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Dogs know how to talk to us; they do it all the time. A pair of raised ears or a wagging tail can speak volumes to those in the know. In this heartfelt ode to the furriest of family members, dog lovers get the chance to say something back, sharing personal letters, penned to their companions. With gorgeous accompanying photographs by Robin Layton, this collection of letters and portraits features a wide range of dogs and their owners, including everyday people with remarkable stories as well as celebrities like Hilary Duff, Tony Bennett and Oprah Winfery alongside their pooches. Throughout, these tales of perseverance, love and loyalty celebrates the deep and devoted friendships that humans share with their pups.

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A good date can be exhilarating: a shared joke, an improbable spark, long moments of gazing fondly into each other's eyes. Not so for the dating disasters featured in this collection of hilarious, real tweets about the most terrible evenings imaginable. From seriously unwelcome confessions, to dousing dates in wine, to bringing them back to creepy apartments to meet favourite stuffed animals, these alarming reports from dating's front lines are absolutely cringe-worthy and laugh-out-loud funny. Along the way, author Rhodri Marsden offers tips on how to identify and avoid the worst of the bad daters, including married men, blatant liars, obsessive stalkers, deluded optimists and more. This hilariously harrowing collection of real nightmare dates will amuse anyone who's suffered through one of cupid's off nights.

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From autumn's bursts of orange and red to spring's lush greens, summer's long-lasting golden light and winter's cool whites and grays, the changing seasons provide endless artistic inspiration. In Sewing for All Seasons, author Susan Beal offers 24 beautiful projects imbued with the spirit of each season. Home sewists will enjoy stitching a cozy patchwork throw for autumn, a bright gardening apron to welcome spring, a colorful picnic quilt for summer, and soft woolen slippers for those chilly winter nights. With how-to illustrations, helpful templates and patterns, tons of color, and eye-catching photography, this book will leap off shelves and inspire crafters all year long.

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Featuring Oprah's 2016 Favorite Things English Muffins! This definitive baking guide is the much-anticipated cookbook from the Model Bakery, a mother-daughter-run baking destination with a huge local following that's been wowing the Wine Country for years. And this book of sensational artisan baked goods makes clear why there are lines out the door! Featuring 75 recipes and 60 photos, it's as luscious to look at as their most-requested breads, classic desserts, and fresh pastries-all arrayed here-are to eat. Pain au Levain, Sticky Buns, Peach Streusel Pie, Ginger Molasses Cookies, and many more glorious recipes make this a mouthwatering read and a reference gem for lovers of bread and pastry, cakes and cookies, and, of course, the Model Bakery!

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Sketchtravel is an artistic journey unlike any other. No editorial project has ever before brought together as many visual artists around a common object. Passed between 72 artists over 5 years and across over 35,000 miles, the Sketchtravel sketchbook showcases the creativity of artists in numerous disciplines from around the world. Illustrators, animators, painters, and more each illustrated a page with their unique style before passing the book to the next artist. Reflecting a who's who of popular contemporary artists, this imaginative diverse collection of artwork will inspire art lovers with its scope, diversity, and beauty, much as it did each artist who contributed a link in its chain.

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Meet Barkus. Barkus is loyal. Barkus is generous. Barkus is family. The exuberant Barkus and his lucky young owner whirl and twirl across the pages of this delightful pre-chapter book series from award-winning author Patricia MacLachlan. The accessible text is ideal for even the newest independent reader, while the warm, humorous story and energetic illustrations will appeal to picture book readers as well as advanced readers.

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Wine Makes Mommy Clever is a book full of affectionate, witty and endearing cartoons from Andy Riley celebrating mothers and all of the everyday things they put up with.

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People of letters take note: these handsome mini eco-journals feature enticing patterns with classic type elements, all drawn from House Industries' collection of brilliant fonts. Featuring splashes of metallic ink and bold designs, these eye-catching journals are as covetable as they are portable.

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A companion to the already-adored Paris In colour this set of notecards features 20 photographs of Paris arranged in five colours–-red, blue, green, orange and yellow. Photographed by Nichole Robertson of Little Brown Pen and featuring photos not found in the book, this gorgeous candy-coloured homage to the city of light will appeal to Francophiles, art-lovers, stationery enthusiasts and fans of Paris In colour.

