Download or read book Life In Miniature written by Linda Schlossberg and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a powerful new voice in fiction comes a compelling debut about the delicate bond between daughters and mothers, and about leaving everything you know in order to find the place where you belong. Adie has always known she was different. There's her size, for one thing. Born three months premature, Adie is the smallest of her peers. Then there's Adie's mother, who at first glance seems like so many other 1980s moms--clipping coupons and attending Feel the Burn aerobics classes. But beneath the surface is something erratic and unpredictable, something that makes her drag Adie and her older sister, Miriam, from one rental apartment to the next--until Miriam runs away. Adie is left behind with her mother, who is convinced their lives are in real danger and takes Adie on a crazy run across northern California. Now Adie faces a stark choice: submit to this increasingly surreal adventure, or grow up in ways she never imagined. . . "Life in Miniature is a stunning double portrait, subtly capturing a daughter's misconceptions of her mother's delusions--while simultaneously revealing the consequences for both--in a compulsively readable and deeply insightful first novel." --Jonathon Keats, author of The Book of the Unknown ". . .a book of intelligence and grace that will make you laugh and cry." --Terry Gamble, author of Good Family Linda Schlossberg received her PhD in English literature from Harvard University, where she is the Assistant Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. Her fiction has been recognized by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, the National League of American PEN Women, and Writers at Work. She has also received research and writing grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as well as several awards for excellence in teaching. Linda lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Download or read book My Life in Miniature written by Gail Simone and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Gail Simone Art by John Byrne, Trevor Scott and others Cover by Ariel Olivetti Collecting the first 6 issues of the acclaimed new series! Meet Ryan Choi - the young hotshot professor filling the empty slot on Ivy University's teaching staff...and who inadvertently fills the role as the all-new super-heroic Atom! Advance-solicited; on sale May 2 - 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US

Download or read book Small Wonders Life Portrait in Miniature written by Tatsuya Tanaka and published by Nippan Editions. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tatsuya Tanaka, the photographer behind "Miniature Calendar," creates scenes with everyday objects and tiny figures.

Download or read book Life in Miniature written by Nicola Lisle and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “comprehensive and enjoyable” guide to the centuries-long history of dolls’ houses and how they illuminate our past (Books Monthly). Dolls’ houses are tiny slices of social history that give us a fascinating glimpse into domestic life over the last three hundred years. Through text and photos, Nicola Lisle explores the origins and history of dolls’ houses and their furnishings, from the earliest known dolls’ house in sixteenth-century Bavaria to the present, and looks at how they reflect the architecture, fashions, social attitudes, innovations, and craftsmanship of their day. She discusses the changing role of dolls’ houses and highlights significant events and people to give historical context, as well as taking a look at some of the leading dolls’ house manufacturers such as Silber & Fleming and Lines Brothers Ltd (later Triang). Included are numerous examples of interesting dolls’ houses, the stories behind them, and where to see them—including famous models such as Queen Mary’s spectacular 1920s dolls’ house at Windsor Castle. There is also a chapter on model towns and villages, which became popular in the twentieth century and also give us a window on the past by replicating real places or capturing scenes typical of a bygone era, plus advice for dolls’ house collectors, a detailed directory of places to visit, a timeline of dolls’ house history, and recommended further reading.

Download or read book A Summer Garland written by Mary Gaines and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Making Dolls House Miniatures in 1 12th Scale written by Julie Warren and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ~Over 50 easy to follow step by step projects~Includes a list of all tools and materials needed to complete all of the projects in the book~Over 900 colour photographs~There's tips and advice on working with wood~Includes a suppliers' web directory~Includes projects for the laundry room, the kitchen, the attic, the garden and more!

Download or read book My Miniature Library written by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini and published by . This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stories ranging from illustrated fairytales to well-loved nonsense rhymes and books of butterflies, birds and flowers, plus blank books for you to complete yourself, you'll have everything you need to make a little library of beautifully illustrated books. The books are simple to make - just cut, fold and glue. The kit comes with a miniature bookshelf to press out and make, and easy-to-follow, fully illustrated instructions. Plus the box transforms into a beautiful library scene!

Download or read book Mix up in Miniature written by Margaret Grace and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiny Houses Can Hold Big Clues. Geraldine Porter is thrilled to meet bestselling author and miniatures enthusiast Varena Young. The celebrity seems to seek friendship with Gerry and her crafts group, and makes a generous offer of a house from her collection for a library fund-raiser. But Young is suddenly murdered. Gerry and her eleven-year-old granddaughter Maddie delve for information on Young�s mysterious past, and find a clue to her murder in a secret room... in a dollhouse. "Perfectly written, with a cast of wonderful characters. This series keeps getting better and better.” -- Hannah Reed, Mind Your Own Beeswax

Download or read book MINIATURE TRIP IN JAPAN written by 田中達也 and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ミニチュア写真家・田中達也、珠玉の写真集。

