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The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding

Kimberly Seals Allers - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

Pediatricians say you should but it's okay if you don't. The hospital says, "Breast is best," but sends you home with formula "just in case." Your sister-in-law says, "Of course you should!" Your mother says, "I didn't, and you turned out just fine."...
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7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess

Jen Hatmaker - Yates and Yates
Format: Paperback

American life can be excessive, to say the least. That s what Jen Hatmaker had to admit after taking in hurricane victims who commented on the extravagance of her family s upper middle class home. She once considered herself unmotivated by the lure of prosperity, but upon being called rich...
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The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard

KRISTIN SCHELL - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

A simple way to connect your neighborhood, your community and build friendships. Are you consumed with a busy life but unsure how to slow down? Do you desire connection within your community and think, "Absolutely, but I don't have time for that" or "I can't create that"?...
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The Big New Yorker Book of Cats

The New Yorker Magazine - Random House
Format: Book

Look what The New Yorker dragged in! It's the purr-fect gathering of talent celebrating our feline companions. This bountiful collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine's...
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Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast: Reflections on Fatherhood

MATTEO BUSSOLA - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

This #1 Italian bestseller, offering a father's observations of the everyday moments that might otherwise go unnoticed, has struck a chord with readers around the globe.Matteo Bussola is a designer and cartoonist who lives in Verona, Italy with his wife Paola; their three young daughters,...
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Big Impact Landscaping: 28 DIY Projects You Can Do on a Budget to Beautify and Add Value to Your Home

Sara Bendrick - Page Street Pub Co
Format: Print book

The Ultimate in Designer Landscaping Projects for Boosting Your Home's ValueIf you've ever looked at the weed-filled expanse that passes for your backyard and wondered why your family never uses it, then this book is for you. Sara Bendrick, host of I Hate My Yard! and Build It Like...
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Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Traditions

KATE HUDSON - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate all of the special moments in your life, big and small, with this warm and welcoming, illustrated lifestyle and entertaining guide, complete with delicious, healthy recipes, from actress, fashion icon, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Happy Kate Hudson.In...
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Yeah Baby!: The Modern Mama's Guide to Mastering Pregnancy, Having a Healthy Baby, and Bouncing Back Better Than Ever

Peter Walsh - Rodale
Format: Print book

Celebrity fitness coach Jillian Michaels is known for her no-nonsense coaching style and getting results no matter what. But Jillian is much more than just a toned and tough trainer; she's also a proud mother of two. In 2012, Jillian and her partner Heidi became parents for the first time....
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Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste

Bea Johnson - Scribner
Format: Paperback

Part inspirational story of Bea Johnson (the "Priestess of Waste-Free Living") and how she transformed her family's life for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing one liter per year; part practical, step-by-step guide that gives readers tools and tips to diminish...
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The Psychology of Adult Coloring: How Coloring Creates Health and Healing

Blake LeVine - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up". Pablo PicassoColoring has become an active and pleasurable interest for millions of adults. It's a phenomenon that captivates more people every day, but why? What is the psychological reason...
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Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (Borealis Books)

Gilbert Wilson - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Paperback(REPRINT)

Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born about 1839, was an expert gardener. Following centuries-old methods, she and the women of her family raised huge crops of corn, squash, beans, and sunflowers on the rich bottomlands of the Missouri River in what is now North Dakota. When she was young,...
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Adulthood for Beginners: All the Life Secrets Nobody Bothered to Tell You

ANDY BOYLE - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

"A hilarious guide to help young workers not be idiots....a guide to being an adult in the modern age." --Chicago TribuneStop saying "adulting" -- and other life advice you didn't know you needed. But you do.It's no secret that being a grown-up can be hard. Most...
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There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love

Emily Mcdowell - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The creator of the viral hit "Empathy Cards" teams up with a compassion expert to produce a visually stunning and groundbreaking illustrated guide to help you increase your emotional intelligence and learn how to offer comfort and support when someone you know is in pain.When...
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The Art of Leather Burning: Step-by-Step Pyrography Techniques

