Home Keeper
The Ultimate Organizer
Written by Natasha Tabori Fried

Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $27.50

Getting your home in order has never been easier! Home Keeper is the perfect place to organize all your household information, including contacts for everyone from the contractor to the local hardware store, maintenance schedules, warranties, service contracts, records of repairs and improvement, inventories of art, collectibles, electronics, and appliances. And... Read more >

Gardens of the Hudson Valley

Written by Susan Daley and Steve Gross
Text by Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry
Foreword by Gregory Long

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $50.00

The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for... Read more >

Uncommon Crochet
Twenty-Five Projects Made from Natural Yarns and Alternative Fibers
Written by Julie Armstrong Holetz

Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $19.95

Black leather granny squares are anything but square, and hot pink organic hemp gives crocheted vases a decidedly modern cachet. In Uncommon Crochet, designer Julie Armstrong Holetz applies new ideas and unconventional materials--like wire, raffia, jute, sisal, recycled belts, fabric strips, and felted beads--to twenty-five patterns for bins, baskets, totes, handbags...

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Green Thoughts
A Writer in the Garden
Written by Eleanor Perenyi
Edited by Michael Pollan
Introduction by Allen Lacy

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2002
Price: $14.95

A classic in the literature of the garden, Green Thoughts is a beautifully written and highly original collection of seventy-two essays, alphabetically arranged, on topics ranging from “Annuals” and “Artichokes” to “Weeds” and “Wildflowers.” An amateur gardener for over thirty years, Eleanor Perényi draws upon her wide-ranging knowledge of gardening lore... Read more >

Santa Fe Houses

Written by Christine Mather and Sharon Woods
Photographed by Jack Parsons

Format: Hardcover, 252 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2002
Price: $50.00

Santa Fe-style decorating is a coast-to-coast trend. Hundreds of thousands have scoured Christine Mather’s previous books, eager to incorporate Santa Fe design elements into their own homes. Now, in Santa Fe Houses, Mather combines concrete and practical home-decorating suggestions with the beautiful photographs of her longtime collaborator, Jack Parsons, creating an... Read more >

Blowguns and Bouncing Pigs: Traditional Toymaking
The Foxfire Americana Library (6)
Written by Foxfire Fund, Inc.

Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $3.99

The Foxfire Americana Library takes you back to the good ol’ days with a collection of simple, classic toys that can be made at home. Complete with illustrated step-by-step instructions, “Blowguns and Bouncing Pigs” includes advice on how to make:
 
Ball and Cups
Blowguns
Bouncing Pigs
Bows and Arrows
Bubble Blowers
Bull Grinders
Buttons on a String
Climbing Bears
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Founding Gardeners
The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
Written by Andrea Wulf
Read by Antonia Bath

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 29, 2011
Price: $20.00

From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers.
For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions, as deeply ingrained in their characters as their belief in liberty... Read more >

Fresh American Spaces
Romantic - Nuanced - Happy - Cultured - Exuberant
Written by Annie Selke

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $45.00

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How to Sew a Button
And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew
Written by Erin Bried

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $13.99

“Waste not, want not” with this guide to saving money, taking heart, and enjoying the simple pleasures of life.

Nowadays, many of us “outsource” basic tasks. Food is instant, ready-made, and processed with unhealthy additives. Dry cleaners press shirts, delivery guys bring pizza, gardeners tend flowers, and, yes, tailors sew on those... Read more >

David Stark Design

Written by David Stark

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $40.00

David Stark is one of New York’s most creative and sought-after event designers. This book explores forty of Stark’s elaborate yet eco-friendly events—corporate, non-profit, and private—with 200 exquisite photographs and descriptive text. Organized according to the designer’s quirky phraseology—“Animate the Inanimate” “Don't Take It So Seriously . . . At the... Read more >