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Subscribe to the lovethebook.com book feed mix using any reader! 8/5/2010
Andrew J. Bacevich on How to Dismantle the American Empire
8/1/2010
Stacy Malkan on Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry
7/10/2010
Joy Gordon on the Invisble War, the United States and Iraq Sanctions
6/26/2010
Tom Engelhardt on the American Way of War
6/25/2010
Writer, critic and activist Carlos Monsiváis, 1938 - 2010
6/8/2010
He is totally unreproducible — he was sui generis — Martin Gardner, 1914 - 2010
6/7/2010
Joe Meadors: I seem to have all the bad luck in the world when it comes to the Israelis.
5/30/2010
Historian Bruce Cumings on the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula
5/12/2010
How the hell did it happen? - Daniel Okrent on how Prohibition democratized drinking and made the income tax possible
5/6/2010
"We have more than an oil slick out of control, we also have these big corporations out of control." - Marine toxicologist Rikki Ott on the BP and Exxon Valdez oil spills.
4/24/2010
"This is too important. We cannot leave this to governments": Cormac Cullinan on the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights
4/6/2010
Anarchist, poet, publisher and chess-player, John Rety, 1930 - 2010
4/4/2010
"Literature was another victim of the war": Miguel Delibes, 1920 - 2010
3/24/2010
The beautiful brain of Sherman Alexie: War Dances wins 2010 Pen/Faulkner Award
3/13/2010
It's terrible to be possessed by brittle things: Elena Fanailova's The Russian Version wins the Best Translated Book Award for Poetry
3/7/2010
Translator, critic and BBC script editor, Barbara Bray, 1924 - 2010
2/28/2010
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award to D. A. Powell
2/24/2010
The banks have had nine months to creatively increase the real cost of borrowing: Robert Manning on Credit Card Nation
2/9/2010
Robert McChesney and John Nichols the history and necessity of government subsides for US journalism
2/5/2010
Of course, I’d forgotten she’d died: An extract from A Scattering by Christopher Reid, the 2009 Costa Book of the Year
1/30/2010
Tributes to People's Historian Howard Zinn, 1922 - 2010
1/24/2010
Johann Hari on P. W. Singer's Wired For War
1/23/2010
Jamin Raskin on the Supreme Court campaign finance ruling which removes limits on corporate campaign spending
1/16/2010
"Haitians have been punished ever since for claiming their freedom", Tracy Kidder and Peter Hallward on Haiti
1/2/2010
At 42, she was one of the best poets of her generation, Rachel Wetzsteon, 1967 - 2009
12/27/2009
You have to decide which side you are on: there is always a side. Commitment does not exist in an abstraction; it exists in action: Dennis Brutus, 1924 - 2009
12/19/2009
The wedding guests look upon the cracked, pink lips of Rosie's bridegroom - an extract from Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly, the 2009 Guardian First Book Award winning book
12/12/2009
David Cortright on Obama's shallow understanding of the priciples of Just War Theory
11/26/2009
Obama's rejection of Landmine Treaty lacks vision, compassion, and basic common sense
11/22/2009
Those who saw him hushed: Let the Great World Spin, the National Book Award winner by Colum McCann
11/15/2009
Robert Jensen: Of Turkeys and Holocausts
11/8/2009
Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1908 - 2009, his works as a practical anti-racist manifesto
11/7/2009
Power exercised by man over his fellow man is always a usurpation, Francisco Ayala, 1906 - 2009
11/1/2009
If you think you'll to be rich someday, why resent million-dollar bonuses: Barbara Ehrenreich on Positive Thinking
10/21/2009
Four Canadians tortured in the name of fighting Terror, Kerry Pither wins Ottawa Book Award for Dark Days
10/14/2009
The Potato that Became a Tomato, Playgiarist Raymond Federman, 1928 - 2009
10/10/2009
I've had to learn to live by writing, not the other way round. Herta Müller wins Nobel prize in literature
9/30/2009
Milton Meltzer, 1915 – 2009
9/23/2009
I knew I had no hope of winning: Simon Van Booy wins Frank O'Connor Short Story Award for Love Begins in Winter
9/15/2009
I saw my soul become flesh: Jean Valentine wins Wallace Stevens Award
9/14/2009
Iconic poet and punk rocker, Jim Carroll, 1950 - 2009
9/3/2009
Wallace Shawn on The Quest for Superiority
8/30/2009
Michael Parenti on Italian American Identity
8/20/2009
Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia
8/19/2009
Slavoj Zizek on occupation by bureaucracy and the quiet slicing of the West Bank
8/17/2009
Robert Dreyfuss on the shift in U.S. war and propaganda effort from Iraq to Afghanistan
8/9/2009
Israeli writer Amos Kenan, 1927 - 2009
8/8/2009
Daniel Ellsberg on the 64th Aniversary of Hiroshima Day
7/30/2009
Angela's Ashes author Frank McCourt, 1930 - 2009
7/15/2009
D.D. Guttenplan on I.F.Stone and the Vietnam War
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Patternmaking for Fashion Design
Helen Joseph Armstrong Prentice Hall

