Get a Hobby!


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Is your daily grind taking the joy out of life? Don't get glum—get a hobby! In this entertaining, information-packed guide, journalist and ReadyMade contributing editor Tina Barseghian invites you to explore 101 thoroughly absorbing diversions, from conventional to downright wacky, that'll satisfy every taste, talent, and timetable. The bonus: Practicing a hobby boosts your all-around mental and physical health, as longtime family practitioner Dr. Miguel Figueroa reveals in the Foreword. Are you an independent, nature-loving, outdoorsy type? Consider beachcombing, caving, or mushroom hunting. Crafty, meticulous, and patient? You might enjoy needlework, knotting, or growing bonsai. Just take the personality quiz to identify those hobbies that best match your aptitude, interests, and even your mood, then it's on to the hobbies. Each hobby entry provides a playful mix of information: overviews, histories, and sample projects to help you get your hobby on, plus profiles of dedicated hobbyists and resources that'll help take you to the next level. Get a Hobby! might just be the inspiration you've been looking for.




Reader's Digest Crafts & Hobbies


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Every conceivable craft--from quiltmaking to enameling to jewelry--is included in this comprehensive craft reference. The easy-to-follow text conveys instructions which are clear and precise enough for anyone to learn these interesting hobbies. Over 40 pastimes featured. 4,000 drawings and photographs.




Hobbies Handbook


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The Golden Book of Crafts and Hobbies


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A book containing many projects for boys and girls. It is well illustrated with clear drawings.




The Essential Retirement Hobbies Activity Book


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Updated 2nd Edition Features More Puzzles and Activities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grab this thoughtful funny retirement gift for colleague or coworker! A great gift for your friend, colleague, boss or employee who is retiring and needs some hobby and post-retirement inspiration! 8.5 x 11 inch activity book 25 pages 50 pages of word search and word scrambles PLUS crosswords, mazes, number searches 40 pages (20 sheets) 70 pages (35 sheets) total Paperback cover Retirement survival kit tip one: Solve these puzzles, featuring 125+ different hobby and adventure ideas to inspire the retiree! Looking for something more feminine, whimsical or sarcastic? Check out the other retirement books in this series and by this author!




Grave Robbing and Other Hobbies


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A REVERSE HAREM PARANORMAL ROMANCE FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAYCE CARTER Book one in the Grave Concerns series Ghosts, corpses and four hot men—what's a girl to do? Abandoned at three—whose parents want a kid who sees ghosts?—I learned the world is quick to punish misfits. I try my best to be a normal, boring human, but the call of the supernatural just won't be ignored. When a stranger shows up on my doorstep in the middle of the night, it's no sexy tryst. Instead, I'm off to the graveyard, digging up the corpse of a murder victim at the demand of the local vampire coven—and that small felony is just the start. The spirit of the woman has gone missing—something that shouldn't be possible—and everyone is looking to me for answers. There's Kase, a vampire who's both terrifying and secretive. Grant, a mage with a bad attitude and a lot of power. Troy, the possessive werewolf-detective next door and Hunter, a mysterious bad boy who isn't even close to human. It's a race not just against time but against everything to figure out where the spirits are going, who's behind it and if I can trust the men who now share my bed. And all because of a little grave robbing...







Hobbies


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Whether it's needlepoint or woodworking, collecting stamps or dolls, everyone has a hobby, or is told they need one. But why do we fill our leisure time with the activities we do? And what do our hobbies say about our culture? Steven Gelber here traces the history and significance of hobbies from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1950s. Although hobbies are often touted as a break from work, Gelber demonstrates that they reflect and reproduce the values and activities of the workplace by bringing utilitarian rationality into the home, imitating the economic stratification of the marketplace, and reinforcing traditional gender roles. Drawing on a wide array of social and cultural theory, Hobbies fills a critical gap in American cultural history and provides a compelling new perspective on the meaning of leisure.




How to Find a Hobby That Makes You Happy


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Here's How to Find a Hobby That Makes You Happy, Featuring 300 Extremely Effective Ideas for Choosing the Perfect Hobby. If you are interested in finding a hobby than you need to read this book right now as it may be the most important hobbies book you'll read in a long time. Here's just a fraction of what you're going to discover in this book that you simply will not learn anywhere else: * How to best take advantage of the most effective ways to finding a hobby that fits your personality. * The surprising "little-known tricks" that will help you get the most out of your hobbies. * How to find low cost hobbies that will excite you; this best kept secret will save you lots of money on your hobbies. * Do's and don'ts for the most important hobby activities: top hobbies ideas that are both cheap and fun. * How to take your hobby projects to the next level; be ready to be surprised when you discover how easy and effective this is. * The simple unvarnished truth about what works and what doesn't work in your hobby activities, this is really crucial! * Extremely effective ways to take advantage of recently discovered hobby related materials and methods. * Hobby myths you need to avoid at all costs. * Golden rules to help you find a hobby you can actually keep up; discover simple methods that work perfectly every time. * How to make sure you come up with the most effective solutions to your hobby challenges. * A simple, practical 'finding a hobby' strategy to dramatically cut down costs, but amazingly enough, almost no one understands or uses it. * The top hobbies mistakes people do - and how to avoid them. * How to put together an effective hobbies activity routine: the golden rules of hobby practices - find out the easiest, simplest ways to take on the most enjoyable hoby projects. * How to find and make time for your passion even when you're busy. * What nobody ever told you about how to locate a hobby that you'll love; insider secrets of avoiding the most bothersome challenges. * All these and much much more.