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By purchasing this audiobook you are electing to join a secret underground movement. Membership will require you to conduct research on your immediate environment and complete a variety of assignments designed to creatively disrupt everyday life. The Wander Society method is based on the concept...

In tales from 21 knitters, Clara Parkes examines a subject that is irresistible to us all: the yarn stash. Anyone with a passion has a stash, whether it is a collection of books or enough yarn to exceed several life expectancies. With her trademark wry, witty approach, Parkes brings together fascinating stories from all facets of stash-keeping and knitting life - from KonMari minimalist to joyous collector, designer to dyer, spinner to social worker, scholar to sheep farmer.

When we think of slavery, most of us think of the American South. We think of back-breaking fieldwork on plantations. We don't think of slavery in the North, nor do we think of the grueling labor of urban and domestic slaves. Rachel May's rich new book explores the far reach of slavery, from New England to the Caribbean, the role it played in the growth of mercantile America, and the bonds between the agrarian South and the industrial North in the antebellum era - all through the discovery of a remarkable quilt.

"Okun's narration, lightly poignant and occasionally tongue-in-cheek, enhances her witty writing style...Listeners need not be knitters or crafters to relish Okun's delightful, self-deprecating stories." — AudioFile Magazine BuzzFeed: The 33 Most Exciting New Books of 2018 This program is read...

In 1895, nine American heiresses travelled across the Atlantic to bag themselves husbands and titles. For the English gentlemen the girls married it was a way to secure their estates. For the girls who came from new money, marriage was a means to obtaining social prestige. The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau tells the stories of these nine heiresses and the remarkable women who made it happen - the unofficial marriage brokers Lady Minnie-Paget and Consuelo Yzanga, Duchess of Manchester.

READ BY THE AUTHOR ** A Winner of the Woodland Books of the Year Award ** In a stressful, chaotic world, many of us are turning to nature for a sense of serenity and happiness. While the idea of the wild outdoors is enticing, though, our busy lives and our location can cause us to become...

Like golfing, fishing, and gardening, knitting is an obsession. It's an activity fraught with guilt, frustration, over-optimism, sly deception, and compulsion, along with passionate moments of creative enlightenment - not to mention heaps of yarn you really think you'll knit someday. The first step toward recovery is getting help - and having a good laugh at your compulsion. At Knit's End is a wicked and wickedly funny fix for any knitter.

To live in a pristine land unchanged by man... to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed... to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin... to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available... to be not at odds with the world but content with one's own thoughts and company. Thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them.

Interior decorator Madison Night might look like a throwback to the 60s, but as business owner and landlord, she proves that independent women can have it all. When a killer targets women dressed in her signature style - estate sale vintage to play up her resemblance to fave actress Doris Day - what makes her unique might make her dead. The local detective connects the new crime to a 20-year-old cold case, and Madison's long-trusted contractor emerges as the leading suspect.

Using a travel guide format, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee acts as tour guide extraordinaire, describing and critiquing every aspect of this territory she knows so well: its people (young and old, male and female), familiar phrases ("purl this, darn that"), strange beliefs, currency (skein trading), etiquette, holidays (any sale day at the local yarn shop), and customs. She notes important dates in knitting history and celebrates unsung knitting heroes.

Begeisterung wecken am Aktionstablett und Ihr Kind spielerisch gezielt fördern. Die kindliche Entwicklung - ein unendlich spannendes Thema, das leider auch immer komplexer und problembehafteter zu werden scheint. 25% der Kinder in deutschen Ballungszentren haben eine diagnostizierte Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche, 38% leiden gar an psychosomatischen Erkrankungen - Zahlen, die aufmerksamen und fürsorglichen Eltern die Haare zu Berge stehen lassen. Denn schließlich wollen Sie alle nur Eines: Dass Ihre Kinder optimal für dieses Leben gewappnet sind.

