Borders often require turning a corner shaping the edgings around a 90-degree angle without breaking the pattern This is rarely simple; add too few stitches at a corner & the work rounds inward; too many stitches & the piece begins to ruffle awkwardly Unfortunately most published edging patterns fail to include specific instructions for turning the corner leaving crafters to fend for themselves Edie Eckman comes to the rescue in Around-the-Corner Crochet Borders a collection of 150 colorful crochet frames each with detailed instructions for working around a corner Instructions are offered both as text & as charts for working in-the-round; back-&-forth charts are also included for when that method is more appropriate Photographs of finished borders each turning a 90-degree corner allow readers to see the details up close Borders range from the delicate to the flamboyant & are sure to appeal to a new generation of trend-setting crafters Offering practical solutions to one of needlecrafts most vexing challenges Around-the-Corner Crochet Borders is an essential addition to every crocheters reference library With this book marvelous crochet borders are just around the corner ...

From Taraji P Henson Academy Award nominee Golden Globe winner & star of the award-winning film Hidden Figures comes an inspiring & funny memoir-"a bona fide hit" (Essence)-about family friends the hustle required to make it in Hollywood & the joy of living your own truth With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters including Katherine the NASA mathematician Yvette Queenie Shug & the iconic Cookie from Empire Taraji P Henson writes of her family the one she was born into & the one she created She shares stories of her father a Vietnam vet who was bowed but never broken by life's challenges & of her mother who survived violence both at home & on DC's volatile streets Here too she opens up about her experiences as a single mother a journey some saw as a burden but which she saw as a gift Around the Way Girl is also a classic actor's memoir in which Taraji reflects on the world-class instruction she received at Howard University & how she chipped away with one small role after another at Hollywood's resistance to give women particularly women of color meaty significant roles With laugh-out-loud humor & candor she shares the challenges & disappointments of the actor's journey & shows us that behind the red carpet moments she is ever authentic She is at heart just a girl in pursuit of her dreams in this "inspiring account of overcoming adversity & a quest for self-discovery written with vitality & enthusiasm" (Shelf Awareness) ...

Around the World in 80 Cocktails celebrates the globetrotting history of the cocktail through eighty different cocktails
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The eccentric Phileas Fogg is risking his fortune in a race against time With his servant Passepartout he sets out to circle the globe
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With an Introduction & Notes by Professor Roger Cardinal University of Kent at Canterbury Translationsare by Paul Desages (Around the World in Eighty Days) & Arthur Chambers (Five Weeks in a Balloon) JULES VERNE (1828-1905) POSSESSED that rare storyteller's gift of being able to present the far-fetched & the downright unbelievable in such a way as effortlessly to inspire his reader's allegiance & trust This volume contains two of his best-loved yarns chosen from among the sixty-four titles of Les Voyages Extraordinaires Verne's pioneering contribution to the canon of modern science fiction Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg who succeeds
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- in circling the globe within eighty days The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism & versatility of his French manservant Passepartout whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour & suspense to the race against time Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient imperturbable & ever capable Dr Fergusson the prototype of the Vernian adventurer

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The classic tale of Phileas Fogg & his quest to travel around the world in just eighty days specially retold as part of Young Reading Series 2 for readers growing in confidence ...

Playful retelling of Jules Verne&s classic novel starring Jackie Chan & Steve Coogan Chan plays Passepartout valet to the neurotic time-obsessed English inventor Phileas Fogg (Coogan) who has made a wager with fellow members at his London gentleman&s club that he can traverse the globe in only 80 days using as many kinds of transportation as possible (from boats & trains to hot-air balloons & elephants) Unfortunately the London police have mistakenly identified Fogg as the perpetrator of a bank robbery that took place just before he left the country & a relentless detective is in hot pursuit of the unlikely pair To complicate matters further Passepartout is not what he seems he is in fact notorious Chinese thief Lau Xing & has entered Fogg&s employ for the prinicipal purpose of lying low after stealing a priceless jade Buddha ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Pierce Brosnan & Eric Idle star in this TV miniseries adapted from the classic novel by Jules Verne Phileas Fogg (Brosnan) accepts a wager that he can circle the globe in 80 days but believing him to have robbed the Bank of England a detective sets off after him ...

Sumptuously illustrated with eighty maps from the British Library's unrivalled collection this gorgeous children's book whisks its reader around the globe Like that of Jules Verne's famous hero the journey begins & ends in London plotting an eastwards route with stop-offs at some of the world's most fascinating places There are extraordinary details to pore over as well as stories about how & why these maps were made & by whom Fascinating snippets explore each place in more depth revealing its history famous people landmarks wildlife culture or customs Helpful fact files provide at-a-glance information to broaden geographical knowledge ...

Trees are one of humanity's most constant & most varied companions From India's sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon they offer us sanctuary & inspiration
- not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup 240 pages Drori Jonathan
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