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A year of unplugged fun (plus 300 stickers!) for kids 8 & up. Each month of this interactive calendar features a colourful, seasonally-themed, hand-drawn spread with lively illustrations and creativity-inspiring prompts, plus word searches, mazes, activities, and games.

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New! A daily calendar just for writers, with tips, writing prompts, quotes, and more to inspire all year long. WRITE YOUR BOOK IN 2025!: Packed with tips, exercises to keep the creativity flowing, quotes about writing, encouraging words, and inspiring stories about authors, this calendar will help you make this the year you sit down and write. BANISH WRITER’S BLOCK: This essential calendar provides a steady guide to help you achieve your goals—or at least be productive and have fun trying—with regular writing prompts and monthly check-ins to help you track your progress. PLASTIC FREE: Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable.

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New! A year-long education celebration for teachers of any grade and subject. MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION: Each month features a phrase, quote, or reminder to keep educators inspired throughout the month: Strive for progress, not for perfection. You are making a difference every day. FUN AND FUNCTIONAL: Illustrated with charming hand-lettering by elementary school teacher and designer Christine Lee. Plus colorful stickers for tracking days off, class trips, conferences, and more! PERFECT TEACHER GIFT: Let the teacher in your life know that they’re appreciated and their work matters – a perfect gift from a student or a friend. NOW PLASTIC-FREE!: For 2025, Workman Calendars are completely plastic-free. All wall calendars are now printed with an extended paper flap closed with a fully recyclable seal – no more shrink wrap!

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A daily reminder of your awesomeness: 365 days of inspiring mantras, quotes, affirmations, and tips for positive thinking, designed in full color.   AFFIRMATIONS TO LIFT YOU UP: Power up your year and appreciate yourself with strong sayings like I can let go of what no longer serves me. PROMPTS TO MOVE YOU FORWARD: Stay mindful with thought exercises and prompts like Remember a time when you accomplished something you never though you’d be able to do. How did you celebrate, and how do you continue to honor that growth in yourself? FRESH PERSPECTIVES: Enjoy tips for looking at things in a new light, joyful trivia breaks and weekend wisdom presented with friendly insistence: Stop and Look! NOW PLASTIC FREE!: This environmentally-friendly calendar is printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable.

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The sports lover's calendar: 365 days of facts, stats, and legendary plays by athletes across all sports. PACKED WITH FACTS: Discover day after day of legendary athletes, unbeatable records, amazing accomplishments, unbelievable feats, controversial moments, spectacular comebacks, and more. FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE ALL SPORTS: Includes trivia about football (Alabama crushes Notre Dame 42-14 in the BCS championship game), baseball (An MLB squad plays in Cuba for the first time in 40 years as the Orioles defeat the Cuban national team), track (Gail Devers wins gold in the 100 meters at the Olympics just 18 months after a disease leaves her unable to walk), and others. Plus photos, quotes, and more! PLASTIC FREE: Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable.

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Strengthen your vocabulary with 365 days of new words from Merriam-Webster, America's leading and most trusted provider of language information. GET A LITTLE SMARTER EVERY DAY: Each day’s word page includes a definition, pronunciation guide, a sample sentence, and detailed etymology. EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY: Includes extraordinary words from attitudinize to ziggurat. Learn words from the arts (purfle: to ornament the border or edges of), politics (kakistocracy: government by the worst people), nature (fraxinella: a perennial herb with flowers that emit an aromatic flammable vapor), and more (freegan: an activist who scavenges for free food as a means of reducing consumption of resources)! GREAT GIFT: Perfect for students, writers, readers, puzzle fanatics, word nerds, and families! PLASTIC FREE: Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable.

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There''s a colorfully illustrated, brand-new surprise on every page!The newest book in Flow Magazine''s creativity series for kids, The Kids'' Book of Craft Love is filled to the brim with engaging activities that invite the reader (ages 7 & up) to tear out pages, cut and paste, assemble, sticker, build, and turn the two-dimensional sheets into three-dimensional wonders. Cut and fold a paper pencil pouch to hold all your art utensils. Fold a DIY adventure log notebook to take on your next adventure. Loop together a paper daisy chain to decorate your room. Construct two crocodile clothespin puppets, then have them challenge each other to a lip-sync battle! Make gift boxes, a paper flower bouquet, a woodland scene for your desk, a basket, paper lanterns, a crown, an origami friendship bracelet, and so much more.