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It's time to fly home for dinner! In this witty picture book from award-winning and bestselling author Mac Barnett, a mother bird gives the bird next to her a message for little Peter. But passing messages on a telephone line isn't as simple as it sounds. Each subsequent bird understands Mama's message according to its own very particular hobbies. Will Peter ever get home for dinner? This uproarious interpretation of a favorite children's game will get everyone giggling and is sure to lead to countless rereads.

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Yigit Pura is a sugar fiend . . . and a pastry dynamo! His striking desserts have sparked excitement and devotion throughout his career, from the top pastry kitchens of New York and San Francisco to the winner's podium on Top Chef: Just Desserts . His sugar showcase is Tout Sweet Patisserie, his ptisserie and dessert laboratory on San Francisco's Union Square. Now, in Sweet Alchemy , Yigit shares his approach to pastry and his sweet formulas for the very first time. He demonstrates how fun and, in fact, simple it can be to combine straightforward basics into beautiful, multilayered desserts. Each ingredient-driven chapter (sugar, flour, dairy, fruit, and chocolate) contains new twists on traditional recipes, such as Butterscotch Sauce, Sweet Almond Tart Dough, and Baked Berry Meringue Kisses. These playful sweets can be served on their own or combined into irresistible mélanges such as the Negroni Creamsicle, a composition of Citrus & Vanilla Bean Scented Panna Cotta, Grapefruit-Campari Gelee, and Ruby Red Grapefruit Supremes, or the Sexy Chocolate Coupe, a chocolate extravaganza that marries Dark Chocolate Cremeux to Bittersweet Flourless Chocolate Cake. This book brims with innovative recipes and classic techniques that will elevate your pastry game and bring you into Yigit's world. You will be inspired to create your own sweet alchemy.

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Featuring delicate illustrations and lots of space for users to record their own musings and adventures, this charming journal (inspired by the top-selling Let's Bring Back ) gives fans of bygone elegance a chance to wax nostalgic and remember the fun of past and new delights. Keepers of this sophisticated journal will find prompts throughout to experience a skating party, write a list of favourite flower names, wear fake eyelashes, pick a patron saint, buy some daisies, contemplate bed curtains, and more.

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The crepe-making bible! Step-by-step instructions, simple ingredients, and a bit of flair make this favorite food achievable for any home cook. Crepes can be rustic or delicate, homey or elegant . . . and appear to require far more effort than they actually do. Marth Holmberg brings a modern perspective to this favorite food, with easy do-ahead tips (crepes freeze beautifully!) and fresh flavor combinations. Holmberg is uniquely equipped to bring crêpes into the home kitchen. Trained at the renowned La Varenne cooking school, she has been a food writer, editor, and cook in the United States, England, and France for the past two decades. Her lifelong love of this favorite food is apparent throughout this collection of 50 sweet and savory recipes, ranging from the simple and snacky Butter-Sugar-Lemon of her teenage years to the crepe cakes and cannelloni of an accomplished cook. Her encouraging instructions and master formulas produce beautiful crepes and tempting sauces and fillings that pay homage to the classics while also playing with ambitious and fascinating flavor combinations and ingredients. Six basic batters (including a versatile gluten-free option!) pair with gutsy savory and lovely sweet fillings that will inspire you to roll up some crepes any day of the week. MOUTHWATERING RECIPES FROM SAVORY TO SWEET: Dip into this cookbook to find beautifully photographed and easy-to-follow instructions for such tempting dishes as Crepes with Sauteed Pears, Aged Gouda, and Fresh Thyme; Swiss Chard and Goat Cheese Crepes with Crunch Walnut Crumb Topping; and Crepes with Roasted Rhubarb and Lemon Cream. HOME COOKING TO MAKE JULIA CHILD PROUD: Expert tips and straightforward directions make achieving spectacular crepes, the star of French recipes, possible for both novice and expert cooks. A GIFT TO TREASURE: Pair this cookbook with a crepe pan, crepe spreader, or specialty ingredients to create a memorable gift for a housewarming, holiday, birthday, or anniversary gift for the home cooking enthusiast in your life. Perfect for:  Home cooks, bakers, and pastry adventurers  French food enthusiasts  Planning a weeknight feast, dinner party with friends, or dessert treats for the family  Fans of Julia Child, Betty Crocker, and Jamie Oliver cookbooks

