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The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think
4 critic reviews | Published: February 5, 2013
Brian Hare, dog researcher, evolutionary anthropologist, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and Vanessa Woods offer revolutionary new insights into dog intelligence and the interior lives of our smartest pets. In the past decade, we have learned more about how dogs think than in the last century. Breakthroughs in cognitive science, pioneered by Brian Hare have proven dogs have a kind of genius for getting along with people that is unique in the animal kingdom. Brian Hare's stunning discovery is that when dogs domesticated thems...
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Weeds
7 critic reviews | 12 user reviews | Published: June 26, 2012
Trade Paperback The "entertaining" (Wall Street Journal) history of humans strange relation;ships with our most hated natural enemy From dandelions to crabgrass, stinging nettles to poison ivy, weeds are familiar, pervasive, widely despised, and seemingly invincible. How did they come to be the villains of the natural world, at once beautiful and menacing? Renowned nature writer Richard Mabey embarks on an engaging journey with the verve and historical breadth of Michael Pollan, revealing how weeds have been traditionally portrayed, from Ge...
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Outlaw Marriages
9 critic reviews | 7 user reviews | Published: May 15, 2012
For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other "for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health" for periods of thirty or forty-sometimes as many as fifty-years. In short, they loved and supported each other every bit as much as any husband and wife. In Outlaw Marriages, cultural historian Rodger Streitmatter reveals how some of these unions didn't merely improve the quality of ...
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Into the Unknown: The Dungeon Survival Handbook
8 critic reviews | 4 user reviews | Published: May 15, 2012
D&D ENCOUNTERS SUPPORT: This product supports the D&D Encounters in-store play program by providing Dungeons & Dragons players with exciting new options for their D&D Encounters characters. The player material in this book is also suitable for home game use. CHARACTER THEMES: This book presents several new character themes tied to dungeon exploration. Themes are popular with Dungeons & Dragons players, as they provide more depth to each character's back story and provide intriguing in-game benefits. This book also includes advice for Dungeon...
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The Handknitter's Yarn Guide
4 critic reviews | 3 user reviews | Published: May 8, 2012
An essential at-a-glance reference book containing yarn swatches and detailed information about the most widely used types of yarns available to today’s knitters The Handknitter’s Yarn Guide collects all the facts, figures and details that knitters need to know about yarns and gives visual comparisons showing the different effects they create when knitted up. This essential guide for every knitter at any level includes a comprehensive encyclopedia of the most commonlyavailable yarns, complete with full-color photographs of swatches and vital...
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Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You A Better Friend to Your Pet
4 critic reviews | 53 user reviews | Published: May 8, 2012
Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither--and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a spokesperson, someone who will assert their specific needs. Renowned anthrozoologist Dr. John Bradshaw has made a career of studying human-animal interactions, and in Dog Sense he uses the latest scientific research to show how humans can live in harmon...
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Play These Games
11 critic reviews | 5 user reviews | Published: May 1, 2012
Simple, low-cost, homemade games made from everyday household items—from the author of Make These Toys.Playing games is the perfect antidote for boredom when kids are tired of their toys—that's where Play These Games comes in. This collection presents homemade activities for kids and grown-ups to create and play together, from Go Fish cards made using family photos to a pinball machine constructed out of clothespins, rubber bands, and cardboard boxes.Following the same format as Make These Toys, this book is organized by materials, each with...
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Chic on a Shoestring
10 critic reviews | 6 user reviews | Published: May 1, 2012
Refashion those throwaway items into something new and oh so chic.The most invaluable accessory—this stylish, simple, step-by-step guide. This book takes readers step-by-step through an inventive, resourceful, and inspiring “refashioning” process for creating fabulous clothes without breaking the bank. With an eye for all things “stylishly vintage,” Mary Jane Baxter demonstrates how a host of new fashions and accessories can be created from old clothing. Transform ornate trims and vintage buttons into spectacular brooches, craft a favorite s...
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Clean -- Expanded Edition
7 critic reviews | 51 user reviews | Published: April 17, 2012
New Updated and Expanded paperback edition of the New York Times bestseller CLEAN offering a comprehensive, individualized and medically proven program to rid our bodies once and for all of the multitude of toxins that infiltrate our systems on a daily basis New material will consist of: ⢠Updated introduction from Dr. Junger ⢠New section called Clean for Life about learning to live Clean every day of the year ⢠Celebrity recipes from Gwyneth Paltrow, Mariska Hargitay and others We live in a toxic world. The air we breathe, the w...
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Cabin Fever
5 critic reviews | 7 user reviews | Published: April 17, 2012
"If Tom Montgomery Fate has not found the secret formula for the deliberate, balanced life, he is a chief disciple of the search."-Chicago Tribune Try to imagine Thoreau married, with a job, three kids, and a minivan. This is the sensibility-serious yet irreverent-that suffuses Cabin Fever, as the author seeks to apply the hermit-philosopher's insights to a busy modern life. Tom Montgomery Fate lives in a Chicago suburb, where he is a husband, father, professor, and active member of his community. He also lives in a cabin built with the hel...
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