Inspire your journal writing with magnificent animal art from visionary artist Ben Kwok, a.k.a. BioWorkZ. Packed with Ben’s hyper-detailed and exquisitely rendered animal illustrations, TangleEasy Lined Journal Parrot offers plenty of writing space to document your world. Attractively designed and made of the highest quality materials, this finely crafted journal is your stress-relieving vehicle for personal exploration.

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Turn a block of wood into an elegant (and functional) heirloom-to-be! A complete compilation of woodcarving projects from the acclaimed magazine, Woodcarving Illustrated, 12 Spoons, 2 Bowls, and a Knife features 15 step-by-step, beginner-friendly projects ranging from rustic coffee scoops and simple love spoons to salad servers, cereal spoons, bread bowls, jam knives, and more. Showcasing the beautiful work from an array of talented wood artists, craftsmen, and Woodcarving Illustrated contributors, this guide is a must-have for every carver of every skill level to learn the basic tools and techniques for carving wooden spoons, bowls, and knives!

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Inspire your journal writing with magnificent animal art from visionary artist Ben Kwok, a.k.a. BioWorkZ. Packed with Ben’s hyper-detailed and exquisitely rendered animal illustrations, TangleEasy Lined Journal Elephant offers plenty of writing space to document your world. Attractively designed and made of the highest quality materials, this finely crafted journal is your stress-relieving vehicle for personal exploration.

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Inspire your journal writing with dazzling mandalas from visionary artist Ben Kwok, a.k.a. BioWorkZ. TangleEasy Guided Journal Mandala provides thoughtful prompts on every page to stimulate your ideas, inspirations, and insights. Packed with Ben’s hyper-detailed and exquisitely rendered mandala illustrations, it offers plenty of lined writing space to document your world. Attractively designed and made of the highest quality materials, this finely crafted journal is your stress-relieving vehicle for personal exploration.

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Cows, sheep, and goats, oh my! Know Your Hobby Animals is an essential guide to discovering loads of interesting facts about 172 popular breeds of chickens, pigs, goats, cows, and sheep. A complete compilation of the most popular farm animals within the Know Your… series, you’ll learn all about each breed’s unique characteristics, history, breeding, personality, and more. Fun and fascinating, this engaging and collective guide will turn both the young and old into farm animal enthusiasts!

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Making your own bird boxes and feeders is a rewarding and environmentally sound way to enhance any garden by attracting birds. The food we supply in winter can mean the difference between life and death for small birds, and in spring and summer bird boxes help many species to raise their families. Birdhouses, Boxes, and Feeders for the Backyard Hobbyist is an invaluable source of information for both the woodworker and the bird-lover. Woodworking experts Alan and Gill Bridgewater have teamed up with ornithologist Stephen Moss to produce a range of boxes and feeders designed to meet the needs of birds and enhance your garden. Information on box and feeder siting, appropriate food, types of nest box, and the birds you can expect to see, is featured alongside everything that you need to know about suitable woods, necessary tools and materials, and construction techniques. Nineteen projects, well illustrated with photographs and diagrams, offer concise step-by-step instructions and are suitable for novice and experienced woodworkers alike.

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Find a bag to suit every outfit and occasion in this delightful collection of 30 easy-to-make bags. The Book of Bags offers step-by-step sewing projects suitable for experienced crafters and newcomers alike. Each bag can be given a completely different look simply by changing the fabric. Customize your creations with embroidery, applique, or beading—the possibilities are endless. The same basic techniques used throughout the projects are explained in detail at the front of the book, while concise instructions and photographs guide you through each bag. The bags range from bright and cheery beach bags and functional yet stylish shoppers and duffels to classic evening clutches and stylish wrist bags. Make your own distinctive bucket bag, shoulder bag, or drawstring bag, and try your hand at a versatile book bag or messenger bag. With such a variety of techniques and styles, there really is something here for everyone.

