September New Release - Homebuilt Winery

Title: Homebuilt Winery

             

Subtitle: 40 Projects for Building and 

 Using Winemaking Equipment

Author/s: Steve Hughes

RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781603429900

Format:  Paperback, 208 pages

Dimensions: 276mm x 216mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date: Sept 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

In The Homebuilt Winery, Steve Hughes offers home winemakers all the know-how they need to set up a home winery and build all the basic equipment for just a fraction of the cost of store-bought. The book includes building plans and step-by-step instructions for more than 30 winemaking essentials - including a crusher, a de-stemmer, presses, pumps and a bottle filler. It also presents a range of options for cellar racking. Along the way, Hughes leads reader through the entire process of winemaking - how to use the equipment; how to set up a winery; the best ways to store and analyse wine; and the best ways to filter, bottle, cork and label.

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September New Release - Show Me a Story

Title: Show Me a Story

             

Subtitle: 40 Craft Projects and 

Activities to Spark Children’s Storytelling

                

Author/s: Emily K. Neuburger

RRP: $19.99

ISBN: 9781603429887

Format:  Paperback, 148 pages

Dimensions: 250mm x 200mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:Sept 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Forty fun and rewarding activities encourage children to shape their everyday imaginings into rich narratives. Doing craft projects specially designed to jump-start storytelling, kids draw, play with words, explore the outdoors and create characters and settings with everything from found stones to rubber stamps. Their crafty play prompts memorable stories that the whole family or class will love to hear and read.

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September New Release - Grow You Own Homemade Business

Title: Grow Your Handmade Business

             

Subtitle: How to Envision, Develop, and 

Sustain a Successful Creative Business

Author/s: Kari Chapman

RRP: $19.99

ISBN: 9781603429894

Format:  Paperback, 256 pages

Dimensions: 165mm x 190mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:Sept 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Are you ready to make a living from your craft? Applying her trademark "you-can-do-it" coaching style to the nuts and bolts of business planning, Kari Chapin covers all of the issues involved in turning your creative hobby into a successful business - from mapping out a business plan to expanding production and distribution, finding funding and addressing legal matters. With this definitive guide, you'll discover how to grow your business beyond the dining room table and finally quit your day job.

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September New Release - Rabbit Housing

Title: Rabbit Housing

             

Subtitle: Planning, Building and 

Equipping Facilities for Humanely 

Raising Healthy Rabbits

Author/s: Bob Bennett

RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781603429665

Format:  Paperback, 176 pages

Dimensions: 276mm x 216mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:September 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Rabbit Housing is the definitive guide for anyone seeking to raise rabbits in safe, sanitary, efficient facilities. Bob Bennett, best-selling author of Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, has a lifetime of experience with successful rabbit operations. Noting the necessity of an all-wire hutch for housing rabbits securely and healthfully, Bennett provides step-by-step instructions for building these facilities along with all the needed accessories such as feeders, watering systems, nest boxes and surrounding shelters and fencing. The book includes plans for both small and large-scale facilities as well as guidelines for making the housing both attractive and functional. From the direction a hutch door should swing to how to ensure proper ventilation and protect rabbits from predators, this is the one-source reference for housing, equipment and management routines that will ensure a healthy rabbit raising operation.

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June New Release - Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs

Title: Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal 

 Herbs

             

Subtitle: A Beginner’s Guide

                

Author/s: Rosemary Gladstar

RRP: $18.99

ISBN: 9781612120058

Format:  Paperback, 224 pages

Dimensions: 229mm x 178mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Just as people are increasingly thinking about where their food comes from - and looking for greater control over their food sources - they are also seeking to take greater control of their health care. With health care costs soaring and the frightening list of side effects from pharmaceutical drugs continuing to build, many are looking to herbal medicine for a gentler, less expensive approach to treating everyday ailments. This title covers 33 common plants that can be grown nearly anywhere and used in a variety of ways, including familiar plants such as garlic, echinacea, burdock, nettles and chamomile. It includes step-by-step instructions for drying and preserving herbs and for making the most common herbal preparations including salves, syrups, tinctures, pills and capsules. It features 20 basic recipes, including some "food as medicine" recipes for healing pestos, vinegars and soups.

