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365 Days Of Creative Playby Sheila Ellison, Judith Anne GrayISBN 140220535X (1-4022-0535-X)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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5,500 Quilt Block Designsby Maggie MaloneISBN 1402720475 (1-4027-2047-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '5,500 Quilt Block Designs'Book summary:A must-have for every quilter: the ultimate pattern resource, with an astounding 5,500 blocks[via]
With 5,500 blocks to copy, adapt, and combine in countless ways, no quilter will ever have to run out of patterns anymore. Some designs are classics and taken from museum collections, handed from friend to friend, or kept in a family for many years. Each pattern is drawn on a grid showing the number of squares to the block which makes it easy to mix-and-match, because they all draft to the same size. The dazzling choices include a Premium Star, Double Pyramid, Strips and Squares, Farmer's Puzzle, Sunburst, Beggar's Blocks, and countless more. They're arranged by type--including 4-, 5-, and 9-patch patterns; circles and curves; octagons; diamonds; and 8-point stars--and all indexed alphabetically by name. There's even information on each block's source. As a special bonus Maggie Malone has included a section of Alphabet Patch Patterns to use for personalizing every block. No quilter can do without this book.More editions of 5,500 Quilt Block Designs:
500 Cross-stitch Blocksby Anna DavidsonISBN 1402700695 (1-4027-0069-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Absolute Dark Knightby Klaus Janson, Lynn VarleyISBN 1401210791 (1-4012-1079-1)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Absolute Dark Knight'Book summary:Written by Frank Miller Art by Miller & Klaus Janson Cover by Miller Reoffered to coincide with the ABSOLUTE RONIN HC, this oversized, slipcased hardcover collects both THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN, along with bonus sketch material and more. Hailed as a comics masterpiece, Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS - and its equally provocative sequel THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN - get the oversized Absolute treatment in a giant one-volume, slipcased edition! This Absolute edition features an extended sketch section from THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN with commentary by Miller, a look at the plot and pencils from the legendary finale to THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, a new introduction by Miller, striking new cover and slipcase art by Miller, and more! On sale July 2 - 8.25" x 12.5", 512 pg, FC, $99.99 US - RELIST [via]
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The Adventures Of Robin Hoodby John Burrows, Howard Pyle, Lucy CorvinoISBN 140271257X (1-4027-1257-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, and had escapades enough to please any adventure-loving child. Now even the youngest readers can have the chance to enter Sherwood Forest with Robin's band of merry men, and meet such unforgettable characters as Friar Tuck, Little John, Allan-a-Dale, the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham, and wicked King John. Every moment of the story is filled with action and excitement.More editions of The Adventures Of Robin Hood:
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The Adventures Of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Martin Woodside, Lucy CorvinoISBN 1402712162 (1-4027-1216-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714602 (1-4027-1460-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? Its something every child should experience and every child will love. From Toms sly trickery with the whitewashed fencewhen he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for himto his and Becky Thatchers calamities in Bat Cave, the enjoyment just never ends.The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.[via]
Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.More editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
Alphabets & Ornaments: Memories of a Lifetimeby Sterling Publishing Co IncISBN 1402719957 (1-4027-1995-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Altered Book Scrapbookby Susan UreISBN 1402713274 (1-4027-1327-4)
Hardcover, Chapelle
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The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort 1750-1950by Roderick Kiracofe, Mary Elizabeth Johnson Huff, Sharon RisedorphISBN 1400080967 (1-4000-8096-7)
Softcover, Clarkson Potter
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Art Of Drawing Landscapesby Sterling Publishing Co IncISBN 1402720297 (1-4027-2029-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Art of Drawing: The Complete Courseby Parramon, Olga MartinISBN 1402709323 (1-4027-0932-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art of Drawing: The Complete Course'Book summary:From achieving those first professional strokes to mastering composition, lighting, and color to finishing beautiful still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, here, in one volume, is a course that covers every skill a developing artist needs. Inspiring and instructive images vividly reveal the intricacies of techniques such as shading, tone, contrasts, stumping, contouring; depth effects, and more. Guided drawings include a charcoal of a nude, landscape on gray tone paper, and still life with chiaroscuro.[via]More editions of Art of Drawing: The Complete Course:
