Back to Basics
Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills-the kind employed by our forefathers-and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Countless readers have turned to Bac...
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living
Packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, time-honored wisdom, and both illustrations and photographs, this might just be the most comprehensive guide to back to basics living ever published. Fans of Back to Basics, Homesteading, and Sel...
Back to Basics
Over 200,000 copies soldfully updated! Dye your own wool, raise chickens, make your own cheddar cheese, build a log cabin, and much much more. Anyone who wants to learn basic living skillsthe kind employed by our forefathersand adapt them for a be...
The Homesteading Handbook
Here is a full-color guide to help you and your family to be kinder to Mother Earth, while being kind to your bank account! It doesnt matter where your homestead is locatedfarm, suburb, or even cityyou can learn to grow vegetables, use alternative...
Homesteading
Who doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully-illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It's...
Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Living
Grow your own vegetables and herbs, indoors in containers or outside in a garden. Raise chickens or goats. Build a beehive. Make your own nontoxic cleaning sprays. And more! Gehring's books on country living have sold more than 500,000 copies. In ...
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Natural Remedies
From Well-Being Rituals for the Mind, Body, and Spirit to Cooking with Herbs and Spices—Everything You Need to Know About Natural Remedies Packed with step-by-step instructions to make your own herbal remedies, simple recipes for cooking with herbs and spices, and both illustrations and photographs, this might be the most comprehensive guide to natural remedies ever published. Here readers can learn about alternative medicine and homeopathic approaches, aromatherapy and essential oils, acupuncture and massage, and much, much more. * Healing Foods & Beverages * Cooking with Herbs & Spices * Medicinal Plants * Daily Teas & Edible Greens * Creating an Herbal Apothecary * Natural Healing for Common Ailments * Breathing Techniques * Yoga & Exercise * Meditation & Mindfulness * Cosmetic Remedies * Everyday Treatments for Women & Children
The Ultimate Self-Sufficiency Handbook
This compact guide provides advice, tips, and step-by-step instructions for hundreds of projects, offering the entire family the tools they need to make the shift toward self-sufficient living. Readers will learn to dip candles, bake bread, make maple syrup, start a vineyard, and much more. With special features for young homesteaders, this is an essential family guide to self-sufficient living. - Bake Pies, Cakes, and Bread - Grow Vegetables - Raise Chickens - Keep Bees - Preserve Your Harvest - Cure Meats - Build a Treehouse - Spin Wool - Make a Toboggan - And Much More!
Homesteading
Whether you want to live off the grid as part of the modern back to nature movement, or simply learn new skills that will make your home more comfortable and your garden grow, this companion to the bestseller Back to Basics, is for you! Who doesn’t want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It’s written with country lovers in mind—even those who currently live in the city. Whether you live in the city, the suburbs, or in the wide-open spaces, there is plenty you can do to improve your life from a green perspective: * Start container gardening. With a few plants, fresh tomato sauce is a real option with your own homegrown fresh tomatoes * Reduce electricity use by eating dinner by candlelight (using homemade candles, of course) * Learn to use rainwater to augment water supplies * Make your own soap
CrimComics
Criminological theory is a core component of the CJ/crim curriculum; a least one course on the topic is typically required for a four-year degree. But theory can be a dry subject, disconnected from the real world and hard for students to understan...
Internet in Public Life
The spread of new information and communications technologies during the past two decades has helped reshape civic associations, political communities, and global relations. In the midst of the information revolution, we find that the speed of thi...
Irene Dunne
This is the first full-length biography of Irene Dunne, one of the most versatile actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. A recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors award in 1985, Dunne's acting highlights include five Best Actress Oscar nominations, o...
War after September 11
What are the limits of justified retaliation against aggression? What actions are morally permissible in preventing future aggression? Against whom may retaliation be aimed? These questions have long been part of the debate over the ethics of warf...
The Romans
The Romans: An Introduction is a concise, readable and comprehensive survey of the Roman world, which explores 1,200 years of political, military and cultural history alongside religion, social pressures, literature, art and architecture. This new edition includes updated and revised materials designed to develop analytical skills in literary and material evidence, evoking themes that resonate in both ancient and modern societies: fake news, class struggles, urbanization, concepts of race and gender, imperialism, constitutional power and religious intolerance. The fourth edition incorporates a number of new features and evolving fields: * * A new chapter on provinces, provincial administration and acculturation in the Roman Empire. * * An extended chapter on Christianity and Rome’s legacy with new case studies in the reception of Roman culture. * * An extended chapter on Roman society and daily life, including recent scholarship on gender and race in the ancient world. * * Integrated
Bad Therapy
From the author of Irreversible Damage , an investigation into a mental health industry that is harming, not healing, American children In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous ...