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June New Release - 101 Ground Training Exercises for Every Horse & Handler

Title: 101 Ground Training Exercises

 for Every Horse & Handler

Author/s: Cherry Hill

RRP: $34.99

ISBN: 9781612120522

Format:  Paperback, 256 pages

Dimensions: 276mm x 216mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Every moment you spend with your horse is an opportunity to instill good habits and develop his respect, trust and willingness to work with you. All horses need a solid foundation of in-hand and guide-line training in order to be safe to handle and ride. Cherry Hill’s comprehensive collection of 101 ground-training exercises leads you and your horse through catching, yielding, turning, sacking out, backing, long lining, doing obstacle work and much more. Every exercise is fully illustrated and described in easy-to-follow, step-by-step language that you can refer to during your ground training work - simply hang the book in the barn or on a fence post and you’re ready to go! The exercises include clear goals, variations, common problems to watch out for and lesson reviews.

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June New Release - Improv Sewing

Title: Improv Sewing

             

Subtitle: 101 Fast, Fun, and Fearless 

Projects Dresses, Tunics, Scarves, Skirts,

Accessories, Pillows, Curtains, and More 

to Wear and Enjoy

Author/s: Nicole Blum & 

Debra Immergut

RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781603427401

Format:  Paperback, 320 pages

Dimensions: 216mm x 203mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

For today’s generation of creative, style-savvy sewists comes this must-have guide to 101 satisfying sewing projects that can be prepared in record time with just a bit of basic know-how. Improv Sewing features an abundance of inventive projects that can be created, embellished and personalised with ease in a single afternoon. Authors Nicole Blum and Debra Immergut walk readers through the sewing basics, demystify the lost art of simple pattern-making, offer visual guides to stitches and offer easy instructions for techniques such as appliqué, doodle-stitching and layering of fabrics.

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June New Release - Circular Knitting Workshop

Title: Circular Knitting Workshop

             

Subtitle: Essential Techniques to 

Master Knitting in the Round

Author/s: Margaret Radcliffe

RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781603429993

Format:  Paperback, 320 pages

Dimensions: 276mm x 216mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

More knitters than ever are using circular needles and enjoying the convenience, ease and efficiency of knitting in the round. Circular Knitting Workshop teaches every aspect of circular knitting and empowers knitters of all levels to discover the satisfaction of knitting in the round. Circular knitting has many benefits including making it easier to follow charts (with the right-side of the work always facing the knitter) and eliminating the need for seams. Margaret Radcliffe, author of The Knitting Answer Book, is a master teacher. She presents Fair Isle, twined, helix, tubular and other classic techniques in detailed step-by-step photographic sequences. Thirty-five demonstration projects let readers try out each new technique on a mini-version of a sock, hat, bag, mitten, sweater or vest before applying it to a larger project. Margaret also shows readers how to convert patterns written for straight needles to circular.

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June New Release - Cast On Bind Off

Title: Cast On Bind Off

             

Subtitle: 54 Step-by-Step Methods

                

Author/s: Leslie Ann Bestor

RRP: $19.99

ISBN: 9781603427241

Format:  Spiral, 216 pages

Dimensions: 178mm x 140mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Today’s knitters are branching out and exploring new knitting styles – from chunky cables to delicate lace – and all they are missing is the perfect cast on or bind off technique to create edges as beautiful, professional and functional as the stitches that come between. Cast On, Bind Off is an indispensable tool for every knitting bag – a trusted reference that will ensure each project is polished and pleasing from start to finish.

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June New Release - Tag, Toss & Run

Title: Tag, Toss & Run

           

Subtitle: 40 Classic Lawn Games

           

Author/s: Paul Tukey & 

Victoria Rowell

RRP: $16.99

ISBN: 9781603425605

Format:  Paperback, 208 pages

Dimensions: 190mm x 165mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Lawns aren’t just for mowing anymore! Today’s families are rediscovering the timeless pleasure of family lawn games including classics like capture the flag, croquet and badminton. These simple games appeal to every age and can be adapted to fit groups of any size. Tag, Toss & Run features 40 exciting games – from old-time favourites like bocce and Red Rover to lesser-known games such as Cherokee marbles, cornhole and Kubb. Offering a quick overview of the basic sequence and strategies for each, this book is proof that the best games don’t come from a store.

