From the first president, George Washington, to the forty-sixth, Joe Biden, the United States has seen a host of extraordinary men take office. Their stories are all included in this fourth edition of The Complete Book of US Presidents by journalist and historian Bill Yenne.

This book features short, biographical essays about the lives of 46 presidents, jam-packed with unusual details and commentary on the significant roles each commander-in-chief played in the shaping of the United States and its relations with the world. Lavishly illustrated, including the presidents' official White House portraits, sidebars about each and every vice president and first lady, and intriguing anecdotes, this book is accessible to a broad audience and will captivate any history lover.

The Complete Book of US Presidents is an expansive collection that reflects on America's rich presidential history, telling the story of a nation through the biographies of some of its greatest political leaders.

Have a cozy dish ready for when you or your loved ones are feeling under the weather. Impress guests with tasty and simple recipes. Prepare ideal broths for any soup you make. With delectable recipes, easy-to-follow cooking instructions, and full-color photos, you'll soon be making five-star meals.

From hearty stews and chilis from around the world to light and refreshing warm-weather soups, this cookbook features family-friendly dishes such as:

• Roasted Carrot & Fennel Soup
• Chicken Noodle Soup
• Avocado & Artichoke Bisque
• Bacon, Tomato & Cheddar Chowder
• Gazpacho
• Cool Cucumber Soup with Mint
• Lobster Bisque
• Thai Coconut Shrimp Curry
• Roadhouse Beef Chili

Most of the soups included take less than 15 minutes prep time, so you'll have dinner ready in no time! Soups are ideal for all year round and great for any occasion, whether a starter course for a gourmet dinner or a hearty meal for a famished crew. The Ultimate Soup Cookbook will have you and your guests licking your spoons.

Amid the chaos of the world and our lives, it is especially important to remain calm. This book harnesses the benefits of putting pencil to paper and offers you an opportunity to channel your anxiety into a satisfying, creative accomplishment. Coloring templates feature therapeutic themes, including:

• Mandalas
• Water Scenes
• Wooded Scenes
• Geometric Patterns
• Flora & Fauna
• Natural Patterns
• Spirituality

Also available: Be Stress-Free and Color; Be Grateful and Color

Experience waves of calm as you color your way through the books of the Creative Coloring series. These coloring books include something for everyone, regardless of age or artistic experience, from adorable kitties and cute kawaii characters to hilarious memes and calming mandalas. Let go of your stress and find peace in all the beautiful patterns or adorable characters. Whether you are looking for an easy, relaxing past time or to get those creative juices flowing, this series has it covered. Creative Coloring books are the perfect gift for friends or loved ones (including yourself ).

Cut your finger accidentally and the area will swell, redden, and heat up. This type of acute inflammatory response is the body's reaction to trauma, and it's an essential part of the healing process. But inflammation can be harmful when it hangs around too long and refuses to leave. When the inflammation switch refuses to turn off, the body operates as if it is always under attack (the older we get, the more likely this is to happen). White blood cells flood the system for weeks, months, and even years.

Researchers are now linking low-grade, persistent inflammation to premature aging, heart disease, M.S., diabetes, Alzheimer's, psoriasis, arthritis, and cancer. While anti-inflammatory drugs do exist, they can injure the stomach or suppress the immune system. Fortunately, the situation can be remedied by a change in diet, specifically by altering the kinds of fats you eat. Omega-3 fatty acids tend to decrease inflammation while omega-6 fats and trans-fats increase inflammation. While many foods in the standard American diet (unrefined white flour, sugar, red meat, dairy, fast food, and food additives) exacerbate inflammation, a healthy diet made up of fish, nuts, seeds, oils, lean grass-fed meats, and fruits and vegetables can help lessen or prevent inflammation. Likewise, certain spices such as turmeric, cloves, and ginger have proven anti-inflammatory properties.

Reduce and prevent inflammation with these delicious dishes:

• Pecan Date Bread with Currants
• Southern Spiced Peaches
• Black Bean Burritos with Avocado and Mango
• Caramelized Onion Pizza with Basil and Pine Nuts
• Thai-Style Fish and Seafood Chowder
• Citrus Pecan Chicken Salad
• Dark Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake

Uncover new ideas and easy methods of working with color from artist and popular Instagrammer Josie Lewis (@josielewisart), who offers fun lessons that will help you understand color in new ways, opening fresh avenues for your own artwork.

This comprehensive guide begins with an introduction to color that includes the color wheel, basic color terminology, and essential supplies. Starter projects help you get comfortable with color while learning how to work with watercolor, acrylic paint, and collage. Next-level projects take your skills even further, with more innovative techniques.