Patternmaking for Fashion Design, 2/e, is one of the most comprehensive patternmaking texts available. It presents clear instructions, with corresponding easy-to-follow technical instructions and up-to-date fashion sketches that will stimulate the creative imaginations of both technical and design-oriented students.
list Price: $84.00 our price: $206.51
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The Dynamics of Fashion
Elaine Stone Fairchild Pubns

Fashion today is fast-paced, technologically savvy, and global and this third edition of The Dynamics of Fashion has been updated to be on the cutting edge. Featuring a new chapter on the history of fashion, the latest facts and figures, and the most current theories in fashion development, production, and merchandising, this book provides a broad foundation for students hoping to become a part of the industry. Apparel, accessories, cosmetics, home fashions, green design, and more are explored in detail. Hundreds of examples make the business aspect fun. Fresh, forward, challenging, and comprehensive, ...
list Price: $104.00 our price: $84.24
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Draping for Apparel Design
Helen Joseph-Armstrong Fairchild Pubns

This text combines step-by-step instructions illustrated to present the principles and
methods of draping. Author Helen Joseph-Armstrong incorporates three draping techniques
manipulating dart excess, adding fullness, and contour draping in design
projects featured throughout the text. Projects begin with a draping plan and fashion
drawing to identify its creative elements, and determine the draping technique required.
The author describes the drape of the basic dress and its relationship to every garment in
a clothing collection, emphasizing the drape of foundation garments ...
list Price: $98.00 our price: $73.85
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Survey of Historic Costume
Phylliss G. Tortora, Keith Eubank Fairchild Pubns

In the Preface of the 5th Edition of Survey of Historic Costume, Tortora and Eubank conclude
with the following: In the history of dress at the beginning of the 21st century,
costume might be compared to a constantly moving river. This river divides into many narrower
channels that separate, cross, come together, and separate again, and yet that river
continually moves on. Building on the previous editions, the authors update their analysis
of Western dress to 2008. With each new edition some elements of the title change. And
those changes provide an opportunity to focus on some ...
list Price: $115.00 our price: $88.91
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J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science Swatch Kit
Arthur Price, Allen C. Cohen, Ingrid Johnson Fairchild Pubns

This swatch kit is designed to accompany "Fabric Science, 8th Edition", and supplements the study of textiles. Swatches represent the types of fabrics currently available in the textile industry and sold to apparel or home furnishing manufacturers. Straight edges facilitate fabric analysis swatch kit features. Instructor's Guide is also available.
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Fabric Science
Joseph J. Pizzuto Fairchild Books

This best-selling introductory text is for students and professionals who need a solid understanding of basic textiles. In addition to describing the fundamentals, it covers the increasing emphasis on textiles as a major international industry. This edition continues to address the variety of career opportunities in the design, production, marketing, and merchandising of textiles, apparel, and home products associated with the world of textiles.
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The Little Black Book of Style
Nina Garcia It Books

Every time you dress, you assert your identity. With style, you tell the world your story. In that way, style affords you opportunities to think about your appearance as a quality of your creative character. The Little Black Book of Style helps you to explore your own fashion voice—the piece of you that joyously revels in the glamorous experience of creating your best self. From cultivating good taste to guarding against definite fashion faux pas, Nina Garcia offers readers the ultimate guide to follow when it comes to dressing their best. Including tips on how and when to wear an outfit, ...

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The Art of Manipulating Fabric
Colette Wolff Chilton Book Company

This volume demonstrates the techniques for the three-dimensional manipulation of fabric. It categorizes the techniques showing how they are related, giving examples of both modern and traditional variations. The techniques show how to reconstruct a flat piece of cloth using only a threaded needle.
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Fashion Sketchbook
Bina Abling Fairchild Pubns

With new and revised illustrations and instructions, this edition of Fashion Sketchbook
is still providing students with a comprehensive course on sketching the fashion figure,
fabric shapes, and garment details. Abling s directions are easy to follow and detailed, using
minimum narrative and numerous diagrams. Fashion Sketchbook, 5th Edition, explains
step-by-step how to draw women, men, and children; pose the figure; develop the fashion
head and face; sketch accessories; include garment details; and prepare flats and specs.
list Price: $98.50 our price: $74.40
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The Mammoth Book of Tattoos
Lal Hardy Running Press

This collection covers all styles of tattoos from bold tribal pieces, Chines characters, and hieroglyphs to delicate air-brushed designs. Included are striking images of tattoos ranging from all-over “body suits” to individual motifs.
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