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The events of your life, from local walks to exotic trips, can provide endless inspiration for textile art. This inspiring book shows you how to record your experiences, using sketchbooks, journals and photography, to create personal narratives that can form a starting point for more finished stitched-textile pieces.Acclaimed textile artist and teacher Cas Holmes, whose work is often inspired by her life and the journeys she makes, helps you find inspiration through your own life and explains how to record what you see in sketchbooks and journals, which can often become beautiful objects in themselves. She explains how you can use photography, both as documentation and as inspiration, and sometimes incorporate it into the work itself, along with found objects and ephemera.Throughout the book are useful techniques that can be harnessed to add extra interest to your work, such as methods for making layered collages, how to sketch with stitch, and advice on design and colour. If you want to create beautiful, unique work inspired by your life and travels, this is the perfect book for you.

The hugely accomplished textile artist Jean Draper gives an invaluable guide to designing and working with pattern in textile art. Jean goes back to basics with simple dots and lines, demonstrating how even basic squares, circles and triangles can have a stunning impact in stitch and textiles. She provides practical and simple instructions for developing and experimenting with pattern, using grids, symmetry, rotation and repeats. Jean draws inspiration from patterns around the world, from West African Kente Cloth to the Gees Bend quilts of Alabama. There are instructions on creating bands and borders, strip patchwork and strip piecing, plus an extended study of Banjara stitched textiles. Natural patterns from plants and flowers also offer exciting opportunities for stitch, and Jean explores important design emblems such a the Tree of Life alongside other stitched flower forms. Finally, the ornamentation of the body provides many unique and striking ways to interpret the human form in stitch. Pattern is everywhere and can be used to stunning effect, taking your textile art to the next level. This fascinating and exciting guide brings together inspiration, design methods and stitching techniques to help you develop truly great textile art.

A fierce new chorus of voices emerges from contemporary Ireland. Eight writers. Sixteen unforgettable stories. Translated from Irish for the first time. Stories from Belfast to Kerry, from the immigrant experience to the weight of tradition, these voices refuse easy comfort. They explore the raw territories of motherhood and loss, desire and betrayal and the clash between old certainties and new realities. A tattooist claims his lovers skin. A widow faces an impossible choice about her disabled son. Birds of prey stalk through dreams of environmental catastrophe. Here is family in all its beautiful, terrible complexity the bonds that sustain us, the ones that suffocate, the love that heals and the secrets that destroy. Bold, unflinching, and impossible to ignore Stepsisters showcases the depth and power of contemporary Irish womens writing.Featuring stories from Eithne Ni Ghallchobhair, Deirdre Brennan, Roise Ni Bhaoill, Biddy Jenkinson,Katherine Duffy andRealtan Ni Leannain.

In 1939, when Ian Burumas epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the regime, more or less. When war broke out with Poland in September, what was most striking at first was how little changed. Unless you were Jewish. Then life, already hard, was soon to get unfathomably worse.By 1943, with the German defeat at Stalingrad, ordinary life in Berlin would acquire an increasingly desperate cast. The last three years of the war in Berlin are truly a descent into hell, with a deranged regime in desperate free fall, an increasingly relentless pounding from Allied bombers, and the mounting dread of the approaching Soviet army. The common greeting of Berliners was now not Auf wiedersehen or Heil Hitler but Bleiben Sie ubrig -Stay alive. And by wars end Berlins population had fallen by almost half.Among the people trying to stay alive in the city was Ian Burumas own father, a prisoner conscripted into forced labour in the war economy along with 400,000 other imported workers. Buruma gives due weight to his and their experiences, which give the book a special added dimension. This is a book full of tenderness and genuine heroism, but it is by no means sentimental: again and again we see that most people do not do the hard thing most of the time. Most people go along. Its a lesson that has not lost its timeliness.

