Kathryn Hawkins

Marcus A. Webb

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Connoisseur's Guide

The Herb and Spice Companion is the newest addition to our very popular Companion series, which has already covered tea, cheese, chocolate, and coffee. With descriptions and ratings of more than 150 spices from around the world, The Herb and Spice Companion includes tips on storing and using spices to create innovative combinations of flavors. This is the essential guide to using herbs and spices to add flavor and depth in the kitchen. This book guides the reader through all aspects of herbs, including their rich history, how to grow, harvest, and dry them, and even their unique medicinal uses.

The Herb and Spice Companion

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Emma Christensen

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Oregon

How to Craft Fermented Cider, Beer, Wine, Sake, Soda, Mead, Kefir, and Kombucha at Home

"This accessible home-brew guide for alcoholic and non-alcoholic fermented drinks, from Apartment Therapy- The Kitchn's Emma Christensen, offers a wide range of simple yet enticing recipes for Root Beer, Honey Green Tea Kombucha, Pear Cider, Gluten-Free Sorghum Ale, Blueberry-Lavender Mead, Gin Sake, Plum Wine, and more."

This accessible home-brew guide for alcoholic and non-alcoholic fermented drinks, from Apartment Therapy- The Kitchn's Emma Christensen, offers a wide range of simple yet enticing recipes for Root Beer, Honey Green Tea Kombucha, Pear Cider, Gluten-Free Sorghum Ale, Blueberry-Lavender Mead, Gin Sake, Plum Wine, and more.

Making naturally fermented sodas, tending batches of kombucha, and tackling homebrewed beer are the next frontier for the homemade revolution. Food writer Emma Christensen shows that these projects can be all done in the smallest apartment kitchen with little more equipment than a soup pot, a plastic bucket, and a long-handled spoon. This book captures that crafty, adventurous spirit that makes the brewing arts accessible. Since all 50-plus recipes stem from the same basic technique and use the same simple equipment, it's easy for cooks to make the leap from project to project. By covering a rage of homemade beverages, from quick and easy kefir to cellared fruit wines, True Brews is sure to be a hit with the DIY crowd.

True Brews

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Bec Dickinson

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Rhode Island

Vibrant and Healthy Recipes to Brighten up Your Day

Liven up your lunchbox with this vibrant and creative cookbook, helping you to transform your lunchtimes. Whether it is a lunch on the go, eating at your desk, or a catch-up with friends or colleagues, Love Your Lunches has over 50 inspiring ideas to brighten up your afternoon meals. From smokey sweet potato nachos to a delicious harissa hummus pot, each recipe is nutritionally balanced, easy to make, and mouth-wateringly delicious. There are also ideas for toppers, snacks, shared lunches, and innovative ways to package and transport your lunches, regardless of your commute. Learn how you can adapt last night's leftovers for an exciting lunchtime meal as well as fresh and cost-effective ideas for those days when you haven't got the time to make your own lunch at home. All recipes are vegetarian with vegan alternatives and meat toppers so you can easily mix and match your lunch to your own personal preference. With a fun and striking design and recipes that are healthy yet satisfying and full of flavor, Love Your Lunches will get you excited about your afternoon and help you to reclaim your lunch break.

Love Your Lunches

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Sue Pearce

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

20 Cool, Creative Knitting Projects to Enhance Your Home

This collection of 25 projects-- including housewares, wearables, and accessories--has a sweet touch of vintage in every stitch. Projects are ideal for all skill levels and some are even simple enough to make in a day! Placemats, fingerless mittens, a French press cozy, a drawstring projects bag, and even a knitted clock are just a few of the inventive items with a retro touch. With illustrations and full-color photos throughout.

Vintage Knit Knacks

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Vanessa Kroening

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Pennsylvania

How to Create Your Own Gorgeous Yarns Using a Drop Spindle

Want to spin your own beautiful yarn? Expert spinner Vanessa Kroening shows you how in this easy introduction to spinning with a drop spindle. No need to invest in an expensive spinning wheel! Expert spinner Vanessa Kroening shows you how to spin in this wonderfully accessible introduction to spinning with a drop spindle. Vanessa explains how to: clean and prepare fleece for spinning what to look out for when choosing a fleece how to card, blend colors, and make rolags and batts. use a drop spindle ply your yarn and how to add beads, sequins and other elements, as well as how to dye your yarn Spinning with a drop spindle isn’t just fun – it's amazingly relaxing and highly creative too. You get to choose the type of fiber, and the colors and thickness of the yarn you make - you can even dye the yarn, and add beads, sequins and other embellishments to create your own unique yarns. A spindle is so compact, you can carry it around town with you and is not even necessary to have to spin. Be inspired and take your knitting, crochet, felting and weaving to a whole new level!

Yarn Spinning with a Modern Twist

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Cristin Morgan

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Vibrant color and rich textures abound in Hoop Dreams, a stylish embroidery guide for the modern maker.

Author Cristin Morgan of Marigold + Mars outlines the basics of 10 classic embroidery stitches and then teaches you how to use them to create 20 beautiful and practical projects for hoops, for the home, and to wear. New and experienced embroiderers alike will be delighted by the fresh motifs and bold color palettes and empowered by the easy step-by-step instructions and templates, which show that with just a few simple stitches, some basic materials, and an idea or two, you can stitch just about anything.