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Forget everything you thought you knew about Henry the Eighth. While Henry VIII has frequently been portrayed as a womanizer, author Philippa Jones reveals a new side to his character. Although he was never faithful, Jones sees him as a serial monogamist: he spent his life in search of a perfect woman, a search that continued even as he lay dying. This book brings together for the first time the 'other women' of King Henry VIII. When he first came to the throne, Henry VIII's mistresses were dalliances, the playthings of a powerful and handsome man. However, when Anne Boleyn disrupted that pattern, ousting Katherine of Aragon to become Henry's wife, a new status quo was established. Suddenly noble families fought to entangle the king with their sisters and daughters; if wives were to be beheaded or divorced so easily, the mistress of the king was in an enviable position. Yet he loved each of his wives and mistresses, he was a romantic who loved being in love, but none of these loves ever fully satisfied him; all were ultimately replaced. "The Other Tudors" examines the extraordinary untold tales of the women who Henry loved but never married, the mistresses who became queens and of his many children, both acknowledged and unacknowledged. Philippa Jones takes us deep into the web of secrets and deception at the Tudor Court and explores another, often unmentioned, side to the King's character.

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Celebrate deliciously and beautifully! Master sugarcraft sculptor Alan Dunn shows how to create festive cakes decorated with cascading, lifelike floral arrangements built from sugarpaste. Make your cakes the centerpiece of any celebration with romantic flowers, lush foliage, brightly colored fruits, and fantasy butterflies. Alan’s easy-to-follow directions, accompanied by stunning, mouthwatering photographs, cover 35 floral varieties and 18 charming cake designs for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, christenings, holidays, and more. If you're looking for the ultimate guide to sugarcrafting, this book won't fail to impress.

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Everyone knows that most magic tricks are simply sleight-of-hand. Mental magic, on the other hand, can give the illusion of real paranormal powers. This dazzling collection offers a rich selection of mind-reading, spirit-raising, future-telling illusions, complete with tips on how to present them most effectively. Read palms with amazing accuracy, predict the future with tarot cards, conjure up table-tipping spirits, find psychic connections between people and their possessions, receive uncanny messages from the beyond, and even seem to know what people are thinking. Of course, it's all in fun and all the explanations include the magician's "patter" that goes with each trick--assuring that no matter how spooky the effect, the audience isn't shocked or terrified, but delightfully amazed.

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Whittle in a way you never have before! Whittling in the Wild features more than 30 fun and exciting objects to make using a simple pocket knife, wood, and a handful of household items. Learn all the basic techniques and safety precautions, then follow step-by-step instructions to whittle and carve a boat, parachute, and so much more. Also included are expert tips and high-quality photography throughout! Author and leading pocket knife expert, Felix Immler is a full-time Victorinox instructor and ambassador.

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Strap on some skates and feel the wind in your hair! Glide past all your journal writing doubts and fears withHello Angel Lined Journal Skates. This roller rink of creative self-expression features plenty of intricate, hand-drawn illustrations from Angelea Van Dam, the talented artist behind Hello Angel coloring books. Use her book as your own stress-relieving vehicle for personal exploration. Attractively designed and made of the highest quality materials, this finely crafted journal offers plenty of lined writing space to document your world.

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Here is everything you need to know to create natural, luxurious soaps at home. Bestselling author and professional soap maker Melinda Coss shows how to make a wonderful range of bar and liquid soaps as well as exquisite creams, lotions, and balms. With a wide choice of design, color, and scent there’s a perfect soap here for everyone. More than 40 easy-to-follow recipes focus on natural, eco-friendly ingredients. Discover how to make pure and gentle soaps that soothe allergy-prone skin. You’ll enjoy mixing, molding, and packaging indulgent delights like Fig and Honey Exfoliant Bars, Sleeping Beauty Heavy Night Cream, Gardeners' Skin Balm, Dead Sea Mud Spa Treatment, and many more. Natural Soap, Second Edition includes a basic tutorial on soap making techniques, a well-organized guide to ingredients, and beautiful color photography. All of the equipment needed is fully explained, so even a beginner can start making soap in no time. The author reveals her trade secrets to creating the perfect aromatic blends, and even offers valuable advice on setting up your own soap making business.

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It doesn’t have to be a challenge to find well-constructed knitting patterns for your body type anymore. Plus Size Knits contains 25 stylish and sophisticated patterns, from pullover sweaters to cozy cardigans and more. Specifically designed for plus sized women, these styles result in flattering sweaters and accessories with beautiful details. Featuring stunning photography and helpful size charts and diagrams to create pieces that are tailored just for you, this is a must-have for plus size knitters!

