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Home, Garden, and DIY September 2020
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| Decoding Your Cat: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Cat Behaviors and... by American College of Veterinary Behaviorists; edited by Meghan E. Herron, Debra F. Horwitz, and Carlo SiracusaWhat's inside: accessible, in-depth chapters discussing cat behavior, promoting good health, and what to do when problems occur, along with explanatory anecdotes, illustrations, and charts.
Chapters include: The Language of Meow; Living with Multiple Cats; My House Is Not Your Toilet; Growing Old with Grace.
Did you know? Kids with cats have a lower risk of developing asthma. |
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Every Tool's a Hammer : Life Is What You Make It
by Adam Savage
Who: One of the most beloved figures in science and tech, MythBusters special-effects artist, shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality.
What: Stories from forty-plus years of making and molding, building and breaking, along with lessons learned along the way, this book is meant to be a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop's worth of notes on the tools, techniques, and materials. Why: if everything goes well, you will hopefully save a few mistakes (and maybe fingers) as well as help turn your curiosities into creations. The author hopes this book inspires you to build, make, invent, explore, and -- most of all -- enjoy the thrills of being a creator.
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Gardening Your Front Yard : Projects and Ideas for Big & Small Spaces
by Tara Nolan
How to: Treat your front yard like a backyard without sacrificing beauty - from choosing the right plants to building walkways and setting up a front yard patio.
What you'll find: How to accomplish several hardscaping projects, such as laying a mowing border and building a walkway; inspiration to create a rain garden; and DIY instructions for making your own raised beds, a bench, a privacy screen, and more; plus lots of planting ideas.
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Wild Interiors : Beautiful Plants in Beautiful Spaces
by Hilton Carter
How to: Create luscious interiors that not only look amazing but are good for your well-being, too.
Plant Journey: The author's inspirations, his top ten favorite house plants, and a showcase of the homes of 12 inspiring plant parents that demonstrate the versatility of decorating with plants. View room by room, the plants that are most suited to each. See how bringing houseplants into your home creates instant impact.
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Filling Your Fall With Fun |
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Beginning Color Mixing : Tips and Techniques for Mixing Vibrant Colors and Cohesive Palettes
by Kimberly Adams
Mix any color your palette needs: The concept and technique-driven approach makes this challenging subject approachable for artists of any skill level.
What's inside: Loaded with techniques on how to use and create color for vivid artwork, basic color theory, hue and saturation, value, temperature, color relationships and how to wield color to create mood and atmosphere. Each key concept is clearly explained, allowing you to master the core techniques and put them into practice immediately whether you're working in oil, acrylic, or watercolor.
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The Big Book of Holiday Paper Crafts
by Jennifer Schaerer
Presents: Design ideas and projects for paper craft decorations and gifts that can be created for different holidays
What you'll find: Hundreds of ideas for major holidays and all the seasons are the focus - more than 450 paper crafted cards, gift bags, boxes, wall hangings, mini albums, journals, frames, party decor and more.
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501 Enchanting Embroidery Designs : Irresistible Stitchables to Brighten Up Your Life
by Boutique-Sha
What you'll find: Simple hand embroidery motifs drawn from life's small pleasures, including woodland animals, kitchen and garden items, and flowers; hundreds of creative designs you can use to personalize all sorts of things from a little hand-sewn gift, to personalized linens and cushions, to a well-worn and well-loved pair of jeans.
Why you'll like this: These freestyle designs are easy even for novices and will add that special touch to anything—from an apron for your best friend to the neckline of your favorite top. You are certain to find designs here that are perfect for every occasion and any object which you wish to make special.
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Magpies, Homebodies, and Nomads : a Modern Knitter's Guide to Discovering and Exploring Style
by Cirilia Rose
New knitwear design: Cirilia Rose is the epitome of the new knitwear designer—young, educated, curious, and excited to share her passion for all ideas knit and purl. Taking readers behind the scenes of her design process, Rose shares her modern aesthetic and encourages knitters to develop their own.
25 projects: Three categories - Magpies (accessories for the small amounts of precious yarns that knitters inevitably collect), Homebodies (garments for time spent close to home), and Nomads (garments to wear when venturing out into the world).
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Monarchs and milkweed : a migrating butterfly, a poisonous plant, and their remarkable story of coevolution
by Anurag A. Agrawal
Migration: Between August and November Monarch butterflies will travel over 3,000 miles from North America to southern Mexico.
Discover: The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plant. Agrawal presents a vivid investigation into how the monarch butterfly has evolved closely alongside the milkweed—a toxic plant named for the sticky white substance emitted when its leaves are damaged—and how this inextricable and intimate relationship has been like an arms race over the millennia, a battle of exploitation and defense between two fascinating species.
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Matthew Mead's monster book of Halloween
by Matthew Mead
What you'll find: A treasury of party ideas, craft and decoration instructions, and costume patterns. Explains how to transform store-bought basics easily, from using no-boil lasagna for Yummy Mummy Meatloaf to decorating a pumpkin with yarn and push-pins.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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