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Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When recent Harvard grad Helen Zuman moved to Zendik Farm in 1999, she was thrilled to discover that the Zendiks used go-betweens to arrange sexual assignations, or "dates," in cozy shacks just big enough for a double bed and a nightstand. Here, it seemed, she could learn an honest version of the mating dance--and form a union free of "Deathculture" lies. No one spoke the truth: Arol, the Farm's matriarch, crushed any love that threatened her hold...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Shunned by the literary establishment, Anna, following Ayn Rand's theory of rational selfishness, is offered a chance to kill the ego causing her pain at a mysterious commune on the island of Lesbos where she explores a very different kind of freedom-communal love.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"For anyone who struggles with the limits of life--such as time, energy, money, and opportunities--Sara Hagerty eloquently explores The Gift of Limitations as she guides readers to embrace limits as a way to draw closer to God"--
Author
Publisher
Search Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Many quilters are rediscovering a range of traditional patchwork and quilting techniques that, at their heart, are based on recycling and reusing materials. A style of patchwork that is true to this ethos, and which has been around for centuries, is string patchwork with its use of sewn fabric strips. Due to the scrap nature of string quilts, they are good for using a wide range and eclectic mix of fabrics that, otherwise, would have gathered dust...
7) Gut reaction
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tess Medina is dealing with the loss of her beloved father, a new school, and the troubling fact that the thing she enjoys most in life, baking, seems to be making her increasingly ill--something she is trying to hide from everybody.
Author
Language
English
Description
Following one restaurant dish’s production via real-time reportage in the kitchen, a food writer and podcaster, as various components are readied, finished, fired and plated, introduces all the players responsible for producing it, providing a fascinating lens into the farm-to-table movement and the collaborative nature of restaurant work.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) delivers a charming and inspirational collection of personal essays.Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A fully illustrated, practical guide that explains how to follow a sustainable approach to food and fashion Live sustainably with style - grow fruits and vegetables, cook them, create natural dyes, then make your own clothes with five full-size pattern sheets. Focused around five crops (blackberry, nettle, onion, red cabbage, and rhubarb) that can be foraged or grown in an allotment, planter, or container, Bella Gonshorovitz - fashion designer, dressmaker,...
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers. With global warming projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, and off on a quest to learn how to live with the 'impossible news' of our climate doom. He searches out eight of today's leading climate thinkers— from activist Tim DeChristopher to collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht, grassroots strategist...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre -- and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never been a farmer or a gardener, this book covers everything you need to know to get started: buying and saving seeds, starting seedlings, establishing raised...
Author
Series
David (David Shannon) volume 3
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When David gets in trouble, he has excuses right up until bedtime, when he realizes he really is sorry.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists, 20-something Clayton Summer, when the esteemed crossword compiler and main maternal presence in his life passes away, bestowing her final puzzle on him, embarks on a quest to uncover the secrets surrounding his birth, which will change him, and the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, forever.
Author
Publisher
West Margin Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"This little pirate's got to go potty! He wanders around sandy beaches and dark caves, discovering where the sea lion, the pelican, and even the octopus go potty. But where in the seven seas can a pirate go?! A hilarious adventure filled with playful anticipation and fun, Where Does a Pirate Go Potty? guarantees a good time and laughter."--Provided by publisher.
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