Art of Drawing the Human Bodyby Not AvailableISBN 1402711484 (1-4027-1148-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Bathrooms: Design Is In The Detailsby Brad MeeISBN 1402713665 (1-4027-1366-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Batman Cover To Coverby Not AvailableISBN 140120659X (1-4012-0659-X)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman Cover To Cover'Book summary:Written by Neal Adams, Neil Gaiman, Geoff Johns, Chip Kidd, Jim Lee, Paul Levitz, Jeph Loeb, Brad Meltzer, Christopher Nolan, Alex Ross, Mark Waid, Adam West, Mark Hamill and others Art by Neal Adams, Brian Bolland, John Cassaday, Darwyn Cooke, Alan Davis, Dick Giordano, Michael Golden, Carmine Infantino, Dave Johnson, J.G. Jones, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Bob Kane, Gil Kane, Joe Kubert, Jim Lee, David Mazzucchelli, Scott McDaniel, Ed McGuinness, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Jerry Robinson, Alex Ross, Tim Sale, Walter Simonson and others Cover by various Get ready for BATMAN COVER TO COVER - a 240-page hardcover, oversized, coffee-table extravaganza spotlighting over 250 of the best BATMAN covers of all time! Organized by theme, readers can see the Batman Family, Fearsome Foes, Death Traps, Bizarre Settings and much, much more in this lavish collection culled from eight decades of the Dark Knight's exploits! Commentary on personal favorites is provided by Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan, TV's first Batman Adam West, the voice of the Joker Mark Hamill, as well as comic book creators Neil Gaiman, Alex Ross, Brad Meltzer, Mark Waid, Jeph Loeb, Brian Bolland, Paul Levitz, Sheldon Moldoff, Jim Lee, Jim Aparo, Neal Adams, Jerry Robinson and many more! [via]
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Beautiful Quiltagami: New Ideas for Fabric Foldingby Mary Jo Hiney, Karmen QuinneyISBN 1402709382 (1-4027-0938-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Black Swan Greenby David MitchellISBN 1400063795 (1-4000-6379-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Swan Green'Book summary:From award-winning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new.
Black Swan tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys games on a frozen lake; of nightcreeping through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid-fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jasons search to replace his dead grandfathers irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran Lps, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatchers recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow-motion divorce in four seasons.
Pointed, funny, profound, left-field, elegiac, and painted with the stuff of life, Black Swan Green is David Mitchells subtlest and most effective achievement to date. [via]More editions of Black Swan Green:
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Library Editionby Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin, Philip GabrielISBN 1400096081 (1-4000-9608-1)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Bonsai Schoolby Craig CoussinsISBN 1402703686 (1-4027-0368-6)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Cartooning for Kidsby Mike ArtellISBN 140270111X (1-4027-0111-X)
Softcover, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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Christopher Lowell's Seven Layers Of Design: Fearless, Fabulous, Decoratingby Christopher LowellISBN 1400082706 (1-4000-8270-6)
Softcover, Clarkson Potter
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Classic Beadweaving : New Needle Techniques and Original Designsby Ann BensonISBN 1402710712 (1-4027-1071-2)
Softcover, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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Contemporary Color Theory and Useby Steven BleicherISBN 1401837409 (1-4018-3740-9)
Softcover, Delmar Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Contemporary Color Theory and Use'Book summary:This beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated introduction to contemporary color offers working artists valuable insight into traditional color theory while examining the effective use of color in digital applications and 3d design work. Written by a leading design educator whose work is widely exhibited, contemporary color features a balanced examination of theory and its practical application in a technology-driven world. Topics range from color perception, color harmonies, pigments, colorants, and paints to digital color and 3d design. An intriguing discussion of the psychological impact of color and the future of color add a stimulating dimension to the book. Thoughtful contributions on creativity and best practices round out the inclusive coverage [via]
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Design Is in the Details: Decorating Indoors & Outby Brad MeeISBN 1402701144 (1-4027-0114-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Eiger Sanctionby TrevanianISBN 1400098025 (1-4000-9802-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eiger Sanction'Book summary:Jonathan Hemlock lives in a renovated Gothic church on Long Island. He is an art professor, a mountain climber, and a mercenary, performing assassinations (i.e., sanctions) for money to augment his black-market art collection. Now Hemlock is being tricked into a hazardous assignment that involves an attempt to scale one of the most treacherous mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps, the Eiger.
In a breathtakingly suspenseful story that is part thriller and part satire, the author traces Hemlocks spine-tingling adventures, introducing a cast of intriguing charactersvillains, traitors, beautiful womeninto the highly charged atmosphere of danger. The accumulating threads of suspicion, accusation, and evidence gradually knit themselves into a bizarre and death-defying climax in this exciting, entertaining novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the last absorbing page. [via]More editions of The Eiger Sanction:
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Einstein's Dreamsby Alan LightmanISBN 140007780X (1-4000-7780-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Einstein's Dreams'Book summary:If you liked the eerie whimsy of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, Steven Millhauser's Little Kingdoms, or Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths, you will love Alan Lightman's ethereal yet down-to-earth book Einstein's Dreams. Lightman teaches physics and writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, helping bridge the light-year-size gap between science and the humanities, the enemy camps C.P. Snow famously called The Two Cultures.
