The Complete Guide to Cigars offers a comprehensive exploration of the history of cigars，from the very first plantations to the modern—day cult of the cigar。It also has an extensive directory，listing the established brands from Cuba，the Dominican Republic and other cigar producing countries around the world。 The Complete Guide fo cigars shows how the history of the cigar is inextricably bound into the history of the slave trade and the lives of the settlers in the New World，and how this valuable commodity caused decades of conflict between nations。It also illuminates the intricate and highly skilled process of making a cigar from sowing tobacco to packing cigars for export。 There is also advice on how to choose and store cigars，how to be sure you are buying a genuine Havana and how to get the most enjoyment you can from your cigars。This is a book for all aspiring cigar aficionados，as well as people who enjoy a good smoke。

"Kingfisher Knowledge" is a comprehensive series for readers hungry for information on today's hot topics. Using lively, engaging text and state-of-the-art digital artwork the series covers an immense range of subjects in impressive depth and is a major educational resource."Rocks & Fossils" delves into the depths of the Earth to explore the make-up of the planet's outer layer, from its formation to the ongoing creation of rock in Earth's changing landscape today. Learn how to unravel the histories of rocks and identify the minerals that make them. Find out about the different uses of rocks from building materials to clay, and pigments for dye.

Classic Motorbikes-a fascinating collection of the greatest machines in two-wheeled history. More than 150 examples of motorcyciing's finest models arecelebrated in these pages, with detailed analysis, performance specifications and spectacular full-coklour photography. Bikes featured inc[ucle pioneers from the early 20th century, legendary British classics, mighty American-built V-twins, exotic Italian sportsmachines and sophisticated Japanese superbikes - and many more.

From the author of The Woman’s Comfort Book， A compendium of creative，comforting， and sometimes kinky ideas to keep your relationship supercharged with sex， love， and friendship。 A Resource for Romance at Your Fingertips。 “The perfect antidote for fast-paced lives！ With a wonderfully refreshing， upbeat style， each page gives clever ways to bring new life into any relationship。 This book is a ’must-read- for anyone who wants to live and love more fully。”--Victoria Felton-Collins， authors of Couples and Money “A wonderful， nurturing book for couples。 It can lift us out of the ruts that stagnate our love lives。 More importantly， it helps us to see anew our own self and our beloved。”--Pamela Butler， author of Self-Assertion for Women “Jennifer Louden provides insightful and spiritual techniques for renewing our natural abilities to nurture and love more freely。”--Larry A。 Bugen， Ph。D。， author of Love and Renewal ： A Co

Open any medicine cabinet and you're nearly guaranteed to find a bottle of aspirin crowded in among the lotions and other pills. Aspirin-like remedies have been used to cure headaches, arthritis, fevers, and inflammation for millennia, ever since ancient healers first began using willow bark to treat their patients. Now, go beyond pain relief with a simple plan proven to dramatically reduce the risk of developing major medical killers such as heart disease, breast cancer,and stroke--and do it without the high cost and often adverse side effects of pre*ion drugs. Aspirin: The Miracle Drug is the first and only book to reveal the wide-ranging health benefits that can be derived from taking just one aspirin a day. Thousands of medical studies have determined that aspirin lessens the incidence of many serious conditions, and that it may even improve fertility for couples using in vitro fertilization. Individual chapters target specific diseases and their prevention and treat-met,including breast,

Amaze your friends with your awesome knowledge of the world's coolest cars！Super stats and freaky facts! Amazing activities[ Quirky quizzes! Stupendous stickers!

A satire of modern life, by the author of "Poor Souls" and "This Is It". Emily's interior-design business is everything to her. Her clueless husband turns to young Milly, and Emily indulges in brief and carnal bouts with a perpetually furious PR man, who is much keener on her daughter.

Rich, sweet, and deeply satisfying, the stories in Chocolate for a Woman's Soul Volume II celebrate the women who have made the Chocolate series a bestselling and beloved success. Once again, Kay Allenbaugh graces us with her rare talent for presenting stories that speak to women everywhere. These 77 true tales show women discovering the best life has to offer while negotiating the twists and turns of love, listening for the divine, or finding peace even while overcoming life's biggest challenges. Whether their stories are poignant, heartwarming, or humorous, the Chocolate storytellers remind us once again of the timeless joys of heaven-sent moments, finding work you love, cherishing friends and family, and believing in yourself. 作者简介： Kay Allenbaugh, creator of the Chocolate series, is a writer and speaker known as "The Caretaker of Stories for Women of the World." She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Contributors to Chocolate for a Woman's Soul Volume II include bestselling authors, motivati

Illustrated with delightfully spare pencil drawings—punctuated by bursts of red color—this wordless picture book presents a simple, adorable love story that will tug at the heart strings of young and old alike. When two best friends can’t share the special heart-shaped flower they’ve found, they go their separate ways, only to realize they miss each other more than any torn flower. Each brings the other a gift of seeds, and together they water them to nurture a whole new field of flowers to walk in. Featuring a red ribbon that closes the book, it’s the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for any age.

