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Sneads Ferry
by Joshua W. Thurston Sherry Thurston Sadie Rouse DukeOver sunrise and sunset, the Sneads Ferry high-rise bridge enhances the panoramic view of the quaint fishing and farming community. Encapsulated by the pine forests and the New River, families from England, Scotland, and other areas in Europe found passage and refuge in this area. Men sailed and rowed boats along the banks and toiled on the sea. Even today, the early morning fishermen are on their boats, mending nets, fixing their rigging, and gearing their engines for the weeks or months they will be gone. Since 1941, the U.S. Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune has expanded and boosted the real estate of the township. The photographs in Images of America: Sneads Ferry recount the memories and the emotions of a simpler time.
Sneaker Century: A History of Athletic Shoes
by Amber J. KeyserWhether you call them kicks or sneakers, runners or gutties, you probably have a pair of athletic shoes in your closet. The earliest sneakers debuted in the 1800s and weren't much more than a canvas upper and a flexible sole made of a crazy new material—rubber. The stuff might have been new to Americans then, but for thousands of years, the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin of South America had been using latex made from the milky sap of hevea trees to protect their feet from rocks, sticks, and biting insects. Once Charles Goodyear figured out how to make the stuff more durable, sneakers were here to stay. Early sneakers were initially designed for elite athletes, but kids and teens quickly adopted them. Some of the first brands included Converse, Brooks, and Saucony. German companies Adidas and Puma started up during World War II. The Nike shoe debuted in the 1970s (with a bit of inspiration from a waffle iron). As fitness crazes took off in the 1980s, people all over the world started buying the shoes for workouts and everyday wear. At about the same time, companies began hiring high-profile athletes and pop stars for big-dollar endorsements, and shoe sales soared into the stratosphere to the tune of billions of dollars each year. In Sneaker Century, follow sneaker fashions and the larger-than-life personalities behind the best known athletic shoe brands in history. Learn how teen sneakerheads became important style makers and drove the success of NIKE, Inc., and other shoe companies. Look behind the scenes at the labor-intensive process of manufacturing sneakers. Explore the sneaker frontier of the future—recycled shoes, earth-friendly initiatives, and high-fashion statements. Get ready to speed through the Sneaker Century!
Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred
by David Erik NelsonSnip, Burn, Solder, Shred is packed with fun craft and toy-making projects for geeks on a budget. Inside, you ll find illustrated instructions for 24 quirky playthings. Part I: Kid Stuff contains child-friendly projects like the Lock-N-Latch Treasure Chest and a PVC TeePee; Part II: The Electro-Skiffle Band is devoted to homemade musical instruments; and Part III: The Locomotivated showcases moving toys, like a muzzleloader that shoots marshmallows and a steam-powered milk-carton boat. Each project costs just #65533;10 or less to make and is suitable for anyone, regardless of experience level. As you build, you ll learn useful sewing and carpentry skills, and the appendix offers a primer on electronics and soldering. You (and your kids) will have hours of fun making projects like: A simple electric guitar An oversized joy buzzer that (safely) administers a 100-volt jolt Cool, mess-free, screen-printed T-shirts Kites made from FedEx envelopes Booming Thunderdrums made from salvaged
Snippet Sensations
by Cindy WalterIt's back. . . the wonder of Snippet art! International quilting instructor Cindy Walter created this amazing technique to allow quilters to paint with fabric. Using fusible fabric, Cindy walks readers through this easy, fun, no-sew technique. Now beautiful works of art can be created with fabric scraps! The book includes more than 50 color Snippet photographs and three step-by-step projects to introduce readers to the wonderful world of Snippets. Readers will learn this easy, fun, no-sew technique from international quilting instructor Cindy Walter. Using fusible fabrics, they will explore the Snippets technique from start to finish and have the opportunity to complete three projects, each with step-by-step instructions.
Snippet Sensations Bouquets
by Cindy WalterCreating art with fabric has never been so fun and easy! Countless people around the world have created a fabric masterpiece with Cindy Walter's revolutionary Snippet Sensations technique, where small "snippets" of fabric and fusible web are used to "paint" on fabric. With this new booklet, readers will be introduced to the basics of the technique and then guided through step-by-step instructions for 10 stunning floral projects that can be quilted, including a sunflower quilt.
