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  How to Sew Sustainably

  Wendy Ward

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  Wendy Ward teaches you all the skills you need to refashion garments and reuse fabric from existing pieces you already own, plus ways to use leftover scraps to make household items and to customise your clothes. Each chapter focuses on a different technique, for instance novel ways to join small fabric pieces, using larger pieces to make pieced household items and clothing, and easy ways to refashion existing clothing. Her 'minimal waste' mentality will help you to make garments based on your body measurements, and there's a useful section on mending techniques. Wendy also covers the ethical issues involved in buying new, from shopping locally to choosing your fibres carefully and supporting small businesses and other crafters. There is a comprehensive chapter covering all the sewing techniques used, from seam and hem basics through to tips on unpicking recycled garments. Each section includes projects using the techniques covered – a total of 20 makes that can be adapted to the materials you have to hand.

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  Freaky Florida - The Wonderhouse...

  Mark Muncy, Kari Schultz

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  Discover the weird sites and peculiar stories that lurk in the shadows of the Sunshine State in this guide for fans of all things freaky.   Millions of people flock to Florida for its beaches and tourist attractions. Most never learn about the strange locations just off the beaten path. In Freaky Florida, Mark Muncy and Kari Schultz share tales of Florida's myths, monsters, massacres and legends—and the hidden history behind them.   In the beautiful Florida Caverns, a second Rip Van Winkle was woken from one hundred years of sleep. The Green Swamp is home to murders, monsters and mysteries galore. A shining castle made of recycled material, built by an artist like no other, gleams within a Florida swamp. A spectral horse heralds tragedy and caused a notorious scandal in a central Florida city. Discover these and other stranger-than-fiction tales in Freaky Florida.

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  20 Things To Do In Dublin Before...

  Colin Murphy, Donal O'Dea

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  Got some time on your hands before you hit Dublin's famous pubs? Then you need this book, an invaluable guide to twenty of Dublin's highlights for visitors and native alike. History, culture, strangeness and beauty are all here -- along with a list of the local hostelries to visit and let the experience soak in. Sprinkled with the wit of Murphy and O'Dea, best known for the Feckin' Collection. Key attractions include:
  
  - Christ Church Cathedral 
  - Dublin Castle
  - The Chester Beatty Library
  - The Guinness Storehouse
  - Trinity College
  - Temple Bar
  - Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (IMMA)
  - Old Jameson Distillery
  - O'Connell Street & The GPOAnd many more!

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  The Ladies' Room Reader...

  Alicia Alvrez

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  A new volume of trivia for women from the author of The Ladies’ Room Reader, “full of fascinating fun facts” (Chicago Tribune).Did you know that . . . September is the month with the highest birthrate? Eighty percent of women think a vacation is the best way to rekindle romance? The divorce rate is 23 percent lower in cities with major league baseball teams than in those without? In ancient Egypt, between 3500 and 2500 BC, the only career not open to women was judge?The Ladies’ Room Reader Revisited picks up where its popular predecessor, The Ladies’ Room Reader, left off. In this wildly entertaining volume, Alicia Alvrez provides even more fascinating female facts about women throughout history and from around the world.

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  A Yorkshire Miscellany

  Tom Holman

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  From Yorkshire Day to terriers, pudding, and more—discover fascinating facts about this storied corner of England with this treasure trove of trivia. 
   
  Do you know what a Yorkshire Fat Rascal is? Where to find the Land of Nod? Which three Prime Ministers were born in Yorkshire? Or who Yorkshire’s real Calendar Girls are? The answers are all in A Yorkshire Miscellany—an entertaining guide to this much-loved part of England and a celebration of its people, places, history and quirks. 
   
  Learn the lingo of Yorkshire dialect and how to cook specialties like Yorkshire Pudding, Parkin and Curd Tart. Discover the secrets of building a dry stone wall and uncover the Yorkshire locations of famous films and TV shows. Understand the history of famous Yorkshire icons like the flat cap and the Yorkshire terrier, and read about the lives of the greatest ever Yorkshiremen and women. 
   
  A Yorkshire Miscellany is crammed with intriguing facts and figures—a fascinating treasure trove to delight Yorkshire natives and visitors alike.

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  Let's Play Card Games

  Liam McCann

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  The first known reference to a card game comes from China in AD868. By the middle of the 15th century, Ming Dynasty players were using packs with four suits. Some people used wooden tiles instead, which led to the introduction of dominoes and rummikub.
  Games spread across Asia into Europe. The Saracens and Moors were playing an ancient game called naib in the 14th century, and Egyptian decks with 52 cards survive from the same period. The suits were traditionally swords, clubs, cups and coins but the French introduced hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades and these have stuck with the Anglo-American decks of today.
  Games for one person are called solitaire or patience. Two-player games like piquet and gin rummy remain popular, while partnership games like contract bridge and whist allow for plenty of intrigue. Poker pits players against one another in a bid to discover who has the best hand. In this fascinating ebook, Liam McCann examines the most popular card games in the world.

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