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  Anatomy of a Doll - The Fabric...

  Susanna Oroyan

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  “At last! A complete book on doll design and soft sculpture has been written.” —Virginia Robertson, designer and publisher Master dollmaker Susanna Oroyan gives you the definitive book on fabric sculpting. Anatomy of a Doll is packed with an abundance of exquisite photographs that capture the best work from dollmakers today. Detailed step-by-step illustrations for an incredible variety of cloth dolls are included for you to create any type of cloth doll imaginable. Many methods of doll construction are covered so that beginning and professional dollmakers have a handy answer book. Beginners will find the book a practical guide that examines techniques for making all kinds of dolls. The more experienced dollmaker will discover an abundance of new ideas and techniques never before found in one book. Anatomy of a Doll shows you everything from bending wire to cutting cloth, which will allow you to create your own original dolls!“[Enjoy] this book as a peerless museum guide, as a user’s manual of the inventive hand and mind, and as a parable of science.” —Scientific American“It’s finally happened—the cloth doll book that says it all! Thank you Susanna—the table is set, the banquet is prepared!” —Elinor Peace Bailey, author of Storytelling with Dolls“Here is all the information you need—written in Susie’s friendly, casual style.” —Cary Raesner, editor of Doll World

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  Know Your Soil - How to Maximize...

  Penny Hamilton

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  Create a beautiful, healthy garden that never ceases to amaze with Know Your Soil! 
  Your soil is filled with unique properties that determine what you can grow and how well. 
  Without knowing your specific soil type—clay, silty, peaty, or one of the others—you could be devoting your time, energy, and money to a garden that doesn’t bring you results. 
  Understanding your soil and what’s living in it, like microorganisms and insects, provides the foundation for creating a healthy, buzzing ecosystem in your backyard. 
  Discover the basic tools and strategies in Know Your Soil to help you nourish and maximize the potential of YOUR own soil. 
  You can establish the healthy and beautiful garden you have been longing for. 
  Inside Know Your Soil, you will discover:How to recognize your soil type using the Wet/Dry test and the Jar test to understand the basics of growing in that soil typeYour soil’s pH level, whether alkaline, neutral or acidic, to assist with understanding the nutrients your soil may be lackingFlowers, shrubs, and trees that will grow best in the various soil types and pH conditions 
  You will also find ways to maintain your soil’s long-term health and fertility by learning about the following:How to incorporate the right microorganismsHow to add compost, mulch, or plant cover cropsThe importance of encouraging the good bugs in your garden, while finding safe ways to discourage pests and other disturbancesHow to introduce the right crop rotations, irrigation systems, and organic pesticides 
  …plus the tips, tricks, and tools to work with your soil, not against it! 
  The garden you’ve always wanted doesn’t have to be complicated.

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  Chronicles of Canada Volume 04 -...

  Thomas Guthrie Marquis

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  These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, folows the Jesuit missionaries through North America as they attempt, with little success, to convert the natives of the new world. (Summary by Esther)

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  Pocket Guide to Fasteners -...

  Amelia Johanson

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  Whether by hand or machine, learn everything you need to know for your next sewing project! From how to add fasteners while sewing clothes, accessories, home décor, or other handmade items to what tools you'll need for a successful installation, Pocket Guide to Fasteners is a must-have guide that covers a wide range of fasteners. With detailed sections on buttons, hook and eye closures, snaps, zippers, Velcro, vintage and heirloom fasteners, and more, you won't want to start another project without this compact guide! Author Amelia Johanson has been sewing for more than 30 years and is a regular contributor to Classic Sewing Magazine. A Martha Pullen Licensed Instructor, she has also edited, co-authored, and contributed to a number of sewing and quilting magazines and books.

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  Star-Crossed Lovers - James...

  M. J. Moore

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  From Lowney Handy's scandalous small-town open marriage to author James Jones's extraordinary apprenticeship with Maxwell Perkins (legendary editor of Hemingway and Fitzgerald), Star-Crossed Lovers illuminates an unforgettable love story. She was an eccentric small-town self-taught rebel, driven by creative zeal and a non-conformist streak. He was a distressed ex-GI (flat broke, without prospects, damaged by war), 17 years younger than she, consumed by visions of a writer's life. Lowney and her husband invited Jones to live and write at their home in Robinson, Illinois. Many years of struggle ensued. In the end, Jones's From Here to Eternity won the National Book Award and profoundly transformed American literature. The 1953 film adaptation swept the Academy Awards in 1954. Expanding their shared vision of life, the Handys and Jones incorporated a unique writers' colony in 1951 that was funded mostly by Jones's Eternity royalties. This is their odyssey of love, passion, and conflict, which remains exceptional in literary history.

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  Honeybee Democracy

  Thomas D. Seeley

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  Honeybees make decisions collectively—and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. A remarkable account of scientific discovery, Honeybee Democracy brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees.

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