This amazing book features the work of many artists who excel in their field. They deconstruct, re-organise, shape and form books into works of art. An art that has become known as upcycling. Discover the techniques from bookbinding to origami that make these incredible works possible. Anyone who loves books or book-making will find a place for this book on their bookshelf as well as in their heart. It is full of fascinating work, beautifully presented. Find out how to understand the makings of a book, salvage old prints and illustrations to use in your work. I love the pocketbook, the paper houses, the necklaces and blooms not to mention the folding, manipulating and inspiring details in this book. The gallery takes you several steps further, showing the ultimate in what is achievable with good artist profiles. This review first appeared on Karen Platt's book review website.
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Effect::: Enter a world of timeless seduction, of ancient intrigue and modern-day passion. Enter the dazzling world of Karen Marie Moning, whose acclaimed Highlander novels have captivated readers, spanning the continents and the centuries, bringing ancient Scotland vividly to life. In a new novel brimming with time-travel adventure and sensual heat, the nationally bestselling author of The Dark Highlander delivers a love story that will hold you in thrall—and a hero you will most certainly never forget.
BEWARE: lethally seductive alpha male of immense strength and dark eroticism, do not look at him. Do not touch him. Do not be tempted. Do not be seduced.
With his long, black hair and dark, mesmerizing eyes, Adam Black is Trouble with a capital T. Immortal, arrogant, and intensely sensual, he is the consummate seducer, free to roam across time and continents in pursuit of his insatiable desires. That is, until a curse strips him of his immortality and makes him invisible, a cruel fate for so irresistible a man. With his very life at stake, Adam’s only hope for survival is in the hands of the one woman who can actually see him.
Enter law student Gabrielle O’Callaghan, who is cursed with the ability to see both worlds: Mortal and Faery. From the moment she lays eyes on this stunning male, Gabby is certain of one thing: He could be her undoing. Thus begins a long, dangerous seduction. Because despite his powerful strength and unquenchable hungers, Adam refuses to take a woman by force. Instead, he will tease his way into Gabby’s bed and make her want him just as he wants her.
Now, no matter how hard Gabby tries to avoid him, Adam is everywhere, invisible to all but her—perched atop her office cubicle in too-tight jeans, whispering softly from behind the stacks of the law library, stealing her breath away with his knowing smile…all the while tempting her with the promise of unimaginable pleasure in his arms. But soon danger will intrude on this sensual dance. For as Adam’s quest to regain his immortality plunges them into a world of timeless magic and the deadly politics of the Faery queen’s court, the price of surrender could be their very lives. Unless they can thwart the conspiracy that threatens both mortal and Faery realms…and give them a shot at a destiny few mortals ever know: glorious, wondrous, endless love.
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I've never had a free Kindle download that worked out quite so well before, but back when the first book of the Moning's Fever series was available, I downloaded it just to see what it was about. I've been a monster fan of KMM's writing ever since.
While vastly different than the Fever series (paranormal romance vs. gritty urban fantasy), KMM's Highlander series is actually exceptionally well written, extremely endearing, at times amusing, and so feel-good romantic that it just makes my heart swell some times. And they are all totally guaranteed feel-good reads, if you like the genre. That's important when you read as much as I do and can get into a slump of books that just aren't that interesting or captivating. I know, without a doubt, that if I want a bit of perfectly flavored brain candy, Moning's Highlander series is where to go for it.
And the story of Adam Black and Gabrielle O'Callaghan is, I think, the best of them that I've read so far. I've been a big fan of Adam's throughout the series, so I knew I was going to enjoy HIM, but I ended up being very impressed with how much I enjoyed Gabrielle, as I tend to be pretty critical of female leads in romance novels. She was a delightfully spirited and intelligent character who was just self deprecating enough to be easy to relate to. Hell, she had a heck of a lot more self restraint than I would've when first faced with the gorgeous Tuatha De, Amadan D'Jai (AKA Adam Black).
