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  A Croft in the Hills

  Katharine Stewart, Neil Gunn

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  A Croft in the Hills captures, in simple, moving descriptions, what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft near Loch Ness fifty years ago. A couple and their young daughter, fresh from city life, immerse themselves in the practicalities of looking after sheep, cattle and hens, mending fences, baking bread, and surviving the worst that Scottish winters can throw at them.Their neighbors are few, but among them they find the generosity and community spirit that has survived in the Highlands for generations. Working as a tight family unit, they learn to cope, and in time grow to love their little croft. As Neil Gunn writes in his Foreword, their lives gain extra dimensions that 'give the book its unusual quality, its brightness, and its wisdom'.

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  Everybody Wins - Four Decades of...

  James Wallis

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  Ever wondered when board games got so good? The last forty years have seen nothing short of a revolution in the world of tabletop games. No longer synonymous with family arguments over a game of Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit, board games and the once niche hobby of tabletop gaming have moved into the mainstream over the last four decades, with modern classics like CATAN, Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne becoming established household names.In this informative and entertaining volume, this revolution in tabletop gaming is revealed and reviewed by one of the most knowledgeable commentators there is. James Wallis explores the evolving world of board games through the lens of the Spiel des Jahres, Germany’s prestigious Game of the Year award, looking at a host of past winners catapulted to worldwide popularity, once lauded games now sadly forgotten, and a few popular hits that somehow missed out. Alongside this, Wallis expertly chronicles the increasing sophistication in the design of modern board games and their ever growing variety. Everybody Wins is a book for anyone who loves games, wonders what all the fuss is about or just wants to know what to play next—the essential, hugely readable study of the modern board game. The revolution in tabletop gaming revealed and reviewed, in this entertaining and informative look at 45 years of award-winning games—now in an enhanced audio edition!

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  The Ultimate Book of Top Ten...

  Jamie Frater

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  A collection of obscure facts, impressive achievements, despicable crimes, bizarre records, unforgettable films and more from the authors of listverse.com. 
   
  Discover bizarre facts, amazing trivia, astonishing mysteries, natural wonders, little-known people, useful tips and much more in this mammoth bathroom reader. From crime, movies and music to science, history and literature, this book offers an incredible array of intriguing top-ten lists, including: 
   
  • Urban Legends—Debunked 
   
  • Influential People Who Never Lived 
   
  • Ancient Methods of Execution 
   
  • Poisonous Foods We Love to Eat 
   
  • Inventions of the Middle Ages 
   
  • Gruesome Fairytale Origins 
   
  • Secret Societies 
   
  • Amazing Film Swordfights 
   
  • Bizarre Animal Mating Rituals 
   
  • Misconceptions About Evolution 
   
  • Tips for Frugal Living 
   
  • Fascinating Graveyards You Must See

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  Gardening - How to Learn...

  Alan Hitchcock

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  Three titles in one! 
  Audiobook one: With the benefits of aquaponics, combining aquaculture and hydroponics, anyone interested in this topic should start with an informational guide. This is a great audiobook for hobbyists, beginners, and those who want to go pro. Would you rather spend a hundred dollars on a video course or just learn everything from an audiobook for a few bucks?  
  This audiobook gives you all the information and basics you need. Because of this excellent guide, you can save time, money, and frustrations by starting out the right way also and know what you are doing. Various decisions have to be made. Things have to be compared. The systems have to be built. All of these things will be easier with some key pieces of information for a great start.   
  Audiobook two: If you’re looking for new ideas and tips (not visual plans) on chicken coops, then this audiobook might be for you. You will be able to make better decisions by figuring out which coop design is right for you, whether you should start a chicken coop (things you may have overlooked), and much more. This is a fantastic little guide for new chicken farmers. It gives several different insights on coops and raising chickens, and in that way, it’s kind of a twofold guide. For detailed plans and measurements, listeners should look elsewhere, but for the newbie who is still deciding, considering, or wondering where to start, this is the best way to go.   
  Audiobook three: In case you’ve been living under a rock (a square one), you may have heard of square-foot gardening. It allows for a small space to grow plants and create a mini-ecosystem, if you will, that optimizes space and resources. In this brief introduction, you will learn all the basics you need to get started, and you may even be convinced by the end of the audiobook that this is the best way to garden. You will be amazed at the things you can do with limited resources.

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  A Small Furry Prayer - Dog...

  Steven Kotler

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  Steven Kotler was forty years old, single, and facing an existential crisis when he met Lila, a woman devoted to animal rescue. "Love me, love my dogs" was her rule, and Steven took it to heart. Spurred to move by a housing crisis in Los Angeles, Steven, Lila, and their eight dogs-then ten, then twenty, and then they lost count-bought a postage-stamp-size farm in Chimayo, New Mexico. A Small Furry Prayer chronicles their adventures at Rancho de Chihuahua, the sanctuary they created for their special needs pack.While dog rescue is one of the largest underground movements in America, it is also one of the least understood. An insider look at the "cult and culture" of dog rescue, A Small Furry Prayer weaves personal experience, cultural investigation, and scientific inquiry into a fast-paced, fun-filled narrative that explores what it means to devote one's life to the furry and the four-legged. Along the way, Kotler combs through every aspect of canine-human relations, from humans' long history with dogs through brand-new research into the neuroscience of canine companionship, in the end discovering why living in a world made of dog may be the best way to uncover the truth about what it really means to be human.

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  The Complete Works of John Muir...

  John Muir

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  This meticulously edited book brings you the complete works of an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America, known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks". This exceptional collection is comprised of Muir's travel memoirs, wilderness essays, environmental studies and personal letters.
  Contents:
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  Picturesque California
  The Mountains of California
  Our National Parks
  My First Summer in the Sierra
  The Yosemite
  Travels in Alaska
  Stickeen: The Story of a Dog
  The Cruise of the Corwin
  A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf
  Steep Trails
  Studies in Sierra
  Articles and Speeches
  The National Parks and Forest Reservations
  Save the Redwoods
  Snow-storm on Mount Shasta
  Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park
  A Rival of the Yosemite
  The Treasures of the Yosemite
  Yosemite Glaciers
  Yosemite in Winter
  Yosemite in Spring
  Edward Henry Harriman
  Edward Taylor Parsons
  The Hetch Hetchy Valley
  The Grand Cañon of the Colorado
  Autobiography
  The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
  Letters to a Friend
  Tribute
  Alaska Days With John Muir by Samuel Hall Young

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