Nonfiction books about hobbies and leisure activities

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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
At Home: A Short History of Private Life 3.99 avg rating β€” 97,412 ratings
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The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District 4.14 avg rating β€” 15,149 ratings
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The Book Club Cookbook: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club's FavoriteBooks and Authors
The Book Club Cookbook: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club's FavoriteBooks and Authors 3.86 avg rating β€” 358 ratings
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Walking
Walking 3.74 avg rating β€” 10,649 ratings
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North American Backyard Birdwatching for All Seasons
North American Backyard Birdwatching for All Seasons really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens
The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens 4.39 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
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National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America
National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America 4.40 avg rating β€” 400 ratings
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The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of North American Birds
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of North American Birds really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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300 Cottage Style Decorating Ideas (Leaflet #3738)
300 Cottage Style Decorating Ideas (Leaflet #3738) 4.37 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend
What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend 3.56 avg rating β€” 581 ratings
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Ingenious Inventions of Domestic Utility
Ingenious Inventions of Domestic Utility 3.40 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Better Homes & Gardens Complete Guide To Flower Gardening
Better Homes & Gardens Complete Guide To Flower Gardening 4.04 avg rating β€” 52 ratings
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Gardener's Year
Gardener's Year 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,597 ratings
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Gardening Basics for Dummies
Gardening Basics for Dummies 3.67 avg rating β€” 180 ratings
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Street Photography Now
Street Photography Now 4.15 avg rating β€” 996 ratings
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The Secret Life of the Forest
The Secret Life of the Forest 3.82 avg rating β€” 128 ratings
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The Head Gardeners
The Head Gardeners 3.75 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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America's Best Idea: A Photographic Journey Through Our National Parks
America's Best Idea: A Photographic Journey Through Our National Parks 3.67 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs
Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,188 ratings
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National Geographic The Photographs
National Geographic The Photographs 4.35 avg rating β€” 2,672 ratings
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Shakespeare's Local
Shakespeare's Local 3.80 avg rating β€” 475 ratings
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In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits
In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits 4.22 avg rating β€” 851 ratings
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For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink
For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,227 ratings
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Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach
Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 265 ratings
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THE TRUTH ABOUT DOGS.
THE TRUTH ABOUT DOGS. 3.60 avg rating β€” 284 ratings
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Wildwood: A Journey through Trees
Wildwood: A Journey through Trees 4.09 avg rating β€” 2,456 ratings
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The Gardening Companion
The Gardening Companion 3.88 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home
Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home 3.65 avg rating β€” 4,001 ratings
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Landscape Photography : A guide to taking better pictures
Landscape Photography : A guide to taking better pictures really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Bowling Fundamentals
Bowling Fundamentals 3.93 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
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Het aangespannen paard
Het aangespannen paard really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells 4.10 avg rating β€” 995 ratings
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Encyclopedia of Embroidery Stitches, Including Crewel
Encyclopedia of Embroidery Stitches, Including Crewel 4.35 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
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Quilling Basics: Discover the Magic World of Surprises in Quilling (Learn Quilling Book 1)
Quilling Basics: Discover the Magic World of Surprises in Quilling (Learn Quilling Book 1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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Sew Bags: The Practical Guide to Making Purses, Totes, Clutches & More; 13 Skill-Building Projects
