Surviving Extreme Heat offers clear, practical information to help individuals and families prepare for and endure dangerously hot conditions. Organized into before, during, and after sections, it explains how to stay safe by planning ahead, recognizing heat warnings, and preparing your home and supplies. Step-by-step guidance covers hydration, ......
Surviving Extreme Cold provides essential strategies for dealing with winter storms and prolonged freezing conditions. Divided into before, during, and after sections, it explains how to prepare your home, vehicle, and supplies in advance of severe cold. Step-by-step guidance includes layering clothing effectively, preventing frostbite and ......
Surviving Tornadoes is a concise, practical tool for staying safe in one of nature's most unpredictable disasters. Organized into before, during, and after sections, it explains how to develop a family emergency plan, recognize warning signs, and assemble supplies. Step-by-step instructions detail how to shelter safely during a tornado whether you ......
Blueberries add both flavor and color to a wide range of dishes, both sweet and savory! For Our Favorite Blueberry Recipes we've rounded up 62 super-easy recipes that are sure to be a hit. There's Luscious Blueberry Syrup to cover your pancakes with at breakfast, then Blueberry-Chicken Salad Sandwiches and Honey-Lime Poppy Seed Fruit Salad at ......
Flags of the Fifty States is an indispensable historical reference and a fascinating, beautiful pictorial guide to the rich diversity of America's fifty states. It provides a colorful way to learn about how the United States grew and prospered and shaped itself and its banners over the years. With stunning, full-color reproductions of each flag, ......
On the first page of Purchasing Power, a man dressed for an important meeting lies dead on a busy residential street in Washington. A few years earlier, Will Bradley arrives from Ohio to work for a U.S. congressman whose career is about to take off. In the right place at the right time, the congressman places Will in a powerful lobbying firm, ......
Journey to the frosty North with this adorable collection of Arctic amigurumi animals! Even if you are just learning to crochet, Arctic Amigurumi invites you to create 18 cuddly creatures inspired by the icy tundra--from Wiggles the Penguin and Lumi the Orca to Ola the Caribou and Tuhin the Puffin. Alongside easy-to-follow instructions and a ......
Frank Mildmay is a rogue and a rascal who cuts a memorable swath as he moves up the ranks of the early nineteenth-century Royal Navy. Whether seducing pretty girls ashore, braving hurricanes at sea, or scrambling aboard a French privateer with cutlass bared, Mildmay and his adventures live on!
How Preservation, Conservation and Redevelopment Transformed the "Gray Lady"
Following the demise of whaling in the late 1800s, the island of Nantucket fell into an economic torpor. Its population declined, and homes and local businesses fell into disrepair. In the mid-twentieth century, Walter Beinecke, an heir to the S&H Green Stamp fortune, began buying up downtown storefronts and buildings with an eye toward ......
