Do It Yourself
November 2024
 
Recent DIY Books
The Essential Guide to Wood Pallet Projects
by Hartman, Samantha

Featuring 40 easy-to-follow designs with step-by-step full-color photos, including a hanging shelf, deck chair, coffee table and decorative wall art, this charming DIY guide shows how easily accessible wood pallets are an eco-friendly, low-cost way to personalize a home. 
Black + Decker the Complete Guide to DIY Greenhouses
by Quarto Publishing Group

Featuring full-color step-by-step photos and comprehensive how-to instructions, the book features full plans for structures that are designed to extend the gardening season. From ornate, Victorian style greenhouses to basic cold frames, you're sure to find a project that meets your needs and fits your space.
Crafting a Better World
by Weymar, Diana

The activist and creator of the Tiny Pricks Project shows how frustrated citizens can channel their anxiety into homemade projects such as sewing welcome blankets for immigrants or raising money at a bake sale for abortion access.
Fashion Upcycling
by Hilado, Ysabel

A popular TikTok designer and Project Runway Junior contestant demonstrates how to repurpose older clothes and secondhand finds into new outfits including turning pants into cute skirts, painting and dyeing denim and making tote bags out of old t-shirts.
Upholstery
by James, David

An encyclopedic guide to the techniques & materials of the craft in addition to fascinating information on its history and development. With detailed pictures and illustrations to help guide you, the old furniture needing an update will be brought back to life in no time. The 5 step-by-step projects included allow even unskilled first-timers to put the book’s key techniques into practice, and professional advice on how to price materials will get any budding upholsterer off to a great start.
Become a Nom Nom Expert
Falastin
by Tamimi, Sami

Presents 120 recipes that tell the story of Palestine and its people, from refugee camp cooks to Gaza Strip home kitchens and master tahini makers, including Hassan's Easy Eggs with Za'atar and Lemon and Pulled-Lamb Schwarma Sandwich.
The Wok
by Lopez-Alt, J. Kenji

Presenting over 200 recipes, along with more than 1,000 color photos, the author of The Food Lab focuses on the wok, the most versatile pan in the kitchen, showing home cooks how to master the mechanics of a stir-fry and providing endless inspiration for brightening up dinner.
Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs & Juice
by Tipton-Martin, Toni

Discover the fascinating, unexplored history of Black mixology and its enduring influence on cocktail and drinking culture through rediscovered recipes, from the James Beard Award-winning author of Jubilee. Toni Tipton-Martin's volume on Black culinary history celebrates the lore and people behind our favorite drinks. With cocktail recipes such as the Jerk-Spiced Bloody Mary, the Absinthe Frappe, and the Clover Leaf Cocktail, Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs & Juice illustrates the essential influence that Black Americans have had on modern mixology.
Zero Proof Cocktails
by Ramirez, Elva

90 no-alcohol cocktail recipes from top bartenders across the country. "The recipes themselves sparkle with inventiveness and are approachable both to make and to serve, intuitively arranged by flavor profiles." -- Lorelei Bandrovschi, founder of Listen Bar
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