The book also includes easy-to-use templates with modern geometric layouts that you can use to create your own stunning color patterns. You'll also discover how to:

• Make gorgeous rainbow effects using a variety of materials and methods.
• Work and play with scraps, shapes and swatches in an array of hues that will help build your color confidence.
• Create beautiful texture in watercolor and acrylic paint using simple supplies and techniques.
• Mix colors to produce shades ranging from calming neutrals to blazing brights.
• Use color effectively to take your imagination to new heights.

Grit & Grace is a collection of quotes, thoughts, and advice from female pioneers to inspire young girls and women who want to lead.

Powerful words from powerful female forerunners like Louisa May Alcott and Susan B. Anthony have inspired girls and women for generations. Today, there are more women leading the way in more industries than ever. From the authors of the breakout inspirational book Beautifully Said comes Grit & Grace, a showcase of the brilliant minds, sterling careers, and hard work of women in both well-known and less-visible roles in society.

Grit & Grace is here to inspire young girls and women to pursue their dreams with fearlessness and determination by featuring classic and modern female leaders like Jessica Alba, Courtney Banghart, and Tiffany Dufu. The perfect gift for sisters, daughters, nieces, friends, new graduates, and any other free-thinking young woman in your life, Grit & Grace uses the strengths and successes of today's women to drive a generation of future leaders to make their talents count.

The female voices in Grit & Grace include:

• Reese Witherspoon
• Vera Wang
• Meghan Markle
• Amal Clooney
• Ava DuVernay
• Jane Goodall
• Beatrix Potter
• Diana Vreeland
• Anita Roddick
• Clara Barton
• Susan B. Anthony
• Katharine Graham
• Rose Marcario
• Christiana Figueres

Whether the women in your life are powering through a tough time or you are looking for motivation and inspiration to get over that final hill... Future female idols, look to Grit & Grace for inspiration as you lead the way.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, start your engines and bust out your bricks! How to Build Brick Cars is here for the inner creative person in us all. Featuring over a dozen fully realized builds of classic and contemporary sports cars, race cars, and muscle cars, How to Build Brick Cars features a range of levels to challenge both LEGO newbies and the veteran block-slingers far and wide.

Readers will find detailed, full-color illustrations and step-by-step instructions for such classic and contemporary vehicles like:

• 1932 Ford V-8 Roadster
• Datsun 240Z
• 2016 Le Mans Ford racer
• Ferrari 250 GT California
• Jaguar E-Type coupe and convertible
• Ford F150 Raptor
• Bugatti Veyron
• Porsche 911

Where other best-selling guitar histories look at the rank-and-file models, Ultimate Star Guitars is unique in profiling the specific favorites of famous players--oftentimes million-dollar babies, such as the 1968 Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix burned at Woodstock and which sold at Sotheby's in 1993 for $1.3 million. Among the stars and their guitars:

• Kurt Cobain: 1969 Competition Series Fender Mustang
• B. B. King: Gibson Lucille
• Prince: Hohner HG490
• Edward Van Halen: Frankenstrat
• Neil Young: 1953 Gibson Les Paul Old Black

Guitar journalist Dave Hunter explains the stories behind each: the important sessions on which they were used, landmark tours and gigs on which they were played, modifications made by their owners, and more.

From twangy country to scorching metal, from full-throttle punk to sophisticated jazz, and from gut-punch blues to lo-fi indie rock, Ultimate Star Guitars is illustrated with performance and candid photography of the artists with their star guitars, relevant memorabilia, and more often than not, studio shots of the guitars or signature models based on them. It's an information-packed visual feast for guitar enthusiasts

Appreciate famous stories and speeches from the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan.

There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.

Ronald Reagan. The Great Communicator. The Great Persuader. Actor, performer, leader, and President. Enjoy this wonderful collection of the best stories, jokes, and lines from the 40th President of the United States.

Reagan's unique vision and wisdom, combined with his humor and wit, made for some of the best public speaking and diplomacy in the history of the nation. Ronald Reagan Quotes and Quips is the perfect gift for any fan of history. Discover lesser-known jokes, as well as classic and historical moments from his presidency. Through color photos and pages of information, uncover fun trivia bites and anecdotes.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'

Growing your own pot doesn't have to be just another labor in your already too-busy life. It should be an enjoyable and satisfying experience watching living sprouts erupt from seeds that you've selected and sown yourself, nurturing vulnerable seedlings until they become stout and strong, and enjoying the fruits on your own handiwork.

If you are a newcomer to growing from a state that recently legalized marijuana, this book is an excellent resource. Growing Marijuana provides instruction on growing a personal-use crop that will provide at least one ounce of cleaned, seedless, and stem-free buds for each month of the year (from harvest to harvest) but doesn't have to require a lot of dedication or expense. (There will be some sweat involved, though, never doubt that.)

