Newborn MTV. Cabbage Patch Kids. President Reagan. A U.S. - U.S.S.R. Cold War that threatens to go hot at any moment. Against this backdrop, three teens begin a year of change and turmoil following the sudden loss of one of their closest friends.Dakota meant different things to Cameron, Bryce, and Claire. When she disappears in a plane crash, they each have to face their own mortality, along with the secrets they still carry about her."After Da...

This volume teaches and illustrates fun, needle-felted projects to add to your collection of Wool Pets. The instructions include wet-felting and various embellishment techniques along with the needle felting and discusses the ways that folk art and nature inspire the projects. Heirloom hand-crafted wooden or cloth toys, birds and other animals have inspired and influenced the projects which have been translated into needle-felted art.

In the climactic part of his three-book series exploring the importance of public image in the Tudor and Stuart monarchies, Kevin Sharpe employs a remarkable interdisciplinary approach that draws on literary studies and art history as well as political, cultural, and social history to show how this preoccupation with public representation met the challenge of dealing with the aftermath of Cromwell's interregnum and Charles II's restoration, and how the irrevocably changed cultural landscap...

Reading Authority and Representing Rule in Early Modern England explores the publication and reception of authority in early modern England. Examples are drawn from a broad range of source, including royal portraits, architecture, coins and medals and written texts.This is a volume that presents the history of society and state as a cultural as well as an institutional or political history.The author, Kevin Sharpe, was a leading scholar in interdisciplinary approaches to t...

Can science explain powerful human emotions such as love and happiness? Or, are these emotions something more than the action of biochemicals and electrical impulses? Science is constantly uncovering the mysteries of our nature, but we are uneasy about submitting our most intimate feelings to its scrutiny. Religion tells us that God is love but neuroscience counters with love as a well-timed trickle of transmitters and hormones. In the 21st century, is it necessary to discard our tradition...

Make cute and cuddly creatures from a handful of fluff and a barbed needle! "Describes and illustrates each step . . . Highly recommended." — Library JournalThis 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...

The Handbook of Peer Tutoring is the authoritative resource on the emerging interdisciplinary field of peer tutoring in higher education. Addressing the multiple audiences of undergraduate tutors in advanced trainings, students immersing themselves in the research of learning and writing centers, professionals seeking to understand the history and current state of the field, and researchers specializing in peer-led learning, the book gathers in one volume the voices that define th...

In Mississippian Culture Heroes, Ritual Regalia, and Sacred Bundles, archaeologists analyze evidence of the religious beliefs and ritual practices of Mississippian people through the lens of indigenous ontologies and material culture. Employing archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric evidence, the contributors explore the recent emphasis on iconography as an important component for interpreting eastern North America’s ancient past. The research in this volume emphasizes the animist...

Learn How to Supercharge Your Focus!Why do successful people get so much more done in a day?Because they have mastered the power of deep focus.Let's face it: we all have the same 24 hours in day. Yet, they're stacking cash, and you're not.Not yet…Now, I'm not saying that developing super focus will make you a millionaire. But I can guarantee you one thing: you won't get the...

This massive Six issue collection features not only the Ash vs. the Monsters storyline, but the two issues that lead into the cross-over event of the year -- ARMY OF DARKNESS VS. THE MARVEL ZOMBIES! From the creative team of writer James Kuhoric and artists Kevin Sharpe and Fernando Blanco, the ASH VS. THE MONSTERS (AND MORE) collects issues 8-13 of the DYNAMITE series! Issue 8-11 comprise the "Monsters" storyline -- which pits Ash vs. Dracula and introduces the vampires daughter, Eva, whi...

Welcome to a New Perspective on Men!Welcome to Sharp Iron Men!With all the stress, chaos, and hurry in the modern world, it is easy to forget that men were made in God's image to live lives full of purpose and excitement. We should recognize the fact that we are meant to live abundantly with joy. Not everything we do as men needs to be a chore.Being a man is not meant to be easy, but it is meant to be rewarding. Manhood is a team sport and requires both individual a...