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  Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers...

  Judy Gauthier

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  “Not only are the projects cheerful and lovely, but the author spends time explaining how to save and tame all those wonderful leftovers.” —Down Under Quilts   Learn to rescue fabric leftovers with twelve colorful quilt patterns for scrap lovers. Judy Gauthier teaches you her indispensable system for cutting from “real,” oddly shaped scraps, not just strips or precuts! Cut scraps into 3 1/2” 4 1/2”, and 5 1/2” squares—a magical combination for all skill levels—using traditional rotary cutting or Judy’s fast2cut Simple Square Templates. Clever organizing and quilt-assembly tips will help you uncover hidden treasures from your stash.  “Author Judy Gauthier guides readers through cutting, sorting, and organizing scraps into twelve colorful rainbow quilts. Using simple shapes, these patterns are perfect for quilters looking to use their odd-shape scraps and reduce their stash size.” —American Patchwork & Quilting  “Bright and cheerful ways to use up your scraps to make beautiful quilts. twelve projects from easy squares make sensational quilts . . . Recommended.” —yarnsandfabrics.co.uk

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  How to Jug a Hare - The...

  Sarah Rainey

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  Featuring a forward by a bestselling food writer from The Telegraph, this collection from the newspaper’s archives celebrates all things culinary. 
   
  The opening of the Savoy in 1889, with Auguste Escoffier at the helm of its kitchen, rang in the new era of the celebrity chef. Though food is intrinsic to our very existence, the public’s interest was piqued and our pursuit of gastronomy has been on the rise ever since. Fortunately, The Telegraph has been there to document it. 
   
  Trawling through the archives, features writer Sarah Rainey, has read through the great and the good as well as the more nostalgic recipes and culinary contemplations. Contributions from literary figures and their kitchens such as A.S. Byatt, sit beautifully alongside the slightly less erudite but equally wonderful entries that are a snapshot into the era they were written. 
   
  The hidden gems of the past include interviews with “up-and-coming” chefs including Richard Stein, producing the best of New British Cooking in Padstow, not to mention the flamboyant Egon Ronay extolling the virtues of the “new” trend of coffee houses. 
   
  Sometimes preventing hollandaise from splitting when you are sweating in a hot kitchen is just not worth it. So take some time out, sit down and read about what Mary Berry did before Great British Bake Off, how Heston Blumenthal wasn’t the first person to make weird flavours of ice cream and the trade tips from the perennially progressive Elizabeth David. 
   
  With a foreword by food journalist and author Bee Wilson, this collection is the perfect gift for your favorite foodie or home chef.

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  Ultimate Book of Sports - The...

  Scott McNeely

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  Learn the ins and outs of your favorite game or uncover a new passion with this compendium of knowledge for over 250 sports. 
   
  This ultimate book for the ultimate sports fan extends far beyond classics like tennis and basketball. With the rules of engagement for an outrageous assortment of sports—from jousting and Mongolian wrestling to baseball, cricket, ultimate Frisbee, and caber tossing—this book is a resource and a revelation for sporting types of all stripes. Including extensive sidebars with tips, trivia, and strategy, as well as classic line art and illustrations throughout, this compendium of competitive games is ideal for brushing up on rules and regulations, settling disputes, or finding a new passion.

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  Life Behind Bars - Confessions...

  Linda Tweedie

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  Life behind Bars: Confessions of a Pub Landlady is an exhilarating account of life in the licensed trade. This hilariously funny collection of tales will have your sides splitting as Kate and Linda recount some of their most memorable experiences as pub landladies. Anyone who has lived in the Lothians in Scotland and drunk in the pubs that abound there will most likely recognise at least one, if not more, of the characters who feature in this book. For those of you living elsewhere you will still recognise the types.

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  1000 Paintings of Genius

  Victoria Charles, Joseph Manca,...

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  From the early Renaissance through Baroque and Romanticism to Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop, these canonical works of Western Art span eight centuries and a vast range of subjects. Here are the sacred and the scandalous, the minimalist and the opulent, the groundbreaking and the conventional. There are paintings that captured the feeling of an era and those that signaled the beginning of a new one. Works of art that were immediately recognised for their genius, and others that were at first met with resistance. All have stood the test of time and in their own ways contribute to the dialectic on what makes a painting great, how notions of art have changed, to what degree art reflects reality, and to what degree it alters it. Brought together, these great works illuminate the changing preoccupations and insights of our ancestors, and give us pause to consider which paintings from our own era will ultimately join the canon.

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  Our Miss Brooks: Photo Mix Up

  Al Lewis

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  For many people Friday the 13th brings a feeling of pending misfortune. But our Miss Brooks, who teaches English at Madison High School, doesn’t believe in such superstition.

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