With easy-to-follow instructions, Tommy McCarthy offers his expertise on:

• Choosing the right plants for your needs
• Where to buy seeds
• How to germinate the seeds
• How to nurture the plants
• How to prepare the final product
• How to enjoy marijuana, including smoking methods and recipes for edibles
• Problems to avoid
• And more

Art of the Corvette profiles two dozen Corvettes from all seven generations, beginning with the first 1953 Blue Flame Six Corvette and concluding with the return of an icon, the stunning 2014 Corvette Stingray. Using a unique style of portraiture known as light-painting, acclaimed photographers Randy Leffingwell and Tom Loeser present the most recognizable, unique, and historic Corvettes ever produced. From the chrome-lined grilles of the 1953 Roadster and sexy curves of the first C3s to the aggressive snarl of the 2012 ZR1 and the bold, blunt powerhouse of the 2014 Corvette Stingray, all are presented in breathtaking color and detail. Rare and one-off cars abound as well, like the 1963 Z06 Sting Ray and one of only a handful of 1967 L88 convertibles.

With an authoritative text by Leffingwell, one of the world's leading Corvette historians, and over 200 stunning photographs, Art of the Corvette presents this landmark of American automotive engineering and design, the Chevrolet Corvette, as never before seen. Some of the vehicles you'll find inside include:

1953 Corvette - 1963 Sting Ray Z06 coupe - 1966 Sting Ray L72 coupe - 1969 L71 convertible - 1978 Indy Pace Car - 1989 convertible - 1996 Grand Sport coupe - 2003 50th anniversary convertible - 2012 ZR1 coupe - 2014 C7 Stingray coupe

Put down your cell phone. Shut off the TV. Grab some colored pencils and color your way into being mindful of all the little things in life that make you grateful Be Grateful and Color is the perfect way to practice mindful activity. This coloring book for grown-ups comes with gorgeous templates featuring images and shapes designed to remind you of the little things in life.

There's nothing better than coloring these ornate templates after a long day. Stop worrying about work, kids, relationships, and what the dog is currently chewing on, and focus on appreciating simple things, like nature, animals, food, health and wellness, peace, and companionship. Instead of turning to a screen, color yourself grateful with this soothing, relaxing pastime.

Also available in this series: Be Calm and Color and Be Stress-Free and Color.

Be Stress-Free and Color is the perfect book for stressed-out adults who want to reconnect, simply and easily, with their inner creativity. In this guided coloring book for adults looking for some me-time, art therapist Lacy Mucklow and artist Angela Porter offer up over 50 coloring pages, all designed to help you unplug and unwind.

With so much chaos in the world and stress in our daily lives, we need a way to relieve the tension and avoid burnout, illness, or worse. A simple and inexpensive way to relieve stress is by coloring images, which is soothing and could ultimately aid in reversing the effects of anxiety. Refocusing your attention on something completely different engages a mental, physical, and emotional shift that can help break the pattern of consistent stress and allow you to rejuvenate.

Be Stress-Free and Color features designs that tackle seven of the most common stressors experienced by people worldwide: disorganization and chaos, relationships of all kinds, financial difficulties, employment, health concerns, time management, and traveling and commuting. You can explore the benefits of putting pencil (or crayon!) to paper and channel your day-to-day stresses into a satisfying, creative environment.

Be Stress-Free and Color will have you enjoying the day and relaxing before you know it!

Also available: Be Calm and Color; Be Grateful and Color

Experience waves of calm as you color your way through the books of the Creative Coloring series. These coloring books include something for everyone, regardless of age or artistic experience, from adorable kitties and cute kawaii characters to hilarious memes and calming mandalas. Let go of your stress and find peace in all the beautiful patterns or adorable characters. Whether you are looking for an easy, relaxing past time or to get those creative juices flowing, this series has it covered. Creative Coloring books are the perfect gift for friends or loved ones (including yourself!).

Explore classic stories of the great Greek and Roman heroes, gods, and monsters along with breathtaking images of classic artwork and fascinating ancient artifacts.

Mythology: Who's Who in Classical Mythology is an indispensable guide to all the Greek and Roman mythological characters, from major deities such as Athena and Bacchus, to the lesser-known wood nymphs and centaurs. Also included, of course, are the heroic mortals, figures such as Jason, Aeneas, Helen, Achilles, and Odysseus, all brought to life in a fascinating series of portraits drawn from a wide variety of ancient literary sources. Each entry offers a small window into a timeless mythological world, one filled with epic battles, bizarre metamorphoses, and all sorts of hideous and fantastic monsters.

The perfect book for casual browsers and folklore enthusiasts alike, Mythology offers a rich and readable guide to some of the greatest stories ever told.