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Carve realistic birds and animals in wood with this book. Patterns with step-by-step instructions and photos for easy reference take you from a block of wood to the finished carving.  This volume features a selection of patterns for shorebirds and birds of prey in addition to all-new duck and songbird patterns.

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Covering the body's muscles, skeleton, organs, nervous system, respiratory system, and other physical processes, The Complete Anatomy Coloring Book presents 150 detailed outline drawings for you to color, printed on one side of the page only. By engaging with the illustrations in this way, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the parts of the body and its processes, making it the perfect learning aid for all students. Coloring is a proven tactile learning method that aids in the retention of key terminology, making this book an ideal learning tool for all those studying anatomy at any level. Extended captions to the illustrations explain exactly what is being shown, and give clues to the labeling of the diagrams. Students can then key in the labels to the illustrations as an additional learning device. A full-color introduction illustrates coloring techniques. This book offers a thoroughly practical, interactive, and enjoyable aid for all students of medicine, physical therapy, yoga, and art.

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Properly caring for your cat or kitten is essential to both its well being and yours. Here are answers from an expert to 80 of the most commonly asked questions by new and experienced cat parents. Owning a cat can seem easy. They clean themselves, use the litter box in a more or less hygienic way, and probably even know how to open doors themselves. What more do you possibly need to know to be a great cat mom or dad? Properly caring for your cat can be confusing. Many cat owners rush to see their veterinarian if they notice a slight change in the behavior of their kitty. While in some instances the vet might need to intervene, most of those times the changes are not really a dire cause for concern. But when exactly is the right time to make a call to the vet? Dr. Wexler-Mitchell is the owner and founder of The Cat Care Clinic and specializes in the intense care of our feline friends. She has created a handbook that will be able to solve all of the problems faced by cat owners. The book educates cat owners on what to do in a wide variety of situations. Whether you're just starting out as a cat owner or you've owned cats pretty much your whole life, this in-depth book will assist you in properly caring for your cat's health and well-being in an easy manner! Here are simple explanations from a veterinarian that will debunk various cat myths, explain the conditions that young and old cats might develop, help you avoid many unnecessary trips to the vet, and explain when you absolutely must take a trip to the vet's office. It covers almost all the questions that you might ask and will assure you that you are giving the best possible care to your beloved kitty!

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Pursue your happiness every day with Hello Angel Guided Journal Follow Your Bliss! Angelea Van Dam, the bestselling artist behind Hello Angel coloring books, provides thoughtful prompts on every page to stimulate reflective writing about happiness, ecstasy, and joy. This roadmap to creative self-expression includes plenty of Angelea’s intricate, hand-drawn illustrations, with heaps of doodles and oodles of imagination. Use it in your personal search for that elusive state of bliss. Attractively designed and made of the highest quality materials, this finely crafted journal offers plenty of lined space to record your closest thoughts, hopes, and dreams.

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This delightful paper crafting book provides hours of imaginative play with nostalgic color-your-own paper doll characters from favorite fairy tales. Once Upon a Paper Doll features 19 cardstock dolls to color, cut out, and dress up in 46 colorable outfits. Send Cinderella to the Ball, explore Wonderland with Alice, and help Little Red Riding Hood escape the Big Bad Wolf. The dolls and outfits also include inspiration from Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel. Color them, cut them out, dress them up, and start playing!

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Discover and fall in love with the ancient art of marbling paint in this modern guide! With more than 30 different patterns to create and a step-by-step interactive workbook to encourage practice, you’ll learn all the marbling techniques, from chevron and feathering to stone and scallop. From foundational to advanced skills, you’ll also learn how to float paint on water, create intricate patterns and unique designs with unusual tools, lay paper on various materials to transfer beautiful artwork, and so many more marbling techniques! Be inspired to then reimagine your designs for home décor, stationery, textiles, apparel, ceramics, accessories, and more. With guidance from Heather Fletcher, a professional artist who has traveled the world studying these distinctive methods and learning from the world’s leading marbling masters, you’ll also gain an understanding of the history of this reemerging art form.