Bringing Integrity to the Stories Numbers Tell When we tell stories with numbers, we depend on the field of statisticsbut how do we know that those stories are true? Almost everything in life is connected to data, and that data can help us make sense of truth in a world that feels increasingly challenging to navigate as Christians.But in a world where we are told to "do our own research," it can be nearly impossible to know whether were just gravitating toward stories that confirm our own untested biases, or whether were analyzing the data in a way that is illuminating truth.Exploring a range of contemporary topics, professor of statistics Jason Wilson shows both non-experts and experts alike that statistics has something to say when it relates to the polarizing issues that we face today. Exploring topics such as gambling, Covid, and media bias, Wilson shows that the ways we collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data have something to say in conversation with the Christian faith.In Statistics and Faith, youll find examinations of contemporary issues using statistical concepts, tools, and theories; case studies from history that show how statistics can be used in ways that are helpful or harmful; application chapters based on over fifteen years of research; and reflection questions to help you explore how to do statistics with integrity. This book is ideal for professors seeking to help students explore the history and application of statistics from a Christian worldview as well as for Christians who are curious about how we understand truth through numbers. It serves as an ideal supplementary text for statistics courses and other disciplines that incorporate statistical methods, and it offers an insightful perspective on how statistics in conversation with Christian faith can speak to todays polarizing issues, empowering readers to discern truth through data in a noisy world.

A hilarious contemporary fantasy about a junior sales witch stuck in corporate hell, who has to evade devilish pacts and her kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying mum to save a (surprisingly hot) demon, and work out how to hit her quarterly target. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Dreadful and The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association.Morgan Blackwaters mother is a kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying Shadow Council wizard. As for Morgan? Morgans a junior salesperson at a tech startup that cant even decide what its product is. But with magic dyslexia and a disinclination to kick ass, Morgan is doing her best carving out a niche for herself in the mundane world.Leaving work late one night, she discovers her boss dead from the effort of summoning a demon to trade his soul in order to make his quarterly target. The disturbingly-attractive demon, Lucareoth (Luke for short), is trapped here until he finds someone to sell their soul. While trying to sneak Luke out of the building, Morgan runs into her infamous mother. Apparently, someone has been summoning demons and shes here to get to the bottom of it.Trying to protect Luke from her mother, Morgan gets sucked into the Infernal Plane and discovers hell really is a corporate nightmare. She only gets back home with a promise to deliver a human soul of her own. While her coworkers are really annoying, shes not willing to sacrifice their souls. The companys tech bro CEO, though, is another story.With Caitlin Rozakiss signature wit, STARTUP HELL is a contemporary fantasy that exposes the demonic nature of the corporate world.

Step into Gods Presence with Spiritual Walking Meditations From biblical times and throughout the ages, people of faith have walked and prayed. Theres something profoundly reorienting about integrating prayer with our embodied experience of forward movement. We engage our senses, breathe deeply, quiet our minds, and center our hearts. Its a multisensory journey that integrates mind, body, and spirit as we notice Gods gentle leading, one step at a time.In Spiritual Wayfinding, spiritual director Deborah Gregory invites you on a pilgrimage through thirty-three unique walking meditations exploring the core questions Where am I? and Where am I going? Each experience in this easy-to-use guide offers a creative approach to walking, specific prompts for reflection and prayer, and Ignatian contemplation of Scripture.Walking practices in Spiritual Wayfinding include: Walking a labyrinth Night walking Collecting nature items to create outdoor art Using tree-growth patterns to navigate Walking barefoot And many more! Through these prayerful walkswhich can be completed alone or with a friendyoull deepen your discernment of Gods presence, Gods voice, Gods leading, and Gods all-encompassing love. Awaken to Gods presence, step by step, as you discover who you areand who you are becoming.

