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A Short History of Private Life
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $15.95
With his signature wit, charm, and seemingly limitless knowledge, Bill Bryson takes us on a room-by-room tour through his own house, using each room as a jumping off point into the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern...
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The Perfectly Imperfect Home
How to Decorate and Live Well
Written by Deborah Needleman
Illustrated by Virginia Johnson
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $30.00
Style is a luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.
Over the years, founding editor in chief of
domino magazine Deborah Needleman has seen all kinds of rooms, with all kinds of furnishings. Her conclusion: It’s not hard to create a relaxed, stylish, and comfortable home. Just a few well-considered...
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Encyclopedia of Country Living, 10th Edition
Written by Carla Emery
Format: Trade Paperback, 928 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2008
Price: $29.95
No home is complete without this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia! For more than thirty years, people have relied on the thousands of recipes, detailed how-to instructions, and personal advice provided in this definitive classic. It is the most complete source of step-by-step information about growing, processing, cooking, and preserving homegrown foods from garden...
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The Botany of Desire
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Written by Michael Pollan
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2002
Price: $16.00
Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In
The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal...
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Grow Great Grub
Organic Food from Small Spaces
Written by Gayla Trail
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $19.99
Your patio, balcony, rooftop, front stoop, boulevard, windowsill, planter box, or fire escape is a potential fresh food garden waiting to happen. In Grow Great Grub, Gayla Trail, the founder of the leading online gardening community (YouGrowGirl.com), shows you how to grow your own delicious, affordable, organic edibles virtually anywhere.  ...
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What's Gotten into Us?
Staying Healthy in a Toxic World
Written by Mckay Jenkins
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $26.00
What’s Gotten into Us? is a deep, remarkable, and empowering investigation into the threats—biological and environmental—that chemicals now present in our daily lives. Do you know what chemicals are in your shampoo? How about your cosmetics? Do you know what’s in the plastic water bottles you drink from, or the weed killer...
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Also available as an
eBook.
Also available as an
eBook.