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Five Things We Learned from Books This Month
1. A backyard branch perched in a jar makes a clever jewelry holder for necklaces and earrings. -- Try 49 additional nature-themed projects from Jennifer Worick's Backcountry Betty: Crafting with Style ($19.95; Skipstone)
[Photograph]: PHOTOGRAPHS BY (JAR) KARL JUENGEL/STUDIO D; (CHEESEBURGER) JUPITER IMAGES
2. In the 1960s, A&W became the first fast-food restaurant chain to add bacon to a cheeseburger. What took them so long? -- Discover other pork factoids in Bacon, A Love Story: A Salty Survey of Everybody's Favorite Meat, by Heather Lauer ($17.99; Collins Living)
3. So this is what Van Gogh's mother looked like! -- Read about the great Post-Impressionist's 1888 work in Mother: Portraits by 40 Great Artists, by Juliet Heslewood ($19.95; Francis Lincoln)
4. "Unconventional farmers bring their intellects, consciences, and concerns for the future to their work. In quiet ways, in quiet places, they have set about correcting the damage that has come from believing agriculture could actually be reduced to numbers alone." -- To find out more about these iconoclasts, pick up Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness, by Lisa M. Hamilton ($25; Counterpoint)
5. Oyster shells -- instead of the usual tiles -- turn a simple white mantel into a dazzling focal point. -- For dozens of other unexpected design ideas, flip through The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating with Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details, by Stan Williams ($27.50; Clarkson Potter)
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