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  Whittling Twigs & Branches - 2nd...

  Chris Lubkemann

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  With little more than a pocket knife, a branch, and a dose of concentration, this book will show you how to whittle unique keepsakes that are fun to make, will be appreciated as gifts, or can be popular items for sale. Author Chris Lubkemann, a woodcarver since age 7, is pleased to share his lifelong love of whittling with both beginners and experienced whittlers alike in Whittling Twigs & Branches. Inside, you'll find everything you need to master the basic woodworking technique called curling to create birds, trees, and flowers. With step-by-step whittling projects, helpful tips for correcting mistakes, and advice on painting and finishing, also inside is a picture gallery of finished pieces including table lamps, whimsical characters, letter openers, desk plaques, and chess sets, to give you inspiration in your own work.

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  101 Amazing Facts about the...

  Jack Goldstein

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  For how many of his James Bond film appearances did Sean Connery wear a wig? What are the Wookiee costumes in Star Wars made from? How did Rocky earn enough money to open up a pet shop in the original script for the first film in the series? And how many times are the words ‘Elm Street’ spoken in the first Nightmare on Elm Street film?  
  In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Jason Zenobia talks us through over 100 amazing facts about the movies, including sections covering original endings, props, costumes, James Bond and much more. So if you want to find out all the secrets from behind the scenes of well-known—and some not-so-well-known—movies, this is the perfect audiobook for you!

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  Boomers and Beyond - The...

  Mart Matthews

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  Boomers & Beyond: The Ultimate Popular Music Quiz Book
  Mart Matthews is a prolific author of quizzes, having published 19 books on horseracing and football. This one on music follows the same pattern as the previous ones – 1,000 questions in 100 categories.
  It has questions on blues, country, doo-wop, folk, heavy metal, hip-hop, jazz, Motown, musicals, pop, pub rock, punk rock, rap, reggae, rock, rockabilly, soul and much more besides.
  Try these questions on Beatles record covers:
  1. What is the link between the cover of Bob Dylan's Freewheelin' and Abbey Road by the Beatles?
  2. Apart from 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and 'Beatles', what are the only other four words on the front cover of that album?
  3. On the cover of A Hard Day's Night there are 20 photos of the Beatles' heads. Who is the only Beatle to be photographed from behind in one of the shots?
  4. Which was the first Beatles album to be issued without the group's name on the front cover?

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  52 Playful Pot Holders to...

  Kim Schaefer

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  The bestselling author of Festive Fall Quilts shares 52 appliqué pot holders to cheer up your cooking and to give as gifts all year long. 
   
  If you can’t stand the heat, get out the pot holders! Bestselling author Kim Schaefer shares fifty-two darling hot pad designs to appliqué, one for every week of the year. Pick one of three fully bound shapes—square, round, and oval—and create your own festive kitchen set. With more than four dozen seasonal, holiday, and kitchen-themed motifs, each with full-size appliqué patterns, you’ll want to make these pretty and useful gifts for everyone you know; they’re perfect for housewarmings, weddings, bridal showers, and more! 
   
  Includes links to printable, full-size patterns

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  Don't Get Scrooged - How to...

  Richard Carlson

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  Inside find helpful advice, such as:Take a Vacation, Not a Guilt-TripDon't Get "Should Upon"Hades or Homecoming?Opt In- or Out-of Family EventsQuit Being Your MotherBan Worry from Your HolidaysIt's Not Daytona—You're Not Jeff GordonDon't Try to Cook Tailgating TurkeysDon't Get Scrooged is a jewel of a handbook on how to avoid, appease, and even win over the Scrooges who haunt your holidays. Whether it's the salesclerk who ignores you in favor of her cell phone, the customer who knowingly jumps ahead of you in line at Starbucks, the unnaturally irritable boss down the hall, or the in-laws who invite themselves (every year) for a two-week stay at your house, you will always need to deal with Scrooges, grumps, uninvited guests, sticks-in-the-mud, and supreme party poopers. Learning to handle them whenever and wherever they appear is not just optional—it's essential.

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  Mr Pikes: The Story Behind The...

  Matt Trollope, Tony Pike

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  From a poverty-stricken, sexually abused child to a globe-trotting, hedonistic and unapologetic international playboy, Mr Pikes‘ life was the definition of a rollercoaster. And at his world-renowned Rock 'n' Roll hotel (Pikes) in Ibiza, ANYTHING went. Partying hard, taking drugs, ripping clothes off A-list celebrities, enjoying the wildest sexual fantasies humanly possible... These were all on the daily order! And by listening to this autobiography, you now have the chance to embark on this exciting journey.Yes, the legendary Mr Ibiza has had a long life. But it STILL seems like he‘s lived 100 average lifetimes!Some of these mind-boggling stories will have you sitting on the edge of your chair, never wanting to leave. 
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  The Times  
  Much-married, hedonistic hotel owner who partied hard with many a pop star and was known as the Hugh Hefner of Ibiza; John Donne may have written that no man is an island, but Tony Pike came close. Known as Mr Ibiza, he was the embodiment of Balearic hedonism, a brash, hard-drinking, drug-taking philanderer whose way with women would have made even the love poet blush. 
    
  New York Times Post 
  Ibiza legend who founded legendary celeb hangout Pikes Ibiza and helped turn island into party paradise 
    
  The Independent  
  The resort, now known as Pikes Ibiza, was built, founded and run by Mercury's friend Tony Pike, an English-born Australian adventurer and playboy who had turned a ruined farmhouse into Spain's beacon hotel for sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. 
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  The incredible story of Tony Pike. 

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