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"The Moroccan city of Fez, founded in the ninth century CE, is one of the most precious urban jewels of Islamic civilization. For more than 40 years Titus Burckhardt worked to document and preserve the artistic and architectural heritage of Fez in particular and Morocco in general. These newly translated lectures, delivered while Burckhardt was living and working in Fez, explore how the historic city can be preserved without turning it from a living...
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A Beginner's Guide to Rockhounding, Gem Collecting, Gold Prospecting, and Fossil Hunting
Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning the basics of collecting rocks and minerals. It's the perfect companion title to the more advanced Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook. Readers will learn how to identify common rocks and minerals, and where to look for them. Using labs, procedures, pictorials, and discussions...
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With rising food costs, the resurgence of at-home gardening, and the potential storing your own food presents, it is no wonder that freezing, drying, and canning are becoming more popular. This book will show anyone interested in storing food how to do so, optimizing the amount of money you can save and minimizing your risk of damaging food or spreading foodborne illnesses. You will learn how to grow for harvest and how to subsequently handle that...
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368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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This handbook boasts more than 350 recipes ranging from jams and jellies to jerkies, pickles, salsas, and more -- including extender recipes to create brand new dishes using your freshly preserved farmer's market finds or vegetable garden bounty. Organized by technique, this book covers water bath and pressure canning, pickling, fermenting, freezing, dehydrating, and smoking. Instructions and step-by-step photos are included for beginners, while practiced...
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"Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Southwest is a field guide to more than 100 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout the Southwest. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed photographs, this informative guide makes it easy to identify rocks in your backyard and beyond. Also included is an introduction that covers fundamental geology information and interesting facts. This...
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319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Classic French preserving techniques updated for a modern audience. Preserve fruit, vegetables, meat and fish with a beautifully illustrated guide from France's favorite food author. Enjoy local, fresh, organic food throughout the year. With more than 350 classic French recipes, both home cooks and chefs will learn traditional techniques for sweet and savory preserving, as well as smoking, pickling, and making charcuterie. France's favorite food...
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304 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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The growing popularity of vegetable gardening and buying locally grown produce has sparked an increase in home food preservation, such as canning, freezing, and drying. Join Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi on their two year-long journey discovering different methods of conserving food, as they combine traditional tried-and-tested preserving techniques with a thoroughly modern perspective, from smoking fish in Scotland to drying chiles in Sri Lanka. Learn...
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Here is a must-have book for all hunters and small-scale farmers who plan to process meat of any kind. Everything you need to know about how to dress and preserve meat is right here, from slaughtering to processing to methods of preservation, such as smoking and salting. Detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide you through the entire process, from properly securing the animal to safely and humanely transforming the meat to a family...
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208 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Imagine lining your shelves with made-from-scratch jars of garlicky tomato sauce, flavor-packed baked beans, ready-to-eat stew or peak-summer veggies. Pressure canning is an easy, delicious way to feed your family, and with the wisdom of preserving expert Angi Schneider, anyone can master this affordable, time-saving practice."--back cover.
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"In From Garden to Pickle, early fluent readers learn how a pickle is made, from a cucumber growing to it being cut, brined, and jarred. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this food gets to their tables. An infographic illustrates the cycle with real photos and descriptions. From Garden to Pickle also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary,...
20) Bug zoo
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64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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Naturalist Nick Baker shows the reader how to make miniature habitats for insects, snails and worms, some interesting aspects of their lives and how to feed the contained creatures.
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