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"From one of our most beloved authors, a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home--now richly illustrated with almost four hundred images. A national bestseller, At Home is Bill Bryson's epic chronicle of domestic history. In this lavish new edition, his riveting room-by-room journey of discovery around his house--a Victorian parsonage in southern England--is enhanced by some four hundred carefully selected full color and...

Chronologically arranged entries supply quotations from 2,250 authors and major collective or anonymous works, with an alphabetical index of authors and an index to the text

Shows how to recycle waste materials to create compost, discusses the uses of compost and equipment used, and includes instructions for building compost containers.

Covers the realm of ghost folklore and mythology with over five hundred entries on historical sightings, paranormal research, and supernatural hauntings.

A survey of the concept of time offers statistics and insights into how long things last, how long things take, and how people around the world spend their time.

Field Guide to Stars and Planets, Third Edition, makes it easy to observe the phenomena of the nighttime sky. The heart of the book is the star maps, which can be used from any location on earth. One set of maps shows, month by month, what you can expect to see in any part of the sky. The other set forms a complete atlas of the sky, showing stars and constellations, planets, nebulae, galaxies, and other celestial objects. The atlas charts are accompanied...

Presents a wide variety of handicrafts examples one can make at home, providing photographs and step-by-step directions.

Includes a chapter on poisonous plants, giving scientific names, common names, and parts found to be poisonous.

Profusely illustrated text discusses such antique and collectible items as cookbooks, corkscrews, coverlets, cowboy gear, Currier & Ives, cut glass, decoys, Depression glass, and detective fiction.