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Home, Garden, and DIY September 2017
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| 350+ Crochet Tips, Techniques, and Trade Secrets by Jan EatonOffering a treasury of tips, techniques, and trade secrets for crocheters (both new and experienced), this wide-ranging book provides numerous projects and quick fixes for problems crocheters may encounter. It also discusses everything from choosing the right hook and yarn to creating your own designs. Step-by-step color photos enhance the text and will have readers crocheting something fine in no time. |
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Bangkok: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of Thailand
by Leela Punyaratabandhu; photography by David Loftis
Sharing memories of growing up in Bangkok as well as some of the city's food history, Leela Punyaratabandhu grounds readers in what makes this city so special -- and then she provides 120 authentic recipes that will transport your taste buds there. Featuring Hot and Sour Fish Soup, Steamed Dumplings with Chicken-Peanut Filling, Fried Bananas, Coconut Rice Pudding Cakes, and more, the book also has notes on how to make ingredients or where to find them and is accompanied by gorgeous photographs of the dishes and the city itself.
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| Bravetart: Iconic American Desserts by Stella ParksSo you want to make -- from scratch -- the candy bars, vanilla wafers, toaster pastries, and other sweet treats you usually see in a package? And maybe you'd also like to make snickerdoodles, chocolate pudding, vanilla ice cream, and other classic dishes? You're in luck! Stella Parks, an award-winning pastry chef, spent five years creating the 100+ recipes (and 200 or so variations) in this stunning book, which also includes vintage ads and historical details, including the surprising origin of Key lime pie. |
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Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Cat (and You!)
by Jackson Galaxy and Kate Benjamin
No matter how much we love our feline companions, they can sometimes be challenging to live with. In Catification, Animal Planet host Jackson Galaxy and designer Kate Benjamin join forces to promote more harmonious cat-human households. Galaxy describes how understanding your cat's behavior can help you design a home that's comfortable for you both, while Benjamin provides photos and instructions for projects ranging from beds to catios (cat patios) to a wall-mounted kitty superhighway. Suitable for all kinds of homes and skill levels, Catification is an invaluable resource; as Library Journal declares, "if you have cats, you need this book."
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Focus on: Creative Writing
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| How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One by Stanley FishStanley Fish, college professor and connoisseur of fine sentences, explains why the building block of writing is the sentence. In this informative and entertaining book, he discusses how to craft good prose as well as how to know well-written works when you see (or hear) them. Drawing on examples from movies, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Martin Luther King Jr., Antonin Scalia, Elmore Leonard, and more, Fish inspires as he illustrates. New writers may want to start here; as Fish says, "if you know sentences, you know everything." |
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| The Art of Memoir by Mary KarrMemoirs have been having a moment for a while now. If you want to write your own and would like an irreverent guide, this funny yet full-bodied bestseller is a good place to start. Mary Karr, a university professor and the author of three acclaimed memoirs (The Liar's Club, Cherry, and Lit), uses examples from her own books (along with others by favorite authors), shares literary anecdotes, and discusses her writing process while identifying the elements of a successful memoir. |
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| Steering the Craft: A 21st-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story by Ursula K. Le GuinPopular author Ursula K. Le Guin presents practical advice on how to pen a good narrative. To that end, she covers the sound of language, point of view and voice, sentence length and complex syntax, narration, grammar and punctuation, workshops and peer groups, and more. Using discussions, examples, and specific practice exercises (such as writing the same scene from different points of view), this book is like a writing workshop you can do at home. |
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| A Poetry Handbook by Mary OliverA lot of us feel about poetry the way we feel about art; we know what we like. If you want to pen some verses that you like or even just want to understand poetry better, Mary Oliver's quintessential book, first published over 20 years ago, offers advice on both. Though this isn't a thick book, she covers a lot of ground here, addressing imitation, meter and rhyme, sound, poem forms, free verse, diction, imagery, revision, the importance of reading poetry, and workshops. Booklist says, "she so deeply knows her craft that she can describe it with perfect simplicity and concision." |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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| Huntington Beach Public Library Central Library 7111 Talbert Avenue Huntington Beach, California 92648 714.842.4481 www.hbpl.org |
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