bundle: From precuts to patchwork: 12 fat quarter friendly quilt designs

Emma Jean Jansen - Lucky Spool Media
Format: Print book

With so many great fabric collections available, it's easy to build up an irresistable collection of fat quarter fabric bundles in no time. Sure those bundles look beautiful all neatly folded and tied up with a bow, but wouldn't they look better pieced in a fresh modern quilt instead?...
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Patchwork: 200 Questions & Answers

Jake Finch - Chartwell Books
Format: Print book

Got a patchwork problem you can't solve? Curious to know more about a specific technique? Want to learn how to achieve a variety of decorative effects. Patchwork 200 Questions & Answers will come to your rescue with answered to 200 questions that cover a wide range of patchwork...
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Origami Vehicles (Mastering Origami)

Tom Butler - Enslow Pub Inc
Format: Library Binding

Step-by-step instructions illustrated with full-color photographs show readers how to make fun origami pieces, such as blinking eyes, kissing lips, and a nodding dog, to impress their friends and family. By including a brief history of origami, a gallery of masterpieces, a glossary, and Further...
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Cattastic Crafts: DIY Project for Cats and Cat People

Mariko Ishikawa - Zakka Workshop
Format: Print book

Cat-Tactic Crafts contains over 30 amusing and easy craft projects to make for cats and cat people. Build your cat the condo of his dreams, complete with scratching posts and canopies. Drive your kitty mad with delight with a handcrafted teaser on a string. Or sew your feline a one-of-a-kind...
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Plant Craft: 30 Projects that Add Natural Style to Your Home

Caitlin Atkinson - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Discover the simple beauty of adding natural style to a space! Not everyone has a garden - but with only a handful of materials and a little bit of time, everyone can bring the beauty of nature into their home. Plant Craft features projects inspired by the natural world and made out of live...
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The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book: 181 Simple Machines and Clever Contraptions

Yoshihito Isogawa - No Starch Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Idea Book explores dozens of creative ways to build amazing mechanisms with the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 set. Each model includes a list of the required parts, minimal text, and colorful photographs from multiple angles so you can re-create it without the need for step-by-step...
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Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine 2017: 40th Anniversary

Hugh Johnson - Mitchell Beazley
Format: Print book

Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book 2017 is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine-in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 40th year of publication, it is unrivalled as the most comprehensive and up-to-date annual wine guide. Hugh Johnson provides clear, succinct...
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Red & White Quilting: An Iconic Tradition in 40 Blocks

LINDA PUMPHREY - Fons & Porter
Format: Paperback

Stunning Versatility with Two Iconic Colors! Classic yet contemporary, red and white is one of the most iconic color combinations in quilting, inspiring designers, collectors, and major exhibits. In Red & White Quilting, award-winning quilter Linda Pumphrey celebrates this popular...
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Antiques Roadshow: World War One in 100 Family Treasures

Paul Atterbury - BBC Books
Format: Hardcover

The 100 most moving and astonishing stories from the Antiques Roadshow's World War I centenary special -- telling the incredible tales behind treasured family keepsakes.      To mark the centenary of the start of World War I, the Antiques Roadshow team filmed...
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Dachshund

Carol Frischmann - T.F.H. Publications, Inc.,
Format: Print book

The intelligent and determined Dachshund is a playful and sometimes clownish companion and watchdog. Newly authored text by a Dachshund expert demonstrates how these loyal and persistent dogs provide amusement and companionship to their families in cities, suburbs, or on the farm.Dogs 101 Dachshund...
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Steampunk Your Wardrobe: Sewing and Crafting Projects to Add Flair to Fashion

Calista Taylor - New Design Originals Corporation,
Format: Print book

Steampunk Your Wardrobe is a step-by-step guide to capturing the steampunk aesthetic in apparel. It begins with easy-to-do projects such as embellishing existing garments, and progresses to more complicated alterations. Projects are also included for making steampunk'd jewelry and accessories....
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2015 North American Coins & Prices: A Guide to U.S., Canadian and Mexican Coins

David Harper - Krause Publications; Twenty fourth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Your all-in-one guide! Featuring more than 50,000 individual coin listings and updated coin prices for the United States, Canada and Mexico, North American Coins & Prices is the perfect all-in-one guide for coin collectors, enthusiasts and dealers. Organized by country, denomination...
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Pokemon Origami: Fold Your Own Pokemon!

