The Home & Garden category has 2,690 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 7,427 ratings. The most-rated is Kitchen Confidential.
A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color
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Learn why your problem horse is not a lost cause with helpful tips from an internationally acclaimed trainer. In A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color, Mark Rashid continues to share his talent for training horses through communication rather than force. Rashid uses humorous, feel-good stories to relate his techniques of teaching horses by examining their view of the world. This book is a must-have for compassionate horse trainers and owners. Tales of Arabs, appaloosas, and paints - mistrusted and mistreated because of their breed - will give listeners a new perspective on these breeds and others. This new edition features added introductory notes for each chapter that contribute to a better understanding of Rashid’s philosophy and methods.
©2011 Mark Rashid (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
Le Petit Livre vert du cannabis
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Désormais légal au Canada, le cannabis sort de l’ombre pour devenir un produit dont on peut (et doit!) discuter. Le hic, c’est que cette drogue, beaucoup plus complexe que l’alcool, demeure largement méconnue et entourée de mythes et de préjugés. Ce petit guide vise à informer les Canadiens sur les aspects pratiques, scientifiques et économiques du cannabis. Sans le dramatiser ni le banaliser, il cherche à donner l’heure juste en fonction des meilleures connaissances actuelles. Comment le cannabis agit-il sur le cerveau et sur le corps? Quelles différences y a-t-il entre le fumer en joint, l’inhaler avec un vaporisateur ou le manger dans des biscuits? Quels sont les signes dénotant un problème de consommation? Quelle est la différence entre du pot Harlequin, du Gorilla Glue #4 et du Sour Tsunami? Qui tire les ficelles de l’industrie du cannabis? Vous trouverez dans les pages de ce livre des informations vérifiées et pertinentes au sujet d'une substance qui suscite à la fois craintes et euphorie. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Éditions Québec Amérique inc. (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
Vivre simplement
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Dans Vivre simplement, Élisabeth Simard nous guide avec bienveillance sur le chemin du minimalisme pratique, une démarche accessible et moderne qui concorde parfaitement avec l'idée grandissante qu'une vie épurée contribue non seulement à protéger l'environnement, mais aussi à inventer son propre bonheur et à veiller au bien-être de ses enfants. Fruit d'un cheminement réfléchi, l'approche de l'auteure a non seulement fait ses preuves, mais elle s'adapte aussi à une foule de réalités et exclut toute forme de pression ou de comparaison. Élisabeth accueille l'auditeur sans jugement, là où il se trouve et lui confie pensées inspirantes, trucs ingénieux, idées créatives et recettes écolos pour désencombrer la maison, adoucir la vie de famille et lui donner le goût de prendre vraiment soin de lui-même. Lui emboîter le pas, c'est tourner le dos au chaos et faire grande la place aux bonheurs simples.
©2018 Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur (P)2018 Éditions Alexandre Stanké
Nigel
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When Monty Don's golden retriever, Nigel, became the surprise star of BBC's Gardeners' World, inspiring huge interest, fan mail and even his own social media accounts, Monty Don wanted to explore what makes us connect with animals quite so deeply. In many respects Nigel is a very ordinary dog - charming, handsome and obedient, as so many are. He is also a much loved family pet. He is also a star. By telling Nigel's story, Monty relates his relationships with other special dogs in his life in a memoir of his dogs past and very much present. Witty, touching and life affirming, Nigel: My Family and Other Dogs is wonderfully heartwarming. Monty Don is a great writer coming out of the garden and into the hearts and homes of every dog lover in the UK. 'I have always had a dog or dogs. I cannot imagine life without them. I am just as much a fan of Nigel as any besotted viewer. In the book I explore why we love dogs and what they mean to us emotionally and domestically. I look back on all the dogs in my life - all of which I have loved deeply and which have been an essential part of my life. So, this is the book of Nigel - but also the book of all our dogs in every British family and a celebration of the deep love we feel for them.' (Monty Don)
©2016 Monty Don (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Total Cat Mojo
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This comprehensive guide to cat care from the star of the hit Animal Planet show My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, shows us how to eliminate feline behavioral problems by understanding cats' instinctive behavior. Cat Mojo is the confidence that cats exhibit when they are at ease in their environment and in touch with their natural instincts - to hunt, catch, kill, eat, groom, and sleep. Problems such as litter box avoidance and aggression arise when cats lack this confidence. Jackson Galaxy's number one piece of advice to his clients is to help their cats harness their mojo. This book is his most comprehensive guide yet to cat behavior and basic cat care, rooted in understanding cats better. From getting kittens off to the right start socially to taking care of cats in their senior years, and everything in between, this book addresses the head-to-toe physical and emotional needs of cats - whether related to grooming, nutrition, play, or stress-free trips to the vet.
