If you're a woodburning artist with a love of nature and animals, Pyrography Patterns will make it easy for you to create vibrant and attractive wildlife images. Award-winning pyrography artist Sue Walters offers 30 dynamic North American wildlife patterns to use in woodburning projects. These engaging animal subjects-including geese, eagles, bear, deer, wolves, foxes, owls, chipmunks, cougars, and more-are presented in harmonious natural settings. Large ready-to-use designs are p...

A best-seller! Renowned pyrographer Sue Walters teaches you everything you need to know to create stunning pyrography artwork with three step-by-step projects, original patterns, and an inspiring gallery of work. Includes information on equipment, safety, materials, pattern preparation, techniques and 3 projects; a beginner, an intermediate, and an advanced.

Clarence, a young, inexperienced dragon is comfortable in his quiet cave-home. This changes when two small invaders enter his cave of stalagmites and stalactites. They drop a bag of sweet treasure when they hear a mysterious noise and, frightened, they run away. Clarence picks up the colorful bag and tastes its contents. He discovers he likes it. He also discovers what happens when dragons eat people-food. Choices have consequences. Does Clarence learn a lesson from this unexpected, new ex...

The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of war and statecraft throughout the centuries. Featuring entirely new entries by a who’s who of world-class scholars, this new edition provides global, comparative perspectives on strategic thought from antiquity to...

Hit the jackpot with stories from Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman, Walter Mosley, Alexander McCall Smith, and more superstars of mystery.In "One Dollar Jackpot," Michael Connelly's curmudgeonly Harry Bosch finds himself going toe-to-toe with a professional poker player. Jeffery Deaver offers up "Bump," a tale of a has-been actor trying to make it big by hustling cards. "Hardly Knew Her" by Laura Lippmann showcases a young woman learning about bluffing the hard way, ...

Der siebte Fall von Amerikas einfallsreichster Privatdetektivin ist ihr bislang brandgefährlichster …»Fürs Protokoll: Ich heiße Kinsey Millhone, bin Privatdetektivin mit einer Lizenz des Staates Kalifornien, dreiunddreißig Jahre alt und einsiebenundsechzig groß. Wenn man mich auffordern würde, mein Aussehen auf einer Skala zwischen eins und zehn zu bewerten, würde ich das ablehnen …«An ihrem 33. Geburtstag überschlagen sich in Kinsey Millhones Lebe...

Kosher? That means the rabbi blessed it, right? Not exactly. In this captivation account of a Bible-based practice that has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, journalist Sue Fishkoff travels throughout America and to Shanghai, China, to find out who eats kosher food, who produces it, who is responsible for its certification, and how this fascinating world continues to eveolve. She explains why 86 percent of the 11.2 million Americans who regularly buy kosher food are not observant ...

Help your child progress in their reading journey with this fantastic set of 18 original stories.From a wild weather day to an escaped hamster, a goat stuck in the mud to a school trip adventure, there is a wide range of subject to help ignite a child's passion for reading.These short, highly accessible stories are perfect for children of five and upwards, or those reading book band blue at school.Titles included:Reading Champion: A Cake for Gran: Independent...

Dads have a special way of relating to children. They tend to rough-house and tease children more than moms do. It is usually a father who teaches a child how to shoot a free throw, catch a frog, or fix a broken bicycle chain. Knowing how to do these things raises a child's self-esteem, increases self-confidence, and fosters self-reliance because they expand a child's ability to cope with and understand the world.Each of the 101 secrets in this wonderful gift book is explained in s...

Help your child develop in their reading journey with this fantastic set of 18 original stories.From a bear wanting sleep to a balloon travelling to the moon, a trip to the zoo, and dressing up for a school play, there is a wide range of subject to help ignite a child's passion for reading.These short, highly accessible stories are perfect for children of four and upwards, or those reading book band red at school.Titles included:Reading Champion: A Pet to Pla...

Focusing on twenty-first century Western films, including all major releases since the turn of the century, the essays in this volume cover a broad range of aesthetic and thematic aspects explored in these films, including gender and race. As diverse contributors focus on the individual subgenres of the traditional Western (the gunfighter, the Cavalry vs. Native American conflict, the role of women in Westerns, etc.), they share an understanding of the twenty-first century Western may be u...

Help your child progress in their reading journey with this fantastic set of 18 original stories.From a birthday surprise to a book come to life, an animal food mix up to a tale told by a cheeky pet dog, there is a wide range of subject to help ignite a child's passion for reading.These short, highly accessible stories are perfect for children of five and upwards, or those reading book band green at school.Titles included:Reading Champion: Finn and the Dentist...