This is a beautiful & practical handbook on how to develop & use patterns & motifs on a wide range of domestic items ranging from clothing to wallpaper. The book shows how to create & choose ideas & pull themes together. It also teaches how to develop whole looks for interior spaces starting with mood boards or sketchbooks. There is guidance on colours & selecting your palette as well as developing motifs & patterns & looking at layout & composition ideas. Various surface decoration techniques such as stencils applique & screenprinting are also discussed. Finally there are suggestions on how readers can develop & use their own designs & patterns. Techniques for printing onto a range of surfaces are included from fabric & stationery to furniture wallpaper & painted surfaces. Screenprinting is used for cushions curtains blinds placemats table runners wallpaper & so on. Stencil techniques are described for use on floors walls furniture fabrics & other soft furnishings. & applique & mixed media ideas for decorating wall panels cushions & general soft furnishings are also given. All in all this is an excellent introduction to designing & using your own patterns & motifs in a creative way. ...

Its the natural inconsistencies--the accidental differences between one finished piece & another--that make h&-printed fabrics papers furniture & works of art so interesting. The quirks are what show the makers intimate involvement in the process & its that unique quality that first attracted textile designer & illustrator Lena Corwin to h&-printing. Even though decorative prints are more in vogue than ever there was until now no up-to-date h&-printing guide--no single source explaining the tools & materials that are used today or reflecting a contemporary aesthetic. Corwin has given us that guide. Using step-by-step instructions & up-close photos Corwin teaches crafters everything they need to know to master stamping stenciling & screen printing from making their own printing devices to trouble-shooting when plans go awry. Her inimitable collection of projects ranges from stamped stationery & simple-to-sew pouches to stenciled tote bags & furniture to screen-printed bed linens & upholstery fabric. Theres even a silk-screened dog bed. The author has created original artwork for each project (full-size patterns are included in an envelope at the back of the book) so that every crafter can achieve the same beautiful results. Or maybe not quite the same. Remember: Its the subtle differences that make h&-printing so special & alluring. ...

Mark Bando & Michael Beaver present in this illustrated work objects taken from the Waffen-SS by American soldiers between 1944 & 1945. Included are photos badges & medals along with many other souvenirs brought back by the troops. Included among the rich photographic documentation are images of the capturing of German soldiers by the Americans. This limited run edition offers the collector & enthusiast a must-have work. ...

Prisma Fusion brings together into one volume two pairs of levels of the Prisma course: Beginner levels (A1+A2); Intermediate levels (B1+B2) each book containing most of the material of Prisma. The course follows the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (A1 A2 B1 etc). Each level of Prisma Fusion consists of the student book with audio CD Student Exercises Book & the Teacher Guide. The digital CD-Rom for each level is also available specially for teachers & for class-room projections. ...

' The sun is shining through the bars of my window on what must be a glorious summer day. I've been incarcerated in a cell five paces by three for twelve & a half hours & will not be let out again until midday; eighteen & a half hours of solitary confinement. There is a child of seventeen in the cell below me who has been charged with shoplifting
- his first offence not even convicted
- & he is being locked up for eighteen & a half hours unable to speak to anyone. This is Great Britain in the twenty-first century not Turkey not Nigeria not Kosovo but Britain.' On Thursday 19 July 2001 after a perjury trial lasting seven weeks Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in jail. He was to spend the first twenty-two days & fourteen hours in HMP Belmarsh a double A-Category high-security prison in South London which houses some of Britain's most violent criminals. This is the author's daily record of the time he spent there.

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Day 115 Saturday 10th November 2001 6.38am It's all an act. I am hopelessly unhappy dejected & broken. I smile when I am at my lowest I laugh when I see no humour I help others when I need help myself. I am alone. If I were to show any sign even for a moment of what I'm going through I would have to read the details in some tabloid the following day. Everything I do is only a phone call away from a friendly journalist with an open cheque book. I don't know where I have found the strength to maintain this facade & never break down in anyone's presence. The final volume of Jeffrey Archer's prison diaries covers the period of his transfer from Wayland to his eventual release on parole in July 2003. It

Includes:: a shocking account of the traumatic time he spent in the notorious Lincoln jail & the events that led to his incarceration there -- it also throws light on a system that is close to breaking point. Told with humour compassion & honesty it closes with a thought-provoking manifesto that should be applauded by the Establishment & prison population alike.

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Danny Cartwright & Spencer Craig were born on different sides of the track. Danny an East End Cockney leaves Clement Attlee Comprehensive School at the age of 15 to take up a job at a local garage. He falls in love with Beth the bosss daughter & asks her to marry him. Spencer Craig resides in the West End. A graduate of an English public school & Cambridge University. After leaving university he becomes a criminal barrister & is soon tipped to be the youngest Queens Counsel of his generation. Danny & Beth travel up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. They end the evening in a wine bar where Spencer Craig is also celebrating
- his 30th birthday along with a select group of university chums. Although the two young men dont meet their lives will never be the same again. For an hour later one of them is arrested for murder while the other ends up as the Prosecutions chief witness in an Old Bailey trial.
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When notorious gangster Fat Sam Mahood is murdered the chief suspect is arrested nearby. But he seems to have suffered a breakdown. Incarcerated in a mental institution hes known only as the Man in the White Suit. The suspect remains an enigma until Nurse Brenda calls on Mystery Man former patient & owner of No Alibis Belfasts finest mystery bookshop to bring his powers of investigation to bear... However before our hero can even begin the Man in the White Suit is arrested for the murder of a fellow patient. But is he a double murderer or a helpless scapegoat? Intrigue conspiracy & ancient Latin curses all combine to give the Small Bookseller with No Name his most difficult case to date. ...

When notorious gangster ' Fat Sam' Mahood is murdered the chief suspect is arrested nearby. But he seems to have suffered a breakdown. Incarcerated in a mental institution he's known only as the Man in the White Suit. The suspect remains an enigma until Nurse Brenda calls on Mystery Man former patient & owner of No Alibis Belfast's finest mystery bookshop to bring his powers of investigation to bear... However before our hero can even begin the Man in the White Suit is arrested for the murder of a fellow patient. But is he a double murderer or a helpless scapegoat? Intrigue conspiracy & ancient Latin curses all combine to give the Small Bookseller with No Name his most difficult case to date. ...

The third in the cycle of novels that began with THE SHADOW OF THE WIND & THE ANGELS GAME. THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books & the Sempere & Sons bookshop. It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957 one year after Daniel & Bea from THE SHADOW OF THE WIND have married. They now have a son Julian & are living with Daniels father at Sempere & Sons. Fermin still works with them & is busy preparing for his wedding to Bernarda in the New Year. However something appears to be bothering him. Daniel is alone in the shop one morning when a mysterious figure with a pronounced limp enters. He spots one of their most precious volumes that is kept locked in a glass cabinet a beautiful & unique illustrated edition of The Count of Monte Cristo. Despite the fact that the stranger seems to care little for books he wants to buy this expensive edition. Then to Daniels surprise the man inscribes the book with the words To Fermin Romero de Torres who came back from the dead & who holds the key to the future. This visit leads back to a story of imprisonment betrayal & the return of a deadly rival. ...