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Buffalo: Natural History And Conservation (WorldLife library)
By Harold D Picton. 2005
Traces the natural history of the North American plains and wood bison. Covers their origins, physical characteristics, behavior, and life…
cycle as well as folklore about them. Explains their near extinction and the successful conservation efforts that developed modern herds. For grades 6-9. 2005Ty's tricks: Home Repair Secrets Plus Cheap And Easy Projects To Transform Any Room
By Ty Pennington. 2003
The carpenter on The Learning Channel's "Trading Spaces" presents cheap and easy projects to transform any room. Using his "champagne…
house on a beer budget" home as an example, Pennington discusses flooring, lighting, and painting and offers other repair tips. 2003Help, it's broken!: a fix-it bible for the repair-impaired
By Arianne Cohen. 2005
Basic home repair and maintenance guide providing step-by-step solutions for hundreds of common interior problems such as squeaky floors, broken…
windows, damaged tile and drywall, blown fuses, noisy fans, malfunctioning appliances, clogged drains, and leaky faucets. Includes safety and money-saving tips and advice on consulting a professional. 2005The South Beach diet quick & easy cookbook: 200 delicious recipes ready in 30 minutes or less
By Arthur Agatston. 2005
Fast cookery for dieters recommended by the Florida cardiologist and author of The South Beach Diet (DB 56409). Includes healthy…
appetizers, main courses, and desserts that use a minimum number of ingredients and are easy to prepare. 2005Essays by the longtime editor-in-chief of House & Garden magazine, meant to be read in short bits throughout the year.…
Arranged by month, the anthology offers advice on topics from orchard horticulture and growing plume poppies to travel, literature, architecture, and antique collecting. 2003 introduction by Dominique Browning. 1929Real U guide to living on your own (Real U Guides Ser.)
By Liesa Abrams. 2004
Real U guide to your first apartment (Real U Guides Ser.)
By Megan Stine. 2004
Information about moving out of the family home and renting an apartment on one's own. Gives practical advice on finding…
a roommate, dealing with landlords, saving money on college housing, and furnishing the new place. For senior high and older readers. 2004Award-winning cook and time management expert offers a plan for completing a week's cooking at one time. Hilton provides menus…
for soups, salads, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts. Includes shopping lists, outlines of steps to be completed, and tips for freezing and storing foods. 1999Teens cook: how to cook what you want to eat
By Megan Carle. 2004
Recipes for breakfast, snacks, soups and salads, dinner for one, family meals, and desserts. Follows the principle of preparing food…
"in the easiest possible way." Dishes reflect the sister-authors' preferences for vegetarian ethnic and all-American comfort foods. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2004The FastDiet: lose weight, stay healthy, and live longer with the simple secret of intermittent fasting
By Mimi Spencer, Michael Mosley. 2015
British physician-turned-health-journalist Mosley and health writer Spencer suggest a practice of restricting calories two days each week and eating normally…
the other five. Explains the health benefits of this method and provides meal suggestions for maintaining the five-hundred-calorie limit for women and six-hundred-calorie limit for men during the "fasting' days. 2014Cooking light superfast suppers: speedy solutions for dinner dilemmas
By Anne C. Cain, Cooking Light Editors. 2003
Offers creative solutions for the "what's for supper" question. Provides guidelines for healthy eating, grocery shopping, and quick and easy…
menus. Recipes cover no-cook meals, one-dish wonders, slow cooker suppers, meatless main dishes, speedy sides, and deadline desserts. Includes nutritional information and preparation and cooking times. 2003The complete shade gardener
By George Schenk. 2002
Discusses the creation of a shady retreat covering all the basics from determining the site and preparing the soil to…
fending off pests and selecting specific trees, shrubs, groundcovers, ferns, perennials, annuals, and edibles. Expanded 1991 update of 1984 edition with 2002 appendix. 2002The patio kitchen garden
By Daphne Ledward. 2001
BBC gardening expert offers techniques for cultivating produce in apartments and other dwellings with limited outdoor space. Suggests using hanging…
baskets, window boxes, and other containers on balconies, patios, and indoor areas. Includes sowing and planting timetables as well as recommendations for vegetable, herb, and fruit varieties. 2001The weather-resilient garden: a defensive approach to planning and landscaping
By Charles W. G Smith. 2004
Naturalist, horticulturist, and educator demonstrates how to plan and plant a garden that is both beautiful and resistant to nature's…
forces. Describes measures that protect a landscape from wind, lightning, hail, ice, snow, flood, and fire. Lists drought-tolerant plantings and lawns and the top one hundred weather-resilient plants. 2004Mortgages 101: quick answers to over 250 critical questions about your home loan
By David Reed. 2004
Loan officer describes how to negotiate the "mortgage maze" and obtain the best financing to purchase a home. Discusses finance…
fundamentals, credit scores, insurance, refinancing, and loans as well as interest rates, closing costs, and finding the right lender. Includes a chapter on use of the Internet. 2004Fix it before it breaks: seasonal checklist guide to home maintenance
By Terry Kennedy. 2004
Builder recommends that homeowners develop a maintenance program and address building problems before they become major concerns. Discusses common issues…
with foundations, doors and windows, siding, roofs, electrical systems, landscaping, and other areas and ways to deal with them. Includes resources. 2004Charting a course to wellness: creative ways of living with heart disease and diabetes
By Graham Kerr, Treena Kerr. 2004
Celebrity chef Graham Kerr and his wife, Treena, share their journey of life, love, and healthy eating since Treena's battle…
with heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Includes more than four hundred recipes that contain fewer fats and carbohydrates and that list nutritional information and ADA exchanges. 2004An A-to-Z guide to all-natural remedies for everyday childhood health problems: acne, cold sores, rashes, sore throats, and more. Places…
emphasis on diet and nutrition. Combines folk wisdom with modern medicine by including medical explanations for treatments and advice on when to consult a doctor. 2003The South Beach diet cookbook: More than 200 Delicious Recipies That Fit the Nation's Top Diet
By Arthur Agatston. 2004
Florida cardiologist's companion to his bestselling weight loss book, The South Beach Diet (DB 56409). Provides over two hundred recipes,…
each designated as phase one, two, or three of the diet. Includes healthy ideas for breakfast, soups, salads, side dishes, fish, poultry, meats, vegetarian meals, and more. Bestseller. 2004Small space gardens
By David Stevens. 2003
Suggestions from a landscape planner for the small city or country garden that is developed as an extension of the…
home. His recommendations include: analyze existing plot, determine type of space desired, decide what to keep or discard, then design the project. 2003