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Attracting Birds to Your Backyard: 536 Ways To Turn Your Yard and Garden Into a Haven For Your Favorite Birds ...

15 reviews
Sally Roth

Rodale Books, 1998

A wonderful resource from the goddess of birding!
I really like the way this author writes: clear succinct explanation scattered with vivid personal anecdotes. This is a sturdy oversized trade paperback that will stand up to years of thumbing through it and carrying it outside. It's stuffed with beautiful color drawings, side-bars, tables, and landscaping plans. The table of contents is a huge, comprehensive list of topics from A to Z, ...

Danger: The Dog Yard Cat (Discoveries in Palaeontology)

22 reviews
Libby Riddles, Shelley Gill

Topeka Bindery, 2003

Kathleen at Ashley River El.
Danger the Dog Yard Cat was one of the best books I've ever read because it's funny with a very catchy ending. Shelley Gill is funny and cool.

Desserts by the Yard: From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills: Recipes from the Sweetest Life Ever

15 reviews
Sherry Yard

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Glamorous, creative desserts in the comfort of your own home
"Desserts by the Yard: From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills: Recipes from the Sweetest Life Ever," by Sherry Yard, is a combination baking book and memoir. Each recipe is accompanied by an excerpt from the author's life, from the `A&P Strawberry Sodas' inspired by her grandmother to the `Banded Layer Cakes' she created for the 67th Oscars. The book introduced me to Yard's recipes, though I was familiar ...

Front Yard Gardens: Growing More Than Grass

11 reviews
Liz Primeau

Firefly Books, 2003

real yards, real houses, real people
So many gardening books focus on the high-end gardens of a few wealthy people. This book is practical, whimsical, and full of photographs and stories about real front-yard gardens. The owners have to contend with problems like streetlights, copycat neighbors, variances, etc., and many of them are redesigning and planting on a budget. This focus makes the book truly inspiring as well as useful. ...

Projects for the Birder's Garden: Over 100 Easy Things That You can Make to Turn Your Yard and Garden into a ...

11 reviews

Rodale Books, 2004

Hands-on Inspiration
This book will delight the Do-It-Yourself types who would rather put something together and attract birds to their backyards than to merely observe them in the wild. It's a sturdy, glossy trade paperback with detailed line-drawings, tables, side-bars, and step-by-step project sheets. It starts with a section of fast-and-easy projects for beginners to get your feet wet with the easiest of ...

Creating with Concrete: Yard Art, Sculpture and Garden Projects

23 reviews
Sherri Warner Hunter

Lark Books, 2001

Exciting!
As soon as this book came, I had to go through it cover to cover. I love the projects, and the way everything is explained step by step. You are also given advice on using different mixes and techniques. I feel that the author not only teaches you how to do the projects in her book, but gives you the knowledge, skills, and encouragement to go beyond that. And that is exciting!

The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse

9 reviews
Rhonda Eudaly, Julia S. Mandala & Dusty Rainbolt Linda L. Donahue

Yard Dog Press, 2006

4.5 Stars!
The Four Horsemen (Death, War, Plague, and Famine) have died. As next of kins, their wives must now take on the duties. Problem is that these four redheads (well, one is blonde and colors her hair red) have absolutely no clue how to do the jobs! Satan wants to retire, but cannot until she finds someone else to take over her position. (Yes, Satan is female. No man can be bitchy enough to do the ...

Garage Sale America

9 reviews
Bruce Littlefield

Collins Design, 2007

Finders Keepers
I have a chronic case of disposophobia, or at least that's how Bruce Littlefield would diagnose it. I can't bear to part with old photographs, worn-out running shoes, and a frog collection I've had since college. My favorite store is Finders Keepers, or was, that is, until the local antique shop closed and I bought out half the inventory. So when my copy of Littlefield's Garage Sale America ...

The Essence of Stone

10 reviews
Hale Beverly A.

Yard Dog Pr, 2002

Refreshingly different!
This book was a breath of fresh air. A different culture, a different feel. I like that the conflict point did not have a clearly defined solution. They had to go with what they FELT was right, and in doing so, only hope and pray. I like that not everything is wrapped up neat and tidy. Sometimes the good guys win, but not without some losses. It is a hero story, a coming of age piece, and it ...

Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard into a Glorious Garden and How You Can, Too

12 reviews
Cassandra Danz

Three Rivers Press, 1993

a down to earth read
Funny, witty and packed with useful information without being preachy. I first bought this book in the early 1990's when I came out and had never heard of Mrs Greenthumbs. I wore out that first copy and bought a second. I have since given it as gifts and passed around my own copy more times than I can count. Mrs Danz gives practical advice in a down home comfortable way with out being too ...

