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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2017
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| How to Make It: 25 Makers Share the Secrets to Building a Creative Business by Erin Austen AbbottSo you make (or want to make) cool crafty things that people will buy -- but how do you go about making a business? Erin Austen Abbott, a photographer, author, and owner of a successful design shop, provides insight and advice from 25 creative professionals who have developed their own businesses, including bespoke denim designers, a woodworker, a textile artist, a metal jeweler, and so many others. With instructions for making 25 projects, such as a sequin necklace and hand-painted cards, this book also works for those who want to sample a variety of crafts just for fun. |
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Pitmaster: Recipes, Techniques, and Barbecue Wisdom
by Andy Husbands
Pitmaster is the definitive guide to becoming a barbecue aficionado and top-shelf cook, whether you're new to the grill or a seasoned vet. Recipes begin with basics such as cooking chicken thighs on a grill and expand to roasting whole hogs over hickory coals. The cornerstone of all successful barbecue recipes is proper smoker operation, and instructional photos and tutorials for using all classic smoker types are featured as well. Barbecue is more than a great way to cook a tasty dinner. For a true pitmaster, barbecue is a way of life.
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Being with Flowers: Floral Art as Spiritual Practice
by Anthony Ward
The author, a floral sculptor, describes the place that flowers have had in his spiritual development and provides examples of the floral arrangements he has made for special events in his practice.
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Better Homes and Gardens Herb Gardening
by Better Homes and Gardens Books
A step-by-step guide to starting a fresh herb garden shares comprehensive instructions for everything from the planning and planting stages to using herbs for a variety of needs, in a sumptuously illustrated reference complemented by 35 project ideas.
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Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia
by Desmond Tan
From the famed San Francisco Bay Area Burmese restaurant comes a diverse collection of recipes—including Tea Leaf Salad, Samosa Soup, Garlic Noodles and Black Rice Pudding—that takes readers into the kitchens of Burmese home cooks whose style of cooking drives menu inspiration.
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Scraps, Wilt + Weeds: Turning Wasted Food into Plenty
by Mads Refslund
The co-founder of the celebrated restaurant, Noma, in Denmark presents 100 flavorful and easy-to-follow recipes that use scraps from vegetables, fruits and animal proteins—food that would normally go to waste—and capture the author’s passion and respect for ingredients, nature and the land.
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It's a Small World Felted Friends: Cute and Cuddly Needle Felted Figures from Around the World
by Sachiko Susa
There's something for everyone in this book and all the projects are easy to make. Even experienced felters can pick up tips on how to work with new colors and details. Detailed instructions for each project show you how to make the basic shapes and blend them together seamlessly. A special step-by-step section shows you how easy even the most complex piece can be, and how any small figure can be made into an accessory you can carry or wear.
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Meatless: Transform the Way you Eat and Live--One Meal at a Time
by Kristie Middleton
The Senior Director of Food Policy for The Humane Society of the United States offers compelling reasons to reduce meat consumption, discusses the health benefits of adopting a more plant-based diet, exposes how animals are treated and offers easy recipes for meatless meals.
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Ultimate Guide: Wiring
by John M Caloggero
Discusses the basics of electricity and offers step-by-step instruction for home wiring projects, including wiring switches, receptacles, light fixtures, outdoor lighting, and home automation.
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How to Toilet Train your Cat: 21 Days to a Litter-Free Home
by Paul Kunkel
Paul Kunkel, who toilet-trained his first cat while in college and who has continued to train cats ever since, presents a foolproof 21-Day Program for teaching any litter-trained cat between the ages of 6 months and 10 years how to use a toilet instead of a litter box (you can teach an older cat new tricks . . . the process will probably just take longer). The requirements are simple: magazines or newspapers, masking tape, heavy-duty plastic wrap, and one last bag of cat litter. Then, 21 days later, the transition from litter box to toilet will be complete, and the cat will be just like any other civilized member of the family. For life. This isn't just for the owner's convenience. As the author demonstrates, litter is actually not good for cats--they equate the smell with danger, causing constant stress, and the fragrances, dyes, and disinfectants found in most litters are detrimental to well-being.
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Sewing Room Accessories
by Debbie Shore
The best-selling author of the Half Yard series provides advice on storage solutions, colorful sewing-room essentials and sewing accessories to equip every sewing space, along with 15 practical projects that are perfect to give as gifts.
