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  Nature Notes

  Sue Belfrage

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  ** A Winner of the Woodland Books of the Year Award ** 
  In a stressful, chaotic world, many of us are turning to nature for a sense of serenity and happiness. 
  While the idea of the wild outdoors is enticing, though, our busy lives and our location can cause us to become detached from nature. Down to the River and Up to the Trees will show you how to connect with the natural world around you, whether you live in the city or the countryside. 
  From getting to know the local wildlife, to foraging and creating naturally-sourced masterpieces, Down to the River is brimming with practical information, intriguing quotes and inspirational ideas. Discover how to carve your own spoon; to be able to tell if the moon is waxing or waning; or try forest bathing (surrounding yourself with trees). Learn how to make yourself at home amongst the animals and plants on your doorstep, in harmony with your surroundings. There is space too for you to record your thoughts and findings, whatever shape they take. 
  This book is a top pick for those seeking mindfulness and serenity. Engage your mind, body, and spirit in the best of hobbies, from seasonal crafts to meditation. It's a holiday for your senses, a journey through the seasons that brings peace and tranquilly. 
  For fans of Simon Barnes (Rewild Yourself), Emma Mitchell (The Wild Remedy), Dr Qing Li (Into the Forest), Lucy Jones (Losing Eden), and Clemens G. Arvay (The Biophilia Effect).

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  Antiquities - What Everyone...

  Maxwell L. Anderson

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  The destruction of ancient monuments and artworks by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shocked observers worldwide. Yet iconoclastic erasures of the past date back at least to the mid-1300s BCE, during the Amarna Period of ancient Egypt's eighteenth dynasty. Far more damage to the past has been inflicted by natural disasters, looters, and public works.Art historian Maxwell Anderson's Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know analyzes continuing threats to our heritage, and offers a balanced account of treaties and laws governing the circulation of objects; the history of collecting antiquities; how forgeries are made and detected; how authentic works are documented, stored, dispersed, and displayed; the politics of sending antiquities back to their countries of origin; and the outlook for an expanded legal market. Anderson provides a summary of challenges ahead, including the future of underwater archaeology, the use of drones, remote sensing, and how invisible markings on antiquities will allow them to be traced.Written in question-and-answer format, the book equips listeners with a nuanced understanding of the legal, practical, and moral choices that face us all when confronting antiquities in a museum gallery, shop window, or for sale on the Internet.

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  The desperate housewives cookbook

  Juicy Dishes, Saucy Bits

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  Have you ever wanted to bake like Bree? Be a gourmand like Gaby? Prepare simple yet savory fare like Susan? Or make child-friendly cuisine like Lynette? Now, their recipes are at your fingertips! Mouthwatering and easy to prepare, here are over 125 delicious dishes made famous by America’s favorite housewives.

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  Smart Casual - The...

  Alison Pearlman

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  “A delicious romp through America’s rapidly changing and diverging restaurant scene . . . an informative, witty, and delightful book.” —Andrew F. Smith, editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America 
   
  Haute has blurred with homey cuisine in the last few decades, but how did this radical change happen, and what does it say about current attitudes toward taste? Here with the answers is food writer Alison Pearlman. In Smart Casual: The Transformation of Gourmet Restaurant Style in America, Pearlman investigates what she identifies as the increasing informality in the design of contemporary American restaurants.  
   
  By design, Pearlman does not just mean architecture. Her argument is more expansive—she is as interested in the style and presentation of food, the business plan, and the marketing of chefs as she is in the restaurant’s floor plan or menu design. Pearlman takes us hungrily inside the kitchens and dining rooms of restaurants coast to coast—from David Chang’s Momofuku noodle bar in New York to the seasonal, French-inspired cuisine of Alice Waters and Thomas Keller in California to the deconstructed comfort food of Homaro Cantu’s Moto in Chicago—to explore the different forms and flavors this casualization is taking.  
   
  Through lively on-the-scene observation and interviews with major players and chefs, Smart Casual will transport readers to restaurants around the country to learn the secrets to their success and popularity. It is certain to give foodies and restaurant-goers something delectable to chew on. 
   
  “This study is erudite and hip, written with both verve and a keen analytical eye.” —Ken Albala, author of Beans: A History

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  Lunch in Paris - A Love Story...

  Elizabeth Bard

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  In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman—and never went home again.Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pavé au poivre, the steak's pink juices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? Lunch in Paris is a memoir about a young American woman caught up in two passionate love affairs—one with her new beau, Gwendal, the other with French cuisine. Packing her bags for a new life in the world's most romantic city, Elizabeth is plunged into a world of bustling open-air markets, hipster bistros, and size 2 femmes fatales. She learns to gut her first fish (with a little help from Jane Austen), soothes pangs of homesickness (with the rise of a chocolate soufflé), and develops a crush on her local butcher (who bears a striking resemblance to Matt Dillon). Elizabeth finds that the deeper she immerses herself in the world of French cuisine, the more Paris itself begins to translate. French culture, she discovers, is not unlike a well-ripened cheese: there may be a crusty exterior, until you cut through to the melting, piquant heart.Peppered with mouth-watering recipes for summer ratatouille, swordfish tartare, and molten chocolate cakes, Lunch in Paris is a story of falling in love, redefining success, and discovering what it truly means to be at home. In the delicious tradition of memoirs like A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, this book is the perfect treat for anyone who has dreamed that lunch in Paris could change their life.

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  How To Play Saxophone - Your...

  HowExpert, Kevin McCall

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  If you are looking for a quick, straightforward explanation to the art of playing saxophone, look no further. The How to Play Saxophone guide will give you all of the tools you need to jump into the exciting world of music and performance. This guide will provide you with knowledge of:What the saxophone is and how it worksHow to maintain and care for your instrumentWhat music really is and how to create itHow to read music, in both sheet and "skeleton" versionsHow to interpret the true intent of the composerEvery aspect of playing the saxophone, from mouth position to postureHow to identify and reciprocate style in musicHow to take pieces and put your own life into themHow to play "on the spot" without composed sheet music or memorizationAnd overall musicality 
  This guide is the manual for saxophone playing, taken from its lofty place and brought to words, thoughts, and processes for the ordinary person. The step from listener to musician is a large one and will take a lot of knowledge and work. This guide will give you the knowledge and basis needed to undertake the task; all you have to supply is the practice. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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