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Home, Garden, and DIY November 2018
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| The New Essentials Cookbook: A Modern Guide to Better Cooking by America's Test KitchenAn informative, reader-friendly guide that includes 200 recipes, equipment recommendations, smart prep techniques you may not have thought of, and even explanations of how and why food behaves certain ways (like why certain cheeses melt better than others).
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The Happy Cookbook : A Celebration of the Food That Makes America Smile
by Steve Doocy
While eating well is crucial for your well-being, it's just one piece of the puzzle. In addition to sharing her energy-boosting recipes, Australia's favorite nutritionist Lola Berry is here to help you discover other key pillars of happiness and wellness, including exercise, mindfulness, sleep and mental health, while offering professional advice and tales from personal experience. Based on nutritious whole foods, these recipes are gluten-free with minimal dairy and no refined sugar.
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Run Fast, Cook Fast, Eat Slow : Quick-Fix Recipes for Hangry Athletes
by Shalane Flanagan
A follow-up to the New York Times best-seller Run Fast. Eat Slow is aimed at busy young athletes looking for nutritious recipes to fuel their lives, in a book that includes recipes for such dishes as Superhero Muffins, Pizza Bolognese, Baked Avocado and more
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Winter Drinks : 70 Essential Cold-Weather Cocktails
by Punch
Packed with hot, spiced, and buttered seasonal imperatives, plus plenty of nostalgic favorites and homegrown creations, Winter Drinks offers the ultimate collection of cold-weather cocktails, both classic and modern. Curated by the PUNCH editorial team with the help of its network of top bartenders, each recipe has been tested and adapted to contemporary tastes, alongside creative tweaks that offer new ways to incorporate the season's flavors into foolproof drinks. PUNCH covers the ins and outs of making a spirit infusion, how to batch drinks for a crowd, how to bottle favorite stirred drinks and freeze them ahead for on-the-fly Manhattans and martinis, three-step syrups and shrubs to keep on hand, and tips and tools to build a winter-ready bar.
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5-gallon Bucket Book : DIY Projects, Hacks and Upcycles
by Chris Peterson
Five-gallon buckets are ubiquitous and cheap (indeed, they are often free). But did you know they can also be hacked, hot-rodded, reengineered, and upcycled to create dozens of useful DIY projects for homeowners, gardeners, small-scale farmers, and preppers? The 5-Gallon Bucket Book contains 60+ ideas that put these humble and hard-working mainstays to work past their prime and keep them out of landfills. Simple step-by-step instructions, as well as parts lists and images of the completed projects, make sure you will have fun and love the results of your work.
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Building With Secondhand Stuff : How to Reclaim, Repurpose, Re-use & Upcycle Salvaged & Leftover Materials
by Chris Peterson
From Craig's List, your basement, and estate sales, you can salvage what you need to upcycle all kinds of cool things. You can build tables, install vintage hardwood floors and salvaged windows, mason reclaimed stone walls, and do much more using free or very inexpensive, high-quality, reconditioned materials.
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Unscrewed : Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More From Your Old Electronics
by Edwin J. C. Sobey
"Perfect for the do-it-yourselfer, this handy guide to household electronics gives the weekend workbench enthusiast a multitude of ideas on how to salvage valuable parts from old electronics and turn them into useful gadgets once more. This handbook is loaded with information and helpful tips for disassembling old and broken electronics. Each of the more than 50 deconstruction projects includes a "treasures cache" of the components to be found, a required tools list, and step-by-step instructions with photos on how to safely extract the working components. Projects include building a desk lamp from an old flatbed scanner, a barbeque supercharger from a Dustbuster impeller, and a robot from the gears, rollers, and stepper motor found in an ink-jet printer. Now, old VHS players and fax machines will find new life with these fun ideas"
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Attitudes of Gratitude: Our Thankful Angels
Tuesday, November 13, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
When we live in the spirit of gratitude, we are freed from the fear of scarcity. Join us as we create scenes and experiences of gratitude with our visual imaging and share Thanksgiving philosophy. For more information, call Ange Benz at 219-874-3754.
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Needle Arts League
Thursdays, September 13 & 20, 5:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Needle Arts League of Michigan City, formerly known as the Knit Club, joins the library in promoting all forms of needle arts. Membership is open to anyone interested in needle arts such as crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, crewel, tatting, and other hand stitching. All skill levels and ages are welcome. An exchange of skills and materials is encouraged. For more information, call 219-873-3049.
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Bookmarks: Where the Crawdads Sing
Friday, November 16, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
Patricia Klewer will review Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life–until the unthinkable happens.
This program will be offered at the Westchester Township Museum in Chesterton on Thursday, November 15 at 2:00 pm.
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Films on DVD Series: Finding Your Feet
Sunday, November 18, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Films on DVD Fall series is a collaboration with Purdue Northwest. When Sandra Abbot discovers that her husband of 40 years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks refuge in London with her estranged older sister, Bif. The two could not be more different–Sandra is a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial-dating, free-spirited sibling. But different is just what Sandra needs at the moment. A feel-good romantic comedy that proves it’s never too late to find love. Rated PG-13. The film is shown in collaboration with the Purdue Northwest Odyssey Arts and Cultural program.
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Axis 360 eBooks
Find popular fiction, non-fiction, and picture e-books and e-audiobooks for children, teens, and adults! It's simple--just download the app on your device, search for "Michigan City Public Library", and log in with your library card number and PIN.
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Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center
Detailed “how-to” instructions and creative ideas for many popular hobbies, crafts, and recreational activities. Includes thousands of magazines and more than 700 videos on arts & crafts, collecting, electronics & games, home & leisure, model building, needlecrafts & textiles, outdoors activities, scrapbooking, and much more. Also includes recipe collection. Log in with your library card number. Don’t have a library card? Sign up now to get an eCard.
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Home Improvement Reference Center
Illustrated, user-friendly “how-to” information covering home improvement/repair projects, including electrical, plumbing, woodworking, maintenance, outdoor projects, remodeling, decorating, and more. Includes hundreds of home repair books and magazines and more than 100 videos covering popular repair projects. Log in with your library card number. Don’t have a library card? Sign up now to get an eCard.
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Library Catalog
Look up books and other materials, place items on hold, and more.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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