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| Dinner: Changing the Game by Melissa ClarkWhat's for dinner? That's an age-old question that seems to be asked by hungry people every evening; now instead of staring into cupboards that have no answers, readers can pick up Melissa Clark's latest book. The New York Times food columnist organizes Dinner by main ingredient (chicken, meat, egg, fish & seafood, etc.) and hopes to change the way you look at dinner with her 245 brand new recipes that are fresh yet easy and quick enough to prepare on weeknights. No need to worry about side dishes -- each recipe is meant to be all you need. Want a taste of what's ahead? There's Ginger Pork Meatballs, Maple Roasted Tofu, Blood Orange Chicken, Sweet Potato Dahl, Rustic Shrimp Bisque, Stove-top Mac and Cheese, and more! |
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| The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Garden: 326 Fast, Easy, Affordable Ways to Transform... by Sally RothMany people want a nice yard but don't have the time or the money or any idea where to start; this book can solve those problems. Simplifying garden design by showing how to tackle one small area at a time, this book for beginners provides ideas and plans for a variety of unique areas that can then be linked together over time to create a unified yard. With budget always in mind, veteran gardening writer Sally Roth uses common sense ideas and recommends plants that are dependable and easy to find as well as sharing tips on how to avoid common planting mistakes. |
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| My Master Recipes: 165 Recipes to Inspire Confidence in the Kitchen with... by Patricia WellsIf you want more confidence in the kitchen, read on. American Patricia Wells runs cooking schools in France and has won multiple James Beard Awards, so she knows a thing or two about helping people cook. Drawing on her years of experience, she provides an instructional cookbook that offers an array of master recipes (such as Four-Hour Braised Aromatic Pork, Autumn Rainbow Vegetables, or Sweet Chestnut Honey Madeleines) -- and each one teaches particular techniques (including blanching, infusing, braising, and searing). Helping you learn while you cook, Wells provides the knowledge needed to better understand and then expand your kitchen efforts. |
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Projects to Get Kids (and Yourself!) Outdoors
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| The Book of Gardening Projects for Kids: 101 Ways to Get Kids Outside, Dirty, and... by Whitney Cohen and John FisherHaving children doesn't mean you have to give up gardening; it just means you have to get the kids involved by making it interesting for them. Advising parents to take their children's interests into account, this book features realistic gardening advice, including how to design a play-friendly garden (toys are allowed!) as well as ideas for fun theme gardens, games, and activities (including some crafts), plus tips on how to cook and preserve a garden's bounty. Real-life examples (with photos) make it all seem fun and do-able. |
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| The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir LawsIf you want to combine outdoor activities with drawing and writing, try this comprehensive book. Teaching readers to observe and focus on the natural world (everything from birds and flowers to insects and landscapes), this stunning resource provides clear, detailed instructions for nature drawing and journaling, encouraging curiosity and discussing such varied topics as patterns, tools, maps, word play, journal organization, and loads more. Naturalist and teacher John Muir Laws is a fantastically thorough guide who doesn't skimp on sharing what he knows. |
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| Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard LouvChock full of 500 ideas and activities, Vitamin N offers a smorgasbord of inspiring choices that will have people getting back to nature. Hitting on everything from making butterfly rest stops and creating a nature club to using nature to forecast the weather and painting with mud, this informative book provides down-to-earth advice as well as science-based information that explains the benefits of living a nature-rich life. Written by Richard Louv, author of the bestselling Last Child in the Woods, Vitamin N also provides relevant websites and book recommendations throughout. Dip in and pick out a handful of ideas to try -- we're guessing you'll have so much fun that you'll go back for more. |
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The Truth About Nature: A Family's Guide to 144 Common Myths About the Great Outdoors
by Stacy Tornio
Does moss grow only on the north side of a tree? Should I always wait an hour after swimming? Do hummingbirds really migrate on the backs of other birds? Find out in The Truth About Nature by the authors of The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book. This companion title, unlike other nature-myth titles for children, won't focus on classic mythology and folklore, but rather will be a useful compendium debunking everyday myths with which children can relate. Each item has a takeaway at the end with hands-on ideas to encourage kids to get outside. In addition, kids will also find "Be a Scientist" activities throughout the book where they can try some experiments to bust a few myths on their own, as well as "Incredible Nature" sections highlighting some of the unbelievable yet true.
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Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative 900 N. Ashley Drive Tampa, Florida 33602 813-273-3652 http://www.libraryurl.com |
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