Pikachu Press - Pikachu Press
Format: Print book

Turn your favorite Pokmon into folded art with the easy origami projects in Pokmon Origami Fold Your Own Pokmon! 80 full color pages featuring 48 pages of instructions and all the special sheets of origami paper needed to complete 10 Pokmon! Folding Fun for Everyone! Pokmon Origami Fold...
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The Potter's Studio Handbook: A start-to-finish guide to hand-built and wheel-thrown ceramics

Kristin Muller - Crestline
Format: Print book

Pottery making and wheel throwing is a timeless craft, perfect for beginner crafters and artisans who don't mind getting their hands dirty. Even if you haven't touched clay since your childhood art class, let The Potter's Studio Handbook guide you through the process of designing...
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2016 U.S. Coin Digest: The Complete Guide to Current Market Values

David C. Harper - Krause Publications; Fourteenth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Trust the ExpertsAccurate values. Complete listings. Detailed photos. You will find that and much more in the 2016 U.S. Coin Digest, the most comprehensive color guide to all United States coin issues on the market.Produced by experts who make their living buying and selling U.S. coins,...
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Lazy crafternoon

Stella Fields - Capstone Young Readers
Format: Print book

Spend a lazy crafternoon with your friends. From pretty school supplies to colorful tech accessoriest to perfect party decor, Lazy Crafternoon guides tween crafters through simple stesp to create amazing projects.
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I Can Do That! Woodworking Projects: 48 quality furniture projects that require minimal experience and tools

David Thiel - Popular Woodworking Books
Format: Print book

Build quality furniture fast and simple! Beginning woodworkers (or experienced woodworkers who are looking for a weekend project) can accomplish these builds quickly.Each project requires minimal woodworking experience and only hand and portable power tools--no need for expensive equipment.These...
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Cool Engine & Motor Projects: Fun & Creative Workshop Activities

Rebecca Felix - Checkerboard Library
Format: Print book

Assemble, build, and put power in motion with Cool Engine & Motor Projects! Kids can learn how to create a buzzing robot, move a ship with steam, and more! Each workshop project includes easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions paired with photographs. Budding craftspeople and engineers...
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Gemstone Buying Guide

Renée Newman - International Jewelry Publications
Format: Print book

This full-color guide to colored gems provides information on quality evaluation, price comparison, gem identification, cutting styles, treatments, fake stones, gem care and geographic sources. There are 323 new color photos and several new gem species and varieties in this updated edition....
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The Insider's Guide to U.S. Coin Values, 21st Edition (Insider's Guide to Us Coin Values)

Scott A. Travers - House of Collectibles; 21 Rev Upd edition
Format: Hardcover

America's #1 consumer advocate for coin hobbyists, collectors, and investors is Scott Travers. Now he has created a guide that provides comprehensive facts on all U.S. coins and a complete listing of the fair market value for your coins today. Plus, he teaches you how to play the lucrative...
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High-Tech DIY Projects With 3D Printing

Maggie Murphy - PowerKids Press
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : English : First editionView all editions and formats

From School Library Journal Gr 5-8-These slim volumes are designed to attract children to the maker movement, which has rapidly grown as an online community among adult and teenage builders of technology devices. Each book offers a few projects, some made with readily available...
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Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio

Jack Purdum - McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 1 edition
Format: Book

BOOST YOUR HAM RADIO'S CAPABILITIES USING LOW-COST ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER BOARDS! Do you want to increase the functionality and value of your ham radio without spending a lot of money? This book will show you how! Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio is filled with step-by-step microcontroller...
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Super Simple Fairy Gardens:: A Kid's Guide to Gardening

Alex Kuskowski - Super Sandcastle
Format: Library Binding

Presents information about creating a fairy garden, discussing how to choose the right tools, start plants from seeds, and pick the right container, with instructions for setting up a fairy flower garden and a beach garden.
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Lovely Landscape Quilts: Using Strings and Scraps to Piece and Applique Scenic Quilts

Cathy Geier - Fons & Porter
Format: Book

Create beautiful landscape quilts using strips and scraps with these 15 lovely projects!In Lovely Landscape Quilts, Cathy Geier walks you through the process of creating amazing landscape quilts using simple techniques that anyone can try. Learn how to find inspiration and choose your fabrics,...
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Crocheted Baby Shoes

VAL PIERCE - Search Press
Format: Paperback

Cuddly, colourful baby shoes make the perfect gift for a new baby - this book is ideal for crafty people looking to give unique and personal presents.The book contains 20 gorgeous designs, all unique but all equally irresistible, in a range of colours and styles for boys and girls. Choose...
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Hot Wheels

Sara Green - Bellwether Media

"Engaging images accompany information about Hot Wheels. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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Sew Home: Learn Design Basics, Techniques, Fabrics & Supplies - 30 Modern Projects to Turn a House into YOUR Home

Erin Schlosser - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

It's the first home decor sewing book you need to buy! Make your place look like a million bucks with 31 functional projects including DIY window treatments, linens, organizers, rugs, pillows, and accessories for every space in your home. Work with cording and zippers, blind hems,...

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Miller's Collectibles Handbook 2014-2015: The Indispensable Guide to What It's Really Worth!

