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The Tortilla Curtain
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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)
“I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the Communist side—of the Iron Curtain ” Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter SÃs shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news from the West slowly filtered into the country. SÃs learned about beat poetry, rock ’n’ roll, blue jeans, and Coca-Cola. He let his hair grow long, secretly read banned books, and joined a rock band. Then came the Prague Spring of 1968, and for a teenager who wanted to see the world and meet the Beatles, this was a magical time. It was short-lived, however, brought to a sudden and brutal end by the Soviet-led invasion. But this brief flowering had provided a glimpse of new possibilities—creativity could be discouraged but not easily killed. By joining memory and history, SÃs takes us on his extraordinary journey: from infant with paintbrush in hand to young man borne aloft by the wings of his art. .
Price: $10.10
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The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments: DIY Draperies, Curtains, Valances, Swags, and Shades
The most comprehensive DIY window book on the marketThe Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments makes it easy to choose and construct today's most popular window treatments - 20 styles of valances, swags, and cornices; 20 styles of curtains and draperies; plus 10 types of window shades. Room photographs show each style in a variety of decorating styles, fabrics, and hardware. Each project has step-by-step instructions from beginning to end: measuring the window, cutting the fabric with confidence, sewing or constructing the project, and installing the treatment the professional way. Over 500 how-to photographs and diagrams make it easy to have professional results. This is the big book of DIY window treatments! .
Price: $14.95
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Sunset Curtains, Draperies & Shades
Choose from over 40 updated window treatment projects that showcase todays more casual approach, like softer pleats on draperies, looser folds on curtains, and panels that puddle gracefully on the floor. Featuring easy, step-by-step illustrated directions, this new edition covers the entire planning and sewing process, from measuring windows and calculating yardage to installing hardware..
Price: $6.99
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The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down #11 (Hank Zipzer)
Hank is failing math, so he has to work with Heather Payne, resident class brain, to help get his grades up. At the same time, HankÂ’s school is putting on a production of The King and I. As coincidence would have it, Hank is cast as the King, and Heather as Anna. But when HankÂ’s dad tells him he can only appear in the play if he gets a B on his next math test, Hank knows he has to hit the books. Can Hank pull through in time for the show?.
Price: $1.88
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The Complete Photo Guide to Curtains and Draperies: Do-It-Yourself Window Treatments
The only curtains book with the current styles and step-by-step, photographed instructions. The Complete Photo Guide to Curtains and Draperies makes it easy to choose and construct today's most popular window treatments. Color photographs present twenty styles in a variety of room settings, fabrics, trims, and decorative hardware, then show how to DIY. The projects include tailored, romantic, and contemporary curtains and formal draperies with all styles of pleats. There are step-by-step instructions from start to finish: measuring the window, calculating yardage, cutting, sewing, and installing. Following in the tradition of CPi's best-sellingWindows with Style and Creative Window Treatments, Complete Photo Guide to Curtains and Draperies is an indispensable part of an all-new series of window decor books. .
Price: $11.95
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Behind the Pine Curtain
Jacqueline Keys was ostracized from her small hometown of Pine Springs, Texas when she was seventeen, sent away because she was gay. Her family was the largest employer in the county, owning Pine Springs Lumber, and her father was mayor of this small town. Her mother could not accept the fact that her only child was gay, could not tolerate the gossip about her family. So, with a hundred dollars in her pocket and a one-way bus ticket out of town, Jacqueline was told not to come back until she had come to her senses. And that included being prepared to marry the son of a business associate of the family. Fifteen years later—long after she'd hitch-hiked to Los Angeles, long after she'd worked nights to put herself through college, and long after she'd written her first best seller, No Place For Family—Jacqueline is persuaded to go back to the tiny town of Pine Springs after her father's death. The quick trip she'd envisioned for the funeral turns into weeks as she learns her father's business is suddenly hers to manage. And she is also again face-to-face with the woman who, as a teen, had been Jackie's first crush. She and Kay had been inseparable as kids, and later as teens. They find themselves falling back into their old habits, and Jackie is soon fighting the same feelings she'd had when she was seventeen. But living behind the pine curtain, Kay is afraid of her love for Jackie, afraid of what her family will say, afraid of how the town will react. Jackie refuses to hide, refuses to crawl back into the closet, so once again, she leaves Pine Springs . . . alone. Will Kay let her go? Or will Kay follow her heart?.
Price: $7.00
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The First Assistant: A Continuing Tale from Behind the Hollywood Curtain
The further fortunes of everyoneÂ’s favorite assistant as she struggles to keep her footing on HollywoodÂ’s slippery slope In The Second Assistant, readers fell in love with smart, witty East Coast girl Elizabeth Miller. Now that Lizzie has been promoted, can she still keep her pumps firmly on the ground in the city of stars? With a viperish subordinate after her job, the worldÂ’s hottest teen starlet to keep out of trouble and a boyfriend on location with a beautiful actress, she certainly has her hands full. The satire is sharper than ever as Naylor and Hare take another wry and hilarious look at the wheeling, dealing, schmoozing, and snubbing that make Hollywood the cutthroat capital of the world. The First Assistant is a lesson in how to survive in a town where tonightÂ’s Oscar frock is tomorrowÂ’s laughing stock..
Price: $4.75
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