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For decades, writer and artist Tom Hennessey has fished, hunted, camped, canoed, and snowshoed in the woods of his native Maine. His marvelous essays about those experiences have delighted and moved the thousands who each week look for them in the Bangor Daily News. Readers marvel, too, at the extraordinary pen-and-ink and graphite pencil illustrations that accompany Tom's words and evoke the game birds, fish, gun dogs, and gear that are so much a part of an outdoorsman's life. Assembled in Handy to Home is the very best of Tom's work—his essays, his black-and-white drawings, and, for the first time ever in book form, twelve of his stunning watercolors, all produced specifically for this book. Acclaimed by collectors and galleries throughout the United States, Tom's paintings bring to life the traditions of the Maine outdoors, whether trolling for landlocked salmon on a blustery day in a Grand Laker canoe, or poling a sculling boat through a duck marsh at dawn.

Free Worldwide Delivery : How to Lose WWII : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers Inc : 9780061807312 : 0061807311 : 10 Aug 2010 : Introduces the catastrophic missteps in World War II, including: Poland's lack of preparation for the Nazi invasion; Germany's failure to take Britain out of the war at Dunkirk; Russia playing Goliath to Finland's David; allied forces getting trapped for four months on the beaches of Anzio; and, Germany wasting its costly development of jet power.

A highly illustrated, practical handbook on eco-friendly building for homeowners. Whether you want a turf roof, solar-powered hot water, a straw bale home, or a super-insulated (and cost-efficient) house, you need to know the essential elements of the process. In The Green Self-Build Book, Jon Broome gives an overview of the different methods of sustainable and eco-friendly construction techniques for non-professionals. The Green Self-Build Book gives inspiration and information to guide you through the green building process. It is intended for anyone who is planning a do-it-yourself project, and for housing professionals, students, and teachers.

Release Date: April 30, 2009

The storybook history of the American West is a male-dominated narrative of drifters, dreamers, hucksters, and heroes--a tale that relegates women, assuming they appear at all, to the distant background. Home Lands: How Women Made the West upends this view to remember the West as a place of homes and habitations brought into being by the women who lived there. Virginia Scharff and Carolyn Brucken consider history's long span as they explore the ways in which women encountered and transformed three different archetypal Western landscapes: the Rio Arriba of northern New Mexico, the Front Range of Colorado, and the Puget Sound waterscape. This beautiful book, companion volume to the Autry National Center's pathbreaking exhibit, is a brilliant aggregate of women's history, the history of the American West, and studies in material culture. While linking each of these places' peoples to one another over hundreds, even thousands, of years, Home Lands vividly reimagines the West as a setting in which home has been created out of differing notions of dwelling and family and differing concepts of property, community, and history.Copub: Autry National Center of the American West

This is a comprehensive book for log home owner-builders - beginners, as well as, log home professionals. Chambers shows how to make naturally-shaped, tapered, round logs and scribe-fit them one to another so that they look like they actually grew together. This manual is packed with information that is available nowhere else, including the Log Selection Rules, Chamber's brilliantly simple method for choosing which log to use next, instructions for building hip and valley log rafters and roof trusses from full-round logs, step-by-step directions for laying out the sill logs for virtually any floor plan, including hexagons, prows and more! Chamber's provides useful insights on organizing and financing your log home project and has valuable experience to share on cutting costs and avoiding common pitfalls. Although handcrafted log homes are expensive to buy, they are within reach for many as owner-managed building projects. 9" x 11", 272 pages 9" X 11". 272 Pages. Soft cover.