A glossary of more than 50 additional patterns and motifs will inspire you to personalize your projects and use your newfound embroidery skills in fresh and imaginative ways. As an added bonus, the book includes an envelope with 10 carbon transfer papers for quickly transferring patterns to fabric.

Includes color illustrations

If you received a first printing of this book that includes transfer papers that do not work, please email us at abrams@abramsbooks.com or call (212) 206-7715 to receive replacement papers.

New Jersey

Modern Hand Embroidery

Vibrant color and rich textures abound in Hoop Dreams, a stylish embroidery guide for the modern maker. Author Cristin Morgan of Marigold + Mars outlines the basics of 10 classic embroidery stitches and then teaches you how to use them to create 20 beautiful and practical projects for hoops, for the home, and to wear. New and experienced embroiderers alike will be delighted by the fresh motifs and bold color palettes and empowered by the easy step-by-step instructions and templates, which show that with just a few simple stitches, some basic materials, and an idea or two, you can stitch just about anything. A glossary of more than 50 additional patterns and motifs will inspire you to personalize your projects and use your newfound embroidery skills in fresh and imaginative ways. As an added bonus, the book includes an envelope with 10 carbon transfer papers for quickly transferring patterns to fabric. If you received a first printing of this book that includes transfer papers that do not work, please email us at abrams@abramsbooks.com or call (212) 206-7715 to receive replacement papers.

Hoop Dreams

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Crafts

Jill McSheehy

Minnesota

A Simple Guide to Growing Vegetables at Home

Grow a flourishing vegetable garden with the ultimate guide for beginners

Gardeners never forget the first time they enjoyed a ripe, juicy tomato plucked straight from the vine or savored a crisp, fresh salad made with ingredients from their backyard. Start growing your first crop today with Vegetable Gardening for Beginners. Host of The Beginner's Garden podcast Jill McSheehy offers simple guidance to first-time gardeners who will be amazed at how easy it can be to create a thriving garden.

 * Build the ideal foundation with clear instructions for constructing raised beds, preparing containers, and mixing healthy soil.
 * Pick the perfect plants with in-depth profiles that detail how to grow beloved culinary plants, from peppery arugula to cool melons and fragrant rosemary.
 * Nurture a budding garden with this reference for pairing up companion plants, watering and mulching, handling pests, and maintaining plants year-round.



Start your own vegetable garden with the easy-to-follow guidance from Vegetable Gardening for Beginners.

Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

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Jessica Roux

Massachusetts

An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers

Floriography is a full-colour guidebook to the historical uses and secret meanings behind an impressive array of flowers and herbs. The book explores the coded significances associated with various blooms, from flowers for a lover to flowers for an enemy. The language of flowers was historically used as a means of secret communication. It soared in popularity during the 19th century, especially in Victorian England and the U.S., when proper etiquette discouraged open displays of emotion. Mysterious and playful, the language of flowers has roots in everything from the characteristics of the plant to its presence in folklore and history. Researched and illustrated by popular artist Jessica Roux, this book makes a stunning display piece, conversation-starter, or thoughtful gift.

Floriography

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Greg Green

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Michigan

The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medicinal Use

The most comprehensive guide to marijuana gardening ever written is back with all new information and updated advice for cannabis enthusiasts. Over 200 additional pages of all new information are included in this book, from all new lighting equipment and techniques, to highly advanced cannabinoid extraction techniques and detailed, step-by-step gardening guides for novice and professional growers alike. This book contains over 700 pages, with all new photos and step-by-step guides to every aspect of marijuana horticulture, plant breeding, and hash production. Featuring a handy quick start guide at the beginning to allow growers to get started right away, and hone their techniques as they read the later chapters in more detail. The biggest, most comprehensive, and straightforward guide to marijuana horticulture ever published.

The Cannabis Grow Bible

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Plants, Gardening, Landscaping

Missouri

Even More Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

The saga of teenager Georgia Nicolson continues in diary entries about her life after her boyfriend goes off to Kiwi-agogoland, leaving her to make do without him.

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel

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Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Georgia thought she had put her "red-bottomosity" to rest when she finally chose Robbie the Sex God over Dave the Laugh. Anyway, Dave the Laugh is now dating her friend Ellen (which didn't stop Georgia from snogging him at a party...)

But when Dave breaks up with Ellen and the Sex God is never around, Georgia doesn't know what to do! As always, in Georgia's life, nothing ever turns out as planned!

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants

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Kate Cann

Illinois

Hi Abby,

Bet I'm the last person you expected to get a card from. The island is hot and beautiful and brilliant, but you were 80% right about Davinia. No--90% right. She's totally self-centered and she's trying to force me to date this creep! I'd sooner slit my wrists because I'm in love with someone else. He's gorgeous but he hates me. Aren't holidays supposed to be relaxing?! Abby, I wish we hadn't fallen out. Maybe see you when I get back?

Lots of love (honest!),

Chloe xxx

Mediterranean Holiday

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