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Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records
Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records

Amanda Petrusich · Scribner; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of a quirky and important subculture: The world of 78rpm records and the insular community that celebrates them - by acclaimed music critic and author Amanda Petrusich, who contributes regularly to Pitchfork, The Oxford American, and The New York Times.Before MP3s, CDs,...
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Epic Cosplay Costumes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making and Sewing Your Own Costume Designs
Epic Cosplay Costumes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making and Sewing Your Own Costume Designs

Kristie Good · Fons & Porter L C
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

The Ultimate Guide to Cosplay, Costumes and Conventions! Presented in a kitschy, comic-book style, Epic Cosplay Costumes combines fantabulous illustrations with all the how-to information you need for creating your own cosplay designs. Award-winning artist Kristie Good (aka Karmada) shares...
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BurdaStyle Modern Sewing - Wardrobe Essentials
BurdaStyle Modern Sewing - Wardrobe Essentials

BurdaStyle Magazine · Interweave; Spi edition
Format: Hardcover

Build your wardrobe with must-have modern basics from the premier name in fashion sewing--BurdaStyle.BurdaStyle is a legendary brand that focuses on the fashionable and high-style sewing marketplace. Sewists know the BurdaStyle name and its reputation for high-quality sewing patterns. BurdaStyle...
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What Tommy Took to War, 1914-1918
What Tommy Took to War, 1914-1918

Peter Doyle · Shire
Format: Hardcover

A century may now have passed since the Great War, but the stories of everyday soldiers serving in miserable and life-threatening conditions still have a sobering sense of immediacy. Personal records, photographs and sentimental possessions that bring us even closer to the soldier as a person...
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Modern Heritage Quilts: New Classics for Every Generation
Modern Heritage Quilts: New Classics for Every Generation

Amy Ellis · That Patchwork Place
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Use traditional piecing skills to create tomorrow's heirloom quilts. You'll discover how to give your favorite blocks a scrappy, modern look with popular designer Amy Ellis' elegant and up-to-date versions of time-tested quilt designs. Learn a bit about the history behind each...
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The Plant Lover's Guide to Dahlias
The Plant Lover's Guide to Dahlias

Andy Vernon · Timber Press, 2014.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Dahlias are the showgirls of the garden. Their colorful blooms, from purple, pink, and white to yellow, orange, and red, come in a huge variety of sizes and shapes. The Plant Lover's Guide to Dahlias is packed with everything you need to know to grow these fantastic flowers. The book...
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Miniature Needle Painting Embroidery: Vintage Portraits, Florals & Birds
Miniature Needle Painting Embroidery: Vintage Portraits, Florals & Birds

Trish Burr · Sally Milner Publishing
Format: Paperback

Small, embroidered "paintings" can have all the detail, form, and beauty of a larger piece - except they're much quicker to stitch! These fresh and appealing designs all capture the pretty, romantic images typical of the Victorian and post-Victorian eras. All the projects...
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Cats: An Illustrated Miscellany
Cats: An Illustrated Miscellany

Frederic Vitoux · Flammarion
Format: Hardcover

The cat's meow of a tribute to all aspects of the feline form. This handsome gift volume brings together a miscellany of anecdotes, facts, quotable quotes, and interesting stories that celebrate the beloved cat in all its guises. From the first apparitions of cats in Egyptian art and decoration...
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My Favorite Cardigans to Knit: 24 Timeless Takes on the World's Most Popular Sweater
My Favorite Cardigans to Knit: 24 Timeless Takes on the World's Most Popular Sweater

Birgitta Forslund · Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Hardcover

We all have at least one favorite cardigan we love to wear - and cardigans are always in style, because there are so many different ways to wear them! Buttoned or unbuttoned, layered up and comfy or cute and cropped: The possibilities are endless, and knitting your own cardigan only expands...
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Big Little Felt Fun: 60+ Projects That Jump, Swim, Roll, Sprout & Roar
Big Little Felt Fun: 60+ Projects That Jump, Swim, Roll, Sprout & Roar

Jeanette Lim · Lark Crafts
Format: Paperback

Fans of the popular Big Little Felt Universe will rejoice at this fun sequel, featuring 60 all-new designs! The charming projects include a picnic basket, complete with utensils and a sandwich; Russian nesting dolls; a baking set with mixer, frosting bag, and cupcakes; and three dinosaurs...
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Love the House You're In: 40 Ways to Improve Your Home and Change Your Life
Love the House You're In: 40 Ways to Improve Your Home and Change Your Life

Paige Rien · Roost Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Stop hating your house and start adoring it - 40 steps to make your home express who you are and work for how you really live.With humor and a dose of reality, Paige gives readers actionable steps to adapt and make their homes work for them, imploring them to ignore outside influences and look...
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Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness: One-Minute Tips for Decluttering and Refreshing Your Home and Your Life
Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness: One-Minute Tips for Decluttering and Refreshing Your Home and Your Life

Donna Smallin · Storey Publishing, LLC

Finally, a way to get rid of the clutter -- and keep it away -- without making the process a full-time job! Organizing and cleaning expert Donna Smallin shows you how to enjoy the happy, healthy, inviting home you long for with hundreds of time-saving tips and solutions to your clutter...
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Colorful Stitchery: 65 Embroidery Projects to Personalize Your Home
Colorful Stitchery: 65 Embroidery Projects to Personalize Your Home

Kristin Nicholas · Roost Books; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

Embroidery has never looked this good or been so colorful--65 projects to stitch your way to a more colorful home. With inspiration and encouragement from designer and colorist Kristin Nicholas, would-be and experienced stitchers alike will find dozens of embroidery projects that...
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Glaze: The Ultimate Ceramic Artist's Guide to Glaze and Color
Glaze: The Ultimate Ceramic Artist's Guide to Glaze and Color

Kate Doody · Barron's Educational Series
Format: Hardcover

Anyone who loves creating ceramics knows that glazing can be a labor of great love or the bane of the entire ceramic process. In the instructional and inspirational Glaze, potters will find a wealth of guidance on the glazing process as several of today's leading ceramicists share the recipes...
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Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary: More than 150 stitch patterns to knit top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round
Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary: More than 150 stitch patterns to knit top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round

Wendy Bernard · Stewart, Tabori and Chang; Spi edition
Format: Book

Stitch dictionaries are to knitters what Websters is to a writer. Within the pages of these inspiring reference books are the endless variations of knit and purl stitches that produce the fabrics of all knitting. But in the Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary, designer Wendy Bernard...
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