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Book The Craft

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Dickie
  • Publisher : PublicAffairs
  • Release : 2020-08-18
  • ISBN : 1541724674
  • Pages : 480 pages

Download or read book The Craft written by John Dickie and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insiders call it the Craft. Discover the fascinating true story of one of the most influential and misunderstood secret brotherhoods in modern society. Founded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Masonic influence became pervasive. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Masonic networks held the British empire together. Under Napoleon, the Craft became a tool of authoritarianism and then a cover for revolutionary conspiracy. Both the Mormon Church and the Sicilian mafia owe their origins to Freemasonry. Yet the Masons were as feared as they were influential. In the eyes of the Catholic Church, Freemasonry has always been a den of devil-worshippers. For Hitler, Mussolini and Franco, the Lodges spread the diseases of pacifism, socialism and Jewish influence, so had to be crushed. Freemasonry's story yokes together Winston Churchill and Walt Disney; Wolfgang Mozart and Shaquille O'Neal; Benjamin Franklin and Buzz Aldrin; Rudyard Kipling and 'Buffalo Bill' Cody; Duke Ellington and the Duke of Wellington. John Dickie's The Craft is an enthralling exploration of a the world's most famous and misunderstood secret brotherhood, a movement that not only helped to forge modern society, but has substantial contemporary influence, with 400,000 members in Britain, over a million in the USA, and around six million across the world.

Book The Craft a day Book

Download or read book The Craft a day Book written by Kari Cornell and published by Twenty-First Century Books (Tm). This book was released on 2018 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reduce, reuse, and recycle with ideas from [this craft book]"--Amazon.com.

Book The Star Trek Craft Book

Download or read book The Star Trek Craft Book written by Angie Pedersen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides instructions for Star Trek themed crafts, including coasters, Spock monkey, and a Star Fleet uniform apron.

Book The Craft Companion

Download or read book The Craft Companion written by Dorothy Morrison and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the changing of the seasons and the beauty and power of the Moon, the Stars, and the Sun. Written by a Witch who has spent many years teaching the Craft of Wicca to newcomers, this introductory guide presents everything you need to know for successful witchery, including: * An essential set of instructions and guidelines for beginning the practice of the Ancient arts * An overview of Wiccan beliefs, laws, rules, and principles * Directions for creating and using basic tools of the Craft--athame, wand, cup, pentacle, cauldron, broom, black mirror, and meditation * Easy-to-follow instructions for altar setup, circle-casting, building power, Deity invocation, and more * An assortment of miscellaneous spells, chants, and invocations for a variety of purposes Walk the path of the Witch--live in harmony and balance, and discover the sacred within the natural world with The Craft.

Book Wicca Craft

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gerina Dunwich
  • Publisher : Citadel Press
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780806512389
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book Wicca Craft written by Gerina Dunwich and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the origins of Wicca and offers up a cauldron brew of spells, unusual recipes and fascinating Pagan lore. Also contains easy-to-follow rituals for the eight annual sabbats observed by Wiccans, an up-to-date listing of Pagan periodicals and sections on herbalism, tree magick and dreams. The author, a practising Witch, reveals the ancient secrets of magick and divination and offers her insights on Wiccan history, deities, tools, ethics and much more.

Book The Craft of Community Engaged Teaching and Learning

Download or read book The Craft of Community Engaged Teaching and Learning written by Marshall Welch and published by Campus Compact. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a conversational voice, the authors provide a foundation as well as a blueprint and tools to craft a community-engaged course. Based on extensive research, the book provides a scope and sequence of information and skills ranging from an introduction to community engagement, to designing, implementing, and assessing a course, to advancing the craft to prepare for promotion and tenure as well as how to become a citizen-scholar and reflective practitioner. An interactive workbook that can be downloaded from Campus Compact accompanies this tool kit with interactive activities that are interspersed throughout the chapters. The book and workbook can be used by individual readers or with a learning community.