Sew Bags: The Practical Guide to Making Purses, Totes, Clutches & More; 13 Skill-Building Projects 3.76 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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Cricut for Beginners: The Ultimate Step by Step Guide to Cricut Maker and Design Space. Unleash your Creativity and Start Crafting Unique Handmade Projects Today! Includes Original Project Ideas
Cricut for Beginners: The Ultimate Step by Step Guide to Cricut Maker and Design Space. Unleash your Creativity and Start Crafting Unique Handmade Projects Today! Includes Original Project Ideas 4.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 146,258 ratings
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The Gist of Bid Whist: The Culturally-Rich Card Game from Black America
The Gist of Bid Whist: The Culturally-Rich Card Game from Black America 4.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games
Take Time for Paradise: Americans and Their Games 3.76 avg rating β€” 214 ratings
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Bowling Across America: 50 States in Rented Shoes
Bowling Across America: 50 States in Rented Shoes 3.27 avg rating β€” 139 ratings
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100 mooiste kathedralen van de wereld : een reis door 5 continenten
100 mooiste kathedralen van de wereld : een reis door 5 continenten really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Cartoon 360 Degrees: Secrets to Drawing Cartoon People and Poses in 3-D
Cartoon 360 Degrees: Secrets to Drawing Cartoon People and Poses in 3-D really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Small Indulgences
Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Small Indulgences 3.87 avg rating β€” 437 ratings
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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean 4.04 avg rating β€” 11,333 ratings
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Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books
Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books 4.15 avg rating β€” 330 ratings
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How To Play the Harmonica: and Other Life Lessons
How To Play the Harmonica: and Other Life Lessons
by: Sam Barry
3.98 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
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The Jigsaw Puzzle: Piecing Together a History
The Jigsaw Puzzle: Piecing Together a History 3.62 avg rating β€” 94 ratings
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Wijnnotities uit de nieuwe wereld
Wijnnotities uit de nieuwe wereld 3.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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101 Designer One-Skein Wonders
101 Designer One-Skein Wonders 3.78 avg rating β€” 860 ratings
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The Bones: Us and Our Dice
The Bones: Us and Our Dice 3.88 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
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Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days
Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days 3.94 avg rating β€” 289 ratings
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Beeton's Book of Needlework. Consisting of Descriptions and Instructions, Illustrated by Six Hundred Engravings, of Tatting Patterns. Crochet Patterns
Beeton's Book of Needlework. Consisting of Descriptions and Instructions, Illustrated by Six Hundred Engravings, of Tatting Patterns. Crochet Patterns 3.91 avg rating β€” 56 ratings
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OUR FRIEND THE DOG
OUR FRIEND THE DOG 3.89 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
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Glorafilia: The Impressionists in Needlepoint
Glorafilia: The Impressionists in Needlepoint 4.25 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World 3.79 avg rating β€” 8,270 ratings
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Classic German Cookbook: 70 traditional recipes from Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, shown step-by-step in 300 photographs
Classic German Cookbook: 70 traditional recipes from Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, shown step-by-step in 300 photographs 3.70 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Libelle kruissteekjes
Libelle kruissteekjes liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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The Fly Trap
The Fly Trap 3.63 avg rating β€” 2,430 ratings
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One-Skein Wonders
One-Skein Wonders 3.81 avg rating β€” 977 ratings
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Quilling Techniques: Secret Quilling Styles Used by Cosmina (Learn Quilling Book 2)
Quilling Techniques: Secret Quilling Styles Used by Cosmina (Learn Quilling Book 2) 3.73 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game
Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game 3.74 avg rating β€” 642 ratings
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The Best of Czech Cooking (Hippocrene International Cookbooks)
The Best of Czech Cooking (Hippocrene International Cookbooks) 3.69 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Uw poes in kruissteek
Uw poes in kruissteek
by: Steek
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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A Book of Seasons
A Book of Seasons 4.13 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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ART NOUVEAU CROSS STITCH
ART NOUVEAU CROSS STITCH 4.03 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
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Seven Games: A Human History
Seven Games: A Human History 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,050 ratings
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Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook
Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook 3.85 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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Uw hond in kruissteek
Uw hond in kruissteek
by: Steek