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An art gallery for your desk: a year of stunning images of fine art from across ages and continents, paired with high-quality printing and a sleek easel frame.

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A year of Hawai'i's stunning natural beauty, captured by world-class photographers following the Nature First principles of responsible photography.

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A year of whimsical artistry all featuring cats and dogs, by the celebrated artist Nathalie Lété.

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Enjoy a year of positive affirmations, inspiring words, and beautiful art to ignite your spirit. VIBRANT ART: Each quote, saying, and affirmation is gorgeously hand-lettered, illustrated, or designed by a contemporary illustrator with full-color graphics. EVERYDAY ENCOURAGEMENT: Start each day with a new inspirational message like “Charge to the challenge!” or “The most beautiful version of you is you.” Hang up your favorite pages to create a colorful gallery of joy and optimism! PLASTIC-FREE: Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable.

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An intrepid and gifted artist uncovers and illustrates more than 100 surprising, enchanting, and sometimes downright bizarre nooks and crannies that make New York such a compelling city. It’s no surprise that New York City is the most visited destination in the U.S., and has proved itself to be an endlessly fascinating exploration ground to visitors and natives alike. Unknown New York walks readers through the vibrant, hidden, and forgotten worlds churning beneath the surface of the city. From the oldest bridge -- a footbridge described as a “red sidewalk through the sky” -- to a quirky and little-known Superhero Supply Store in Brooklyn to the original and abandoned Hall of Fame in the Bronx, the author takes us on a magical mystery tour through the city many people think they know. Each entry presents a brief and compelling description of a hidden park, historical site, niche shop, etc and is accompanied by a charming four-color

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Smart, addictive, challenging, fun, and good for the brain-here, in an irresistible card deck, are more than 150 truly satisfying, mind-expanding, full-colour puzzles. It's like salted peanuts for the puzzle aficionado and boot camp for the neophyte who wants to give his or her mind a workout. Created by puzzle master Scott Kim-a contributor to Games and Discover magazines-The Mind Benders Card Deck is a cornucopia of spatial puzzles, number challenges, wordplay, visual conundrums, and more. The puzzles are categorized by type but distributed in a mixed fashion (i.e., a word puzzle next to a number puzzle next to a visual stumper). Readers can move card by card, working different parts of the brain-or easily find their favourite type of puzzle, going from easy to challenging. Test your knack for patterns with Dot Matrix. Put the pieces together in Assemblies. Deduce the secret word in Letter Swap, or untangle the mangled phrases of Lost in Translation. Plus discover cool twists on Sudoku, far-out ambigrams, Wordezoids, mazes, and number crunches. Answers are included upside-down at the bottom of each card.

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Whether you're new to the burgeoning world of craft beer or an old hand who just wants to learn a little more, here are 50 full-colour cards jam-packed with expertise, insider tips, and detailed flavour profiles of dozens of beer styles.Discover barley wines, bitters, and ales of the Rhine. The world of classic lagers. And pale ales, like porters and stouts. Plus the basics of expertly pairing beer with food. Because life's too short and too full of good beer to waste your time on beers that don't excite you.

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Featuring 650+ full-colour glossy stickers designed by a teacher, Teaching Is a Work of Heart is a heart-warming, joyful sticker book dedicated to the all teachers we know and love. Celebrate teachers and all they do with this uplifting collection of original stickers in all shapes and sizes and filled with words that speak to the life. There are stickers of appreciation (Teachers change the world) and stickers that energize, especially on a day with challenges (You got this!). Stickers with humour (Three reasons to become a teacher: June, July, August) and stickers that just get it (Tired as a teacher). Inspiring quotes are on the back of each sheet, such as "One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world"-Malala Yousafzai. And yes, there are many, many stars!