Lora S Irish - Dover Publications
Format: Print book

"Loved this one. Great for any beginner that is interested in learning how to work with and create leather items." - Books In Brogan"An excellent book." - LorareviewsLegendary wood and leather crafter Lora Susan Irish focuses solely on leather pyrography techniques...
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Gracious: A Practical Primer on Charm, Tact, and Unsinkable Strength: Including instructions on being kind when you don't feel like it, ignoring the ... and sensible in a world that is neither

Kelly Williams Brown - Rodale Books
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling author of Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps Kelly Williams Brown comes a funny, charming guide to modern civility in these -- yes, we'll say it -- rather uncivil times.Graciousness is practicing the arts of kindness,...
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Simple Gatherings: 50 Ways to Inspire Connection

Melissa Michaels - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Create Get-Togethers You and Your Guests Will Enjoy Open the door to your authentic hosting style and welcome others into your home with warmth and hospitality. These 50 affordable and inspired ideas from bestselling author Melissa Michaels will help you turn any get-together into a great...
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Adventures in Hexagons: 11 Quilts, 29 Blocks, Unlimited Possibilities

Emily Breclaw - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

Move beyond one-patch hexagon layouts with 11 show-stopping hexie projects to stitch by hand or machine. Sew blocks in a variety of sizes and pieced combinations for stunning visual effects! You'll master the Y-seam with a variety of techniques to cut and piece hexagons. Mix it up with...
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Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-century Designers

Leslie Williamson - Rizzoli
Format: Book

An intimate and revealing collection of photographs of astonishingly beautiful, iconic, and undiscovered mid-century interiors. Among significant mid-century interiors, none are more celebrated yet underpublished as the homes created by architects and interior designers for themselves....
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Good job! : the 15 things a parent should never say and what to say instead

Jennifer Lehr - Workman
Format: Print book

A provocative guide to the hidden dangers of "parentspeak" - those seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children. Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing harm? Or that urging a child to say "Can...
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Young House Love: 243 Ways to Paint, Craft, Update & Show Your Home Some Love

Sherry Petersik - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement...
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The Spirit of Stone: 101 Practical & Creative Stonescaping Ideas for Your Garden

Jan Johnsen - St. Lynn's Press
Format: Print book

Stone in a garden adds an authentic feeling that nothing else can match. Whether it is a low wall, a standing stone, a dry stream or a walk, stone enlivens a space and adds a sense of permanence. Until recently, stone was an overlooked element in the landscape, but now we are rediscovering...
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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep

Marc Weissbluth M.D. - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

The perennial favorite for parents who want to get their kids to sleep with ease - now in a completely revised and expanded fourth edition! In this fully updated fourth edition, Dr. Marc Weissbluth, one of the country's leading pediatricians, overhauls his groundbreaking approach to solving...
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The Writer's Garden: How Gardens Inspired our Best-loved Authors

Jackie Bennett - Frances Lincoln
Format: Hardcover

Great things happen in gardens. No one can doubt the importance of the garden in Roald Dahl's life as it was here where he worked, and here that he created James and the Giant Peach. And where would Jane Austen have been if she had never seen a 'walk', an ornamental lake, or a wilderness?...
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My cool kitchen : a style guide to unique and inspirational kitchens

Jane Field-Lewis - Pavilion
Format: Hardcover

Inspiration and encouragement for everyone who wants to have a beautiful kitchen that reflects their personality More than 30 stylish kitchens are collected here from across different continents and cultures, from beach houses to warehouses to city apartments. Be inspired to create your...
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Composting Basics: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics)

Eric Ebeling - Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

How to recycle household waste to make quality compostYou dont need a science degree or a shed full of sophisticated equipment to make quality compost. What you need to get started is the know-how provided in this basic how-to book along a little elbow grease and the pile of organic materials...
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Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens

Lisa Steele - Voyageur Press
Format: Paperback

Welcome to a world where chickens and gardens coexist!Join Lisa Steele, chicken-keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, on a unique journey through the garden. Start by planning your garden and learning strategies and tips for keeping your plants safe while they grow. Plant...
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Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving

Judi Kingry - Robert Rose
Format: Paperback

From the experts, the new bible in home preserving. Ball Home Canning Products are the gold standard in home preserving supplies, the trademark jars on display in stores every summer from coast to coast. Now the experts at Ball have written a book destined to become the "bible"...
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Hand Made: The Modern Womans Guide to Made-from-Scratch Living

