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When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends to stay for only one year to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women. Within days, she discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems. San Francisco has a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization--the criminal tong--buys and sells Chinese girls like common goods. With the help of Chinese interpreters...
2) Night shift
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English
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More than twenty-five stories of horror and nightmarish fantasy transform everyday situations into experiences of compelling terror in the worlds of the living, the dying, and the nonliving.
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Brynmorgen Press
Pub. Date
c2004
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ix, 299 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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English
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Spiral-bound to lie flat, and handsomely packaged with a rigid fabric cover and plastic band to hold sketches and notes, this information-packed technique source book is on every professional metalworker's must-have list. Filled with drawings and charts, it goes into incredible depth on every crucial topic: materials, tools, shaping, surfaces, joining, color, finishing, casting, stones and stonesetting, chains and clasps, and findings and mechanisms....
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English
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativity—the inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time
“Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—Medium
Happiness...
“Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—Medium
Happiness...
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English
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"When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms for personal branding, and products to be monetized, nothing can be quite so radical as . . . doing nothing. Here, Jenny Odell sends up a flare from the heart of Silicon Valley, delivering an action plan to resist capitalist narratives of productivity and techno-determinism, and to become more meaningfully connected in the process"--
We live in a world...
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Hermes House
Pub. Date
c1997, c1995
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256 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
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English
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Paper is everywhere: our lives would be impossible without wrappings, letters, magazines, cards, packaging, leaflets, posters, newspapers and notepads. It is one of the most inexpensive and readily available of materials, yet it is commonly neglected as a craft, art and hobby medium. With know-how, imagination and enthusiasm, papercraft skills, origami techniques and papier-mâché artistry can transform this simple, functional and cost-effective...
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Creative Pub. International
Pub. Date
c2009
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224 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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English
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This book provides a reference for all kinds of crafts that involve ribbon. It includes step-by-step photographed instructions for a wide range of techniques as well as projects to accompany each area of ribbon crafting. This is a comprehensive guide as compared to most books on ribbon crafts that are specific by technique or end result (ribbon flowers, silk ribbon embroidery, making bows). This book explores a wide range of techniques and end products,...
11) Great work, great career: how to create your ultimate job and make an extraordinary contribution
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Franklin Covey
Pub. Date
2009
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162 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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English
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In one economic earthquake after another, it s hard to keep your footing. Still, there s a positive side to these risky times. You can secure a great future for yourself if you welcome this wild, demanding new world with passion for the opportunities it presents. You don't want just a job, you want a great job. Great Work, Great Career can help you get that great job and, beyond that, build a great career. You will learn how to: *Create your own career...
12) Easy origami
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1992
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47 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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English
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Here is a collection of 32 simple projects for novice origami hobbyists -- clearly illustrated and with easy-to-follow instructions that even beginning crafters can follow with success. Subjects range from an ultra-simple hat, cup, and pinwheel to the more challenging (but still unintimidating) penguin, pelican, and piano.
13) Year-round paper crafts: celebrate the seasons with hand-crafted cards, tags, decorations and more
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Arena Books
Pub. Date
c2010
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128 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Make every card, tag, gift wrapping, ornament, and tabletop decor a feast for the senses with inventive punched and layered shapes, cut letter forms, quilling, accordion folding, iris folding, tea-bag folding, and origami. Join the fun shared by millions of paper craft artists across the country and create stylish, imaginative projects through the four seasons.
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English
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Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan--there is no need to wait and every reason not to. Whether your dream is escaping the rate race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.--Back cover.
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English
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Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals. Based in part on Dr. Ruby K. Payne's myth shattering A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Bridges reaches out to the millions of service providers and businesses whose daily work connects them with the lives of people in poverty. In a highly readable format you'll find case studies, detailed analysis, helpful charts and...
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Distributed by Outlet Books Co
Pub. Date
1990
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192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
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English
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Making wagon wheels, barrels, rakes... building walls of mud brick or sod... laying hedges... spinning and weaving... burning charcoal -- these and dozens of other traditional crafts were once part of everyday life. Today they are on the edge of extinction. In this book John Seymour celebrates them in the best possible way -- by showing and describing in fascinating detail just how they were done, and by encouraging us to keep them alive. The subjects...
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