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Attainable sustainable : the lost art of self-reliant living
by Kris Bordessa
Based on the blog of the same name, Attainable Sustainable shows readers how to live a simpler, more self-reliant life. It includes instructions not only for growing and cooking food but also for creating artisanal items for the home as well as navigating the great outdoors.
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Backyard playgrounds : build amazing treehouses, ninja projects, obstacle courses, and more!
by David R. Stiles
Authors Jean and David Stiles offer user-friendly plans (all hand-drawn by David) and step-by-step instructions to help you build something great in your own backyard. They offer a range of easy, timeless projects that can be made in an afternoon--trolley ride, treasure chest, circle swing, lemonade stand--alongside more ambitious projects, like the warped wall and treehouse.
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The boys : a memoir of Hollywood and family
by Ron Howard
By turns confessional, nostalgic, heartwarming and harrowing, the award-winning filmmaker and his brother, an audience-favorite actor, share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors.
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Class mom : a novel
by Laurie Gelman
Frowned upon by conservative fellow PTA members for her past as a single parent, Jen reluctantly agrees to become class mom during her youngest child's kindergarten year, a role that is challenged by parent drama, hypersensitive allergies and a former flame.
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The complete guide to building your own tree house : for parents, kids, and adults who are kids at heart In the past few years, there has been a boom of interest in tree houses, but there are not many resources that show the average person how to build their own. This is where author Robert Miskimon and The Complete Guide to Building Your Own Tree House: For Parents and Adults Who Are Kids at Heart come in. In an easy-to-understand style, Miskimon covers all the bases from initial tree selection all the way to the final coat of paint. In between, nothing is left out. He covers safety, types of wood, fastener selection, and much more. That information alone is worth the price of this book. The Complete Guide to Building Your Own Tree House is a book you will want to keep close at hand while building.
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall SmithTasked with their Swedish Police Department's most unusual cases, lead detective Ulf Varg and his colorful associates investigate a bizarre stabbing, a lost imaginary boyfriend and a haunted spa. By the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
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Good riddance
by Elinor Lipman
Discarding her late mother's cherished and heavily annotated high school yearbook, Daphne is entangled in a series of absurdities when the yearbook is discovered by a busybody documentary filmmaker.
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Highfire : a novel
by Eoin Colfer
Burned out by the days of yore and passing his time in the Louisiana bayou watching Flashdance, a vodka-drinking dragon endures unexpected misadventures when he crosses paths with a 15-year-old troublemaker on the run.
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How to build your own greenhouse : designs and plans to meet your growing needs
by Roger Marshall
Unlock new growing opportunities and increase your property value with an outdoor conservatory. In this illustrated guide, Roger Marshall shows you how to build our own greenhouse using simple, easy-to-follow techniques. Covering everything from selecting a site to glazing glass, Marshall includes tips on laying a foundation, construction materials, ventilation, and much more. Whether your goal is to stretch the growing season or create a lush space for a year-round hot tub, you can build the greenhouse of your dreams.
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It's all relative : adventures up and down the world's family tree
by A. J. Jacobs
The best-selling author of The Year of Living Biblically traces his three-year investigation into what constitutes family, describing how after receiving an e-mail from a stranger who claimed to be a distant cousin, he embarked on an effort to build the biggest family tree in history.
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It's not all downhill from here : a novel
by Terry McMillan
Confident that her best days are still ahead, a successful businesswoman relies on close friends and her resourcefulness when an unexpected loss turns her world upside down. By the best-selling author of Waiting to Exhale.
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Just like you
by Nick Hornby
Miserably married to a man with whom she once shared everything in common, Lucy forges an unexpected bond with her 22-year-old babysitter, a man from an entirely different class, culture and generation. By the best-selling author of About a Boy.
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Miss Benson's beetle : a novel
by Rachel Joyce
Leaving London behind, Margery Benson, a schoolmarm and spinster in 1950, embarks on a quest to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession - the golden beetle of New Caledonia - with the help of a fun-loving assistant who changes her life forever.
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One more thing : stories and other stories
by B. J. Novak
A debut collection by a writer for the Emmy Award-winning series The Office includes the title story, in which a boy's lucrative sweepstakes win proves more harm than good for his family.
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Portuguese irregular verbs
by Alexander McCall Smith
Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld investigates the world of archaic Irishisms, takes part in a duel with his friend Professor Dr. Dr. Florianus Prinzel, and falls for a dentist fatale, in a comic novel by the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
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Professor Chandra follows his bliss : a novel
by Rajeev Balasubramanyam
An internationally renowned, curmudgeon economist and divorced father of three survives an accident before whimsically trading in his high-stress Nobel Prize ambitions to pursue elusive happiness. By the award-winning author of In Beautiful Disguises.
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Pug actually
by Matt Dunn
Doug, a rescue pug, wants his owner, Julie, who is in a bad relationship, to be happy and sets in motion a chain of events that leads her to Tom, whom Doug believes is perfect for her, if only she can get over her initial animosity towards him.
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The road trip
by Beth O'Leary
Forced to take a road trip together to their friend's wedding in Scotland, former lovers Dylan and Addie are forced to confront the choices they made that tore them apart - and ask themselves whether that final decision was the right one after all.
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Seinfeldia : how a show about nothing changed everything
by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
An uproarious behind-the-scenes account of the creation of the hit television series describes how comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld dreamed up the idea for an unconventional sitcom over coffee and how in spite of network skepticism and minimal plotlines achieved mainstream success.
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A shot in the dark
by Lynne Truss
On the verge of revealing the criminal mastermind behind a 1945 unsolved mystery, a famed theater critic is shot dead, leaving Sergeant Jim Brunswick and Constable Twitten to solve both the decades-old crime and the more recent murder.
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Single, carefree, mellow : stories
by Katherine Heiny
A collection of 10 stories is filled with unwelcome house guests, disastrous birthday parties, needy but loyal friends, betrayal, jealousy and flirtatious older men and takes readers on a guided tour of the human heart.
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Surprise me : a novel
by Sophie Kinsella
When the fragile contentment in their marriage is shattered by someone's casual remark about how many more years they will be together, Sylvie and Dan agree to arrange surprises for each other to revitalize their relationship, only to encounter a comical series of mishaps. By the best-selling author of the Shopaholic series.
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Where the deer and the antelope play : the pastoral observations of one ignorant American who loves to walk outside
by Nick Offerman
In July 2019, Nick took a hiking trip to Glacier National Park with his friends Jeff Tweedy and George Saunders. The trip, and the conversations between the three men, began a study and exploration of both the American West and its National Parks that addresses so many of the important issues that affect America today. This book both maps out the group's travels and dives deeply into subjects such as: the history and geology of the National Parks of the West; farming, animal life, and conservation; the importance of outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing.
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White elephant : a novel
by Julie Langsdorf
When the owner of a gaudy monstrosity of a house compromises suburban aesthetics to sell the property, his fed-up neighbors stumble over private challenges to orchestrate an increasingly hostile, laugh-out-loud turf war.
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