![]() Her autobiographical "Digressions" in the book Knitting Around reprinted many of her original artworks alongside the text. ![]() Zimmermann attended boarding school in England and art schools in Switzerland and Germany. Elizabeth Zimmermann helped to re-introduce continental style knitting to the United States.īorn Elizabeth Lloyd-Jones in London, England, Zimmermann was the daughter of a British naval officer her mother invented Meals by Motor, one of the earliest businesses delivering meals to peoples homes. Many English-language books on knitting are in the English or American style. ![]() During World War II, German or continental knitting fell out of favor in the UK and US due to its association with Germany. She also advocated the Continental knitting method, claiming that it is the most efficient and quickest way to knit. Though knitting back and forth on rigid straight needles was the norm, she advocated knitting in the round using flexible circular needles to produce seamless garments and to make it easier to knit intricate patterns. She revolutionized the modern practice of knitting through her books and instructional series on American public television. ![]() Elizabeth Zimmermann (9 August 1910 – 30 November 1999) was a British-born hand knitting teacher and designer. ![]()
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Most women would carry on with their lives after being thrust into widowhood, but not Charlotte Adamsland. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I have human dreams and need a human life, and it shouldn’t take anyone eight years to earn a Bachelor of Arts in English. I told him-I told all of them-not to call on me this week, but none of the fae understand why I need this degree, not when the Court takes care of all my needs. Still not meeting his eyes, I shake my head. The fae climbs the steps to my fifth-row seat. I grip my pencil and bubble in another circle. All the other students remain bowed over their desks, completely focused on their final exams. “We must go.” No one else can hear or see him even though he towers over my professor, who stands less than two feet to his left. I darken in C on my answer sheet and then read the next question. ![]() I don’t give a damn if it’s the king himself, I will pass this test tonight. I grit my teeth and keep my eyes locked on my scantron, refusing to acknowledge the fae entering my world through that fissure. My skin tingles a moment before a slash of white light flashes at the front of the lecture hall. ![]() ![]() ![]() We couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with them as we mount our worldwide invasion. “Anyone who’s an obsessive collector of anything can identify with those on screen, and their genuine passions for this hobby.” – Paul Freitag-Fey, Daily GrindhouseĮxcited to announce “The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time” has signed with digital entertainment curator, FilmBuff. “Tells the story of the historic arcade boom-and-crash from 1982 to 1985 and how those classic cabinets are now enjoying a ‘second life’ in the basements and garages of enthusiasts worldwide.” – Eric Bailey, “Ocular crack… a nostalgic look back, and what it’s like to be one of the people trying to salvage these moments.” – “A charming look at retro arcade collecting” – Patrick Scott Patterson “There’s a welcome sympathetic perspective that permeates Von Ward’s documentary.” – Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kate’s other books include The Mistress of Nothing, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction 2009, Landing Gear, A Little Stranger and The Last Time I Saw Jane, as well as the ghost tale, Weird Sister, and the erotic feminist vampire novel Where Does Kissing End? These four titles have recently been re-released in new ebook editions. She spent that money travelling and ended up in London, England, where she lives with her husband and two children. She then spent a year working in a copper mine in the Yukon where she crushed rocks and saved money. She is Professor of Creative Writing and Digital Media at Bath Spa University.īorn in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Kate dropped out of McGill University after a year and a half of not studying philosophy and literature. Her most recent book is FOREST GREEN, out in Canada in August 2020. Kate Pullinger is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories and digital works. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Smith Crenshaw - Katherine Applegate Ribblestrop - Andy Mulligan Eye of the Storm - Kate Messner Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard One Crazy Summer - Rita Williams-Garcia The Shadows - Jacqueline West Al Capone Does My Shirts - Gennifer Choldenko Orbiting Jupiter - Gary D. 