Concrete Garden Projects is a step-by-step guide full of easy, do-it-yourself project ideas for beautiful, functional garden decorations.
From redwoods to dwarf varieties, conifers are presented in all their astonishing diversity in this comprehensive photographic survey, which includes over 1180 color photos of most of the conifers in cultivation, both in garden and wild settings.
Profusely illustrated with more than 1,500 crisp photographs and brimming with concise descriptions of both species and their numerous cultivars, this meticulously researched reference provides information — including size, appearance, hardiness, preferred growing conditions and susceptibility to pests and diseases — for almost every hardy conifer you're likely to encounter.
At once a bold defense and reimagining of capitalism and a blueprint for a new system for doing business, Conscious Capitalism is for anyone hoping to build a more cooperative, humane, and positive future.
Filled with plant suggestions and hints for successfully incorporating foliage into your garden, this book explains basic leaf shapes and tonal palettes, and how to pleasingly balance them in your garden.
Filled with plant suggestions and hints for successfully incorporating foliage into your garden, this book explains basic leaf shapes and tonal palettes, and how to pleasingly balance them in your garden.
With professional gardener Nancy J. Ondra as the guide, anyone (green thumb or not) can plant designer container gardens using just five plants carefully selected to be perfect partners. From elegant whites to rich reds and stunning succulents to wonderful window boxes, these 42 designs offer the perfect combination for every home style, container, and taste.
Everyone loves cookies! And if they're easy to make and delicious to eat, even better. The 40 recipes in this giftable collection are easy to make in just one bowl, with instructions that busy readers, small children, and baking beginners all can follow. Warm, crave-worthy cookies are just minutes away.
This special slipcase edition includes two best-selling kids’ kitchen guides, Cooking Class and the IACP award–winning Baking Class, plus a bonus cutting board.
Cooking with Coconut showcases the versatility of the coconut with creative recipes for using it in all its forms and flavors, from breakfast dishes to ethnic-inspired curries and sweet desserts.
Stop throwing away your food scraps and start enjoying them on your table! A collection of 80 surprising, creative, delicious recipes for anyone who wants to cook smart, sustainable, and impressive meals out of unused bits of produce, cheese rinds, stale bread, and other oft-discarded foods.
By featuring delightful rural images and timeless country sayings, Country Life Coloring Book provides a distinctive take on the hot coloring book trend.
From the creative vision of Merce Cunningham to the brave voice of Bernie Whitebear, Courageous People from Washington Who Changed the World is a young child's first introduction to the brave people from their home state who made a difference.
A celebration of the cat lady life with charming artwork (by Nes, a regular Flow illustrator) and clever text (by Es) including cat facts, quotes, scenes, and more.
A gift that celebrates the self-declared crazy plant lady, her green thumb, and her passion for her succulents, houseplants, and other "plant babies" with fun quotes, plant puns, and charming illustrations.
Here’s a practical and seasonal take on the coloring trend, with 30 ready-to-color Christmas cards and envelopes that feature cozy holiday scenes, festive decorations, and timeless sayings, as well as 5 pop-out ornaments.
In this uplifting guide, bestselling author Jessi Bloom inspires you to turn any outdoor space, from a small balcony to a large garden, into a personal sanctuary for health and wellness.
A classic among practical gardening guides, this reference has been thoroughly revised and updated, making it even more valuable to gardeners. This thorough, handy text will show you how to enjoy the benefits and rewards of making more plants.
From the creative minds at Flow magazine, a practical and inspirational guide to finding the courage creativity requires: the courage to fail, the courage to step out of one's comfort zone, the courage to be bored, the courage to get started. Twelve creative "dares" are presented with text, illustration, fill-in pages, and paper goodies—all in the name of inspiring creative activity.
Finish projects on time, within budget, without compromise.
From the best-selling One-Skein Wonders® series, a collection of projects for crocheters.
The second totally crochet-focused collection in the best-selling One-Skein Wonders series (over 500,000 copies in print), with 101 projects to make for babies and toddlers.
Foxes, cows, jellyfish, owls, skunks, deer, and more come alive in these 30 whimsical projects that are crocheted using the popular amigurumi technique, then mounted for display as unique conversation starters and home decor. Easy to make and bursting with tongue-in-cheek humor.
These beautiful bulbs are fully described and illustrated in superb watercolors and pencil sketches of each species in its native habitat.
Based on 40 years of teaching experience and 30 years of clinical psychology experience, Crush Your Test Anxiety distills the best practices used by elite athletes, artists, and top business performers to create a system that can be applied to any test for higher performance.
A delightful, true story of growing up with a sister with Asperger's syndrome.
