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Botany in bricks! Take a closer look: This intricately illustrated compendium of flowers and plants has a LEGO® twist-the blooms are built of bricks! Inspired by the bestselling LEGO Botanical sets, this almanac combines floral facts, hand-drawn botanical illustrations, and exclusive stories from the LEGO set designers themselves, plus a bonus removable flower print to display.
Inspired by scientific drawings of flora, the beauty is in the details...
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They're Going to Heaven . . . and They Know It
At last, a complete, unsparing guide to evangelical Christians. This hilarious and highly useful manual, written by an insider, illuminates this rapidly growing and unique segment of America and offers a thoroughly entertaining, no-holds-barred, laugh-out-loud survey of evangelical culture. See inside for the scoop on:
• What Evangelicals Believe -- Plus a Master List of Who Is Going to Hell
• How...
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The first handbook on reclaimed wood, combining useful information, rich history, and home design ideas.
Reclaimed wood is a gift from ancient forests and a versatile material. Our ancestors built their homes and barns, warehouses, and factories with white pine and oak from the Northeast and the Midwest, longleaf pine and cypress from the South, and Douglas fir and redwood from the Northwest. When we salvage these and other woods for new projects,...
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The expert outdoorsmen at Field & Stream share essential survival tips and techniques in this comprehensive guide.
In modern daily life, almost any information or service you could need is just a click away. But when something goes wrong in the wilderness, you have nothing but your wits to rely on-so it's best to be prepared. Field & Stream Outdoor Survival Guide is full of skills, tips and tricks for surviving a wide range of potentially dangerous...
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"A wonderful book that shares rare knowledge in a clear and focused way. I love it." - Tristan Gooley
Bird Tracks: A Guide to British Species explores and enhances the ability to identify a diversity of birds using just their tracks and trails. John Rhyder and David Wege approach this subject from the perspective of both the tracker and the birdwatcher. They have examined and described 139 species, each richly illustrated with a mixture of photographs...
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Felt the pull of God? Answered it? Freaked out about what to do next? As Brian Tome was talking to a new Christ-follower in his office, he realized that he had nothing on his bookshelf that would give her the "straight talk" on the radical new life she was about to begin. So he penned Welcome to the Revolution a bold, honest, humorous guide to joining the ever-advancing Kingdom of God. "The Revolution," as Tome calls the Christian life, is already...
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Soaring obelisks, graceful arches, and soldiers standing tall atop pedestals recall the memory of the Civil War in Mississippi, a former Confederate state that boasts more Civil War monuments than any other.
In Mississippi Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated Field Guide, Timothy S. Sedore combs through the Mississippi landscape, exploring monuments commemorating important military figures and battles and remembering common soldiers, from rugged veterans...
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Get the Summary of Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Field Guide to Getting Lost" by Rebecca Solnit is a reflective exploration of the theme of getting lost, both literally and metaphorically. Solnit weaves personal anecdotes, historical accounts, and cultural observations into a tapestry that examines the value of uncertainty, the art of embracing the unknown,...
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Chill the glasses! The author of the wildly successful Three-Martini Playdate is back with more irreverent and useful advice about life with children. Wickedly funny essays offer helpful advice on harnessing the energy of toddlers-gone-wild: on vacation, out to dinner, even just when grandmother stops by for a visit. Parents will relearn the art of traveling, socializing, and eating out like adults...sometimes with well-behaved children in tow. In...
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A world renowned anthropologist explores the nonverbal signs, signals, and cues human beings exchange to attract and keep their mates. As a medium of communication, Love's silent language predates speech by millions of years. Today, we still express emotions and feelings largely apart from words. The postures, gestures, and facial cues of attraction are universal, in all societies and cultures.
According to Dr. Givens, courtship moves slowly though...
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A Dino Dana Field Guide of Dinosaurs for Kids (Ages 8-12)
"This field guide is great for new and old dinosaur lovers. It alphabetically introduces dinosaurs and information about when and where they lived along with other tidbits about them. It is good for fun reading and can be used in homeschooling." ―JustaBXMom
Nominated for Four Daytime Emmy® Awards
#1 Bestseller in Children's Fossil Books
Fun facts about dinosaurs for kids. Did...
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Now any single woman can land the perfect buck! Here's just the book for Valentine's Day-a witty and irreverent dating guide that adapts the rules of deer hunting to suit man hunting. Hunting Season by Elle makes dating fun again, arming woman with everything they need to bag big game. If you're ready to break all The Rules-if you're discouraged that He's Just Not That Into You-then load up and head out to your targets' favorite watering holes…it's...
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Uncover the Secrets of Economic Entomology in Australia! Are you struggling to protect your crops and pastures from economic pests? Do you find yourself battling against the relentless onslaught of insects, unsure of how to manage them effectively? Dive into "Buzzing Economies," your ultimate field guide to mastering Australian economic entomology. This comprehensive handbook is designed to equip farmers, agronomists, and enthusiasts alike with the...
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Hypochondriacs beware-- would you believe the nastiest creatures in the known universe live inside our bodies? Not content to just find a home and produce offspring in our internal space, parasites will drink our blood, eat our cells, and infest our muscles. There is very little that can be said in their favor, with perhaps one exception-- they are truly fascinating!
Fearsome Fauna is a wickedly amusing and startlingly informative look into the secret...
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A comprehensive field guide to Texas's insects, featuring 1,300 species and over 2,700 photographs.
Thanks to its size and geographic position, Texas is home to nearly 30,000 species of insects, likely making its insect population the most diverse in the nation. Ranging from eastern and western to temperate and tropical species, this vast array of insects can be difficult to identify. In Common Insects of Texas and Surrounding States, John and Kendra...
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The vampires, werewolves, faeries, and other supernatural creatures that call Bon Temps, Louisiana home aren't universally accepted around town. Sweet-talking, bible-thumping Steve Newlin is their self-appointed nemesis. In his demented field guide, Steve has recorded all he knows about these Creatures of Satan, and that's a lot: their strengths, their weaknesses, their bylaws, and, of course, how to kill them. Sadly for Steve-but luckily for True...
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Experimentation is an essential part of innovation. It is the link between generating new ideas and putting them into practice. We are constantly experimenting in our daily lives, and organizations place great value on testing new products, services, and strategies. Yet there is a shortage of actionable guidance on how to design and execute high-quality experiments for practical purposes.
This book is a hands-on manual for crafting and conducting...
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Anyone who has fallen off the conveyer belt of mainstream health care and into the shadowy corners of illness knows what a dark place it is to land. Where is the infrastructure, the information, the guidance? What should you do next? In “Rebel Health”, Susannah Fox draws on twenty years of tracking the expert networks of patients, survivors, and caregivers who have come of age between the cracks of the health care system to offer a way forward....
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"You might know that tigers are the largest of the big cats, but there's so much more to learn about these incredible predators! Discover why tigers have stripes, what makes them stick out their tongue, and how they can survive in habitats ranging from snowy Siberia to the tropical rainforest of Indonesia"--