Home, Garden, and DIY 
September 2025
New Releases
The vintage farmhouse garden : your guide to creating a vintage-inspired outdoor space
by Rhonda Kaiser

Combines vintage-inspired design with the farmhouse aesthetic to help readers create welcoming outdoor spaces, offering tips on planting fruits and flowers. The volume also includes decorating with vintage finds, styling porches and outbuildings, and entertaining with recipes that highlight fresh garden flavors. 
The modern pioneer pantry : a complete guide to preserving food
by Mary Bryant Shrader

Combining over 115 recipes with detailed instruction in traditional food preservation techniques, this guide teaches water-bath and pressure canning, pickling, fermenting, freezing, and drying.  It promotes a practical pantry system for reducing waste, saving money, and maximizing produce. 
The cook's garden : a gardener's guide to selecting, growing, and savoring the tastiest vegetables of each season
by Kevin West

Features practical gardening advice and seasonal cooking techniques to help readers grow and prepare their own produce—regardless of space. This also provides tips on preservation and reflections on the deeper value of cultivating and cooking food at home. 
Exploring Printmaking : A Practical Guide to Printmaking Techniques
by Gill Thompson

This practical guide offers a wide range of skills including mono printing, block-printing, lino printing, collagraph, dry point etching and eco printing. Each printmaking method is explained with clear step-by-step instructions, illustrations and simple projects that can be carried out at home without the need for costly or complicated tools and equipment.
My Neighbor Saw Me Naked and Other Reasons You Need Drapes : The Essential Decorating Handbook
by Annie Elliott

Decorating best practices from 20-plus years running an interior design business in Washington, DC, have been compiled into the perfect pocket manual; with chapters on window treatments to accessories, plus a "cheat sheet” of helpful dimensions..Readers will have all they need for a stylish, functional home. 
Zakka sewn : stitch, quilt, share & love : 20+ projects
by Rashida Coleman-Hale

Presents over 20 modern zakka designs, offering functional and stylish patterns for quilts, bags, home decor, and kitchen items, all unified by a contemporary color palette and the author's signature Ruby Star Society fabrics. 
The harmonious home : designing peaceful, personal spaces inspired by nature
by Rebecca Atwood

Natural landscapes as design inspiration help readers translate outdoor moods into interior choices—such as colors, textures, and materials. The author also offers practical decorating advice, visual examples, and expert tips for creating personalized, cohesive spaces grounded in emotional and sensory connection. 
Getting Schooled on Pie
Pie school : lessons in fruit, flour & butter
by Kate Lebo

Updated and expanded, this new edition of the classic cookbook, featuring 20 new recipes for mouthwatering pies, invites home bakers to ruminate on the social history, the meaning and the place of pie in the pantheon of favorite foods.
Small pies, big flavor / : 60 Big Flavor Bakes for 1 or 2
by Helen Nugent

An irresistible collection of delicious recipes for mini pies, tarts and galettes that pack twice the flavor in half the size. Whether you're looking for a sweet indulgence or a savory snack, these perfectly proportioned treats are designed to fit your everyday cravings, small gatherings or even a midnight snack--without leaving behind a pile of leftovers.
Elegant Pie : Transform Your Favorite Pies into Works of Art
by Karin Pfeiff-boschek

The recipes and techniques presented in this book give any home baker the tools they need to create breathtaking works of pie art. From preparation of the dough to the last moments of baking, all methods are clearly presented using step-by-step photographs. The 25 designs, arranged by three levels of difficulty, range from graphic art styles to seasonal-inspired florals. 
Pie Academy: Master the Perfect Crust and 255 Amazing Fillings, with Fruits, Nuts, Creams...
by Ken Haedrich

This is an a comprehensive, friendly guide for bakers of all levels that includes favorite tools and ingredients, 250 recipes (including for a variety of doughs), and an illustrated, step-by-step pie-making tutorial.
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