A billion-dollar fashion empire, and it's about to be mine… I've worked a decade for this. I've sold my soul and my reputation. I've lived a lie, smiled for the cameras, and hated myself, all for this inheritance. And then … she pops up. A mysterious heir with a rap sheet, combat boots, and a mouth that I want to pin shut with my— It doesn't matter. I've played this game for a decade. I can continue the charade a little longer, keep my hands to myself and her body out of my mind. I can keep my secret until the ink dries and everything is mine. Or not.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) cosponsored a workshop on Space Environmental Effects on Materials at the NASA Langley Research Center from June 28 to July 1, 1988. The joint workshop was designed to inform participants of the present state of knowledge regarding space environmental effects on materials and to identify knowledge gaps that prevent informed decisions on the best use of advanced materials in space for long-duration NASA and SDIO missions. Establishing priorities for future ground-based and space-based materials research was a major goal of the workshop. The end product of the workshop was an assessment of the current state-of-the-art in space environmental effects on materials in order to develop a national plan for spaceflight experiments. The workshop was intended for participation by expert applied researchers, systems technologists, and program managers for spacecraft systems.

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.

Provides tips and information about many aspects of fishing, including knots, tackle, fishing boats, cooking, accessories, and includes fifteen personal fishing stories.

Cool Couture is a home sewer’s guide to professional, designer-quality construction and finishing. Fashion designer Kenneth King provides step-by-step instruction in the basic, reliable techniques of classical couture. He provides his own shortcuts, careful instruction, and advice to help home sewers of every level produce impeccable results. Each technique is presented with simple how-to drawings and detailed step-by-step instruction. Fashion-forward photographs of the designer’s own couture garments and tight shots of fabrics and construction and decorative detail show the finished effects. This book is an essential reference book of couture techniques for home sewers.

X-radiography of textile objects reveals hidden features as well as unexpected components and materials. This book looks at the techniques used in X-raying textiles, showing how digitisation and digital image manipulation can yield maximum information about the subject.

Seraphina finds her parents staring at the walls, in a daze. Her home life in Para is becoming increasingly abnormal and questions her reality and sanity. She struggles to hold on to her life and have a want for something better. After series of events forces her to venture deeper in the forest of Dise. The forest was a place she often seeks refuge as a child, and she views it as a safe haven. However, during this trip into Dise, her surroundings morph into a strange area. She meets an unfamiliar creature; feels threaten until another being emerge. To defend herself, Seraphina runs and acts out of character, because she’s unsure about who to trust. Although she is a foreigner, the being still offers an escape and a method to seek for what she truly wants. The only catch is to participate in a trial. She accepts the challenge, and disregards the risks and warnings. Seraphina is guided through a series of tests with the assistance from another forest being. Along her quest she meets a couple of creatures, and they build a friendship. The more she progresses the more she sees and hears unexplainable situations, which leads her to believe the trial is glitching. She travels through different worlds and dimensions, and she’s slowly losing all sense of reality. Yet, she pushes through, thinking all that she endured is part of the large master plan. Her progress was interrupted by being and eventually another creature. She was offered an opportunity, but is it worth the unknown risks? Or should she continue with the trials that was already planned? Unfortunately, her time is running out and Seraphina faces a life altering choice. Which path will she choose?