The Shadows Rule All
This electrifying conclusion combines danger, action, and a heart-pounding romance wrapped up in a gorgeous cover package.
Quiet Pattern: Gentle Design for Interiors
Home should be a retreat, a place for our minds to slow down and unwind, a place that feels safe and free of the stresses and insecurities of the outside world. Many people fear pattern and strong colour, thinking it can take this sense of calmnes...
London Garden Book A-Z
Explore the riches of London's historic gardens as well as the city's most exciting contemporary gardens and meet the people who tend them. Uncover a world of intrepid guerrilla gardeners and vibrant community initiatives, of soothing therapeutic ...
Ignite
*Ignite is a full-length, enemies-to-lovers, emotional MM romance novel. This book does touch on dark, heavy themes, so please check trigger warnings. EZRA Bloodied and broken, I clawed my way out of hell at twelve years old. Left a corpse behind and took with me only trauma. I'm twenty-three now, and it's no surprise I'm haunting the streets on the wrong side of the river, stealing to survive and provide for the one person who has ever cared for me. Only, my seamless thefts have started drawing the wrong kind of attention. Threatened into the dangerous task of breaking into Sinro Enterprises, a multi-billion-dollar private military company, I soon find myself at the mercy of their ruthless, beautiful CEO, Cain Vincent. To say I'm attracted to the man is an understatement. He is the definition of lethal. And when he discloses the truth about the hard drive I was supposed to steal, I'm desperate for him to take me under wing. I want him. I want to be strong like him. I want to put an
Fear Factor
'A riveting ride through your own brain' - Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals WINNER of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's book prize for 'The Promotion of Social and Personality Science' If humans are fund...
Golden Boy
MAX WALKER - BLUE-EYED BOY OR GIRL NEXT DOOR? 'Terrific. A poignant, brave and important book. - S J WATSON 'A gripping read. Tarttelin is a natural storyteller' MATT HAIG 'Tarttelin broaches the topic of intersexuality bravely, describes the crim...
Dead Girls
When her best friend Billie is found murdered, eleven-year-old Thera - fearless and forthright - considers it her duty to find the killer. Aided by a Ouija board, Billie's ghost, and the spirits of four other dead girls, she's determined to succee...
Golden Boy
'This is a gripping and fully-realized novel.' --Emily St. John Mandel, National Book Award-nominated author of Station Eleven 2014 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE 2014 ALEX AWARD BOOKLIST TOP 10 FIRST NOVEL OF 2013 SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive, intelligent, and athletic, he's the perfect son, the perfect friend, and the perfect crush for the girls in his school. He's even really nice to his little brother. Karen, Max's mother, is determined to maintain the fa ade of effortless excellence she has constructed through the years, but now that the boys are getting older, she worries that the fa ade might soon begin to crumble. Adding to the tension, her husband Steve has chosen this moment to stand for election to Parliament. The spotlight of the media is about to encircle their lives. The Walkers are hiding something, you see. Max is special. Max is different. Max is intersex. When an enigmatic childhood friend named Hunter
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Midnight on the River Grey
In this Gothic Regency romance¿Rebecca fears she has¿developed feelings for the man she swore to see hanged, her brother's murderer. After her brother's mysterious death, Rebecca Hunter vows to expose the man she believes responsible: Mr. Lewis Br...
Twilight at Moorington Cross
Amelia Pembroke is in a unique position in Regency England: She can obtain financial freedom. But in order to do so, she must marry one of two gentlemen. The trouble is, she might be falling in love with another man entirely. Perfect for fans of J...
Social Life of Books
A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainm...
Children's Book of Baking Cakes
This delightful book is packed full of simple and scrumptious cake recipes. Recipes include vanilla cupcakes, whoopie pies, mini cheesecakes and chocolate layer cake. With tips on decorating, ideas for adapting recipes and lots of delicious toppin...
Everything
Welcome to the 'more is more' world of decorating, or as it's more commonly know in the business, Maximalism. A style that embraces the all-out: beautiful colour palettes, luxurious textiles, patterns and embellishment. Maximalism is the epitome o...
Coral Reef Magic Painting Book
Packed with fascinating scenes showing fish, turtles and other sea creatures swimming among beautiful corals. Simply brush water over the black and white designs to reveal an array of glorious colours. - All new editions contain a quality, bamboo-...