Learn to Turn: A Beginner's Guide to Woodturning from Start to Finish

Written for true beginners, this approachable and enjoyable instructional guide teaches the art of turning. Readers receive advice on every step of the turning process, including selecting the right lathe, basic safety and woodshop setup, an overview of the proper tools and how to use them, and the basics on sharpening, sanding, and finishing.

Pilgrims by Elizabeth Gilbert

Gilbert opens her collection with an epigraph from Chaucer's prologue from the Canterbury Tales, preparing the reader for 200 quick-turning pages of individual American pilgrimages. With poise and humor, Gilbert explores the revelations of her various journeying characters. Each world her characters inhabit, whether the Western Ranchlands or the Bronx Terminal vegetable market, is authentic and vividly described. Oddly, her stories do not finish with clever twists or perfect endings.

Robin Nelson is a former elementary teacher and the author of many children's nonfiction books in the First Step Nonfiction, Pull Ahead, and Start to Finish series. Take a visit to the farm and learn about the features and roles of a cow.

This book discusses 88 terms. It’s meant to give readers an introduction to each of these ideas, providing more than a dictionary or glossary, but still something that can be read and understood quickly.
The book is divided into chapters by topics, and a reader could profitably read the chapter from start to finish and get an overview of a key area in science education.