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Home, Garden, and DIY November 2017
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| ThriftStyle: The Ultimate Bargain Shopper's Guide to Smart Fashion by Allison Engel, Reise Moore, and Margaret EngelIf you have high fashion taste and a thrift store budget, ThriftStyle might keep you from going broke while still dressing in style. With vibrant color photographs showing thrifted outfits, this fun guide for fashionistas follows three experienced thrifters through dozens of stores; it's "as if your cool aunts took you along to their favorite Salvation Army shop" (Library Journal)! But not everything they find is perfect, so they cover tailoring, dry cleaning, stain removal, and more. If you adore Dior, be sure to check this out. |
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Step-by-step projects for self-sufficiency
by Cool Springs Press
Presents a guide to improving self-sufficiency and off-the-grid living, offering over forty-seven projects including gardening, raising animals, alternative energy, and storage and preservation
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I Love My Bread Machine : More Than 100 Recipes for Delicious Home Baking
by Anne Sheasby
Nothing beats the mouthwatering aroma of freshly baked bread wafting through your home. It’s a scent that makes and brings back memories across generations. Bread is a staple of many diets, yet all too often we rely on processed, packaged loaves that are low in nutrients and generic in taste. It doesn’t have to be that way. With more than 100 delicious and inspiring recipes, I Love My Bread Machine will show off the surprising versatility of your bread machine.
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Guerrilla Tacos : recipes from the streets of L.A.
by Wesley Avila
Serves up 50 base recipes that explore taste and texture combinations for making the greatest street-style tacos and other dishes, in a book that includes such recipes as Fried Baja Taco, Breakfast Burrito, Tuna Poke and Sea Urchin Tostada, Fried Chicken Torta, Lobster Taco, Carnitas, Artichoke Quesadilla, Squash Soup, Shrimp and Chorizo Taco and many more.
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Making pottery you can use
by Jacqui Atkin
Provides step-by-step instructions for creating usable pottery items, including mugs, platters, and teapots
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| Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant & Unfussy New Favorites by Deb PerelmanWith her humorous, personable writing style and beautifully shot photos, award-winning blogger and best-selling author Deb Perelman gives readers delicious, do-able recipes for breakfast, stews and soups, vegetable mains, meat mains, and sweets of all types. Check this book out to make yummy-sounding creations like granola biscotti, grandma-style chicken noodle soup, chocolate pecan slab pie, and leek, feta, and greens spiral pie. |
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Munchies : late-night meals from the world's best chefs
by J. J Goode
A cookbook based on the web series Chef's Night Out shares tall tales by leading world chefs, from Anthony Bourdain to Enrique Olvera, as well as late-night, craving-oriented recipes for what they prepare for friends after their customers go home, organized under such headers as "Things with Tortillas" and "Morning After."
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Cute Christmas Cookies : Adorable and Delicious Festive Treats
by Hannah Miles
There is nothing as cosy as a day spent baking in the festive season—filling the house with the scent of warm, sweet dough and producing delicious treats that raise a smile even before a single bite is taken out of them! The book opens with packaging and display ideas, frosting hints and tips and basic recipes.
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Betty Crocker Christmas cookbook
by Betty Crocker
Shares festive recipes for appetizers, main dishes, breads, desserts, candies, and drinks, as well as entertaining and decorating ideas
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The Good Housekeeping Christmas cookbook
by N.Y.) Good Housekeeping Institute (New York
An updated edition of the Good Housekeeping holiday reference shares more than 300 celebration-worthy recipes, decorating ideas, suggestions for homemade gifts and more, in a volume that features contributions by such celebrities as Sting, Reese Witherspoon and Mariah Carey.
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Style secrets : what every room needs
by Sophie Donelson
Full of inspiring photos and clever tips, a handbook from the publishers of the popular interior design magazine helps readers create the rooms of their dreams and cultivate a beautiful, stylish and comfortable home. 17,500 first printing.
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Everyday chic : my secrets for entertaining, organizing, and decorating at home
by Molly Sims
A supermodel, TV and internet personality, busy mom and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Everyday Supermodel combines expert advice and her own insights for simplifying and beautifying to help you add that little “extra” to make your everyday life a little better, a little easier and a little more special. Original. 100,000 first printing
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The New Bohemians Handbook : Come Home to Good Vibes
by Justina Blakeney
A New York Times best-selling author, designer and artist guides readers through affordable DIY projects that use color and scent to add positive energy into their homes and enhance mood, productivity and relaxation. 30,000 first printing.
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Deck codes & standards : how to design, build, inspect & maintain a safer deck
by Bruce A Barker
A national authority on building codes and president of a North Carolina based-building inspection and consulting firm turns his attention to building decks, zeroing in on the main areas of concern, showing accurately and precisely how to design and build it correctly and providing careful and detailed advice to avoid any deck-related disaster. Original.
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Pretty Fun : Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition
by Kate Hudson
The popular actress and author of the best-selling Pretty Happy outlines illustrated tips for celebrating special events, sharing advice on organizing meaningful gatherings while offering a range of recipes for healthy, indulgent and memorable snacks and beverages. 300,000 first printing.
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Backyard chickens : beyond the basics
by Pam Freeman
A must-have for every backyard chicken keeper, Backyard Chickens Beyond the Basics goes beyond introductory lessons and explores the realities of raising a flock for eggs -- and entertainment, of course! From odd eggs and molting to feeding and preparing for the seasons, this book covers the subjects beginner books don't adequately address and re-examines common knowledge that may not actually hold true. It's a resource to turn to time and again for expert advice to make sure your birds are happy, healthy, and productive.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Bedford Public Library
2424 Forest Ridge Dr.
Bedford, Texas 76021
817-952-2350
www.bedfordlibrary.org
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