Franco Colapinto cuenta en primera persona escenas desconocidas de su vida y también cómo lo hizo, cómo lo hace y cómo batalla codo a codo con los grandes de la Fórmula 1.Se necesita humildad, paciencia, valentia y fe. Te diria que con eso ya tenemos para empezar, para poner un pie en la pista de los grandes sueños.Esta es la historia de un sueño. Un sueño temprano, tempranisimo, antes de que le compraran el primer triciclo. Es la historia de un niño que siempre quiso ir mas y mas rapido. Que amo los motores y la mecanica y que a los nueve años leia en el colegio la biografia de Juan Manuel Fangio, leyenda del automovilismo argentino. ¿Que se hace con un sueño tan determinado y claro? Franco Colapinto no solo cuenta escenas desconocidas de su vida, sino tambien como lo hizo, como lo hace, como batalla codo a codo con los grandes de la F1, como se sostiene en lo mas alto que puede llegar un piloto. ¿Que fuerza atraviesa a quien decide avanzar, entrenarse, resistir, perder (y a veces ganar), cuando las dificultades y el desaliento aparecen en el camino? Franco nos dice quien es y como se vive cuando una pasion irrenunciable llama a tu puerta.

What is a human being? Where does neurosis begin? Is sexual desire truly the engine of thought? Can fear, trauma and depression ever be cured? And what, by the way, is the meaning of life? In this vivid and gripping account, psychologist Steve Ayan takes us back to fin-de-siecle Vienna, where a bold new idea was born: that psychotherapy could heal the mind. This is the enthralling story of how Freud, Jung, Adler, and their contemporaries revolutionised the way we understand ourselves - giving rise to psychotherapy, a field that would forever reshape Western culture. With captivating storytelling and deep insight, Ayan unpacks the dreams, rivalries, and obsessions of these early visionaries. More than simply a historical account, this book explores the lasting legacy of their work, revealing how the promise of personal transformation became a modern fixture of society - and how the questions they raised still echo in our lives today.

An unputdownable psychological thriller with a killer twist___________________________________The moment I catch eyes with Jack at grief group, I just know.This is my second chance at love. Hes charming, good-looking and newly available. In fact, his wife died the very same day I lost my partner. Coincidence? Maybe. Fate sounds more romantic.Unfortunately, I do possess qualities that arent always desirable. Usually, I can mask them, but sometimes the darkness slips through. And when it does, I wonder if I see that same darkness in Jack. Could he also be hiding parts of himself? Perhaps we really are perfect for each other.Perfect lovers. Perfect enemies. Its all the same in the end, right?

Sookie and Ivy arent your average Internet influencers. Theyre rescue dogs--and millions of people follow their online accounts for the latest pictures of them wearing the crochet dog hats from their self-taught owner, Jani Oja. In Crocheting Original Hats for Dogs, Oja finally reveals the crochet strategies behind all the cuteness! Take a peek behind the online curtains to find out how Oja, a self-taught crocheter, has turned her habit into the adventure of a lifetime! Inside, youll discover crochet patterns for 16 of Ojas favorite amigurumi-inspired designs, such as the oft-requested Blueberry pattern. Some are completely crochet, while others offer Ojas crafty touches--including faux flowers, greenery, and pom poms. If you want the little fur babies in your life to enjoy the same kinds of crochet dog hats--or simply want to learn to crochet for yourself--this is the perfect book for logging off and bringing this cute habit into your own home.

