The Tailor's Needle
Title | The Tailor's Needle PDF eBook |
Author | Lakshmi Raj Sharma |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2012-12-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 8184757999 |
Cambridge-educated Sir Saraswati Chandra Ranbakshi is a towering public figure in early twentieth century India. A firm believer in the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, he also has faith in the virtues of the British Raj. As a result, he has to mediate between the Maharaja of a princely state and the Viceroy and strike a fine balance between tradition and modernity. This tussle between old and new values is reflected in his three children, the daredevil Maneka, the timid Sita, and their brother, Yogendra, who turns their father’s world upside down by falling in love with a lower-caste girl. A comedy of manners laced with intrigue and excitement, The Tailor’s Needle explores some of the great moral dilemmas of pre-independent India with wit and sensitivity.
The Art of the Tailor
Title | The Art of the Tailor PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Doyle |
Publisher | Stratford, Ont. : Sartorial Press Publications |
Pages | 518 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Tailoring |
ISBN | 9780968303924 |
The Magic Needle
Title | The Magic Needle PDF eBook |
Author | Enid Blyton |
Publisher | Bounty Books |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9780753726464 |
A selection of short stories by Enid Blyton suitable for readers aged 5-8 years.
The Tailor
Title | The Tailor PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 678 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | Tailoring |
ISBN |
A House of Tailors
Title | A House of Tailors PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Reilly Giff |
Publisher | Wendy Lamb Books |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2004-11-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0375890556 |
SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family. When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle’s family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread—and homesick to boot. She didn’t know she could be this homesick, but she didn’t know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn’t know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor’s shop. And she didn’t know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent—and her future. In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital heroines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina’s eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.
The Home Needle
Title | The Home Needle PDF eBook |
Author | Ella Rodman Church |
Publisher | |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1882 |
Genre | Sewing |
ISBN |
Dragonborn
Title | Dragonborn PDF eBook |
Author | Toby Forward |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2013-03-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1599909839 |
The great wizard Flaxfield's death leaves his twelve-year-old apprentice Sam half-trained, but when other wizards gather and debate his fate Sam, not knowing whom to trust, leaves with only his dragon, Starback, for company, unaware of the perils he mustface.