January 26th, 2012
Fans of The Art of Racing in the Rain, get ready for a memoir that Garth Stein calls “stunning . . . an incredible journey, both inward and outward.” Read It Forward favorite Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted and Cowboys Are My Weakness, says Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild “is a big, brave, break-your-heart-and-put-it-back-together-again kind of book. Cheryl Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer. She walked the Pacific Crest Trail to find forgiveness, came back with generosity – and now she shares her reward with us. I snorted with laughter, I wept uncontrollably; I don’t even want to know the person who isn’t going to love Wild. This is a beautifully made, utterly realized book.”
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Tags: autobiography, biography, cheryl strayed, knopf, memoir, wild
Posted in Read It First, Read It Forward |
January 26th, 2012
Used by everyone from the Druids of early England to the Dwarves of Middle Earth, runes breathe magic that you can enjoy. Consulting the rune stones is like reading tarot cards. Several traditional systems advise you how to reach in, how to cast the stone or stones, and how to interpret them. To inspire letter artists, Margaret Shepherd created the set of rune stones shown in Learn World Calligraphy. The steps given here show how to make your own stones.
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Tags: calligraphy, Learn World Calligraphy, Margaret Shepherd, rune, rune stones, runes, runestones
Posted in CrafterNews, Crafts-General |
January 25th, 2012
Tucked away on a quiet, tree-lined street in Brooklyn, New York, is One Girl Cookies: a charming bakery and café whose owners have created what they call an Urban Mayberry. Little do most people know that this dessert destination—famous for its gorgeous bite-sized cookies, amazingly moist cakes, seasonal pies and tarts, and dangerously addictive whoopie pies—started simply, with one girl baking cookies out of a tiny apartment.
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Tags: brooklyn bakery, cakes, cookies, cupcakes, David Crofton, Dawn Casale, family stories, One Girl Cookies, pies, recipes, tarts, whoopie pie
Posted in Clarkson Potter, Press Releases |
January 25th, 2012
Style is a luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy. Over the years, founding editor in chief of domino magazine Deborah Needleman has seen all kinds of rooms, with all kinds of furnishings. Her conclusion: It’s not hard to create a relaxed, stylish, and comfortable home. Just a few well-considered items can completely change the feel of your space.
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Tags: Deborah Needleman, domino magazine, home decorating, style tips, The Perfectly Imperfect Home, Virginia Johnson, WSJ magazine
Posted in Clarkson Potter, Decorating, Press Releases |
January 25th, 2012
Growing a handful of herbs and edible flowers adds sparkle to dozens of meals year-round. Fortunately for us, these plants are not fussy. They’re simple to grow and will fit into any space you can provide, including a crack in a broken patio stone, the step next to your front door, or a windowsill.
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Tags: DIY project, Easy Growing, edible flowers, gardening, Gayla Trail, organic herbs
Posted in Clarkson Potter, Press Releases |
January 25th, 2012
The authoritative guide for photographing nature in today’s digital world. Infused with both a passion for nature and an abundance of technical expertise, The Complete Guide to Nature Photography guides amateur photographers through every stage of shooting landscapes, close-ups, and animal portraits in today’s digital world.
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Tags: Complete Guide to Nature Photography, digital images, digital photography, nature, Sean Arbabi, wildlife
Posted in Press Releases |
January 25th, 2012
“We need to have head shots but, being writers, we don’t want to pay for them,” says Stephen Gallagher, author of The Bedlam Detective. “Sometimes your publisher will commission some publicity stills but that doesn’t always work out – Hodder & Stoughton once sent me to a man who specialized in photographing fruit for Marks & Spencer. Maybe they chose him because of the “&”. I don’t know what fruit he had in mind when he studied me – maybe Zombie Cucumber. We took the shots in his attic, with me lurking behind a wormy pillar or looking out around a peeling chimney wall. The result: I looked like a ghoul in the fourth stage of something terminal.”
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Tags: Crown Publishing, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, Novel, stephen gallagher, the bedlam detective
Posted in Meet the Author, Read It Forward |
January 25th, 2012
Based on fifteen years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as American’s gun. Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Hollywood movies, and featured as a ubiquitous presence on prime-time TV. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists, and coveted by cops and crooks alike.
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Tags: Crown, Glock, guns, Paul Barrett
Posted in Crown, Press Releases |
January 24th, 2012
Here at CrafterNews, we’re looking forward to a season packed with crafty events that are sure to beat the winter blues, including fabulous fiber festivals, yarn markets, knitters’ retreats, and much more. Take a look at our winter crafts calendar to see what’s happening in your local area.
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Tags: Alaska Fiber Festival, craft calendar, craft events, crafty events, festival, fiber, fiber festival, Green with Indie Craft Show, Knit Michigan, knitters' retreat, Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat, New England Textile Arts Network, Original Sewing and Quilt Expo, Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival, Portland Yarn Crawl, Retro Indie Market, Sewing and Stitchery Expo, Sheep in the City Getaway, Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival, Spa Knit and Spin, Stitches West, Style X, Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, TNNA, TNNA Nashville, Virginia Classis Llama and Alpaca Show, Winter Indie Wed, yarn market, Yarn Market News Smart Business Conference
Posted in CrafterNews, Crafts-General |