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Beautiful Creatures - Kami Garcia/Margaret Stohl The Perfect Score Series - Rob Buyea The Perfect Score Series This three book series is a middle-grade school story with a very special cast of unforgettable characters who discover that getting the perfect scoreboth on the test and in lifeis perhaps not so perfect after all. ![]() ![]() Dennard brings all the little threads, hints and clues she has dropped in the previous books to make a story filled with plot twists and unforgettable moments and characters. Witchshadow might possibly be my favourite Witchlands book to date. I can confirm all thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Tor Books and Black Crow Pr for my review copy. Iseult could embrace this power and heal the land, but first she must choose on which side of the shadows her destiny will lie. And Vivia-rightful queen of Nubrevna-finds herself without a crown or home.Īs villains from legend reawaken across the Witchlands, only the mythical Cahr Awen can stop the gathering war. Meanwhile, the Bloodwitch Aeduan is beset by forces he cannot understand. And though Iseult has plans to save her friend, they will require her to summon magic more dangerous than anything she has ever faced before. ![]() For Iseult to stay alive, she must flee Cartorra while Safi remains. ![]() Iseult has found her heartsister Safi at last, but their reunion is brief. ![]() ![]() ![]() Buchan treads a fine line when talking about the war. It’s a neat trick to write about mortal danger in such a way that men who are living with it on a daily basis don’t chuck your book into No Man’s Land or, more likely, use it as necessary paper. ![]() Nevertheless, it could apply the Greenmantle as well. Granted, his comment was about Buchan’s first thriller, The 39 Steps. All that matters is that once you’ve started, you can’t put the book down.” The viewpoint that fascinates me most is from that line officer at the front. The story is greatly appreciated in the midst of mud and rain and shells, and all that could make trench life depressing.” Finally, this bit of analysis from someone at the London Telegraph: “ understood that in a thriller…what matters above all is to keep the reader focused on what is going to happen next…It doesn’t matter that the reader has no clue where he is being taken or, when he gets there, how the thing happened as it did. One wants something to engross the attention without tiring the mind. “Between Kipling and Fleming,” he said, “stands John Buchan, the father of the modern spy thriller.” A nameless reviewer at Library Journal agrees: “Buchan essentially invented the espionage novel with his Richard Hannay yarns.” And a nameless officer serving on the Western Front offered this endorsement: “It is just the kind of fiction for here. ![]() ![]() Too long eclipsed by Lawrence's fame, Gertrude Bell emerges in this first major biography as a woman whose accomplishments rank as crucial to world history (especially in light of the continuing geopolitical importance of the Middle East) and whose life was a grand adventure. In Desert Queen, author Janet Wallach weaves together a. In this incident-packed biography, Janet Wallach reveals a woman whose achievements and independent spirit were especially remarkable for her times, and who brought the same passion and intensity to her explorations as she did to her rich romantic life. Her courage, intelligence, and determination is awe-inspiring and inspirational, during any time period. After the war she participated in both the Paris and Cairo conferences, played a major role in creating the modern Middle East, and was generally considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. ![]() ![]() When World War I erupted, and the British needed the loyalty of the Arab leaders, it was Gertrude Bell's work and connections that helped provided the brain for T. ![]() Traveling the length and breadth of the Arab region, armed with a love for its language and its people, she not only produced several enormously popular books based on her experiences but became instrumental to the British foreign office. Turning her back on her privileged life in Victorian England, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), fired by her innate curiosity, journeyed the world and became fascinated with all things Arab. ![]() ![]() ![]() And it all depended on finding one prisoner. She was here to clear her name of treason. Monster and murderer she might be, but that had nothing to do with her task at hand. Even now, almost a year after his death, Ana found her mouth running dry as she imagined what he would say if he saw her here.Īna shoved those thoughts away and kept her gaze straight ahead. Papa would have told her that this was a place filled with demons, where the evilest men were held. Still, the torchlight cast his flickering shadow on the walls around them it was impossible not to see this place as the fabric of her nightmares and hear the whispers that came with. ![]() She was not a prisoner this time she was his customer, and that sweet rattle of coins was a constant reminder that he was- for now-on her side. ![]() His varyshki bullleather boots clacked in smooth, sharp steps, and if she listened closely enough,she could hear the faint jingle of the goldleaves she’d used to bribe him in his pockets. It would take so very little-a flick of her will-for her to control it all.Īt the thought, Ana twined her gloved fingers tighter around the worn furs of her hood and turned her attention back to the oblivious guard several paces ahead. ![]() |