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1) Wool
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English
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"The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is the story of a community living in an underground silo completely unaware of the fate of the outside world. When the silo's sheriff asks to leave the silo, a series of events unravels the very fabric of their fragile lives. In a world where all commodities are precious and running out, truth and hope may be the most rare...and the most needed"--
In a ruined and toxic landscape,...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in the translation). One should not ask servants to wait on one during Ramadan: they must have paid leave while one spends the holy month abroad. One must play the piano; if staying at Claridge's, one must regrettably install a Clavinova in the suite, so that the necessary hours of practice will not...
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Felony & Mayhem Press
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English
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"World War II rages on, and Inspector Alleyn continues as the Special Branch's eyes and ears in New Zealand. While his primary brief is spy-catching, he's also happy to help with old-fashioned policing. Flossie Rubrick, an influential Member of Parliament and the wife of a sheep farmer, is murdered. Had she made political enemies? Had a mysterious legacy prompted her death? Or could the shadowy world of international espionage have intruded on this...
4) Lily Wool
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Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Lily Wool is a little lamb with a great big imagination"--Page 4 of cover.
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Landauer Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Turn ordinary appliqué patterns into eye-catching projects by introducing wool into your fabric mix. Angela Lawrence has created more than a dozen projects in a variety of sizes using wool appliqué. The unique combination of wool, cotton and other materials promises stunning results. Projects include: coasters, pillows, table runners, wallhangings, and a lap quilt. Additional sections on using and caring for wool and preparing wool for appliqué...
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Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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A snowstorm's brewing. Father Squirrel must find a place for his family to stay warm, but another animal is hiding out in every place he finds. Then he discovers the perfect place--a glove that someone's lost. As the family snuggles in, the owner of the glove comes back. What will happen to the squirrel family now?
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Kate Shackleton mysteries volume 1
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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In this new Yarn Retreat Mystery from nationally bestselling author Betty Hechtman, Casey Feldstein is determined to tie up loose ends to solve another murder . . . After reconnecting with some old college friends on social media, part-time dessert chef and muffin maker Casey Feldstein has gotten herself roped into hosting a knitting retreat for the group. Tangled up in worries over how they'll judge her unconventional life and the rustic atmosphere...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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In the living museum of York, stop first at the romantic ruins of the abbey of St. Mary's, the Abbot's palace, and York Minster cathedral with its stunning stained glass and splendorous interiors. Savor the atmosphere of York's old historical center, the streets of the butchers and printers, and the still-inhabited 14th-century houses.
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Every October, thousands of monarch butterflies flock to California's Monterey Peninsula to spend the winter there. To welcome their colorful guests, Cadbury by the Sea holds a weeklong festival complete with a butterfly queen and her court. Eager to show some town spirit, Casey Feldstein finds herself fluttering back and forth between setting up a yarn retreat, baking and helping out at the festival. But when a former butterfly queen is found dead...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Dessert chef Casey Feldstein is running a new retreat called "From Sheep to Shawl" at a resort on the atmospheric Monterey Peninsula. Participants will learn about sheepshearing, fixing up the fleece, and spinning, and will eventually knit a lovely shawl. Nicole Welton has been hired to teach the fleece-to-fiber portion of the retreat. She's an expert spinner, and her small shop in Cadbury by the Sea houses a beautiful assortment of spinning wheels...
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Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet woefully cold. Travel the country with her as she meets a flock of Saxon Merino sheep in upstate New York, tours a scouring plant in Texas, visits a steamy Maine dyehouse, helps sort freshly shorn wool on a working farm, and learns how wool...
15) The red wool man
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Abelard-Schuman
Pub. Date
1971.
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English
Description
A piece of red wool, twisted by the breeze into the shape of a man, discovers its worth.
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Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
Description
"Why are humans and other mammals covered in hair, and why are there so many different types of it? Vivid photographs paired with a duo of quirky, illustrated hair guides serve to illuminate the fascinating facts about mammal hair: why it exists, what it's good for, and more. Readers will learn about different types of animal coats, such as fur and down, and explore the many different forms guard hairs take, such as the quills on a porcupine."--Amazon....
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The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small. Some adopted puppies. Others stress-baked. Peggy Orenstein, a lifelong knitter, went just a little further. To keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life, she set out to make a garment from the ground up: learning to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, then knitting herself a sweater. Orenstein hoped the project would help her process...
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Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Exiled from their homeland, a young girl and her entire family are unhappy about the monochrome sweaters all children wear until Mom decides to make a change. Includes facts about Portugal's history and government, about Amnesty International, and the text of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Teeny weenies volume 3
Publisher
Starscape Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A boy goes out looking for treats but only gets tricks. A girl discovers where candy corn really comes from. And a family finds out why they should always listen to the boy who cries 'Wool!' Join in the fun as the teeny weenies get into all kinds of hilarious trouble."--Page 4 of cover.
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