This lavishly illustrated book shows garden designers how to create and manage landscapes using plants that self seed.
Your home isn't just what's under your roof. Make an outdoor space that you love to spend time in with this fresh approach to garden design.
This preserving guide not only shows how to make protein-rich foods last longer, but also how to make them taste even more delicious. Creative and accessible recipes for the home cook include beef jerky, smoked salmon, brined cheese, and more.
Are you curious or just distracted? In Curious, Ian Leslie argues that curiosity is more important than ever for individual and societal success, yet increasingly difficult to harness in our wired world.
This absorbing debut memoir recounts an American gardener’s apprenticeship with the most prestigious gardening firm in Kyoto.
From one of the most acclaimed writers of our time comes a horrifying tale about a young boy kidnapped by a sadistic killer and sexual predator known only as Daddy Love, a part-time reverend whose twisted desires know no bounds.
Exquisite plant portraits combine with an engaging narrative capture the spirit of these delightful spring flowers.
365 daily quotes, stunning full-color photography, and a handy ribbon to mark your place, Daily Mindfulness invites you to calm your mind, live now, and experience a richer, fuller life.
400 outrageously funny and shockingly bizarre "this or that" questions for adults, featuring a good dose of gross, a little bit of edge, and a lot of hilarity. What would you choose, when each choice is more nauseating or heinous than the other? Ask yourself, a friend, or a group!
Eagerly awaited by Daphne enthusiasts and collectors, this is an intensely practical account of a remarkably diverse and reputedly difficult genus. It will ensure daphnes are better known and more widely grown, and it will undoubtedly remain the standard work on daphnes for years to come.
A modern take on the classic party game of truth or dare: 200 silly, laugh-out-loud challenges for kids to pose to friends and family.
David Tanis’s biggest and most ambitious book yet: a true teaching book, organized ingredient by ingredient, with 200 recipes, variations, and text that illustrates ways to improvise on basic themes.
A taut, provocative mystery with an African backdrop and a telling psychological portrait of a man and a nation haunted by the past.
This brilliantly atmospheric suspense novel revolves around a Cape Town detective racing to solve a terrifying series of murders.
Trusted columnist Libby Kiszner answers real questions from real teens about friendship.
Santa is all ready to leave on Christmas Eve, but last-minute letters are arriving from Oregon! How will Santa respond?
Santa is all ready to leave on Christmas Eve, but last-minute letters are arriving from Washington! How will Santa respond?
Mathematician Daphne Adler wades through the research to reveal which factors are truly threats to a healthy pregnancy and which are simply red herrings or old wives' tales. From cheese to sex to saunas, Debunking the Bump sheds light on everything expectant mothers need to know to avoid the real risks without skipping the sushi.
The complete guide to “greening” your space, with ideas and inspiration for adding plants to every room in your home, plus a directory of versatile, easy-to-care-for specimens.
With Augustus Jenkins Farmer as a guide, home gardeners can learn the skills needed to create and maintain a modern garden and reconnect with the tradition of garden mentorship and the wonder of the natural world.
This hardworking advice from Karen Chapman will help homeowners keep deer away through smart garden design strategies and deer-resistant plant options.
Deliberate Motherhood presents inspiring ideas, poignant stories, and practical applications to help mothers find great success and personal growth in the beautiful and challenging work of raising the next generation.
Gardeners throughout the world love these majestic tall flowers, but few are aware of the many colors and forms that are now available with the burst of new cultivars. The book introduces both wild and cultivated delphiniums, discusses breeding, the use of the flowers in the garden, and also covers cultivation and propagation.
“One of the world’s six most influential management thinkers” (Industry One) combines clever, counterintuitive stories about everyday life and human behavior to present a powerful, new way to understand demand: how to create it, how to maintain it.
Denrobiums are among the most popular orchids, and this study by three plant scientists who are also active orchid growers presents more than 400 of the species, all illustrated with color photographs.
Wondering what you are in for as you move to your first military base, or as you try to recover from numerous deployments? Deployed is the perfect solution for every member of a military family who wants a healthy family. From the time you finish boot camp to the time you return from your last deployment, this book provides principles that will guide you in your journey through family life in the military. In the face of extended war, record high divorces, and combat stress, professional on-base counselor Dr. Stanley Hall gives answers and directions for wading through it all and finding more happiness and success in your military family than you ever imagined.
The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for college. But when Caitlin disappears during an early morning run with her brother, Sean, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic.
The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for college. But when Caitlin disappears during an early morning run with her brother, Sean, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic.
The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for college. But when Caitlin disappears during an early morning run with her brother, Sean, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic.
