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Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe

Katrina Rodabaugh
Format: Hardcover


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How to Photograph Absolutely Everything

Tom Ang - DK
Format: Hardcover

This practical guide teaches you how to take the best possible photo in any situation imaginable with clear, step-by-step guidance from expert photographer Tom Ang.Full of essential advice, hints, and tips, this guide gives you straightforward instructions on what equipment you will need,...
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Little Book of Rolex: The story behind the iconic brand (Little Books of Fashion, 24)

John Sims - Welbeck Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Exquisite, timeless and enduring, Rolex is one of the most recognizable and sought-after luxury watch brands in the world. Established in 1905, the British-founded Swiss designer and manufacturer, Rolex, revolutionized the watchmaking industry with ground-breaking and innovative designs...
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Miller's Encyclopedia of World Silver Marks

Judith Miller - Mitchell Beazley
Format: Hardcover

Designed as the essential reference tool for appraisers, collectors and dealers of silverware, the Encyclopedia is an indispensable guide for anyone researching silver hallmarks, offering clear and wide-ranging reproductions of thousands of hallmarks from more than 60 countries and regions,...
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The Ultimate Thread Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Choose the Perfect Thread for Every Project

Becky Goldsmith - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

The best thread guide you'll ever ownAlways choose the right thread! This amazing reference guide features a handy thread use key (organized by thread manufacturer) that shows the most common uses for the wide variety of threads commonly used by quilters and sewists. This valuable information...
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Crafty Gifts

JANE BULL - DK Children
Format: Hardcover

A brand-new craft book for young crafters and makers ages 7 and up that features more than 20 step-by-step projects and inspiration to personalize each one.Packed with ideas for presents, wrapping, and cards, Jane Bull's Crafty Gifts includes everything from pretty picture frames...
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Bridge for Everyone: A Step-by-Step Guide to Rules, Bidding, and Play of the Hand

D. W. Crisfield - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

Bridge is a famously challenging card game, one that's next to impossible to learn without a whole host of visual aids. But books on the subject all too often seem to ignore this.Enter Bridge for Everyone, which takes a step-by-step, visual approach to explaining the game clearly to beginners...
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The Minimalist Woodworker: Essential Tools and Smart Shop Ideas for Building with Less

Vic Tesolin - Spring House Press
Format: Print book

Woodworking is thriving in the hands-on, DIY, maker world we currently live in. Yet, for it's increasing popularity, there are many crafters who don't engage in woodworking because they falsely believe you need a large workshop and a full-blown collection of tools and equipment. The Minimalist...
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Pearl: Nature's Perfect Gem

Fiona Lindsay Shen - Reaktion Books
Format: Hardcover

From their creation in the maw of mollusks to lustrous objects of infatuation and conflict, a revealing look at pearls' dark history. This book is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewelry. Pearls are the most human of gems,...
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The NextGen Guide to Car Collecting: How to Buy, Sell, Live With and Love a Collectible Car

Robert C. Yeager - Motorbooks
Format: Paperback

Satisfy your dream collector-car desires with this one-stop reference for starting or expanding your collection beyond traditional classics and muscle cars. Focusing on the interests and needs of Generation X and Millennial car collectors, The NextGen Guide to Car Collecting offers a concise...
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