En este libro, SergioRoitberg analiza el impacto profundo y multidimensional que tuvo la pandemia del COVID-19 en nuestra forma de ser, pensar, trabajar, comunicarnos y vincularnos. No es solo un registro de hechos, sino una reflexion sobre como ese evento disruptivo nos transformo para siempre, inaugurando una nueva era: la era delunknown, lo desconocido.Al mirar atras y evocar la pandemia, lo natural es querer olvidar. Sin embargo, a algunos años de aquel tsunami que detuvo al mundo y nos obligo a enfrentarnos con nosotros mismos, aqui seguimos. Y no queda mas que reconocerlo: ese sacudon, para el que nadie estaba preparado, nos cambio. Fue el punto de partida de la transformacion sociocultural mas rapida y masiva de nuestra epoca. Un gran reinicio, un verdadero reset . Ese cimbronazo nos enseño que nada estaba escrito en piedra y marco el comienzo de una era de incertidumbre la de lo desconocido, the unknown que puso a prueba nuestra capacidad de adaptacion. Nuestra lucha por sobrevivir prevalecio y nos hizo resilientes. Aprendimos a hacerle frente a la adversidad a velocidad record y de ese vertigo nacieron nuevas formas de relacionarnos, de estudiar, de trabajar, de atender nuestra salud, de consumir. Asumimos el cambio como una oportunidad y comprendimos que la comunicacion debia ser emocional, autentica y profunda, porque nadie se salva solo. Tambien entendimos que una conexion genuina solo podia darse en un escenario comun, guiado por un proposito compartido, y que la tecnologia estaba llamada a ser un medio al servicio de ese fin, nunca el fin en si mismo. Para reflexionar sobre el antes y el despues, SergioRoitberg entrevisto a mas de cien expertos y lideres en educacion, neurociencia, sociologia, negocios, finanzas, tecnologia e inteligencia artificial. Con ellos intento poner en palabras lo que nos paso pero, sobre todo, descifrar que cambio y que permanece tras el estremecimiento global mas profundo de las ultimas decadas: una revolucion que apenas comienza.

Through most of eight hundred years, Somerled of Argyll has been variously denounced as an intractable rebel against his rightful king and esteemed as the honoured ancestor of the later medieval Lord of the Isles, but he can be recognised now as a much more complex figure of major prominence in twelfth-century Scotland and of truly landmark significance in the long history of the Gael. In this book individual chapters investigate his emergence in the forefront of the Gaelic-Norse aristocracy of the western seaboard, his part in Gaeldoms challenge to the Canmore kings of Scots, his war on the Manx king of the Isles, his importance for the church on Iona, and his extraordinary invasion of the Clyde which was cut short by his violent death at Renfrew in 1164. Perhaps most impressive is the books demonstration of how almost everything that is known of or has been claimed for Somerled reflects the same characteristic fusion of Norse and Celt which binds the cultural roots of Gaeldom. It is this recognition which has led its author to his proposal of Somerleds wider historical importance as the personality who most represents the first fully-fledged emergence of the medieval Celtic-Scandinavian cultural province from which is directly descended the Gaelic Scotland of today.

Tercer tomo de la adaptación al cómic de la trilogía de V.E. Schwab.Meses después de su derrota y de su desenmascaramiento por parte del príncipe Maxim Maresh en el momento álgido de la Noche de los Cuchillos, Rowan, un mago antari artifice del citado torneo, se ha hecho con el capitanazgo de una dispar flota pirata conocida como Ejercito Rebelde. Mediante una campaña de pillaje y reclutamiento en los asentamientos costeros de Arnes, Rowan ha conseguido que el Ejercito Rebelde se convierta en una fuerza lo bastante poderosa como para derrocar a un principe y destruir un imperio.Ahora, lo unico que se interpone entre la caida de la Casa de Maresh y el saqueo de Londres Rojo son Maxim y su guarnicion. No obstante, si quiere obtener la victoria, el joven y tozudo principe va a tener que ganarse el corazon y la lealtad de los habitantes de Verose y convencerlos para que se unan a el en un terrible combate contra el mago mas poderoso que ha conocido jamas.

