Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist, Hardcover - Barbara Herkert

An illuminating picture book biography of an artist and former slave whose patchwork quilts bring the stories of her family to life. Harriet Powers...

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Now available in paperback Women in the United States military have received more recognition than ever in recent years, but women also played vita...

Reducere. This teen and young reader book is a richly illustrated biography about Horace King. In 1807, King was born into slavery on a South Carolina planta...

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Reducere. Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery; it's the only life she has ever known. Now, with the death of her mistress, there is a chance she will be giv...

Reducere. A lyrical biography of E. B. White, beloved author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, illustrated by Caldecott honoree Lauren Castillo.When youn...

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Proverbs 22: 1 "A Good Name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold."

Burnout is now recognised as a real problem. Our 24/7 lifestyles promote the sense that we have to have-it-all and do-it-all immediately, encouragi...

Reducere. The voice of a black female slave, written in her own hand, as she struggles for identity and freedom. What is it to serve a master? What is it to ...

Reducere. "This may be the most important story ever written by a slave woman, capturing as it does the gross indignities as well as the subtler social arran...

Embrace and enjoy sewing by hand Make sewing by hand your next creative accomplishment! Embrace the chance to unwind and enjoy the process of creat...

Readers who love to sew - especially those who know Threads magazine - will have to have this definitive sewing encyclopedia. An incomparable colle...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Large Print By Harriet A. Jacobs

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Harriet Ann Jacobs (February 11, 1813 - March 7, 1897) was an American writer, who escaped from the horrors of slavery and became an abolitionist s...

DescriptionAt the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world's most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars agai...

A guide to getting the most from sewing patterns, from choosing theright size to translating flat shapes into wearable garments.Publisher: Bloomsbu...

When law student Atey Ghailan realized that he was doing more sketching than note-taking in class, he decided to pursue a career in art. Atey has w...

Gretchen "Gertie" Hirsch is a passionate home seamstress, a sought-after sewing teacher, and the creator of one of the web's most popular sewing bl...

Proverbs 22: 1 "A Good Name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold."

A lovely new edition of this charming collection of stories, folk tales, and legends from Scotland.

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Reducere. As a thirteen year old boy on an East Texas farm, Fred M. Allen read a book about explorer/missionary David Livingstone and was mesmerized. Many ye...

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Reducere. With simple step-by-step instructions that require only basic sewing skills, Barbara Weiland Talbert shows you how to make your own beautiful and d...