Building with Secondhand Stuff, 2nd edition How to Reclaim, Repurpose, Re-use & Upcycle Salvaged & Leftover Materials by Chris Peterson
Category: Sale Book
From Craig's List, your basement, and estate sales, you can salvage what you need to upcycle all kinds of cool things. You can build tables, install vintage hardwood floors and salvaged windows, mason reclaimed stone walls, and do much more using free or very inexpensive, high-quality, reconditioned mat ...Show more
Great Breakthroughs in Technology - The Scientific and Industrial Innovations That Changed the World by Robert Snedden
Category: Sale Book
From the earliest days of prehistory, humanity has developed tools to help make life easier. Using the latest insights of the science of the day, ambitious inventors and entrepreneurs have found ingenious solutions to the problems they face - and by doing so, they have shaped the world around them. In t ...Show more
My Mini Could Tow That!: A Collection of Teardrops and Tiny Caravans by Don Jessen Marilyn Jessen
Category: Sale Book | Reading Level: near fine
Miniature vintage and classic caravans - otherwise known as `tinies' and `teardrops' have become hugely popular in recent years, due to their dinkiness and versatility. The good use of compact spaces and the appeal of quality design have always caught Don and Marilyn Jessen's imagination, and their trav ...Show more
Kakapo: Rescued from the Brink of Extinction by Alison Ballance
Category: Sale Book | Reading Level: very good
Kakapo follows the fall and rise of one of the world's most unusual birds, from the brink of extinction, through a roller-coaster ride of hope and loss. One of New Zealand's most threatened species, these charismatic yet mysterious night parrots, are now found only on a small number of predator-free isl ...Show more
Colour Your own Historical Maps by BRITISH LIBRARY
Category: Sale Book | Series: Colour Your Own Ser.
Explore the cartographic treasures of the British Library's extensive map archive, and add your own colour.Early maps are often much more highly decorated than our own, featuring fantastical drawings of real or imaginary people and animals that may or may not occupy unknown places. Medieval maps look ve ...Show more
Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering by Lauren Cooper
Category: Sale Book | Series: Haynes Manuals Ser.
Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering covers everything you need for starting or improving your hand lettering skills. It begins with an extensive introduction covering the history of writing and calligraphy as well as advice and instructions on tools, equipment, alphabets and practice drills. There are ...Show more
Rakiura: Wild Landscapes of Stewart Island by Rob Brown
Category: Sale Book
Stewart Island/Rakiura is one of our special places, an island that is increasingly cherished by New Zealanders, whose appreciation for its wild character has flourished in recent years. This has inspired the revising of ‘Rakiura’, the work of leading landscape photographer Rob Brown, which was first p ...Show more
Vinyl World: You Spin Me Right Round by TENEUES
Category: Sale Book | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
- A vibrant coffee table book celebrating the vinyl lifestyle and legendary records - A cultural history of the record: collectibles, cover art & co, with over 200 photographs - An ideal gift for vinyl fans and vintage record collectors The good old record is still spinning! With its demise predicte ...Show more
Nine Lives: Expeditions to Everest by Robert Mads Anderson
Category: Sale Book
Robert Mads Anderson is an elite mountaineer with a solitary goal: to conquer Everest. After nearly getting killed on his first expedition, he led a team up a new route on the Kangshung Face without oxygen or Sherpa support, climbed solo on the remote North Face, and finally guided a team to the top of ...Show more
The Tool Book - A Tool-Lover's Guide to over 200 Hand Tools by Phil Davy; Jo Behari; Matthew Jackson; Luke Edwardes-Evans; Alex Rosa
Category: Sale Book
If you love your tools, want to understand them, look after them, own the very best, and use them effectively, then this is the book for you. A complete visual guide featuring more than 800 images, and a foreword from Nick Offerman, The Tool Book pays homage to generations of craftsmanship, ingenuity, a ...Show more
Self Sufficiency: Hen Keeping - Raising Chickens at Home by Mike Hatcher
Category: Sale Book | Series: Self-Sufficiency Ser.
Self-sufficiency and organic living have never been more prominent and hen keeping is becoming increasingly popular. Part of a growing series of authoritative and inspirational titles, this book provides an introduction to some of the key aspects of aspiring to a self-sufficient lifestyle by keeping yo ...Show more