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"Author of Made for Living Amber Lewis reveals her approach to renovating a home and building one from scratch, with gorgeous images and plenty of detail shots so you can be sure to get stunning results. The details of a room make a difference. The bullnose edge of a marble countertop. The wood grain and color of the flooring. The particular pleat of the drape. Amber Lewis, the esteemed designer known for her signature Cali-inspired style, obsesses...
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"Interior designer Ashley Gilbreath's fresh approach to Southern decorating is guided by her respect for family and tradition with an eye on practicality and warmheartedness. Her first book reveals the breadth of her casually elegant style. Whether it's in town, on the water, or in the countryside, each home exhibits thoughtful planning and attention to detail in harmony with the client's vision. Gilbreath gives readers insight into her design process,...
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"This lovely and inspirational guide helps you create a happier home, one room and one idea or project at a time. The author, creator of Lovely Indeed, offers up creative ideas to engage all the senses to uplift your mood throughout your home space"--
As the world shifts and we are utilizing our homes for work, play, and everything in-between, Foy strives to maximize the joy, beauty, and functionality of her home through projects that are not only...
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Meet Bessie Coleman. She was the first African-American woman to earn her international pilots license. And she did so against great odds. No one in America was willing to teach a black woman to fly. Still, Bessie never gave up on her dream of becoming a world-famous aviator.
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"Welcome to the Grief Club-a place where one human who experienced a terrible loss, Janine Kwoh, is at the door to welcome other humans who are grieving. It is not an instruction manual, or a step-by-step playbook, or a memoir. It is, rather, a fresh, empathetic approach to all of the surprising, confusing, brutal, funny, and downright bizarre parts of grief. Combining her own experiences with grief-the author's partner died when both were in their...
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"Bring the bold, spicy, beautiful world of Southern Thai cooking to your kitchen through 100 recipes and stories from the James Beard Award-nominated chef and celebrated ambassador of Thai food in the U.S. Growing up in the tropical region of Southern Thailand, Nok Suntaranon helped her mother make the fresh curry pastes she would sell at their local market. But decades later she returned home and saw that the food had become sweeter and watered down,...
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"In her first book, interior designer Betsy Wentz shares 13 fabulous family homes. The book is really a practical design guide for anyone who may not want--or simply cannot afford--to hire an interior designer. The story of each home includes color studies, design lessons, and pro tips, plus plenty of practical advice for anyone who might face similar challenges"--
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Eating the Sun and Lost in Translation, a gorgeously illustrated love letter to everything that is beautiful, and a manifesto for those who are struggling to remember or recognize what beauty is. People are increasingly baffled as to what they can call beautiful, what they should call beautiful, and whether or not they are able to apply beautiful to themselves or to the things around them. Our outdated...
12) Just what to do
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"A child discovers that there is no single right thing to do when someone is sad or grieving"--
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"The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions--past and present--that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live. Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk--the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more...
14) Bird
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A photo essay on the world of birds examining such topics as body construction, feathers and flight, the adaptation of beaks and feet, feeding habits, courtship, nests and eggs, and bird watching.
"Eyewitness Bird gives a detailed overview for kids aged 9+ of a fascinating animal species and will encourage them to spot the incredible birds on the wing around you. Using full-color photographs of different species, feathers, beaks, bird anatomy and...
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"A glacier may look forbidding and empty, but it provides a rich habitat for animals from the mountains to the sea. As the world's glaciers melt, their disappearance impacts not only the wildlife that calls them home, but also all life on earth. Back matter includes a glossary and an author's note about climate change"--
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"How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreatwomenartists, discover the glittering paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century United States and the artist who really invented the 'readymade.' Explore the Dutch...
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"Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is real. When journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn't quite believe it. A natural skeptic and a strong believer...
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"Have you ever had a question about sex--whether out of curiosity, desire, or the sneaking suspicion you're somehow, different? Every Body will help you feel less alone. It's a huge collection of anonymous stories, essays, artwork, and expert tell-alls on myriad subjects, all rolled into one. Really, it's the conversations most of us are too scared to start. Thanks to talented duo Julia Rothman and Shaina Feinberg, we don't have to. The stories, essays,...
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