Snippet Sensations Christmas Celebration
by Cindy WalterCreating unique and beautiful decorations for the Christmas season has never been so easy and exciting! Cindy Walter's revolutionary technique in which small snippets of fabric and fusible webbing are used to paint on fabric is now being put to use in holiday projects! This festive new booklet introduces readers to the basics of the technique and guides them through step-by-step instructions for 10 fun holiday projects, including wreaths, snowmen, and a Christmas tree.
Snippets: Mostly True Tales from the Lighter Side of Scrapbooking
by Lain EhmannA giggle? A chortle? Maybe even a little LOL? Find yourself doing all three and more with this hilarious book from Simple Scrapbooks magazine's Lain Ehmann. In 25 delightful essays, Lain explores the nuttier side of scrapbooking, covering everything from getting started and making time for the hobby to stalking scrapbook celebrities and yearning for a magazine-worthy scrap room. Whether you're an avid scrapbooker or someone who just dabbles in memory preservation, you're sure to relate to these wonderfully witty interpretations. So pick up one for you and a few for your friends, and find out how funny scrapbooking really can be.
Snooker's World Champions: Masters of the Baize
by Luke Williams Paul GadsbyThe top snooker players in the world compete for several trophies every year, but one carries more prestige than all the others put together - the World Championship. No other tournament in the sport carries with it so much history, so many golden moments of spectacular success and dramatic failure. Meticulously researched and including exclusive interview material with Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy, among others, Masters of the Baize is a comprehensive guide to the men who have lifted the greatest prize in snooker. From the legendary Joe Davis, the first champion in 1927, to modern-day masters like Mark Williams, all the sport's world champions are put under the microscope, while the colourful careers of forgotten figures such as Walter Donaldson and John Pulman and rogue heroes like Alex Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are brought vividly to life. After uncovering the inauspicious origins of the game in nineteenth-century India, the authors examine every former world champion in his own comprehensive chapter. Additionally, a special section focuses on the extraordinary popularity of Jimmy White, by far the greatest player never to have won the title and one of the most emotive names in the sport.
Snoqualmie Pass
by John Kinnick Chery KinnickSituated in the Cascades about 50 miles east of Seattle, Snoqualmie Pass is intersected by the most heavily used route connecting eastern and western Washington. In the 1800s, use of the old Native American trail by explorers, cattlemen, and miners created a need for a wagon road. A railway and highway followed, and Snoqualmie Pass quickly developed into an all-season recreational paradise with over a half million visitors annually. Known for easy access to snow sports and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area, nighttime ski operations, and the world-famous terrain of Alpental, Snoqualmie Pass is also a community of neighborhoods with both full-time and part-time residents who share a unique mountain lifestyle.
Snow Crystals
by W. A. Bentley W. J. HumphreysDid you ever try to photograph a snowflake? The procedure is very tricky. The work must be done rapidly in extreme cold, for even body heat can melt a rare specimen that has been painstakingly mounted. The lighting must be just right to reveal all the nuances of design without producing heat. But the results can be rewarding, as the work of W. A. Bentley proved. <p><p> For almost half a century, Bentley caught and photographed thousands of snowflakes in his workshop at Jericho, Vermont, and made available to scientists and art instructors samples of his remarkable work. In 1931, the American Meteorological Society gathered together the best of these photomicrographs, plus some slides of frost, glaze, dew on vegetation and spider webs, sleet, and soft hail, and a text by W. J. Humphreys, and had them published. That book is here reproduced, unaltered, and unabridged. Over 2,000 beautiful crystals on these pages reveal the wonder of nature's diversity in uniformity; no two are alike, yet all are based on a common hexagon. <p> The introductory text covers the technique of photographing snow crystals, classification, the fundamentals of crystallography, and markings. There are also brief discussions of the nature and cause of ice flowers, windowpane frost, dew, rime, sleet, and graupel. <p> The book is of great value both to students of ice forms and for textile and other designers who can use the natural designs of these snow crystals in their work. Every photograph is royalty-free; you may use up to 10 without fees, permission, or acknowledgement.
Snow Globe
by Liz HuyckA gentle shake creates a magical snowfall on a miniature snow globe scene. Create your own wonderland in this fun winter activity.
Snow Hill (Then and Now)
by Michelle FultonSnow Hill, the seat of Worcester County, is more than 300 years old and continues to grow. Travelers from all around visit this quaint and unique community of art galleries, bed-and-breakfasts, and small shops, including Maggie's of Snow Hill, in which the author works as a bookseller.