Melissa K Norris - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Homemade Shouldnt Be Hectic Do you wish you could slow down and create a home you and your family love and enjoy spending time in? Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made-from-Scratch Life and voice of the Pioneering Today podcast, offers down-to-earth tips and guidance to help you learn...
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National Geographic Birds, Bees, and Butterflies: Bringing Nature Into Your Yard and Garden

Nancy J Hajeski - National Geographic
Format: Print book

Generously illustrated and full of practical information, this approachable reference covers the wide world of birds, butterflies, and pollinating insects, including honeybees, and how to bring them into a yard and garden. For the new homeowner choosing shrubs and flowers for landscaping...
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Old Ways of Working Wood: The Techniques and Tools of a Time Honored Craft

Alex W. Bealer - Castle Books; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover

A revised edition of a classic guide to woodworking methods provides valuable information on the evolution of wood products, the types and characteristics of wood, essential tools, and such techniques as planing, splitting, boring, chiseling, and shaping.
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Top-Down Crochet Sweaters: Fabulous Patterns with Perfect Fit

Dora Ohrenstein - Storey Publishing
Format: Print book

Welcome to the new era of crochet. Making garments from the top down is a favorite knitting technique that allows knitters to test and adjust the fit as they go. Now, thanks to designer Dora Ohrenstein, crocheters will benefit for the first time from a pattern book featuring the same beloved...
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The Plant Lover's Guide to Sedums

Brent Horvath - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Sedums are most popular flowering succulent. They range from groundcovers to large border perennials and are often included in green roof and vertical garden design because of their visual interest and drought tolerance. Sedums changes dramatically with the seasons - in fall, they are rich...
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Arne & Carlos' Field Guide to Knitted Birds: Over 40 Handmade Projects to Liven Up Your Roost

Carlos Zachrison - Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Hardcover

Let Arne & Carlos guide you on a journey into the colorful and imaginative bird kingdom! Inspired by nature both at home and abroad - from their garden in Tonssen come the characteristic bullfinch, chickadee, and wagtail, to name a few, but the fun doesn't stop there. Knit cold-weather...
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Rise: How a House Built a Family

Cara Brookins - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

If you were inspired by Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, you'll love this extraordinary true story of a woman taking the greatest risk of her life in order to heal from the unthinkable. After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn...
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Shakespeare's Gardens

Jackie Bennett - Frances Lincoln
Format: Hardcover

Shakespeare's Gardens is a highly illustrated, informative book about the gardens that William Shakespeare knew as a boy and tended as a man, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in April 2016. This anniversary will be the focus of literary celebration...
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52 Creative Family Time Experiences

Tim Smith
Format: Book

Parents want to connect with their kids and pass along their faith as part of those connections. Timothy Smith gives the ideal tool to parents making this possible using 20 minutes a week. This book provides 52 experiences for families to share time together with lasting benefits.
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The New Braiding Handbook: 60 Modern Twists on the Classic Hairstyle

Abby Smith - Ulysses Press
Format: Book

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GORGEOUSLY BRAIDED HAIR, FROM ELEGANT WEDDING STYLES TO FUN WEEKEND 'DOSWhether you're running errands, going out on the town or walking down the aisle, the fashionable braids in this book will give you the perfect look for every occasion. Just follow the simple instructions...
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Everything You Need You Have: How to Be at Home in Your Self

Gerad Kite - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

Gerad Kite was a therapist for years before realizing all the talk and analysis werent making a lasting difference in the lives of his patients. So he quit his practice and looked for a new way to help people feel better. What he discovered is a different approach to finding a secret, peaceful,...
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The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens: Strategies for Unlocking Your Child's Full Potential

Douglas Haddad - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback

Are you concerned or frustrated with the choices your child makes when it comes to their peer groups, study habits, and use of social media? Do you feel your child is pushing you away and your connection is weakening?Are you unsure of the next steps you should take to help your child succeed?...
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She Sheds: A Room of Your Own

Erika Kotite - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

Create your very own hideaway right at home with She Sheds.They've got their man caves, and it's time for you to have a space of your own. She Sheds shows you how to create cozy getaways with inspiration from across the country. Start by defining the goal and purpose of your...
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Entertaining in the Country: Love Where You Eat: Festive Table Settings, Favorite Recipes, and Design Inspiration