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Conscious Grieving is a book for anyone seeking guidance and support after loss. Renowned grief therapist Claire Bidwell Smith combines her deeply personal experience of loss with her long career spent working with thousands of people to introduce a new approach to grief, one that promotes hope and even transformation.What does it mean to grieve consciously? Most of the time, when we lose someone we love, it feels like grief is just happening to us. We feel out of control, and overwhelmed. Claire reminds us that while loss is something that inevitably happens to all of us, how we choose to grieve is up to us. When we can consciously engage with our grief, rather than avoiding it, we can access profound pathways to healing.Presented in a series of thoughtful, brief vignettes that don''t overwhelm the reader, Conscious Grieving offers a new framework for each stage of grief: Entering, Engaging, Surrendering, and Transforming.* Entering - staying present

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From Nancy Linde's bestselling puzzle series, this book features 440 all-new exercises to challenge—and improve—your brain’s long-term memory, working memory, processing speed, executive function, attention to detail, multitasking skills.  Achieving and maintaining a higher level of mental fitness every day can be surprisingly fun—and to your brain, it’s healthy exercise. In this next exciting entry in her bestselling games series (including 399 Games, Puzzle & Trivia Challenges Designed to Keep Your Brain Young with 547,000 in print), Nancy Linde offers a brand-new collection of puzzles, trivia challenges, brainteasers, and word games that are not only great fun to do but are specifically designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process that allows the brain to grow new cells. With each daily puzzle, cross-train your brain by targeting one of 6 key cognitive functions: Long-term m

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They're called Indestructibles. They could just as well be called the unstoppables! As in they don't stop selling (shipping over 1 million copies a year), don't stop pleasing, and don't stop filling an essential need for new parents: a book made for the way babies "read," with their hands and mouths. Old MacDonald Had a Farm is the E-I-E-I-Oh! classic that introduces baby to the world of farm animals and the different ways each has of talking-the pig with his oink-oink, the cow with her moo-moo, and the baa-baas, cluck-clucks and quack-quacks that fill the farmyard. * Rip Proof-made of ultra-durable tight-woven material* Waterproof-can be chewed on, drooled on, and washed! * Emergent Literacy Tool-bright pictures and few or no words encourage dialogic reading * Portable-lightweight books can go anywhere, perfect for the diaper bag and for travel * Safe for Baby-meets ASTM safety standards

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The latest in the So. Many. Stickers. series, this full-colour collection features 2,650 stickers that will keep the family calendar organized and up to date. It takes a lot of planning to lead a busy family! This AWESOME collection of 2,650 fun and functional stickers is just the thing to help you keep everything straight. Use them on your planners and calendars to mark everything from sports practices to doctors' appointments, screen time to vacation days, playdates to pizza nights, all in a way that brings a bit of joy to the chaos! The book is artfully designed to help parents, guardians, and caregivers-single or partnered, with one or more kids-take their organizational skills to the next level and make everyday planning more enjoyable.

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In this exciting book, a former NASA astronaut inspires the next generation of space travellers with answers to all kids' questions on how people become astronauts, how they prepare for space travel, and what it's like to live and work in space. A kid's guide to leaving the planet from someone who's done it! Former astronaut Terry Virts guides readers through the practical elements of becoming an astronaut, along with the wonders (and challenges!) of space travel. With insider information on training, piloting a ship, and working in space, readers and aspiring astronauts will be inspired to start their own journey to the stars. This practical guide is full of valuable wisdom and insight that will guide the astronaut candidates of tomorrow!

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Bold statements, compelling quotes, and thoughtful prompts lead young Black girls on a journey of ancestral wisdom and self-discovery in this beautifully illustrated guided journal.I AM a voice for my people. I CAN create my own opportunities. I WILL live with hope.These and other powerful mantras will enlighten, engage, and empower young Black girls to embrace their connection to a long, unbroken line of historical and contemporary Black women who have inspired people through the centuries and across continents. The courage, integrity, humanity, passion, and intellect that flows through the lives of these foremothers is each girl's to discover, inherit, and enhance with her own accomplishments.Meaningful quotes and biographies provide real-life examples of how readers can implement what they learn in their own lives. And guided questions and prompts lead girls through a process of self-reflection that acknowledges their own potential to inspire and lead.

