Painting and Decorating Clay Pots - Revised Edition


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150 fun step-by-step projects for making people, animals, and fantasy characters from terra-cotta pots.




Spoonfuls of Germany


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This book goes beyond the sauerkraut and knackwurst stereotype to unveil the often overlooked diversity of German cuisine. 170 regional recipes range from classic dishes, such as spaetzle with cheese and sauerbraten to forgotten delicacies like Westfalian pumpernickel pudding. Numerous profiles, anecdotes, and food lore complete the book.




Art & Fear


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'I always keep a copy of Art & Fear on my bookshelf' JAMES CLEAR, author of the #1 best-seller Atomic Habits 'A book for anyone and everyone who wants to face their fears and get to work' DEBBIE MILLMAN, author and host of the podcast Design Matters 'A timeless cult classic ... I've stolen tons of inspiration from this book over the years and so will you' AUSTIN KLEON, NYTimes bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist 'The ultimate pep talk for artists. ... An invaluable guide for living a creative, collaborative life.' WENDY MACNAUGHTON, illustrator Art & Fear is about the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. Drawing on the authors' own experiences as two working artists, the book delves into the internal and external challenges to making art in the real world, and shows how they can be overcome every day. First published in 1994, Art & Fear quickly became an underground classic, and word-of-mouth has placed it among the best-selling books on artmaking and creativity. Written by artists for artists, it offers generous and wise insight into what it feels like to sit down at your easel or keyboard, in your studio or performance space, trying to do the work you need to do. Every artist, whether a beginner or a prizewinner, a student or a teacher, faces the same fears - and this book illuminates the way through them.




Donabe


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A beautiful and lavishly photographed cookbook focused on authentic Japanese clay-pot cooking, showcasing beloved recipes and updates on classics, with background on the origins and history of donabe. Japanese clay pot (donabe) cooking has been refined over centuries into a versatile and simple method for preparing both dramatic and comforting one-pot meals. In Donabe, Tokyo native and cooking school instructor Naoko Takei Moore and chef Kyle Connaughton offer inspiring Japanese home-style recipes such as Sizzling Tofu and Mushrooms in Miso Sauce and Dashi-Rich Shabu-Shabu, as well as California-inspired dishes including Steam-Fried Black Cod with Crisp Potatoes, Leeks, and Walnut-Nori Pesto or Smoked Duck Breast with Creamy Wasabi–Green Onion Dipping Sauce. All are rich in flavor, simple to prepare, and perfect for a communal dining experience with family and friends. Donabe also features recipes from luminary chefs such as David Kinch, Namae Shinobu, and Cortney Burns and Nick Balla, all of whom use donabe in their own kitchens. Collectible, beautiful, and functional, donabe can easily be an essential part of your cooking repetory.




Small Clay Port


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This is an e-book that introduces how to make and take care of the popular medaka having tank "Small Clay Pot". If you read this, you can make your own dining table medaka "Small Clay Pot". It also explains all the materials needed. If you read this book, you will be able to make and maintain your own table medaka "Small Clay Pot". The dining table medaka "Small Clay Pot" is a medaka aquarium for beginners to easily and stylishly have medaka. Not only is it stylish, but it is designed to reduce the frequency of water changes and cleaning as much as possible. Water changes and cleaning are particularly burdensome in having ornamental fish such as medaka. Normally, if nothing is done in the medaka tank, dirt will start to stand out in about a week, and the water will turn brown or green. It is common to use a filtration device to prevent this, but most of them are unsightly and cannot be said to be stylish. Table medaka "Small Clay Pot" does not use an electric filtration device in particular, and while realizing a stylish appearance, it keeps the water clean with the help of living things and plants. Introduction Until now, Medaka's House has continued research to simplify the maintenance of a good water environment for having medaka. We are going to give you a background of how we came up with the proposal. About medaka Introducing the current state of medaka in Japan and the appeal of having improved medaka. How to have medaka Easy-to-understand explanations about water management, feeding methods, temperature, having and life span so that even beginners can have medaka. About the "Small Clay Pot" Introducing the table medaka "Small Clay Pot" developed by Medaka's House. Medaka suitable for "Small Clay Pot" Introducing the type of medaka that is most suitable for the table medaka "Small Clay Pot" and how to make having possible even if it is not optimal. How to make the "Small Clay Pot" Introducing the items necessary for making a table medaka "Small Clay Pot" and explains the production procedure in an easy-to-understand manner. How to take care of medaka Easy-to-understand explanations on how to feed, add water, clean and change water. We also discuss what causes moss and how to treat it. How to care for "Charcoal Plants" Introducing in an easy-to-understand manner how to maintain the water environment of the table medaka "Small Clay Pot" and how to manage the "Charcoal Plants" that contribute to a fashionable feeling. How to get Introducing how to obtain the items necessary for making a table medaka "Small Clay Pot". Read this article to get everything you need. How to make "Charcoal Plants" A simple introduction to how to maintain the water environment of the table medaka "Small Clay Pot" and how to make "Charcoal Plants" that contribute to a sense of fashion. Medaka's House Introduction A brief introduction to the "Medaka's House" that made this book.




