Arts Crafts

This work focuses on the help and intercession of the saints for those involved with occupations and vocations: professionals, skilled craftsmen and women, artists, teachers, manual laborers, and much more! Thousands of facts about these special patron saints for those in the workforce, as well as those involved with hobbies or voluntary duties.

The inspiration for the TV show At Home with Amy Sedaris, here is a hilarious, helpful, and informative guide on how to entertain. Are you lacking direction in how to whip up a swanky soiree for lumberjacks? A dinner party for white-collar workers? A festive gathering for the grieving? Don't...

By purchasing this audiobook you are electing to join a secret underground movement. Membership will require you to conduct research on your immediate environment and complete a variety of assignments designed to creatively disrupt everyday life. The Wander Society method is based on the...

Finding Home speaks to everyone who appreciates arts and crafts and the role they play making a home. In a series of twenty-six brief essays the author reflects on a range of topics - from rug hooking and macrame to tole painting, letter writing, calligraphy, card making, and porcelain painting. The audiobook is a tribute to the ability of modest excursions into popular crafts to make a difference - by making us aware of the beauty and lessons found as we create in multiple mediums.

A history of one of humankind’s most resilient and influential technologies over the past millennium—the book. Revelatory and entertaining in equal measure, Portable Magic will charm and challenge literature lovers of all kinds as it illuminates the transformative power and eternal appeal...

In this scintillating combination of critical race theory, social commentary, veganism, and gender analysis, media studies scholar Aph Ko offers a compelling vision of a reimagined social justice movement. Through a subtle and extended examination of Jordan Peele’s hit 2017 movie Get Out, Ko shows the many ways that white supremacist notions of animality and race exist through the consumption and exploitation of flesh. She demonstrates how a critical historical and social understanding of anti-blackness can provide the pathway to genuine liberation.

Read by the author. Organize First, Decorate Second is the ultimate companion to help you embark on a transformative journey towards a more organized, beautiful, and fulfilling life. Whitney English breaks down the essence of thoughtful design and organization as tools not just for a prettier...

An essential how-to for crafting a guiding motto that sets intentions, increases creativity, and helps accomplish your goals, from Stanford University's world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the d.school. We all need agency to feel the power and joy of acting in the face of...

The long-awaited craft book from Steve Almond, based on three decades of writing, failing, and trying again. In Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow, Steve Almond shares the insights gleaned from three decades as a beloved teacher and mentor, and a considerably less-beloved literary rabble...

A comprehensive audio guide to succulents—a must-have for any houseplant enthusiast. Succulents is a field guide to 50 varieties of succulents. In this book, you will find profiles detailing each plant’s natural habitat, identifying characteristics, care and keeping tips, common pests and...

A fresh and contemporary adaptation of a beloved Christmas classic from New York Times bestselling children's book creator Lauren Semmer. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight! On Christmas Eve night, a family has set out cookies and milk for a special visitor while a delightful winter...

Thinking about starting art or craft fairs but not sure how to start? This guide is full of ideas on getting started, and ways you can use what is around your house, or borrow from a friend to enhance your booth.

Whether you dream of standing in the spotlight as a stand-up comedian, entertaining crowds with your wit and charm, or aspire to infuse humor into your everyday life and professional endeavors, this audiobook is your go-to resource. Prepare to embark on a transformative journey, navigating the intricacies of comedy writing, delivery, timing, and stage presence.

In Material, Kary takes listeners along with him to visit some of the places where modern artisans are preserving, and in some cases passing on, the old craft skills. His vivid descriptions and eye for detail make this book a rich and delightful listen, and the natural and cultural history he imparts along the way provides an important context for understanding our own past and the roots of our industrial society. Personal, engaging, and filled with memorable people, landscapes, and scenes, Material is a rich celebration of what it means to imagine and create.

Want to know how to get those amazing dreamy images you see in photo magazines? This book shows you how—explaining all the different techniques and gear which will help. You'll be making your own wonderful shots in no time after listening to this book.

Jane Roland and her painter friends are looking forward to a busy, fun-filled holiday season at the town's art center—watercolor exhibits, concerts, and a festive gala. But, when the screams of a child pierce the gaiety at the Halloween reception, Jane discovers a skeleton in the art closet. There's a dark history lurking below the center's charming exterior, and the deeper Jane digs into the secrets of the past, the more she realizes that art can be a deadly obsession.

In this inspiring audiobook, the beloved artist behind Spoonful of Faith shows you how to overcome your fears and harness your own creative gifts as an act of worship. With thoughtful stories and powerful reflections, Jena Holliday invites you to discover how you uniquely reflect the heart of...

A comprehensive, upbeat guide to help you survive the moving process from start to finish, filled with fresh strategies and checklists for timing and supplies, choosing which items to toss and which to keep, determining the best place to live, saying farewell and looking forward to hello. Moving...

In Detestable and Wicked Arts, Paul B. Moyer places early New England's battle against black magic in a transatlantic perspective. Moyer provides an accessible and comprehensive examination of witch prosecutions in the Puritan colonies that discusses how their English inhabitants understood the crime of witchcraft, why some people ran a greater risk of being accused of occult misdeeds, and how gender intersected with witch-hunting.

Wrapped up in a snarky idealism, it starts as a funny and poignant love letter to art, and winds up making a compelling case for a kinder, more connected world.