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  Sign Painters

  Faythe Levine

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  This illustrated history of hand-lettered painted signs across America, and the craftspeople who created them, is“a lovely paean to a vanishing art” (TheNew York Times).   There was a time—as recently as the 1980s—when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our visual landscape.   Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade. In 2010 filmmakers Faythe Levine, coauthor of Handmade Nation, and Sam Macon began documenting these dedicated practitioners, their time-honored methods, and their appreciation for quality and craftsmanship. Sign Painters, the first anecdotal history of the craft, features stories and photographs of more than two dozen sign painters working in cities throughout the United States.   “This is not only a wonderful book, a delight to take in, rich and telling in its details and a visual pleasure with its gorgeous photography. It’s an important book that captures a largely untold story.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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  Marijuana Growing - Learn How To...

  Oscar Kemp

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  You are about to uncover the ins and outs of growing high-yielding, potent marijuana for personal and medical use! 
  Do you want to know how to start an advanced indoor or outdoor cultivation? Are you ready to learn new cannabis techniques to grow big buds and maximize your yields? 
  The process of growing your own marijuana plants can be exciting and rewarding. You’ll be equipped with the necessary advanced information and skills required to tame this delicate powerful plant and make it work for you. That’s the key of Growing Marijuana. 
  Oscar Kemp wrote a practical guide that'll help you, even if you are a beginner, master unique marijuana growing techniques. 
  Here it’s what you will learn:How marijuana use has evolved over the yearsThe active ingredients in marijuana that make it potent for recreational and medical useThe different science-backed health benefits of marijuanaHow to use marijuana for the different medical benefitsHow to choose the species to growWhat to grow and where to find itThe life cycle of a marijuana plant, and why that understanding matters as you grow your ownDangers you may expose your plants to when propagating the seeds, including how to mitigate the risksTransplanting your seeds from the nurseryHow to provide ideal conditions for your marijuana whether growing it outdoors or indoorsHow to sex your marijuana plant properlyHow to take care of your plants to ensure they have a high quality yieldHow to deal with predators and pestsWhen, what, and how to harvest your marijuanaHow to take care of your harvest to prepare it for the marketAnd much more! 
  Take advantage now of the best practical guide and start to apply today the knowledge contained in this audiobook. 
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  Ninety Percent of Everything -...

  Rose George

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  On ship-tracking websites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy. We buy, so we must ship. Without all those dots, the world would not work.Freight shipping has been no less revolutionary than the printing press or the Internet, yet it is all but invisible. Away from public scrutiny, shipping revels in suspect practices, dubious operators, and a shady system. Infesting our waters, poisoning our air, and a prime culprit of acoustic pollution, shipping is environmentally indefensible. And then there are the pirates.Rose George, acclaimed chronicler of what we would rather ignore, sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore on ships the length of football fields and the height of Niagara Falls; she patrols the Indian Ocean with an anti-piracy task force; she joins seafaring chaplains, and investigates the harm that ships inflict on endangered whales.Sharply informative and entertaining, Ninety Percent of Everything reveals the workings and perils of an unseen world that holds the key to our economy, our environment, and our very civilization.

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  How Stella Learned to Talk - The...

  Christina Hunger

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  An incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, who has taught her dog, Stella, to communicate using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words. 
   
  When speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger first came home with her puppy, Stella, it didn’t take long for her to start drawing connections between her job and her new pet. During the day, she worked with toddlers with significant delays in language development and used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to help them communicate. At night, she wondered: If dogs can understand words we say to them, shouldn’t they be able to say words to us? Can dogs use AAC to communicate with humans? 
  Christina decided to put her theory to the test with Stella and started using a paw-sized button programmed with her voice to say the word “outside” when clicked, whenever she took Stella out of the house. A few years later, Stella now has a bank of more than thirty word buttons, and uses them daily either individually or together to create near-complete sentences. 
  How Stella Learned to Talk is part memoir and part how-to guide. It chronicles the journey Christina and Stella have taken together, from the day they met, to the day Stella “spoke” her first word, and the other breakthroughs they’ve had since. It also reveals the techniques Christina used to teach Stella, broken down into simple stages and actionable steps any dog owner can use to start communicating with their pets. 
  Filled with conversations that Stella and Christina have had, as well as the attention to developmental detail that only a speech-language pathologist could know, How Stella Learned to Talk will be the indispensable dog book for the new decade. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  Green Homekeeping - Save Money...

  Alice Alvrez

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  Fifty ways to make your home a sustainable and eco-friendly environment. 
   
  Every decision you make, large and small, has an impact on the environment. This concise guide shows how you can make your daily impact planet-positive. With sections progressing from simple tips to deeper commitments, you can start with baby steps and move on to advanced eco-warrior! 
   
  Discover dozens of inspired ideas that show how to: 
   
  *Reduce your waste 
   
  *Eat organic 
   
  *Keep toxins out of your home 
   
  *Compost leftover food 
   
  *Shop wisely, and much more

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  Travels with a Donkey in the...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  A classic of travel writing, this book recounts Stevenson's adventures on an extended walk through uplands and mountains in south-western France. Humorous on his own failings as a traveller, and on his travails with Modestine the self-willed donkey, it is also an exploration of peasant life in an area marked by the violence of the wars of religion. This version includes the fragment "A mountain town in France", originally intended as the opening chapter, but often omitted and published as a separate essay. (Summary by Patrick Wallace)

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