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A guide to simpler, greener, and more sustainable living. It 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. It helps readers learn to dip candles, bake bread, make maple syrup, start a vineyard, and much more.
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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"Hunting deer is the most inexpensive, environmentally friendly way to acquire organic, grass-fed meat. Even if you've never held a gun before, author Jackson Landers can show you how to supplement your food supply with venison taken near your home. He addresses everything a new hunter needs to know: how to choose the correct rifle and ammunition, how to hunt effectively and safely, and what to do if something goes wrong. He includes chapters...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2000
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English
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"Building Adirondack furniture is a time-honored craft. Sturdy and rustic, this furniture can be a beautiful addition to any indoor decor, although it's most often used to set the scene outdoors. There, the furniture is subjected to a lifetime of abuse. Yearly it moves from somewhere hidden away (probably dark and musty winter storage) to front-and-center on the summer stage. Now, hour after hour it is beaten on by intense UV light, drenched in driving...
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Artisan
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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In our technology-driven, workaday world, connecting with nature has never before been more essential. A Wilder Life, a beautiful oversized lifestyle book by the team behind the popular Wilder Quarterly, gives readers indispensable ideas for interacting with the great outdoors. Learn to plant a night-blooming garden, navigate by reading the stars, build an outdoor shelter, make dry shampoo, identify insects, cultivate butterflies in a backyard, or...
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Anne-Marie Ronsen
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"A baby shower done right will create beautiful memories that will be treasured and cherished forever. A baby shower done wrong may also be remembered forever - for all the wrong reasons! But luckily for you, everything you need to know to throw a perfect baby shower is now contained in one convenient, inexpensive book."The Perfect Baby Shower" contains all the tips, techniques and secrets you need to know to create a truly unforgettable event.Here...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
1981
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English
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"Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life."--
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
1983
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English
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"Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life."--
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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"The Soap Queen, Anne-Marie Faiola, shows you how to make perfect cold-process soap that is better than what you can buy at the store! Simple instructions and great photography walk you through every step of 31 exciting recipes, making it easy to master the techniques you need and produce the soaps you want. You'll find chapters on colors (neon, oxides, mica), molds (milk jugs, yogurt containers, pipes), food (pumpkin, coffee, beer, avocado, oatmeal),...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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"Ann Larkin Hansen covers everything you need to know to successfully make your own hay, from cutting, drying, and raking to baling and storing. She also tells you everything you need to know about equipment options, including traditional horse power, tractor power, and implements ranging from scythes to disc mowers. You'll learn how to choose the right species for your soil, how to predict haymaking weather, how to judge hay quality, how to determine...
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Chefs Secret Vault
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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"Seasons come and go but somewhere it's time for a picnic. A picnic may be romantic or for family and friends. Everyone wants to make a memorable dish that will become their signature creation. We've compiled these great recipes to lend you a hand to make you everyone's favorite chef. We have hand selected 20 Best of the Best and most inviting picnic recipes from the Chef's Secret Vault like Southern Spicy Fried Chicken Recipe, Lemon-Cream Cheese...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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"With Sue Weaver's expert guidance, it's easy to raise sheep in your own backyard, whether for fleece and milk (and the wonderful cheese, yogurt, and butter you can make from it) or as companionable pets. Weaver covers absolutely everything beginners need to know to keep sheep safe, healthy, and maximally productive."--
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
1980
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English
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"Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life."--
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life."--
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2000
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English
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"Using a simple double-boiler technique, readers will make elegant and soothing liquid soaps. Dozens of recipes using oils, herbs, and other natural ingredients to create hand soaps, shower gels, bubble baths, conditioning shampoos and even baby and pet shampoos."--
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Laura K Marshall
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"With holidays and summer vacation, it can get difficult to come up with stuff to keep the kids from getting bored. Vacation Boredom Busters is packed with activities, games, crafts, recipes and more to ward off boredom. The Vacation Boredom Busters is separated into themed sections. Randomly FunLet's Get OutsideFrogs and ToadsCelebrations Bring People TogetherPicnicsZoo Keeper AdventuresBackyard OlympicsArt in the Yard and in the HouseKeeping CoolExplore...
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Estar Holmes
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"Can you survive without a TV, vacuum cleaner, shower, dryer, and flush toilet? Why would you even want to try? For one thing, those things are all unnecessary. Why would you pour out your finite life energy chasing things that are unnecessary? This has nothing to do with Right/Left ideology. People of all kinds need the same things. Good water, food, and shelter. The fact is, there is more than one way to get what you need to be comfortable. But...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"When height-of-the-season farmers' market offerings are irresistible; when backyard gardens are exploding with what appear to be hundreds of perfect tomatoes; or when the same old methods for cooking green beans or corn don't offer enough flavor, Andrea Chesman is ready with a bounty of creative recipes that bring out the best in fresh produce. Chesman knows what it's like to be facing pounds of perishable vegetables, and as she developed...
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Storey Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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"Everyone is buzzing about bees! Urban beekeeping is on the rise as swarms of people do their part to help nurture local food systems, make gardens more productive, connect with nature, and rescue honey bee populations from colony collapse disorder. Honey bee hives now grace the White House Lawn, the roof of Chicago City Hall, the National Arboretum, and the top of the Fairmont Hotel. Even Hagen-Daazs has gotten into the act with its well-funded campaign,...
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Patty Ann
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Your friends will love it. It is easy to host. The party theme is flexible. And, it is better than having a garage sale. What are we talking about? A 2 Good 2 Throw Out Party! For all those items that you bought, or got as gifts and never used. For the new accessories that came home, but never really fit into your lifestyle. For these forgotten gems stuffed in closet corners and inside dresser drawers. For all these things, there is now a purpose,...
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Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. It isn't just a scenario. A well-designed attack...
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