Quilting in No Time" brings you 50 fantastic easy-to-follow projects for quilts. At a time when store-bought soft furnishings are becoming increasingly expensive this great book offers high quality homemade alternatives at a fraction of the cost. Packed with brilliant ideas for using up scraps of fabrics original applique designs fun blocks to stitch together & excellent motifs this is the must-have guide to quilting gorgeous items for the home. Why not try your hand at making the perfect throw to put over your couch or buy some luxurious fabrics to make an oh-so-soft blanket to put in a baby's cot? Every project comes with gorgeous step-by-step illustrations plus ideas for variations to add your own personal touch to the finished piece. Projects include a picnic blanket a cosmetics bag place mats & coasters a tea cosy a duvet cover a child's play mat a handbag & an apron amongst many others. Also included is a useful techniques section with expert advice on fabric selection binding sashing & more." ...

Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category & a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis & forcibly replaced by socialist realism under the Soviets. Sympathetic philosophers & critics have interpreted it as a vital intellectual defence against totalitarianism yet some American critics consider it elitist undemocratic & even unnatural. Drawing extensively on the philosophy of Heidegger & Badiou The Quilting Points of Musical Modernism proposes a new dialectical theory of faithful reactive & obscure subjective responses to musical modernism which embraces all the music of Western modernity. This systematic definition of musical modernism introduces readers to theory by Badiou Zizek & Agamben. Basing his analyses on the music of William Walton Harper-Scott explores connections between the revolutionary politics of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries & responses to the event of modernism in order to challenge accepted narratives of music history in the twentieth century. ...

Learn how to create fabulous large quilts one block at a time with this superb guide from popular author & teacher Carolyn ...

This the 13th in the series of Kaffe Fassetts highly successful patchwork & quilting books from Rowan is photographed by Debbie Patterson at the Skansen Museum in Stockholm the oldest open-air museum in the world where different styles of old Swedish houses built of richly painted wood make a great backdrop for this collection of 20 new quilts by Kaffe & his chosen designers. He uses Serape an exciting new striped fabric to great effect combined with shot cottons creating simple graphic quilts where the colours sing out. Other quilts of Kaffes resonate with saturated colour in deep earthy tones. In the Designer Profile Kaffe explains how he creates his quilts a fascinating insight into a genius at work. ...

Maintaining the comprehensive coverage offered by the previous editions this highly regarded text now in its sixth edition & 32nd year of publication is considered to be an indispensable resource for nurses & health care professionals engaged in the business of teaching & learning. Retaining the balance between theoretical issues & practical application the text has been fully revised to reflect the most recent changes in nursing & nurse education including updated content on developments in teaching & learning the introduction of the new NMC standards in the UK; developments in the NHS & the growing role of e Learning & technology. This textbook is autopackaged with Course Mate. Course Mate brings course concepts to life with interactive learning study & exam preparation tools that support the printed textbook & the textbook-specific website. Course Mate

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Molly & her family have moved around for years. Every time they think they've found a home one of the Quirks slips up & sends them packing. The Quirk family you see is a bit well quirky. Each family member has a magical power that makes them unique & highly unusual. Mum can control minds; Grandpa twists time; Molly's twin sister Penelope has an all-too-real imagination; & Finn is the naughty little brother
- who also happens to be invisible. Then there's Molly the most unusual Quirk of all. Molly is completely & utterly normal. Molly's greatest desire is to fit in & she's found the perfect spot: Normal Michigan. With its chocolate-box houses welcoming committees & famous town competitions it seems like just the place for an ordinary new life. But the Quirks aren't known for fitting in
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Two friends fall under the spell of a New York beauty
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A brain-teasing collection of quizzes featuring around 5 000 questions in over 200 different quizzes some being pot-luck selections & others being on particular topics
- & in each quiz there is a"e or piece of trivia to lighten the content. Whether it be for fun for family gatherings or for fund raising quizzes remain an eternally popular type of entertainment. This book provides anyone wanting to run or take part in a quiz with an unrivalled collection of quiz questions to work with. The book contains over 5 000 questions organised into over 200 quizzes. Some of these quizzes contain a real mixture of general knowledge questions while others are based on particular themes. Among the themes included in the book are: Sports; Television; In the Garden; Battles & Generals; Myth & Mythology; Star Trek; Food & Drink; Great Journeys; Soap Operas; Inventions; The Sixties & much more beside so giving any quiz master great choice in selecting a mixture of quizzes to challenge any group of competitors. To help the quiz master further each quiz comes with a special"e or item of trivia related to that quiz to help set the scene.
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Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful one who taught by the pen who taught man what he did not know. The Quran believed by Muslims to be the word of God was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago. It is the supreme authority in Islam & the living source of all Islamic teaching; it is a sacred text & a book of guidance that sets out the creed rituals ethics & laws of the Islamic religion. It has been one of the most influential books in the history of literature. Recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic it has nevertheless remained difficult to understand in its English translations. This new translation is written in a contemporary idiom that remains faithful to the original making it easy to read while retaining its powers of eloquence. Archaisms & cryptic language are avoided & the Arabic meaning preserved by respecting the context of the discourse. The message of the Quran was directly addressed to all people regardless of class gender or age & this translation is equally accessible to everyone. ...