In steam age America, men, monsters, machines, and magic battle for the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, bounty hunter Cedar Hunt rides, cursed by lycanthropy, carrying the guilt of his brother's death. Then Cedar is offered hope that his brother may yet survive. All he has to do is find [...]
Garrett is a private investigator who always gets his man-or elf, troll, or sorcerer. In the magical city of TunFaire, he's the first name in paranormal detection. "Garrett Takes the Case" collects three of his adventures in one volume.In "Old Tin Sorrows," Garrett is hired to figure out if someone [...]
"In Taylor Anderson's acclaimed Destroyermen series, a parallel universe adds an extraordinary layer to the drama of World War II."" ""Now, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy, the crew of USS "Walker, "and their allies battle an ever-growing host of enemies across the globe in a desperate battle for[...]
"Imagine a city divided. Fae and human mages on one side, vampire Blood Lords and shape-shifting Beast Kind on the other. Between these supernatural forces stands a peace treaty that threatens to shatter at the slightest provocation...." I was raised to do the right thing. But to my family that mean[...]
To save the Great Library, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone, Paper and Fire, and Ash and Quill put themselves in danger in the next thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series. The opening moves of a deadly game have begun. Jess Brightwell has put himself in direct per[...]
World War II reached into the homes and lives of ordinary people in an unprecedented way. Civilian men, women, and children made up the vast majority of those killed by the war, and the conflict displaced millions more. On Europe's home fronts, the war brought the German blitzkrieg, followed by long[...]
A penetrating look at the company at the nexus of big business, government, and defense The Carlyle Group is one of the largest private equity firms in the world with over $13 billion in funds. Carlylea s investments include everything from defense contractors to telecommunications and aerospace com[...]
86 charming designs, in varied sizes, ideal for fabric painting, crewel work, applique, wood burning, tole painting, other crafts. Use on any flat surface that absorbs ink. Instructions.
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Over 60 designs depict wizards, fairies, winged horses, frog princes, multi-headed beasts, and other bizarre figures-all easily adaptable for embroidery work, painting nursery furniture and walls, and a host of other crafts. The designs come in varied shapes and sizes and can be applied to any surfa[...]
More than 40 iron-on transfers feature elaborately decorated skulls, dancing skeletons, and other classic Day of the Dead motifs. Decorate pillows, jackets, placemats, handbags, and other clothing, accessories, and homewares with these exotic images -- all of them original interpretations of traditi[...]
More than 40 hip and humorous iron-on transfers in the popular steampunk mode offer a distinctive way for the fashion-conscious to decorate their clothes and possessions. Suitable for embellishing jackets, corsets, handbags, pillows, and other fabric items, the transfers feature stylized robots, bli[...]
Artists and crafters seeking unusual and distinctive motifs will find a wealth of options in this treasury of iron-on transfer patterns based on medieval art. More than 150 decorative designs include adaptations of ancient original designs as well as new motifs inspired by movies and television show[...]
The book presents 170 images, mainly shop window displays, shot by artist David Hlynsky during the final years of the collapsing Soviet empire in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, East Germany and Moscow, using a Hasselblad camera to capture the slow, undramatic moments of daily[...]
This multi-layered history of a horrific famine that took place in late-nineteenth-century China focuses on cultural responses to trauma. The massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides [...]
The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865-1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country's two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. This book provides a look at the production, distribution, and publicati[...]
The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean offers new insights into the material and social practices of many different Mediterranean peoples during the Bronze and Iron Ages, presenting in particular those features that both connect and distinguish them. Contributors discuss i[...]