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One of the signature projects whittlers enjoy working on is the whistle, and this book addresses each and every detail of successful whistle making. With a pocket knife and some readily available materials, most of which can be gathered from nature, beginning carvers will produce fun and attractive whistles that they can show off to their friends. Designed to be understandable to both younger readers and adult beginners, the book features numerous full-colour instructional photos for each project and provides a strong emphasis on safety and tool care. Featured projects include the classic slip bark whistle, tube whistles, a kazoo, a vuvuzuela, and reed whistles.

Written by well-known pen turners Kip Christensen and Rex Burningham, this is the ideal guide for those keen to learn the art of creating pens and is also suitable for existing turners looking to develop their skills. This book also contains an inspirational gallery of turned pens.

This collection of articles from 'Fine Woodworking' brings together the best information on a rich variety of finishing techniques.

For any keen woodturners short of time, this is the perfect book - 25 projects which can all be completed in 30 minutes. Projects mostly require only basic turning tools and workshop accessories and include drawings with dimensions.

This full color book includes: *instructions for establishing a water feature, including installation *instructions for maintenance and understanding the pond ecosystem *tips for selecting and planting *discussion of potential pests and problems *hundreds of water garden plants *includes flower & foliage colors, height, spread, light and nutrition needs

This all new collection of articles from Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking magazines delivers expert advice for designing and building built-ins, shelves, and cabinets.

The latest edition of this best-selling title features 17 new articles from the highly respected Fine Homebuilding magazine, and includes over 350 illustrative on-the-job photographs and drawings.

This life-changing book will transform your approach to clutter and tidying so that getting and staying organised is easy.

75 ways to make life easier-with baking soda.

The UK's best-selling home extension book has now been comprehensively updated to include the latest Planning and Building Regulations, energy efficient design, pure glass extensions, SIPS and timber frame, bi-fold doors, woodburning stoves and re

This book will be a practical step-by-step guide to home building, renovation and extension in Ireland, taking the reader from the design stage, through the planning process to building, decorating and finishing touches. The balance of personal stories and professional advice makes this an accessible and inspiring guide to renovation.

This book was written for people who have never used a 3D carving machine. It teaches the basics of designing and making things with Inventables' software (Easel) and 3D carving machines (X-Carve and Carvey).

Hotelier Francis Brennan is back with his third book, and with his tips and tricks for household management he'll have you running your home like a five-star hotel in no time!

...[T]here are few indeed except trained naturalists who realize that any but a quite casual and superficial relation exists between these woodland toadstools and the trees under which they appear, or have carried their observations a stage further and noted the regular coincidence of certain kinds with particular tree species. The association between the toadstool-producing fungi of woodlands and our common trees is only one of many unlikely ways in which plants belonging to widely different groups are interrelated with one another and with the mechanism of life as a whole. Because this is so, and because there is a widespread and somewhat surprising lack of curiosity about the jigsaw puzzle formed by the different kinds of life that surround us in nature; about the interplay and interdependence of their various vital activities and the pattern formed when these are fitted together... it has seemed worth while to write this little book. (From the Introduction)

It was late April when I came by. As I looked up into that tree top the sunlight was shining through, and at first I thought I must be dreaming. Instead of buds, I saw what seemed like lighted candles, each with a silken frill, like the recurved petals of an iris, below the tip of flame! I had never seen a tree thus illuminated, and the sight was enchanting. The warm spring air had brought out the hickory buds, with those of other trees, and while I was looking for flowers on the ground, the buds above had swollen, cast off the winter covers, revealing the silky inner wrappings of the young shoots. The rich downward-curving "petals" were only the inner scales of the great buds, grown long and wide, their vivid orange setting off the compact yellow buds that still stood erect... I had never seen a hickory tree opening its iris-like buds before, but I have never missed it since. [From Chapter 1]

Greening Your Condo Association: Politics, Pitfalls, Recommendations, and Rewards. This book will help you to: 1) Understand and work with condo associations using the example of environmentalism, 2) Understand environmental problems associated with psychology and economics using the example of a condo association, and 3) Learn the EASE problem solving method, which can be broadly applied beyond the greening of condo associations. With so many condo associations in the world contributing to environmental challenges, there should be at least one book on how to make condo associations more environmentally friendly. For the health of our planet, this book should be purchased by every condo association and read by every board member and property manager. New condo owners and realtors will find this book invaluable for more generally understanding and dealing with condo associations.

Insider Basics for the First-Time Home Buyer! is an important resource and objective guide offering everything one needs to know to properly buy their first (and future) home. Unlike those "free" home buying seminars, this book assists you with no hidden agendas or ulterior motives. From what qualifies you for mortgage financing to how to find the right real estate agent and mortgage professional, this tool will prepare you in ways that the typical home buyer course or seminar cannot and does not. Through it you will learn savings strategies, credit strengthening techniques, and what NOT to do. You'll find helpful checklists to take with you on your prospective home visits and much more. Insider Basics for the First-Time Home Buyer! is a critical resource for anyone thinking about buying a home.

The mystical movement of energy, Vaastu Shastra from India and Feng Shui from China are looked at through 'house dressing' and creating a healthy home from the ancient secrets of these sacred studies for the modern age. Over the last sixty years these olde mysteries have found worldwide application in all aspects of architecture and interior design with the aim to create healthier environments and homes by balancing the flow of positive and negative energies.

We in North America are wont to think that we may instruct all the world in agriculture, because our agricultural wealth is great and our exports to less favored peoples have been heavy; but this wealth is great because our soil is fertile and new, and in large acreage for every person. We have really only begun to farm well. The first condition of farming is to maintain fertility. This condition the oriental peoples have met, and they have solved it in their way. We may never adopt particular methods, but we can profit vastly by their experience. With the increase of personal wants in recent time, the newer countries may never reach such density of population as have Japan and China; but we must nevertheless learn the first lesson in the conservation of natural resources, which are the resources of the land. [From the Forward] Get Your Copy Today!