The Manual is the ultimate and only guide to getting girls and to understand women once and for all. This is why guys that read it don't read or recommend anything else. Because the few men who "get it" spend the rest of their lives enjoying sexy girls in abundance – and so can you. You can learn to get ANY girl you want, the same way that all men who are naturally good with women have. The only difference is that you may learn it much FASTER, instead of wasting tons of time and money on fruitless dates or a new car/haircut/shirt that you BELIEVE will make you more attractive – but really doesn't. You see; men LACK success with women because they either don't understand what women are attracted to, or because they THINK that they do know, but have the wrong ideas and hence waste a lot of time - sometimes their entire life - chasing things they don't need. You know you have to get this book if you believe women want men with money, cars, or anything else that is manmade, because that doesn't make any sense. If women really were attracted to something unnatural, how did men meet women before any of those things were invented? The approach you'll learn in The Manual is very different from conventional dating and the advice you find in the mainstream media because it focuses on natural attraction – on what women REALLY want – not what they CLAIM they want or what males in general BELIEVE women want. It incorporate men’s and women’s socialization and explains phenomenas such as why men think women are attracted to things such as money (yet money is a man-made invention that has not even EXISTED very long) and why women “play hard to get” (a well-known phrase which amusingly reveals that women ARE easy but only pretend not to be). This is why the beginning of the book addresses your basic beliefs and mindset, because if you learn to THINK correctly, you will automatically behave correctly around women. Even if they are so stunning they normally take your breath away, your mind goes blank, and you run out of words. You already have what it takes to seduce women. Like, if you never run out of words around your close friends or family, you should be able to talk to a hot girl without making a fool out of yourself. The reason you seem to be a different person in such situations is because you ARE – you are NOT being yourself! You act differently because you were socialized to sabotage yourself. The Manual teaches you how to unlock your true potential and to bring out the real you – not change you into someone you are not. The method presented to get girls works on all women, no matter what language they speak, how young they are, or what type of relationship you might be looking for. It's universal because it's based on natural attraction, what all women are hardwired to respond to, and attraction is an emotion, not a decision. You can use it to get a sexy girlfriend, one night stands or even long-term relationships. You can use it to find true love, a soul mate, or just casual sex without commitment. And one of its best benefits is that it will make women want to be with you and appreciate you. The girls you get will REMAIN attractive even after you have formed a sexual relationship with them, because they are so happy to be with you. While most other guys who do get (average) girls, often find themselves with an average female who becomes even less attractive over time as she stops taking care of herself completely. All other dating books simply repeat conventional wisdom that doesn't work very well in reality, and even the best ones are about ACTING like an attractive man, not on how to BECOME one. But the problem is if you go around acting like someone besides yourself, even if you do start getting girls, it's not really YOU who are getting them. The Manual will show you how to get laid like a rock star, without being one, and without pretending to be one either.

Free Worldwide Delivery : No Ordinary Man: Bk. 2 : Paperback : Kevin Mayhew Ltd : 9781840035674 : 1840035676 : 01 May 2000

Ashley English provides a feast of information for dairy-loving foodies! She guides readers through all the essentials in four topic-specific sections: Butter & Ghee, Cultured Dairy Products, Cheese, and Ice Cream. Each primer offers need-to-know facts with gorgeous photos, troubleshooting tips, profiles, and Ashley's own roster of recipes for making such dairy staples as butter, sour cream, and cheese from scratch-as well as 10 seasonal dishes from Chilled Cucumber Yogurt Soup to traditional Mac & Cheese.

The Ultimate Guide to Organize and Inspire You So You Can—Really!—Sit Back and Enjoy Your Second HomeThe Second Home Book is the first of its kind – a conversational, comprehensive and convenient guide to setting up, operating and, most of all, enjoying a second home. It is cheerful and useful—funny, fact-filled, anecdotal – appealing to both those already ensconced in or encumbered with a 2nd residence as well as those imagining a future, fantastic home.In The Second Home Book, you’ll learn:--how to furnish your second home on a shoestring (without relying on castoffs from your primary residence)--how to run your second home efficiently from afar--how to assemble a dream team of helpers (from handymen to cleaning help) and keep them motivated--how to entertain (even other people’s children) without exhausting yourself--why you should avoid renovating your second home’s kitchen--how to handle bills, routine maintenance, and emergencies--how to turn any house into your dream houseThe Second Home Book is not about how to finance a second home—it’s about absolutely everything else you need to know in one cheerful, easy-to-navigate volume.