Einstein's Dreams became a bestseller by delighting both scientists and humanists. It is technically a novel. Lightman uses simple, lyrical, and literal details to locate Einstein precisely in a place and time--Berne, Switzerland, spring 1905, when he was a patent clerk privately working on his bizarre, unheard-of theory of relativity. The town he perceives is vividly described, but the waking Einstein is a bit player in this drama.
The book takes flight when Einstein takes to his bed and we share his dreams, 30 little fables about places where time behaves quite differently. In one world, time is circular; in another a man is occasionally plucked from the present and deposited in the past: "He is agonized. For if he makes the slightest alteration in anything, he may destroy the future ... he is forced to witness events without being part of them ... an inert gas, a ghost ... an exile of time." The dreams in which time flows backward are far more sophisticated than the time-tripping scenes in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, though science-fiction fans may yearn for a sustained yarn, which Lightman declines to provide. His purpose is simply to study the different kinds of time in Einstein's mind, each with its own lucid consequences. In their tone and quiet logic, Lightman's fables come off like Bach variations played on an exquisite harpsichord. People live for one day or eternity, and they respond intelligibly to each unique set of circumstances. Raindrops hang in the air in a place of frozen time; in another place everyone knows one year in advance exactly when the world will end, and acts accordingly.
"Consider a world in which cause and effect are erratic," writes Lightman. "Scientists turn reckless and mutter like gamblers who cannot stop betting.... In this world, artists are joyous." In another dream, time slows with altitude, causing rich folks to build stilt homes on mountaintops, seeking eternal youth and scorning the swiftly aging poor folk below. Forgetting eventually how they got there and why they subsist on "all but the most gossamer food," the higher-ups at length "become thin like the air, bony, old before their time."
There is no plot in this small volume--it's more like a poetry collection than a novel. Like Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, it's a mind-stretching meditation by a scientist who's been to the far edge of physics and is back with wilder tales than Marco Polo's. And unlike many admirers of Hawking, readers of Einstein's Dreams have a high probability of actually finishing it. [via]
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Elfquestby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201415 (1-4012-0141-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Elfquest 12: The Grand Questby Richard Pini, Wendy PiniISBN 1401205089 (1-4012-0508-9)
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ElfQuest: The Grand Questby Richard Pini, Wendy PiniISBN 1401205070 (1-4012-0507-0)
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Elfquest: Wolfriderby Wendy Pini, Richard PiniISBN 1401201326 (1-4012-0132-6)
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The Encyclopedia of Embroidery Techniquesby Pauline BrownISBN 1402709129 (1-4027-0912-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Encyclopedia of Sculpting Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniquesby John PlowmanISBN 1402703945 (1-4027-0394-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques for Landscapeby Hazel Soan, Hazel SloanISBN 1402703929 (1-4027-0392-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques for Landscape'Book summary:The painters favorite medium and subject combine in this lushly illustrated guide to glorious watercolor landscapes. From the best brushes to stretching the paper to depicting fields, foliage, and forests, heres all the info-rmation you need to free your creativity. An enticing variety of themes will keep you painting pleasurably.[via]More editions of The Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques for Landscape:
Envelopes : A Puzzling Journey Through the Royal Mailby Harriet Russell, Lynne TrussISBN 1400064007 (1-4000-6400-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Ex Machina 1: The First Hundred Daysby Tony Harris, Brian K. VaughnISBN 1401206123 (1-4012-0612-3)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Fantasy! Cartooningby Ben CaldwellISBN 1402716125 (1-4027-1612-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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From Eroica With Love 4by AOIKE YASUKOISBN 1401205194 (1-4012-0519-4)
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Growing Artists: Teaching Art to Young Childrenby Joan Bouza KosterISBN 1401865615 (1-4018-6561-5)
Softcover, Delmar Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Growing Artists: Teaching Art to Young Children'Book summary:Growing Artists provides a broad, theory-based approach to art for young children based on how children learn and grow through artistic expression. There are many wonderful features: art terms, teacher tips, addressing special needs, presenting artworks and dealing with safety issues. It clearly explains what to do and say when teaching art to toddlers through 8 year olds. It covers all art media in depth. Special attention is paid to integrating art using thematic teaching and the project approach. It is rich in appropriate theory and curriculum and in real life illustrations of art in the early childhood classroom. . This is a book for teachers just starting out and for those who want to up-date their teaching of art and anyone interested in the education of young children. [via]