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Squeakers, butt puffs, trumpets and “the destroyer”. Celebrate farts in all their hilarious, honking glory! Con-fart-ulations! You’ve found the book that confirms your fine appreciation for the fact that nothings funnier than a little pfffftt from someone’s butt. Cheerfully over-the-top, packed with activities, and grounded in the science of flatulence, What a Blast! Is a trip through the body’s digestive system to explore the whys, hows, and wherefores of farting. You’ll discover the fartiest food in the world, meet infamous farters from history, learn just what to say if you fart in public—“Yeah, you heard me!—and so much more! Have fun with farts! ·Solve the question of who farted? ·Discover your gastrological sign. ·Play free the fart through an intestinal maze. ·Learn how to make elbow farts, hand farts, and armpit farts. ·Throw a farty party. ·And get creative with funny fill-in stories, like a fart to remember

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Love yourself unconditionally. There are days when we all need it, an empowering reminder to nurture our spirit and encourage growth. With over 200 meditations, mantras, affirmations, and inspirations and with beautiful illustrations throughout, Love Notes to My Self offers the gift of meaningful positive change. Its goal is to help you with crucially important work of finding greater and deeper self-love—so that you can be kinder, gentler, and more caring with yourself and ready to share your compassion with the world.

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Ever wonder what’s going down in the produce aisle after dark? Eating your fruits and veggies sounds so wholesome. But is it? Discover a world of lusty lemons, erotic eggplants, cauliflowers that can’t keep their florets to themselves, and peppers doing things you’ve never dreamed possible. With mutual enthusiastic consent, of course! This illustrated book from celebrated cartoonist MariNaomi is a cheeky, sexy gift, perfect for a romantic partner with a sense of humor or to enliven a bachelorette/bachelor party or bridal shower.

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Kids will love this fascinating evolutionary science book, which showcases over 125 animals in 30 charts and features the most astonishing evolutions in Earth's history.Dinosaurs to Chickens: How Evolution Works showcases over 125 animals in 30 charts that feature most astonishing evolutions in Earth's history! Track the evolution of traits from the Tyrannosaurus Rex's to the chicken, the first insect to the monarch butterfly, the giant sloth to the armadillo and many more. With full-color illustrations throughout, plus a gatefold showing how species connect and evolve via the 'Tree of Life', this book makes the science of evolution an exciting and accessible topic for young readers, and will capture the fascination of kids who already love science, dinosaurs and fossils.

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Home is where the heart is. This puzzle features an illustration from Dutch artist Lotte Dirks, and it is filled with her love for everything that grows and flourishes. As you piece it together, you may find your imagination drifting down a winding country lane, to a white picket fence with an open gate, to a yard where the flowers bloom and chickens range freely, to a special place where you can kick off your shoes and just be yourself. Featuring: 1,000 interlocking pieces Mini-poster (9 3/8 x 6 3/4) for reference or framing Completed puzzle size: 26 3/8 x 18 7/8

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Help your young ones learn how to manage their emotions with this delightful re-imagining of Jekyll and Hyde. Jekyll's having a bad day--uh oh! When Jekyll and his friend, Wolfie, go to the candy store and there is only one lollipop left and Jekyll's bad mood side--Hyde--takes everyone by surprise! After a little time and some big emotions, Jekyll and his parents learn to navigate the highs and lows of big moods. Perfect for parents to share with young readers who are experiencing their own firsts, Jekyll's Bad Mood presents an early childhood milestone through a classic literary monster.

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Did you remember your goggles?There used to be a time when pretty much every high school offered Shop class, where students learned to use a circular saw or rewire a busted lamp- all while discovering the satisfaction of being self-reliant and doing it yourself. Shop Class for Everyone now offers anyone who might have missed this vital class a crash course in these practical life skills. Packed with illustrated step by step instructions, plus relevant charts, lists, and handy graphics, here’s how to plaster a wall, build a bookcase from scratch, unclog a drain, and change a flat tire (on your car or bike). It’s all made clear in plain, nontechnical language for any level of DIYer, and it comes with a guarantee: No matter how simple the task, doing it with your own two hands provides a feeling of accomplishment that no app or device will ever give you.

