Lifestyle and Hobbies

It's high time you gave yourself a healthy dose of self-love. The fact is, you deserve it. You are a magnificent, radiant being. You are divine. And you are awesome. The sooner you start embracing that and treating yourself accordingly, the sooner your life will begin to unfold with compassion, purpose, ease, health, and vitality.

Full of fun facts, Mingo shares a potpourri of bee and bee-keeping trivia; practical tips and legend and lore. And here are just some of the reasons bees make the best pets

Calling all baby witches! Have you ever wanted to develop your intuitive powers to look into the future and manifest your dreams? Are you interested in learning how to harness the moon's power to cast the most potent spells for love and happiness? Or maybe you're just curious about all this witchy stuff and want to know more?

The Celtic Mandala wall calendar presents the magical weavings of Welsh artist Jen Delyth. Founded in her deep connection to her Celtic heritage, Jen’s intricate paintings and illustrations are a personal journey into the language of ancient myth and symbol. Her original iconographic style is inspired by the Spirit in Nature, which expresses our mythic connection to the natural world.

In traditional Day of the Dead celebrations, sugar skulls are given as gifts to the living and adorn the altars of the deceased. The art of handcrafting sugar skulls and decorating them with colorful paint and sparkling embellishments has been passed down through generations of folk artists.

Inquisitive and often mischievous, crows are clever toolmakers that learn from one another. Research shows that crows fashion twigs into spears and hooks to access food and use road traffic for cracking tough nuts. Corvids also recognize individual humans and act differently around people they are familiar with—sometimes even leaving gifts for those who feed them.

Clear instructions and 148 photos welcome you to the subtle, fascinating world of Japanese calligraphy. Beginning with a summary of the art's history, this guide then helps you understand the two systems of script that Japanese uses together: kanji, the ideogram-like characters borrowed from the Chinese language; and kana, the purely phonetic characters.

The Cessna 310 broke new ground in general aviation when it appeared in 1953. It remained in production for nearly thirty years and nearly 6,000 were built. This book reviews the type’s origins, competitors, and development, including the many variants produced. Detail includes comments on ownership and operation, visual differences between individual models, and after-market upgrades.

Clear instructions and 129 photos welcome you to the world of calligraphy. Starting with the pens, inks, and writing surfaces you'll need, the book explains the basics, from filling the pen to holding the nib at the right angle. Practice exercises help you understand upstrokes, downstrokes, the optical center, and more.