All gardeners love plants, but if you love them too much you may end up with a plant collection rather than a garden. Help is at hand from confirmed plantaholic and architect Roger Turner, who describes how to indulge a passion for collecting plants without forfeiting the joys of a coherent, well-designed garden.
With Sara Delaney’s clear, detailed formulas and fill-in-the-blank templates, crocheters of all levels will discover how simple it is to create their own custom patterns for perfectly fitting head-to-toe accessories using any yarn or stitch pattern.
Choosing the right plant for the right place is essential and in Designing and Planting the Woodland Garden, Keith Wiley explains how to combine shade-loving plants and trees to create the richness of a forested woodland in your own garden.
Renovating and rejuvenating a spacious garden can be daunting, but renowned landscape designer Douglas Coltart shows that with clever planning, any gardener can achieve an aesthetically pleasing and highly livable space. With practical instructions, inspirational case studies, and photos of spacious gardens worldwide, this book will prove an indispensable resource for amateur and professional garden designers.
The pleasures of harvesting fresh food straight from your backyard can be multiplied a hundredfold by creating a garden that is not only productive, but also a beautiful, well-integrated part of the home landscape. In this handsome volume, Jennifer Bartley shows how the traditional features of the classic kitchen garden, or potager, can be adapted to contemporary American needs and conditions.
As the definitive guide to choosing and using palms, Designing with Palms is a must-have for nursery professionals and garden and landscape designers who want to integrate these valuable, underutilized ornamentals.
Based on New Wave planting, a spectacular naturalistic style of landscape design that values plants for form, texture, and year-round interest, this book will help you create original and captivating gardens.
Based on New Wave planting, a spectacular naturalistic style of landscape design that values plants for form, texture, and year-round interest, this book will help you create original and captivating gardens.
With updated plant lists, new photography, and beautiful featured gardens, this 10th anniversary edition of Designing with Succulents is essential for anyone who wants to create a lush garden of waterwise plants.
With updated plant lists, new photography, and beautiful featured gardens, this 10th anniversary edition of Designing with Succulents is essential for anyone who wants to create a lush garden of waterwise plants.
Reusable vinyl stickers provide an irresistible tool for playing with garden arrangements — layering and rearranging until you have the perfect combination. The accompanying five-step design primer makes garden designing accessible to everyone!
A New York Times bestseller! An explosive exposé of Detroit, icon of America’s lost prosperity, from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff.
A gripping suspense novel about revenge, forgiveness, and the race to catch a trained killer.
A revolutionary book of practical advice and inspiration for parenting "differently wired" kids—kids who are challenged by anxiety, ADHD, Asperger’s, giftedness, dyslexia, or other conditions—now in paperback. Filled with strategies and support, it will help every family discover newfound confidence, peace, and acceptance.
A revolutionary book of practical advice and inspiration for parenting "differently wired" kids—kids who are challenged by anxiety, ADHD, Asperger’s, giftedness, dyslexia, or other conditions—now in paperback. Filled with strategies and support, it will help every family discover newfound confidence, peace, and acceptance.
Award-winning author Lee Smith's fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. Now she has written her own story in fifteen essays that are both a moving personal portrait and a testament to embracing one’s heritage.
Award-winning author Lee Smith's fiction has lived and breathed with the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. Now she has written her own story in fifteen essays that are both a moving personal portrait and a testament to embracing one’s heritage.
Thinking she is merely checking in on a friend's nonagenarian dad, Isabel Vincent has no idea that the man in the kitchen cooking a sublime meal will end up changing her life. Dinner with Edward is a book about love, nourishment, and how dinner with a friend can, in the words of M. F. K. Fisher, “sustain us against the hungers of the world.”
Thinking she is merely checking in on a friend's nonagenarian dad, Isabel Vincent has no idea that the man in the kitchen cooking a sublime meal will end up changing her life. Dinner with Edward is a book about love, nourishment, and how dinner with a friend can, in the words of M. F. K. Fisher, “sustain us against the hungers of the world.”
A brand-new book in the 2-million-copy Photicular series features images of dinosaurs--from T. Rex to Triceratops--that really move right on the page.
A combination of Dirr's bestselling books under one cover, adding new plants, new photographs, plus all new commentary in Dirr's signature style, Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs is the bible of woody plants.
This bestselling encyclopedia, illustrated with brilliant photographs, describes the best woody plants adapted to cooler climates, showing both the habit and details of more than 500 species, plus 700 additional cultivars and varieties. Brief cultural information is supplied for each plant, as well as Dirr's perceptive comments and opinions.
An indispensable companion to Dirr’s Hardy Shrubs and Trees is this encyclopedia for warmer regions. Included are more than 400 species and descriptions of hundreds more cultivars and varieties.
