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Nach dem Tod seines Großonkels Iggie Ephrussi erbt Edmund de Waal eine Sammlung japanischer Miniaturschnitzereien - so genannte Netsuke. Auf der Suche nach ihrer Herkunft und jenen Menschen, die sie einst besaßen, begibt er sich auf die Reise nach Paris, Wien, Odessa und Tokio. Dabei lernt er die bewegende Geschichte seiner Vorfahren kennen und erzählt sie. Die Ephrussi gehören im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert zu den einflußreichsten und wohlhabendsten jüdischen Bankiersfamilien.

There are many individuals who know how to crochet, but they need help in marketing their crochet projects online. A crochet hobby can definitely turn into extra income for your household, and this book explains how.

At age four, Phyllis Biffle Elmore was plucked off her front porch in Detroit and dropped on her grandmother Lula Horn's doorstep in rural Alabama. Phyllis felt utterly abandoned until Grandma Lula showed her both all-encompassing love and her intricate "Quilts of Souls." Phyllis listened intently as Lula told epic stories of folks who had passed on as she turned their clothing into breathtaking quilts for their families.

Bloomsbury presents The Globemakers by Peter Bellerby, read by Simon Ludders. “Beautifully conceived and skillfully executed . . . encourages the reader to linger and explore." —The Wall Street Journal “Peter Bellerby’s tale of learning how to fashion worlds—a journey through history...

Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure! Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you've ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a 'gram of a really cool crystal, congratulations! You've already experienced a rockhounding adventure!

This audiobook focuses on how to start a soapmaking venture at home. It enlightens the listener on making body wash, hand soap, natural shampoo, and conditioners. This guide also provides tips on how to grow your home-based business. If you want to venture into the liquid soapmaking business, it may seem at first like a colossal task, requiring expert knowledge in chemical engineering or manufacturing. However, once you are in it, you will realize that the entire process is relatively easy, and you can quickly scale your production.

A guidebook for beating the monotony of the everyday by purposefully cultivating the surprising joys that come from living an off-kilter life It's all too easy to get caught up in the often monotonous nature of our day to day--moving from one rote task to the next, only to rinse and repeat the...

A 52-week interactive devotional that helps families and friends discover God enfleshed in the world. Seasons of Wonder is designed to allow you to gather together weekly with your loved ones and expand your understanding of divinity, specifically the radical but faithful idea that everything...

Each part in this three-book set is focused on a specific energy healing technique: Reiki, Kundalini, and mindfulness. With these guides, you will not only learn the basics of these techniques but will also understand, through practical examples, how to apply each of them to your life.

This new edition of Microcosm's popular DIY guide to zine making is updated to address zine making in today's digital- and social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases for beginners, Make a Zine hits on more advanced topics like Creative Commons licenses, legality, and sustainability. Make a Zine also takes a look at the burgeoning indie comix scene with a solid and comprehensive chapter by punk illustrator Fly.

The soaps, shampoos, and household cleaning products that you use are often loaded with chemicals. How can you be sure that you won't end up suffering from the harmful chemicals that these products can bring to your body? You use them every day, and what's more horrifying is that you might be allergic to them without even knowing it. After listening to this book, not only will you be able to make many different types of soaps, but you will be a lot more knowledgeable about skin care.

Todos queremos que una fiesta infantil se destaque y sea muy divertida. Aquí se brindan diversos proyectos que pueden ayudarle a crear sus propios momentos, haciendo usted misma los elementos con los que los chicos contarán en la fiesta para jugar y divertirse y, siendo estos mismos el souvenir, un regalo para que se lleven a casa con el entusiasmo propio de tener algo nuevo, que les recuerde, por un largo tiempo, que pasaron una jornada llena de sorpresas y cosas lindas junto a los suyos.

Did you know that consuming a marijuana treat produces a more intense, longer-lasting high than smoking it? Start making your own today! As the legalization of marijuana continues to spread, our relationship with the plant flourishes and evolves. While we once kept it in air-tight, hidden-from-sight containers, now our weed might sit on the kitchen counter - next to other baking and cooking accouterments. Edibles are a very healthy alternative to smoking, and making your own allows you a level of quality and taste control that purchasing goods doesn’t provide.

Raising earthworms is a very simple process if you know how and where to raise them. Many people raise them indoors which is okay, however, you can only raise so many in doors, and you won’t have enough to last a whole fishing season. I am going to teach you how to raise them outdoors, so you can have plenty for you and your friends for the whole season. Indoor bins are usually two feet by two feet and three feet deep.

If you want to learn how to knit socks, then get HowExpert Guide to Knitting Socks now. Whether you are a beginning knitter, one with several thousand yards under your belt, or looking for a gift for the knitter in your life, this is the book for you! Sock knitting is broken down piece by piece into easy-to-follow steps.

Learning how to make natural soap isn't daunting, and this book will provide a step-by-step process on how to blend your favorite natural ingredients into soaps to give you the sweet aroma and nourishment your skin deserves.

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This book has proven and award-winning recipes that will have you making natural, organic, homemade soaps at home today. You are just moments away from soft, supple, and moisturized skin! There simply is no replacement for homemade soaps. Manufactured soaps (even those that claim to be all natural) can never be as good for you as the soap you can make at home - and it's easy and fun to boot!

Tom Karen is the Vimp, an Aircruiser and a Water Line Ship; he's a 'Big Fat Peace Bomb', a Bond Bug and the Marble Run; he's the Chopper bike and the 'man that designed the 1970s'; he's every one of his thousands of sketches contained in London's Victoria & Albert Museum - each a testament to a lifetime of artistry and creativity. He's also a living embodiment of a life immersed in inventiveness, imagination and thought.

'My go-to for fun ideas and activities with Marley and Indie. I'd be lost without it.' JOE WICKS Mum-of-two and founder of the playHOORAY community Claire Russell has helped thousands of families during lockdown discover the joy of play. Her first book The playHOORAY! Handbook is a lifesaver for...