It's all about fun, fashion, and color! Fifteen fast projects to sew by machine Pattern-Free Fashions & Accessories encourages young machine-sewers to express their creativity by making simple clothes, accessories, and room accents. The early chapters teach just the basics they need, and the instructions for each project helps readers apply and master each skill, so new sewers build confidence as they go. The 15 projects range from cosmetic bags and throw pillows to belts, embroidered jeans, and a sassy, two-tiered skirt. There's even a chapter on "changing" your old clothes into a spectacular something new!
It's all about fun, fashion, and color! With fifteen fast projects to sew by machine, Pattern-Free Fashions & Accessories encourages young machine-sewers to express their creativity by making simple clothes, accessories, and room accents.
It's all about fun, fashion, and color! With fifteen fast projects to sew by machine, Pattern-Free Fashions & Accessories encourages young machine-sewers to express their creativity by making simple clothes, accessories, and room accents.
HarlequinRomance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This HarlequinRomance box set includes: #4595 SNOWED IN WITH THE RELUCTANT TYCOON The Men Who Make Christmas by Nina Singh With a zest for Christmas and determination to save her favorite Hammond’s store, feisty executive Carli Tynan vows to remind brooding Justin Hammond of the holiday’s magic—starting with a kiss in the snow! Can Carli show the reluctant tycoon how special Christmas can be? #4596 THE MAGNATE’S HOLIDAY PROPOSAL by Rebecca Winters When sick little boy Dino writes to her charity, Gabi Parisi is desperate to help the boy, whose experience reminds her of her childhood. She’s swept away by Dino and his handsome single dad, Italian CEO Luca Berettini, but she has no idea how to grant Dino’s wish—until Luca makes her a very special Christmas proposal… #4597 THE BILLIONAIRE’S CHRISTMAS BABY by Marion Lennox With just days until Christmas, gorgeous but bewildered billionaire Max Grayland demands hotel maid Sunny Raye help him care for his baby half sister, Phoebe, over the holiday. She agrees—only if they spend Christmas with her family! And soon Max is wishing the warmhearted Sunny would lighten his life—forever. #4598 CHRISTMAS BRIDE FOR THE BOSS by Kate Hardy Jamie Wallis needs a replacement nanny for his daughter—fast! So when stunning Sophie Firth comes to him with a business proposal, he has a different proposition for her… But as Christmas approaches, Sophie quickly becomes part of the family—and Jamie can’t resist letting her into his heart!
Vodou has often served as a scapegoat for Haiti’s problems, from political upheavals to natural disasters. This tradition of scapegoating stretches back to the nation’s founding and forms part of a contest over the legitimacy of the religion, both beyond and within Haiti’s borders. The Spirits and the Law examines that vexed history, asking why, from 1835 to 1987, Haiti banned many popular ritual practices. To find out, Kate Ramsey begins with the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath. Fearful of an independent black nation inspiring similar revolts, the United States, France, and the rest of Europe ostracized Haiti. Successive Haitian governments, seeking to counter the image of Haiti as primitive as well as contain popular organization and leadership, outlawed “spells” and, later, “superstitious practices.” While not often strictly enforced, these laws were at times the basis for attacks on Vodou by the Haitian state, the Catholic Church, and occupying U.S. forces. Beyond such offensives, Ramsey argues that in prohibiting practices considered essential for maintaining relations with the spirits, anti-Vodou laws reinforced the political marginalization, social stigmatization, and economic exploitation of the Haitian majority. At the same time, she examines the ways communities across Haiti evaded, subverted, redirected, and shaped enforcement of the laws. Analyzing the long genealogy of anti-Vodou rhetoric, Ramsey thoroughly dissects claims that the religion has impeded Haiti’s development.