Judith Miller - Mitchell Beazley
Format: Book

Miller's Collectibles Handbook 2014-2015 is the up-to-date guide to the collectables market. Featuring more than 4,000 objects in full color, each with a detailed description and current price range, the book also offers information on what those in the know look for - how to recognize...
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LEGO: I Love That Minifigure

DK - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever wondered which LEGO minifigure had the first double-sided head Or which one was the first to have a printed torso or peg leg Discover all the answers to these questions and more in DK's I Love That Minifigure!Meet more than 200 amazing LEGO minifigures and find out what...
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Simply Color: Purple: A Crayon Box for Quilters

Vanessa Christenson - Lucky Spool Media
Format: Print book

Open up a crayon box of color inspiration with this simply irresistible collection of sweet books. Each book in the series is an exploration of an individual color. Simply COLOR: GREEN, Simply COLOR: BLUE, and Simply COLOR: PURPLE are exceptional pattern and color inspiration books for the confident...
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Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: Friendship Shawls

Debbie Macomber - Leisure Arts
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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The Complete Price Guide to Watches

Tom Engle - Tinderbox Press; 35th Edition edition
Format: Print book

The most reliable and convenient guide to watches available, the Complete Price Guide to Watches 2015 is the definitive guide for all levels of watch education and collection. From the amateur collector to the most prestigious auction houses, this guide has something for everyone. It not only...
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Fun Things to Do with Egg Cartons

Kara L. Laughlin - Capstone Press
Format: Hardcover

What can you do with an empty egg carton? Simple, step by step instructions transform ordinary household items into fun DIY crafts and games.
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Cool Battery & Electricity Projects: Fun & Creative Workshop Activities

Rebecca Felix - Abdo Publishing
Format: Print book

Wire, power, connect, and create with Cool Battery & Electricity Projects! Kids can learn how to wire a working lamp, build a buzzing electric game, and more! Each workshop project includes easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions paired with photographs. Budding craftspeople and engineers...
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Playtime, Naptime, Anytime Quilts: 14 Fun Appliqu Projects

Kim Schaefer - C&T Publishing
Format: Print book

Colorful spaceships, magical mermaids, and jungle friends -- Kim Schaefer is back with more imaginative appliqu! The best-selling author of Quilts, Bibs, Blankies...Oh My! rolls out 19 quilts and small projects for kids and toddlers in cheerful, engaging themes. Full-size appliqu patterns...
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Crafting for Cat Ladies: 35 Purr-fect Feline Projects

Kat Roberts - Lark Crafts
Format: Paperback

For cat-crazy crafters, these 35 unique projects are absolutely purr-fect! Sweet and trendy, creative and fun to make, the crafts are divided into four sections - accessories, apparel, home, and party. Projects range from a kitty clutch wallet and cat print jeans to kitty-shaped coasters...
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Boys Don't Knit

T. S. Easton - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Print book

After an incident regarding a crossing guard and a bottle of Martini & Rossi (and his friends) , 17-year-old worrier Ben Fletcher must develop his sense of social alignment, take up a hobby, and do some community service to avoid any further probation.He takes a knitting class (it was that...
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Klimt

Gilles Néret - Taschen,
Format: Print book

Gold, flowers, and female beauty: The work of the decadent Austrian symbolist
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Action Origami

Joe Fullman - Arcturus Publishing
Format: Print book

Learn how to make incredible paper models which float, fly, flip, jump and snap! This is a fun and imaginative introduction to the traditional Japanese art of paper-folding, for children aged 8 and up. The easy-to-understand instructions are accompanied by a series of clear photographs,...
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Alan Lacer's Woodturning Projects & Techniques

Alan Lacer - Popular Woodworking Books
Format: Print book

Selected from more than 15 years of articles from one of the country's top turners, Alan Lacer's Woodturning Projects & Techniques has everything you need to learn to turn and take your lathe skills to the next level.This book includes an in-depth look at techniques, tools and chucks...
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Picker's Pocket Guide - Toys: How to Pick Antiques Like a Pro

Eric Bradley - Krause Publications
Format: Print book

Welcome to Toyland! Whether it's a rare three-wheeled motorcycle that sold for $23,000 or an unopened LEGO set of the Millennium Falcon that can go for as much as $4,500, toy-box treasures are out there waiting to be found. Discover for yourself what veteran collectors know with this...
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Knitting

Rita Storey - Powerkids Pr
Format: Print book

Learning to knit can seem daunting at first. But practice on simple projects can make it second nature quickly. This book offers beginner knitters 12 simple knitted crafts including a finger-knit brooch, a scarf, mittens, and a family of owls. The projects cover different knitting styles...
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Timeless Beadwork Designs

