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Home, Garden, and DIY September 2017
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| 350+ crochet tips, techniques, and trade secrets by Jan EatonOffering a treasury of tips, techniques, and trade secrets for crocheters (both new and experienced), this wide-ranging book provides numerous projects and quick fixes for problems crocheters may encounter. It also discusses everything from choosing the right hook and yarn to creating your own designs. Step-by-step colour photos enhance the text and will have readers crocheting something fine in no time. |
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| Potted: Make your own stylish garden containers by Annette Goliti Gutierrez and Mary GrayIf you're tired of trying to find the perfect (and affordable) planter, stop searching and make your own! Projects are sorted by material (concrete, plastics, metals, terra-cotta, and organic materials) and come with colourful photographs and a list of tools and materials needed. Along with step-by-step instructions that detail how to make a tiled cinderblock planter, flying saucer planter, and 21 more planters, the authors also offer encouragement to try your own ideas. |
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Beginning beekeeping: Everything you need to make your hive thrive!
by Tanya Phillips
Filled with full-colour photos, a practical guide provides the basics for getting started with beekeeping, teaching readers how to foster and maintain healthy, vibrant hive colonies, as well as how to incorporate the various techniques and practices for keeping bees using conventional, as well as more natural, practices.
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Baby food universe: Raise adventurous eaters with a whole world of flavorful purees and toddler foods
by Kawn Al-Jabbouri
Learn to make healthy food for your baby and toddler while introducing new flavours and inspiring your children to be adventurous eaters! Baby Food Universe provides healthy baby food recipes that range from simple one- and two-ingredient purees to healthy and creative toddler food. When babies first start on solid foods, they are given one-ingredient purees so parents can first check for any adverse reaction or allergy. As they get older and their likes and tolerances are known, the number of ingredients and variety can increase.
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Roped in: Creative craft projects made with rope (and other awesome things)
by Gemma Patford
Let Gemma rope you in to create a range of fun DIY projects for your apartment, your wardrobe, your pets, your kids or a dinner party with friends. Projects feature Gemma's famous ropework, but she also shares a range of other craft projects, tips and tricks for dressing up the everyday.
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The art and craft of wood: A practical guide to harvesting, choosing, reclaiming, preparing, crafting, and building with raw wood
by Silas J. Kyler
Perfect for the woodworking hobbyist or aspiring DIYer, an introduction to the world of backyard lumberjacking and the basics of wood craft, through illustrated steps, shows readers how to mill, stack, dry and flatten wood into usable lumber and create a variety of useful household furnishings.
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Focus on: Creative Writing
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| The art of memoir by Mary KarrMemoirs have been having a moment for a while now. If you want to write your own and would like an irreverent guide, this funny yet full-bodied bestseller is a good place to start. Mary Karr, a university professor and the author of three acclaimed memoirs (The Liar's Club, Cherry, and Lit), uses examples from her own books (along with others by favorite authors), shares literary anecdotes, and discusses her writing process while identifying the elements of a successful memoir. |
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The Bloomsbury introduction to creative writing
by Tara Mokhtari
Covering a wide range of forms and genres, The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing is a complete introductory manual for students of creative writing. Through a structured series of practical writing exercises perfect for the classroom, the writer's workshop or as a starting point for a portfolio of work the book builds the student writer from the first explorations of their own voice, through to mastery of a wide range of genres and forms.
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How to be a writer: Who smashes deadlines, crushes editors and lives in a solid gold hovercraft
by John Birmingham
This gonzo guide isnt for the faint-hearted but in high-octane style, John Birmingham provides tried-and-tested tips for writing well and getting paid. Topics covered include how to slay writers block, what the hell is workflow, how to write 10,000 words in a day and the best apps for writers. How to Be a Writer is a writing guide with a tough-love approach, written for the internet generation. John Birmingham is lauded as a prolific writer working across multiple genres. Here he shares his secrets.
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