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|  | No Idle Hands by Anne L. MacDonald
Description not available.Examines the history of the nation from the perspective of women and knitting, tracing the changes in day-to-day life and in women's roles in society from colonial times to the present AUTHOR: Anne L. MacDonald
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | Cold Paradise
Suave Stone Barrington goes to Palm Beach to track down a gorgeous woman, identified only as Liz, for a wealthy computer magnate who wants to marry her.
Suave Stone Barrington goes to Palm Beach to track down a gorgeous woman, identified only as Liz, for a wealthy computer magnate who wants to marry her. Upon finding Liz, Stone discovers that she is actually Allison Manning, a woman whose life he once saved. Liz is living under an assumed name because she fears that her husband--who's supposed to be dead--is actually alive and stalking her with intent to kill. Stone must protect Liz while simultaneously fending off advances from a number of attractive women. He does better at one job than the other.
CATEGORY: Mystery & Thrillers
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 | Eight Hands Round by Ann Whitford Paul, Jeanette Winter
An introduction to the alphabet using various quilting patterns. This book also explores the history of quilting, as well as aspects of frontier and pioneer life. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Ann Whitford Paul, Jeanette Winter
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | A Ned Rorem Reader by Ned Rorem
This collection of the writings of the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and celebrated diarist includes diary excerpts, memoirs of old friends, and interviews. AUTHOR: Ned Rorem
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Stitching Stars by Mary E. Lyons
This distinguished biography is both a portrait of an artist and a chronicle of her times. Born into slavery, Harriet Powers had always been a quilt maker, but at 49, she began working on her first masterpiece--a story quilt of the Bible that is now at the Smithsonian Institution. Full-color photos. AUTHOR: Mary E. Lyons
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Billboard Books by Christopher Feldman
This newest addition to a long list of quality chart books chronicles the history of those singles that almost, but never quite, reached the top of the Billboard charts. Citing every hit that placed two since 1955, the book details each artist's or single's individual history. Pans will remember such classics as Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino), Dancing in the Street (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas), Burning Love (Elvis Presley), and Y.M.C.A. (Village People). (En Vogue), and It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (Boyz II Men). AUTHOR: Christopher Feldman
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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