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Cooking with live fire goes way beyond the barbecue grill. Rediscover the pleasures of a variety of unconventional techniques, from roasting pork on a spit to baking bread in ashes, searing fish on a

Helps parents of 18-29 year olds understand the stage of development called “emerging adulthood” and explains how to deal with the challenges of young adults who are going through an intense period of

Sedums are easy-to-grow flowering perennials with succulent foliage. They are available in hundreds of varieties, and gorgeous in gardens and containers. Their color changes dramatically with the seas

Salvia is a family of flowering plants that can be grown in all regions, either as perennials or annuals. The range of sizes, colors, foliage, and hardiness within the genus is substantial, with over

Give your child the gift of conversation with Small Talk!You are your child's most valuable resource when it comes to learning to talk. In Small Talk, speech and language therapist Nicola Lathey and p

Critically acclaimed writer Ellen Gilchrist, winner of the National Book Award, returns with her first story collection in eight years.In Acts of God, master short story writer Ellen Gilchrist has cra

Augustus Jenkins Farmer (aka Jenks) started gardening in the third grade in a corner of the family farm filled with rocks, scrap metal, and crinum and spider lilies. He was free to dig, transplant, an

We’ve all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult

We’ve all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult

Nineteen brilliantly led conversations with a sterling roster of natural and social scientists, shedding new light on their ideas, discoveries—and lives. How does Jane Goodall’s relationship with her

This one-of-a-kind book shows you how to create a peaceful co-existence between your vegetable garden and the wildlife who consider it part of their habitat. By understanding and working with the surr

It’s the question most commonly heard in every garden: what’s wrong with my…? And with the bestselling What’s Wrong With My Plant? and What’s Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?, we’ve answered it for flo

It’s the question most commonly heard in every garden: what’s wrong with my…? And with the bestselling What’s Wrong With My Plant? and What’s Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?, we’ve answered it for flo

The author of Younger Next Year teams up with an esteemed nutritionist and exercise physiologist in an energetic guide to weight loss that challenges today's "quick-fix" methods and draws on up-to-dat

Bold is nourishing. Bold is inspired. Bold is food that means business. And Bold is big—as in 250 recipes filled with big flavors to be served in big portions. From the culinary team of Susanna Hoffma

No one who saw Richard Pryor alone on stage with nothing but a microphone in his hand could have doubted that here was a man possessed of genius. But few have any sense of the strange, violent, and co

Dishes is the dish obsessive’s dream come true—a definitive guide to the colorful, wonderful dinner plate, with hundreds of patterns organized thematically and annotated with historical details and ch

Raising a pig is easy to do, even in a small space like a suburban backyard. In just five months, a 30-pound shoat will become a 250-pound hog and provide you with 100 pounds of pork, including tender

This is the only book you’ll need to learn the craft and art of upholstery from start to finish. With clear instructions illustrated by more than 900 step-by-step photographs, the five projects includ

Kinfolk magazine—launched to great acclaim and instant buzz in 2011—is a quarterly journal about understated, unfussy entertaining. The journal has captured the imagination of readers nationwide, with

The gift of art, the gift of inspiration, the gift of joy. This dynamic illustrated book is brimming over with encouragement and wisdom and delivered with a fresh, modern twist. Pairing quotes with or

Since 2003, Valerie Gordon has provided Angelenos with award-winning sweets and baked goods from her boutique in Silverlake and her booths at the Santa Monica and Hollywood farmers’ markets. With two restaurants opening in 2013 and this comprehensive cookbook filled with her beloved recipes, now even more people can eat and bake the Valerie way. Favorite desserts like petits fours, cakes, truffles, and cookies have been perfected with the addition of candied rose petals, atomized chocolate, fleur de sel, matcha tea, and other special ingredients. Valerie re-creates desserts from Los Angeles’s lost restaurants such as Chasen’s and the Brown Derby; she simplifies the process of making jam; she provides an accessible way to mix and match components so readers can design their own luscious cakes and pies. Filled with helpful tricks, recipes for a range of tastes, and gorgeous full-color photographs, Sweet is destined to become every baker’s favorite cookbook

There is no harbinger of spring like a field or garden filled with bright yellow daffodils. But the world of the daffodil is much more than just its place in the march of the seasons. It’s a plant who

Two mice and a crow, who travel with a circus, cleaning up the spilled popcorn after every performance, come to the rescue when a greedy con artist takes over the management of the circus.

Imagine being able to fly. Walk through walls. Shape-shift. Breathe underwater. Conjure loved ones—or total strangers—out of thin air. Imagine experiencing your nighttime dreams with the same awarenes

For ages 8 to 12, Pop-Out & Paint Farm Animals offers fabulous barnyard animal templates that kids can pop out of the book, paint as they please, and customize with paper wings, yarn beards, and o

The pleasure of going to the local pub or craft brewery for a pint and a delicious meal can now be recreated at home with John Holl's collection of 155 recipes that all taste amazingly great with beer

Splashing landscapes with swaths of color before disappearing for another year, wildflowers are some of nature’s most ephemeral but delightful creations. Audubon Wildflowers features a year of gorgeou

Introducing a brand-new calendar that allows shoe lovers to indulge every week—with minimal impact on their pocketbooks. 365 Days of Shoes and Shoes Page-A-Day Gallery are both bestsellers in their ca

For the 68 percent of Americans who read in the bathroom—and anyone who gets a kick out of the funny, offbeat, and too-strange-to- not-be true—Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader overflows with entertaining

Daily faith, humble devotion, and steadfast guidance from the perennially bestselling Bible calendar. 365 Bible Verses pairs the glory of nature with the words of the Bible, cited chapter and verse fr

Every month, gaze into the eyes of a true hero. Celebrating a dozen extraordinary service dogs, including the winners of the American Humane Association’s 2012 Hero Dog Award, this calendar is a tribu

The bestselling Audubon calendar, Audubon Engagement Calendar is a beautiful gift for the nature lover. Each spread combines a week-at-a-glance, write-in grid with a full-color portrait from one of th

Discover with every glance why France is the world’s most popular travel destination. Bordeaux’s famed chateaux. The sun-drenched lavender fields of Provence. The glittering Cotes-d’Armor and iconic P

The Emerald Isle beckons. Packed with hundreds of photographs by Chris Coe and engaging text by novelist Gerard Donovan, 365 Days in Ireland captures the spirit, rugged beauty, and intricately woven h

Packed with stats, records, fascinating factoids, quotes, and more, this calendar gives obsessive fans a year of trivia in a fun, baseball-shaped package. Baseball History: Against what team did Babe

America’s most beloved cat calendar—packed with irresistible, can’t-get-enough-of-it attitude. Starring the winners of the 2013 Cat Calendar Contest, 365 Cats offers a charming, full-color photograph

Attention all trivia buffs: Surprise, challenge, and entertain your brain with the perennially bestselling calendar. Business questions: What is the significance of the LVB stock-ticker symbol of Stei

With this compact, portable reference in hand, crafters can quickly and easily look up any of 100 sheep breeds, the characteristics of their fleece, and the kinds of projects for which their fleece is

Get ready to journey into the huge world of growing small!The next garden trend combines the joy of gardening with the magic of miniatures. Gardening in Miniature is a complete guide to creating lush,