©2017 Jackson Galaxy (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Restoration Agriculture
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Restoration Agriculture reveals how to sustainably grow perennial food crops that can feed us in our resource-compromised future. The restoration agriculture system described in this award-winning book works! It is possible for humans to produce staple foods using perennial agricultural ecosystems that actually improve the quality of the environment. This can be done on a backyard, farm, or ranch scale and is needed right now - on a global scale. Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel, and many other needs. Using the restoration agriculture system, an oak savanna mimic will produce more than twice the number of edible human calories per acre as an average acre of corn, never needs to be planted again, prevents erosion, creates oil, and can be managed with no fossil fuel inputs. This book, based on real-world practices, presents an alternative to the agriculture system of eradication and offers exciting hope for our future.
©2013 Mark Shepard (P)2019 Tantor
Be the Pack Leader
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Best-selling author Cesar Millan takes his principles of dog psychology a step further, showing you how to develop the calm-but-assertive energy of a successful pack leader and use it to improve your dog's life - and your own. Filled with practical tips and techniques, as well as real-life success stories from his fans, clients, and his popular television show Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, Cesar helps you understand and read your dog's energy as well as your own, so that you can move beyond just correcting behavioral issues and take your connection with your dog to the next level. The principles of calm-assertive energy will help you become a better pack leader in every area of your life, improving your relationships with friends, family, and coworkers. In addition, Cesar addresses several important issues for the first time, including what you need to know about the major dog behavior tools available and the difference between "personality" and "instability". Ultimately, what emerges from Be the Pack Leader are both happier dogs and happier, more centered owners.
©2007 Cesar Milan and Melissa Jo Peltier (P)2007 Random House Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House Inc.
Before and After Getting Your Puppy
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Before and After Getting Your Puppy is a simple, practical guide for anyone bringing a new puppy into the family. In clear steps, with easy-to-follow training deadlines, Dr. Ian Dunbar, who pioneered puppy classes and a loving style of dog training in the 1970s, presents a structured yet playful and humorous plan for raising a wonderful dog. The guide is based on six developmental deadlines: Completing owner education and preparation Assessing a puppy's prior socialization and education Teaching errorless house-training and chew-toy training Completing a socialization program of meeting strange dogs and people Learning bite inhibition A continuing program of ongoing training In the first half of the book, Dr. Dunbar focuses on what the owner needs to know to select a great puppy. In the second half, he presents the crucial lessons the puppy must be taught during its impressionable early development. Over time, Dr. Dunbar's kind, positive program has been proven the most effective. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2004 Dr. Ian Dunbar (P)2016 Tantor
Work Clean
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Chefs across the globe have honed an incredible system for working with efficiency called mise-en-place. In this audiobook, Dan Charnas reveals how to use those principles in any kind of work outside the kitchen. Work Clean spells out the 10 major principles of mise-en-place, or "putting in place", for chefs: 1) Preparation is prime 2) Arranging spaces 3) Cleaning as you go 4) Making the first moves 5) Finishing actions 6) Slowing down to speed up 7) Call and callback 8) Open ears and eyes 9) Inspect and edit 10) Total utilization One by one Charnas shows how applying each of these principles at the office and at home creates a simple system for organizing your life, work, and mind.
©2016 Dan Charnas (P)2016 Random House Audio
Every Living Thing
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The fifth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. During his decades spent as a country vet in Yorkshire, James Herriot has seen huge advances in medical science, technological leaps, and a world irrevocably changed by war. Yet some things have always stayed the same - gruff farmers, hypochondriac pet owners, and animals that never do quite what you expect them to. From a green young man in his first job in the 1930s to an experienced veterinary surgeon, married with two children, James has spent his entire career among the people and animals of Darrowby. And there's nowhere else he'd rather be. Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, Every Living Thing is a heartwarming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors.
©2016 James Herriot (P)2016 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Zak George's Guide to a Well-Behaved Dog
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A compassionate, modern, science-based approach to help you (and your dog!) with common training problems "Zak George takes his dedication to humane and effective dog training from the screen to the written page." (Dr. John Ciribassi, DVM, DACVB, coeditor of Decoding Your Dog) Does your dog bark a lot, pull on the leash, hate to be left alone, or have accidents in the house? Celebrity dog trainer and YouTube star Zak George creates the most watched dog-training content in the world and has helped millions of people with their dogs. In this problem-based guide, he makes it easy to solve the exact behavioral issue that you're struggling with - whether you’re dealing with a new puppy, an adult dog you’ve had for years, or a recently adopted rescue. He also helps you prevent many of these problems from becoming established in the first place. Packed with case studies and examples from Zak's videos so you can see his dog and puppy training tactics in action, this book contains step-by-step instructions for dealing with: Chewing Jumping up Barking Play biting Begging Not listening Thunderstorm phobia Separation anxiety Aggression And much more! Delving deeply into why dogs do what they do and how to work through any problems that might arise, Zak proves that it's never too late to correct behavioral issues.