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The extraordinary life of photojournalist, artist and avid adventurer Dan Eldon inspired a bestselling book, a foundation to support creative activism, and now a major feature film. Gathering together over 200 pages from Eldon's journals, this revised edition of the critically acclaimed book features a new foreword by Kweku Mandela, a new afterword by Alicia Dougherty and approximately 20 new pieces of art. It is the legacy of a young artist killed by an angry mob in Somalia just as his creative powers were beginning to be recognized by himself and others. Through these elaborately collaged and colorful pages, Eldon's journey will continue to inspire many future generations to come.

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By the author of Whole Beast Butchery" With the rise of the handcrafted food movement, food lovers are going crazy for the all-natural, uniquely flavored, handmade sausages they're finding in butcher cases everywhere. At San Francisco's 4505 Meats, butcher Ryan Farr takes the craft of sausage making to a whole new level with his fiery chorizo, maple-bacon breakfast links, smoky bratwurst, creamy boudin blanc, and best-ever all-natural hot dogs. Sausage Making is Farr's master course for all skill levels, featuring an overview of tools and ingredients, step-by-step sausage-making instructions, more than 175 full-color technique photos, and 50 recipes for his favorite classic and contemporary links. This comprehensive, all-in-one manual welcomes a new generation of meat lovers and DIY enthusiasts to one of the most satisfying and tasty culinary crafts."

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Photographer Alyson Fox approached 125 women, most of whom had never before had their portrait taken, and asked them to pose for her with one condition: each must wear Revlon Certainly Red lipstick. Fox's lens lovingly captures the individual beauty and passion of each woman. A thought-provoking examination of female identity and a visual pleasure, "Certainly Red" explores how 'putting a face on' for the camera is sometimes the best way to show who you really are.

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A cookbook for kids featuring 60 recipes for snacks, meals, desserts, and special occasions.

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Kids and parents alike will rejoice in this lively read-aloud picture book, as the main character runs into (and away from) a tiger over and over again as the plot gets sillier and sillier. Perfect for acting out while reading,IT'S A TIGER! offers just the right amount of excitement without being too scary, and a sweet ending with a bit of a twist.

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This exquisite book showcases 300 color photographs of vintage French ephemera that has been hidden away for nearly a century at Tinsel Trading Company, one of Martha Stewart's favorite craft shops. With these treasured notions as her inspiration, Kaari Meng offers a visual catalog of French trimmings, inspiration boards, step-by-step jewelry and accessory projects, and more, so crafters can make precious things with their flea-market finds.

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Voila, instantly elegant dinner party! This vellum pack includes everything a hostess needs to savour the treasured act of inviting guests and setting the scene for a special occasion: 12 each of printed invitations, envelopes, place cards and menu cards. The colour coordinated vintage textile patterns are from Kaari Meng, founder of the celebrated fabric and ephemera shop French General.

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Continuing the unique "CD Packaging Kit" format, this season we introduce two all-new designs suitable for a variety of occasions. With these handy DIY kits turning CD creations - music compilations or digital photo albums - into personalized gifts is easy and fun. It includes: 25 CD labels (5 designs repeating); 25 CD sleeves/envelopes (5 designs repeating); over 60 stickers (including 25 envelope closure stickers); and, mounting station for easy application of labels to discs.

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1 die-cut calendar, desktop stand, fullcolor illustrations

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A new format for Fall 2008, the perpetual calendar has wheels that turn to change the days of the week, month, date and weather, as well as a desktop stand. "The Sukie Perpetual Calendar" features the playful and colourful art of British design house, Sukie. In addition to the perpetual calendar, we will debut a Sukie Mix and Match set for F08.