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Awaken your senses to a new appreciation of color as you enter the studio of one of the world’s leading fabric and quilt designers—Kaffe Fassett. Updated in a visually-exciting new edition, Welcome Home Kaffe Fassett shows you how to combine rich colors and textures to create your own brilliant decorative accents. Kaffe’s passion for vivid and intricate design has inspired artistic knitting patterns, stunning needlepoint, unique fabrics, fantastic mosaics, and fabulous patchwork quilts. In these pages he reveals the color theory and sources of inspiration behind his visually exciting work. Take a private tour of Kaffe’s historic one-man textile-arts exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, photographed exclusively for this book. Delight in nine projects, including a completely new project for a full-size snowball quilt. Each design comes with clear step-by-step instructions, how-to diagrams, and templates.

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In this comprehensive book, an expert textile arts instructor reveals everything readers need to know to make their own fabrics. This book explains where different fibers come from, how to grow and harvest your own vegetable fibers, and how to prepare them for spinning. The principles of spindle and spinning wheel spinning are covered, along with home dyeing using natural dyestuffs, and hand weaving with or without a loom. Finally, there are a number of simple projects, such as a rug, shoulder bag, bed cover, and jumper and mitts to put your newly learned skills to the test.

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Seek the presence of God every day with this inspiring new guided journal. My Prayer Journal is designed to help you develop a more intimate relationship with our loving heavenly Father, through prayers of comfort, courage, and hope. Each page presents thoughtful questions to stimulate reflective thinking and writing about your spiritual communion with God. Bestselling author and award-winning designer Joanne Fink provides beautiful color illustrations throughout the book, based on uplifting thoughts and Scripture passages. Attractively designed and made of the highest quality materials, this finely crafted journal offers plenty of lined space to write, as you focus your mind on living God's plan today.

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Keep moving forward on your personal faith journey with this inspiring new devotional journal. Inside My Faith Journey you’ll discover a full year of spiritual activities, designed to help you to grow with God week by week. Gifted artist Robin Pickens provides 52 beautiful line drawings, based on Scripture verses and uplifting messages, ready to color with markers, gel pens, colored pencils, or watercolors. Each illustration is accompanied by insightful prompts that will guide you to reflect on what faith means to you, and the role that God plays in your life. You’ll find plenty of lined space to write, and opportunities to pray, in this finely crafted journal.

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In a world filled with pollution and chemicals, this book shows you how to create your own soaps and bathtime luxuries using only natural ingredients and very little specialist equipment. Create the perfect gift for family and friends, kids and grown-ups. This book features a huge range of tempting ingredients, such as peach, peppermint, ylang ylang, cinnamon and chocolate, and includes recipes for shampoo bars, body splashes and bath creams. The simple, sumptuous and easy-to-follow recipes and luscious photography will be an inspiration to anyone who cares about what they put on their skin.

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Savor the ordinary miracles that fill our lives every day, with this inspiring new guided journal. God All Around Meis designed to open your mind to appreciate God’s amazing gifts that constantly surround us. Each page presents thoughtful questions to stimulate reflective thinking and writing about the things that bring us calm, clarity, and bliss. Gifted artist Robin Pickens provides beautiful color illustrations throughout the book, based on uplifting thoughts and Scripture passages. Attractively designed and made of the highest quality materials, this finely crafted journal offers plenty of lined space to write, as you take time to count the everyday miracles in your life.

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An introduction to kirigami, a Japanese art that combines origami and papercutting, work through the 24 intricate designs that are accessible and easy to master for any crafter at any level. With beautiful photography, helpful diagrams, and step-by-step instructions for folding and cutting charming 3D kirigami pop-up cards, vases, boxes, lanterns, holiday decorations, and more, this is sure to become your newest favorite hobby! ·

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Express your indie boho style with fashionable hemp jewelry. Get the natural and elegant bohemian chic look with stylish hemp bracelets. This book will show you how to braid, knot, and twist your own personal array of eco-friendly street essentials. Inside you’ll find dozens of easy projects for making unique hand-tied jewelry with hemp, bamboo cord, and baker’s twine. Discover how to make fun and funky bracelets, chokers, necklaces, key chains, and anklets, in bright colors and natural earth tones. Impress your friends and show off your crafting skills. Add cool bohemian flair to any outfit and create just the look you want. Hemp Jewelry offers fresh designs ranging from classic and natural to playful and eclectic. Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow knotting diagrams make it easy.

