Isle of Canes

Isle of Canes

Author: Elizabeth Shown Mills

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9781593313067

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Isle of Canes is the epic account of a multi-racial family in Louisiana that, over four generations and more than 150 years, rose from the chains of slavery to rule the Isle of Canes. Historically accurate, this first novel by eminent genealogist Elizabeth Shown Mills is a gripping tale of cultural and racial conflict, economic triumph and ruin, and unyielding family pride told against the backdrop of colonial and antebellum Louisiana.


Chains and Canes

Chains and Canes

Author: Katie Porter

Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9781619219328

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A Dom double-teamed by two submissives? He doesn't stand a chance. Club Devant, Book 2 Wealthy businessman Daniel Baker doesn't have a creative bone in his body, but he knows art and craves beauty. Contemporary dancer Naya Ortiz, his fiancee of three years, embodies both. His protective commitment to her happiness extends to hiring Dominas to satisfy the sexual masochism she craves. The balance of their relationship is tipped when Naya dances with reckless Cajun choreographer Remy Lomand. His magnetism as a Dom carries over to a backstage encounter that leaves Naya breathless-and Daniel unable to look away. Remy knows the deal. The fancy people want to play with a disposable boy toy. He's fine with that...but not with letting Daniel remain a bystander. As their sessions intensify, Remy guides Daniel's awakening as a sexual submissive. Their no-strings threesome reveals the physical connection Daniel and Naya have lacked-and the emotional depth Remy fears. When Remy and Naya tirelessly work to found a professional dance company, Daniel is left on the outside looking in. And although he and Naya are ready to submit to Remy for the rest of their lives, the man they call Sir may not want their love at all. Warning: A sexy-as-hell Cajun choreographer plays slap, tickle, chains and canes with a caliente Puerto Rican dancer and her repressed businessman fiance. What could possibly go wrong?"


Polymer Pizzazz

Polymer Pizzazz

Author: Editors of Bead&Button Magazine

Publisher: Kalmbach Books

Published: 2012-08-29

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1627000054

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Polymer Pizzazz is the essential resource for people who want to learn to use polymer clay. This book showcases the many ways of using the material to create beads, pendants brooches, and earrings, and even includes a basics section!


Polymer Pizzazz

Polymer Pizzazz

Author:

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0871162369

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Polymer clay is probably the most versatile, most enjoyable craft medium of them all. It can be sculpted, carved, molded, stamped, textured, sanded, and then baked in a regular oven. How easy is that? Now Polymer Pizzazz makes working with polymer clay even more fun and rewarding--by introducing beginners to basic tools and techniques, then presenting 25 beautiful jewelry projects. With clear step-by-step instructions and helpful color photography, anyone can learn to make bold, bright beads, playful fish-shaped pendants, elegant faux stone necklaces, and much more!


The Carver's Art

The Carver's Art

Author: Simon J. Bronner

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2014-07-11

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0813147867

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Chains carved from a single block of wood, cages whittled with wooden balls rattling inside—all "made with just a pocketknife"—are among our most enduring folk designs. Who makes them and why? what is their history? what do they mean for their makers, for their viewers, for our society? Simon J. Bronner portrays four wood carvers in southern Indiana, men who had been transplanted from the rural landscapes of their youth to industrial towns. After retiring, they took up a skill they remembered from childhood. Bronner discusses how creativity helped these men adjust to change and how viewers' responses to carving reflect their own backgrounds. By recording the narratives of these men's lives, the stories and anecdotes that laced their conversation, Bronner finds new insight into the functions and symbolism of traditional craft. Including anew illustrated afterword in which the author discusses recent developments in the carver's art, this new edition will appeal to carvers, scholars, and anyone interested in traditional woodworking.