Dogs for Dummies should be required reading for anyone considering purchasing or adopting a dog. In this comprehensive, yet concise and entertaining book, author Gina Spadafori, pet care columnist for Universal Press Syndicate and host of AOL's "Gina Spadafori's Pet Connection," makes a strong case for researching breeds and considering how certain types of dogs will or won't fit an owner's lifestyle. She doesn't pull any punches in describing the fate of dogs who have been wrongly chosen by well-intentioned owners, then given up for possible adoption, but probable euthanasia, because they are too active, too aggressive, poorly trained, or, appallingly, because they don't fit in with the owner's décor.

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Author Vivian Peritts leads the way in taking the art of scrapbooking—using punches and decorative paper edgers—to new levels by applying the same principles to upscale home decorating projects. This book will open the creative door and let out all the secrets of the great decorating projects that can be accomplished using supplies a crafter already has on hand. Step-by-step photography shows crafters how to use scrapbooking tools to make an Asian lantern, create a personalized border for a teenager’s room, decorate furniture with an inlaid wood pattern, achieve a tin ceiling tile look, and complete 30 more exciting projects for the home. Peritts is a board member of the Society of Craft Designers and a regular guest on many craft television shows, including The Carol Duvall Show. She is also the author of Candle Creations: Creative Ideas for Embellishment. More than 30 exciting home décor projects made with scrapbooking tools using common craft supplies Detailed direction

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An easy-to-read collection of short essays meant to uplift and inspire soccer moms everywhere, this addition to the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series offers nothing more nor less than its predecessors. Carlson (whose husband, Richard, wrote the original book) joined him in writing Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love. This time, she relates many first-person stories from her own life and those of her friends in a just-between-us-girls tone that's based in part on gender stereotypes (e.g., "our gift of female intuition"; "our sensitive natures"). Her chatty pep talks cover such topics as comparing oneself to media images, overextending oneself, preventing and coping with stress and learning to say "no." Carlson advises women to appreciate their children's "fleeting" childhoods, to speak and listen from a place of love, to swallow angry words and gossip, to take time for themselves, to nurture friendships with other women and to keep tabs on their financial position and marketability in case they lose their spo

Vibrant, vivacious and gorgeous, Wendy Shanker is a fat girl who has simply had enough enough of family, friends, co-workers, women's magazines, even strangers on the street all trying (and failing) to make her thin.With her mandate to change the world - and the humour and energy to do it - Wendy shows how media madness, corporate greed and even the most well-intentioned loved ones can chip away at a woman's confidence. She invites people of all sizes, shapes and dissatisfactionsto trade self-loathing for self-tolerance, celebrity worship for reality reverence, and a carb-free life for a guilt-free Krispy Kreme.Wendy explores dieting debacles, full-figured fashions an'd feminist philosoph while guiding you through exercise clubs, doctors' offices, shopping malls and the bedroom. In the process, she will convince you that you can be fit and fat, even as the weight loss industry conspires to make you think otherwise. The Fat Girl's Guide to Life invites you to step off the scales and weigh the iss

This set will teach you all about the king of all board games: Chess. The guide book illustrates how to play this addictive game of skill using colour photographs and diagrams to explain the pieces, the moves and winning strategy. Inside you will find a full colour book, chess pieces and a chessboard.

call a high-priced professional to solve these problems, or save money and time by doing it yourself. Paint or wallpaper? Tile or carpet? Do you hire a decorator or follow the simple steps included in this book? The normally daunting tasks of home repair and redecoration become easy, with the added bonus of providing the amateur repairperson with a sense of pride in a job well done. From carpentry to wallpapering, you can do it now, you can do it fast, you can do it right by doing it yourself!

Breaking the fundamentals down into grip, stance and set up, backswing and downswing, the short game, and special situation shots, Armour's collection of 160 concise, illustrated tips, selected by his PGA tour-playing grandson, is really a compendium of bursts of insight. One of golf's great early teachers, Armour remains, long after his death, one of his game's best communicators. His concepts of technique are as essential as they were in his own playing heyday of the '20s, and his ability to pierce the psychological walls that golfers have a habit of erecting around themselves is still exquisite. Each tip is its own perfectly conceived refresher course.

Marc Chagall claims he never saw a drawing until age 16, when a classmate sat tracing a magazine picture. Kimmel uses Chagall's memory as the basis for his own story in which a younger Marc first encounters art. After a brief stint of tracing, he begins drawing original pictures, all the while pondering the difference between copying and drawing, the meaning of art, and eventually, the role of artist to show us what is truly beautiful and important in the world. Once Marc realizes his passion for art, he must convince his skeptical parents to let him study with a local art teacher. Trueman's fine black-and-white illustrations capture Chagall's fluid style and appear at regular intervals. Fictional components make the book inappropriate for reports, and the book is more conversation than action, but Kimmel succeeds at making the abstract concept of art accessible to young readers. A list of sources and an author's note are appended. Harold, Suzanne --This text refers to the Hardcover edition