Author: Janet Bolin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101623829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Threadville, Pennsylvania, known for its textile art courses and shops, everyone’s stories are connected by a common thread—even the ones ending in murder… Every town has a legend. For Threadville, it’s the story of Snoozy Gallagher, the hotel owner who disappeared thirty years ago with a bag full of stolen jewelry, never to be heard from again. That is, until now—when Snoozy’s loot is discovered buried behind Willow Vanderling’s embroidery shop In Stitches. When villagers mysteriously become ill, and a body shrouded in materials from Threadville shops appears in the exact spot where the treasure was—along with two abandoned kittens—Willow needs answers. The random events are too coincidental to be unrelated, but Willow will have to act quickly to unravel the deadly mystery, or she might get tangled up as the killer’s next victim… INCLUDES ORIGINAL MACHINE EMBROIDERY PROJECT
Thread and Buried
Author: Janet Bolin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101623829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Threadville, Pennsylvania, known for its textile art courses and shops, everyone’s stories are connected by a common thread—even the ones ending in murder… Every town has a legend. For Threadville, it’s the story of Snoozy Gallagher, the hotel owner who disappeared thirty years ago with a bag full of stolen jewelry, never to be heard from again. That is, until now—when Snoozy’s loot is discovered buried behind Willow Vanderling’s embroidery shop In Stitches. When villagers mysteriously become ill, and a body shrouded in materials from Threadville shops appears in the exact spot where the treasure was—along with two abandoned kittens—Willow needs answers. The random events are too coincidental to be unrelated, but Willow will have to act quickly to unravel the deadly mystery, or she might get tangled up as the killer’s next victim… INCLUDES ORIGINAL MACHINE EMBROIDERY PROJECT
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101623829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Threadville, Pennsylvania, known for its textile art courses and shops, everyone’s stories are connected by a common thread—even the ones ending in murder… Every town has a legend. For Threadville, it’s the story of Snoozy Gallagher, the hotel owner who disappeared thirty years ago with a bag full of stolen jewelry, never to be heard from again. That is, until now—when Snoozy’s loot is discovered buried behind Willow Vanderling’s embroidery shop In Stitches. When villagers mysteriously become ill, and a body shrouded in materials from Threadville shops appears in the exact spot where the treasure was—along with two abandoned kittens—Willow needs answers. The random events are too coincidental to be unrelated, but Willow will have to act quickly to unravel the deadly mystery, or she might get tangled up as the killer’s next victim… INCLUDES ORIGINAL MACHINE EMBROIDERY PROJECT
The Backworlds
Author: M. Pax
Publisher: M. Pax
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the first book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure. After the war with the Foreworlders, Backworlders scatter across the remaining planets. Competition is fierce, and pickings are scant. Scant enough that Craze’s father decides to improve his fortunes by destroying his son. He tells his only boy their moon isn’t big enough for them both and gives Craze a ticket for the next transport leaving the space dock. Cut off from everyone he knows with little money and no knowledge of the worlds beyond, Craze must find a way to forge a new life and make his father regret this day. First, he must survive.
Publisher: M. Pax
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the first book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure. After the war with the Foreworlders, Backworlders scatter across the remaining planets. Competition is fierce, and pickings are scant. Scant enough that Craze’s father decides to improve his fortunes by destroying his son. He tells his only boy their moon isn’t big enough for them both and gives Craze a ticket for the next transport leaving the space dock. Cut off from everyone he knows with little money and no knowledge of the worlds beyond, Craze must find a way to forge a new life and make his father regret this day. First, he must survive.
