This is an essential resource for anyone interested in the exciting world of surface design. Learn the essentials you need to start creating your very own unique surface designs on virtually anything - fabric, paper, even interfacings! "Surface Design Essentials" is jam-packed with expert advice, cr[...]
Machiya, or townhouses, are traditional wooden dwellings in Kyoto that evoke the elegance and culture of Japan's old capital with their architectural details, beautiful gardens, and intimate rooms. Many have been converted into restaurants to create unforgettable dining experiences. Enjoying healthy[...]
What's better than a best-selling craft author with a new book? Two best-selling brands coming together to make the book crocheters have been clamouring for! Judith Durant's "One-Skein Wonders" collections have more than 366,000 copies in print and Edie Eckman's crochet titles have over 345,000 copi[...]
Increase, Decrease is a comprehensive guide to 99 different methods for increasing and decreasing knitting stitches. Each method is clearly described and includes step-by-step how-to photographs, swatches showing the look of the featured stitch, and a list of best uses. You'll find the best techniqu[...]
"Impact investing can be a powerful instrument of change." --Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation, and Margot Brandenburg, in the introduction A new wave of investors is using impact investing to address some of the greatest challenges of our time--from climate change and water scarc[...]
Winner of the 2013 Nautilus Silver Award
In the radical new book "Transformed , " bestselling author Dr. Judith Wright and acclaimed speaker Dr. Bob Wright explore how individuals can achieve lifelong transformation--in their careers, their relationships, and their lives.
"Transformed " int[...]
The Process: A New Foundation in Art and Design is a compendium of 13 experimental projects designed to teach conceptual thinking and problem solving to art and design students. The projects, created by Judith Wilde and Richard Wilde, focus on developing formal excellence and a strong sense of aesth[...]
Presents a series of sticker art books, featuring the work of three of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Each book has six paintings, with an incomplete version on the opposite page. Children can experiment with the re-usable stickers, recreating the paintings, and gaining an understand[...]
'The new edition of Green and Thorogood's "Qualitative Methods for Health Research" presents a great choice for professors teaching courses across the health care spectrum due to its authors' ability to give students a diverse buffet designed to whet appetites and increase hunger for more qualitativ[...]
A practical guide to developing children's early mathematical development, written by leading early years numeracy experts.[...]
In conceiving his architectural masterpiece - the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland - Rudolf Steiner designed a large wooden model, featuring three main figures, to be placed in a central position inside the building. Known as 'the Representative of Humanity', this sculpture shows a central, free-s[...]
At Passiontide 2004, Judith von Halle received the stigmata - the duplication on her body of the wounds of Christ. Following a period of careful consideration, she eventually decided to share this intimate occurrence with a small group in Berlin in Michaelmas of that year. The phenomenon of the stig[...]
Discover the distinctive tastes of this Scandinavian cuisine in this sumptuous new book with over 69 appetizing and authentic recipes. Provides a comprehensive guide to the classic ingredients of the country together with a fascinating overview of Danish cooking and eating traditions, with over 300 [...]
This spirited and engaging conversation between two of America's most influential cultural critics and international theorists of the last decade explores what both Enlightenment and contemporary philosophers have to say about the idea of the nation-state, who exercises power in today's world, wheth[...]
For yoga teacher Judith Hanson Lasater and her husband, mediator Ike K. Lasater, language is a spiritual practice based on giving and receiving with compassion. In "What We Say Matters, " they offer new and nurturing ways of communicating. Long-term students of yoga and Buddhism, the authors here bl[...]
Judith Shangold's designs turn what might seem to be the limitations of this loom into a strength. She pairs simple shapes that reflect the ease of current fashion, and require little cutting and sewing, with the long tradition of ethnic garments created from strips of handwoven fabric. The book off[...]
Since the times of Plato and Aristotle, the relation of poetry to philosophy has been controversial. For certain scholars, poetry should in no way be confused with philosophy. For others, poetry is at the heart of the possibility of thinking itself. In "Affirmation of Poetry," Judith Balso defen[...]
This volume presents the Bactrian and Gandharan seals, sealings, and tokens in the Aman ur Rahman collection, which span the period from the second half of the 4th well into the 8th century CE. As the largest gathering of such glyptic art in the world, the publication brings this previously little-k[...]
Hankala sukupuoli on feministisen teorian nykyklassikko, joka tarkastelee sukupuolta kielellisinä ja fyysisinä tekoina ja toiston tuloksena, yhteiskunnallisten rajoitusten muotoilemana mutta myös muutosten alueena. Butler esittelee teoksessa keskeiset käsitteensä, sukupuolen performatiivisuude[...]
The bestselling social history of Victorian domestic life, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of 19th-century men and women.[...]
It is hard enough being a teenager in London during the Blitz. But it is even harder for Anna, who is still officially classified as an "enemy alien". Those bombs are coming from Germany - the country that was once her own. If Hitler invades, can she and her beloved refugee family survive?[...]
New cover, new format reissue of this story about everyone's favourite family cat, Mog. "One day Mog did not want to eat her supper..." And it was snowing and Mr Thomas was cross at having to do the bin bags. Who would have thought that all this would lead to three foxes in Mog's kitchen?[...]
A delightful and fascinating social history of Victorians at leisure, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of nineteenth-century men and women, from the author of the bestselling 'The Victorian House'.[...]
This classic story of Sophie and her extraordinary tea-time guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published over 30 years ago. Now a new generation will enjoy this beautiful reformatted edition! The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who co[...]