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• WHERE WE LIVED

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  Subtitle: “Discovering the Places We Once Called Home.” Like people, houses are created, live, and grow old. Like us, they eventually disappear. In Where We Lived, these houses are our guides as we journey through the vanished landscape of our country when it was very young. Mile markers on this journey are the remarkable photographs of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), created to document the nation's early structures. The narrative of our journey draws heavily on travelers' accounts, public records, community and family histories, letters and diaries, even novels and stories. It also takes note of the Direct Tax of 1798, which counted and measured houses from Maine to Georgia. From New England to the Middle States, from the South to the territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River called the West, you're treated to the earliest surviving homes of the New World to the "new" houses of the Greek Revival.

• THE HOMESTEAD BUILDER

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  This classic, first published in 1872, is filled with handy advice on the best ways to plan and construct dwellings in any location using wood, earth and gravel. Includes log cabins, houses, slab houses, frame houses, and guidance on building an outdoor oven, a cellar, fence posts and gates. This was originally titled "The Immigrant Builder" and aimed at those headed west to homestead.

• STICKMAKING: A COMPLETE COURSE, Revised Edition

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  This Thorough Introduction To Stickmaking Explains How To Craft A Wide Range Of Traditional Walking Sticks, Market Sticks, And Crooks From Start To Finish. Craftsmen Of Any Level Will Benefit From The Detailed Explanations On Identifying, Cutting, And Seasoning Suitable Wood And Selecting Alternate Carving Materials Such As Antlers And Ram Or Cow Horn.

• WILLIAM SAROYAN: PLACES IN TIME

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  Lavishly illustrated with beautiful, evocative watercolors, this record visits dozens of locations influential to the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan, best known for his play The Time of Your Life. Accompanied by well-documented biographical research, this series of paintings highlights places critical to Saroyan’s life, such as his family’s ancestral home of Bitlis, Armenia; the Fred Finch Orphanage in Oakland, where he spent five years of his early childhood; and the MGM Studios in Los Angeles, where he enjoyed a short and tumultuous career as a screenwriter. The majority of this collection, however, explores the beloved vistas of Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley from which he drew his inspiration—from the Armenian churches of Fresno to the sprawling vineyards of the surrounding California landscape.

• MISSION HOPE CHEST

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  Size 18" high by 50"wide and 20"deep. Detailed instructions. Many pieces shown full size. Bill of material and cutting list. The drawers on the side are non-functional. The chest can be lined with cedar planking which is easily available. Beginner level.

• WEEKEND BATHROOM MAKEOVERS

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  Amy Mathews, the host of DIY network’s Bathroom Renovations, takes the intimidation out of restoration. Using projects adapted from the series, she provides a superbly organized, informative introduction that assesses the space and layout possibilities; reviews the range of styles and prices for cabinets, countertops, sinks, faucets, showers, tubs, fittings, walls, and floors; and covers design elements such as lighting, storage, and ventilation. Concise, illustrated instructions (peppered with lots of encouragement) provide the fundamental nuts and bolts of renovation techniques, from removing tubs and installing toilets to laying tile and restoring windows. Ten complete redos come with before, during, and after photography, and offer homeowners their choice of styles, time investment, and budget options. There’s something to appeal to every taste and need.