Night of the Living Thread
Author: Janet Bolin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101623772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Zombies, killer dresses, and ancient curses prove that Halloween in Threadville can be sew spooky… It’s early October, and hordes of visitors have descended on the tiny, celebrated village of Threadville, Pennsylvania, to attend a Halloween crafts fair, a zombie retreat, and the wedding of Edna Battersby—dear friend to Willow Vanderling, owner of the chic machine embroidery boutique, In Stitches. As a friendly prank for Edna’s wedding, Willow and the rest of the Threadville gang have fashioned an overly extravagant hoopskirt, complete with lights and music. But in a bizarre turn of events, the garish gown is implicated in a mysterious lakeside murder. Now Willow must follow a trail of glow-in-the-dark thread, delve into ancient Egyptian curses, and creep through a haunted graveyard to unearth a killer—before she becomes the next fashion victim…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101623772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Zombies, killer dresses, and ancient curses prove that Halloween in Threadville can be sew spooky… It’s early October, and hordes of visitors have descended on the tiny, celebrated village of Threadville, Pennsylvania, to attend a Halloween crafts fair, a zombie retreat, and the wedding of Edna Battersby—dear friend to Willow Vanderling, owner of the chic machine embroidery boutique, In Stitches. As a friendly prank for Edna’s wedding, Willow and the rest of the Threadville gang have fashioned an overly extravagant hoopskirt, complete with lights and music. But in a bizarre turn of events, the garish gown is implicated in a mysterious lakeside murder. Now Willow must follow a trail of glow-in-the-dark thread, delve into ancient Egyptian curses, and creep through a haunted graveyard to unearth a killer—before she becomes the next fashion victim…
Seven Threadly Sins
Author: Janet Bolin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101623780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Fashion turns killer in the latest novel from the national bestselling author of the Threadville mysteries… Threadville, Pennsylvania, is famous for its fabric, needlecraft, and embroidery, so it’s only natural that it would become the home of the Threadville Academy of Design and Modeling. While Willow Vanderling has certainly never wanted to be a model, here she is, voluntarily strutting her stuff in a charity runway show in outrageous clothing, all to support the Academy’s scholarship fund. But the lascivious, mean-spirited director of the academy, Antonio, is making the fashion show a less-than-fabulous affair. After Antonio plays a shocking prank on Willow and her friends that doesn’t exactly leave the ladies in stitches, he mysteriously winds up dead—and someone is trying to pin the blame on Willow. Now, she must do whatever it takes in order to clear her name, even if it means needling around in other people’s secrets…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101623780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Fashion turns killer in the latest novel from the national bestselling author of the Threadville mysteries… Threadville, Pennsylvania, is famous for its fabric, needlecraft, and embroidery, so it’s only natural that it would become the home of the Threadville Academy of Design and Modeling. While Willow Vanderling has certainly never wanted to be a model, here she is, voluntarily strutting her stuff in a charity runway show in outrageous clothing, all to support the Academy’s scholarship fund. But the lascivious, mean-spirited director of the academy, Antonio, is making the fashion show a less-than-fabulous affair. After Antonio plays a shocking prank on Willow and her friends that doesn’t exactly leave the ladies in stitches, he mysteriously winds up dead—and someone is trying to pin the blame on Willow. Now, she must do whatever it takes in order to clear her name, even if it means needling around in other people’s secrets…
Threaded for Trouble
Author: Janet Bolin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110158095X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Welcome back to Threadville, Pennsylvania, where crafts are king, and a “killer” sewing machine lives up to its name… Darlene Coddlefield, the winner of a national sewing competition, has come to Willow Vanderling’s embroidery shop, In Stitches, to be presented with a top-of-the-line Chandler Champion sewing and embroidery machine as her prize. But Darlene’s triumph is short-lived after she’s found dead under her sewing table, apparently crushed by the heavy machine. It soon becomes clear that this was no freak accident. Who had it in for Darlene Coddlefield? The long string of suspects includes Darlene’s fire chief husband. So Willow and her best friend, Haylee, become volunteer firefighters to uncover the truth. But when a second sewing machine sparks trouble, the friends realize they may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire…
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110158095X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Welcome back to Threadville, Pennsylvania, where crafts are king, and a “killer” sewing machine lives up to its name… Darlene Coddlefield, the winner of a national sewing competition, has come to Willow Vanderling’s embroidery shop, In Stitches, to be presented with a top-of-the-line Chandler Champion sewing and embroidery machine as her prize. But Darlene’s triumph is short-lived after she’s found dead under her sewing table, apparently crushed by the heavy machine. It soon becomes clear that this was no freak accident. Who had it in for Darlene Coddlefield? The long string of suspects includes Darlene’s fire chief husband. So Willow and her best friend, Haylee, become volunteer firefighters to uncover the truth. But when a second sewing machine sparks trouble, the friends realize they may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire…
The Dark Ferryman
Author: Jenna Rhodes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780756405212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
As the civil war escalates, Sevryn and Rivergrace are separated from each other as Rivergrace battles the warrior queen Lariel's accusations of high treason, with only her Dweller sister and the mysterious Dark Ferryman as her allies, in the sequel to The Four Forges.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780756405212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
As the civil war escalates, Sevryn and Rivergrace are separated from each other as Rivergrace battles the warrior queen Lariel's accusations of high treason, with only her Dweller sister and the mysterious Dark Ferryman as her allies, in the sequel to The Four Forges.
Smoke
Author: Kaye George
Publisher: White City Press
ISBN: 1963479475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Imogene Duckworthy, who yearns to be a detective, has landed a job assisting private investigator Mike Mallett in Wymee Falls, Texas. When Immy heads to Jerry's Jerky to bring home a pot-bellied pig as a birthday gift for her daughter, Nancy Drew Duckworthy, she discovers the body of the owner hanging in the smokeroom. Imogene quickly puts her deduction skills to the test in an effort to bring home the bacon and a killer to justice.