Segunda parte de la precuela en formato cómic de la trilogía de V.E.Schwab (Minotauro)Tras la derrota de Arisa, la Reina Pirata, el príncipe Maxim Maresh ignora la invitación de su padre para que vuelva a Londres porque quiere probarse a si mismo y demostrarle a la guarnicion de Verose que no es un principe mimado. Cuando Maxim descubre que se va a celebrar una especie de torneo magico anual llamado Noche de los Cuchillos, que consiste en una serie de cuatro pruebas en las que uno debe demostrar su valor, su honor y su coraje, decide que no solo va a participar, ¡sino que va a llegar hasta el final! Sin embargo, nunca nadie ha superado las cuatro pruebas del torneo abierto a cualquiera, ya sea soldado, pirata, ciudadano, ladron o principe; ahora bien, muchos han muerto intentandolo.Maxim va a tener que prepararse para la que podria ser la noche mas complicada de su vida y todo porque quiere dejar clara su valia de una vez por todas. Esta noche sera la noche que acabe con el o la que lo encumbre. Esta edicion exclusiva contiene dieciseis paginas de material adicional, ¡incluidos dibujos ineditos!Este volumen incluye los numeros 1 a 4 de Sombras de magia: El Principe del Acero: La Noche de los Cuchillos.Esta emocionante aventura de espadachines, impresionante en lo visual, nos devuelve al cautivador mundo del Sombras de magia de Schwab, un superventas del mundo de la fantasia Library JournalExcepcional [], avanza a un ritmo trepidante y los dibujos son estelares Comic BuzzEditorial original: Titan.

Testimonio íntimo de Anaïs Sorensen, mejor conocida como Yoga Woman, quien, guiada por el yoga y su intuición, decide romper con lo esperado para reconectar con su autenticidad.Soltar el miedo es un

The first novel based on Robert E. Howards uncompromising Puritan anti-hero. A haunting and intense Gothic mystery for readers of Christopher Buehlman, John Langan and Brom.Puritan. Fiend. Fanatic.Solomon Kane.In the wake of several grisly murders, Solomon Kane has been summoned to Windsend, England, to determine a womans guilt. Is Sybil Eastey a witch? And is she behind these gruesome crimes?His first night in Windsend, Kane awakens from horrific nightmares only to witness a man being torn asunder. Fear quickly turns to something more sinister and the villagers are ready to lynch Sybil before Kane intervenes.Kane must establish Sybils true nature and solve the macabre mystery before more blood is spilt. However, nothing is what it seems in Windsend.

Una adaptación del genio de la Fantasía.Un ajustador descubre en Innsmouth que el mundo podría estar llegando a su fin... ¡y que el instrumento de destrucción es un hombre lobo!Lawrence Talbot es un hombre normal y corriente que se conforma con ir tirando, y su transformacion mensual en una bestia asesina se ha convertido en algo natural para el. Cuando un hombre extraño lo visita en su despacho y anuncia que es el fin del mundo, Lawrence no le hace caso... pero una extraña sucesion de acontecimientos hara que Lawrence tenga un papel mas importante del que a el le hubiera gustado en el apocalipsis inminente.P. Craig Russell, Troy Nixey y Matthew Hollingsworth nos ofrecen esta adaptacion de un relato del autor superventas Neil Gaiman, ganador de los premios Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy y Nebula.

Cuatro voces de la resistencia.Un campo de trabajo forzado.Una historia de sacrificio… y esperanza. Del Universo de Santuario, llega Solis.Es 2033 y la Nueva República Americana pretende ganar la car

Summer, 1993, and Alex Lane finds himself at the end of the University summer term, broke and without any concrete plans. So, when hes offered the chance to join a group of students tasked clearing out Solace House, a large Victorian residence left to the University by a reclusive hoarder called Flayne, he jumps at it. The other students are a mixed bunch, but Alex quickly falls into a close friendship with the mercurial, red-headed Ella.At first the house seems to be an ordinary, if grandiose, property. But as the team begin sorting through piles of junk, they stumble upon Flaynes journals in which he details his obsession with his missing mother, his discovery of a strange place called Bewise, and - most mysteriously - his belief in another realm lying parallel to ours, along with coded instructions on how it might be reached.As the students continue to sort through the detritus, one of Alexs companions becomes increasingly obsessed with the hidden secrets of Solace House, Flaynes missing mother, and the possibility that, if only they can decipher Flaynes increasingly unintelligible writings, they might gain knowledge beyond their wildest dreams. That is, assuming, they are willing to sacrifice everything.