Joan Osofsky - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

An indispensable guide to casual home entertaining filled with imaginative ideas, practical tips, and delicious recipes from well-known chefs, restaurateurs, and tastemakers. Following the success of Love Where You Live: At Home in the Country, Joan Osofsky and Abby Adams serve...
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The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens: Simple Steps for Healthy, Happy Hens

KATHY SHEA MORMINO - Voyageur Press
Format: Flexibound

Internationally known as The Chicken Chick, Kathy Shea Mormino brings an informative style and fresh perspective on raising backyard chickens to millions of fans around the world. An attorney by profession, Kathy is the founder and one-woman creative force behind her wildly popular and award-winning...
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Noches en blanco y besos en el desayuno/Sleepless Nights and Kisses for Breakfast: Reflections on Fatherhood

MATTEO BUSSOLA - Aguilar
Format: Paperback

Matteo Bussola no siempre fue dibujante de cmics. Antes trabajaba como arquitecto, ganaba un buen sueldo y no tena que levantarse a las cinco de la maana para dibujar. Sin embargo, decidi dejarlo todo para dedicarse al diseo de cmics y el cuidado de sus hijas. Noches en blanco y besos...
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The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs

The New Yorker Magazine - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Only The New Yorker could fetch such an unbelievable roster of talent on the subject of man's best friend. This copious collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine's archives....
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Tom Wolfe Carves Wood Spirits and Walking Sticks

Tom Wolfe - Schiffer Publishing
Format: Paperback

Legend has it that the forest of the world are inhabited by elusive creatures known as "Wood Spirits." Tom Wolfe finds them everywhere and brings them to life in this delightful new instructional book. Using found wood such as driftwood, roots, and old beams from dilapidated barns,...
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Miniature Moss Gardens: Create Your Own Japanese Container Gardens

MEGUMI OSHIMA - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Miniature Moss Gardens presents expert advice and techniques from the birthplace of miniature gardening - Japan.Friendly enough for total beginners and full of ideas and tips that experienced gardeners will love to read about, this moss gardening book brings you information on the following:...
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31 Days of Living Well and Spending Zero: Freeze Your Spending. Change Your Life.

Ruth Soukup - Ruth Soukup
Format: Paperback

Practical Advice for Getting AheadEverfeel like your budget has gone off track, or make it to the end of themonth and wonder where your money actually went? A month of no-spending is the perfect way to reset your spending habits, but doing it alonecan seem downright scary.Luckily, with...
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Potted: Make Your Own Stylish Garden Containers

Annette Goliti Gutierrez - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Hand-made style for outdoor living Outdoor style often comes at a high price, but it doesn't have to. This lushly designed guide empowers you to create your own show-stopping containers made from everyday materials such as concrete, plastic, metal, terracotta, rope, driftwood, and fabric....
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Powerful Perennials: Enduring Flower Gardens That Thrive in Any Climate

Nedra Secrist - Hobble Creek
Format: Paperback

Create your own personal paradise with a garden full of easy-to-care-for, long-lasting perennial blooms! This comprehensive guide to growing your dream garden will teach you how to pick the best perennial plants for your soil, sunlight, and climate conditions. Keep your garden blooming...
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Dating Never Works . . . until It Does: 100 Lessons from 1,000 Dates

Zack Oates - Plain Sight
Format: Print book

Tired of mixed messages, confusing signals, and of playing the dating game? Dating expert Zack Oates has experienced it all in this comical guide that will keep you happy and laughing. Perfect for audiences in dating situations of all kinds, these encouraging steps will help you find your...
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Pretty Tough Plants: 135 Resilient, Water-Smart Choices for a Beautiful Garden

Plant Select. - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Tough-but-beautiful plant picks There's a growing demand for dependably hardy plants that require less maintenance and less water, but look no less beautiful in the garden. Plant Select - the leading purveyor of plants designed to thrive in difficult climates - meets this need by promoting...
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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

Seth Godin - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without...
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Vogue Living: Country, City, Coast

Hamish Bowles - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The next collection of all-new beautiful houses and gardens that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the last decade, with more than 400 full-color photographs.Lavishly illustrated in full color, Vogue Living: City, Country, by the Sea is an irresistible voyage through some of the world's...
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Exponential Living: Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are

