Bret Easton Ellis

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Iowa

A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * A novel of sensational literary and psychological suspense from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged high school friends in a vibrantly fictionalized 1980s Los Angeles as a serial killer strikes across the city

"A thrilling page turner from Ellis, who revisits the world that made him a literary star with a stylish scary new story that doesn't disappoint." -Town & Country

Bret Easton Ellis's masterful new novel is a story about the end of innocence, and the perilous passage from adolescence into adulthood, set in a vibrantly fictionalized Los Angeles in 1981 as a serial killer begins targeting teenagers throughout the city.

Seventeen-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret's obsession with Mallory is equaled only by his increasingly unsettling preoccupation with the Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer to Bret and his friends, taunting them--and Bret in particular--with grotesque threats and horrific, sharply local acts of violence. The coincidences are uncanny, but they are also filtered through the imagination of a teenager whose gifts for constructing narrative from the filaments of his own life are about to make him one of the most explosive literary sensations of his generation. Can he trust his friends--or his own mind--to make sense of the danger they appear to be in? Thwarted by the world and by his own innate desires, buffeted by unhealthy fixations, he spirals into paranoia and isolation as the relationship between the Trawler and Robert Mallory hurtles inexorably toward a collision. 

Set against the intensely vivid and nostalgic backdrop of pre-Less Than Zero L.A., The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction, the real and the imagined, that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret's life at seventeen--sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage. Gripping, sly, suspenseful, deeply haunting, and often darkly funny, The Shards is Ellis at his inimitable best.

The Shards

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Gil North

Martin Edwards

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Amy Snowden, in middle age, has long since settled into a lonely life in the Yorkshire town of Gunnarshaw, until--to her neighbours' surprise--she suddenly marries a much younger man. Months later, Amy is found dead--apparently by her own hand--and her husband, Wright, has disappeared. Sergeant Caleb Cluff--silent, watchful, a man at home in the bleak moorland landscape of Gunnarshaw--must find the truth about the couple's unlikely marriage, and solve the riddle of Amy's death.

Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm

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J. K. Rowling

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" screenplay. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. Featuring a cast of remarkable characters, this is epic, adventure-packed storytelling at its very best. Whether an existing fan or new to the wizarding world, this is a perfect addition to any reader's bookshelf. "

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Patrick Rothfuss

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A hero named Kvothe, now living under an assumed name as the humble proprietor of an inn, recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the most notorious wizard, musician, thief, and assassin in his world. Reprint.

The Name of the Wind

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Jaynette Huff

A Fresh Look at English Paper-Piecing

Quilts from Grandmother's Garden

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Carol Armstrong

Designs for Applique and Quilting

Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. If the pullout patterns are missing, please contact c&t publishing.

Butterflies and Blooms

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Karen Costello Soltys

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Appliqué Made Easy

Now you can find all the information you need about appliqué in one handy reference! Over 270 color photographs show you how to get the beautiful results you want, whether appliquéing by hand or by machine.

Here's just a preview of what you'll find inside:

* The secret to perfect hand appliqué stitches
* Satin stitch, blanket stitch, and other decorative looks to finish fusible appliqués by machine
* Invisible machine appliqué that looks as if it were done by hand (but takes a fraction of the time)
* Stunning three-dimensional appliqué, including ruching, folding, and more
* Folk art appliqué that's fast and fun
* Colorful molas, an ethnic appliqué style, made quick and easy on the machine

And more creative ways to have fun with appliqué.

Tips and tricks that make appliqué totally trouble-free...even for first-timers.

Applique Made Easy

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Erika Carter

Amy Shayne

Personal Imagery in Art Quilts

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Nancy Zieman

Natalie Sewell

Oxmoor

- Make quilts without patterns or measurements- Quilt experts Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell offer easy instructions- Select the best nature fabrics

Landscape Quilts

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Donna Lynn Thomas

Take Folded Corners to New Heights

Donna Lynn Thomas makes brilliant use of the easy folded-corner technique to create striking quilts that only look complex. The quilts are divided into three categories: "Try Me" projects build confidence, "Grow with Me" projects develop skills further, and "Master Me" projects become masterpieces.
Shows how to make striped units without using bias pieces or templates
Features a wide variety of colorways and fabric styles
Provides 13 fascinating projects with broad appeal

Flip Your Way to Fabulous Quilts

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Martha Thompson

Fancy Quilts from Plain Squares

Square Dance

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Kansas City Star

Patterns from the Kansas City Star

My Stars II

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Marge Edie

Bargello Quilts

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Marilyn S. Doheny

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Bargello Tapestry Quilts

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Teri Henderson Tope

Create unique dimensional looks with this classic technique! With Teri Tope's Applique in Reverse, intricate hand-applique designs are made fast and easy. The secret is to use large pieces of background fabric underneath the applique designs for easier handling. Tiny seam allowances are a thing of the past! Beginners who love the look of applique can easily master this useful technique. The heart of the book is a menu of 13 block patterns and two border designs from Teri's GARDEN NOUVEAU quilt. Teri shows you how to transform those patterns into nine additional projects including a tote bag, table runners, a bolster, and wallhangings with her applique in reverse technique. Her flair for bold color and dramatic fabrics will encourage the artist in you.