©2019 Zak George and Dina Roth Port (P)2019 Random House Audio
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
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When Barbara Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally-produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle follows the family through the first year of their experiment. They find themselves eager to move away from the typical food scenario of American families: a refrigerator packed with processed, factory-farmed foods transported long distances using nonrenewable fuels. In their search for another way to eat and live, they begin to recover what Kingsolver considers our nation's lost appreciation for farms and the natural processes of food production. Americans spend less of their income on food than has any culture in the history of the world, but they pay dearly in other ways: losing the flavors, diversity, and creative food cultures of earlier times. The environmental costs are also high, and the nutritional sacrifice is undeniable: on our modern industrial food supply, Americans are now raising the first generation of children to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Part memoir and part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet.
©2007 Barbara Kingsolver (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers
Real Life Organizing
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Real Life Organizing offers clutter-free storage solutions and advice that can help you create a Pinterest-worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life, and have more time for the things you love. Organizational expert Cassandra "Cas" Aarssen, the guru from YouTube's ClutterBug channel, reveals her tips, tricks, and secrets to a clean and clutter-free home in just 15 minutes a day. Aarssen spends her time organizing other people's homes, teaching college workshops on organization, and creating weekly videos and blog posts. Cas offers DIY Pinterest-type tips to people like you who are interested in how to get rid of clutter and how to organize your home. Organized person on the outside: The secret to her success? She's a giant mess on the inside, but an organized person who can teach you how to get rid of clutter and organize your home once and for all. Simplify your life: In her debut, Real Life Organizing, Cas walks you through the steps you can take to create a beautiful, organized, clutter-free, and almost self-cleaning home - a DIY Pinterest home. Simplify your life. You do not have to get rid of all of your things, you do not have to be a yoga-loving minimalist, and you do not have to radically change your lifestyle or personality in order to simplify your life and have an organized home. The truth is that you do not need to actually be an organized person to live like an organized person. Organize home: Through her years of experience as an industry expert, Cas has uncovered easy and inexpensive tips, tricks, and solutions that allow her to maintain a clean, organized, and functional home with minimal effort. After you've listened to Real Life Organizing, you too will be able to live a more organized life without having to give up your sanity. In Real Life Organizing, you will learn how to: Create a household-management binder Make a "kids cupboard" in your kitchen Create an in/out system Organize paperwork based on your unique style Create a kitchen command center Organize your holidays with a gift closet Build the best toy-organizing system And enjoy a DIY Pinterest home PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Cassandra Aarssen (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
The Urban Farmer
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There are 20 million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and environmental cost. However, viewed through a different lens, they can also be seen as a tremendous source of opportunity. Access to land is a major barrier for many people who want to enter the agricultural sector, and urban and suburban yards have huge potential for would-be farmers wanting to become part of this growing movement. The Urban Farmer is a comprehensive, hands-on, practical manual to help you learn the techniques and business strategies you need to make a good living growing high-yield, high-value crops right in your own backyard (or someone else's). Major benefits include: Low capital investment and overhead costs Reduced need for expensive infrastructure Easy access to markets Growing food in the city means that fresh crops may travel only a few blocks from field to table, making this innovative approach the next logical step in the local food movement. Based on a scalable, easily reproduced business model, The Urban Farmer is your complete guide to minimizing risk and maximizing profit by using intensive production in small leased or borrowed spaces. Curtis Stone is the owner/operator of Green City Acres, a commercial urban farm growing vegetables for farmers markets, restaurants, and retail outlets. During his slower months, Curtis works as a public speaker, teacher, and consultant, sharing his story to inspire a new generation of farmers.
©2015 New Society Publishers (P)2017 WCP Media
A Place of My Own
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Michael Pollan’s unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between our everyday experiences - whether eating, gardening, or building - and the natural world has been the basis for the popular success of his many works of nonfiction, including the genre-defining best sellers The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and In Defense of Food. With this updated edition of his earlier book, A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own—a small, wooden hut, his “shelter for daydreams” — built with his admittedly unhandy hands. Inspired by both Thoreau and Mr. Blandings, A Place of My Own not only works to convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world.
