From learning about the right tools for the right jobs to looking at a plan and beginning your own project, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking" teaches the novice woodworker all there is to know about this wonderful hobby. This step-by-step book takes you through the workshop, whether it's a shed in the backyard or a three-foot space in a one-bedroom apartment, showing you how to create beautiful pieces of furniture and decorative items with the right tools. You'll learn how to set up a workspace, buy hand and power tools, set goals within a realistic budget, work with plans and put the finishing touches on your project. Basic plans for a variety of projects are included.
The Magic Gourd by Baba Wague Diakite, ISBN 0439439604
This celebration of the rich culture of Mali tells a tale of the importance of generosity. When drought parches the land, Rabbit rescues Chameleon from a thorny bush. Chameleon repays him with a magical gourd that always stays filled with food and water. But soon a greedy king steals the gourd for himself. Illustrations.
The Magic Gourd by Baba Wague Diakite, ISBN 0439439604
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With Heart and Soul: Favorite Recipes from Our Friends and Family
Roxie Kelley and Shelly Reeves Smith have been friends and business partners for many years, creating a delightful line of note cards, appointment calendars, and cookbooks. Evoking the simple life -- where friends are dear and home life is precious -- their Among Friends Collection has been snapped up by devoted followers across the country.
Since it was first published four years ago, the duo's first cookbook, Just a Matter of Thyme, has sold more than 80,000 copies in the gift trade alone. Many of the recipes in the engaging Just a Matter of Thyme were contributed by the authors' friends and family; others came from the restaurant Kelley once owned. In addition, Just a Matter of Thyme contains a clever and creative section on gift basket ideas.
With Heart and Soul was born when fans clamored for the next Among Friends book. In addition to a new collection of recipes, With Heart and Soul includes a "Heart Smart" section and helpful household hints from recipes for potting soil to removing...
With Heart and Soul: Favorite Recipes from Our Friends and Family
How de Body?: Hope and Horror in Sierra Leone by Teun Voeten, ISBN 0312282192
In 1998, acclaimed photojournalist Teun Voeten headed to Sierra Leone for what he thought would be a standard assignment on the child soldiers there. But the cease-fire ended just as he arrived, and the clash between the military junta and the West African peace-keeping troops forced him to hide in the bush from rebels who were intent on killing him.
"How de Body? ("how are you?" in Sierra Leone's Creole English) is a dramatic account of the conflict that has been raging in the country for nearly a decade-and how Voeten nearly became a casualty of it. Accessible and conversational, it's a look into the dangerous diamond trade that fuels the conflict, the legacy of war practices such as forced amputations, the tragic use of child soldiers, and more. The book is also a tribute to the people who never make the headlines: Eddy Smith, a BBC correspondent who eventually helps Voeten escape; Alfred Kanu, a school principal who risks his life to keep his students and teachers going amidst the...
How de Body?: Hope and Horror in Sierra Leone by Teun Voeten, ISBN 0312282192
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Nothin' But Good Times Ahead by Molly Ivins, ISBN 0679754881
Molly Ivins, one of our most outspoken, and outrageously funny political commentators (and the author of the bestseller Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?) is back. In this merciless, utterly hilarious book, Ivins riddles such targets as Bill Clinton, George Bush, the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill imbroglio, and more.
Nothin' But Good Times Ahead by Molly Ivins, ISBN 0679754881
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With Heart and Soul: Favorite Recipes from Our Friends and Family
Roxie Kelley and Shelly Reeves Smith have been friends and business partners for many years, creating a delightful line of note cards, appointment calendars, and cookbooks. Evoking the simple life -- where friends are dear and home life is precious -- their Among Friends Collection has been snapped up by devoted followers across the country.
Since it was first published four years ago, the duo's first cookbook, Just a Matter of Thyme, has sold more than 80,000 copies in the gift trade alone. Many of the recipes in the engaging Just a Matter of Thyme were contributed by the authors' friends and family; others came from the restaurant Kelley once owned. In addition, Just a Matter of Thyme contains a clever and creative section on gift basket ideas.
With Heart and Soul was born when fans clamored for the next Among Friends book. In addition to a new collection of recipes, With Heart and Soul includes a "Heart Smart" section and helpful household hints from recipes for potting soil to removing...
With Heart and Soul: Favorite Recipes from Our Friends and Family