This study places Djuna Barnes's early work in the context of symbolist ideas and practices. It presents Barnes not only as a woman writer, but also as an American writer, especially in her attention to the search for identity and to the conflict between individual values and those of society.

"Patchwork quilting meets the celestial sky and the result ... clean, elegant style with a cosmic touch. Join Fancy Tiger Crafts Founders, Amber Corcoran and Jamie Jennings for an astrological exploration though the beauty of modern design. Each of the twelve blocks in Constellations (plus a bonus Orion block never released!) finishes at 20 square and brings the sparse beauty of the celestial into your home with minimalist patchwork. Each blocks sparkles with an accurate representation of the stars found in the night sky. Personalize, create and appreciate a unique, yet simple approach to piecing and create your own personalized tribute to suit your astrological favorites."--Publisher's description.

The Joys of Soap Crafting Melt & Pour book provides around sixty soap projects. Most soap projects are easy to craft with natural additives such as foliage, essential oils, extracts and fragrances. It is all the more fun to craft challenging soaps such as jelly roll soap, soap with chunks, pipe soap, Deep sea and Blue lagoon soap. Once you master the art of soap crafting you have prospects to become an entrepreneur and start production of fancy soaps commercially. It can be rightly said, "small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises".

This sewing guide reveals a breakthrough method to simplify learning stitches of all kinds, with more than 100 stitches from the simple to the fanciful. As makers, we tend to learn different stitches over time without thinking much about how they relate to one another. But when Natalie Chanin and her teams at Alabama Chanin and The School of Making began to look at needlework closely, they realized all stitches are based on geometric grid systems. They also discovered that learning new stitches—even elaborate ones—became simple and easy when using grids as guides. In The Geometry of Hand-Sewing Chanin presents their breakthrough method, featuring illustrated instructions (for both right- and left-handed stitchers) for more than 100 stitches—from the basic straight and chain to complex feather and herringbone. Photos of both right and wrong sides are included, as well as guidelines for modifying stitches to increase one’s repertoire further. The book also offers downloads for two stitching cards with the grids on which every stitch in the book is based. These printable cards can be used as stencils for transferring grids to fabric.

Gill Dickinson and Cheryl Owen-both authors of many popular crafts books-have teamed up to create a volume jam-packed with more than 100 stimulating projects (plus variations) for 2- to 10-year-olds. Designed to maximize children's imaginations, these activities provide plenty of space for kids to stretch their own creative muscles. Little hands will happily keep busy creating and crafting with everything from enjoyably messy clays and paints to fabrics, beads, and other materials. A jazzy t-shirt, fancy cake, or hand-painted wrapping paper: it's here, with easy-to-follow instructions and templates to help kids along.

One may have lost his powers, but he hasn't given up yet! Liegan and his Revs are up to something big, and an ancient machine known as the Raenqal may be the key to their plans. With Mikaen temporarily out of reach, One must brave sky pirates, ancient Glyche facilities, a floating island full of xenophobic sentients, and a wild race in a prototype plane to get to the bottom of Liegan's plans before the secrets of the Raenqal spell doom for Vinta ... and Earth.