Publisher: White City Press
ISBN: 1963479475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Imogene Duckworthy, who yearns to be a detective, has landed a job assisting private investigator Mike Mallett in Wymee Falls, Texas. When Immy heads to Jerry's Jerky to bring home a pot-bellied pig as a birthday gift for her daughter, Nancy Drew Duckworthy, she discovers the body of the owner hanging in the smokeroom. Imogene quickly puts her deduction skills to the test in an effort to bring home the bacon and a killer to justice.
Backworlds Box Collection: Books 1, 2, and 3
Author: M. Pax
Publisher: M. Pax
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the first three boosk in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure. The Backworlds Stopover at the Backworlds' Edge Boomtown Craze
Publisher: M. Pax
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the first three boosk in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure. The Backworlds Stopover at the Backworlds' Edge Boomtown Craze
PThreads Programming
Author: Dick Buttlar
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1449364748
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Computers are just as busy as the rest of us nowadays. They have lots of tasks to do at once, and need some cleverness to get them all done at the same time.That's why threads are seen more and more often as a new model for programming. Threads have been available for some time. The Mach operating system, the Distributed Computer Environment (DCE), and Windows NT all feature threads.One advantage of most UNIX implementations, as well as DCE, is that they conform to a recently ratified POSIX standard (originally 1003.4a, now 1003.1c), which allows your programs to be portable between them. POSIX threads are commonly known as pthreads, after the word that starts all the names of the function calls. The standard is supported by Solaris, OSF/1, AIX, and several other UNIX-based operating systems.The idea behind threads programming is to have multiple tasks running concurrently within the same program. They can share a single CPU as processes do, or take advantage of multiple CPUs when available. In either case, they provide a clean way to divide the tasks of a program while sharing data.A window interface can read input on dozens of different buttons, each responsible for a separate task. A network server has to accept simultaneous calls from many clients, providing each with reasonable response time. A multiprocessor runs a number-crunching program on several CPUs at once, combining the results when all are done. All these kinds of applications can benefit from threads.In this book you will learn not only what the pthread calls are, but when it is a good idea to use threads and how to make them efficient (which is the whole reason for using threads in the first place). The authors delves into performance issues, comparing threads to processes, contrasting kernel threads to user threads, and showing how to measure speed. He also describes in a simple, clear manner what all the advanced features are for, and how threads interact with the rest of the UNIX system.Topics include: Basic design techniques Mutexes, conditions, and specialized synchronization techniques Scheduling, priorities, and other real-time issues Cancellation UNIX libraries and re-entrant routines Signals Debugging tips Measuring performance Special considerations for the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1449364748
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Computers are just as busy as the rest of us nowadays. They have lots of tasks to do at once, and need some cleverness to get them all done at the same time.That's why threads are seen more and more often as a new model for programming. Threads have been available for some time. The Mach operating system, the Distributed Computer Environment (DCE), and Windows NT all feature threads.One advantage of most UNIX implementations, as well as DCE, is that they conform to a recently ratified POSIX standard (originally 1003.4a, now 1003.1c), which allows your programs to be portable between them. POSIX threads are commonly known as pthreads, after the word that starts all the names of the function calls. The standard is supported by Solaris, OSF/1, AIX, and several other UNIX-based operating systems.The idea behind threads programming is to have multiple tasks running concurrently within the same program. They can share a single CPU as processes do, or take advantage of multiple CPUs when available. In either case, they provide a clean way to divide the tasks of a program while sharing data.A window interface can read input on dozens of different buttons, each responsible for a separate task. A network server has to accept simultaneous calls from many clients, providing each with reasonable response time. A multiprocessor runs a number-crunching program on several CPUs at once, combining the results when all are done. All these kinds of applications can benefit from threads.In this book you will learn not only what the pthread calls are, but when it is a good idea to use threads and how to make them efficient (which is the whole reason for using threads in the first place). The authors delves into performance issues, comparing threads to processes, contrasting kernel threads to user threads, and showing how to measure speed. He also describes in a simple, clear manner what all the advanced features are for, and how threads interact with the rest of the UNIX system.Topics include: Basic design techniques Mutexes, conditions, and specialized synchronization techniques Scheduling, priorities, and other real-time issues Cancellation UNIX libraries and re-entrant routines Signals Debugging tips Measuring performance Special considerations for the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
Levitate the Primate
Author: Michael Thomsen
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780994982
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A lovestory in fragments, told in the margins of a new philosophy of 21st Century sexuality.
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780994982
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A lovestory in fragments, told in the margins of a new philosophy of 21st Century sexuality.