Sheri Riley - New American Library
Format: Print book

Peace is possible. Peace is our power. Peace is the New Success. Constantly striving to achieve one goal after another and investing more in our careers than in our actual lives have left many of us feeling overwhelmed, overworked, and disconnected from who we are - anything but happy....
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Cottages by the Sea, The Handmade Homes of Carmel, America's First Artist Community

Linda Leigh Paul - Universe
Format: Hardcover

Carmel, California has always been a community of artists, writers, and freethinkers. During the early part of its rich history, the area was home to Robinson Jeffers, Mary Austin, Ansel Adams, Charles Greene, Jack London, George Sterling, Upton Sinclair, and Henry Miller, among other great...
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How to be married : what I learned from real women on five continents about building a happy marriage

Jo Piazza - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

Everyone tells you marriage is hard, but no one tells you what to do about it.At age thirty-four, Jo Piazza got her romantic-comedy ending when she met the man of her dreams on a boat in the Galápagos Islands and was engaged three months...
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Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People

Joe Navarro - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

What makes a narcissist go from self-involved to terrifying? Joe Navarro, one of the leading FBI profilers unlocks the secrets to the personality disorders that put all of us at risk. "I should have known.""How could we have missed the warning signs?""I...
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The New Small House

Katie Hutchison - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

Smaller is big, says architect and author Katie Hutchison, whose book The New Small House shows those looking to downsize how they can live smartly, economically and environmentally friendly in elegantly designed homes. With 275 gorgeous photographs and 30 detailed illustrations, The New Small...
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Simple Harvest: A Bounty of Scrappy Quilts and More

Kim Diehl - That Patchwork Place
Format: Paperback

Join Kim Diehl for a cozy autumn filled with ingenious stitched creations, delicious treats, and intimate home decor. Unwindin Kim's warm and inviting world, with 19 fall-themed projects, including lap quilts, table runners, wall quilts, sewing notions, place mats, and more--plus Kim's...
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When Your Child Has Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Managing It All - From the Everyday to the Extreme

MIREILLE SCHWARTZ - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

All the answers parents need. Keeping kids safe takes vigilance. But when your child has food allergies, the challenge is greater and you worry that much more. As a food-allergy mom (and someone seriously allergic herself) , author Mireille Schwartz has been through it all. Now, in this...
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Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants

Stefani Bittner - Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book

Harvest is a beautifully photographed guide to growing, harvesting, and utilizing 47 unexpected garden plants to make organic pantry staples, fragrances, floral arrangements, beverages, cocktails, beauty products, and more.Every garden--not just vegetable plots--can produce a bountiful...
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Easy Cross Stitch Series 4: Borders

Maria Diaz
Format: Print book

Each title in the Easy Cross Stitch series provides a beautiful collection of designs to inspire and challenge beginning stitchers. These thematic resource books offer an easy-to-follow, full-color chart and a color key on every page. A variety of borders - from strong, ge
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Cat Castles: 20 Cardboard Habitats You Can Build Yourself

Carin Oliver - Quirk Books
Format: Print book

Build your cat "paw-some" homemade habitats with easy instructions and common materials. Shoeboxes and paper bags are fine for other cats. But your favorite felines deserve luxurious living spaces! This DIY construction guide includes fun and easy instructions for making cardboard...
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How to Speak Chicken: Why Your Chickens Do What They Do & Say What They Say

MELISSA CAUGHEY - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet - fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. Her hours among the flock have resulted in this quirky, irresistible guide packed with firsthand insights into how chickens communicate and interact,...
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Minimalism for Families: Practical Minimalist Living Strategies to Simplify Your Home and Life

Zoe Kim - Althea Press
Format: Paperback

"Zoe Kim has written a book on minimalism for families that is practical, encouraging, and motivating. And I'm glad she did -- we need more guidance like this in the world today." -- Joshua Becker, founder of Becoming MinimalistOrganizing your home and leading a minimalist lifestyle...
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The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country

Helen Russell - Icon Books
Format: Paperback

When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long...
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Big Fit Girl: Embrace the Body You Have

LOUISE GREEN - GREYSTONE Books
Format: Print book

In Big Fit Girl, Louise Green describes how the fitness industry fails to meet the needs of plus-size women and thus prevents them from improving their health and fitness. By telling her own story of how she stopped dieting, got off the couch, and unleashed her inner athlete - as well...
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Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist's Guide to Getting--and Staying--Organized

