Around the Block Again

Around the Block Again

Author: Judy Hopkins

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781564772657

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Contains patterns for making pieced-block quilts for quilters who use both old patterns and modern rotary-cutting techniques, and provides advice for planning and assembling the quilt.


The Big Book of Patchwork

The Big Book of Patchwork

Author: Judy Hopkins

Publisher: Martingale

Published: 2011-04-12

Total Pages: 599

ISBN-13: 1604686316

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Brimming with exciting projects--50 in all--this collection provides extraordinary value. Choose from decorative crib quilts, lap quilts, and bed-sized quilts in a variety of fabric combinations. Create everything from two-fabric designs to scrappy multiple-fabric quilts. Featuring traditional patchwork and fast cutting and piecing techniques, these quilts have broad appeal--as one would expect from such a well-loved designer!


Around the Writer's Block

Around the Writer's Block

Author: Rosanne Bane

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-08-02

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1101597119

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Discover the tricks that your brain uses to keep you from writing—and how to beat them. Do you: Want to write, but find it impossible to get started? Keep your schedules so full that you don’t have any time to write? Wait until the last minute to write, even though you know you could do a better job if you gave yourself more time? Suddenly remember ten other things that you need to do whenever you sit down to write? Sabotage your own best efforts with lost files, missed deadlines, or excessive self-criticism? The good news is that you’re not lazy, undisciplined, or lacking in willpower, talent or ambition. You just need to learn what’s going on inside your brain, and harness the power of brain science to beat resistance and develop a productive writing habit. In Around the Writer’s Block, Rosanne Bane-- a creativity coach and writing teacher for more than 20 years-- uses the most recent breakthroughs in brain science to help us understand, in simple, clear language, where writing resistance comes from: a fight-or-flight response hard-wired into our brain, which can make us desperate to flee the sources of our anxieties by any means possible. Bane’s three-part plan, which has improved the productivity of thousands of writers, helps you develop new reliable writing habits, rewire the brain’s responses to the anxiety of writing, and turn writing from a source of stress and anxiety into one of joy and personal growth.


Take Back the Block

Take Back the Block

Author: Chrystal D. Giles

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2021-01-26

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0593175174

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"This book made me want to step aside, hand over the mic, and listen to Wes. A must-read." --Mariama J. Lockington, author of For Black Girls Like Me Brand-new kicks, ripped denim shorts, Supreme tee-- Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That--and hanging out with his crew (his best friends since little-kid days) and playing video games--is what he wants to be thinking about at the start of the school year, not the protests his parents are always dragging him to. But when a real estate developer makes an offer to buy Kensington Oaks, the neighborhood Wes has lived his whole life, everything changes. The grownups are supposed to have all the answers, but all they're doing is arguing. Even Wes's best friends are fighting. And some of them may be moving. Wes isn't about to give up the only home he's ever known. Wes has always been good at puzzles, and he knows there has to be a missing piece that will solve this puzzle and save the Oaks. But can he find it . . . before it's too late? Exploring community, gentrification, justice, and friendship, Take Back the Block introduces an irresistible 6th grader and asks what it means to belong--to a place and a movement--and to fight for what you believe in. * "Outstanding."—School Library Journal, Starred Review * “Transformative.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "Filled with hope, friendship, and grit." --Stacy McAnulty, best-selling author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl "Timely and penetrating." --Kelly Starling Lyons, author of Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations "Chrystal Giles's sparkling debut will have you standing up and cheering." --Lisa Yee, award winning author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius "Chrystal Giles really nailed it. I loved this book." --Linda Williams Jackson, award winning author of Midnight Without a Moon "Necessary and inspiring. An empowering read." --Ashley Herring Blake, author of the Stonewall Honor Book Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World "Wes will welcome middle grade readers into his delightful circle of friends, his strong and loving family, and his powerful community." --Barbara Dee, author of the ALA Notable Children's Book Maybe He Just Likes You


Store of the Worlds

Store of the Worlds

Author: Robert Sheckley

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1590174941

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An NYRB Classics Original Robert Sheckley was an eccentric master of the American short story, and his tales, whether set in dystopic city­scapes, ultramodern advertising agencies, or aboard spaceships lighting out for hostile planets, are among the most startlingly original of the twentieth century. Today, as the new worlds, alternate universes, and synthetic pleasures Sheckley foretold become our reality, his vision begins to look less absurdist and more prophetic. This retrospective selection, chosen by Jonathan Lethem and Alex Abramovich, brings together the best of Sheckley’s deadpan farces, proving once again that he belongs beside such mordant critics of contemporary mores as Bruce Jay Friedman, Terry Southern, and Thomas Pynchon.


Marsha McCloskey's Block Party

Marsha McCloskey's Block Party

Author: Marsha McCloskey

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 2000-06-03

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781579542665

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Mix-and-match 9-inch blocks to create hundreds of quilt designs! With Marsha McCloskey's Block Party, making a quilt is as easy as 1-2-3! 1. Pick a block. Choose your favorites from 120 exciting 9" rotary-cut blocks found in The Block Library. 2. Pick a setting. Mix and match your blocks and combine them using one of the 15 quilt settings Marsha has designed. Since all the blocks are the same size, everything fits together without any messy math or extra figuring on your part. 3. Make a quilt! Clear, fully illustrated directions give you everything you need to sew the blocks without a hitch and assemble a gorgeous quilt from start to finish. Over 1,600 illustrations and 130 color photos make this a beautiful and practical how-to guide for every quiltmaker.