Faith On Forty Yards

6 reviews
Anthony E. Prior

BookSurge Publishing, 2004

Faith on Forty Yards: Behind the Silver & Gold of the NFL
PLEASE NOTE WHEN ORDERING: APRIOR7 IS THE ONLY SELLER OF FAITH ON FORTY YARDS. THESE BOOKS ARE SHIPPED DIRECTLY FROM THE AUTHOR. ANY OTHER LISTING OF THIS BOOK DOES NOT EXIST!

Eight Yards Down and Out : A FoxTrot Collection

8 reviews
Bill Amend

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1992

I'll Give Up My FoxTrot When Pigs Fly
I have been a faithful FoxTrot reader for years. Roger, Andy and their kids Peter, Paige and Jason are always good for a reality check with a large dose of laughter. I've got two girls and let me tell you, I see a lot of my kids in Paige with, I believe, even a healthy dose of Jason thrown in. And they have Peter's bottomless stomach. Of course, they're faithful FoxTrot readers too. I used to ...

Golden Goose

7 reviews

Alex Publications, 2008

Golden Goose Delivers
Who isn't intrigued with the hunt for buried treasure? Edmond Humm's Golden Goose delivers adult readers that same tingle of adventure we experienced with our childhood discovery of "X marks the spot" in Treasure Island. Weren't we excited when Tom Sawyer went in search of Injun Joe's buried treasure and then scared when he found murder? Golden Goose's lead character, Jean Harris's life takes an ...

America by the Yard: Cirkut Camera: Images from the Early Twentieth Century

5 reviews
Robert B. MacKay

W. W. Norton, 2006

Absolutely stunning picture book...!
I have an interest in panoramic photography, currently own a Widelux camera (can take a 120 degree pano on 35mm film), and am looking to buy a Kodak Panoram which performs similarly but on 120 format film. If I could afford a Cirkut camera, and the film and chemistry costs, I'd have one. I'm also a history buff. "America by the Yard" combines history and panoramic photography in a series ...

The Happiness Box

7 reviews
Beverly A. Hale

Yard Dog Press, 1998

A charming tale about holding on to Self and expressing it
"A princess is NOT curious," the tiny princess is told, and with a sigh, she tucks still another facet of her unique personality safely into her Happiness Box. This charming story shows what happens when we try too hard to please others--only shadows of us might remain! Hale's writing has a confident, delicate and loving touch. The story is simple enough for young children, yet adults will ...

Essential Oils (Neal's Yard Remedies)

5 reviews
Susan Curtis

Aurum Press, 1996

Excellent reference guide for Aromatherapy study.
Easy to read and understand, Susan Curtis, has a wonderous understanding of holitic therapies. Essential Oils by Curtis gives the basics on aromatherapy (ie. how essential oils work, storage and care, blending, base oils etc.) along with a detailed discription of 42 essential oils. Each essential oil has informaton on its orgin, therapeutic properties, method of extraction, psychological ...

Petunia: The True Story of a Naughty Pigeon-Toed Boone Hollow Bear

7 reviews

Lifevest Publishing, Inc., 2007

Teacher
As a teacher, this book is delightful. We never outgrow good picture books. These photographs are marvelous and the story tells us how funny black bears can be. The "bear facts" at the end make it an educational book for all ages to enjoy. One to be read again and again.

The Man on Mao's Right: From Harvard Yard to Tiananmen Square, My Life Inside China's Foreign Ministry

6 reviews
Ji Chaozhu

Tantor Media, 2008

Through the Looking Glass
Read this book if you want to understand the foreign policy of the Peoples Republic of China, or want guidance from an expert on how to keep your sanity and morality in a bureaucracy, or if you just want a very good story. In the fall of 1950, at the age of 21, Ji Chaozhu returned to his native China after an absence of 12 years. He left a comfortable middle class life as a Harvard ...

Yard Bull: A Railroad Detective's Memoir

7 reviews
Dean O'Shea

On the Mark!, 2007

Great reading!!
I also collect books about people who worked for the railroad in every type of job available, and while there are a bunch of books about engineers, station agents, etc, there are very few about the lives of railroad police. I found this book to be a great read. Interesting, and at times exciting. He is a great storyteller. I hope he writes "part 2" and continues his life as a RR cop.

Twenty-Five Yards of War: The Extraordinary Courage of Ordinary Men in World War II

7 reviews
Ronald J. Drez

Hyperion, 2003

The Success of Twenty-Five Yards of War
In Twenty-Five Yards of War, Ronald J. Drez tells the heroic stories of 12 men who have shown inspiring courage in their contribution to the United States' World War II effort. It was interesting that those men and all who contributed to the war were named "Warriors". These warriors were "called upon to bear unswerving allegiance to the nation...and to surrender part of their own rights and ...

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