Discover 70 healthy and delicious recipes for your muffin tin

Breakfast in the car? Party without plates? Perfectly sized portions without cutting or scooping? It's a snap with snacks and meals made in a muffin tin. Quick and Easy Muffin Tin Meals are the new way to eat comfort food without tons of calories. Easy-to-make, one-dish cups mean you can make perfectly proportioned meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks...for the whole family And you can enjoy your favorite comfort foods in guilt-free, smaller helpings.

Melanie LaDue dishes up 70 delicious, no-fuss recipes that get much more than muffins from a muffin tin, complete with nutritional information. A few quick tricks and easy preparation turn classic flavors into standout dishes that make eating and cleanup a treat. Start your day with Pancake Bites, serve an after-nap treat of S'mores Bites, or create party Caprese Bites that will make you feel like a superstar. Kids love eating cupcakes for dinner, and now they can with these great recipes.

Quick and Easy Muffin Tin Meals are perfect for:

• Breakfast - Grab and Go
• Main Dishes - Savory and Simple
• Cooking With Kids - Fun for the Whole Family
• Skinny Muffins: Under 200 calories - Protein-Packed Meals without the Guilt
• Parties & Entertaining - Finger Food with a Flair
• Sweet Tooth - As If Dessert Could Get Any More Fun
• Holidays - Special Food for Special Memories

Fall in love with:

• A prickly sombrero-wearing cutie, who says, You deserve to be celebrated just for being you. You are great and you deserve a hedge-hug.
• A sweet hedgie lounging in a teacup, who says, You can't be everyone's cup of tea. Be yourself and smile at the people who love you for everything that you are.
• A goofy little quill-ball perched on a rock, who says, When things get tough, just remember one thing: You are tougher than your problems. You Rock!
• And much more!

Join author Bill Yenne on a whirlwind tour of the crafty world of beer. After a quick stop to learn about the anatomy of beer, including ingredients, styles, and even museums, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Beer guides you through all the regions of the world and their famous brews.

Inside, find maps, charts, illustrations, and photographs showcasing favorite brews of the areas. Featuring beer from regions like: Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Netherlands, USA, Caribbean, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and even the Far East. A section at the back gives you an overview of beer glassware, so you'll know which glass to use when sampling each regional brew.

Grab a pint and delve into this sweeping tour of one of the world's favorite beverages!

Citysketch Paris is a complete course in Parisian culture for the enamored. With over 100 prompts, try your hand at sketching landscapes, art, architecture, fashion, people, food, and culture. Each page contains a fascinating anecdote as well as a creative prompt about a unique and lovable part of the city. On the opposite side of the page, a sketch is started for you. Then it's up to you to unleash your imagination to complete the sketch and add your own signature style to it.

Sketch these and more iconic Parisian places and things:

• Arc de Triomphe
• Eiffel Tower
• A Picasso self-portrait at the Mus e Picasso
• Le Moulin Rouge sign and windmill
• A Herm s scarf
• A macaron shop

Sketch your way through the world with the Citysketch series. These inspirational interactive books includes several great cities, each book guiding you on a journey to sketch an individual city's recognizable icons. With guided prompts to lead the way, these instructional sketchbooks are the perfect gift for any artist, dreamer, or travel enthusiast.
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Other titles in the Citysketch series include: Citysketch London, Citysketch New York,

In July 1917 Ford Motor Company introduced a one-ton chassis for commercial trucks, marking what many historians feel was its official entry into the dedicated truck business. Sure, after-market pickup beds could be added to a Model T car to convert it to a pickup, but with the debut of the rugged Model TT truck chassis, Ford was firmly in the truck market.

Eight years later, Ford introduced its first factory-produced pickup, a sturdy half-ton job the public loved. During the century that has passed since that first Ford truck chassis, the F-series has become the best-selling truck in the world, and the best-selling vehicle of any type in America.

Ford Tough: 100 Years of Ford Trucks tells the entire Ford truck story from the very beginning, when Ford got its start in truck production. This book provides the history of the wide array of models Ford has built over the past century, including the Model A roadster pick-up, stylish 81C pickups, legendary 1948 F-1, Bronco, Courier, Ranchero, and Econoline.

As you learn about his childhood and early political career and then the turmoil of the Civil War and his assassination, you'll have access to a variety of historical documents, maps, and illustrations. These include Lincoln's childhood notebook, marriage license, his patent application, and the first piece of mail delivered by the Pony Express.

This incredible volume also features an envelope with fascinating extras, including a broadside offering rewards for the capture of Lincoln's assassination conspirators and Lincoln's original handwritten copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, declaring that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious areas are, and henceforward shall be, free.

Find yourself engulfed in the history surrounding Lincoln's life with this well-researched and digestible account of America's sixteenth president. Every Lincoln enthusiast should have this volume in their collection.