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Master storyteller Brad Meltzer counts down and decodes the world’s top 10 most intriguing conspiracies stories. Wanted: the truth. In a riveting collection, Brad Meltzer guides us through the 10 greatest conspiracies of all time, from Leonardo da Vinci’s stolen prophecy to the Kennedy assassination. This richly illustrated book serves up those fascinating, unexplained questions that nag at history buffs and conspiracy lovers: Why was Hitler so intent on capturing the Roman “Spear of Destiny?” Where did all the Confederacy’s gold go? What is the government hiding in Area 51? And did Lee Harvey Oswald really act alone? Meltzer sifts through the evidence, weighs competing theories, separates what we know to be true and what’s still––and perhaps forever––unproved or unprovable, and in the end, decodes the mystery and arrives at the most likely explanation.

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Time for bed, Spencer Here are Spencer’s pajamas and rubber duckie, toothbrush and a kiss good night. Get ready for bed with your new friend Spencer and learn all the words in his world! Spencer is a sweet little kitten in a board book shaped just like him! Bright, bold illustrations, simple text, and vocabulary labeled on each page help toddlers with language acquisition.

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Learn your very first manners in a book that's indestructible. Let's be kind-and share our toys. Let's be kind-and help around the house. Let's be kind-and always say "Good night." Indestructibles is the trusted series for easing little ones into story time. Beloved by babies and their parents, Indestructibles are built for the way babies "read" (i.e., with their hands and mouths) and are: * Rip Proof-made of ultra-durable tight-woven material* Waterproof-can be chewed on, drooled on, and washed! * Emergent Literacy Tool-bright pictures and few or no words encourage dialogic reading * Portable-lightweight books can go anywhere, perfect for the diaper bag and for travel * Safe for Baby-meets ASTM safety standards

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With eight billion people in the world, why is it so hard to meet and make new friends? Navigating the world of adult friendships can be a real challenge when everyone is busy, overwhelmed, or too often too far away. Here to help are Jenn Bane and Trin Garritano, the duo behind the cult favorite podcast Friendshipping. Insightful, empathetic, and just a touch irreverent, Jenn and Trin give readers the tools they need to make new friends and revitalize the quality of existing friendships. The book covers it all: ·Meeting new people ·Mastering the art of small talk ·Deciphering the levels of friendship in the workplace ·Making the first friend move, plus how to give a non-creepy complimentYou’ll also learn why it’s important to use the same IRL etiquette when making friends online; how to decide if a friendship is toxic and know when it’s time to move on; and most important, how to be a better friend, to yourself and others.

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“An indispensable Olympic resource and a lot of pure fun.”––Jack McCallum, author of the New York Times bestseller Dream Team Faster! Higher! Stronger! Stranger! A glorious tapestry of legendary characters, forgotten records, crazy accomplishments, unbelievable feats, wacky contests, and controversial moments, Total Olympics is pure pleasure for anyone who loves the world’s greatest sporting event. Discover how the modern Games began, in an out-of-the-way Victorian English town named Much Wenlock. Long-discontinued Olympic sports like tug of war, firefighting, live pigeon shooting, and painting. (Picasso for the gold?) And the over-the-top, heroic exploits that make it all so thrilling––like the inspiring story of gymnast Shun Fujimoto who brought his team to victory while fighting through the pain of a broken knee. With hundreds of true stories and stunning photographs, it’s a collection of sports yearns unlike any other.

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Discover wonder. "A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper."- New York Times Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and changed the way we think about the world, expanding our sense of how strange and marvellous it really is. This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with more than 100 new places, dozens and dozens of new photographs, and two very special features: twelve city guides, covering Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Plus a foldout map with a dream itinerary for the ultimate around-the-world road trip. More a cabinet of curiosities than traditional guidebook, Atlas Obscura revels in the unexpected, the overlooked, the bizarre, and the mysterious. Here are natural wonders, like the dazzling glow-worm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can sit and drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M. C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby-Jumping Festival in Spain-and no, it's not the babies doing the jumping, but masked men dressed as devils who vault over rows of squirming infants. Every page gets to the very core of why humans want to travel in the first place: to be delighted and disoriented, uprooted from the familiar and amazed by the new. With its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, and new city guides, it is a book you can open anywhere and be transported. But proceed with caution: It's almost impossible not to turn to the next entry, and the next, and the next.

