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Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
Faced with an endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for goods bearing the mark of authenticity--hand-made tools, local brews, and other objects produced by human hands. Archaeologist and medieval historian Alexander Langlands reaches as far back as the Neolithic period to recover our lost sense of craft, combining deep history with detailed scientific analyses and his own experiences making traditional crafts. Craft brims with vivid storytelling, rich descriptions of natural landscape, and delightful surprises that will convince us to introduce more craft into our lives.
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The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want
Learn how to achieve the happiness you deserve "A guide to sustaining your newfound contentment." --Psychology Today "Lyubomirsky's central point is clear: a significant portion of what is called happiness . . . is up for grabs. Taking some pages out of the positive psychology playbook, she coaches readers on how to snag it." --The New York Review of Books
You see here a different kind of happiness book. The How of Happiness is a comprehensive guide to understanding the elements of happiness based on years of groundbreaking scientific research. It is also a practical, empowering, and easy-to-follow workbook, incorporating happiness strategies, excercises in new ways of thinking, and quizzes for understanding our individuality, all in an effort to help us realize our innate potential for joy and ways to sustain it in our lives. Drawing upon years of pioneering research with thousands of men and women, The How of Happiness is both a powerful contribution to the field of positive psychology and a gift to people who have sought to take their happiness into their own hands. -
Into the Tower: A Choose-Your-Own-Path Book
Full of winding tunnels and fearsome magical traps for intruders, the tower of the reclusive spellbinder princess is usually impossible to breach--apart from tonight. Once every ten years the gates of the Locked Keep open for the masquerade ball, and it's your one chance to get inside. Choose to sneak, charm or fight your way up to the room of confiscated magical objects at the top of her tower, where there is something you desperately want... Welcome to Into the Tower, a fantasy heist where the reader chooses their path, trying to make their way through magic, monsters, and perils to the top of the mysterious spellbinder princess's tower. Into the Tower expands on the world of Into the Dungeon, bringing even more excitement and adventure from award-winning writer and artist Hari Conner. If you survive your journey up the tower, you can find out the secrets of the princess's past and why she locked herself away, become one of the monsters slowly consuming humanity, lose yourself forever in the source of all magic, destroy the world--or even, on the right path, change it for the better. -
Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Camping & Outdoor Survival Guide: 101 Tips, Tricks & Uses
Sharpen your survival skills and learn why you should keep a Swiss Army Knife with you at all times, whether you are exploring wild jungles, tall peaks, or city streets. As a handy "everyday carry" for life's challenges, the versatile Swiss Army Knife can't be beat. Victorinox Swiss Army(R) Knife Camping & Outdoor Survival Guide shows how to use your iconic red multi-tool to handle 101 different emergency situations. From starting a fire and making a shelter to catching a fish, building a stove, or applying a splint, discover why the SAK is a must-have for every survival kit. Author Bryan Lynch includes basic advice on knife care, and reviews the many models and features currently available from Victorinox AG, makers of the Original Swiss Army Knife.
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How to Haunt Your House Halloween Craft Fun: Scary Projects the Whole Family Can Make
For anyone who wants to learn to make party decorations and Halloween tree ornaments together with their families, transform a room into a spooky hangout, create custom garlands, and more. Families can turn their homes into haunted houses to give kids a fun and spirited Halloween.
In this follow-up to The Best of How to Haunt Your House and The Best of How to Haunt Your House, Vol. II, the Mitchell family presents 11 delightfully scary Halloween decorating projects that will involve the whole family, including kids ages eight and up. There are craft projects of paper, wood, crepe paper, cheesecloth, and beads. If you can wield a utility knife, a dab of glue, and a paintbrush, there is something for you here. These projects store well and can be used to decorate for many Halloweens to come!Sold out -
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Dog-Gone It (28 Images to Sticker)
Adorable images of man's best friend fill Sticker By Number: Dog-Gone It. Piece together sticker tiles to discover a variety of cute dogs and puppies.- Features 28 dog images to sticker, including puppies in a bubble bath, dressed to the nines, holding a tennis ball, and chewing your favorite shoes.
- Puzzle designs range in difficulty.
- Spiral binding and perforated pages make the book easy to use.
- Includes 20 sticker sheets.
- Made for adults, but kids and teens can enjoy as well!