Applique in Reverse

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Terri Nyman

Bethany S. Reynolds

More than 200 how-to illustrations and dozens of color plates detail the process fully. In addition to covering fabric selection, the chapters provide step-by-step cutting and piecing directions for seven different blocks, and yardage and assembly directions for 14 projects ranging from small wall quilts to queen-sized bed quilts. A chapter on quilting includes designs and strategies to bring out all the beauty of these magical quilts.

Magic Stack-N-Whack Quilts

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Pat M. Magaret

Donna I. Slusser

Title page does have previous owners name written. 

Watercolor Quilts

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Victor Bockris

Traces his life, career, and premature death of the influential pop artist and self-made celebrity, based on candid interviews with family members and devotees, fellow artists, and former loves.

The Life and Death of Andy Warhol

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Elaine Weiss

The Great Fight to Win the Vote

"Both a page-turning drama and an inspiration for every reader" -- Hillary Rodham Clinton Soon to be a major television event, the nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have approved the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote; one last state--Tennessee--is needed for women's voting rights to be the law of the land. The suffragists face vicious opposition from politicians, clergy, corporations, and racists who don't want black women voting. And then there are the "Antis"--women who oppose their own enfranchisement, fearing suffrage will bring about the nation's moral collapse. And in one hot summer, they all converge for a confrontation, replete with booze and blackmail, betrayal and courage. Following a handful of remarkable women who led their respective forces into battle, The Woman's Hour is the gripping story of how America's women won their own freedom, and the opening campaign in the great twentieth-century battles for civil rights.

The Woman's Hour

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Geri Walton

The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe

Marie Antoinette has always fascinated readers worldwide. Yet perhaps no one knew her better than one of her closest confidantes, Marie Thérèse, the Princess de Lamballe. The Princess became superintendent of the Queens household in 1774, and through her relationship with Marie Antoinette, a unique perspective of the lavishness and daily intrigue at Versailles is exposed. Born into the famous House of Savoy in Turin, Italy, Marie Thérèse was married at the age of seventeen to the Prince de Lamballe; heir to one of the richest fortunes in France. He transported her to the gold-leafed and glittering chandeliered halls of the Château de Versailles, where she soon found herself immersed in the political and sexual scandals that surrounded the royal court. As the plotters and planners of Versailles sought, at all costs, to gain the favor of Louis XVI and his Queen, the Princess de Lamballe was there to witness it all. This book reveals the Princess de Lamballes version of these events and is based on a wide variety of historical sources, helping to capture the waning days and grisly demise of the French monarchy. The story immerses you in a world of titillating sexual rumors, bloodthirsty revolutionaries, and hair-raising escape attempts and is a must read for anyone interested in Marie Antoinette, the origins of the French Revolution, or life in the late 18th Century.

Marie Antoinette's Confidante

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Pamela Sargent

Centuries of terraforming have not yet made Venus habitable, but the planet has become a haven for malcontents and trouble is brewing between Earth and her bright sister planet.

Child of Venus

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Clifton Fadiman

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The World Treasury of Science Fiction

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Mary Hays

First published in the turbulent decade following the French Revolution, Memoirs of Emma Courtney is based on Mary Hays' own passionate struggle with romance and Enlightenment philosophy. A feminist and ardent disciple of Mary Wollstonecraft, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between `what women are' and `what woment ought to be'. The novel is one of the most articulate and detailed expressions of the yearnings and frustrations of a woman living in late eighteenth-century English society. It questions marital arrangements and courtship rituals by depicting a woman who actively pursues the man she loves. The novel explores the links between sexuality, desire, and economic and social freedom, suggesting the need for improvement in the laws of society which `have enslaved, enervated, and degraded woman'.

Memoirs of Emma Courtney

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Nina Burleigh

James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum: The Smithsonian

A portrait of the naturalist who founded the Smithsonian Institute notes the fierce political and interpersonal battles that nearly prevented the museum's establishment and recounts the intervention of such individuals as John Quincy Adams that enabled its recovery. 35,000 first printing.

The Stranger and the Statesman

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