Tiny Houses sind nicht nur sprichwörtlich übersetzt winzige Häuser, sondern auch ein eingeschränkter Lebensstil. Dies bedeutet aber nicht, dass Sie auf jene Utensilien verzichten müssen, die Sie für sich persönlich benötigen. Tiny Houses gibt es in den unterschiedlichsten Größen. Die Häuser gibt es ab einer Größe von rund 5 qm bis hin zu 93 qm. Hier ist definitiv der passende Wohnraum für jeden dabei. Um diesen Lebensstil natürlich so gut es geht ausleben zu können, benötigen Sie gerade am Anfang sehr viele Informationen.

Der Kreativität freien Lauf lassen, traumhafte Dekoration genau nach eigenen Vorstellungen kreieren und dabei mal ganz abschalten vom Alltagsstress - das alles und noch viel mehr bietet die uralte Kunst des Töpferns. Mit dem unbeholfenen Gekleckse, das Sie aus der Grundschulzeit kennen, hat es nichts zu tun, ganz im Gegenteil können Sie töpfernd filigrane Kunstwerke mit edlen Formen herstellen, die auch noch nützliche Alltagsgegenstände ergeben. Und das Beste: Es lässt sich leicht und schnell von Jedermann erlernen, ganz ohne ausführliche Kurse oder teure Ausrüstung.

Ganz egal, ob Sie sich mit Ihren Bekannten handwerklich messen können oder nicht: Sicherlich verspüren Sie ebenfalls den Wunsch, schöne und individuelle Gegenstände mit Erinnerungswert herzustellen, die es so kein zweites Mal gibt! Natürlich können Sie hierbei auf professionelle Hilfe zurückgreifen. Die Authentizität und das Gefühl, aus eigener Kraft ein besonders schönes Geschenk oder einen Gegenstand, der Ihnen nach Jahrzehnten emotional etwas bedeutet, herzustellen, werden Sie jedoch nicht erhalten, wenn Sie anderen Menschen Ihre handwerklichen Aufgaben anvertrauen.

A Zero Waste Family is a gentle 30-day guide highlighting the lessons Anita learned during her first year navigating motherhood, while also studying medicine and still trying to reduce her waste. Here she shares innovative ideas about how families can work together to decrease their household waste and make their lives easier, richer and more purposeful and less full of clutter and distractions. As parents we are constantly juggling the needs of children, work, chores and money. This audiobook is not designed to add to the guilt that we already feel.

A combination of verse from Simon Armitage and prose from Jeff Young lends a voice to the chain of events depicted on the famous Bayeux Tapestry. This production chronicles the history surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the ascension of Duke William of Normandy to the English throne. Harold, Duke of Wessex, takes the English throne, despite Edward the Confessor's wish that William Duke of Normandy should be his heir.

Joe Lycett explores the nation's weird and wonderful obsessions by getting to know a selection of famous and not so famous guests. Hear Katherine Ryan share her love of the Kardashians, Greg James introduce Joe to the world of cricket and Janice Connolly share her collection of decluttering books. Can Lloyd Griffith inspire you with his adoration of fire engines? Or will June Sarpong get you into Hula-Hooping? 

Not so very long ago, Yuletide was as much a chilling season of ghosts and witches as it was a festival of goodwill. In The Old Magic of Christmas, you'll rub elbows with veiled spirits, learn the true perils of elves, and discover a bestiary of enchanted creatures. Rife with the more frightful characters from folklore and the season's most petulant ghosts, this book takes you on a spooky sleigh ride from the silvered firs of a winter forest to the mirrored halls of the Snow Queen. 

The Soap Making Business audiobook is specifically designed to help develop both your creative talents and your business skills. The aim of the audiobook is to lay a foundation in these two primary functions, necessary for succeeding in a craft-centered enterprise.

Cambia la forma en que percibes el vino. ¿Te gusta? ¿Coincide bien? ¿Te lo has pasado muy bien bebiendo? ¡Bueno, adelante, y disfruta! Desde el conocimiento familiar y profesional del vino, Meritxell Falgueras nos anima a aprender de una manera divertida no sólo el ABC del vino, sino incluso la Z que encontrarás en el Diccionario del Vitivinícola para que, después de hacer un recorrido espumoso por todos los sentidos (los cinco más intuición), puedas disfrutar del vino con facilidad y sin complejos.