Cookbooks for the actual (or aspirational!) home chef!

Susan Heeger

Susie Norris

Joseph De Leo

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Wisconsin

From-Scratch, All-Natural, Gloriously Grown-Up Confections

Offers gourmet candy recipes designed for adults, including cocoa-nib caramel cookie sticks, candied mint leaves, and green tea truffles.

Hand-Crafted Candy Bars

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Norman Kolpas

Bill Bettencourt

Williams-Sonoma

Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients as the keys to cooking delicious meals with a minimum of time and effort. Dedicated to a single subjectfrom Soup to Pasta to Weeknighteach volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week. The recipes are both simple and inspired, making quick cooking a truly satisfying experience.

Slow Cooker

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Liz Gutman

Jenn King

In great condition except for a small amount of price tag residue on bottom left of front cover (see photo).

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

How to Make Truly Scrumptious Candy in Your Own Kitchen!

Presents step-by-step instructions for making seventy-five candies, including cherry cordials, gummies, caramels, lollipops, and candy bars, and demystifies the processes of tempering chocolate and making ganache.

The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook

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If knowing the questions to more than 50% of the answers on Jeopardy is a lifeskill, then that majorworked out just fine, thanks for asking.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Grace Frick

Written in the form of a testamentary letter from the Emperor Hadrian to his successor, the youthful Marcus Aurelius, this work is as extraordinary for its psychological depth as for its accurate reconstruction of the second century of our era. The author describes the book as a meditation upon history, but this meditation is built upon intensive study of the personal and political life of a great and complex character as seen by himself and his contemporaries, both friends and enemies. Marguerite Yourcenar reconstructs Hadrian's arduous early years, his triumphs and reversals, and his gradual reordering of a war-torn world.

Memoirs of Hadrian

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Daniel P. Barbezat

Mirabai Bush

Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning

Contemplative pedagogy is a way for instructors to: empower students to integrate their own experience into the theoretical material they are being taught in order to deepen their understanding; help students to develop sophisticated problem-solving skills; support students' sense of connection to and compassion for others; and engender inquiries into students' most profound questions. Contemplative practices are used in just about every discipline--from physics to economics to history--and are found in every type of institution. Each year more and more faculty, education reformers, and leaders of teaching and learning centers seek out best practices in contemplative teaching, and now can find them here, brought to you by two of the foremost leaders and innovators on the subject. This book presents background information and ideas for the practical application of contemplative practices across the academic curriculum from the physical sciences to the humanities and arts. Examples of contemplative techniques included in the book are mindfulness, meditation, yoga, deep listening, contemplative reading and writing, and pilgrimage, including site visits and field trips.

Contemplative Practices in Higher Education

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Igor Aleksander

Spine tight, text clean but some darkening to edges due to age.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Dreams and Diaries

The creator of Magnus - the world's first conscious laptop computer - looks at the science and philosophy behind the quest to build machines with minds of their own.

How to Build a Mind

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PI Kids

Box set of 12 Peppa Pig mini board books.  The box itself has rips and dings but the books only show signs of minimal wear.  I bought this for my toddler great nieces to read at our house and then we moved so consequently they did not get a lot of use.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Hooray! Are you ready for fun and adventure with Peppa Pig? This first library set includes twelve sturdy little board books featuring Peppa Pig, her family, and her friends. Little readers will love searching for animal creatures, best-loved toys, yummy snacks and treats and many other familiar items. All the books are housed in a durable, colorful case with convenient handle so the adventure can continue wherever you go

Peppa Pig: 12 Board Books

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Lea Wait

Lot of the first six titles in the Threads Mainely Needlepoint Mysteries series by Lea Wait.  Books are in good condition with only light wear to edges, except for “Threads of Evidence” which has a wave to it from being accidentally shut in a car door.  Save on shipping by buying a bundle!