Snow, Glass, Apples
by Neil GaimanA chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran. A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after. From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula Award-winning and Sunday Times-bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods) comes this graphic novel adaptation by Colleen Doran (Troll Bridge). 'Like Ray Bradbury before him, [Neil Gaiman] writes lovely little horror stories, fairy tales and fantasies which are as familiar as they are fabulous, stories that are never quite what the reader expects...' A.V. Club
Snowboarding in Southern Vermont: From Burton to the U.S. Open (Sports)
by Brian L. KnightDuring the 1980s and 1990s, the "Manchester and the Mountains" area of Vermont was the epicenter of the fledgling sport of snowboarding. With the presence of Burton Snowboards, the U.S. Open Championships and one of the earliest machine-built halfpipes at Stratton Mountain, the local population led the vanguard as the sport ventured from the fringe to mainstream. Ranging from Olympic gold medalists to backhoe operators and converted skiers, locals contributed immensely to the development of the sport. Author Brian Knight details the birth, growth and development of a new worldwide sport from humble beginnings in southern Vermont.
Snowden: Official Motion Picture Edition
by David Talbot Oliver Stone Kieran FitzgeraldFrom director and screenwriter Oliver Stone, Snowden examines the life and actions of one of the most polarizing figures in modern history. In 2013, Edward Snowden quietly leaves his job at the NSA and flies to Hong Kong to meet with journalists Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, as well as filmmaker Laura Poitras, to expose the US government’s secret—and shockingly extensive—cyber surveillance programs. A top security contractor with virtuoso programming skills, Snowden’s monumental act has been called heroic, treasonous, and the most far-reaching security breach in US intelligence history. This official motion picture screenplay edition, written by Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone, includes a foreword by David Talbot and dozens of photos from the film that features Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Melissa Leo, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Snowden.
Snowdon: The Biography
by Anne de Courcy'The most sensational book on the Royal Family in recent times' Sunday Telegraph'Offers a fascinating insight into not just his life but the social mores of the day' Evening StandardHow did a photographer who was a relentless playboy, an unashamed womaniser and a leather-clad motorcyclist marry the Queen's sister and become the Establishment figure Lord Snowdon? The brilliantly talented Antony Armstrong-Jones often humiliated Princess Margaret, yet he was compassionate to the causes he cared about. Since his death in 2017, Snowdon still hasn't escaped the limelight, as more and more is revealed about his wild and intriguing life.Written with exclusive access to Snowdon and the people closest to him, this book uncovers the real man and his times. Addressing the facts behind the myths - the secret courtship of Margaret, the love child born just weeks after the royal marriage, the affairs on both sides, the suicide of one mistress and the birth of an illegitimate son to another - this balanced yet no-holds-barred account of Snowdon's life is essential reading for fans of The Crown and Ma'am Darling.
Snowfire
by Dana JamesWhen Beth married glaciologist Allan Bryce she believed nothing would ever come between them. But something did – another wife. Without waiting for explanations Beth fled, burying herself in work and determined to replace her shattered memories of their love with award-winning photographs. Two years on, meeting unexpectedly on an expedition in Iceland, Beth can't understand why his eyes are as cold as the landscape and his fury so bitter – for she had done nothing wrong.
Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin<P>Snow in Vermont is as common as dirt. Why would anyone want to photograph it? <P>But from the time he was a small boy, Wilson Bentley thinks of the icy crystals as small miracles, and he determines that one day his camera will capture for others their extraordinary beauty. <P>Often misunderstood in his time, Wilson Bentley took pictures that even today reveal two important truths about snowflakes: first, that no two are alike, and second, that each one is startlingly beautiful. <P>His story, gracefully told by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and brought to life in Mary Azarian's lovely woodcuts, gives children insight into a soul who had not only a scientist's vision and perseverance, but a clear passion for the wonders of nature.
Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs MartinIn this Caldecott Medal–winning picture book, the true story of Wilson Bentley and his singular fascination with snowflakes is rendered in rich prose and gorgeous artwork, perfect for the holidays, snow days, and everyday.Wilson Bentley was always fascinated by snow. In childhood and adulthood, he saw each tiny crystal of a snowflake as a little miracle and wanted to understand them.His parents supported his curiosity and saved until they could give him his own camera and microscope. At the time, his enthusiasm was misunderstood. But with patience and determination, Wilson catalogued hundreds of snowflake photographs, gave slideshows of his findings and, when he was 66, published a book of his photos. His work became the basis for all we know about beautiful, unique snowflakes today. This biographical tribute to a very special farmer is the perfect holiday gift or snow day read.