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Quit your job, pack your boards, jump into the car, and surf your way down the California coast. Sound like a daydream? "The California Surf Project" is the fully illustrated travel diary of two surfers who actually did this. Professional photographer Chris Burkard and surfer and artist Eric Soderquist roadtripped in their beat up Volkswagen bus from the Oregon border to the Tiajuana Sloughs on a two-month quest to rediscover everything the Golden State's legendary waves have to offer. Along the way, they documented their experiences in photographs and diary entries, which were originally posted at heavily trafficked Website Surfline.com and are now collected in this beautiful coffee table book. Relive in more than 200 photographs their incredible adventure of crashing monster waves, sharing campfires with total strangers, and keeping the bus running with duct tape and prayers - in short, living the dream. Candid, dry, but often humorous text documents the inevitable ups and downs of a memorable journey. A professionally produced twenty-minute DVD tucked inside the back case features footage taken on a Super-8 camera during the roadtrip, too.

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Trust one of the most inventive companies in the world to come up with an entirely fresh take on travel books. World-renowned design firm IDEO shifts the attention of the traveler and everyday observer from mere sightseeing toward looking - really looking - at their surroundings. City by city each book in the series reveals authentic discoveries at every turn. Culled from the experiences and observations of the IDEO's designers, cultural anthropologists, and architects, these first two volumes delve into the social, architectural, and epicurean scenes of London and New York. Insightful, easy to use, packed with photographs and presented in a convenient on the go format. "IDEO Eyes Open" rekindles curiosity and invites visitors - and residents - to see these cities with fresh eyes.

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"The Salpicon Restaurant Cookbook" is a collection of inventive and upscale Mexican recipes based upon the signature dishes served at the award-winning Salpicon restaurant in Chicago. Chef and proprietor Priscila Satkoff adds traditional Mexican flavors to familiar dishes as a way to introduce the home chef to the diversity and easy elegance of Mexican cooking. Sommelier Vincent Satkoff matches each recipe with a wine suggestion and provides a wine/flavor pairing chart, enabling readers to advance their complementary beverage choices beyond beer and margaritas. The book also offers a glossary that defines key Mexican ingredients and offers preparation tips and techniques, as well as differentiating the variety of chiles and other produce used in the recipes.

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For five years, Tony Deifell taught teenagers to take photographs. The students were blind. Unusual as the idea may seem at first, putting cameras in the hands of visually impaired children proved to be extremely fruitful-both for the photographers, who found an astonishing new means of self-expression, and for the viewers of their images, for whom this is an entirely new kind of dreamlike and intuitive creation. Even before you know that these pictures were taken by the blind, they are striking for their use of light and composition, and haunting in their chiaroscuro intensity. The photos are accompanied by in-depth text explaining the origins of the "Sound Shadows" program, and detailing how the children were taught to take photographs. Accompanying the images are the students' own words and captions-in which we see how much the taking of pictures came to mean to them and the creative process at work in ways rarely experienced. This is a volume that speaks with rare inspirational power to aficionados of photography, the disabled community at large, as well as to the general reader. A book of visual art created by those who have limited or no sight. "Seeing Beyond Sight" documents a program whose ambitious, seemingly contradictory premise led to new avenues of creative expression for these students. "Seeing Beyond Sight" demonstrates countless new ways for all of us to think about vision, art, and perception, and what it means to see.

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A Netflix Original Film Series A New York Times Bestselling Series Over 8 Million Copies Sold Now that Ivy and Bean are friends, they do gymnastics club together, sit together in Ms. Aruba-Tate's second grade, and tell each other their darkest secrets. And when Ivy discovers a ghost in the school bathroom, it will take both girls' courage and imagination to make it go away. Another entertaining installment in this series about two mischievous, funny, clever girls.

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Some of the world's most acclaimed writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, and cartoonists, share what they consider their finest works, accompanied by incisive commentary by each author on the work and the creative process, with contributions by Anne Tyler, Arthur Miller, Gary Trudeau, David Sedaris, Rita Dove, Tom Robbins, T.