A sexy and sweet book of illustrations depicting what might go down in the produce aisle after dark. Impulse- and gift-friendly for Valentine's Day, bridal showers, and bachelorette/bachelor celebrations, and a juicy way to express your love with a squeeze of humor and sass.
From the land of 10,000 lakes comes the newest addition to Storey's successful Dishing Up series! Celebrate the distinctive personality of Minnesota's food culture and fresh, local ingredients, with 150 all-new recipes and beautiful photography showcasing the state's farms, chefs, and rich natural resources.
The Garden State's diversity shines through these recipes, which feature the bounty of tomatoes, corn, and cranberries the state produces, along with boardwalk treats and late-night diner bites.
Discover the flavors of New Mexico! In addition to a host of recipes, Dishing Up® New Mexico illustrates the culinary people, places, and traditions that set this state apart.
Three different sticky note pads feature small doodle prompts to start off a drawing, 100 per pack.
Three different sticky note pads feature small doodle prompts to start off a drawing, 100 per pack.
Three different sticky note pads feature small doodle prompts to start off a drawing, 100 per pack.
Could your child have PTSD? It's not as uncommon as you might think. Does My Child Have PTSD? informs readers about the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of post-traumatic stress in children.
Dogwood trees and shrubs are unquestionably among the superstars of the ornamental garden. Cappiello and Shadow provide a definitive treatment for gardeners and enthusiasts with helpful details on cultivation, combating pests and diseases, and the fundamentals of breeding and selection.
With her sometimes sassy and playful answers, Good Day Sacramento's etiquette expert Rosalinda Randall shows how easy it is to build a sparkling professional reputation by knowing how to handle workplace dilemmas.
With clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this innovative guide shows you how to cultivate 68 common shoots, seeds, pits, roots, and tubers that might otherwise end up in the compost bin.
In this hilarious ode to the treat with a hole, bright photographic illustrations bring donuts to life like never before! With donut cops (of course), donut pirates (why not), maple bar lumberjacks (eh?), coffee jacuzzis, and a bakeshop full of donut puns, Donuts: The Hole Story is a delicious romp through a world filled with (and made of) everyone's favorite fat-fried friends.
A middle-grade book where you draw the story! This swashbuckling pirate tale is like a visual Mad Libs, where readers draw and doodle the details of the story.
Pick up a pencil or pen. Sharpen your imagination! Here’s an adventure story where you, the reader, directly participate. DOODLE ADVENTURES: THE SEARCH FOR SLIMY SPACE SLUGS! marries the pleasures of doodling and drawing with the fun of a ripping good story. Like a visual Mad Libs chapter book, or a graphic novel where the reader gets to help with the graphics, it celebrates engaging, gamelike, fill-in fun for middle-grade readers. Set in space, the book invites the reader to join Carl, a duck and member of a super-secret international group of explorers, on a journey in search of a very important grail-like object—a jar with an artifact that’s gone missing. By the end of the adventure, you’ll have cowritten a tale you can read again and again and show off to family and friends.
With a new foreword by Roy Dicks and Val Biro’s charming drawings, the Timber Press edition of Down the Kitchen Sink, in which Nicholls describes his forays into the realm of cooking, deservedly takes its place among Beverley’s classics on gardens, homes, cats, and other friends.
Clear step-by-step instructions show how to render with botanical accuracy a wide range of plants and plant parts — from flowers and fruits, leaves and bark, to fungi, mosses, and seaweeds. Detailed examples illustrate techniques including pencil, ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylics, and scraper board, making this a complete instructional course in drawing and painting plants.
Examples and illustrations feature over three dozen different artists and their varied sketching styles. Detailed step-by-step drawing instructions are helpful for both beginning and experienced artists.
With tons of color photographs and a DVD with over 2 hours of hilarious instructional videos, this is the perfect how-to book for all levels of puppetry skill, from beginners to master artisans. With instructions on making hand puppets, turning stuffed animals into puppets, building mechanical puppets, finding accessories, performing, inventing voices, building stages, and more, this is the most comprehensive book of its kind. And with jokes and puppet humor throughout, it’s not just a handbook—it’s a joy to read!
Drops of Awesome is a guided discovery journal based on Kathryn Thompson’s viral blog post Drops of Awesome that teaches women to recognize the good in themselves, celebrate their tiny triumphs, and build a life of uplift, while silencing their inner critics.
A witty, straight-shooting parenting book to help parents build a solid relationship with their kids, improve children’s behavior and decision-making, and prepare kids to steer their own futures—while laughing a little along the way.