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Here Is Where We Meetby John BergerISBN 1400079330 (1-4000-7933-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Upby PATRICIA RYAN MADSONISBN 1400081882 (1-4000-8188-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Kids' Magical Mandalasby Arena VerlagISBN 1402717210 (1-4027-1721-0)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Kids' Mandalasby Arena VerlagISBN 1402717202 (1-4027-1720-2)
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Kitchens: Design Is in the Detailsby Brad MeeISBN 1402708025 (1-4027-0802-5)
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemanby Alan Moore, Kevin O'NeillISBN 1401201180 (1-4012-0118-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'Book summary:Alan Moore and Kevin ONeills epic Victorian adventure continues in grand fashion as our intrepid band of heroesMina Murray, Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mr. Edward Hyde, Dr. Thomas Jekyll and the Invisible Man (a.k.a. Hawley Griffin)once again must face a most dire threatbut this time its not just the fate of an empire that hangs in the balance, but that of the entire world! The first volume contains the thrilling graphic novel, complete with the Almanac of fantastic places, and the second contains Alan Moores entire script for the graphic novel, a rare and wonderful treat for any fan of sequential storytelling. This two-volume hardcover set is enclosed within an attractive slipcase. [via]
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemenby Kevin O'Neill, Alan MooreISBN 1401200524 (1-4012-0052-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'Book summary:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II finds cocreators Alan Moore (writer) and Kevin O'Neill (artist) back on familiar ground, revisiting the classic Victorian-era characters that they used to such effect in the bestselling and rightfully acclaimed first volume. It's a superhero tale, but--as expected from Moore--a rather unconventional one. This League is drawn from some of the classic characters from English literature: Alan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin (the Invisible Man), Mr Hyde and Miss Mina Murray (formerly Harker, the heroine of Dracula). And this tale is taken directly from HG Wells' classic War of the Worlds, as Martian invaders (complete with tripods and heat rays) begin to land in England, bent on conquest. They seem unstoppable as they rage across the countryside towards London, but they hadn't counted on the League, or the eccentric genius of Dr Alphonse Moreau.
As with the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, it's the meticulous sense of era and place that makes volume II a success. The minutia of Victorian England is set seamlessly alongside objects and ideas that never appeared outside of myth and legend, while references to other famous fictional characters and events are casually introduced, then quickly tossed aside. And, of course, it's a ripping yarn, in the classic Boys' Own style (right down to the cliff hanger-style, end of chapter narrations). However, unlike volume I, there are several scenes that aren't suitable for all readers (particularly "those of a delicate disposition"). It's almost as if Moore and O'Neill, anticipating the heightened interest that 2003's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film would bring, have willingly set out to shock and even alienate newer readers. So there's a fairly explicit sex scene, some rather brutal violence and, perhaps most unnerving, it's almost inevitable that no reader will ever look at Rupert the Bear in the same way again. --Robert Burrow [via]
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Light & Shade: Art Techniques from Pencil to Paintby Paul TaggartISBN 1402702256 (1-4027-0225-6)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Line & Wash: Art Techniques from Pencil to Paintby Paul TaggartISBN 140270223X (1-4027-0223-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Line to Stroke: Art Techniques from Pencil to Paintby Paul TaggartISBN 1402702221 (1-4027-0222-1)
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The Little Endless Storybookby Jill ThompsonISBN 1401204287 (1-4012-0428-7)
Hardcover, DC Comics
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Little Womenby Lucy Corvino, Deanna McFaddenISBN 1402712367 (1-4027-1236-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, set during the Civil War, has always captivated even the most reluctant readers. Little girls, especially, love following the adventures of the four March sisters--Meg, Beth, Amy, and most of all, the tomboy Jo--as they experience the joys and disappointments, tragedies and triumphs, of growing up. This simpler version captures all the charm and warmth of the original.More editions of Little Women:
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Little Womenby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714580 (1-4027-1458-0)
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Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.