There is one animal that is familiar to all of us, whoever we are, wherever we live' 'Even if we've never had direct contact with one, we will have seen one, or at the very least, heard one. For those of us who live in the western world it is more than likely that one sleeps in our house, possibly even on our bed. I'm talking of course, of the dog. Yet, this animal, which lives alongside five hundred million of us all over the world - as an invaluable partner and a trusted confidant - presents us with one great unsolved mystery: how did this relationship - the most complex and enduring of any between human and animal - start in the first place?' Kate Humble is a life-long animal lover. Now living on an idyllic farm in Wales, she has achieved her dream of surrounding herself with as many varieties as possible. But, as with many Brits, the dog has always held a special place in her heart. Here, she uses her journey with her sheepdog puppy Teg to frame her examination of this very special relationship. Written with warmth and love, and packed full of stories about rescue dogs, guide dogs, service dogs and medical dogs, this is a must-read for anyone with a four-legged friend.
The Oxford Handbook of Complementary Medicine presents evidence-based information on CAM in an easily accessible form, thereby enabling hospital doctors, GPs, nurses, medical students and other healthcare professionals to competently advise patients about CAM treatments. The book covers definitions, cost, safety, regulation, legal and ethical questions and a range of practical issues, diagnostic techniques, and risk-benefit assessments of CAM modalities. The main part of the book is organised by condition, outlining for each the CAM treatments available, ranked according to level of evidence of effectiveness, followed by a concise clinical bottom line assessing risks and benefits, also in relation to conventional treatment. The information is presented in a concise, matter-of-fact fashion, avoiding the obscure jargon sometimes used in CAM. Many issues surrounding CAM remain controversial and this handbook discusses them openly and critically.
It is common knowledge that, in rich societies, the poor have worse health and suffer more from almost every social problem. This book explains why inequality is the most serious problem societies face today.
For nation-states, the contexts for developing and implementing policy have become more complex and demanding. Yet policy studies have not fully responded to the challenges and opportunities represented by these developments. Governance literature has drawn attention to a globalising and network-based policy world, but politics and the role of the state have been de-emphasised. This book addresses this imbalance by reconsidering traditional policy-analytic concepts, and re-developing and extending new ones, in a melded approach defined as systemic institutionalism. This links policy with governance and the state and suggests how real-world issues might be substantively addressed.
The late 1990s and early 2000s witnessed a surge in the publication and popularity of autobiographical writings about childhood. Linking literary and cultural studies, Contesting Childhood draws on a varied selection of works from a diverse range of authorsùfrom first-time to experienced writers. Kate Douglas explores Australian accounts of the Stolen Generation, contemporary American and British narratives of abuse, the bestselling memoirs of Andrea Ashworth, Augusten Burroughs, Robert Drewe, Mary Karr, Frank McCourt, Dave Pelzer, and Lorna Sage, among many others. Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, Contesting Childhood offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Douglas examines the content of the narratives and the limits of their representations, as well as some of the ways in which autobiographies of youth have become politically important and influential. This study enables readers to discover how stories configure childhood within cultural memory and the public sphere.
Dear Friends, We, couldn't believe the news when we first heard it. We. were going to make a movie called Passport to Paris! but the best news of all was finding out that we were, really going to Paris to make the movie! We had a great time on our trip, and wished you were there. But since you couldn't come to Paris, we brought Paris back to you. We think this scrapbook is the perfect way to share our pictures, souvenirs,, and great memories. Have fun! Bon voyage (that means have a good trip), Mary-Kate and Ashley
This textbook introduces students to the important concepts of global marketing today, and their managerial implications. Designed to be shorter than many other textbooks, Global Marketing focuses on getting to the point faster. Increasingly, marketing activities must be integrated at a global level. Yet, the enduring influence of culture requires marketers to adapt local strategies in light of cultural differences. Global Marketing takes a similar strategic approach, recognizing the need to address both the forces of globalization and those of localization. Other key features include: Coverage of often overlooked topics, such as the competitive rise of China’s state-owned enterprises; the importance of diasporas as target markets; and the emerging threat to legitimate marketers from transnational criminal organizations A chapter dedicated to understanding global and local competitors, setting the stage for ongoing discussion of both buyers and competitors in an increasingly competitive global marketplace Extensive real-life examples and cases from developed and emerging markets, including insights into the often-overlooked markets of Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East Written in a student-friendly style, previous editions have received praise from both students and instructors. This edition continues to build on this strong foundation, making this the book of choice for students of global marketing classes.
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