Dude to Dad: The First Nine Months contains absolutely no expert advice or medical guidance.You can read about mucus plugs and colostrum elsewhere. What you will find is a candid, quick and often irreverent roadmap for making the most of your own personal transition from Dude to Dad.
Campanulas have long been a gardeners’ favourite, and here their lesser-known relatives, the diminutive yet exuberant dwarf campanulas, take centre stage. Graham Nicholls describes more than 200 campanulas, and more than 100 related plants, discussing their natural habitats and offering cultivation and propagation advice.
This lucid account of plants from which natural dyes can be obtained will be welcomed not only by all who work with fiber arts but also by botanists.
The dyeing of textiles and other materials is a rewarding and delightful way to bring the colors of nature to daily living. In this fascinating book, the authors have compiled extensive information to bring the techniques, plants, and lore of natural dyeing within every reader’s reach.
Hunter/environmentalist Jackson Landers’ unorthodox approach to solving the problems caused by invasive species: Eat them!
The extraordinary story of how a restless restaurant owner from a mobbed-up New Jersey town became an international diplomat to the world’s most isolated nation.
Become a better gardener by understanding the diversity of organisms in your garden and the interactions among them that make your garden a miniature ecosystem.
A well-rounded look at mushrooms, including their cultivation, ethnobotanical uses, and the fascinating roles they play in nature. Included is expert advice on how to identify and distinguish between edible and harmful wild mushrooms.
From the leading research scientist on marriage and family and author of the million-copy bestseller The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, a program of eight lively, conversation-based dates for couples to capture essential conversations for a lifetime of love and commitment.
Experienced farmer and author Ann Larkin Hansen offers practical advice for choosing the right fencing for your needs, planning and installing your fence, and performing ongoing testing and maintenance.
In this comprehensive and inspirational compendium, silver aficionados Jo Ann Gardner and Karen Bussolini have selected and vividly illustrated the best silver plants for a broad range of growing and design needs. Whether you decide to add a dash of quicksilver or the soothing perfume of an ancient herb, this in-depth guide to plants of uncommon beauty and versatility is certain to change the way you see and plant your garden.
From New York Times bestselling author Marta McDowell, an illustrated exploration of how gardening and plants inspired Emily Dickinson, one of the most beloved poets of all time.
In Chicago in the Roaring Twenties, a charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz enticed hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million in phantom timberland and oil wells in Panama. This tale of a brilliant con man, the Bernie Madoff of his day, is a fascinating account of a criminal and an era, and the methods of swindlers throughout history.
In Chicago in the Roaring Twenties, a charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz enticed hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million in phantom timberland and oil wells in Panama. This tale of a brilliant con man, the Bernie Madoff of his day, is a fascinating account of a criminal and an era, and the methods of swindlers throughout history.
In Chicago in the Roaring Twenties, a charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz enticed hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million in phantom timberland and oil wells in Panama. This tale of a brilliant con man, the Bernie Madoff of his day, is a fascinating account of a criminal and an era, and the methods of swindlers throughout history.
At last, an overview of gardenworthy dahlias for every garden design. Nearly 700 selections are included, complete with notes on their history, awards, and cultural peculiarities.
Whether you are a beginner, a committed pteridophile, or anything in between, this expansive, well-organized, and lavishly illustrated volume will be the first place you’ll turn to deepen your knowledge and appreciation of the fascinating world of ferns.
This lavishly illustrated book with 795 photographs offers thorough coverage of more than 1000 hydrangea species, subspecies, varieties, and cultivars.
The choice water garden plants are all here in gorgeous color. Waterlilies and lotuses, marginal plants, floating plants, bog plants, and submerged plants are discussed, with complete information on hardiness, culture, propagation, and pests and diseases.
Learn how to construct a fancy cat water fountain, cat shelves, and more, in this whimsical but practical guide. Aerospace engineer Mac Delaney leads readers through 10 projects that solve everyday cat-people problems, complete with step-by-step illustrations.
ENGLISH MAJORS. You know who you are and here is a double-CD celebrating the secret society of those who, though they may be chauffeuring kids to swim lessons or writing Unix programs or frying cheeseburgers, still could, if need be, write a term paper on the water imagery in The Waste Land.
For a critical element of American society, including many of its wealthiest and most powerful, there seems to be no limit today on what "enough" entails.
The excesses are most starkly visible in the continuing crisis in banking and investment, and even in the two enormous government-sponsored (but publicly owned) mortgage lenders, to say nothing of the billion-dollar-plus annual paychecks that top hedge-fund managers draw down and the excessive compensation paid to CEOs, regardless of performance.