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The Big Activity Book For Lesbian Couples
Grab a pen, your partner, and get ready for some fun!
This activity book creates a fun way to spend some time with your partner. Part of a great relationship is learning about one another, sharing your thoughts, and doing fun activities together. What better way to do this than with The Activity Book Meant to be Shared! Whether you are just dating or have been married for 50 years, these fun games and drawing activities are sure to bring laughter to your day!
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The Encyclopedia of Tubular Bead Crochet
With over 300 unique bead crochet patterns, The Encyclopedia of Tubular Bead Crochet is undoubtedly the most thorough guide to this beautiful craft. Ann Benson brings more than fifty years of crafting experience to this comprehensive book, featuring these topics:
Basic stitching techniques
Materials including beads and threads
Tools and equipment
Over 300 patterns from five-around to ten-around, as well as "flat" patterns
Multiple finishing techniques including the invisible join
Troubleshooting guide
"Design your own" blanks
Resources for enhancing your bead crochet experience
Whether you're just beginning or you're an accomplished bead crocheter, there's something for you in this detailed, richly illustrated guide to your bead crochet journey.
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The Finnish Way: Finding Courage, Wellness, and Happiness Through the Power of Sisu
An engaging and practical guided tour of the simple and nature-inspired ways that Finns stay happy and healthy--including the powerful concept of sisu, or everyday courage Forget hygge--it's time to blow out the candles and get out into the world! Journalist Katja Pantzar did just that, taking the huge leap to move to the remote Nordic country of Finland. What she discovered there transformed her body, mind and spirit. In this engaging and practical guide, she shows readers how to embrace the "keep it simple and sensible" daily practices that make Finns one of the happiest populations in the world, year after year. Topics include:- Movement as medicine How walking, biking and swimming every day are good for what ails us--and best done outside the confines of a gym
- Natural mood boosters: Cold water swimming, steamy saunas, and other ways to alleviate stress, anxiety, insomnia, and depression
- Forest therapy Why there's no substitute for getting out into nature on a regular basis
- Healthy eating What the Nordic diet can teach us all about feeding body, mind and soul
- The gift of sisu Why Finns embrace a special form of courage, grit and determination as a national virtue - and how anyone can dig deeper to survive and thrive through tough times.
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Woodland Watercolor: A Coloring Workbook
Paint your Way Through Enchanting Forests on High-Quality, Watercolor Paper
This charming collection from popular pattern designer and illustrator, Clare Therese Gray, makes relaxing with watercolour an absolute breeze. Readers will leave their stresses behind for the allure of cosy cottages, woodland creatures and forest flora - all pre-drawn and ready to be brought to life with paint. Adult colouring books are an amazing way to unwind, and Clare's art provides the perfect opportunity to get lost amidst peaceful woods and friendly critters, even if you've never held a paintbrush. An easy-to-follow primer on basic watercolor technique precedes 40 intricate pen and ink illustrations, ensuring anyone can enjoy a soothing, creative activity, regardless of their drawing experience. Between tranquil tones, whimsical scenes and the inherent calm of paint flowing across paper, each project will provide readers with a clear mind and effortless, forest-inspired masterpiece! This book will include 40 illustrations to color. -
Nothing's Wrong: A Man's Guide to Managing His Feelings (Learn to Express Your Emotions in a Healthy Way)
Men, It's Time to Stop Ignoring your EmotionsTo have successful professional and personal lives, you have to get the emotional healing that you need.
Every man that you come across has a deep bed of emotions. Emotions and feelings are not things that should be ignored. In order to get the great and healthy relationships that you desire, you have to change the way that you manage your emotions. David Kundtz has created this perfect guidebook to help you do just that!
Identify your emotions. Emotions are full of diversity, so you'll learn about all the different ways to spot your emotions and you'll learn how to better express your feelings. You'll learn how to become comfortable with your emotions and in turn with the emotions of those around you. Stop the self-sabotage and get the healing that you've been seeking.
Men, this book is for you. This book is dedicated to teenage boys, young men, fathers, and grandfathers. This book is so much more than your average book plastered with inspirational quotes or half-hearted advice. The language, tools, and the exercises inside of this book are specified to help you express the deep, vibrant and ever-present emotions that you hold inside of you. Nothing's Wrong is packed with:
- Ways to identify your emotions
- Motivational and proven tools
- Ways to build your confidence
If you find yourself constantly struggling to express yourself, this book is the inspirational book that you need. It'll help you build the confidence to speak your feelings to those around you so that you can have effective communication in your everyday conversations.
