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  Blood Sweat & Tea - Real-Life...

  Tom Reynolds

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  A collection of true life stories from “one of the most gripping blogs around” recounting life as a paramedic for a British ambulance service. (The Guardian) 
   
  Have you ever wondered what's going on inside the ambulance screaming past you during your rush-hour commute? Since 2003, Tom Reynolds (writing under an alias so as not to get sacked from his job), has kept a blog where he chronicles the day-in, day-out realities of his life on the job as an EMT with the London Ambulance Service. By turns both poignant and profound, Reynolds's writing captures the very essence of life and death. From the mundane to the surreal, from the heartwarming to the cynical, from the calm to the frenetic, more than 300 entries from his award-winning blog, Random Acts of Reality (randomreality.blogware.com) are included in the book.  The tales are the stuff of Grey's Anatomy, House, and ER—only these events aren't unfolding on a Hollywood soundstage but on the front lines of a first responder’s real life. 
   
  “An alluring mix of humor, bravery, cynicism, and compassion.” —London Daily Telegraph

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  Wool Pets - Making 20 Figures...

  Laura Sharp

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  Make cute and cuddly creatures from a handful of fluff and a barbed needle! “Describes and illustrates each step . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal 
   
  This book about sculptural needle felting explains how you can create 3-D animals and figures using the felting needle to sculpt wool. It shows the techniques and describes how the felting needle works with wool fiber to create felt, while explaining the differences between this art form and other forms of felting.  
   
  Learn how to hold the needle, what sort of materials to use, and why. You’ll find twenty complete projects including various birds, bugs, four-legged animals, and people—each one unique and irresistible! Wool Pets also suggests ways to display your felted creations as mobiles and ornaments, or arranged in shadow boxes.

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  Video Games

  PBS NewsHour

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  A Supreme Court case over whether minors should be able to access violent video games in California had the justices debating the definition of violence and the boundaries of the First Amendment. 
  The lawyer for the state of California, who was advocating for a law banning the sale of violent video games to those under 18 years of age, told the court that the law has two goals. First, it’s intended to help parents protect minors from accessing violent video games. And, secondly, he said it’s to protect minors from the harmful effect of using violent video games. 
  The justices responded to his argument by asking how society defines violence and whether the law would apply to violent books, movies and even fairy tales. Analyst Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal says that by seeking this video game law, California is essentially asking the court to make an exception to the First Amendment. 
  The lawyer arguing for the video game industry and against the law said that the law would not address any specific societal problem. He cited studies showing that playing violent video games does not affect a teenager’s behavior later in life.

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  Food and Fire - Create bold...

  Marcus Bawdon

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  65 recipes for grilling, smoking and roasting with fire.
  Cooking with fire is primal. There is nothing simpler – no metalwork, no fancy gadgets, just food and flame – allowing you to take the most basic of ingredients and turn them into something special. Cultures across the globe have cooked in this way, developing their own innovative methods to combine heat and local flavours. Cooking with Fire takes the best of these global artisanal techniques – from searing directly on the coals to rotisserie, wood-fired ovens, cast-iron grilling, and plenty more – and creates 65 lip-smacking dishes to cook outdoors and share in front of the fire with family and friends.

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  Country Girl Modern - 11 Modern...

  Jo Kramer, Kelli Hanken

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  Modern quilting meets country style in these 11 patterns from the mother-daughter design team behind Jo’s Country Junction.   Jo Kramer and her daughter Kelli Hanken have been quilting together for years, sharing their unique designs through their brand Jo’s Country Junction. Now they’re bringing modern quilting to the country with 11 updated quilts inspired by open air, traditional roots and contemporary fun. Country Girl Modern features a quilt for a modern-day patriot, a vintage modern design, and an Amish-inspired quilt, among others.

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  Vincent van Gogh

  Victoria Charles, Vincent van Gogh

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  The incarnation of the myth of a cursed artist, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is a legend who became a reference for modern art. An Expressionist during the Post-Impressionist movement, his art was misunderstood during his lifetime. In Holland, he partook in the Dutch realist painting movement by studying peasant characters. Anxious and depressed, Vincent van Gogh produced more than 2000 artworks, yet sold only one in his lifetime. A self-made artist, his work is known for its rough and emotional beauty and is amongst the most popular in the art market today.

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