Book Canoecraft

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ted Moores
  • Publisher : Firefly Books Limited
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9781552093429
  • Pages : 207 pages

Download or read book Canoecraft written by Ted Moores and published by Firefly Books Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in print: A revised second edition of a classic how-to book on canoe building. The new edition is updated to include advances in glues and techniques since the original was published, as well as five new canoe plans, builder tips and paddle carving.

Book The Craft

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  • Author : Louise Teasdale
  • Publisher : Hardie Grant
  • Release : 2014-04-15
  • ISBN : 9781742707013
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Craft written by Louise Teasdale and published by Hardie Grant. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Make Me Up, rock and roll hair and makeup artist Lou Teasdale shows you how to style up your look from home. Lou starts with the basics and shares essential advice, including choosing moisturisers and foundations, how to shape the perfect brow and apply false eyelashes, and what she classes as beauty bag essentials. Make Me Up features step-by-step makeup, hair and nail tutorials that are edgy, stylish and fun - learn how to perfect liquid eyeliner flicks, create a smoky eye and apply lipstick that won't budge. The hair section will have you dip-dying, clipping in extensions and toning your tresses over your bathroom sink to achieve the hottest hair trends of the moment. Featuring favourite hair and makeup tricks of the beauty industry as well as beauty inspiration from the fashion-obsessed streets of London, Make Me Up is essential reading for all girls with a love of hair and makeup.

Book Northumbrian Masonry  and the Development of the Craft in England

Download or read book Northumbrian Masonry and the Development of the Craft in England written by John Strachan and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Craft and Science of Coffee

Download or read book The Craft and Science of Coffee written by Britta Folmer and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-12-16 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Craft and Science of Coffee follows the coffee plant from its origins in East Africa to its current role as a global product that influences millions of lives though sustainable development, economics, and consumer desire. For most, coffee is a beloved beverage. However, for some it is also an object of scientifically study, and for others it is approached as a craft, both building on skills and experience. By combining the research and insights of the scientific community and expertise of the crafts people, this unique book brings readers into a sustained and inclusive conversation, one where academic and industrial thought leaders, coffee farmers, and baristas are quoted, each informing and enriching each other. This unusual approach guides the reader on a journey from coffee farmer to roaster, market analyst to barista, in a style that is both rigorous and experience based, universally relevant and personally engaging. From on-farming processes to consumer benefits, the reader is given a deeper appreciation and understanding of coffee's complexity and is invited to form their own educated opinions on the ever changing situation, including potential routes to further shape the coffee future in a responsible manner. Presents a novel synthesis of coffee research and real-world experience that aids understanding, appreciation, and potential action. Includes contributions from a multitude of experts who address complex subjects with a conversational approach. Provides expert discourse on the coffee calue chain, from agricultural and production practices, sustainability, post-harvest processing, and quality aspects to the economic analysis of the consumer value proposition. Engages with the key challenges of future coffee production and potential solutions.

Book The Theology of Craft and the Craft of Work

Download or read book The Theology of Craft and the Craft of Work written by Jeremy Kidwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important reconceptualisation is taking place in the way people express creativity, work together, and engage in labour; particularly, suggests Kidwell, a surprising resurgence in recent years of manual and craft work. Noting the wide array of outlets that now market hand-made goods and the array of popular books which advocate ‘making’ as a basis for activism or personal improvement, this book seeks to understand how the micro-politics of craft work might offer insights for a broader theology of work. Why does it matter that we do work which is meaningful, excellent, and beautiful? Through a close reading of Christian scripture, The Theology of Craft and the Craft of Work examines the theology and ethics of work in light of original biblical exegesis. Kidwell presents a detailed exegetical study of temple construction accounts in the Hebrew bible and the New Testament. Illuminating a theological account of craft, and employing the ancient vision of ‘good work’ which is preserved in these biblical texts, Kidwell critically interrogates modern forms of industrial manufacture. This includes a variety of contemporary work problems particularly the instrumentalisation and exploitation of the non-human material world and the dehumanisation of workers. Primary themes taken up in the book include agency, aesthetics, sociality, skill, and the material culture of work, culminating with the conclusion that the church (or ‘new temple’) is both the product and the site of moral work. Arguing that Christian worship provides a moral context for work, this book also examines early Christian practices to suggest a theological reconceptualisation of work.

