guide to spotting birds in your own back yard

The Backyard Bird-Lover's Guide

Science & Math

Jan Mahnken

Biological Sciences

Storey Communications

Building small barns, sheds, and shelters; diagrams, plans, photographs, and drawings.

Building Small Barns, Sheds & Shelters

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Monte Burch

Home Improvement & Design

The Compact House Book is the fruit of a brainstorming session by a group of editors and architects who wanted to discover a way to help people find affordable housing. Reissued by popular demand, this book proves that houses with 1,000 square feet or less of floor space can be imaginative, comfortable places to live. Originally published in 1983 to present the 33 winners of the Garden Way Compact Home Design Competition. The book includes homes suitable for suburban and rural areas; for Canada and all regions of the United States; for conventional lots and more unusual lakefront and mountaintop sites.

The Compact House Book (33 Prize Winning Designs, 1000 Square Feet or Less)

Arts & Photography

Metz, Don (editor)

Architecture

This is the book for anyone who hunts, farms, or buys large quantities of meat. The author takes the mystery out of slaughtering and butchering everything from beef and veal, to venison, pork, and lamb. The text is clear and easy-to-follow. Combined with 130 detailed illustrations by Elayne Sears, the reader is provided with complete, step-by-step instructions. Here is everything you need to know: 
<ul>
<li>At what age to butcher an animal </li>
<li>How to kill, skin, slaughter, and butcher </li>
<li>How to dress out game in a field </li>
<li>Salting, smoking, and preserving </li>
<li>Tools, equipment, the setup </li>
<li>More than thirty recipes using all kinds of meat </li>
</ul>

Basic butchering of livestock & game

Engineering & Transportation

John J. Mettler

Engineering

The classic log cabin exudes a charm and simplicity that can’t be matched. In this straightforward guide, Roger Hard provides expert advice on building your own log home without breaking your budget. Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams cover everything from choosing a site and felling trees to maintaining your house for years to come. Learn the pros and cons of ready-to-build kits and different heating systems as you make your dream house a reality.

Build your own low-cost log home (Garden Way publishing classic)

Hard, Roger

Offering expert advice on nutrition, proper housing, and routine maintenance, Keeping Livestock Healthy covers all the everyday medical care your horses, cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep are likely to require. From vaccines and artificial insemination to detecting and treating Lyme disease, Potomac fever, and bluetongue, you’ll find everything you need to know to keep your animals healthy and thriving. Stressing preventative methods wherever possible, N. Bruce Haynes helps you reduce veterinary costs, increase your self-sufficiency, and boost the productivity of your livestock operation.

Keeping livestock healthy

Haynes, N. Bruce

Agricultural Sciences

This book should be required reading for anyone who is thinking about building or renovating a house. The savings involved can make the difference between just dreaming about that dream house and actually building it. The primary message behind Be Your Own House Contractor is âYou can do it!â According to construction expert and author Carl Heldmann, anyone can oversee the building of a house and save up to 25 percent by acting as the main contractor. This popular book has sold over 268,000 copies since it was first published in 1982. Written for those with little or no experience in the building trades, Be Your Own House Contractor clearly and simply lays out the steps involved in home construction and answers the many questions that arise. Concise chapters deal with: â¢Locating and purchasing land â¢Procuring financing â¢Estimating costs and staying within a budget â¢Hiring subcontractors and finding suppliers â¢Building the house â¢Restoring an existing structure An extensive appendix contains examples of the forms, certificates, and permits that are required, as well as sample contracts and plans. The 5th edition has been fully updated and includes Carl Heldmannâs new Web site, where readers can get loan information, daily updates on interest rates, and cost estimate worksheets for planning and tracking building expenses. Other new features include new chapters on renovating and restoring an older house and a Spanish glossary of common building terms.

Be your own house contractor: How to save 25 percent without lifting a hammer (A Garden Way publishing classic)

Carl Heldmann

Pruning simplified

Hill, Lewis

This lively book is brimming with information about herbs and herb growing. 298,000 copies in print.

The pleasure of herbs: A month-by-month guide to growing, using, and enjoying herbs

Shaudys, Phyllis

Gardening & Landscape Design

Meticulous scholarship and beautiful illustrations will earn this volume a place beside the most treasured of gardening and nature books. Covers the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Lake States and Eastern Canada area. 64 color photographs, illustrations.

The wildflower gardener's guide

Art, Henry Warren

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