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Changing Forest
Changing Forest 3.86 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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World of Knitted Toys
World of Knitted Toys 3.75 avg rating β€” 144 ratings
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Nederland in kruissteek : stadsgezichten, provinciewapens, natuur en folklore met duidelijke teltekeningen
Nederland in kruissteek : stadsgezichten, provinciewapens, natuur en folklore met duidelijke teltekeningen 3.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Experimental Landscapes in Watercolour
Experimental Landscapes in Watercolour 4.45 avg rating β€” 166 ratings
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Power Cables: The Ultimate Guide to Knitting Inventive Cables
Power Cables: The Ultimate Guide to Knitting Inventive Cables
by: Lily Chin
4.17 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
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The Everything Mexican Cookbook: 300 Flavorful Recipes from South of the Border
The Everything Mexican Cookbook: 300 Flavorful Recipes from South of the Border 4.05 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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De tuin in kruissteek
De tuin in kruissteek 3.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over
Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,886 ratings
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60 Quick Baby Knits: Blankets, Booties, Sweaters & More in Cascade 220β„’ Superwash (60 Quick Knits Collection)
60 Quick Baby Knits: Blankets, Booties, Sweaters & More in Cascade 220β„’ Superwash (60 Quick Knits Collection) 4.04 avg rating β€” 227 ratings
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Master Sudoku: Step-by-Step Instructions for Players at All Levels
Master Sudoku: Step-by-Step Instructions for Players at All Levels 3.62 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Kruissteekboek : van Hollandse landschappen tot speelse figuurtjes : van wandkleden tot wenskaarten : met véél borduurtips
Kruissteekboek : van Hollandse landschappen tot speelse figuurtjes : van wandkleden tot wenskaarten : met véél borduurtips it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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The Knit Parade: 12 Statement Sweater Patterns, 12 Motifs to Meddle With
The Knit Parade: 12 Statement Sweater Patterns, 12 Motifs to Meddle With 3.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts
More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts 3.93 avg rating β€” 528 ratings
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Kinderfavorieten in kruissteek
Kinderfavorieten in kruissteek 3.91 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and Minerals 3.83 avg rating β€” 78 ratings
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Fashionable Projects for the New Knitter
Fashionable Projects for the New Knitter 3.57 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
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Klassieke kruissteek-motieven : ruim 500 voorbeelden met telpatronen
Klassieke kruissteek-motieven : ruim 500 voorbeelden met telpatronen 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Recipes from an Edwardian Country House: A Stately English Home Shares Its Classic Tastes
Recipes from an Edwardian Country House: A Stately English Home Shares Its Classic Tastes 3.96 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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Knit Christmas Stockings!: 19 Patterns for Stockings and Ornaments
Knit Christmas Stockings!: 19 Patterns for Stockings and Ornaments 3.66 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
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Merklapmotieven en hun symboliek
Merklapmotieven en hun symboliek really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Knits at Home: Rustic Designs for the Modern Nest
Knits at Home: Rustic Designs for the Modern Nest 3.78 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
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Knit Mittens!: 15 Cool Patterns to Keep You Warm
Knit Mittens!: 15 Cool Patterns to Keep You Warm 3.39 avg rating β€” 70 ratings
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Birds of Maryland & Delaware Field Guide: Includes Washington, D.C. & Chesapeake Bay
Birds of Maryland & Delaware Field Guide: Includes Washington, D.C. & Chesapeake Bay 4.52 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
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Merklappen uit de lage landen
Merklappen uit de lage landen 3.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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The Joy of Sheds: Because a man's place isn't in the home
The Joy of Sheds: Because a man's place isn't in the home 2.84 avg rating β€” 31 ratings
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The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask
The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,396 ratings
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Breien van steek tot steek [deel 1]
Breien van steek tot steek [deel 1] really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Crock Pot
Crock Pot it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges
The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges
by: Ann Budd
4.16 avg rating β€” 690 ratings
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A Woman Alone: Travel Tales from Around the Globe
A Woman Alone: Travel Tales from Around the Globe 3.88 avg rating β€” 885 ratings
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Breien van steek tot steek - deel 2
Breien van steek tot steek - deel 2 4.33 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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The Story Of Lingerie
The Story Of Lingerie 3.88 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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