Amanda Sullivan - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

If you're looking to clean up but not clean out, if you want to declutter but don't want to throw out eighty percent of your stuff, if you want to be able to find matching socks in the morning but don't want a color-coded sock drawer, you've come to the right place. Organized Enough...
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My Cool Houseboat: An Inspirational Guide to Stylish Houseboats

Jane Field-Lewis - Pavilion
Format: Hardcover

Cool examples of how houseboats can offer an attractive, practical, and alternative place to live, as well as amazing and often idiosyncratic solutions to living successfully in a small space People fall in love with boats and own them for a variety of reasons: out of affordability and necessity;...
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Install Your Own Solar Panels: Designing and Installing a Photovoltaic System to Power Your Home

Joe Burdick - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Labor and related costs account for more than half of the price of the average home solar installation. But homeowners can save thousands of dollars with this user-friendly manual, which follows the same process professional contractors use. Through detailed directions and step-by-step...
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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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Make Yourself at Home: Design Your Space to Discover Your True Self

Moorea Seal - Sasquatch Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the blockbuster hit journals The 52 Lists Project and 52 Lists for Happiness, comes a book to help you design your space to discover what is really important to you and express the creativity and style you already have! This book is all about beautifying your life inside...
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What a Son Needs from His Mom

Cheri Fuller - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Bestselling Author and Parenting Expert Equips Moms for the Unique Challenges of Raising SonsCore book buyers--moms--are desperate to know what makes their sons tick and how to be a welcome influence in their lives. And unlike many other books about raising boys, this warm and trustworthy...
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Chosen for Greatness: How Adoption Changes the World

Paul Batura - Regnery Publishing
Format: Print book

The history of adoption is the history of the world itself. Children taken in by new families have grown up to dramatically reshape the world in ways most of us do not fully appreciate.Chosen for Greatness profiles 16 well-known adoptees who were given the opportunity to change history...
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The Power of a Plant: A Teacher's Odyssey to Grow Healthy Minds and Schools

STEPHEN RITZ - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

In The Power of a Plant, globally acclaimed teacher and self-proclaimed CEO (Chief Eternal Optimist) Stephen Ritz shows you how, in one of the nation's poorest communities, his students thrive in school and in life by growing, cooking, eating, and sharing the bounty of their green...
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Open House: Reinventing Space for Simple Living

AMANDA PAYS - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Transforming older homes into modern, functional, open spaces filled with natural light. Author Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen share ideas for remodeling older homes to create modern, open floor plans while sharing lessons learned along the way. Topics include tricks of seeing through...
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Adventure Cats: Living Nine Lives to the Fullest

Laura Moss - Workman
Format: Print book

Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about cats comes the ultimate - and unexpected - guide to taking your cat into the wild. Here are cats walking on a leash. Cats hiking on a leash. Cats tramping through snow. Cats camping. Cats kayaking, canoeing, even surfing...
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What a Girl Needs From Her Mom

Cheri Fuller - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Bestselling author and parenting expert Cheri Fuller equips moms for the challenge of raising daughters to become healthy, confident young women in today's changing world.
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Glorious Shade: Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden

Jenny Rose Carey - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Turn a shady yard into a sumptuous gardenShade is one of the most common garden situations homeowner's have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can triumph over challenging areas and learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. Glorious Shade celebrates the benefits...
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What Love Is: And What It Could Be

Carrie Jenkins - Basic Books
Format: Print book

What is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie Jenkins offers a bold new theory on the nature of romantic love that reconciles its humanistic and scientific components. Love can be a social...
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Herbs: Delicious Recipes and Growing Tips to Transform Your Food

JUDITH HANN - Nourish
Format: Hardcover

Herbs have a transformative power - they can lift a dish from ordinary to sublime. Written by a true herb aficionado, this beautiful book is an ode to enjoying herbs all year round. In each seasonal chapter, Judith Hann skillfully weaves together guidance growing - whether you have a full...
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Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style

Joseph Tychonievich - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Rediscover a classic garden technique! Rock gardening - the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop - has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West,...
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Penguin the Magpie: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family

