Lifestyle
individual and community-scale composting in the city, using small-space living, limited backyard space, and urban density to
advantage. The author is a certified Master
Composter in New York and founder of the
Compostress, a composting consultant firm.
RUNNING PRESS
HomeMade Modern: Smart DIY
Designs for a Stylish Home by Ben
Uyeda (May 26, paper, $24, ISBN 978-0-
7624-5507-2) gives step-by-step instructions for 30 creative projects made with
durable materials. Suitable for all DI Y skill
levels, projects range from a concrete
kitchen island to a plywood coffee table,
with information on tools and sourcing
materials, step-by-step illustrations, and
full-color photos; based on the website of
the same name.
SKYHORSE
The Bee Cottage Story: Renovating,
Decorating, Living, Learning by Frances
Schultz (July 7, hardcover,
$24.99, ISBN 978-1-63220-
495-0). What began as a
decorating book evolved into
a memoir combining the best
elements of both: beautiful
photos and a personal story.
Schultz taps into what she
learned during her renovations of her house, Bee Cottage, to address the question
of how a mature, intelligent,
successful woman could have
made such a mess of her personal life.
STC CRAFT/MELANIE FALICK
Pretty Prudent Home: A DIY Guide
to Creating a Beautiful Family Home
by Jacinda Boneau and Jaime Morrison
Curtis (Mar. 31, hardcover, $24.95, ISBN
978-1-61769-154-6). Based on the
parenting website Pretty Prudent, this
combination of design book and DIY
guide offers a range of projects and ideas
from repainting thrift store
finds to hosting a bake sale,
all seasoned by Boneau and
Curtis’s banter. 30,000-copy
announced first printing.
STOREY
The Food Activist
Handbook: Big & Small
Things You Can Do to
Help Provide Fresh,
Healthy Food for Your
Community by Ali Berlow
(June 2, paper, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-
61212-180-2). To get more healthy food
to more people and support a better food
system, food writer and activist Berlow
shows dozens of things that anyone can
do, from creating a neighborhood kitchen
for preserving fresh food to mapping farmland, connecting food pantries with food
producers, starting a school garden, and
organizing a community composting
initiative.
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