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Grill master Steven Raichlen shares more than 60 foolproof, mouthwatering recipes for preparing the tastiest, most versatile, and most beloved cut of meat in the world—outside on the grill, as well as in the kitchen. Take brisket to the next level: ’Cue it, grill it, smoke it, braise it, cure it, boil it—even bake it into chocolate chip cookies. Texas barbecued brisket is just the beginning: There’s also Jamaican Jerk Brisket and Korean Grilled Brisket to savor. Old School Pastrami and Kung Pao Pastrami, a perfect Passover Brisket with Dried Fruits and Sweet Wine, even ground brisket—Jakes Double Brisket Cheeseburgers. In dozens of unbeatable tips, Raichlen shows you just how to handle, prep, and store your meat for maximum tenderness and flavor. Plus plenty more recipes that are pure comfort food, perfect for using up leftovers: Brisket Hash, Brisket Baked Beans, Bacon-Grilled Brisket Bites—or for real mind-blowing pleasure, Kettle Corn with Burnt Ends. And side dishes that are the perfect brisket accents, including slaws, salads, and sauces.

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No noodles no life! A 75 recipe celebration 75 fun, easy, comforting recipes that go way beyond spaghetti and ramen. Inspired by the noodle-crazed cuisines of Asia, Italy, and the American melting pot, these recipes dish up high-impact, slurpable flavor and minimal fuss. Dig into comfort noodles like Really Savory Sunday Sauce with Tagliatelle and French Onion Mac and Cheese. Quick weeknight noodles: Flash-Fried Rib Eye with Black Bean Sauce and Crispy Chow Mein and Let’s Stay in Tonight Spicy Sesame Chili Oil Noodles. Plus how to upgrade instant ramen, recipes for making delicious pasta from scratch, plus the one and only lasagna bracket competition.

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The perfect party game for kids in a book! “TRUTH OR DARE?” Those three little words are guaranteed to spark instant fun, uncontrollable laughter, and even a little bit of blushing. And you’ll definitely surprise yourself and your friends along the way. Includes 200 truths and 200 dares, plus jokes and offbeat trivia. Truth: What is the grossest thing you’ve ever eaten? OR Dare: Write a song about your crush—and sing it out loud! Truth: Have you ever peed in someone’s pool? OR Dare: Pretend to transform into a werewolf.

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Unicorn Food is the food trend redefining clean eating, with plant-based dishes that are as bewitchingly beautiful and Instagrammable as they are nourishing and delicious. Now, in a kaleidoscope of 75 innovative, naturally colorful recipes, food journalist Kat Odell—author of Day Drinking and entrepreneur behind the alt-milk brand Unicorn Foods—introduces healthy, vibrant dishes that are as fun to eat as they are good for you. The ingredients are all natural and nutrient packed, ranging from fresh fruits and vegetables to superfoods like flax seeds, coconut oil, spirulina, chia, and bee pollen. And the hyper-colorful, creative recipes are perfect for healthy-forward eaters, including gently flavored nut milks, grain bowls loaded with fresh vegetables, probiotic breakfast custards, toasts with slathers and spreads. This is health food filled with joy, and in all the colors of the rainbow: the deep glowing yellow of a Frozen Turmeric Lassi, the greens of Bean Thread Noodle Salad with Miso-Arugula Pesto, the intense oranges and purples of Sweet + Sour Rainbow Radish Tacos, the tie-dye rainbow effect of Pineapple Kimchi Summer Sunset Rolls, and the pastels of Strawberry-Pink Peppercorn "Ice Cream" Sticks. Filled with dazzling full-color photographs, and published in a package as special as the dishes themselves, Unicorn Food is a cookbook of real beauty, in the look, in the recipes, in the spirit of the food itself.

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Welcome to the world of miniature aviation. It’s entertainment on the fly for the office, backyard, classroom (don’t get caught!), or anywhere there might be a party, featuring 12 Lilliputian-size models that create 69 planes altogether. From the Skyhawk to the Saber, Phoenix to the B-2 Buzz Bomber, these inimitable flyers are vibrantly colored and gorgeously designed. Fold up the Gargoyle, which excels at loops and dives, and the Concorde 500, modeled after the fastest passenger plane ever built. Includes step-by-step folding instructions and tips on how to send each plane soaring at its full aerodynamic potential.

