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Fitness, Sports and games
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This text is for students who have learned a Taiji (Tai Chi) form and want to reach new levels of…
skill and ability. Regular Qigong practice accelerates the health benefits of Taiji; reducing stress, strengthening immune system and deepening awareness of breath and body coordination. 1994.
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Home and garden
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The "epicurean gardener" is one who finds pleasure in all aspects of gardening. The author believes that rigid instructions can…
introduce worry and guilt into an otherwise relaxing and joyous hobby. He discusses tilling, planning, fertilizing and weed control. c1988.
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Home and garden
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Selection of gardening columns written for the "Washington Post," offering advice on garden chores, plants to choose, landscape design, and…
tips for the novice and seasoned gardener alike. Entertaining and especially pertinent for city gardeners. 1981.
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Hobbies and crafts, Home and garden
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A guide to building a well designed perennial flower garden that will bloom from spring until fall, and provide an everchanging variety of colour. 1987.
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Hobbies and crafts, Home and garden
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Shows how to overcome the Canadian climate and produce a bountiful garden of vegetables and herbs. Discusses soil preparation and seed selection. 1982.
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Health and medicine, Fitness
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A month-by-month course which builds confidence and enables even complete beginners to appreciate the benefits of yoga. Step-by-step instructions guide…
you through the course as you learn new postures and develop your own daily programme. The book also integrates the meditative side of yoga to build a calm, positive manner. 1997.
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Home and garden
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Great gardens come down to careful planning. So this guide tells you how to create a superb garden from scratch,…
with your favourite flowers, vegetables and fruit, herbs, and effective landscaping. It lists popular species, gives techniques for sowing and maintaining, and controlling pests. 1994.
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General non-fiction, Fitness, Nutrition
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A program of simple exercises that can be done while sitting in a chair, riding in a car, or standing…
in line. Includes exercises for specific parts of the body, a 30-day diet plan and a maintenance program. c1983.
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Disabilities, Health and medicine, Home and garden
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Yeomans, a nurse involved in occupational and physical therapy, suggests ways to adapt gardening techniques to a number of physical…
challenges, including visual problems. Tips are included in each chapter, and 20 sample gardens provide ideas such as gardens which stimulate all of the senses, indoor and container gardens, and herb and dried-flower gardens. The sample gardens also include lists of plants by sensory categories, such as fragrant plants, plants to listen to, and plants which are pleasant to the touch. [1993], c1992.
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Home and garden
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Professional organizer Regina Leeds is an expert at uncluttering chaotic lives in only minutes a day. Her magic formula (eliminate,…
categorize, organize) transforms small chunks of time into big changes. With hundreds of tips and tricks, Leeds will get listeners tackling their junk drawers, mastering daily routines, and maintaining this momentum with fun projects. 2012.
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Home and garden
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Mark Cullen uses a month-by-month calendar to help the reader plan their garden throughout the year. He explains how to…
take advantage of Canada's climate to extend the growing season beyond the traditional boundaries of spring and summer. He also provides tips for projects that the gardener can work on during the winter months to prepare for the spring plant. 1995.
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Health and medicine, Fitness, Nutrition
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The author presents the results of a decade he spent applying Ayurvedic concepts to the American way of life, including…
exercise, eating habits, and stress prevention techniques. The diet follows nature's harvest: low fat in the spring, high carbohydrates in the summer, and high protein and fat in the winter. 2000.
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Health and medicine, Fitness
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The author discusses how weight-lifting exercises can help prevent osteoporosis, improve balance, and increase energy--in addition to controlling weight. Presents…
a program of strength-training exercises that can be done at home with a minimum of equipment by women of all ages. Based on a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. c1997.
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Health and medicine, Fitness, Nutrition, Social issues
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This popular television personality and authority on wellness explains how people can take control of their lives for better health…
and self-esteem through diet, mental fitness and the power in creating a positive image of themselves. 1993.
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Canadian non-fiction, Home and garden, Science and technology
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To prove that the most dangerous pollution comes from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces, Smith and Lourie ingested…
and inhaled these items for one week. They expose the miscreant corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak-kneed government officials who let it happen, and the effects on people across the globe; they also describe the extent to which we are poisoned, from the simple household dust that is polluting our blood to the toxins in our urine that are created by run-of-the-mill shampoos and toothpaste. c2009.
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Home and garden
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" Quels sont les liens entre les humains et les arbres? Qu'avons-nous à apprendre de ces géants? Les entendez-vous nous…
parler? Des baobabs de son enfance aux bouleaux du Bas-du-Fleuve, Boucar Diouf a toujours été fasciné par le monde des plantes. Aujourd'hui, après avoir longtemps écouté les arbres, il leur donne la parole dans ce livre où se croisent la biologie, la poésie et l'humour. Sous forme de conte, ce grand humaniste nous parle de la vie, de la mort, de sa famille, de sa relation intime avec les plantes et de ce qu'elles peuvent nous apprendre. " -- 4e de couv.
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Health and medicine, Fitness
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M. Henri Nadeau a prouvé par sa technique qu'on pouvait rebâtir un corps même à 60 ans. Ce mode d'exercices exceptionnel est accessible à tous. 1984.
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Home and garden
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Practical advice equips children to grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers outdoors or indoors in a milk carton or even a…
paper cup. Readers learn how a seed grows, what tools to use, and how to prepare seedbeds; they learn about transplanting, weeding, watering, and dealing with pests; and they can even follow recipes for turning what they grow into what they eat. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2007.
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Home and garden
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Teaches young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants, when to harvest seeds, how long different…
plants take to grow, what to do about pests, and much more. Features more than 30 simple gardening projects specially designed to be completed during summer vacation. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2010.
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Hobbies and crafts, Home and garden
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This book is packed with DIY techniques and technology. It gives hundreds of ideas for the home, to fire your…
imagination and show you how with step by step descriptions. 1995. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.