There was quite a bit of truly enjoyable humor in Immortal Highlander, along with a decent plot that was tightly woven and paced quickly. Adam's being punished by his queen for restoring the life of Daegus, from The Dark Highlander (The Highlander Series, Book 5), and has been made human and forced into invisibility for months. Gabrielle, however, is a sidhe-seer, and while she's spent her entire life hiding that ability from the fae out of fear of death or capture, when she stumbles onto Adam Black, she can't HELP but stare at him (oh please, who could blame the woman?!). When he realizes she can see him, he sets about enlisting her help and correcting a lot of the negative (and - mostly - false) information she's spent her life learning about the fae. Unfortunately, an old enemy is practically salivating at Adam's fall from Aiobheal's grace, and sets into motion a coup that will bring down the walls separating Faery from the human world, release the Hunters...and kill Adam Black.
Can a disfavored Tuatha De and a sidhe-seer save both worlds from utter destruction...but more importantly, can they survive each other long enough to even try?
The book is a fun, light read and it made me smile, and even tear up a bit here and there. It was completely pleasurable (and the scene in the car about the sheep on the road in scotland was frickin' hilarious!) and rewarding. I can't say I was totally thrilled with some of the sentiment in the end, as I have a theological issue with one or two aspects of it, but not enough to dim my overall enjoyment of it. Very nice, and just the sort of pleasure reading I needed.
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Effect::: More than 440,000 families have treasured The Little Big Book for Moms since it was published in the spring of 2000! This beloved classic's 10th anniversary edition features a fresh cover design, new vintage art, and a new introduction. Still the perfect book for every mom who doesn't want her little ones to miss out on the classic tale of the Princess and the Pea but is also infused with the power of Maya Angelou's Life Doesn't Frighten Me; who laughs aloud over Ogden Nash and adores Charlotte's Web. For the mom who wants to be reminded of the words to Rub-a-Dub-Dub, to play I'm a Little Teapot and Itsy, Bitsy, Spider, to learn how to make water music and who wants to make recipes that are especially yummy like Frozen Chocolate Bananas. In other words this is a book for moms who want to be great moms and who want to bring great things to their little ones. And, when everyone has finally gone to sleep at night, there are essays just for mom by Anne Lamott, Susan Cheever, and Amy Herrick.User friendly.
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NEW! This Book Will Change Your Life with Free shipping
Effect:::Is the year ahead looking much the same as the last? Another 365-day grind of meetings, dinner dates, and deadlines? If so, try this book.
Part instruction manual, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy, This Book Will Change Your Life will help you poke a stick in the spokes of your routine.
It contains 365 daily orders, each one of which could turn your humdrum existence into a daily free-fall. On day 295, propose to a complete stranger. On day 181, get your street renamed after you. On day 16, discreetly give the finger to everyone you meet. Other days encourage self-crucifixion, currency manipulation, and writing to dictators.
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This book comes in handy when you're bored or tired of watching television infomercials. Each day you are given a different assignment. Gatecrashing a funeral was weird yet extraordinary. Eating my meals with chopsticks proved a challenge while eating my salad and sandwich. Some assignments are downright dangerous or too boring to do but when I asked an Italian senior citizen marry me he said yes!(no I didn't marry him but he seemed really happy to be asked).
This book gives you more meaning and excitement to a rather stressful or boring humdrum life. This book can last you years and one of the funnest assignments (in the Change Your Life sequel) has you eating just one color of food all day long to eat and drink. Highly recommend going brown and dieting on brownies, tootsie rolls and rootbeer all day long for bundles of energy and happiness. Have fun with this book but look around first so you won't get caught.
Effect::: Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion.User friendly.
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Nancy Drew is on the case of the hidden staircase. The eighteen-year-old sleuth is busy with two mysteries to solve. Her friend, Helen Corning has asked her to come to her family's ancestral home to help solve a mystery, involving a ghost. Just before Nancy leaves, she is visited by a man who tells her that her father is in danger and she had better not let him out of her sight.
Nancy's dad is working on a case for the railroad. Men are protesting the railroad going through their property and a crooked lawyer has told them to hold out for more money. After Nancy's dad assures her that he can take care of himself, Nancy reluctantly goes to help her friend.