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June New Release - Pickled Pantry

Title: Pickled Pantry

           

Subtitle: From Apples to Zucchini, 

185 Recipes for Preserving & Pickling 

 the Harvest

Author/s: Andrea Chesman

RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781603425629

Format:  Paperback, 320 pages

Dimensions: 203mm x 228mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  June 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

The Pickled Pantry provides a whopping 185 recipes for putting up everything from apples to zucchini. There are techniques for making fermented pickles, salsas, relishes and chutneys; freezer and refrigerator options; and recipes that feature pickles front and centre. There are instructions for single jars and small batches as well as ways to preserve a bumper crop of produce. Andrea Chesman’s recipes are as diverse as they are delicious – from Korean kimchi to French jardinière, from chutneys to chow chow, and from classic bread and butters to rosemary onion confit, Italian tomato relish and even pickled watermelon rinds. Beginners will prize the simple, low-fuss methods and Chesman’s calm guidance through the basics, while dedicated home canners will appreciate the large-batch recipes and the variety of flavours.

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May New Release - Lobster!

Title: Lobster!

             

Subtitle: 55 Fresh & Simple Recipes 

for Everyday Eating

Author/s:  Brooke Dojny

RRP: $16.99

ISBN: 9781603429627

Format:  Hardback, 144 pages

Dimensions: 203mm x 165mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  May 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

With Brooke Dojny’s Lobster! everyone can enjoy their favourite seafood in the comfort of their own kitchen – and discover a wealth of new ways to serve it. In these 55 mouthwatering recipes that are as simple as they are savoury, readers will find extraordinary renditions of classics such as bisques, salads, lobster rolls and grilled or steamed lobster, as well as inventive new menu items including lobster and corn salad with jalapeño johnny cakes, lobster and arugula pizza, and lobster and pea shoot salad in toast cups. Also included are recipes for side dishes and desserts that pair beautifully with lobster, ensuring one-stop shopping for a delicious home-cooked lobster experience. Sidebars and colourful callout boxes feature lobster tales, quotations and facts as well as tips for buying, storing and cooking.

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May New Release - Hot Sauce!

Title:  Hot Sauce!

             

Subtitle: Techniques for Making 

Signature Hot Sauces

Author/s: Jennifer Trainer Thompson

RRP: $16.99

ISBN: 9781603428163

Format:  Paperback, 192 pages

Dimensions: 215mm x 165mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  May 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Here are 32 recipes for making signature hot sauces – from the devilishly sweet/tart Pomegranate Narsharab to the Muy Caliente Satan Sauce – and another 60 recipes featuring creative ideas for using homemade (or prepared) hot sauces in everything from barbecue to bouillabaisse. Hot Sauce! is the one book every fiery-food lover needs. There are even recipes for scorching cocktails like Daiquiri Diablo and Slow-Burn Martinis. 

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May New Release - Peter Leone's Show Jumping Clinic

Title: Peter Leone’s Show Jumping Clinic

             

Subtitle: Success Strategies for 

Equestrian Competitors

Author/s: Peter Leone and Kimberly S. Jaussi

RRP: $34.99

ISBN: 9781603427173

Format:  Hardback, 224 pages

Dimensions: 228mm x 177mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  May 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

For equestrian athletes of all levels the ultimate dream is a place on the Olympic equestrian team. In Peter Leone’s Show Jumping Clinic, Silver Medalist Leone shares his winning methods to help up-and-coming riders master the elements of first-rate horsemanship and the foundations of competitive show jumping. While paying attention to the physical aspects of riding, Leone also shares his philosophy for building the mental strength and focus that is essential to successful competition. Equally important is the relationship between rider and horse. Each chapter covers one of Leone’s principles of riding with bulleted descriptions of concepts, examples of top riders, practice activities and checklists. This is the must-have book for all equestrian athletes.

