"The Art of Graining" by A. Metcalf and Charles Pickert is a comprehensive guide that delves into the intricate techniques of wood graining. This book serves as an essential resource for artisans and craftsmen, providing detailed insights into the methods of achieving realistic wood finishes. The authors share their expertise, illustrating the tools and materials needed for successful graining. With step-by-step instructions and vivid illustrations, readers can learn to replicate the beaut...

The Art of Graining: How Acquired and How Produced artfully encapsulates the nuanced theme of emulation and artistic reproduction across a varied spectrum of literary forms. This anthology serves as a comprehensive exploration of graining, where ideas about imitation are both celebrated and critiqued. The collection's diverse array of essays, poetic reflections, and narrative vignettes underscores the multi-layered processes of artistic creation and dissemination. Highlighted within the co...

Addi is an eleven-year-old girl with Down syndrome who sees the good in everyone around her. After a magical experience at Pickertville Falls, Addi and her cousins discover they have special powers meant to help others and make the world a better place.When a new girl named Nuella joins Addi's school, things quickly become difficult. Nuella acts mean and distant, leaving Addi confused and hurt. But instead of responding with anger, Addi chooses compassion and kindness. As Addi lear...

The Art of Graining: How Acquired and How Produced is a comprehensive manual dedicated to the traditional craft of imitating wood and marble surfaces through the art of graining. This detailed guide, originally published in the 19th century, serves as both an instructional resource and a historical document, capturing the techniques, materials, and artistic sensibilities of its era. The book meticulously explains the process of graining, from the foundational principles to the most advance...

All authors: Jewel Pickert, Julie Hill, Lou Longmire, Dennis Olsen, Sarah Bateman, Kim Windingland, Roman Pundyk, BJ Olsen, Ken Walerius, Vitalia Bryn-Pundyk, Diane Windingland, and Therese Samudio.At the time of this writing, all of the authors belong to the PowerTalk Toastmasters club in St. Louis Park, MN. This book is a testament to what can happen when multiple people from disparate backgrounds decide to work together. Each author has extensive experience in his or her communi...

In this "powerful and unflinching page-turner" (New York Times), a healthcare journalist examines the science, history, and culture of breast cancer.As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well -- but always from a distance, through the stories of her subjects. That is, until she was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at the age of 35. As she underwent more than a year of...

What is paradise for a fourteen-year-old boy? For Conrad it’s definitely not dusty Los Angeles, where he’s stuck living with his mother and his cheeky little sisters. Paradise is the forest where his dad still lives, by the water where everything is beautiful, where he belongs.- - - - - - - - - -IndieReader Discovery Awards 2019: Winner, Best First Book (fiction)Eric Hoffer Book Awards 2019: Finalist, Gener...

Project-based homeschooling combines children's interests with long-term, deep, complex learning. This is an essential experience for children: to spend time working on something that matters to them, with the support of a dedicated mentor. This book is an introduction and guide to creating the circumstances under which children can teach themselves. It gives parents concrete tips for helping children do challenging, meaningful, self-chosen work. From setting up a worksp...

In this "powerful and unflinching page-turner" (New York Times), a healthcare journalist examines the science, history, and culture of breast cancer.As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew the emotional highs and lows of medical treatment well -- but always from a distance, through the stories of her subjects. That is, until she was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at the age of 35. As she underwent more than a year of...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life—from the founder of The Isolation Journals and a subject of the Netflix documentary American SymphonyONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Rumpus, She Reads, Library Journal, Booklist“I was immersed for the whole...

Discover the Diversity of HomeschoolingConfused and intimidated by the complexities of homeschooling, many parents assume it could never work for them. Now an updated edition of So You're Thinking About Home Schooling by Lisa Whelchel—herself a homeschooling mother of three—introduces to readers fifteen composite portraits of homeschooling families who show how every family can successfully face the unique challenges of its situation. The story-based appro...

To Unschoolers, Learning Is As Natural As BreathingDid you know that a growing percentage of home schoolers are becoming unschoolers? The unschooling movement is founded on the principle that children learn best when they pursue their own natural curiosities and interests. Without bells, schedules, and rules about what to do and when, the knowledge they gain through mindful living and exploration is absorbed more easily and enthusiastically. Learning is a natural, i...