Book The Craft and Art of Clay

Download or read book The Craft and Art of Clay written by Susan Peterson and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely considered to be the most comprehensive introduction to ceramics available, this book contains numerous step-by-step illustrations of various ceramic techniques to guide the beginner as well as inspirational ceramic pieces from contemporary potters from around the world. For the more experienced ceramist, there is a wealth of technical detail on things like glaze formulas and temperature conversions which make the book an ideal reference. To quote one review: ...I am a studio potter and would not be without it. The fourth edition has been updated to include profiles of key ceramists who have influenced the field, new material on marketing ceramics including using the internet, more on the use of computers, added coverage of paperclays, using gold and alternative glazes.

Book The Lost World of the Craft Printer

Download or read book The Lost World of the Craft Printer written by Maggie Holtzberg and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "She finds that a significant number of printers independently developed similar responses to the deskilling of their craft and the threat of unemployment. Demonstrating a widespread consistency in themes and expressive forms in the printers' occupational narratives, Holtzberg-Call shows that what once served as the printers' rhetoric of tradition is now their rhetoric of displacement. Initiation rites, long apprenticeships, a complex and peculiar jargon, and a gallery of legendary figures once bound hot-metal printers into a specialized, highly regarded occupational folk community. The hot-metal printers' lore has survived in an exemplary form that functions as a source of reconciliation with the demise of their craft." "Holtzberg-Call analyzes how and why the printers traditionalize and idealize their work experience, drawing parallels between the shift from mechanical to computer typesetting and an equally disconcerting transition in the nineteenth century, when Linotype deposed handset type. She also shares her knowledge of the many aspects of hot-metal printing culture, from the life of the tramp printer to the meanings of various printing terms to the operation of a Linotype machine. One gains a sense of the conditions in the old type shops, where long hours, excessive heat, and poorly ventilated fumes from solvent, ink, and molten lead were the crucible in which camaraderie, pride, and fulfillment were forged.".

Book The Craft and Cruelty of the Churches Adversaries  etc

Download or read book The Craft and Cruelty of the Churches Adversaries etc written by Matthew NEWCOMEN and published by . This book was released on 1643 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Craft of the Japanese Sword

Download or read book The Craft of the Japanese Sword written by Leon Kapp and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 1987 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From raw steel to tempered blade, this text presents a visual account of thencient craft of swordmaking as practiced in modern Japan.

Book Novel Craft

    Book Details:
  • Author : Talia Schaffer
  • Publisher : OUP USA
  • Release : 2011-09-23
  • ISBN : 0195398041
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book Novel Craft written by Talia Schaffer and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines four novels that feature domestic handcrafts and how they shaped Victorian life and the Victorian novel.

Book  Craft  Community and the Material Culture of Place and Politics  19th 20th Century

Download or read book Craft Community and the Material Culture of Place and Politics 19th 20th Century written by Janice Helland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craft practice has a rich history and remains vibrant, sustaining communities while negotiating cultures within local or international contexts. More than two centuries of industrialization have not extinguished handmade goods; rather, the broader force of industrialization has redefined and continues to define the context of creation, deployment and use of craft objects. With object study at the core, this book brings together a collection of essays that address the past and present of craft production, its use and meaning within a range of community settings from the Huron Wendat of colonial Quebec to the Girls? Friendly Society of twentieth-century England. The making of handcrafted objects has and continues to flourish despite the powerful juggernaut of global industrialization, whether inspired by a calculated refutation of industrial sameness, an essential means to sustain a cultural community under threat, or a rejection of the imposed definitions by a dominant culture. The broader effects of urbanizing, imperial and globalizing projects shape the multiple contexts of interaction and resistance that can define craft ventures through place and time. By attending to the political histories of craft objects and their makers, over the last few centuries, these essays reveal the creative persistence of various hand mediums and the material debates they represented.