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  Backyard Birds - 12 Quilt Blocks...

  Becky Goldsmith, Linda Jenkins

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  The bestselling design team guides you in stitching up a flock of cheery appliqué birds. 
   
  Appliqué lovers, you’ll want to make all 12 of these endearing blocks featuring robins, cardinals, orioles, and other feathered friends from the back yard. Designed in the lively Piece O’ Cake style by Linda Jenkins and Becky Goldsmith, these blocks are bursting with fresh colors and are easy enough to be fun for stitchers of all levels. Pattern pack includes a 16-page instruction booklet and full-size patterns for 12 blocks, plus appliqué borders, that make a 52” x 65” quilt and instructions for a 4 block 39'' x 39'' quilt. Or mix and match your favorite blocks to perk up quilts, pillows, tote bags, or apparel.

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  Mother Father Uncle Aunt

  Garrison Keillor

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  "...where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."  There's a reason all those children in Lake Wobegon are above average.  It might be the clean prairie air.  It might be the wholesome wheat that's grown by the Norwegian bachelor farmers.  And it just might be their strong, good-looking parents. 
  Garrison Keillor's collection of "News from Lake Wobegon" monologues -
   all taken from live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion is  an extended meditation on the joys, sorrows, challenges, and humor of raising children.  The tales include "Ronnie and the Winnebago" about a young man, his rock-star girlfriend, and his long struggle to earn his father's understanding; "Love While You Dare" the story of August Johnson, who, after losing his brother in a gambler's prank in Copenhagen, flees to America rather than face his mother--who later comes to visit him in Lake Wobegon; and six more splendid, unforgettable accounts of how, in Keillor's words, "the meek shall inherit the earth, and when we have done all we can with our children, it's time to step back and let them inherit it." 
    Contents:  Ball Jars Love While you Dare To Saturday Morning in The Bon Marche Family Trip to Yellowstone The Flood Bob Anderson's Last Dance   Children Will Break Your Heart Ronnie and The Winnebago Carl's Christmas Pageant The TombstoneA HighBridge Audio production.

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  Inshore Craft - Traditional...

  Basil Greenhill, Julian Mannering

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  This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft that once fished and traded, under oar and sail, around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arranged by coastal area and each is described in terms of its shape and design, fitness for location and purpose, build, evolution and geographical distribution. Details of dimensions, rig, building materials, seamanship and the survival of examples are given where known, while hundreds of line drawings and photographs show the vessels in their original forms.A team of twelve experts describe all these boat types and, in addition, there are introductions to the main geographic areas outlining the physical environments, fisheries and other uses of the sea that have influenced boat design; maps of all the areas show ports and physical features.At the beginning of the last century sail and oar dominated fisheries and local trade: one hundred years later those craft have all but vanished. This book brings alive for maritime historians and enthusiasts, traditional boat sailors, modelmakers, and all those with an interest in local history, the vast array of craft that were once such a significant feature of our inshore seas.Inshore Craft is a spectacular achievement—Wooden Boat Magazine

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  How to Be Funny: The Right Way -...

  Dean Mack

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  Learn How to Make People Laugh and Improve Your Sense of Humor with These 7 Easy Steps! 
  Do you only have an arsenal of three old jokes to work with in conversations, and you can't figure out what to say or when to say it in order to be funny? Did you stop counting how many awkward situations you had to endure at a certain point because you tried to make a joke but absolutely nobody laughed? 
  Don't worry, there are plenty of people that have just the same issue as you do! Being funny really isn't an easy thing, but the guide "How to Be Funny: The Right Way - The Only 7 Steps You Need to Master Comedy, Conversational Humor, and Making People Laugh Today" will make it so much easier you will start wondering why everyone can't stop laughing around you! The guide covers a total of 9 topics on how to master comedy and become funny to other people. 
  Here's What You'll Learn:Some information about why humor is important in general, as well as when it's appropriate to use itThe importance of taking risks in order to learn what type of humor fits different people and situationsHow to study, learn and practice being funnyHow to find the optimal moment to be funny, and the optimal moment not toHow to make your signature joke that you will have as a plan B wherever you goHow to balance the edginess of your jokes depending on the people you're with and the current atmosphereHow to combine everything you've previously learned for maximum effectiveness 
  Being funny has never been easier - make sure to make the most out of the opportunities that this guide will provide, because there will be a lot of them! 
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  The Rock Island Line

  Bill Marvel

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  Explore the rich history of the legendary railroad that spanned the American Midwest in this beautifully illustrated volume. 
   
  Beginning operations in the mid-nineteenth century, the Rock Island Line served farms and small-town America for more than 140 years. One of the earliest railroads to build westward from Chicago, it was the first to span the Mississippi, advancing the frontier, bringing settlers into the West, and hauling their crops to market. 
   
  Rock Island’s celebrated Rocket passenger trains also set a standard for speed and service, with suburban runs as familiar to Windy City commuters as the Loop. For most of its existence, the Rock battled competitors much larger and richer than itself. When it finally succumbed, the result was one of the largest business bankruptcies ever. Today, as its engines and stock travel the busy main lines operated by other carriers, the Rock Island Line lives on in the hearts of those whom it employed and served.

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  Raised Bed Gardening - A...

  Luke Smith

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  Discover how to grow vibrant, robust and healthy plants in less space and with less effort than you ever thought possible with the ultimate guide to raised bed gardening 
  Have you seriously considered setting up your own garden, but don't have enough backyard space for traditional gardening? Do you want to cultivate fresh fruits, veggies and even grow beautiful flowers without the back-breaking work involved in traditional gardening? 
  If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then you've come to the right place. 
  Raised bed gardening is experiencing a surge in popularity, and it's easy to see why. It involves far less bending as well as being aesthetically pleasing to look at and often has a more bountiful harvest than traditional gardening. 
  In this comprehensive guide, gardening expert Luke Smith shows you how to set up your very first or next raised bed garden with the best practices from choosing the right materials for your raised bed garden frame to practical tips that will help you produce a bountiful harvest yield. 
  In Raised Bed Gardening, you're going to discover: 
  ●      How to choose the perfect size for your garden bed's frame and the secret sweet spot for sizing a raised bed garden 
  ●      Proven tips to help you grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers in your new raised bed garden 
  ●      ...and lots more! 
  Whether you're a first-time gardener looking for a more convenient, modern approach to gardening, or you're a veteran traditional gardener looking to upgrade your gardening skills, the information contained in this guide will equip you with the know-how to create an entire garden of raised beds as efficiently as possible.

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