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Anita Joggerst, Don Williamson

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Tim Garrison P.E.

Billions of dollars and vast natural resources are wasted every year in over-built structures. Excessive wood, concrete, and steel are consumed because a faulty "more-is-better" mentality has evolved - a mentality born of ignorance and perpetuated by fear. This book, in plain language, illustrates powerful green framing techniques. Roofs, walls, and floors, with their subparts and pieces, are carefully examined. Wasteful practices are exposed, efficient ones suggested. Readers are shown how to actually design rafters, beams, studs, and footings using a popular, easy-to-use software brand. With this knowledge any builder can break the wasteful habits of old - use the right materials in the right places. Any designer can confidently produce efficient, code-compliant plans. The benefits of green framing include: * Save thousands of dollars in materials and manpower on every project. * Conserve significant natural resources: wood, concrete, and steel, and the energy...

Simon Field

Explaining why antifreeze is a component of toothpaste and how salt works in shampoo, this fascinating handbook delves into the chemistry of everyday household products. Decoding more than 150 cryptic ingredients, the guide explains each component's structural formula, offers synonymous names, and describes its common uses. This informative resource can serve curious readers as a basic primer to commercial chemistry or as an indexed reference for specific compounds found on a product label. Grouped according to type, these chemical descriptions will dissolve common misunderstandings and help make consumers more product savvy.

Vigdis Mo Johansen

Never before has creating stunning jewelry been so easy thanks to the vast selection of beads and stones available. This glittering collection features beautiful jewelry designs for bracelets, rings, earrings and necklaces. Crafters will love tailoring jewlery to suit their own personal styles with the wide range of sophisticated designs and colors offered in "The Complete Beaders Jewelry Collection". With these beautiful and inspiring designs readers will have no trouble creating their own dazzling jewelry with their own unique twist.

Kiyoshi Endoh

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Official Proceedings, Volume 12

Adam Ding

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Jim Daly

The innocence of children and their pets is captured in the nostalgic paintings of beloved artist Jim Daly, whose books have sold more than half a million copies. The joy of furry friends is celebrated in heartwarming quotes, Scriptures, and classic snippets of literature surrounding the timeless paintings. Animal lovers will reminisce about the qualities of their favorite pets including companionship, devotion, and unconditional love, as they are reminded of the lasting comfort and wonder these pals with paws have brought to their lives.

Fleur Grenier

Pewter is an age-old craft that is enjoying a revival today. This book celebrates its heritage and qualities by explaining the techniques that have been used for hundreds of years and continue to be used today. The basic techniques involved with working with pewter are explained as well as how they can be applied to make a range of exciting pieces far beyond the realms of tankards and hip flasks. The polished luster of pewter lends to contemporary designs. The modern pewter, lead-free alloy, does not tarnish or turn the dull gray color of the old pewter.

Deborah Krasner

As indoor kitchen design books do, "The New Outdoor Kitchen" covers initial design and planning and, in subsequent chapters, covers "stove" options (grills, smokers, wood-fired ovens); the rest of the kitchen (outdoor refrigerators, sinks, cabinets, and countertops); the entertaining and eating areas (including a discussion of outdoor heaters, social fire-fireplaces, firepits, and chimineas - and bug control to increase your season of enjoyment); and, finally, the grace notes of the outdoor kitchen - lighting and sound systems, plantings, and water features. Ten portfolio kitchens will be laced between the chapters, and the book will conclude with an extensive source list. The kitchens pictured in the book will run the size, price, ambition, and creativity gamut, from kitchens sited on decks and patios to a small urban backyard set up to elaborate built-in, freestanding outdoor environments.