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Home, Garden, and DIY September 2019
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The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Contentment, Comfort, and Connection
by Louisa Thomsen Brits
What it is: a quiet, thoughtful guide with color photos and inspiring quotations that explains all the things hygge can be and encourages readers to embrace it in their own way. Half-Danish author Louisa Brits shares practical advice, too.
Want a taste? "Hygge is a feeling that most of us know but can't quite define. To give a name to an experience is to pay attention to it."
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The Art of Gathering : How We Meet and Why It Matters
by Priya Parker
A conflict resolution facilitator describes why most of the gatherings in our lives are boring and unproductive and uses examples ranging from conferences and meetings to courtrooms and flash mobs to demonstrate how simple, but specific changes can energize any gathering.
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Graphic Design for Everyone : Understand the Building Blocks So You Can Do It Yourself
by Cath Caldwell
There have never been more opportunities to promote yourself online or in print, but to succeed, you need to master the art of visual communication--combining type, image, and color into an appealing, accessible message. Graphic Design for Everyone shows you how to define your brand and your message then takes you through the basic principles of design.
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| Making Space, Clutter Free: The Last Book on Decluttering You'll Ever Need by Tracy McCubbinWhat it is: a decluttering book that addresses why clutter happens and how to stop it by focusing on seven emotional blocks (such as "My Fantasy Stuff for My Fantasy Life") in addition to organizing advice.
Want a taste? "What I have discovered over the thousands of decluttering jobs I have done is that when clutter has gotten the upper hand, there is inevitably an emotional root."
Did you know? Families in the United States have 3.1% of the world's children, but buy 40% of toys sold. |
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Start at the End : How to Build Products That Change Behavior
by Matt Wallaert
A behavioral scientist and technology entrepreneur provides a new framework for design in which companies focus on understanding what people want to do and why they aren't already doing it and build products that fill this gap.
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| Milk Street: Tuesday Nights by Christopher KimballWhat's inside: internationally inspired recipes from the popular PBS TV series, divided by category (Fast, Faster, Fastest, Easy Additions, Supper Salads, Pizza Night, One Pot, Roast and Simmer, and Sweets).
Winner of... both the 2019 James Beard Award and IACP Award for General Cookbook.
Read this next: Ellie Krieger's Weeknight Wonders, America's Test Kitchen's Dinner Illustrated, or Melissa Clark's Dinner. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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