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|  | How to Build Birdhouses & Feeders by Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater, Stephen Moss
Description not available.Presents designs and instructions for making bird shelters and feeders to attract different types of birds. AUTHOR: Alan Bridgewater, Gill Bridgewater, Stephen Moss
PUBLISHER: F & W Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis! by Jon Agee
A collection of cartoons that contain palindromes--words or phrases that read exactly the same forward and backward. For example, a horse in a barn greets his arriving keeper by saying Yahoo! Hay! Illustrated with b&w drawings. AUTHOR: Jon Agee
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | The Art of Defense in Chess by Andrew Soltis, Random House Staff
Most games are not won -- they are lost. The vast majority of instructional books tell how to improve a position when it is already (or may be) favorable. The Art of Defense in Chess analyzes the practical aspects of not having the advantage:-- How to obtain counterplay-- When to contest open lines-- When to accept sacrifices-- How to anticipate short- and long-term threats-- How to restrain your opponent`s pieces-- How to create a defense perimeter-- How to minimize losses-- And much moreThe Art of Defense in Chess also discusses the proper psychological attitudes for successful defense -- coolness under fire, the Saving Grace, stonewalling, etc. -- as well as the Principle of Exploitable Weakness and the Principle of Economy, as illustrated in more than one hundred positions taken from competitive play. AUTHOR: Andrew Soltis, Random House Staff
PUBLISHER: McKay, David Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Garfield Gains Weight by Jim Davis
Description not available.In this collection of comic strips Garfield, an overweight, lazy, and cantankerous cat taxes the patience of his owner, Jon, with his humorous antics. AUTHOR: Jim Davis
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | Creative Techniques for Nude Photography by Christopher Grey
More than 50 fine art nude images are combined with technical text to demonstrate the techniques photographers need to achieve similar effects. Every step of the creative process is analyzed. Both amateur and experienced photographers can learn to develop concepts for nude images, find the right models, select a location for the shoot, and establish a comfortable environment that will help them and the model work well together. This book shows how to use canvas, paper, blankets, tarps, and even the outdoors as backgrounds and how to vary posing to enhance the composition of the image. A detailed discussion of light illustrates how photographers can manipulate it for special effects or to express a specific mood. AUTHOR: Christopher Grey
PUBLISHER: Amherst Media, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Christmas Carols by Leonard Hall
Over 150 holiday favorites: Angels We Have Heard on High -- Away in a Manger -- Bells over Bethlehem -- The Boar's Head Carol -- Coventry Carol -- Gloria -- Good King Wenceslas -- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing -- The Holly and the Ivy -- It Came upon the Midnight Clear -- Jingle Bells -- Jolly Old St. Nicholas -- O Christmas Tree -- We Wish You a Merry Christmas -- Winds Through the Olive Trees -- more! AUTHOR: Leonard Hall
PUBLISHER: Leonard, Hal Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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