Enjoy outdoor living to the fullest with these functional & decorative furniture projects for deck, patio, yard & garden. From Adirondack chairs, patio bars & picnic tables to showcase Victorian trellises & planters, the experts at American Woodworker provide complete plans & instructions for building great-looking pieces that will beautify your outdoor space. Expert advice on finishing & varnishing ensures that your durable wooden furniture will stand up to the elements for years to come. How to Make Outdoor & Garden Furniture offers 23 do-it-yourself projects for both novice & experienced woodworkers. superb step-by-step photographs & excellent working drawings help ensure success for both amateur & experienced builders. Each project takes from just a few hours to a weekend to complete, making this book an ideal resource for transforming your outdoor decor. ...

Whether selling, managing, applying to university, looking for a job
- or looking for a soulmate
- the secret of success

...

How do you like your tea? An ethereal infusion, the ghost of a scent wafting across your taste buds? Or a mug of traditional brew, so strong that a spoon can stand up in it? Weve been drinking tea for thousands of years, yet few of us realize that all teafrom elegant lapsang to pungent pu-erhcome from the same source. The taste is down to science: geography, chemistry, & physics, the application of heat & pressure, & the magic of time & enzymes. How to Make Tea lays out the principles for the tea-loving nonscientist; extract the best from every cup. ...

At last a clear manual for managing slaves the Roman way. How to Manage your Slaves offers practical answers to every question you`re likely to have & guidance on every problem you`re likely to encounter. Marcus Sidonius Falx shows where & how to buy the slaves for the purposes you have in mind & how to get the best out of them once you`ve got them. He explains how to tell a good slave from a bad, offers guidance on the punishment of miscreants, & reveals the secrets of command & authority. He covers the delicate subjects of when you should let your slaves have sex with each other & whether to engage in sex with them yourself
- & considers when to set them free. Armed with this guide you will be master in your own home: your household will be a comfort to your family & its running the envy of your neighbours. Up to now ancient slavery may have been difficult to fathom: this Roman`s-eye view takes us to the heart of the matter &, based on a wealth of original sources, lets us understand just why slaves meant so much to the Romans.
...

At last, a clear manual for managing slaves the Roman way. In How to Manage Your Slaves, Marcus Sidonius Falx offers practical advice, showing where & how to buy slaves & how to get the best out of them. He explains how to tell good slaves from bad, offers guidance on the punishment of miscreants, & reveals the secrets of command & authority. He covers the delicate subjects of when you should let your slaves have sex & whether to engage in sex with them yourself
- & considers when to set them free. Armed with this guide you will be master in your own home: your household will be a comfort to your family, its running the envy of your neighbours. Slavery was a core institution in the Roman world for all its long existence. As they conquered, the Romans enslaved millions & then bred from this stock to maintain their numbers in times of peace. It almost never occurred to anyone that slavery might be dispensed with & to no one at all that it was morally reprehensible. Up to now ancient slavery may have been difficult to fathom: this Roman`s-eye view takes us to the heart of the matter &, based on a wealth of original sources, lets us understand just why slaves meant so much to the Romans.
...

This illustrated guide shows readers how to plan strategically for a trip in a whole new way. Written by a former consultant who has travelled more than 500, 000 cumulative miles around the world, How to Pack

Includes:: guidelines for narrowing down one`s wardrobe, how many pairs of shoes are really necessary & best practices for storing toiletries & makeup. Here, too, are instructions on selecting the right luggage, when to fold vs. roll clothing, & trip-specific packing lists. Hitha`s tips are for today`s modern traveller who doesn`t want to sacrifice style for space, but who still wants to fit a 2-week vacation wardrobe into a carry-on bag.

...

It`s Italy in the early 1960s: a dying painter considers the sacrifices & losses that have made him an enigma, both to strangers & those closest to him. He begins his last life painting, using the same objects he has painted obsessively for his entire career
- a small group of bottles. In Cumbria 30 years later, a landscape artist
- & admirer of the Italian recluse
- finds himself trapped in the extreme terrain that has made him famous. & in present-day London, his daughter, an art curator struggling with the sudden loss of her twin brother while trying to curate an exhibition about the lives of the twentieth-century European masters, is drawn into a world of darkness & sexual abandon. Covering half a century, this is a luminous & searching novel, & Hall`s most accomplished work to date.


...

This is a Booker-longlisted novel of art, absence, loss & passion, from Britain`s most exciting contemporary writer. Moving between Italy & Engl&, the lives of four people intertwine across half a century: a dying painter considers the sacrifices & losses that have made him an enigma; a blind girl tries to make sense of a world she can no longer see; a landscape artist finds himself trapped in dangerous terrain, & a young woman embarks on a dangerous affair of darkness & sexual abandon. ...

Most boatowners will find themselves with paintbrush in hand at least once during a season but with the vast range of products now available, how do you know which to select for the job? This book answers all the DIY boatowner`s questions, & provides practical advice on painting every type of material. It explains: correct surface preparation dealing with defects correct application methods estimating quantities drying times brushes, rollers, pads & sprays resins, epoxies, solvents & thinners colour matching. There is also a handy fault-finding section for when things go wrong. ` This is a brilliant book...I recommend it for beginner & old-timer alike` Cruising ...

` Wonderfully written & characteristically brilliant` Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads ` Elegant, readable.. .an impressive synthesis.. . Not many historians could have done it`
- Jonathan Sumption, Spectator ` Tyerman`s book is fascinating not just for what it has to tell us about the Crusades, but for the mirror it holds up to today`s religious extremism`
- Tom Holl&, Spectator Thousands left their homelands in the Middle Ages to fight wars abroad. But how did the Crusades actually happen? From recruitment propaganda to raising money, ships to siege engines, medicine to the power of prayer, this vivid, surprising history shows holy war
- & medieval society
- in a new light.



...