The beautiful Meg, artistic tomboy Jo, doomed Beth, and selfish Amy: since the publication of Little Women in 1869, these four sisters have become Americas most beloved literary siblings. Louisa May Alcotts rich and realistic portrait has inspired three movies and stirred the emotions of countless young girls. Set in New England during the Civil War, the novel follows the adventures of the March sisters as they struggle to pursue their dreams.More editions of Little Women:
Living Spaces: Design is in the Detailsby Brad MeeISBN 1402713932 (1-4027-1393-2)
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Loo Sanctionby TrevanianISBN 1400098289 (1-4000-9828-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Mad About the Fiftiesby Usual Gang of IdiotsISBN 1401207537 (1-4012-0753-7)
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Making Mosaics: Designs, Techniques & Projectsby Leslie DierksISBN 1402715048 (1-4027-1504-8)
Softcover, Lark Books
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Mandalas for Power and Energyby Marion Kustenmacher, Werner KustenmacherISBN 1402705468 (1-4027-0546-8)
Softcover, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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Maxxby Sam KiethISBN 1401202802 (1-4012-0280-2)
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The Maxxby William Messner-Loebs, Sam KeithISBN 1401201245 (1-4012-0124-5)
Softcover, Wildstorm
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Maxx'Book summary:Written by Sam Kieth and William Messner-Loebs; art and cover by Kieth The third book in Wildstorm's collection of THE MAXX explores Julie Winters' separation from The Maxx as she plunges into denial, dyes her hair red, escapes into sexual excess - and gets pregnant! Maxx returns to the Outback and discovers who he is, while Julie is forced by Mr. Gone - who appears in a toilet bowl - to face her past. [via]
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Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 1400096898 (1-4000-9689-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:The first thing you notice about the audio version of Memoirs of a Geisha is that Arthur Golden's 428-page novel has been reduced to a scant two cassettes. But dismay quickly gives way to mounting pleasure as Elaina Erika Davis (Contact, As the World Turns) begins her delicate rendering of geisha culture in the years before World War II. Davis reads the abbreviated story of Sayuri with an authentic-sounding Japanese accent--one mixed with a magical combination of Asian reserve and theatrical energy. As Sayuri ages from a 9-year-old peasant girl to a popular geisha in her late 20s, Davis directs her voice gently away from curious youth to a tone that reflects Sayuri's uphill life.
From start to finish, the listener is absorbed in the elegant spirit of Davis's performance, eager to hear the next chapter of Sayuri's transformation into one of the most famous geishas of the century. How unfortunate, then, to learn that book readers not only get the basic story, but a fascinating look at the intricate rules and rituals of geisha culture. Here, for example, is one of the many revelations omitted from the cassette: "Japanese men, as a rule, feel about a woman's neck and throat the same way that men in the West might feel about a woman's legs.... In fact, a geisha leaves a tiny margin of skin bare all around the hairline, causing her makeup to look even more artificial.... When a man sits beside her, he becomes that much more aware of the bare skin beneath."
We're also denied several subplots--the aborted friendship between Sayuri and a geisha named Pumpkin, for example, or much of the story involving the man Sayuri is secretly in love with. But what remains is as precious as a traditional Japanese kimono--at once artistic, suggestive, and moving. --Ann Senechal [via]
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hoodby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714564 (1-4027-1456-4)
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A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestryby R. Howard BlochISBN 1400065496 (1-4000-6549-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry'Book summary:The Bayeux Tapestry is the worlds most famous textilean exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of historys most mysterious and compelling works of art. This haunting stitched account of the battle that redrew the map of medieval Europe has inspired dreams of theft, waves of nationalism, visions of limitless power, and esthetic rapture. In his fascinating new book, Yale professor R. Howard Bloch reveals the history, the hidden meaning, the deep beauty, and the enduring allure of this astonishing piece of cloth.
Bloch opens with a gripping account of the event that inspired the Tapestry: the swift, bloody Battle of Hastings, in which the Norman bastard William defeated the Anglo-Saxon king, Harold, and laid claim to England under his new title, William the Conqueror. But to truly understand the connection between battle and embroidery, one must retrace the web of international intrigue and scandal that climaxed at Hastings. Bloch demonstrates how, with astonishing intimacy and immediacy, the artisans who fashioned this work of textile art brought to life a moment that changed the course of British culture and history.
Every age has cherished the Tapestry for different reasons and read new meaning into its enigmatic words and images. French nationalists in the mid-nineteenth century, fired by Tapestrys evocation of military glory, unearthed the lost French epic The Song of Roland, which Norman troops sang as they marched to victory in 1066. As the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe, Hitler
sent a team to France to study the Tapestry, decode its Nordic elements, and, at the end of the war, with Paris under siege, bring the precious cloth to Berlin. The richest horde of buried Anglo-Saxon treasure, the matchless beauty of Byzantine silk, Aesops strange fable The Swallow and the Linseed, the colony that Anglo-Saxon nobles founded in the Middle East following their defeat at Hastingsall are brilliantly woven into Blochs riveting narrative.
Seamlessly integrating Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Byzantine elements, the Bayeux Tapestry ranks with Chartres and the Tower of London as a crowning achievement of medieval Europe. And yet, more than a work of art, the Tapestry served as the suture that bound up the wounds of 1066.
Enhanced by a stunning full-color insert that includes reproductions of the complete Tapestry, A Needle in the Right Hand of God will stand with The Professor and the Madman and How the Irish Saved Civilization as a triumph of popular history. [via]More editions of A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 And the Making And Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry:
New Beadweaving: Great Projects With Innovative Materialsby Ann BensonISBN 1402708181 (1-4027-0818-1)
Hardcover, Chapelle
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Organizing Your Craft Spaceby Vanessa-AnnISBN 1402716028 (1-4027-1602-8)
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Othelloby William Shakespeare, Peter Holland, Barbara GainesISBN 1402201028 (1-4022-0102-8)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Othello'Book summary:The Sourcebooks Shakespeare brings the Shakespeare page to life. This remarkable edition of Othello is both the easiest way to understand the play and the best way to experience the full power and depth of the play.