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A COMPENDIUM OF WISDOM “Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.” – GEORGE CARLIN When change comes we have two options: Resist it, and lose. Or go with the flow, and grow. Which means there’s really just one option—embracing change is the only path to living your true life. So laugh at it, with George Carlin. Celebrate it, like Patti Smith and David Bowie. Above all, grow with it, like Maya Angelou, Stephen Hawking, Rebecca Solnit, Rumi, and so many others. Arranged alphabetically by subject—including Adapting, Control, Faith, Letting Go, New Beginnings, Surprises—CHANGE HAPPENS is the book that says: You can do this…as often as you need to hear it. “Change is not merely necessary to life—it is life.” – ALVIN TOFFLER Exciting. But often painful. Exhilarating, but unsettling. Clarifying. Bewildering. Unpredictable, and yet inevitable. And usually all of those things at the same time. Like it or not, change happens, and when it does, here is a little book that offers true support—a collection of very wise words by very changed people who know just how you feel.

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The compulsive joy of problem-solving meets the mindfulness of coloring in a new puzzle challenge from Nikoli, the original creators of Sudoku. Ordered by level of difficulty, easy to hard, these 53 mazes combine brain-stretching concentration with an almost meditative workout of your short-term memory. Start to follow the maze, and as the line of your pencil twists and turns, a hidden image ingeniously comes into focus. Voila, it’s an animal! There’s a chimpanzee, a great horned owl, a common sawshark, a red panda, and more, each with its own distinct spirit. Then color in the path and really bring your PictoMaze creature to life!

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Welcome baby to the family in a book that's indestructible! Feel the excitement-baby's coming home! Feel the warmth-hold baby close! Feel the joy-see baby grow! Indestructibles is the trusted series for easing little ones into story time. Beloved by babies and their parents, Indestructibles are built for the way babies "read" (i.e., with their hands and mouths) and are: * Rip Proof-made of ultra-durable tight-woven material* Waterproof-can be chewed on, drooled on, and washed! * Emergent Literacy Tool-bright pictures and few or no words encourage dialogic reading * Portable-lightweight books can go anywhere, perfect for the diaper bag and for travel * Safe for Baby-meets ASTM safety standards

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Making your own soap is fun, easy, and rewarding. In this introductory guide, Susan Miller Cavitch shows you how to craft your own all-natural, wonderfully smelling soaps. Illustrated directions take you through the whole process, from buying supplies to cutting the final bars. With easy-to-follow recipes that range from classics like oatmeal and honey soap to more adventurous combinations using goat milk and borage, you’ll be inspired to make uniquely personal soaps that are gentle on your skin and a pleasure for your nose.

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Modern stoves are designed to burn cleanly and efficiently, which makes heating your home with wood an economical and environmentally friendly alternative to oil, gas, or electricity. Offering an in-depth discussion of the pros and cons of catalytic, noncatalytic, and pellet stoves, Stephen Bushway also provides plenty of advice on masonry heaters, insulation, and creating an energy-efficient home. You’ll stay warm and cozy all winter long as you learn everything you need to know to safely and successfully heat your home with wood.

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Enjoy a thriving hive and plenty of delicious honey. This practical guide to beekeeping stresses practices that are based on an understanding of the intimate lives, behaviors, and motivations of honey bees. You’ll learn proven methods for inspecting your hives, troubleshooting problems, introducing a new queen, collecting honey, and dealing with swarms. Whether you’re starting your first hive or are tending to dozens of them, Richard Bonney’s clear advice and expert insights will help make your beekeeping operation a success.

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If you manage your own water supply, you’ve likely had, are having, or will have water problems. Whether it’s an issue of access, contamination, or taste, Stu Campbell has a clever solution, often enlivened by a charming anecdote. Campbell offers techniques for locating water on your property, as well as how to purify, store, and distribute it throughout your home. With an approachable style, expert advice, and money-saving strategies, The Home Water Supply has all of your water issues covered.

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Discover the satisfaction of building your own lawn chairs, fences, bootjacks, cold frames, and compost bins. Ken Braren and Roger Griffith show you how to build a variety of easy-to-make items for your home and garden that are designed to save you money and make your life easier. Even if you have limited construction experience, the simple instructions and clear illustrations in this guide will have you confidently crafting your own potting bench and building a basement closet.

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