Throughout his legendary career, John Bogle—founder of the Vanguard mutual fund group, and creator of the first index mutual fund—has helped investors build wealth the right way and led a tireless campaign to restore common sense to the investment world. Along the way, he’s seen how destructive an obsession with financial success can be. Now, with Enough, he puts this dilemma in perspective.
Bogle offers his unparalleled insights on money, on the values we should emulate in our business and professional callings, and on what we should consider as the true treasures in our lives. By explaining what "enough" truly is, he demonstrates how close everyone can be to having it.
From Cherokee Purple to Green Zebra, midgets to giants, solids to stripes, explore the how-to of growing, harvesting, and enjoying flavorful tomatoes, including author Craig LeHoullier’s picks for the top ten tastiest varieties.
From Cherokee Purple to Green Zebra, midgets to giants, solids to stripes, explore the how-to of growing, harvesting, and enjoying flavorful tomatoes, including author Craig LeHoullier’s picks for the top ten tastiest varieties.
Perennials—herbaceous plants that go dormant in the fall and then return in the spring—are the main fabric of any ornamental garden. With Essential Perennials, gardeners of all levels can cultivate a home garden lush with enduring colors, rhythms, and forms.
Essential Pruning Techniques is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide from Tony Kirkham, one of the leading experts on the topic.
The much-anticipated debut from Esquire’s Chef of the Year, who runs one of the world’s 50 best restaurants
Includes jokes from Prairie Home Companion “joke shows” airing between 2004 and 2008, and additional skits. Even More also includes the song “The Sound of Chickens,” (performed to the tune “The Sound of Silence”).
Best-selling crochet author and popular teacher Edie Eckman shares an astonishing array of 139 new, colorful, and creative border designs for embellishing both crochet and knitted projects.
From the internationally renowned Network for Grateful Living comes this inspiring gift book for everyone looking to increase their daily dose of gratitude and make a difference for others.
This full-color, illustrated workbook helps readers turn their outdoor space into a personal sanctuary by providing prompts that help them dream, imagine, plan, and reflect.
An anti-inspiration book that celebrates what we all know, deep in our hearts: Everything is definitely not going to be OK. Snarky sayings are beautifully illustrated to capture those everyday inner thoughts to pitch-perfect, tongue-in-cheek effect.
Joyce Carol Oates is one of the world’s foremost chroniclers of the darkness that may lie within the human heart. In this collection of four terrifying novellas Oates shows just how far awry true love can go.
Evolution of Cocoons is a firsthand account of mothering a child who suffers from debilitating mental and developmental illnesses. The book offers readers an intimate glimpse into the life of a family reeling from the effects of such diseases; everyone is brave and flawed. It is an honest, brutal, introspective, and searching look into a life corrupted by a child's imbalanced mind and a mother’s search for strength.
Mary Potter Kenyon's new guided journal offers readers an opportunity to reflect on the meaning and significance of loss and allows the griever to sort through all the conflicting emotions that arise after a death.
Guaranteed to bring unbridled joy to every kid and crafter who loves horses, Eyelike Stickers: Horses is the newest addition to the bestselling sticker book series that has over a million copies in print. And no wonder: Its over 400 equestrian-themed, full-color photographic and illustrated stickers are vibrant, beautifully detailed and lifelike—and durable, designed to be stuck on, peeled off, and stuck on again without tearing or losing adhesive.
400 stickers of kittens and kitten-inspired art—all reusable, beautiful, and full color.
Ahoy! 400 reusable stickers for playing, crafting, or collecting, all featuring pirates, ships, loot, and more.
400 stickers of puppies and puppy-inspired art—all reusable, beautiful, and full color.
Venture into a fairy village and learn the ABCs of the fairy world! Featuring stunning photography and art from the bestselling Fairy House, this adorable board book brings magic and wonder to the typical alphabet primer.
Take an alphabetized field trip around the Sunshine State and discover the plants, animals, foods, and places that make it, well, Florida!
Fail Brilliantly offers readers the tools needed to replace the conception of failure with new words and concepts that will transform your life.
Internationally recognized artists Michael and Debbie Schramer share step-by-step tips and tricks in more than 200 full-color illustrations to help you create beautiful, natural fairy houses and furniture.
Visually stunning collection of places within the fairy village. Images and scenes will amaze and delight fairy enthusiasts of all ages.
Popular illustrator Julia Rothman presents a colorfully entertaining visual tour of the parts of the farm and of the animals and activities found there, dissecting everything from cows, pigs, and roosters to the farmer’s breakfast, crop rotation patterns, tractors and tools, and much, much more.
The first comprehensive book to focus specifically on the fascinating world of working farm dogs, this highly photographic breed guide features 93 breeds of livestock guardians, herders, terriers, and other canines who have served as highly valued, working partners on the farm for generations. In-depth text highlights the history, temperament, and training that make these dogs uniquely qualified for their working roles.
