"Refurbish a sofa for the new season, transform folding chairs into superb party seating, fashion hidden storage space and brighten up any room with a splash of color...just a few of the bright ideas in this beautifully photographed collection." --"Vogue Patterns. "This practical project book features simple covers for fashioning a different mood or concealing storage space."--"Sew News.
Undead on Arrival
Glen Glass is a confirmed couch potato. He sits around the house, watching TV and playing video games. Theres only one difference between Glen and a typical sofa spud hes as dead as a dodos toenail. How he got that way is a mystery. His manner of death is equally puzzling. But one things certain hell stop at nothing to find out how he became undead on arrival. This unique new novel from bestselling author Nick Smith (Milk Treading, The Kitty Killer Cult) is a thrilling glimpse into a grave new world of unsightly heroes, zombie lovers and pestilent pop idols.
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Don Aslett's Stain-Buster's Bible by Don Aslett, ISBN 0937750263
The spot on your most expensive shirt . . . the mark your car left on the driveway while you were sleeping . . . the coffee stain on your formerly beige sofa. . . . Don Aslett brings all his humor, encouragement, and sure-fire techniques to getting these spots--and 197 more--completely out. Aslett is the author of seven bestselling books on cleaning, and is the founder of a multi-million-dollar cleaning operation. 30 line drawings.
Don Aslett's Stain-Buster's Bible by Don Aslett, ISBN 0937750263
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Rick Steves' Postcards from Europe: 20 Years of Travel Tales from America's Foremost Guidebook Writer by Rick Steves, ISBN 1574534262
This is the book millions of Rick Steves fans have been waiting for! A journal of Rick's favorite European stories, his traveling life, and how he started his business, all told in that funny, down-to-earth style that makes Rick America's favorite travel writer. Rick Steves' Postcards From Europe takes you on a European vacation -- complete with the sights, sounds, tastes and people of Europe -- without ever leaving that comfy sofa or the relative safety of your own car.
Rick Steves' Postcards from Europe: 20 Years of Travel Tales from America's Foremost Guidebook Writer by Rick Steves, ISBN 1574534262
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Rick Steves' Postcards from Europe: 20 Years of Travel Tales from America's Foremost Guidebook Writer by Rick Steves, ISBN 1574534262
This is the book millions of Rick Steves fans have been waiting for! A journal of Rick's favorite European stories, his traveling life, and how he started his business, all told in that funny, down-to-earth style that makes Rick America's favorite travel writer. Rick Steves' Postcards From Europe takes you on a European vacation -- complete with the sights, sounds, tastes and people of Europe -- without ever leaving that comfy sofa or the relative safety of your own car.
Rick Steves' Postcards from Europe: 20 Years of Travel Tales from America's Foremost Guidebook Writer by Rick Steves, ISBN 1574534262
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Crime and Punishment
Mistrustfully and with an affectation of being alarmed and almost affronted, he scanned Raskolnikov's low and narrow "cabin." With the same amazement he stared at Raskolnikov, who lay undressed, dishevelled, unwashed, on his miserable dirty sofa, looking fixedly at him.
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Authentic Georgian Furniture Designs: Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762 by William Ince, ISBN 0486402959
Excellent reprint of 18th-century cabinet-makers' pattern book, which surpasses all collections of furniture designs in the English rococo style for variety, scope and general superiority. Over 300 finely engraved designs for parlor chairs, claw tables, sideboards, desks, ladies' secretaries, bookcases, writing tables, candlestands, couches, an alcove outfitted with cushions replicating a Turkish sofa, draperies and girandoles; and more. A magnificent sourcebook for antique collectors, craftworkers, artists, and cultural historians.
Authentic Georgian Furniture Designs: Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762 by William Ince, ISBN 0486402959
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Surreal Things
From the sensuality of Salvador Dals Mae West Lips Sofa to Elsa Schiaparellis extraordinary Tear dress, Surrealism produced some of the most emotive objects of the twentieth century. In this important study, published to accompany a major international exhibition, Ghislaine Wood examines in detail Surrealisms influence in the fields of design and the decorative arts and its sometimes uneasy relationship with the commercial world.
A celebration of contradiction, "Surreal Things" presents a dizzying range of works from Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst, Joan Mir, and many others, in media as varied as painting, sculpture, works on paper, book bindings, jewelry, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture, fashion, film and photography. Many works are published here for the first time.
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What You Don't Know about Turning 40: A Funny Birthday Quiz
This over-the-hill birthday gift is a pop quiz with 101 questions (complete with humorous answers) that is sure to enliven any 40th birthday party. Steve Mark's 18 b/w illustrations make the book fun to read after the party, as well.
Here are a few samples:
-Q: What can 40-year-olds do to be considered young at age 40? A: Run for U.S. President or die.
-Q. What's always Step One in any exercise program designed for 40-year-olds? A: "Get up off the sofa.
What You Don't Know about Turning 40: A Funny Birthday Quiz