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Everyone will think these amazing cakes came from the best bakery in town. From a chocolate porcupine to candied petals, the options shown in this lush guide are endless, and all presented in a way that even beginners can easily follow. Pretty sugar-paste creations embellish a marzipan-covered cake. Nuts, sugar-frosted fruits, candy, and cinnamon sticks make beautiful decorations in an instant. And there are embossed patterns, ruffled borders, sugar-paste cutouts, and other eye-catching ideas, all with instructions, recipes, and templates, to provide inspiration for every occasion.

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Aimed at visitors and Londoners alike, this fully updated edition of "Secret London" unlocks the capital's most fascinating secrets - both above and below ground. Celebrated historian Andrew Duncan strips away bricks, mortar, and tarmac to uncover parts of London that even born and bred Londoners may never have seen. Below ground, he guides readers through an extraordinary honeycomb of structures - from the government's vast system of offices and tunnels under Whitehall and through abandoned Underground stations to Clerkenwell's amazing network of subterranean prison cells. Above ground, he leads the way through narrow alleyways and cobbled mews, revealing unexpected treasures and describing rarely seen interiors and special collections. Opening times and addresses, detailed route maps, and evocative photographs complement a fascinating text that is sure to delight all urban explorers.

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Build a Kids' Play Yard is a complete guide to building a wide range of outdoor play structures, including a central tower to which a swing set and monkey bar can be attached in various configurations or built as stand-alones. In addition, there are various sandboxes, a playhouse, a teeter-totter, a ground-hugging balance beam, and even a kids'-size picnic table. Beginning with chapters on planning, tools, materials, and construction and finishing, the book then presents the projects themselves in lucid presentations that have become Creative Homeowner hallmarks. All projects were designed to conform with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines. For any parent considering play yard equipment, this book is an essential guide.

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This comprehensive guide to the flags of the world, now available in a completely updated edition, provides concise, accurate coverage of every country in the world, giving the history, meaning, and symbolism of national flags, together with large-scale and smaller locator maps.It includes the history of flags; color flags of over 220 countries and territories; flags of international organizations; large-scale and detailed locator maps for easy reference; up-to-date data and statistics for all countries; information about the history and symbolism of each flag; a section on de facto and emerging states; and a full index.

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He’s always watching, but ever wonder how? Carving Undercover Santas features 13 patterns for carving Santa in disguise. Carve Santa as a librarian, policeman, park ranger, lifeguard, basketball coach, fireman, and more! Included are 7 step-by-step wood carving projects and patterns, plus a gallery of an additional 6 designs. Author Russell Scott is an award-winning carving artist and instructor that is known for his distinctive style of caricature Santa carving. See Santa throughout his off-season and make him a part of your décor all year-round!

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Traditional upholstery skills are much in demand for both making new furniture and for refurbishing treasured antiques. This extensively illustrated hands-on guide teaches would-be professionals all the crucial techniques they need to know. It offers an overview of the required tools and how to use them, and explains the fundamentals of internal spring and suspension systems, fillings and stuffings, fabrics, and other supporting mechanisms. Seven attractive projects are demonstrated with step-by-step full color photographs and explained with clear and concise text.

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The first-ever comprehensive guide to creating wooden jewelry, learn and practice several woodworking skills - including jointing, turning, steaming, polishing, staining, painting, beveling, inlaying, and more - to discover a brand new art perspective! Combining wood with other media, from silver to silicon, you’ll learn 10 techniques and create 14 beautiful and accessible jewelry projects that are fresh and modern, going beyond metal. Author and renowned artist jeweler Sarah King works with materials, form, and structure to make sculptural, contemporary, and feminine jewelry. Her work has been sold in department stores, design stores, boutiques, and galleries, including Barney’s, Liberty of London, The Conran Shop, and more. She has won many awards, such as the Association of Contemporary Jewelry Prize, and is one of only 50 international contemporary jewelers invited to show at the LOOT exhibition at the New York Museum of Arts and Design. With Creating Wooden Jewelry, you’ll learn from one of the best to understand everything you need to know to create stunning wooden jewelry, as well as a rotating cast of talented project guests, such as Inni Parnanen, Terhi Tolvanen, Beppe Kessler, and Lina Peterson.

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