Snowflake Designs
by Marty Noble Eric GottesmanRich selection of more than 120 intricate images of snowflakes, based on photographs taken by W. A. Bentley (1865-1935) over a 50-year period, will provide an endless source of inspiration for artists, designers and decorators. Royalty-free black-and-white designs are ideal for use in textile and wallpaper designs, for needlework and craft projects.
Snowflakes & Quilts
by Paula NadelsternThe author of Kaleidoscope Quilts shows how to create a stunning snowflake quilt, including how to draft a design, make templates, and piece successfully.Paula’s incredible quilts capture the delicate, three-dimensional effect of winter’s snowflakes. Learn how to create the endless variations found in snowflakes using the techniques and materials of quilt making!• Full-size patterns for making 11 of the snowflake designs from Paula’s quilts• Step-by-step instructions explain how to draft a design, make templates, and piece successfully• Paula reveals her strip-piecing techniques for “Power Stitching”• Learn methods for using your fabrics to create “Seemingly Seamless Seams”“Paula explores the collision of precise geometry and lush splinters of color and pattern. In this book, she reveals her unique technique with characteristic intelligence and humor.” —Stacy C. Hollander, Senior Curator, Museum of American Folk Art, New York City“Much like a child mesmerized by fireflies, I cannot get enough of looking when I see [Paula’s] quilts. Riveting, dazzling, hypnotizing—these are the words that spring to mind when I behold Paula’s art.” —Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Snowflakes in Photographs
by W. A. BentleyRemarkable revelations of nature's diversity, revealed in hundreds of snowflake images taken by American photographer Bentley during a 50-year period. Over 850 illustrations of snow crystals, with no two designs exactly alike, will inspire artists, designers, and craftspeople in search of extraordinary patterns for textiles, wallpaper, and other creative projects.
Snowflakes in September: Stories about God's Mysterious Ways
by Corrie Ten Boom Ernest Borgnine Caterine MarsallCorrie Ten Boom, Ernest Borgnine, and Elizabeth Sherrill are among the contributors to this unique collection. As they stir in the reader a sense of awe for the divine ways of God, the stories offer dramatic proof that God is an active part in the everyday lives of ordinary people.
Snowflakes: Creative Paper Cutouts for All Seasons
by Cindy HighamCreate unique paper snowflakes at home or in the classroom with 144 patterns designed for every season. Everyone can have fun using Snowflakes: Creative Paper Cutouts for All Seasons, creating one-of-a-kind designs for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentine&’s Day, St. Patrick&’s Day, and other holidays, plus themes for winter, spring, summer, and fall. The 144 patterns are ideal for scrapbooking, holiday cards, and decorating. You can also use your snowflake patterns as quilt blocks, stencils, crochet patterns, wood ornaments, or patterns for stained glass! Use Snowflakes as a tool to learn the techniques and then begin experimenting on your own.
Snuffed Out (Magic Candle Shop Mystery #1)
by Valona JonesTwin sisters Tabby and Sage co-own a candle shop, but will it all go up in flames in Valona Jones&’ series debut, perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Bailey Cates.30-year-old fraternal twins Tabby and Sage Winslow own The Book and Candle Shop in Savannah. Sage is hot-headed and impulsive while Tabby is calm and collected, making them the perfect partnership. When one of their customers is found murdered, from a blow to the head, that partnership is put to the test. Blithe McAdam had been seen in a heated argument with shop clerk Gerard, which immediately makes him suspect number one. The twins are convinced of Gerard&’s innocence and start digging into Blithe&’s past. But no one is cooperating. The neighbor who found the body isn&’t talking, medical examiner Quig won&’t give any details about the autopsy, and nasty rumors begin surfacing about the drowning of Blithe&’s father years earlier—evidence that could seal Gerard&’s fate. Tabby and Sage dig desperately for the truth. But it&’s not only their friend who&’s in peril. With the clock ticking, the twins find themselves in the grip of an unseen and deadly energy that has seeped into their midst—and in the sights of a ruthless killer.