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  Carving Little Caricatures - 14...

  Karen Scalin

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  Pack a punch of personality into small carving projects! Using a precut block and a few hand tools, Carving Little Caricatures is a must-have guide for woodcarvers of all skill levels to learn valuable techniques to add movement and expressive details into a small piece of wood. Featuring detailed overviews on tools and materials, basic cuts, painting, finishing, and other essential tips, this complete guide also includes 14 unique character designs for small, skill-building carvings. From a Santa and a gnome to a mountain man and more, all projects in this book can be carved with a standard-size piece of basswood. Caricature projects also slowly progress in difficulty with each design getting more dynamic and technical so you can incrementally build your skills.

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  Unearthing The Secret Garden -...

  Anonym

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  “McDowell’s gorgeous book opens an ivy-covered door to new information about one of the world’s most famous authors.”—Angelica Shirley Carpenter, editor of In the GardenNew York Times bestselling author Marta McDowell has revealed the way that plants have stirred some of our most cherished authors, including Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. In her latest, she shares a moving account of how gardening deeply inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of the beloved children's classic The Secret Garden.   In Unearthing The Secret Garden, best-selling author Marta McDowell delves into the professional and gardening life of Frances Hodgson Burnett.  McDowell paints an unforgettable portrait of a great artist and reminds us why The Secret Garden continues to touch readers after more than a century. This deeply moving book is a must-read for fans of The Secret Garden and anyone who loves the story behind the story.

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  Airline Pilot The interview and...

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Welcome to a new installment of the most successful collection in America, welcome to the Aeronautical Library! In this new edition, we have decided to take a different path to how we write and transmit knowledge and experiences. This new volume is not a technical manual like the previous manuals. Still, it is an explanatory manual based on experiences lived by a group of airline professionals who today form elite crews in international airlines worldwide. They will detail their paths until they reach where they are, they will express their experiences by recommending to each reader the most agile way to achieve their professional goals. 
  	This book is focused on understanding the way to becoming part of an international flight crew, starting from the initial interview in a company, through the entire personnel selection process, the theoretical courses of the plane to fly, the specific simulator instruction, the real flight instruction, the semi-annual instruction, the annual and semi-annual checks, the day-to-day work with all the operational details and many more details to know.  
  Throughout these pages, each reader will know the experiences lived by our team of pilots, today temporarily writers, who have dedicated their free time to making a portrait of their experiences that we will call "Stories of Success" for this manual to become an indispensable guide for any pilot who wants to achieve the dream of flying an international airline. For such dedication, we thank Marcos (Pilot Boeing 787 Latam Airlines), Maximiliano (Pilot Airbus 380 Emirates), Fernando (Pilot Airbus 320 LatamAirline) and José (PilotA330 AviancaAirlines).

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  Cute & Easy Baby Knits

  Susie Johns

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  Cute and Easy Baby Knits is a collection of 25 charming designs to keep little ones cosy and comfortable all year round.
  
  Learn how to make beautiful garments and accessories for babies and toddlers, from booties and hats for newborns to a textured tunic sweater and a pretty skirt. Susie Johns, an author of more than 30 books, shows you how to make 25 patterns that can be knitted by beginners as well as more experienced crafters. You'll find out how to create practical items that are certain to be a hit, such as a blanket with a ribbed border or a drawstring bag to store toys, as well as a teddy bear and bunting with bells that will jingle above a baby's bed. Illustrated with clear step-by-step artworks, the knitting know-how chapter guides you through all the techniques you will need, from simple knit and purl stitch to delicate delicate detailing effects and eye-catching features.

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  A Line in the World - A Year on...

  Dorthe Nors

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  Dorthe Nors's first nonfiction book chronicles a year she spent traveling along the North Sea coast—from Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark to the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. In fourteen expansive essays, Nors traces the history, geography, and culture of the places she visits while reflecting on her childhood and her family and ancestors' ties to the region as well as her decision to move there from Copenhagen. She writes about the ritual burning of witch effigies on Midsummer's Eve; the environmental activist who opposed a chemical factory in the 1950s; the quiet fishing villages that surfers transformed into an area known as Cold Hawaii starting in the 1970s. She connects wind turbines to Viking ships, thirteenth-century church frescoes to her mother's unrealized dreams. She describes strong waves, sand drifts, storm surges, shipwrecks, and other instances of nature asserting its power over human attempts to ignore or control it. 
   
   
   
  Through a deep, personal engagement with this singular landscape, A Line in the World accesses the universal. Its ultimate subjects are civilization, belonging, and change: changes within one person's life, changes occurring in various communities today, and change as the only constant of life on Earth.

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  HR Approved Ways to Say Things I...

  Black Hiley

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  Tired of pretending to care during meetings that could’ve been emails?Ever fantasized about flipping your desk, walking out... and starting a quiet life selling smoothies on a beach? 
  Yeah. Same. 
  Welcome to your daily dose of office humor (HR-approved, of course… or maybe not). 
  This isn’t just another boring HR book full of empty productivity tips. 
  This audiobook is your safe space to laugh unfiltered at corporate madness — without ending up in an HR meeting. 
  Perfect for anyone who’s ever said “Sounds good!” while screaming inside. 
  Whether you’ve been counting down to Friday since Monday at 9:07 a.m., or you’ve already whispered “I quit” before lunch, this audiobook was made for you. 
  Inside, you’ll find a feast of work humor and adult humor that nails exactly what we all think but no one dares to say:Phrases to dodge work without sounding lazyEmail templates that say “absolutely not” but read like “of course!”Sarcastic translations of ridiculous corporate jargonTools to fake enthusiasm with styleA heartfelt tribute to the real office hero: the coffee machine 
  …and that’s just the beginning. What follows is a surprisingly relatable take on office life that’ll have you laughing out loud. 
  No profanity. No cheap jokes. Just satire, witty insights, and a funny, all-too-real look at the soap opera we call office life. 
  Sound familiar? Great. This is the HR approved break from the daily grind you deserve. 
  Whether you want humor for men, humor for women, or a little workplace grace to survive the professional chaos with dignity (and laughs), this audiobook has you covered. 
  Hit “Play” and laugh at what you can’t say out loud. 
  Because if you can’t quit just yet… at least you can enjoy it.

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