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Author
Publisher
[B. M. O'Brien]
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
"This self-published booklet includes advice about preparing backing, needle selection, shearing, cleaning, sculpturing and finishing your rug. There are patterns and directions and photographs of the finished rug examples included."--
2) Scuba diving
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Surveys the history, equipment, techniques, risks, and safety factors of scuba diving.
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
A beginner's guide to fishing that discusses fish varieties, basic techniques, and equipment, with an emphasis on freshwater catch-and-release fishing. Packaged with each book are thirty feet of line, hooks, sinkers, and related equipment.
Author
Series
Men-at-arms ; 423, 426, 430, 435, 441, 446
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2005-
Language
English
Description
This book examines the original uniforms of state militia and volunteer companies which formed the Confederate armies, and the continuing efforts by South Carolina and Mississippi to clothe their troops as wear-and-tear reduced the originally wide range of uniforms.
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Master the fundamentals of welding, brazing, and soldering so you can repair equipment both big and small, from a garden rake to a mower. Learn to add a bale spear to your tractor bucket, build a wall-mount hay feeder, or make metal hooks. Real repair scenarios help you strategize for those moments when you need to fix equipment in bad weather, at awkward angles, or out in the field. --
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Presents fish tales, advice, drawings and photographs, and personal stories about fishing, boating, and watching water wildlife, and includes information on fishing equipment and techniques, paddling, rowing, and motorboating, using binoculars, and related topics.
10) Tuf voyaging
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he's become the proud owner of the last seedship of Earth's legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind, just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands--hands which now control cellular material for thousands of outlandish creatures. Armed with this unique equipment, Tuf...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"How can art help us make sense--or nonsense--of the world? If wrong life cannot be lived rightly, as Theodor Adorno had it, what weapons and strategies for living wrongly can art provide? With the same intelligence that animates his poetry, Michael Robbins addresses this weighty question while contemplating the idea of how strange it is that we need art at all. Ranging from Prince to Def Leppard, Lucille Clifton to Frederick Seidel, Robbins's mastery...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Specially designed to show you how to master sports and get maximum enjoyment from them. Using a combination of easy to follow text, step-by-step photography, and diagrams, difficult skills are made easy and participating in sports becomes even more fun.
Author
Series
Warrior ; 111
Publisher
Osprey
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Huns were the most feared barbarians of the Ancient world, known to their Roman enemies as the 'scourge of god'. This book explores the rise of the Huns and their development in terms of equipment, tactics and society, from their first attacks on the Goths to the death of the Emperor Justinian.
Author
Series
Elite ; 173
Publisher
Osprey
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
This intriguing story of the origins and development of the American espionage forces covers all of the different departments involved, with a particular emphasis on the courageous teams operating in the field. The volume is illustrated with many photographs, including images from the film director John Ford who led the OSS Photographic Unit and parachuted into Burma in 1943.
19) Golf for dummies
Series
Publisher
Razor & Tie
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Golf instruction for the novice as well as the more seasoned golfer, including lessons on: how to grip a club, stand, and swing; putting; chipping, pitching, and sand shots; how to fix a hook, slice, or shank; choosing the best equipment.