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  Backyard Homesteading Handbook -...

  Ethan Davis

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  Backyard Homesteading Handbook: Guide to Self-Sufficiency at Home is your essential guide to creating a sustainable and self-reliant lifestyle, no matter the size of your property. This extensive book provides helpful guidance and detailed directions for turning your backyard into a productive homestead. This guide covers all the topics you need to live a more sustainable lifestyle, including cultivating your own fruits and vegetables, rearing small livestock, making handmade goods, and using renewable energy sources. 
  You'll discover helpful advice on evaluating your space and resources, creating realistic objectives, organizing your time and workload, and creating a resilient and prosperous homestead, regardless of your level of experience. Important subjects covered in the book include organic gardening, composting, water saving, and overcoming typical homesteading obstacles. It also highlights the value of community, including advice on bartering, knowledge sharing, and forming relationships with other homesteaders. 
  With the help of Backyard Homesteading Handbook, you'll be able to manage your food supply, lessen your environmental effect, and take pleasure in the benefits of living off the land in your own backyard.

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  Expressive Embroidery - the art...

  Chloë Amy Avery

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  Expressive Embroidery is an exciting guide to new ways of stitching and creating bold, contemporary designs. It redefines embroidery by fusing traditional stitching with pop culture-inspired motifs and designs. With clear instruction and projects, it shows how freestyle embroidery can embrace the latest ideas in textures and finishes as well, and create new exciting work that you can't resist!

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  Making Wooden Toys - 15 Projects...

  in partnership with Craft & Co....

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  Learn to make fresh, fun, and whimsical wooden toys! Perfect for beginner to advanced scrollers, this must-have project guide will walk you through how to scroll saw 15 interactive wooden toys kids will love. Using minimal tools and food-safe finishes, the featured scroll saw projects have a contemporary aesthetic and are truly unique to engage children in new and exciting ways. Also included are helpful overviews on materials and tools, including how to use sandpaper, drills, a square, a plane, and more. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and expert tips and tricks to assist you in accomplishing each exciting project, Making Wooden Toys is the ultimate guide to making one-of-a-kind interactive toys that are just as fun to make as they are to play with!

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  Egyptian Art and Architecture -...

  Omar Khalil

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  The art and architecture of ancient Egypt are deeply intertwined with the civilization’s religious beliefs and cultural practices. Spanning over three millennia, these artistic expressions were not merely decorative but held profound symbolic meanings, reflecting the Egyptians’ worldview and their connection with the divine. The foundations of Egyptian art and architecture were laid during the early dynastic period, evolving through distinct stages that shaped the visual language of one of history’s most iconic civilizations. 
  Religion played a central role in shaping the aesthetic and thematic aspects of Egyptian art. Temples, tombs, and monuments were designed as sacred spaces, serving as a bridge between the human and divine realms. The concept of Ma’at, representing order and harmony, influenced the geometric precision and symmetrical layouts seen in temple complexes and pyramid construction. Deities were depicted with specific attributes, emphasizing their powers and roles within the cosmos. This symbolic representation extended to Pharaohs, who were portrayed as divine intermediaries, blending human and godly features to signify their sacred status. 
  Symbolism permeated every facet of Egyptian art, from monumental statues to delicate jewelry. Hieroglyphs and pictorial motifs were not merely decorative; they conveyed narratives, prayers, and genealogies. The ankh, symbolizing life, and the scarab, representing transformation and rebirth, are recurring motifs that held spiritual significance. Colors also played a symbolic role: red signified vitality, blue denoted divinity, and gold represented eternity. This symbolic language was meticulously maintained across centuries, creating a consistent artistic identity despite historical changes.

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  The Extra Mile - An...

  Evan Craft, Craig Borlase

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  The Extra Mile is an inspiring true story of Evan Craft’s life-changing cycling journey across South America, blending adventure, faith, and personal transformation, while challenging readers to discover God’s purpose and serve others.A group of friends and strangers, one big idea. What started as a pursuit of something meaningful turned into the challenge of a lifetime that would shape their lives forever.Have you ever felt like your life lacked purpose or meaning? Or struggled to feel closer to God? The Extra Mile is the real-life story of Evan Craft’s incredible journey as he and a group of friends cycled from the Pacific coast of Chile to the Atlantic coast of Argentina. Through beautiful storytelling and recollection of this life-changing experience, you too will feel like you are on the ride of a lifetime. Visit some of the most scenic places on earth, travel dangerous, busy roads, face unexpected hardships, and cheer them on to the finish line—all while experiencing the energy, emotions, frustrations, teamwork, and faith of these determined riders.A travel adventure full of setbacks to overcome, friendships that will last forever, and true personal transformation, this book will challenge you personally to look at the places where God is leading you. It will inspire you to think of who you can serve in your own spheres of influence. And it will make you think hard about how you can live in ways that leave people hungry for more of God’s love.So, dive in. Hold on. Get ready for the ride of a lifetime—and get ready to go the extra mile.

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  From The Norman Conquest To The...

  Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett

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  The second in an uproarious, sardonic and incisive look through English history. In this volume, we discover the actions of the Normans and King Richard, giving clear reasons why we history should hold them in nothing but contempt. It also covers the signing of the Magna Carta, the first bill of rights in England, which came about because a powerless king tried to go to war, realised that he had no-one behind him, and was bullied into signing in order to not simply be executed. 
  Covers: 
  William The Conqueror, and the thugs and mercenaries who bought titles and became England's gentry. 
  William Rufus, and his utterly ridiculous death. 
  Henry The First, Surnamed Beauclerc, his conquest of Normandy, and death from a finger wound. 
  Stephen. 
  Henry The Second, Surnamed Plantagenet, and his constant battles with both the church and his own family. 
  Richard The First, Surnamed Cour De Lion, and how truly awful he was in every respect. 
  John, Surnamed Sansterre, Or Lackland, and how tried to lead an army that deserted him and was forced into signing the Magna Carta.

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