Cameron Bloom - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Penguin the Magpie is the extraordinary true story of recovery, hope, and courage as one injured bird and her human family learn to heal and celebrate life, featuring the gorgeous photography of Cameron Bloom and a captivating narrative by New York Times bestselling author...
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Ultimate Woodwork Bible: A Complete Reference with Step-by-Step Techniques

PHIL DAVY - Collins & Brown
Format: Paperback

This is the indispensable reference to creating almost anything with wood. From selecting tools to joints and finishing, this information-packed entry in the hugely successful Crafts Bible series explains all the skills a woodworker needs. Furniture maker Ben Plewes and Good Woodworking...
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Diet Right for Your Personality Type: The Revolutionary 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan That Works for You

Jennifer Widerstrom - Harmony Books
Format: Print book

Health and fitness expert Jen Widerstrom learned one important thing about weight-loss success through years of working with her clients and now contestants on NBC's The Biggest Loser: when it comes to dieting, one size will never fit all. In order for you to successfully lose weight,...
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The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

Paula Poundstone - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

"A remarkable journey. I laughed. I cried. I got another cat." - Lily Tomlin "Paula Poundstone is the funniest human being I have ever known." - Peter Sagal, host of Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! and author of The Book of Vice "Is there a secret to happiness?"...
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The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm and Mindful in a Fast-Paced World

Hyemin - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about the importance of slowing down in our fast-paced world"Is it the world that's busy, or is it my mind?"The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this bestselling mindfulness guide - it has sold more...
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Raising Men: Lessons Navy SEALs Learned from Their Training and Taught to Their Sons

Eric Davis - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

After Eric Davis spent over 16 years in the military, including a decade in the SEAL Teams, his family was more than used to his absence on deployments and secret missions that could obscure his whereabouts for months at a time. Without a father figure in his own life since the age of fifteen,...
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The Sociopath Next Door

Martha Stout - Harmony
Format: Paperback

Who is the devil you know? Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?Your sadistic high school gym teacher?Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize...
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The Happiest Mommy You Know: Why Putting Your Kids First Is the LAST Thing You Should Do

Genevieve Shaw Brown - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

ABC News reporter (and mom to three) Genevieve Shaw Brown reveals the deceptively simple golden rule for maternal happiness and how today's busy moms can live better, healthier lives.ABC News reporter Genevieve Shaw Brown was hell-bent on raising her kids to like vegetables and eat more...
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I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!: A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict

Roni Cohen-Sandler - Viking
Format: Book

Almost without exception, the teen years are tumultuous for both girls and their mothers. Teen girls, who are socialized to stifle their anger and avoid confrontation, frequently take out their frustration on their mothers as the only safe and available targets. The good news is that with...
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Black & Decker The Book of Home How-To The Complete Outdoor Builder: The Best DIY Series from the Brand You Trust

COOL SPRINGS PRESS. - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

BLACK+DECKER has home repair covered with the ultimate indoor/outdoor DIY set.This handsome two-volume book set offers something truly amazing: a complete indoor/outdoor library for do-it-yourselfers in a single compact and affordable package. Boasting 1,160 pages of detailed how-to information...
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It Takes One to Tango: How I Rescued My Marriage with

Winifred M Reilly - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

With a focus on self-empowerment and resilience, this refreshing and witty relationship guide has a reassuring counterintuitive message for unhappy spouses: you only need one partner to initiate far-reaching positive change in a marriage.Conventional wisdom says that "it takes two"...
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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

WILLIAM MCRAVEN - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Should be read by every leader in America...a book to inspire your children and grandchildren to become everything that they can." --Wall Street Journal"Powerful." --USA Today "Full of captivating personal anecdotes from inside the national...
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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

Tony Kirkham - Timber Press
Format: Print book

A master class on pruning Pruning is an essential part of garden maintenance; it is necessary to regulate and control growth and to encourage flowering and fruiting on trees and shrubs. It is also one of the most difficult parts of garden maintenance. To prune well, gardeners must have...
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening...
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The Pregnancy Encyclopedia

Dorling Kindersley Inc. - DK Publishing
Format: Print book

The Pregnancy Encyclopedia is an engaging and accessible question-and-answer guide to some of the most commonly asked questions about pregnancy, packed with full-color photographs and illustrations.The Pregnancy Encyclopedia has answers to all your questions - including the ones...
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