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Lot of the first Six Books in the series

Back in Harbor Haven, Maine, after discovering that her missing mother had been murdered, Angie Curtis finds solace in her grandmother, Estelle, and the Mainely Needlepointers business group, but soon the tenuous peace is broken when Angie and Estelle become suspects in the murder of a shady associate of the needlepointers. Original.

Twisted Threads A Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Lot

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Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Lot of 6 Lunch Lady graphic novels.  These show signs of having been read (light edge wear, some creasing) but texts are clean and spines are tight.

When the crime-fighting school lunch lady works as the cook at summer camp, she investigates the mystery of the legendary swamp monster.

Lot of 6 Lunch Lady Books Volumes 1-5 and 7

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Dreaming, doing… potayto, potahto.  Buying the project book is surely half the battle?

Kelli Perkins

Combining Fabric + Paper for Mixed-Media Art

Mixing the versatility of paper with the dimensional qualities of cloth, this inventive handbook to crafting with "paper-cloth" provides mixed-media artists with the knowledge to easily transform their works into collaged quilts using embellishment techniques, such as painting, stitching, needlefelting, and beading. Though the technique is inexpensive and requires less space, equipment, and skill than dyeing fabrics for quilt making, readers will learn step-by-step how the use of paper-cloth--from making the paper-cloth itself; adding color and interest to the foundation with inks, stains, paints, and glazes; texturizing; implementing printmaking techniques; and more--can allow layers of complexity and textural appeal. Common projects include art quilts, art dolls, jewelry, and artist books. Perfect for artists interested in altered art, found and recycled art, needle felting, and nontraditional elements, this original resource is the first to cross the paper and cloth mediums.

Stitch Alchemy

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Kim Kuhteubl

Visibility and Business Strategy for Interior Designers

The home goods market in the United States is the largest market in the world. Then why do some interior design firms thrive while others barely survive? The answer lies in one powerful little word: brand. More than a pretty logo, it involves telling the story of your distinct point of view--who you want to serve and why you do business, and it's a process that happens from the inside out. This book bridges the gap between designer and design leader and shows pros how to define, value, and communicate their vision; find clients who are a fit; and master the art of being visible. Worksheets give designers the tools to learn these strategies and apply them to their work. It also includes candid conversations with design leaders such as Barbara Barry, Rose Tarlow, Kelly Hoppen, Vicente Wolf, Christiane Lemieux, Clodagh, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, and others.

Branding + Interior Design

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Chronicle Books

Unused book in great condition except for a tiny bit of edge wear (see top right corner of front of book)

(Drawing for Kids, Drawing Books, How to Draw Books)

The perfect inspirational drawing book meets guided mini journal for the artist on the go. A pocket-sized drawing journal is packed with just as much clever, imaginative fun as the original bestselling 642 Things to Draw. All 642 drawing prompts invite doodlers to draw teeny-tiny things--from "a keyhole" and "a marble" to "an atom" and "your house, from space."

Some are deceptively simple (just try drawing a blade of grass!), some are conceptually mind-bending (sketching the speed of light?), and some are refreshingly basic (an eraser, a button, the Little Dipper). Hip and helpful, 642 Tiny Things to Draw is the perfect inspirational sketch book, sure to entertain and provoke the imagination of anyone ready to pick up a pencil.

* Includes 642 random drawing prompts to spark casual doodling while entertaining the mind.
* With a collection of silly, thought-provoking, simple, and complex prompts, this drawing ideas book will push your mind - and pencil - to think outside the box.
* While different than a traditional step-by-step or how to draw book, you don't have to be a skilled artist to enjoy this relaxing, stimulating, and entertaining activity book.

Budding artists and experienced sketchers alike will find themselves invigorated by this collection of unique and wonderful tiny drawing prompts on the go.

642 Tiny Things to Draw is a guided journal that will inspire creativity, energize the mind and stimulate artistry in any aspiring or skilled creator.

* Makes a unique gift for artists of any age to expand knowledge and boost creative awareness.
* A must-have for anyone who could benefit from an occasional creative brain break that is pure enjoyment. Sure to keep creative folks inspired on the go, or wherever the doodle bug strikes!

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