Cynthia Rutledge - Lark Books, 2015.
Format: Print book

One of the foremost names in beadwork creates 15 gorgeous, all-new projects. Widely regarded as one of today's finest teachers of beading, Cynthia Rutledge reveals her creative process and presents stunning designs that explore color, three-dimensional form, and mixed media. Meant for intermediate-to-advanced-level...
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Antique trader antiques & collectibles price guide 2017

Eric Bradley - Krause Publications
Format: Print book

"A fun read and important handbook for all collectors or anyone who is thinking about collecting." --Anne Kugielsky, Antiques and the Arts Weekly Just about anything you can admire or desire fills the pages of Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide--the...
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60 Quick Knits: 20 Hats*20 Scarves*20 Mittens in Cascade 220™

Sixth&Spring Books - Sixth&Spring Books
Format: Print book

Wonderfully soft, beautifully textured, and remarkably affordable, Cascade 220 is one of the most popular yarns on the market. In this stunning volume of all-new projects, many of todays top knitwear designers come together to create an irresistible collection of hats, scarves, and mittensall...
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Gem Identification Made Easy, 5th Edition: A Hands-On Guide to More Confident Buying & Selling

Antoinette Matlins PG FGA - Gemstone Pr; 5 edition
Format: Hardcover

Gem Identification Made Easy is the first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to identify diamonds and colored gems, and how to separate natural gems from imitations, treated stones, synthetics, and look-alikes. The book's approach is direct and practical, and its style...
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Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2016 Price Guide

Noah Fleisher - Krause Publications; Forty-ninth Edition edition

The Warman's AdvantageWelcome to Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2016. For nearly 70 years, our sole purpose has been to inform, enthuse, and interpret the dynamic world of collecting. The times have certainly changed along the way but our vision remains constant.As the longest-running...
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Mad about buttons : fifty creative craft projects using buttons

Alice Vinten - New Holland Pub Pty Ltd
Format: Print book

"Enjoy the art of button craft with 50 creative projects in this step by step guide. The book includes a wide variety of crafting skills and techniques that range from simple projects for kids through to impressive home accessories for the craft enthusiast."--Back cover.
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I See a Pattern Here

Bruce Goldstone - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

Patterns are fascinating! They can be so beautiful that people come from all over the world to see them, or so familiar you hardly notice them. They appear everywhere: beehives, dinner plates, even the bottoms of your shoes! With stunning photographs that show diverse examples from nature...
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Small Space Garden Ideas

Philippa Pearson - DK Publishing
Format: Print book

Perfect for people who have little space to garden, whether a doorstep, balcony, or part of a wall. Small Space Garden Ideas is full of creative ideas for making use of every growing space available. From windowsills and hanging baskets to rooftop containers and vertical gardens,...
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The Wedding Book: An Expert's Guide to Planning Your Perfect Day--Your Way

Mindy Weiss - Workman Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Everything you need to make the wedding of your dreams come true, no matter what your vision, taste, or budget. Written by Mindy Weiss, the "megastar wedding planner" (People) , The Wedding Book is the most comprehensive wedding guide published, and is now revised and updated...
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High-Tech DIY Projects With 3D Printing

Maggie Murphy - Powerkids Pr
Format: Book

Provides information about 3-D printers while offering step-by-step instructions for three-dimensional printer projects, including a key chain and a jumping frog.
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A Touch of Farmhouse Charm: Easy DIY Projects to Add a Warm and Rustic Feel to Any Room

Liz Fourez - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Create the Home Youve Always Dreamed of with Easy, Authentic Farmhouse DécorOpening A Touch of Farmhouse Charm is like taking a breath of fresh, clean country air. With the turn of each page, Liz Fourez leads you on a tour through her familys house, restored to its 1940s rustic farm style,...
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Complete Price Guide to Watches 2016

Richard E Gilbert - Tinderbox Pr
Format: Print book

The most reliable and convenient guide to watches available, the Complete Price Guide to Watches is a mini encyclopedia with over 10,000 watches priced and over 8,000 images provided for education and identification. This book is the definitive guide for all levels of watch education and collection.Featuring...
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Container Theme Gardens: 42 Combinations, Each Using 5 Perfectly Matched Plants

Nancy J. Ondra - Storey Pub.
Format: Print book

Simple and foolproof! Enjoy beautiful container plantings with no stress or fuss. Container Theme Gardens offers 42 plans for container arrangements, each using just five specific plants that you can find at your local garden center. There's something here for every setting and every...
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Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2017

Terry Kovel - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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...
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National Geographic Readers: Hop Bunny: Explore the Forest

Susan B. Neuman - National Geographic Children's Books
Format: Book

The National Geographic Readers series has expanded beyond elementary school levels to reach children at the very beginning of their lifelong relationship with reading. Hop Bunny! uses simple vocabulary and fun pictures to capture the interest and help develop the skills of beginning readers....
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