Missing jewelry, strange noises, shadows, a moving chandelier, and footsteps at night, all plague the women at the Twin Elms Manor. But when the same strange lawyer comes to the door to the manor, trying to buy the property out from under Helen's great grandmother, Nancy is very suspicious. On top of that, Nancy's dad was last seen by a taxi driver who was taking him to meet his daughter, but he never arrived.
Can the crooked lawyer have something to do with the ghost? Can he also be involved in the disappearance of Carson Drew? How does the ghost get into the manor? And how does the spook always know when the coast is clear?
The suspense will keep you reading from beginning to end, in Nancy Drew's second mystery, The Hidden Staircase.
NEW! Two Brothers: The Lawman / The Gunslinger (2 Books in 1) with Free shipping
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Across the Old West, a rugged pair of twin brothers find each other -- and the ladies of their dreams....
The Lawman
Marshal Shay McQuillan has a lot on his hands -- stagecoach robbers to track, a murdered fiancée to avenge -- and he doesn't need an identical twin brother, who he never knew existed, turning up out of the blue. Then Shay's world is truly shaken by lovely Aislinn Lethaby, a hotel worker who impulsively steps in to rescue him from danger! Is she a sweet distraction from his serious duties -- or the answer to his lonely heart?
Th Gunslinger
Now that he has found his twin brother, all Tristan Saint-Laurent wants is to be a peaceful rancher. What he gets is Emily Starbuck, a determined package of trouble from back East. Tristan knows he should tell Emily and her aggravating sheep to move along, but he doesn't have the heart. Suddenly, the gunslinger is dreaming of married bliss. But his past may yet come between him and the woman he has come to love....User friendly.
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This was my first LLM book and I was not disappointed. Two great stories with very likeable main characters. Sometimes it feels like you get cheated when more than one story gets put into the same book, but not here. I felt both were quite satisfying on their own but I so enjoy getting to re-visit "old friends" in a series storyline. In order for me to give 5 stars the book has to leave me reeling...and this one didn't, but that doesn't mean it's not worth your time.
NEW! Summer Knight: A Novel of the Dresden Files (The Dresden Files, Book 4) with Free shipping
Effect:::Now available in hardcover-the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series.
Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. All par for the course for Chicago's only professional wizard.
But in all Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone completely postal. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble-and not just of the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly.
Someone-or something-is stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? And why do so many of the victims have ties to Harry? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself.User friendly.
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Harry Dresden is a wizard for hire, the only one in Chicago's Yellow Pages. His latest client is Mab, the Winter Queen of Faerie. She makes Harry an offer he literally can't refuse. Harry has to find out who killed the Summer Knight or die trying.
Butcher does an exceptional job making wizardry seem normal. His characters are quirky and surprisingly believable. I enjoy his plots, I have yet to figure out before hand who did what. Harry has ethics and a strong moral compass. He is an eminently likeable protagonist.
I highly recommend the entire series. You will be seeing more as I have finally purchased all the ones that have currently been printed.
NEW! Pleasure Unbound (Demonica, Book 1) with Free shipping
Effect:::In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life . . .
She's a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure-but fears it will always be denied her. Until Tayla Mancuso lands in a hospital run by demons in disguise, and the head doctor, Eidolon, makes her body burn with unslakable desire. But to prove her ultimate loyalty to her peers, she must betray the surgeon who saved her life.
Two lovers will dare to risk all.
Eidolon cannot resist this fiery, dangerous woman who fills him with both rage and passion. Not only is she his avowed enemy, but she could very well be the hunter who has been preying upon his people. Torn between his need for the truth and his quest to find his perfect mate before a horrific transformation claims him forever, Eidolon will dare the unthinkable-and let Tayla possess him, body and soul...User friendly.
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Enter Tayla: a demon-slayer with more emotional baggage than anyone could fathom. After being badly injured, this young woman wakes up to the image of the sexiest doctor. Ever. Imagine her delight when the two begin having sex in her hospital room.
