For over four decades, Leather Braiding has reigned as the authoritative book in its realm. Grant's meticulously crafted manual unveils the intricate world of leather braiding with unparalleled clarity, offering an abundance of richly detailed illustrations, meticulous step-by-step instructions, and a treasure trove of captivating insights. Embracing both practical and leisurely pursuits, this literary masterpiece demystifies leather craftsmanship, empowering even the most-inexperienced en...

Very rarely were any doors or windows shut at Billabong. The kindly Australian climate makes the sunlit winter air a delight; and if in summer it is sometimes necessary to shut out heat, and possibly intrusive snakes, as soon as the sun goes down everything is flung wide open to admit the cool evening breeze that comes blowing across the paddocks. Billabong always looked as if it were open to welcome the newcomer....FROM THE BOOKS.

U.S.S. Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.Constitution is most noted for her actions during the War of 1812 against the United King...

Author Bruce Grant has experienced nearly every sickness imaginable, and the Lord delivered him through each one. He’s stood in long prayer lines throughout America praying for a healing. No one likes to be sick, and Grant felt like he was suffering from some ailment all the time. Then, in 1984, he attended a Kenneth Hagin crusade in California. Grant learned how to pray to God for himself, and he started reading the word of God to see what God has to say about healing. In Jesus Sent Your ...

At the outset of the twentieth century, the Nivkhi of Sakhalin Island were a small population of fishermen under Russian dominion and an Asian cultural sway. The turbulence of the decades that followed would transform them dramatically. While Russian missionaries hounded them for their pagan ways, Lenin praised them; while Stalin routed them in purges, Khrushchev gave them respite; and while Brezhnev organized complex resettlement campaigns, Gorbachev pronounced that they were free to resu...

The Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding is the definitive work on the subject and results from the late Bruce Grant's many years of interest and experience as a braider and writer on the subject. It combines most of the material published in Leather Braiding and How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear with a mass of completely new material. The book's more than 350 illustrations are arranged so that the step-by-step instructions face the picture being described, making it very easy to follo...

At the end of the twentieth century, the United States—the most powerful nation on earth—is driven by quasi-religious patriotism and by conspicuous materialism. At once restless and violent, creative and democratic, it is also, at another level, deeply unsure of itself.Bruce Grant's engrossing text reveals the core of America's greatness—and its vulnerability. Americans believe that their country is blessed and exceptional—blessed by God and nature, exceptional because of their man...

The Caucasus region of Eurasia, wedged in between the Black and Caspian Seas, encompasses the modern territories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the troubled republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. A site of invasion, conquest, and resistance since the onset of historical record, it has earned a reputation for fearsome violence and isolated mountain redoubts closed to outsiders. Over extended efforts to control the Caucasus area, Russians have long mythologized stories of ...

A dramatic meeting at night in a garden in New Delhi is the beginning of a tragic affair between a young Australian archaeologist, Annie, and an Indian poet, Gopala. “A meeting like this only happened when the signs were right... It was like Krishna and Radha at the lily pond.” The pace of the novel is swift and direct, moving from love scenes that are sometimes sensual, sometimes tender, to diplomatic and political life. It is a study of India as an ancient civilisation adapting to the co...

He is an Australian businessman with a secret hope that Australia as a nation will count for something important in its region and the world. She is the daughter of an Indonesian mystic whose secret hope is that she will become the country’s president. Each year she spends a night with her father in the graves of their ancestors. “Otherwise,” she laughs, “I’m just a regular Sydney girl,” or, as she sometimes says, “a ratbag feminist”. She is against abortion and wants marriage and children...

'honest, and provides a framework against which to judge foreign policy actions and achievements' Cameron Forbes, Age 'It will stand for the thoughtful Asian as the major document of Australia's credentials for regional partnership . . . a dossier of almost everything you need to know about contemporary Australian foreign policy.' Professor Stephen Fitzgerald, Director, Asia-Australia Institute Australia's Foreign Relations is the most rigorous, lively and comprehensive ...

"Jim And Wally" by Mary Grant Bruce is a captivating novel that intertwines friendship, adventure, and the essence of rural Australian life. Set against the backdrop of the picturesque Outback, Bruce's timeless tale follows the heartwarming journey of Jim and Wally as they navigate the challenges of growing up and forging lasting bonds. As a quintessential piece of Australian literature, Bruce's narrative captures the spirit of the Outback with vivid descriptions and authentic portrayals o...