A great plan a great pattern a great fit a great fabric & a great finish: These are the five fundamentals for perfecting any sewing project. Sarai Mitnick an independent pattern designer setting the high water mark in the industry shares her knowledge of these fundamentals & offers five beautiful projects to go with them. Powerful instruction: A former expert in user experience in the tech industry Sarai Mitnicks Colette Patterns line has gained a great deal of respect for comprehensive clear instruction. Comprehensive resource: The chapters cover sewing techniques planning & fitting working with patterns working with fabrics working with linings finishing techniques--in essence each chapter focuses on what the entirety of another book might cover. Gorgeous package: Pitch-perfect combination of illustration step-by-step photography & beautiful project shots all with a clean lovely design. * Disclaimer: e Book does not include Tissue Enclosures as enclosed with print book. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Presenting an innovative framework for tailoring cognitive-behavioral interventions to each clients needs this accessible book is packed with practical pointers & sample dialogues. Step-by-step the authors show how to collaborate with clients to develop & test conceptualizations that illuminate personal strengths as well as problems & that deepen in explanatory power as treatment progresses. An extended case illustration demonstrates the three-stage conceptualization process over the entire course of therapy with a multiproblem client. The approach emphasizes building resilience & coping while decreasing psychological distress. Special features include self-assessment checklists & learning exercises to help therapists build their conceptualization skills. ...

Deadlier than the Mafia the Camorra never forget & never forgive. She is an Italian accountancy student in London & her boyfriend Eddie teaches at a language school. But the prime reason Immacolata Borelli came to Britain was to look after her gangster brother wanted for multiple murders back home in Naples. For the Borelli clan are major players in the Camorra a crime network more close-knit & ruthless than the Sicilian Mafia. Mario Castrolami is a senior Carabinieri investigator of the Camorra his career dedicated to destroying the corruption & violence of the clans. When Immacolata calls from London to say she is prepared to collaborate with justice
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- he knows she is setting in motion a terrifying & unpredictable series of events. The Borellis will not lose their criminal empire without a vicious fight. They will use anything & anyone to prevent her from giving evidence against them. Even Eddie & Eddies life.

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Leading artist Mike Bernard reveals every aspect of working with collage paint & other mixed-media approaches from the initial inspiration for a painting through to design colour surface qualities & finishing touches. In particular the book

Includes:: detailed information & advice on useful collage techniques & demonstrates how by starting with paper collage & then working freely with paint & other materials you can develop exciting & original results in interpreting whatever subject matter appeals to you. The book

Includes:: numerous illustrations again covering every step of the working process as well as a wide selection of subject matter -- from urban scenes to winter landscapes -- from around the world. There are step-by-step demonstrations of some of the key techniques as well as location sketches watercolour studies & striking finished paintings. Mike Bernards work

Includes:: exciting textures strong colour & the effects of light & he combines these qualities into original semi-abstract images of landscapes seascapes street scenes still life & figure compositions. His techniques particularly paper collage are important ones for all artists looking to expand their repertoire.





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This book is the first in a new series which provides the reader with solid techniques & ideas for unique applications each book covering a popular craft subject area all presented in a appealing visual package organized into 52 units which may but dont need to be explored on a weekly basis. The Lab series offers artists & crafters a new type of format. While the book exposes readers to very hands-on techniques & solid project ideas the approach is fun & experimental. Readers dont need to work through the book in order. Rather they can flip around to learn something new or be inspired. The underlying message of the book is to learn & gain expertise through experimentation & play. There is no right or wrong result yet the reader gains skills & confidence in their medium to take their work to a new level. ...

While training for the priesthood a stint with a hospital chaplaincy team brought Mark face to face with a depth of suffering that blew his young confident faith apart. Years later he was still picking up the pieces but they began to show an entirely different picture of where & how God could be found. The Collage of God is for all who find it difficult to reconcile the realities of life with easy & comfortable notions about faith. In imaginative & beautiful language & illuminated by many"es from modern writers & poets Mark Oakley reconstructs faith as a collage of traditions & texts the myriad experiences of living imagination silence & prayer by which we respond to the grace of God revealed in fragile lives. A contemporary spiritual classic. ...

From the author of Guns Germs & Steel" Jared Diamonds " Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive" is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations. Now in a revised edition with a new afterword Jared Diamonds " Collapse" uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish while others founder
- & what this means for our future. What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island? What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will we go the same way our skyscrapers one day standing derelict & overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? Bringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources & piecing together the myriad influences from climate to culture that make societies self-destruct Jared Diamonds " Collapse" also shows how
- unlike our ancestors
- we can benefit from our knowledge of the past & learn to be survivors. "A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race". (" Daily Mail"). " Riveting superb terrifying". (" Observer"). " Gripping...the book fulfils its huge ambition & Diamond is the only man who could have written it". (" Economist"). " This book shines like all Diamonds work". (" Sunday Times"). Jared Diamond (b. 1937) is Professor of Geography at the University of California Los Angeles. Until recently he was Professor of Physiology at the UCLA School of Medicine. He is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the widely acclaimed " Guns Germs & Steel: the Fates of Human Societies" which also is the winner of Britains 1998 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize."


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Any explanation of political collapse carries lessons not just for the study of ancient societies but for the members of all complex societies in both the present & future. Dr Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse & reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new & far-reaching theory that accounts for collapse among diverse kinds of societies evaluating his model & clarifying the processes of disintegration by detailed studies of the Roman Mayan & Chacoan collapses. ...

Collar to Cleavage is a compelling read a book that invites the reader to share a series of interweaving life journeys. From a childhood in Wales to an adulthood of international proportions; from one country to another
- visiting putting down roots some in exotic far-flung places some in places where you would not want to live by choice. Then to a personal journey which explores the motives & struggles of the human heart. It deals with life transitions both spiritual & emotional; it challenges readers to examine how we process not only the joys but the difficulties & surprises that life has in store. This humorous & autobiographical account will resonate with everyone in some way. Readers are invited to reflect on their own issues in a wonderfully charming & light-hearted way & are introduced to larger-than-life characters from Swansea to Sumatra from enigmatic Japan to a chicken factory in New Zeal&. The book gives an intimate insight into the cultures of the Middle & Far East especially the role of women. The authors zest for life in all its fullness is infectious. She deals with the past
- the aching loneliness of a marriage her life as a corporate wife the shock of a cross-cultural adoption & exploring a life as a priest; we find that in her honesty we are able to understand ourselves better. Change is inevitable life changes happen. The book is a tale of her life but it may also be used as the basis for deeper thoughts & discussions on the appropriate sections. Collar to Cleavage will appeal mainly to female readers of autobiographies.

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