This dynamic book includes an integrated audio CD that showcases key scenes from great performances past and present. You'll experience the play like never before-it's the next best thing to seeing the play performed live.
Each book offers:
* The full play, with line notes and a concurrent glossary
* Scholars and theatre producers discussing the play and popular culture
* Comments from every cast member of a current production.
This is also a very visual text, including:
* Photographs from great performances
* Costume designs and set renderings from different productions
* Production notes that take you inside the stage experience
Exclusive to The Sourcebooks Shakespeare and like no other edition of Othello, our audio CD and unique focus on the play as performed on the stage and on film brings the play to life.
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* One of the greatest Othellos of our time: Paul Robeson, from a 1944 production
* An 1890 private recording of Edwin Booth reciting Othello's speech to the Senate
* F. Scott Fitzgerald reciting Othellos speech to the Senate
Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi
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* About the seminal 1987 production in South Africa, in an essay written by the director herself, Janet Suzman
* And see how the 2005 cast from Actors From the London Stage approaches the play
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* Photographs from the 1987 Johannesburg Othello
* Photographs from The Shakespeare Theatres 1997-98 season starring Patrick Stewart as Othello
* Set designs from Orson Welles 1951 production in London
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Outdoor Spaces: Design Is in the Detailsby Brad MeeISBN 1402709196 (1-4027-0919-6)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Perfect Paper Mosaicsby Susan SeymourISBN 1402716567 (1-4027-1656-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Priscilla Hauser's Decorative Painting 1-2-3by Priscilla HauserISBN 1402713622 (1-4027-1362-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Quilt Block Leftovers: Clever Uses For Spare Squaresby Prolific Impressions, IncISBN 1402714785 (1-4027-1478-5)
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Quilted Memories: Journaling, Scrapbooking & Creating Keepsakes With Fabricby Lesley RileyISBN 140271484X (1-4027-1484-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Readymade: How To Make (Almost) Everything A Do It Yourself Primerby Grace Hawthorne, Shoshana BergerISBN 1400081076 (1-4000-8107-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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A Do-It-Yourself Primer
You need this book. As the stuff of life piles up and things spin out of control, we could all use a little help. These never-before-seen designs and how-tos are full of surprise and wonder. Learn how to turn everyday objects into spellbinding inventions to give away to friends or keep for yourself. Our simple self-improvement techniques will make you smarter, better-looking, and more well-adjusted.
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This is the sales copy section. Here we will talk about how useful, delight-inducing, and excellently well put together this book is. If things have gone a little flat and youre searching for inspiration, look no further. ReadyMade is full of fun projects for the whole family. It solves problems, cures dizzy spells, and holds open the door. It has a collegial, 50s garage tinkerer sensibility. It read Popular Science as a kid and dreamt of building rockets. It launches with fiery trails. It soars. When it falls, it brushes itself off and starts over. It is the Captain of Creativity. Resistance is futile. This book is 100% hope.
First project: Personalize this book and protect it from theft by cutting out this portion of the cover and replacing it with your own photo. (See page 16)
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Resistanceby Barry Lopez, Alan MageeISBN 140007665X (1-4000-7665-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Resistance'Book summary:From the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams, a highly charged, stunningly original work of fictiona passionate response to the changes shaping our country today. In nine fictional testimonies, men and women who have resisted the mainstream and who are now suddenly parties of interest to the government tell their stories.A young woman in Buenos Aires watches bitterly as her family dissolves in betrayal and illness, but chooses to seek a new understanding of compassion rather than revenge. A carpenter traveling in India changes his life when he explodes in an act of violence out of proportion to its cause. The beginning of the end of a mans lifelong search for coherence is sparked by a Montana grizzly. A man blinded in the war in Vietnam wrestles with the implications of his actions as a soldierand with innocence, both lost and regained.Punctuated with haunting images by acclaimed artist Alan Magee, Resistance is powerful fiction with enormous significance for our times. [via]
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Rubber Stamping for the First Timeby Carol SchefflerISBN 1402713606 (1-4027-1360-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Saturdayby Ian McEwanISBN 1400076196 (1-4000-7619-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Shopgirlby Steve MartinISBN 1401308279 (1-4013-0827-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shopgirl'Book summary:Steve Martin's first foray into fiction is as assured as it is surprising. Set in Los Angeles, its fascination with the surreal body fascism of the upper classes feels like the comedian's familiar territory, but the shopgirl of the book's title may surprise his fans. Mirabelle works in the glove department of Neiman's, "selling things that nobody buys any more." Spending her days waiting for customers to appear, Mirabelle "looks like a puppy standing on its hind legs, and the two brown dots of her eyes, set in the china plate of her face, make her seem very cute and noticeable." Lonely and vulnerable, she passes her evenings taking prescription drugs and drawing "dead things," while pursuing an on-off relationship with the hopeless Jeremy, who possesses "a slouch so extreme that he appears to have left his skeleton at home." Then Mr. Ray Porter steps into Mirabelle's life. He is much older, rich, successful, divorced, and selfish, desiring her "without obligation." Complicating the picture is Mirabelle's voracious rival, her fellow Neiman's employee Lisa, who uses sex "for attracting and discarding men."