That delight soon turns to disgust and horror upon realizing she just had sex with a demon. A sexy, drool-worthy demon doctor who saved her life and is the only one keeping the other demons at bay. Tayla is now forced to struggle with the harsh decision of betraying the one who saved her life (and who conveniently turns her into jello whenever he so much as looks at her), or betraying the group of demon-slayers she's devoted her life to working with.
Could you ever imagine demons as doctors? Crazy, I know, but Larissa has combined two of her passions in life to weave together an intricate tale of love, suspense, and so much sexual tension you could cut through it with a butter knife.
Tayla is a heroine that I adored from the start. She wasn't gentle, and she wasn't weak. In fact, if you called her weak, she would probably give you a bloody nose...with a smile on her face. She is the type of character who will kick your ass if you make her mad, evident through the number of butt kickings that occurred throughout Pleasure Unbound. She is also the type of character who offers the most amusement upon being pursued by a man.
Eidolon, on the other hand, is a gentle doctor: the epitome of self-control and respect. Yet all of that flies straight out the window the second Tayla saunters--or more like is carted--onto his radar. While not an alpha male (which is weird for me, because I love love love stories with alpha males), he held his own and knew when to stand his ground.
The romance was not sappy, and it was definitely believable. Both characters had vulnerabilities and strong personalities, despite their different, shaky pasts.
Overall, Ione has created a fun and interesting world. While it takes a tiny bit of time to grow adjusted to the new terminology introduced in Pleasure Unbound, it was completely worth it. It is unique, and you will be glued from first page all the way until the last.
I'm not too keen on thrusting environmentalist slogans on very young readers, particularly as the subject matter could be presented in a less strident tone, but all in all I would consider Fancy Nancy: Every Day is Earth Day to be a very good book for beginning readers. As usual, Fancy Nancy does a good job of teaching kids the meaning of several new words, and the charming color illustrations of Aleksey and Olga Ivanov are very effective at drawing kids into the story.
I guess you can interpret this book in one of two ways. On the one hand, it is rather preachy about going green and "saving" the Earth, but - on the other hand - it also shows what can happen when you cross the fine line between responsibility and annoying bossiness in pursuit of a cause. Fancy Nancy tends to go a little overboard on new things, and that is definitely the case here. Having just learned about Earth Day and the importance of caring for the planet, she takes it upon herself to make every day Earth Day, and her well-intentioned actions at home end up causing a few problems within her household. She learns the hard way not to be so bossy and overzealous, and I think it is this lesson (on the importance of respecting the rights and wishes of the other members of her family), that proves to be the most valuable message this cute little book communicates to its target audience of emerging readers. This is definitely not my favorite Fancy Nancy book, though.
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These volumes contain digests of the great books. The following is from the introduction of Volume 1:
"In THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS an attempt has been made to effect a compendium of the world's best literature in a form that shall be at once accessible to every one and still faithful to its originals; or, in other words, it has been sought to allow the original author to tell his own story over again in his own language, but in the shortest possible space.
An important additional feature of the work is the brief, yet highly critical biographical and bibliographical note which accompanies every author "
These volumes might be called the "Cliff Notes" collection.
Volume 02
FICTION BORROW, GEORGE Lavengro Romany Rye
BRADDON, M.E. Lady Audley's Secret
BRADLEY, EDWARD ("COTHBERT BEDE") Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
BRONTË, CHARLOTTE Jane Eyre Shirley Villette
BRONTË, EMILY Wuthering Heights
BUCHANAN, ROBERT Shadow of the Sword
BUNYAN, JOHN Holy War Pilgrim's Progress
BURNEY, FANNY Evelina
CARLETON, WILLIAM The Black Prophet
CARROLL, LEWIS Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
CERVANTES Don Quixote
CHAMISSO, ADALBERT VON Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man
CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANÇOIS RENÉ DE Atala
CHERBULIEZ, CHARLES VICTOR Samuel Brohl & Co.
COLLINS, WILKIE No Name The Woman in White
CONWAY, HUGH Called Back
COOPER, FENIMORE Last of the Mohicans The Spy
CRAIK, MRS. John Halifax, Gentleman
CROLY, GEORGE Salathiel, or Tarry Thou Till I Come
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