If you enjoyed books like Cry Like A Man, Master Your Emotions, or Untangling Emotions, then you'll love Nothing's Wrong.
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But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life
Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically. "For far too long, I was told I was just like everyone else. But knew it couldn't be true. Living just seemed so much harder for me. This wasn't okay. This wasn't normal. This wasn't functioning. And it certainly wasn't fine." Paige Layle was normal. She lived in the countryside with her mom, dad, and brother Graham. She went to school, hung out with friends, and all the while everything seemed so much harder than it needed to be. A break in routine threw off the whole day. If her teacher couldn't answer "why" in class, she dissolved into tears, unable to articulate her own confusion or explain her lack of control. But Paige was normal. She smiled in photos, picked her feet up when her mom needed to vacuum instead of fleeing the room, and earned high grades. She had friends and loved to perform in local theater productions. It wasn't until a psychiatrist said she wasn't doing okay, that anyone believed her. In But Everyone Feels This Way, Paige Layle shares her story as an autistic woman diagnosed late. Armed with the phrase "Autism Spectrum Disorder" (ASD), Paige challenges stigmas, taboos, and stereotypes while learning how to live her authentic, autistic life. -
Watch Me Bloom: A Bouquet of Haiku Poems for Budding Naturalists
Mindful haiku poems to help us rediscover our natural surroundings, without traveling too far from home.
Some flowers are the subject of nursery rhymes and childhood games while others help us celebrate love, remember our homelands or mark the passing seasons. These mindful haiku poems invite us to explore twenty-four flower species growing close to home, from wildflower meadows to urban window boxes.
The nature-themed follow up to My Mindful A to Zen, this gorgeous collection of poems teaches us that treating ourselves and our planet mindfully can also be a treat for the senses.
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Look Inside Our World
Take a trip around the world in this fascinating lift-the-flap book. With over 80 flaps to lift, intrepid explorers can discover our world, from the layers that make up planet Earth to the tiniest insects in the rainforest and the creatures who live at the very bottom of the sea. Includes pages about the hottest and coldest parts of the world, and a map with lift-the-flap details about each continent. A colorful and fun introduction to geography with internet links to find out more. -
The Lego Animation Book: Make Your Own Lego Movies!
Have you ever wondered what your LEGO creations would look like on the big screen? The LEGO Animation Book will show you how to bring your models to life with stop-motion animation--no experience required! Follow step-by-step instructions to make your first animation, and then explore the entire filmmaking process, from storyboards to post-production. Along the way, you'll learn how to:
-Create special effects like explosions and flying minifigures
-Convey action and emotion with your minifigure actors
-Design sets for animation--make three buildings look like an entire city!
-Light, frame, and capture consistent photos
-Add detail and scope to your films by building in different scales
-Build camera dollies and rigs out of LEGO bricks
-Choose cameras, software, and other essential animation tools Dive into the world of animation and discover a whole new way to play! For ages 10+ -
Word Search For Kids Ages 8-12 100 Fun Shaped Word Search Puzzles Childrens Activity Book Advanced Level Puzzles Search and Find to Improve Vocabulary
Want to boost your child's learning without using a screen? Then this word search book is the perfect way. Allow your child to have a fun and enjoyable way to improve their spelling and vocabulary skills.
100 Shaped Word Search Puzzles - Spend plenty of time away from a screen, engaged in finding all the words hidden in the puzzles. Keeps you child's mind active and productive. Each puzzle is presented in large print on 8.5inch x 11inch pages for ease on the eyes.
Plenty of Categories to Choose From - 100 categories within this book, including Food, Countries, Languages, Planets, plus lots more. Each of these categories will help your child develop word association.
Encourage Skill Building - Helps kids gain confidence with their spelling, letter recognition, and vocabulary. A great choice for a kid's word search.
Perfect to Give as a Gift - Treat any child with this word search book, whether it be for Christmas, Easter, Birthdays, Summer or any other holidays, Halloween, Road / Travel Trips, and any other occasion.
Specifications:
- 100 unique word search puzzles
- 8.5inch x 11inch / 21.6cm x 28cm sized pages
- Glossy finish cover for an elegant look and feel