Author: O. Douglas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Cinderella story of Jean Jardine, a Scottish girl raising her younger brothers on her own... until a mysterious stranger asks for her hospitality. Part romance, part family story, and part small town semi-satire.
Penny Plain
Author: O. Douglas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Cinderella story of Jean Jardine, a Scottish girl raising her younger brothers on her own... until a mysterious stranger asks for her hospitality. Part romance, part family story, and part small town semi-satire.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Cinderella story of Jean Jardine, a Scottish girl raising her younger brothers on her own... until a mysterious stranger asks for her hospitality. Part romance, part family story, and part small town semi-satire.
Crocheting in Plain English
Author: Maggie Righetti
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466869925
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The definitive classic on crocheting for years, the first edition of Crocheting in Plain English equipped readers with easy-to-follow, friendly advice on creating their dream crochets. A lifelong crocheting teacher and designer, Maggie Righetti offered both basic principles and step-by-step instructions to get crocheters started and to perfect their techniques. In this latest edition, completely updated and revised for today's crocheter, Righetti dispenses more of her invaluable wisdom, covering virtually everything you need to know about crochet, including: * Selecting threads and yarns * Determining gauge * Working with the right tools * How to interpret patterns and instructions * Increasing and decreasing stitches * How to fix mistakes * Basic stitches (chain, double, treble, slip) * Sixteen different fabric pattern stitches * Assembling the finished product * How to block, clean, and care for crocheted articles * And much, much more! Each technique is illustrated with clear drawings, charts, or photos. Complete with a new introduction and a detailed glossary of crochet terms, Crocheting in Plain English is one sourcebook no crocheter should do without.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466869925
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The definitive classic on crocheting for years, the first edition of Crocheting in Plain English equipped readers with easy-to-follow, friendly advice on creating their dream crochets. A lifelong crocheting teacher and designer, Maggie Righetti offered both basic principles and step-by-step instructions to get crocheters started and to perfect their techniques. In this latest edition, completely updated and revised for today's crocheter, Righetti dispenses more of her invaluable wisdom, covering virtually everything you need to know about crochet, including: * Selecting threads and yarns * Determining gauge * Working with the right tools * How to interpret patterns and instructions * Increasing and decreasing stitches * How to fix mistakes * Basic stitches (chain, double, treble, slip) * Sixteen different fabric pattern stitches * Assembling the finished product * How to block, clean, and care for crocheted articles * And much, much more! Each technique is illustrated with clear drawings, charts, or photos. Complete with a new introduction and a detailed glossary of crochet terms, Crocheting in Plain English is one sourcebook no crocheter should do without.
The Hundred Penny Box
Author: Sharon Bell Mathis
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 014240702X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Michael loves his great-great-aunt Dew, even if she can't always remember his name. He especially loves to spend time with her and her beloved hundred penny box, listening to stories about each of the hundred years of her life. Michael's mother wants to throw out the battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michael understands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as the memories it contains. Winner of a Newbery Honor, this beautiful story will be available in a collector's edition featuring heavy interior stock embossing and silver ink on the cover, and a thread-sewn binding for added durability. A timeless story of the relationship between a boy and his elderly relative, this new edition is one that families young and old will treasure for years to come.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 014240702X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Michael loves his great-great-aunt Dew, even if she can't always remember his name. He especially loves to spend time with her and her beloved hundred penny box, listening to stories about each of the hundred years of her life. Michael's mother wants to throw out the battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michael understands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as the memories it contains. Winner of a Newbery Honor, this beautiful story will be available in a collector's edition featuring heavy interior stock embossing and silver ink on the cover, and a thread-sewn binding for added durability. A timeless story of the relationship between a boy and his elderly relative, this new edition is one that families young and old will treasure for years to come.
Oxford Guide to Plain English
Author: Martin Cutts
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191649120
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Plain English is the art of writing clearly, concisely, and in a way that precisely communicates your message to your intended audience. This book offers 25 practical guidelines helping you to improve your vocabulary, style, grammar, and layout to achieve clear writing. It gives expert advice on all aspects of the writing process: from avoiding jargon and legalese, to organizing written information in print and online. It also shows you how it's done with hundreds of real examples, including 'before' and 'after' versions. All this is presented in an authoritative and engaging way. Completely revised and updated, this essential reference work is now even more useful: the word lists have been expanded; a new list of clichéd and troublesome words to avoid has been added; and examples of real-life stories have been replaced with more recent ones. An improved design gives the book a fresh feel.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191649120
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Plain English is the art of writing clearly, concisely, and in a way that precisely communicates your message to your intended audience. This book offers 25 practical guidelines helping you to improve your vocabulary, style, grammar, and layout to achieve clear writing. It gives expert advice on all aspects of the writing process: from avoiding jargon and legalese, to organizing written information in print and online. It also shows you how it's done with hundreds of real examples, including 'before' and 'after' versions. All this is presented in an authoritative and engaging way. Completely revised and updated, this essential reference work is now even more useful: the word lists have been expanded; a new list of clichéd and troublesome words to avoid has been added; and examples of real-life stories have been replaced with more recent ones. An improved design gives the book a fresh feel.
Plain Jane Makeover
Author: Penny Jordan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780263844795
Category : Love stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780263844795
Category : Love stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
The Sunday Magazine
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
The Amateur Stage
Author:
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Category : Amateur theater
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Amateur theater
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Memories and Portraits
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
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Category : Authors, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Authors, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Memories and portraits ; "Virginibus puerisque" and other papers ; Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description