©2010 Michael Pollan (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Coffee for One
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An inside look into the story of why we all traded in pots for pods! Reminiscent of God in a Cup and The Devil's Cup, this is an inside look into the modern business of making coffee. But rather than a general history, Coffee for One focuses on the revolution that made single serve the most popular way to consume coffee worldwide, and the competition and conflict that got us here. This story features A-list names, corporate intrigue, environmental destruction, and much, much more. For the vast majority of the time humans have consumed coffee, the drink has been brewed in pots or other multi-serving tools; that is, until the last two decades, which saw the rise of the single serve coffee machine. Whether it's a Keurig or a Nespresso, today most people get their coffee from little plastic individual serving pods. But why? Coffee for One breaks open this story of innovation, profit, and cultural change.
©2018 KJ Fallon (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Growing Marijuana: Box Set
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The complete guide to everything you need to know to become a marijuana growing expert! Look no further - this box set of the two top-selling marijuana growing books will take you from someone who has never grown anything in their life to a cannabis-cultivating expert. You will learn the fundamentals of growth in Growing Marijuana for Beginners and will be exposed to far more advanced methods in Advanced Marijuana Growing Techniques. With step-by-step detailed instructions, you will be taken through every step of the growing process, from picking which strand to grow to where to store the finished product for long-term freshness. One of the most publicized crops of our era and in all of history, marijuana is slowly altering our economy, health care system, and political climate. Once one of the countries with the strictest restrictions on marijuana use, cannabis use for medicinal purposes is now legal in 23 states (at time of writing) in the United States. It's hard to believe how much things have changed regarding cannabis in the last decade, and it is impossible to predict what will happen over the 10 years. What we can predict is that as the social stigma clouding marijuana dissipates and as more laws are introduced to authorize its use, production will increase, and it will increase rapidly. Pot, weed, cannabis, marijuana - call it what you want, it is impossible to deny its slow and steady rise to stardom in the United States and many other nations across the world. We are entering a new era, one far more progressive than the previous, one that will undoubtedly embrace the use of marijuana both in medical and recreational purposes more than ever before.
©2015 ClydeBank Media LLC (P)2015 ClydeBank Media LLC
The Lord God Made Them All
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The volume that completes the verse: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. The world's most beloved storyteller once again brings us the magical beauty of Yorkshire, the joys and sorrows of its inhabitants, and the richly rewarding experiences of a country veterinarian. James and Helen now have two growing children, Jimmy and Rosie, who bring a new kind of adventure into James' life. The Herriots live at Skeldale House on the edge of the Yorkshire dales, whose peace, solitude, and feel of the wild make the countryside both thrilling and comforting at the same time. It is the 1950s, a time of new advances in veterinary medicine, but the hard-working people of Yorkshire have not changed. That includes James' dear old friends Siegfried and Tristan - neither of whom has lost his great good humor. We also meet new friends, as James travels behind the Iron Curtain and learns about a world very different from his own. And always, his wonder, exhilaration, and affection glow in every word, whether he is talking about the glories of the moors and dales or the fascination of the people.
©1981 by James Herriot (P)1996 by Audio Renaissance Tapes, a Division of CPU, Inc.
Tiny but Mighty
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From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram @kittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable--and adorable--feline population: newborn kittens. Hannah Shaw, better known as Kitten Lady, has dedicated her life to saving the tiniest felines, but one doesn’t have to be a professional kitten rescuer to change--and save--lives. In Tiny but Mighty, Hannah not only outlines the dangers newborn kittens face and how she combats them, but how you can help every step of the way, from fighting feline overpopulation on the streets to fostering unweaned kittens, from combating illness to combating compassion fatigue, from finding a vet to finding the purrfect forever home. Filled with information on animal welfare, instructional guides, and personal rescue stories of kittens like Chloe, Tidbit, Hank, and Badger, Tiny but Mighty is the must-have kitten book for cat lovers, current-and-future rescuers, foster parents, activists, and advocates. Includes a PDF of tables and charts for kitten care and instructions on how to make a cute hat for a kitten. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Hannah Shaw (P)2019 Penguin Audio
Horsemanship Through Life
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More than just techniques for horseriding these are principles for a more fulfilling life. Here is a compelling meditation from renowned horseman Mark Rashid on all the ways that the principles we apply in our dealings with fellow humans can apply to our relationships with our horses, and vice versa. Horsemanship Through Life is about awareness, learning, teaching, honesty, integrity, and much more. It is about more than tips or technique; it is about principles to live by. It is about taking ownership of and responsibility for our lives and relationships with horses and humans. It doesn t take long to listen to, but will be with you for life. Experience the profound lessons of this nourishing book.
©2012 Mark Rashid (P)2012 Audible, Inc.