The mutual incomprehension, psychological damage, and sheer vacuity practiced by all four of Martin's characters sees Shopgirl veer rather uncomfortably between a comedy of manners and a much darker work. There are some startling passages of description and interior monologue, but the characters are often rather hazy types. Martin tries too hard in his attempt to write a psychologically intense novel about West Coast anomie, but Shopgirl is still an enjoyable, if rather light, read. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Sketch & Color: Art Techniques from Pencil to Paintby Paul TaggartISBN 1402702264 (1-4027-0226-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Superman Cover to Coverby VariousISBN 1401207707 (1-4012-0770-7)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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Tango: The Art History of Loveby Robert Farris ThompsonISBN 1400095794 (1-4000-9579-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Tangram Book: The Story of the Chinese Puzzle with over 2000 Puzzles to Solveby Jack Botermans, Jerry Slocum, Dieter Gebhardt, Monica Ma, Xiaohe Ma, Harold Raizer, Dic SonneveldISBN 1402716885 (1-4027-1688-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Tangram Book: The Story of the Chinese Puzzle With over 2000 Puzzles to Solveby Jerry SlocumISBN 1402704135 (1-4027-0413-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Tattoo Artistby Jill CimentISBN 140007844X (1-4000-7844-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Textures & Effects: Art Techniques from Pencil to Paintby Paul TaggartISBN 1402702248 (1-4027-0224-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters from the Roadby Wynton Marsalis, Selwyn Seyfu HindsISBN 140006399X (1-4000-6399-X)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters from the Road'Book summary:In To a Young Jazz Musician, the renowned jazz musician and Pulitzer Prizewinning composer Wynton Marsalis gives us an invaluable guide to making good musicand to leading a good life.
Writing from the road between the bus ride, the sound check, and the gig,
Marsalis passes on wisdom gained from experience, addressed to a young musician coming upand to any of us at any stage of life. He writes that having humility is a way to continue to grow, to listen, and to learn; that patience is necessary for developing both technical proficiency and your own art rather than an imitation of someone elses; and that rules are indispensable because freedom lives in structure.
He offers lessons learned from his years as a performer and from his great forebears Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and others; he explores the art of swing; he discusses why it is important to run toward your issues, not away; and he talks about what to do when your integrity runs up against the lack thereof in others and in our culture. He poetically expresses our need for healers: All of it tracks back to how you heal your culture, one patient at a time, beginning with yourself.
This is a unique book, in which a great artist offers his personal thoughts, both on jazz and on how to live a better, more original, productive, and meaningful life. To a Young Jazz Musician is sure to be treasured by readers young and old, musicians, lovers of music, and anyone interested in being mentored by one of Americas most influential, generous, and talented artists. [via]More editions of To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters from the Road:
Total Guitarby Terry BurrowsISBN 1402709803 (1-4027-0980-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Unique Handmade Booksby Alisa J. GoldenISBN 1402706146 (1-4027-0614-6)
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Vintage Paper Craftsby Anna CorbaISBN 1402710593 (1-4027-1059-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vintage Paper Crafts'Book summary:Old notebooks, discarded postcards purchased from a flea market, sheaves of sheet music, yellowed newspapers with foreign language text: Anna Corba knows how to turn these vintage papers into fantastic contemporary fans, decorated glassware, party favors, and more. This up-and-coming designer presents her beautiful projects here, with detailed instructions, charming color photos, and tips to help imaginative crafters develop their own personal style. Her techniques for transforming the paper range from tea-dying to laying down a final layer of beeswax on a collage. Make collage bottles; embellish plain cardboard boxes with paint and vintage trading cards; or create decorative paper cones to hold flowers, small candy, or trinkets. With a sheet of paper, everything is possible.[via]More editions of Vintage Paper Crafts:
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Where Women Create: Inspiring Work Spaces Of Extraordinary Womenby Jo PackhamISBN 1402712294 (1-4027-1229-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Research by Craft Trends Magazine reveals that 89% of all crafters are women, and that they want to work in an environment conducive to creating their art. This invaluable and very special guide helps them achieve that goal, whatever their passion. It goes straight to the experts: successful women who have made their mark in more than 10 different creative fields. These top designers and artisans offer insights gleaned from years of experience, reveal how they constructed their own creative spaces, and explain how the reader can make practical use of these decorating, organizational, and inspirational techniques as they go about designing their own work areas. Among the pertinent questions they answer: Where did you like to work as a child? What's the most important thing about having your own place to work? Are women's creative spaces different from men's? How important is it for you to organize your work, and how do you do it? Do you listen to music when you work--and what kind? The featured designers include Wendy Addison, Dena Fishbein, Jill Schwartz, and Suze Weinberg and their fields range from paper crafts to gardening.