The first comprehensive book to focus specifically on the fascinating world of working farm dogs, this highly photographic breed guide features 93 breeds of livestock guardians, herders, terriers, and other canines who have served as highly valued, working partners on the farm for generations. In-depth text highlights the history, temperament, and training that make these dogs uniquely qualified for their working roles.
With more than 100 stickers and nearly 150 colorful pop-out paper play fruits and veggies, banners, forms, and more, Farmers Market Create-and-Play Activity Book offers kids all the props they need to pretend they’re farmers, market managers, and cashiers. From growing the vegetables to setting up the farm stand and putting the play money in the homemade cash register, this kit-in-a-book offers a fresh spin on the timeless fun of playing store, with a little bit of healthy eating education woven in.
The Xerces Society, one of the most prominent conservation organizations in the United States, presents a comprehensive guide to creating farm habitats that will attract beneficial insects to reduce crop damage from pests without using pesticides.
Pediatrician Lisa Lewis offers the wisdom and proven caretaking practices of the cultures of the world, drawn from her own training, research, travel, and clinical experience.
A healthy gut is a happy gut! Fermented Vegetables offers lacto-fermentation fundamentals, recipes for tasty ferments, and ways to enjoy them during meals.
Guided by two experts, you can have the most useful and comprehensive advice on ferns for any region, with details on cultivation, identification, and landscaping.
Guided by two experts, you can have the most useful and comprehensive advice on ferns for any region, with details on cultivation, identification, and landscaping.
An encyclopedic treatment of more than 400 kinds of ferns including updated source lists. Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of its 75 Great American Garden Books.
Add both health and heat to your plate! The best-selling authors of Fermented Vegetables present an all-new array of techniques and formulas to make naturally fermented spicy sauces, relishes, and spreads — plus dozens of recipes that use your hot ferments.
Easy to read and hard to put down, Finding Family is the first book to chronicle the paradigm-shifting application of genetic genealogy to adoption search. Whether you're searching for your own roots or just craving a darn good read, Finding Family is a book you will likely devour in one sitting . . . and wholeheartedly recommend to others.
Ann Larkin Hansen shows you how to identify and refine your specific land needs using checklists and questionnaires.
Therapist Christy Monson professionally and compassionately describes how tragedy physically changes the brain and the body, and she provides powerful techniques to help heal those invisible wounds and cope with the turmoil of our day. Through detailed research, years of experience, and detailed interviews with survivors, Monson shows that there is hope for not just peace but also joy after tragedy.
Oprah favorite and bestselling coach Martha Beck offers a transformative guide readers can use to become miracle workers, harnessing healing power for themselves and for the world.
When a great white oak gifts an old man a branch imbued with magic, he carves five wooden dolls “each smaller than the last.” The wooden dolls take on a life of their own as they frolic from one season to the next bringing the old man and his wife a joy they had always longed for. Beautiful verse and stunning, traditional illustrations full of woodland creatures and playfully painted matryoshka dolls explore a tale of heartache, hope, and love.
Showcase colorful blooms and striking foliage in conditions from full sun to full shade, with easy, budget-friendly garden plans and season-by-season care tips.
This best-selling cookbook for busy, thrifty families offers an appealing solution: cook one recipe in bulk and stock the freezer with three nights of homemade meals. Now fully updated with new and revised recipes plus a fresh design.
In two volumes, this definitive and beautifully illustrated encyclopedia covers the globe with 20,000 plants described by their origin, cultivation requirements, growth habit, propagation, and pests and diseases. The introduction explains how the 12 climatic zones work and matches the environment and the plants that grow in those zones.
What better tool for quick access to the world's plants? With over 10,000 stunning color images and all the plant groups covered, the CD is searchable by plant group, hardiness zone, height, location, flower color, flowering season, and practical uses.
Best-selling author and noted illustrator of Nature Anatomy, Julia Rothman takes her pen into the kitchen with this charming, illustrated guide to all things edible around the globe. She focuses her curious eye on the origins, types, tools, traditions, and techniques behind the most popular foods and preparations, from breads to fish to spices and desserts.
A comprehensive survey of the plants that provide food, beverages, spices, and flavorings, this book will serve as an invaluable reference to gardeners, ethnobotanists, nutritionists, culinary professionals, dieticians, and food enthusiasts. This scientifically accurate guide will allow anyone to identify all the major plant-derived foods and flavors, research culinary uses, and understand their dietetic and nutritional properties. Introductory chapters cover the various categories of plant use, including cereals, pulses (legumes), nuts and seeds, fruits, vegetables, culinary herbs, sugar plants, beverages, spices, and flavorings. The core of the volume is an encyclopedic description of more than 350 food and flavor plants in use worldwide, with over 1000 color photographs. This accessible, pictorial guide is a concise source of practical information, not readily available elsewhere, and should be on every food enthusiast’s bookshelf.