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Girls love meat! Just ask the girls of the Meat Club. They lust for big steaks, succulent ribs, and juicy hamburgers. Meat satisfies their deepest desires and cravings, and besides - it just tastes so damn good! Tired of eating Caesar salads and poached chicken breasts at lunches, brunches, and dinners with the girls, Vanessa, Kristina, and Gemma knew there had to be something better. Over dinner one night, the three confessed that they each had a secret love of meat. The Meat Club started at that moment. They quickly established a simple set of rules to guide them: You have to be a girl, You have to eat meat, You have to love to talk about meat, What is said in the meat club stays in the meat club. The rest is history - over the past 4 years, they've cooked more great meals together than they ever thought possible. In addition to voraciously studying the different cuts of meat and the best techniques for cooking each one, they experimented with sauces, rubs, and marinades; they've shared recipes; researched other people's recipes; and, made up some of their own. The Meat Club became a haven for both culinary experimentation and a venue to learn about all the delicious possibilities of cooking with meat. "The Meat Club Cookbook" is a collection of 60 tried-and-true recipes culled from their best meals together. Most of these recipes come from their mothers.

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This title contains sizzling party food and drink ideas from the Hot new cuisine. The drink recipes alone are enough to base a party around - Coconut Mojitos or Watermelon Martini anyone? There is nothing like una fiesta latina. You feel the warmth as soon as you walk in the door. You are greeted with a wave of festive music, the animated conversations of good friends, and the irresistible aroma of tamales, empanadas, and grilled meats. All the little plates in this colorful cookbook are perfect for throwing your own party - Latin-Style. Set the scene with a few pasabocas (appetizers), including homemade guacamole on sauteed corn cakes and spicy chipotle flavored crab cakes. Throw in some finger foods such as spring rolls of tuna, coconut, and rice or cumin-scented empanadas stuffed with steak. For a more sit-down celebration, treat your guests to roasted chicken with fabulously flavored mashed potatoes (secret ingredient: lobster!) and a drizzle of creamy peanut sauce. Or maybe some Crispy East Coast Oysters with a beautiful saffron aioli. The recipes are suitable for almost every level of cook and are interesting and original without being weird.

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One of the world's most popular and most honoured master of Asian cuisine, Martin Yan presents his new cookbook, Martin Yan Quick & Easy. This cookbook contains 150 recipes arranged by course - appetizers, main dishes, and desserts - plus there is an amazing chapter on the basics, that covers what to store in the pantry, sources for hard to find ingredients, and unusual terms and ingredients. Martin also gives his suggestions for the best tools for the job and how to use them. A list of suggested menus makes it easy to plan meals. Wonderful scenic photographs show some of Martin's favorite Asian locales (the source of much of his recipe inspiration), where he has savoured the regional specialties and picked up a few cooking techniques along the way. Asian food is not just for eat-in or take out - it is without a doubt the perfect at-home meal for today's lifestyle. And Martin Yan - master of the quick chop and hot wok - will show you how easy it is to cook satisfying, everyday Asian meals.

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Ooh l la! Take a trip back in time to the early days of French cinema with the scenes reproduced in this funny and charming flip book. A collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and the film company Gaumont Cinmathque, here is a reel classic for every foreign film lover and Francophile alike.

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Meet the biggest little superhero! He's not lean and mean. He's round and profound. He's Sumo Mouse! And he's ready to wrestle all wrongdoers. But can this champion of justice squash the sinister schemes of Dr Claw? Or will the forces of evil pin Sumo Mouse to the mat? Fun, comic book-inspired collages illustrate this action-packed mouse tale.

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Jeff Selis, along with his trusty bull terrier, Otis, and his old friend, Seamus, left Portland in August of last year, with a minivan, a polaroid, and a mission to meet and photograph every dog they could find. They arrived back home in time for Thanksgiving, with a whole slew of stories, photographs, and about fifty new four-legged friends. Dog Bless America is one third travel diary to two thirds class yearbook - there is a photograph of a dog from each state, sometimes more than one, and a charmingly sweet and funny bio, to go along with them. Set against the backdrop of the road trip of a lifetime, these dogs manage to wag, bark, swim, hunt, and drool their way into the staunchest of hearts. Jeff Selis has done it again, and this time, with just the right pinch of patriotism to make you proud to be an American - no matter what species you are!

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Imbued with the artist''s love of nature, this compilation of over 75 classic Mother Goose thymes includes such timeless classics as Old Mother Hubbard, Mary Had a Little Lamb and Rock-a-bye Baby.'

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Ten Little Rabbits celebrates Native America n traditions, including weaving, fishing and storytelling, a s it teaches young children to count from one to ten '

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