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May New Release - The Backyard Cow

Title: Backyard Cow

             

Subtitle: An Introductory Guide to 

Keeping a Productive Family Cow

Author/s: Sue Weaver

RRP: $21.99

ISBN: 9781603429979

Format:  Paperback, 240 pages

Dimensions: 178mm x 229mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  May 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

This title covers everything small farmers and backyard homesteaders need to know to keep a single cow or a small dairy herd as a productive part of their food supply - from selecting a breed, maintaining animal health, feeding and providing shelter to milking and making homemade dairy products. Just one cow can easily provide all the milk, cheese and other dairy products one family needs.

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May New Release - Woodworking FAQ

Title:  Woodworking FAQ

             

Subtitle:Workshop Companion Build

 Skills & Know-How for Making Great Pjts.

Author/s:  Spike Carlsen

RRP: $19.99

ISBN: 9781603427296

Format:  Spiral, 304 pages

Dimensions: 203mm x 152mm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  May 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Years ago crafters accessed wisdom from an older generation, but today’s woodworkers often lack mentors to help when the angles don’t match or the inches don’t measure up. Woodworking FAQ offers practical answers to woodworkers’ most common questions along with insider tips on how to be successful with every project, whether it’s building a birdhouse or a deck, installing mouldings or doors, making furniture or shelving, doing repairs or taking on a refinishing project. The accessible Q&A format is supported by handy tips, charts and basic projects for equipping a woodshop. With its lay-flat binding and quick, practical answers to real-world problems, Woodworking FAQ will rank with the chisel and vice as a must-have tool for both beginning and seasoned DIY enthusiasts.

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March New Release - Fruit Gardener's Bible

Title: Fruit Gardener’s Bible

             

Subtitle: A Complete Guide to Growing 

Fruits and Berries in the Home Garden

Author/s: Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry

RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781603425674

Format:  Paperback, 320 pages

Dimensions: 27.6cm x 21.6cm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

                                                                  Aust. Release Date:  March 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

Fruits, berries and nuts are an exciting way for food gardeners to expand their home-grown harvest with new produce. The Fruit Gardener's Bible is the complete reference on every aspect of planting, growing, caring for and harvesting these nutritious, delicious plants. Organic fruits and berries are expensive to buy, making it especially worthwhile to grow them in the home garden. From small fruits like strawberries, raspberries and blueberries to orchard fruits, such as apples, pears, peaches, cherries and nuts, backyard gardeners will learn how to choose the best varieties and methods for a healthy harvest. The Fruit Gardener's Bible focuses on what's practical and achievable for small-scale growing and introduces readers to the best organic, no-spray methods. From pruning to harvesting and protection from wildlife, food gardeners will find all the information they need to incorporate fruits and berries into their existing beds and yards.

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March New Release - Chicken Encyclopedia

Title: Chicken Encyclopedia

             

Subtitle: An Illustrated Reference

                

Author/s: Gail Damerow

RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781603425612

Format:  Paperback, 320 pages

Dimensions: 23.5cm x 17.7cm

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Aust. Release Date:  March 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

From addled to wind egg, crossed beak to zygote, the terminology of everything chicken is demystified in The Chicken Encyclopedia, a comprehensive A-to-Z reference volume presented in a friendly, highly illustrated format. Chickophiles will find breed descriptions; definitions of the most common conditions, situations, characteristics, and behaviours of chickens; and much more. Whether it’s the difference between wry tail, split tail and gamy tail; the meaning of hen feathered, forced moult or quill feather; the characteristics of droopy wing; the content of granite grit; or the translation of a chicken’s alarm call, here are all the answers to every chicken question and quandary from the practical to the curious. The in-depth entries go beyond simple definitions to offer solutions to problems, instructions for tasks from catching a chicken to candling an egg, and historical origins of poultry-related terms. The fascinating lore behind breeds such as the Dutch Bantam and the Egyptian Fayoumi are detailed as well as the reasons for behaviours from beak beating to head shaking. 

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