Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide. Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests. The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.

Fall in love with watercolours and create beautiful flower paintings that you can be proud of! Fresh and delicate, flowers are the perfect subject for expressive watercolour art. This skill-building portfolio book for absolute beginners will teach you everything you need to know to get started with watercolour painting. Talented artist Robin Pickens introduces you to all the basics of paint, brushes, palette and water, with easy-to-follow advice on opacity, blending, shading and mixing colours. She then guides you step-by-step through eight complete floral watercolour projects. Each project features soft, muted patterns printed on real 90# thick and tactile watercolour paper. The pages are perforated so you can easily remove your art for gifting or display. Just Add Watercolor Flowers also provides gorgeous fully coloured finished examples to inspire your work on each design.

Finally, a place to record those fleeting ideas to save for your writing projects. With over 100 "short entry" spaces and 50 full-page entry spaces, this journal will last a long time. The pages are lined, so it's easier to keep those handwritten entries from going crooked. Each entry has a place for organizational tags (to list the type of idea it is, what project it might fit, etc.) The case-wrapped cover is laminated, so spills wipe off easily and the tough binding ensures you won't easily destroy the pages as one might with a cheap notebook. Best of all, it is attractive. You'll be proud to keep all your ideas together and sitting on a coffee table or book shelf. Perfect gift for any writer.

Celebrate your friends! Welcome to the special and heartwarming world of Notebook Doodles Best Friends! This fun and playful coloring book for 'tweens is filled with 32 friendship-themed designs of adorable animals and sweet sentiments from talented artist Jess Volinski. With uplifting art activities for young girls, Jess also includes instructions on basic coloring techniques, fully colored examples, and charming quotes to go with every design. Watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and gel pens will all look stunning on archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper. Each one-sided page is perforated, so when it's finished, it can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift.

Play and display a galaxy of uniforms, costumes, gear, and more, with punch-out paper dolls of fan-favorite characters from the Star Wars universe!

Featuring 8 illustrated punch-out dolls and a full wardrobe of unique outfits you can mix and match, this interactive activity book brings the action and adventure from galaxy far, far away straight to your home.

This early works is a fascinating and comprehensive look at blacksmithing with much of the information still useful and practical today. It was originally published by the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas to meet the needs of craftsmen, technical schools and apprentices' training centres. The lack of such a book was a handicap to the teaching of the subject and particularly to young men who were receiving instructions from the Council in country workshops. Contents Include: 1. The BlackSmith's Equiptment, 2. The BlackSmith's Tools, 3. The BlackSmith's Fire, 4. The BlackSmith's Work, 5. The BlackSmith's Materials, 6. Cutting off Cold Metal, 7. Rings, 8. Bends to Dimensions. It is also extensively illustrated throughout. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

"The Art of Whittling" has provided readers with a wonderful introduction to the enjoyable hobby of whittling for decades. First published in 1930, Walter L. Faurot's guide was one of the first manuals on the subject. This book contains a wealth of traditional whittling projects that are not found in many other books today.
Rediscover such classics as:
- Interlocking wooden puzzles
- Rings and dumbbells
- Continuous wooden chains
- Ships inside bottles
Perfect for a beginner or someone looking to enhance their whittling skills, this book also contains instructions for making such items as working wooden scissors and pliers, balls in cages, entwined hearts, fans, animal toys, and joint work. Enjoy exploring a new hobby with this unabridged republication of the original edition.

This early manual is a fascinating read for any carpentry enthusiast or historian, but contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Extensively illustrated with over two hundred photograph illustrations and line drawings, this comprehensive work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all woodworkers and craftsmen. Contents Include: Brush Finishing, Spray Finishing, Preparing the Surface, Stains and Staining, Fillers and Sealers, Varnish, Applying the Perfect Varnish Coat, Lacquer and Synthetic, Finishing with Lacquer, Waxes and the Wax Finish, Rubbing and Polishing, The Treatment of Various Woods, Bleaching, Shading, Furniture Finishes, Novelty Finishes, Decorations, The Silk Screen Process, Patching Methods, Finishing Wood by Tumbling, Lacquer Buffing, Treatment of Turnings, Metal Finishing, Walls and Woodwork, Finishing Schedules, and Finishing Terms and Materials. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.