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* OVER 15,000 COLLECTOR PRICES -- This guide comprehensively covers a broad range of clocks from the 19th and 20th centuries. All types, all styles, including Ansonia, Empire, New Haven, Terry, Seth Thomas, National, Mueller, Keyless, W.L. Gilbert, and others.
* COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION by type of movement, shape, model name (and model number, if known), case style, ornamentation, size in inches. Specific dates of manufacture given when known or estimates based upon original advertisements and trade catalogues.
* CLOCK TYPES include Cuckoo, Parlor Shelf, Cabinet, Mantel, Statue, Window, Art Nouveau, Animated, Novelty, Watch, and numerous others, comprising every style manufactured in the U.S. during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
* HISTORIES of the major manufacturers precede each series of listings.
* EXTENSIVE INFORMATION on development of the clockmaking industry in the U.S., with a chronology of dates and charts showing the interrelationships among early clock companies.
* HELPFUL ADVICE for the collector or novice clock buyer.
* IN-DEPTH MARKET REVIEW
* EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS
* GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Grab your brushes and get ready to paint a year's worth of decorations. Twenty-eight beautiful ornaments are featured with complete instructions, step-by-step worksheets and patterns. Ornaments are painted by 26 of today's finest decorative painters.
Personalize your papercrafting projects with painted accents
Let acclaimed decorative painter Donna Dewberry show you how to combine simple painting techniques with basic papercrafting materials to create original cards, gift wrap, and scrapbook pages that you'll love to make for yourself and for your loved ones. With more than 25 projects to choose from, you'll be painting your way to beautiful papercrafts for every season and occasion in no time.
Inside you'll learn:
You'll be amazed at how simple it is to create handmade papercrafts with painted accents. Get started now! Combine the best of decorative painting with everything you love about papercrafting.
Full-color reproductions of original pattern swatches, sweaters, and accessories from the Bohus workshop in Sweden, along with the history of the women who designed them.
From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate to the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house, domestics were an essential yet unobtrusive part of the British hierarchy for much of the past century, required to tread softly and blend into the background. Lucy Lethbridge's Servants gives them a voice in this discerning portrait of the complex relationship between the server, the served, and the world they lived in, opening a window on British society from the Edwardian period to the present.
The Instructional Units are organized in five sections to allow flexibility of teaching techniques:
-- Introduction shows how to introduce grammar and vocabulary in the context of a language function while staying within the target language
-- Sign Production section shows how to help students develop signing fluency
-- Extended Comprehension section enables you to present narratives that lead students to devise comprehension strategies and discern meaning from the overall context of a situation
-- Interaction section covers communicative activities that range from structured to spontaneous. This allows students to integrate what they've learned on a discourse level
-- Breakaways include exercises aimed at creating a language community in the classroom
Join Han and Chewbacca aboard the fastest bucket of bolts in the galaxy. Packed with amazing puzzles and a Millennium Falcon of your own to build, there are hours of Star Wars fun to be had. Work out complete mazes, code words, and puzzles in the uniquely illustrated, full-color activity book. Then press out the pieces to create your very own mini Millennium Falcon model, perfect for re-creating famous scenes from the Star Wars saga. The model is made from a sturdy foam core. Press out the pieces to build the Millennium Falcon--with no glue required!
If you want to knit sweaters that look good and fit the way you want them to, let "Sweater Design in Plain English" come to your rescue.
In this latest edition, completely updated and revised for today's knitter, Righetti and Shaw share their knitting know-how and good fashion sense. No matter what your knitting level you can overcome the fear of failure, avoid costly mistakes, and plan and create sweaters that really fit and look terrific sweaters that will be worn for many years to come. Topics and techniques include:
Understanding the nature of yarn and pattern stitches
Choosing the most flattering color and design
Taking accurate body measurements
Estimating the amount of yarn you'll need
How to alter printed patterns so they really fit
Start-to-finish instructions for 13 basic sweater designs that can be modified to make many variations
And much, much more!
Each technique is illustrated with clear diagrams, sketches, or photographs. Complete with a new introduction, more photos and illustrations, and a personal-measurements record-keeping section, "Sweater Design in Plain English" takes the guesswork out of every creative knitting effort."
The five baby sweater projects in Sweaters to Knit for Baby range from heavily texured Aran and colorful Fair Isle, so no matter which technique or style of knitting you prefer, there is sure to be one you will love to knit and the little recipient will love to wear! There are two pullovers and three cardigans; instructions with each sweater cover a range of three or four sizes to fit babies into their toddler time. Materials lists, gauge information, color charts (when necessary), and schematics are complete to make sure you don't get stuck. Beautiful color photography shows the sweaters in great detail.
Many knitters pick up the needles for the first time when a baby is on the way. Sweaters to Knit for Baby reminds you how much fun that can be, and is perfect for everyone from an adventurous beginner to a truly expert knitter.
'I've always been a girls' girl. And I know from experience that making the very best of yourself is something any woman can do. I was never the six-foot-tall pin-up. I've always been the girl-next-door who got lucky. I've come a long way in the last ten years, but this book isn't my attempt to tell you what or what not to do. It's just to share some of what I've learned.'
In That Extra Half an Inch, a tongue-in-cheek reference to her love of high heels, Beckham shares her tips for finding your own style including:
That Extra Half an Inch is a beautiful, nothing-but-the truth, easy-to-use book on fashion, beauty and style. Victoria shares her personal style secrets so whether you're getting ready for work, a night out on the town or even doing the school run, you too can feel confident and look great every time you step out of the front door.
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Turning Point Inventions is the first series of books to focus on the important inventions we often take for granted and how they have affected our lives. In lively text and fascinating pictures, these books explore the world before the invention; the life of the inventor and how he or she came upon the discovery; how the world was changed by the invention; and how it may influence our future. A special full-color foldout in each book shows in detail how the invention works.