Download or read book The Miniature Gardens Book written by Angie Scarr and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again Angie Scarr lets you peer into her workshop, her mind and, in this book, her garden. Leading you through more explorations into uses of polymer clay, liquid polymer and mixed media for a realistic depiction of nature presented in some simple and some more complex projects. Presented here are four types of garden: the kitchen garden, the allotment, the Mediterranean garden and an indoor patio garden. Concentrating on the vegetables for which Angie is best known, but also including fruit, green decorative plants and just touching on flowers - but more particularly the weeds without which most gardens would be incomplete! Including projects on Salad vegetables, root vegetables, cabbage, cauliflower & sprout plants, herbs, tomato plants, potato plants, bell peppers, lemon and olive trees, Swiss cheese and palms, raspberries, strawberries, beans and peas, aubergines, artichokes and squashes, grapevines and cactuses ... and more. If you''ve loved Angie''s other best selling craft books you're going to adore this one.

Download or read book Murder in Miniature written by Margaret Grace and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the local Dollhouse and Miniatures Fair, Geraldine Porter, the chairwoman of this illustrious event, gets into big trouble when she is faced with strange occurrences and murder, all of which lead to her friend Linda Reed. Original.

Download or read book The Book of Mini written by Kate Esme Unver and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embrace the not-so-small world of minis! From teeny burgers and minuscule handbags to furniture no larger than a quarter, this mind-blowing collection of squeal-worthy miniatures features more than 250 of the tiniest creations from all over the world. Kate Ünver, a lifelong collector of nearly 1,000 items, has curated unique and extraordinary miniatures on her Instagram account, @dailymini, since 2012. In The Book of Mini, she selects hundreds of pieces of artwork--many of which have never been seen before--and organizes them into sections on tiny food, diminutive wildlife, petite pottery, and more. Also included are interviews with collectors and artists exploring their methods, influences, and how they came to adore everything mini. Featuring hundreds of photographs, The Book of Mini is a must-have book for the tiny lover in your life.

Download or read book Miniature Secret Garden written by Johanna Basford and published by Laurence King. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover coloring with this pocket edition of Johanna Basford's multi-million bestseller Secret Garden. Take a ramble through a secret garden created in beautifully detailed pen-and-ink illustrations. Bring them to life with color, while discovering the wealth of tiny creatures just waiting to be found in the pages. With gorgeous artworks, this book will appeal to all ages.

Download or read book In Miniature written by Simon Garfield and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Miniature is a delightful, entertaining and illuminating investigation into our peculiar fascination with making things small, and what small things tell us about the world at large. Here you will find the secret histories of tiny Eiffel Towers, the truth about the flea circus, a doll’s house made for a queen, eerie tableaux of crime scenes, miniature food, model villages and railways, and more. Simon Garfield brings together history, psychology, art and obsession, to explore what fuels the strong appeal of miniature objects among collectors, modellers and fans, and teaches us that there is greatness in the diminutive.

Download or read book America s Doll House written by William L. Bird and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Star-Spangled Banner flag to Dorothy's Ruby Slippers, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History is home to some fascinating objects. In fact, one of the most fascinating of these, and one of the most popular, is itself a home. On the museum's third floor sits a five-story dollhouse donated to the museum by Faith Bradford, a Washington D.C. librarian, who spent more than a half-century accumulating and constructing the 1,354 miniatures that fill its 23 intricately detailed rooms. When Bradford donated them to the museum in 1951, she wrote a lengthy manuscript describing the lives of its residents: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doll and their ten children, two visiting grandparents, twenty pets, and household staff. Bradford cataloged the Dolls' tastes, habits, and preferences in neatly typed household inventories, which she then bound, along with photographs and fabric samples, in a scrapbook. She even sent museum curators holiday cards written by the Dolls. In America's Doll House, Smithsonian Institution curator William L. Bird, Jr. weaves this visual material and back-story into the rich tapestry of Faith Bradford's miniature world. Featuring vibrant photography that brings every narrative detail to life, America's Doll House is both an incisive portrait of a sentimental pastime and a celebration of Bradford's remarkable and painstaking accomplishment.

Download or read book Miniature Book written by Anne C. Bromer and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminated manuscripts - The art of the book - Bibles - Psalms - Religious texts - Almanacs for daily living - The smallest books - Books for the young - Presidents, politics and propaganda - Life's pleasures - Oddities and objects d'art.

Download or read book Saved by the Bell Guide to Life written by Running Press and published by Running Press Miniature Editions. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fall in love all over again with the memorable characters of Saved By the Bell. The show aired on NBC from 1989 to 1993 and was the highest rated show for teens and young audiences. Today, the squeaky-clean show continues to air on TBS and in local syndication. This nostalgic guide to life will feature lovable quotes and images from the show and plenty of wisdom and advice from your favorite students at Bayside High. ™ & © 2011 NBC, LLC