Instill a Lifelong Love of Reading

If you have a young reader on your Christmas list, here is a selection of our children’s books, guaranteed to be much-appreciated holiday gifts. A love of reading is the best gift you can give a child! Up Where the Stars Are is an uplifting story by award-winning...

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Feed the birds

Feed the Birds!

Feed the birds in your backyard with creative recipes from Adele Porter’s book Homemade Bird Food: 26 Fun & Easy Recipes to Feed Backyard Birds. Her 74 recipes are designed to attract up to 74 different bird species, from hummingbirds to orioles and even “hard-to-get”...

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Lemon-Chive Aioli Recipe

Julia Rutland, author of Eggs: 50 Tried & True Recipes, shares with us her Lemon-Chive Aioli recipe. We tried it out, and so should you. Aioli is a variation of mayonnaise, featuring garlic and other flavors, that makes a tastydipping sauce for artichokes and roasted or fried vegetables. You...

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Simple Blueberry Syrup Recipe

Blueberries: 50 Tried & True Recipes is a cookbook by Julia Rutland featuring recipes to please any fruit lover. Abundant and delicious, blueberries are as beneficial as they are juicy.  Use this versatile blueberry syrup as a sauce for cakes or ice cream. Try it as a...

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Autumn Recipes

Every season has its special beauty, and autumn is no exception. Trees are turning to all shades of gold, yellow, and red. Leaves are softly falling to the ground, and the weather is changing.  The gifts of the earth are harvested and prepared, and amazing fall...

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Cacti of Arizona

Discover the Beauty of the Cacti of Arizona

With this famous field guide by Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers, and Stan Tekiela, cactus identification is simple and informative. The Cacti of Arizona Field Guide features 50 of the most common and widespread species found in the state, organized by shape. Fact-filled pages contain the particulars readers...

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