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Where's the Dragon?by Richard Hook, Jason HookISBN 1402716249 (1-4027-1624-9)
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The Wild Girl: The Notebooks Of Ned Giles, 1932by Jim FergusISBN 1401300545 (1-4013-0054-5)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wild Girl: The Notebooks Of Ned Giles, 1932'Book summary:Following the success of One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd, Jim Fergus has once again combined fact, fiction, history, and landscape in The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932 to bring to life a group of disparate people and an event made more real through his imaginings.
Ned Giles is a 17-year-old orphan whose father's advice in a suicide note was that he should "buy himself a good camera." Ned is working in the clubhouse at the Racket Club in Chicago when one of the members posts a notice: "The Great Apache Expedition: This expedition ... plans to go into the Sierra Madre Mountains on the boundary between Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, to attempt to recover the seven-year-old son of Fernando Huerta&the boy having been stolen by the Apache Indians ... when three years old..." Ned decides to leave Chicago and present himself in Douglas, Arizona, where the expedition is being organized, in the hope of becoming the expedition photographer. He drives his father's Studebaker Roadster, the last vestige of his old life, and eventually fetches up in Douglas. What he finds there is every boy's dream adventure and then some.
Fergus sprinkles stock characters throughout the narrative: the hard-drinking, overweight newspaper man, Big Wade Jackson, who really does not want to put up with the hardships of the expedition and is only too happy to send Ned; Tolley, the gay preppy from Princeton, having been sent by his father in the hope that it would "make a man out of him"; Margaret Hawkins, a cultural anthropologist and Ph.D. candidate from the University of Arizona, who looks at the whole escapade as a field trip; and a mean-spirited Chief of Police, Leslie Gatlin. Into this mix are thrown two Apache guides: Grandfather Joseph Valor, wisely resigned to the world as it is and Grandson Albert Valor, Apache hothead.
The main evet of the novel is, however, La Niña Bronca, the wild girl of the title. She is treed by the hounds of Billy Flowers, who heard the Voice and left home and hearth to become a hunter of predators. He takes her to Douglas, bound hand and foot, and she is thrown in a jail cell. She bites anyone who comes near her, but Ned is finally able to wash and feed her. And so begins the central relationship of the story. It is decided that the expedition will trade this girl for the Huerta boy. Turns out that isn't as easy as it sounds.
There is a wraparound story here that is utterly meaningless--author's notes, a prologue, an epilogue, the author's apology to the Apache people and all sorts of extraneous claptrap that is needless clutter. The basic narrative is a good one; stay with that. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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Winning Quilts: The Best Of 2002 And 2003 Shows From The International Quilt Associationby Rita WeissISBN 1402720351 (1-4027-2035-1)
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Zero Girlby Sam Keith, Scott DunbierISBN 1401201709 (1-4012-0170-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Hermandad de la sabana Santaby Julia NavarroISBN 1400099625 (1-4000-9962-5)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hermandad de la sabana Santa'Book summary:En la catedral de Turin, donde se venera la Sabana Santa, considerada la autentica mortaja de Cristo, se suceden una serie de accidentes que resultan sospechosos al equipo de la policia italiano, especializado en temas viculados con el arte. Un grupo de individuos ?todos con la lengua cortada? ha participado presuntamente en aquellos confusos episodios. A traves de la investigacion historica y la intuicion, el equipo, y especialmente una bella y avispada historiadora, develara una trama que va de los templarios hasta nuestros dias. En paralelo iremos recorriendo la historia de la Sabana, desde Jesucristo al antiguo Imperio bizantino, la nueva Turquia, Francia, Espana, Portugal, Escocia. Sin embargo, el mayor misterio que aventura esta novela es la prueba del carbono 14, que en el siglo XX dictamino que la tela de la Sabana era del siglo XIII o XIV, aunque misteriosamente se encontraron en ella restos de polenes y arbustos que existieron en Palestina en el siglo I. Aventura, misterio, crimenes e investigacion policial... La Hermandad de la Sabana Santa resulta una novela trepidante que combina el rigor historico con el estilo de los mejores libros del genero. [via]
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