A delicious collection of 80 specialty food recipes that are ideal for trading at food swaps or giving to friends and family as beautifully packaged gifts, along with guidance and inspiration on how to start a community food swap.
When you look at the actual science, there’s more hope for marriage than superficial media coverage of divorce rates would indicate. Parker-Pope shares some of that science for both successful couples who want to stay that way and troubled couples who want to turn their marriage around.
For Those with Empty Arms uses poetry and personal experiences to offer an empathetic voice for those experiencing infertility.
Discover the joy and wonder of connecting with the natural world. Poet and nature lover Hannah Fries leads inspiration-seekers through mindful communion with nature, based on the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, with a curated selection of poetry, quotations, and meditations.
With tens of thousands of individuals addicted to pornography, Fortify: The Fighter's Guide to Overcoming Pornography Addiction is the most complete and tested program to help teens and young adults overcome the addiction and create habits that will enable them to be successful in life.
In this hilarious book of animals, artist Gabe Pyle presents fourteen beloved animals who are definitely not an octopus—or are they?
With some 20,000 fragrant orchids available today, orchid lovers of all levels will delight in this unique approach to selecting new and exciting varieties of fragrant orchids. Profiles of more than 100 orchids and 355 varieties include cultivation information and detailed notes on each fragrance. This first-ever guide will help gardeners choose, grow, and showcase orchids with the right look and most enjoyable scents.
The respected author of Pass Through Panic offers listeners more sage advice on overcoming their debilitating anxiety.
In Free-Range Chicken Garden, Jessie Bloom explains how to have both a happy flock and a beautiful garden, leveraging the soil-building and weed-managing talents of these feathered gardening assistants.
Some of the funniest people on the planet share their stories and humor with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross.
More and more people want to add fish to their diets — it's good for you, and a fish dinner can be on the table in minutes — but many are unsure how to handle the cooking. New England-based cookbook author Jennifer Trainer Thompson takes the fear out of cooking fish with her simple but delicious recipes for baking, pan-frying, and grilling fish fillets, whole fish, clams, shrimp, lobster, calamari, and more. Her easy invitation to enjoying fresh Atlantic seafood will make confident cooks of all interested fish lovers.
More and more people want to add fish to their diets — it's good for you, and a fish dinner can be on the table in minutes — but many are unsure how to handle the cooking. New England-based cookbook author Jennifer Trainer Thompson takes the fear out of cooking fish with her simple but delicious recipes for baking, pan-frying, and grilling fish fillets, whole fish, clams, shrimp, lobster, calamari, and more. Her easy invitation to enjoying fresh Atlantic seafood will make confident cooks of all interested fish lovers.
An engaging collection of illustrated recipes for beginning to advanced cooks in a beautiful hardcover gift package. With just a few fresh ingredients and appealing visual interpretations of each recipe, anyone can quickly put together these satisfying snacks and light meals.
In the ninth Tom Thorne novel, a man long thought killed by his long-suffering wife, turns up alive. And other people begin to turn up dead.
In this groundbreaking guide, psychotherapist and educator Maria Clark Fleshwood provides a tested, six-step approach to engage, guide, and prepare their pre-teen daughters for the challenges and changes of adolescence.
Join the journey from grape to bottle in the fifth edition of this classic guide to winemaking. Covering the entire process and including solutions for problems, this is a must-have for current and new winemakers alike.
This inspirational book will encourage gardeners to grow and use a wider variety of edible plants. An informative and comprehensive guide to growing and using more than 300 species of fruit and nuts, it is suitable for home gardeners, horticulture professionals, orchardists, and nutritionists.
Every child gets bored or lonely. From award-winning author Tim J. Myers, Full of Empty will bring home the power of quality time.
J. T. Solo’s Galaxy’s End is perfect for classic science fiction fans wanting more spaceships, wormholes, interplanetary travel, and space drama. This futuristic story is a breathtaking ride.
In a series of chapters that takes us through the gardening year, Scott Ogden profiles hundreds of choice bulbs that thrive in the hot, humid summers and mild winters of the South. This new edition has been updated and significantly expanded with new information and photographs.
In a series of chapters that takes us through the gardening year, Scott Ogden profiles hundreds of choice bulbs that thrive in the hot, humid summers and mild winters of the South. This new edition has been updated and significantly expanded with new information and photographs.