Author: Carrie Nelson Publisher: Martingale ISBN: 1604689749 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 321
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Pretty. Playful. Pinnies! Best-selling author Carrie Nelson packs 40 adorable pinnies with personality! Pincushions are quick to stitch and so addicting--no quilter can make just one. And why make just one when they're so easy to create? Simply sew, quilt, turn, and stuff! Display them as singles or in pleasing piles. You'll want to sew just for the joy of it.
Author: Tim Delaney Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 1615921346 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 411
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In this amusing and informative appreciation of The Simpsons, sociologist Tim Delaney looks at the many ways America''s longest-running sitcom and animated TV program reflects American culture. For more than fifteen years, the Simpsons have touched upon nearly every aspect of the American social scene--from family dynamics and social mores to local customs and national institutions. With over four hundred episodes aired so far, Delaney finds a goldmine of insights couched in parody on any number of perennial topics: - On television''s influence on American culture, Krusty the Clown says, "Would it really be worth living in a world without television? I think the survivors would envy the dead." - On New Age religion, Homer says, "To think, I turned to a cult for mindless happiness when I had beer all along." - On the thorny issue of gun ownership and home security, Homer purchases a pistol at "Bloodbath and Beyond" and then tells Marge, "I don''t have to be careful, I got a gun." - On the theme of community spirit, Bart thoughtlessly signs up with a local Boy Scout troop while on a sugar rush from eating a "Super-Squishee." The next day he realizes what he has done: "Oh, no. I joined the Junior Campers!" To which his sister, Lisa, responds: "The few, the proud, the geeky." Delaney finds many more episodes relevant to major sociological issues such as environmentalism, feminism, romance and marriage, politics, education, health, aging, and more. Students of popular culture and laypersons alike will learn basic sociological concepts and theories in a refreshing, jargon-free work that offers plenty of entertainment.
Author: Dewayne Hotchkins Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 150812549X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 16
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This fiction title supports and explains a child's world, reinforcing positive social messages around being a contributing family member, a good student, and a good citizen. When paired with its non-fiction title counterpart, it allows emerging readers to engage with both fiction and informational texts on the same subject matter, thus gaining different perspectives, new vocabulary, and new approaches to the same content.
Author: Jaden Mclean & Carmen Hurley Publisher: Scientific e-Resources ISBN: 1839473193 Category : Languages : en Pages : 308
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The book attempts to achieve a balance between theory and application. For this reason, the book does not over-emphasize the mathematics of switching theory; however it does present the theory which is necessary for understanding the fundamental concepts of logic design. Written in a student-friendly style, the book provides an in-depth knowledge of logic design. Striking a balance between theory and practice, it covers topics ranging from number systems, binary codes, logic gates and Boolean algebra, design of combinational logic circuits, synchronous and asynchronous sequential circuits, etc. The main emphasis of this book is to highlight the theoretical concepts and systematic synthesis techniques that can be applied to the design of practical digital systems. This comprehensive book is written for the graduate students of electronics and communication engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, instrumentation engineering, telecommunication engineering, computer science and engineering, and information technology.
Author: Olivia Goldsmith Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101191171 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 451
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“If you couldn’t put down The First Wives Club, add Pen Pals to your reading list…Olivia Goldsmith’s latest twist on love and revenge…left us smiling.”—Good Housekeeping This was not supposed to happen. Wall Street wiz Jennifer Spencer took the rap for her powerful boss on insider trading charges—barely questioning his assurances that she’d never actually be convicted. Now she’s exchanged her Armani suit for an orange jumpsuit, and she’s settling in at the Jennings Correctional Facility for Women. And her well-connected lawyer, who also happens to be her fiancé, has taken her three-carat diamond ring back—for “safekeeping.” Things look grim. But after a rocky start, Jennifer finds herself making friends with Movita, who works in the warden’s office, and getting to know her fellow inmates Suki, Cher, and Theresa. Then Movita discovers that as gloomy and run-down as Jennings may be, it might soon get worse—because a profit-minded private company is angling behind the scenes to take it over. If there’s anyone who knows about bad deals, it’s Jennifer Spencer. And with Movita’s street smarts, Jennifer’s Wall Street smarts, and Cher’s talent for larceny, they’re about to make the investment of a lifetime....
Author: Gideon Haigh Publisher: Text Publishing ISBN: 1920885358 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 156
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Nine? Eleven? Bah! Bosh! Give us tens, and in plenty! At last, a book that has never before existed, by the only author to have written it. Gideon Haigh's The Tencyclopedia-a tribute to the thrall of the decimal. Here, grouped as never before, Ten Affairs, Aunts, Masses, Mice, Methods, Plans, Principles and Penises. Here, as you have never seen them, Ten Indian Traffic Signs and Ten Flags That Feature Weapons. Here, as you have never read them, a History of Airline Food in Ten Paragraphs and a History of Chopper Read in 10 Chapters. Ten Tens in the Tencyclopedia 1. Ten Anagrams of American Presidents 2. Ten Avatars of Vishnu 3. Ten National Flags That Feature Weapons 4. Ten Slurs of the Dutch 5. Ten Indian Traffic Signs 6. Ten Fictional Mice 7. Ten Works Not Written by Coleridge 8. Ten Bildungsromans 9. Ten Philanthropic Enterprises of Andrew Carnegie 10. Ten Pirates
Author: Elizabeth J. Rose Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1483624994 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 117
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This story takes place in the United States. The year is 2010 . Sally Anderson eight years old is loving life. She has a best friend Lizzy Smith who is the same age as her. They do everything together. Then Lizzy and Sally soon find out that a big change is going to happen in their lives. Sally's family is moving to New York City. This change surprises Sally and Lizzy. So Sally and Lizzy decide to become Pen Pals. Will Sally and Lizzy's friendship be strong enough to handle this big change in there lives? Or will the decision to be become Pen Pals make Lizzy and Sally's Friendship stronger than ever ?
Author: MANJIT BAL Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: 1645876101 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 97
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Voltaire writes, “The post is the constellation of life.” Letters, especially love letters by other people, make the most interacting reading in the world. Nevertheless, brought up in a culture dominated by mobile phones, WhatsApp, SMS, internet and satellite communications, it seems the present generation does not realize the immense value of this time-honored practice. In literature, there are examples of books on letters like Letters from a Father to His Daughter by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Priyadarshani Indira (Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India) and A Treasury of the World’s Great Letters by M. Lincoln Schuster. Lovingly Yours – Pen Pals, though not the first of its kind, is yet a very valuable document as it faithfully records the priceless palpitations of two young pen pals—a Polish girl and a Punjabi boy—when both tried to build a bridge across cultures, climates, countries and continents, through their boundless desire to connect and understand each other intimately. It is sure to capture the imagination of readers who take delight in reading letters especially of young, romantically inclined hearts, passionately struggling to come closer through the art of words.
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