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  The Crafty Gardener - Inspired...

  Becca Anderson

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  Grow your garden—and make candles, potpourri, tinctures, wind chimes, birdhouses and much more. 
   
  Gardening grounds us in nature, connecting us to Mother Earth and all she provides—even if your garden is just a hanging basket of cherry tomatoes or a windowsill filled with herb pots. It can also bring out our creative side—and in this book, lifelong gardener and bestselling author Becca Anderson combines her love of crafting and of gardening to present a collection of inspired DIY ideas. 
   
  Along with tips on growing flowers, herbs and veggies, there are dozens of how-tos in this delightful guide for making candles, potpourri, bath salts, essential oils, floral waters, tinctures, liquors, pickles, jams, and even fountains, birdhouses, and fairy doors. You’ll learn:Time-tested gardening secretsHow to garden in big and small spacesRecipes for home-grown vegetables and fruitsHow to preserve and fermentHow to make DIY garden decorations and fixturesAnderson’s own gardening stories that will inspire, motivate, and lift the spirit

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  Classical Turkish Cooking -...

  Ayla Algar

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  Turkish food is one of the world's great cuisines. Its taste and depth place it with French and Chinese; its simplicity and healthfulness rank it number one. Turkish-born Ayla Algar offers 175 recipes for this vibrant and tasty food, presented against the rich and fascinating backdrop of Turkish history and culture. Tempting recipes for kebabs, pilafs, meze (appetizers), dolmas (those delicious stuffed vegetables or vine leaves), soups, fish, manti and other pasta dishes, lamb, poultry, yogurt, bread, and traditional sweets such as baklava are introduced here to American cooks in accessible form. With its emphasis on grains, vegetables, fruits, olive oil, and other healthful foods, Turkish cooking puts a new spin on familiar ingredients and offers culinary adventure coupled with satisfying and delicious meals.

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  Kim Schaefer's Skinny Quilts -...

  Kim Schaefer

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  Make the most of narrow spaces with these 15 quilting projects that use appliqué and piecing techniques, by the author of Quilts from Textured Solids. 
   
  Skinny quilts put the spotlight on narrow spaces with surprising splashes of color and personality. These quick projects are a great way to bring your scrap stash to life and accent a tabletop or other slice of space with pizazz. Bestselling author Kim Schaefer’s latest book features fifteen fun projects, using both applique and piecing techniques in a variety of color palettes and styles. Easy to do and perfect for last minute gifts and décor.

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  Did Not Happen - Misadventures...

  George Mahood

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  As a new virus sweeps across the globe, George and Rachel are faced with their biggest challenge yet.  
  The year begins positively with George and Rachel running every single street of their local town. Just days before the country goes into lockdown, they take on the 20 miles of the Grizzly. A race so muddy that firefighters are stationed at the finish line to hose down runners. 
  Then the year takes a dramatic turn. 
  Food shortages, homeschooling, quiet roads, home haircuts, yoga, Rachel’s new marathon a month challenge and a walking holiday… in a different part of Devon. 
  2020 is a year none of them will ever forget. 
  Did Not Finish is a series of books about George and his family’s adventures in running, cycling and swimming. From ultramarathons to triathlons, 10k swims to European cycling adventures, George promises fun and laughter every step, pedal, and paddle of the way.

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  Klimt

  Patrick Bade, Jane Rogoyska

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  “I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly women…”Beautiful, sensuous and above all erotic, Gustav Klimt’s paintings speak of a world of opulence and leisure, which seems aeons away from the harsh, post-modern environment we live in now. The subjects he treats – allegories, portraits, landscapes and erotic figures – contain virtually no reference to external events, but strive rather to create a world where beauty, above everything else, is dominant. His use of colour and pattern was profoundly influenced by the art of Japan, ancient Egypt, and Byzantium. Ravenne, the flat, two-dimensional perspective of his paintings, and the frequently stylised quality of his images form an oeuvre imbued with a profound sensuality and one where the figure of woman, above all, reigns supreme. Klimt’s very first works brought him success at an unusually young age. Gustav, born in 1862, obtained a state grant to study at Kunstgewerbeschule (the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts) at the age of fourteen. His talents as a draughtsman and painter were quickly noticed, and in 1879 he formed the Künstlercompagnie (Artists’ Company) with his brother Ernst and another student, Franz Matsch. The latter part of the nineteenth century was a period of great architectural activity in Vienna. In 1857, the Emperor Franz Joseph had ordered the destruction of the fortifications that had surrounded the medieval city centre. The Ringstrasse was the result, a budding new district with magnificent buildings and beautiful parks, all paid for by public expenses. Therefore the young Klimt and his partners had ample opportunities to show off their talents, and they received early commissions to contribute to the decorations for the pageant organised to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary of the Emperor Franz Joseph and the Empress Elisabeth. In 1894, Matsch moved out of their communal studio, and in 1897 Klimt, together with his closest friends, resigned from the Künstlerhausgenossenschaft (the Cooperative Society of Austrian Artists) to form a new movement known as the Secession, of which he was immediately elected president. The Secession was a great success, holding both a first and second exhibition in 1898. The movement made enough money to commission its very own building, designed for it by the architect Joseph Maria Olbrich. Above the entrance was its motto: “To each age its art, to art its freedom.” From around 1897 onward, Klimt spent almost every summer on the Attersee with the Flöge family. These were periods of peace and tranquillity in which he produced the landscape paintings constituting almost a quarter of his entire oeuvre. Klimt made sketches for virtually everything he did. Sometimes there were over a hundred drawings for one painting, each showing a different detail – a piece of clothing or jewellery, or a simple gesture. Just how exceptional Gustav Klimt was is perhaps reflected in the fact that he had no predecessors and no real followers. He admired Rodin and Whistler without slavishly copying them, and was admired in turn by the younger Viennese painters Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, both of whom were greatly influenced by Klimt.

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  Darkworlds Paris - Darkworlds...

  Tony Walker

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  The Great Old Ones are stirring. In the Virtual Reality Game Darkworlds, it's 1927 in Paris and something weird is happening in the Bois de Boulogne. Fresh from the terrors of London, Adam Harker is sent to play again and fathom the secrets of gameworld Paris. But this time, he's got something growing in his head.

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