"Smart as hell and funny as fuck, this book explains why we can't stop swearing and what it tells us about our language and brains. Everyone swears. Only the rare individual can avoid ever letting slip an expletive. And yet, we ban the words from television and insist that polite people excise them from their vocabularies. That's a fucking shame. Not only is swearing colorful, fun, and often powerfully apt, as linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin...

Your backyard can be the source of the best eggs and meat you've ever tasted. The answer is chickens--endearing birds that require but a modest outlay of time, space and food. As they learned to raise chickens, the Luttmanns came to realize the need for a comprehensive but clear and nontechnical guide. Their book covers all the basics in a light and entertaining style, from housing and feeding through incubating, bringing up chicks, butchering, and...

A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of peacocks, the rainforest birds whose males have showy feathers. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why peacocks are so colorful

Provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for folding more than one hundred origami animals, plants, and objects.

Lee J. Ames shows children how to draw sixty of his popular sketches step-by-step. His clear instructions help budding artists learn the basic movements and procedures of drawing, allowing them to explore their interests in a fun, familiar, and easy-to-master way.

Shows readers how to plan, design, and care for a garden that allows nature to coexist with it--birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals--explaining how to encourage the survival of many plants and animals while still creating a fruitful garden.

"Author Dalia Monterroso conveys the basics of chicken keeping, with an emphasis on low-cost, natural practices in this entry-level guide designed to empower anyone who's always wanted to keep chickens. Readers will learn how to plan their flock, how to raise baby chicks, what to look for in a chicken coop, how to keep chickens healthy naturally, and more"--

Presents basic origami techniques and projects using little else besides paper and imagination.

Presents detailed instructions for how to fold paper into various shapes, ranging from an easy fish to a more challenging bird. The ancient art of origami continues to fascinate young and old alike. More than a method of artistic expression, it provides an opportunity for reflection and relaxation. Easy Origami takes beginners step by step through the process of creating simple yet interesting projects. Children, teens and adults will construct a...

Collects instructions for building fences, gates, benches, greenhouses, and bird feeders.