Gardening with Less Water


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Are you facing drought or water shortages? Gardening with Less Water offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently — using up to 90 percent less water for the same results. With illustrated step-by-step instructions, David Bainbridge shows you how to install buried clay pots and pipes, wicking systems, and other porous containers that deliver water directly to a plant’s roots with little to no evaporation. These systems are available at hardware stores and garden centers; are easy to set up and use; and work for garden beds, container gardens, and trees.




Claymates


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Meet the claymates: two balls of clay that can become anything--even best friends! What can you do with two blobs of clay? Create something amazing! But don't leave them alone for too long. Things might get a little crazy. In this photographic friendship adventure, the claymates squish, smash, and sculpt themselves into the funniest shapes imaginable. But can they fix a giant mess before they're caught in the act?




Asian Highlands Perspectives 3: Deity Men


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This is a comprehensive and extremely informed study of the changing social context and religious lives of lha pa, 'deity or god men,' in Qinghai Province, China. Snying bo rgyal and Rino's account of these Tibetan trance mediums who become possessed by mountain deities succeeds in both honoring the past through a detailed description of their practice while acknowledging the increasing challenges to these traditions




Asian Highlands Perspectives 1


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· Amdo Tibetan Tongue Twisters (7-51) by Blo rtan rdo rje, Charles Kevin Stuart, and Gerald Roche · An Amdo Tibetan Village New Year Trance Medium Ritual (53-64) by Dpal ldan bkra shis and Charles Kevin Stuart · Calling Back the Lost Namuyi Tibetan Soul (65-115) by Libu Lakhi, Charles Kevin Stuart, and Gerald Roche · Dying Hunters, Poison Plants, and Mute Slaves-Nature and Tradition in Contemporary Nuosu Yi Poetry (117-158) by Mark Bender · The Ersu Shaba Pictographic Writing System (159-186) by Sun Hongkai · The Fourth Belmang-Bodhisattva, Estate Lord, Tibetan Militia Leader, and Chinese Government Official (187-211) by Paul Nietupski · The Horse With Two Saddles-Tamxhwe in Modern Golok (213-235) by Fernanda Pirie · Seating, Money, and Food at an Amdo Village Funeral (237-294) by Rin chen rdo rje and Charles Kevin Stuart · The Sengze Village Mani (295-312) by Dkon mchog dge lugs and Charles Kevin Stuart · Tibetan Life and Tibetological Discourse-Differences and Recommendations (313-329) by Roche, Gerald, Nag tshang grub rgyal, and Mtsho mo skyid · A Response to Ways and the Syntax of Noun Phrases in Qinghai Chinese Dialects (331-347) by Keith Dede · Lazi (Lab rtse) Construction in Karmatang (Skar ma thang) Village (349-366) by Tshe mdo · Review-Wutun (367-371) by Keith Slater · Story-God Door (373-382) by Tshe dpag rnam rgyal




Daily life at the turn of the neolithic


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This book provides unique insights into Late Neolithic life, its organization and its economy, made possible by an altogether exceptional collection of recent archaeological findings in South Scandinavia from longhouses with sunken floors dating from this period. Through analysis and interpretation of these comprehensive materials, Danish archaeologist John Simonsen presents brand new findings essential for many wider interpretations of this crucial and fascinating transitional period from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age (c. 2350- c. 1600 BC). The basic materials presented and discussed in Daily Life at the Turn of the Neolithic were mainly found during new archaeological excavations in the central part of the Limfjord region of Denmark, but, in terms of the wider perspectives and considerations, often relate to the entire region and in several respects also to South Scandinavia - and beyond.