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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. Hardcover. As New. A beautiful gift book for the loved and respected older women in our lives. Pamela Valois' photography captures the beauty of age in a manner rarely seen. The black-and-white portrait photographs of women in their seventies and eighties are accompanied by vignettes demonstrating how these women are making the most of their later years. Designed for use as a yearly calendar; ribbon bookmark. Each page features a different portrait. Wonderfully refreshing in our society which seems to fear aging. This lovely calendar book is a perfect gift for women looking forward to or embracing their seventies and eighties.

Edmonton, Alta: Grass Roots Press, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. New. Louise Penny is the best-selling (many times over) author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache literary mystery series. Her seventeen novels (thus far) have won numerous awards, and Penny has legions of fans. This novella, however, is a little known work of Penny's, written to benefit Canada's literacy programs. This is a quick read, written with all the beloved characters and in the Quebec settings of the series. And is it a trade paperback, not a mass-market paperback - larger, higher quality - making for a much nicer reading experience. New, unopened.

New York, NY: Custom House, Harper Collins, 2016. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover, new. New, pristine, gift quality./New.. Pristine new hardcover. This unusual novel garnered rave, over-the-top reviews from the New York Times and Kirkus, and it won several awards. It bridges genres, giving us a heroine who is a serious amateur naturalist; she becomes intrigued with a local mystery of serpent sightings, and it incudes an underlying love story. Impossible to put down!

Geneva: Richard Burton S.A., 1986. First. Hardcover. New/New. This sizable and highly attractive volume features 100 color images of drawings, watercolors, pastels, and prints from the collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Each of the 100 works is accompanied by commentary in both English and Hebrew by Meira Perry-Lehman, the museum's curator of prints and drawings (from 1973-2011) . Artists included are organized by country. Henri-Edmond Cross, Richard Serra, and Eugene Delacroix are three of the featured artists.

New York: Little, Brown Spark, 2020. First. Hardcover. New/New. Roy Peter Clark, internationally renowned writing coach, compiles the best writing tips from a multitude of sources, quoting George Orwell, Natalie Goldberg, and Dorothea Brande, in addition to about 50 other books on writing. Thirty-two chapters of instruction and tips, with each chapter concluding with a piece of wisdom from Clark, adapted from the experts, such as "Prefer the complex human narrator," and "Write to delight and instruct." Kirkus Reviews writes, "Written in his usual easygoing, conversational, and encouraging style...Clark deftly mixes writing advice with personal memoir." Includes many exercises.

Oxmoor House, 1993. Spiral-bound with hardcover. Fine. The spiral-bound edition is by far the easiest type of binding for crafters and quilters to work with. This pristine, collectable volume provides instruction in all aspects of quilt-making with details covering every small technique. Authors Fons and Porter cover tools and supplies, basic piecing methods, drafting blocks, rotary cutters, settings and borders, and both hand and machine quilting. With easy to follow directions and well-illustrated techniques, this guide is the perfect go-to for any aspiring quilter. Difficult to find in fine condition at an acceptable price point.

Providence: Potenza Press, 2000. Second printing. Softcover. New. New, signed. Walter Potenza, whom readers may recognize from the Flavors & Knowledge cooking TV show, immigrated from the Abruzzo region of Italy to the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, one of the most well-known Italian-American communities in US. With this book, Potenza sought to share the recipes and the stories of Italian immigrants such as himself along with the culture of Federal Hill. The 85 recipes in the book - including Fagioli Al Fiasco (Beans Cooked in a Bottle), Cuccureddi (Fig Rings), and Trippa Alla Fiorentina (Tripe Firenze Style) - are accompanied by historic photos of Federal Hill, stories from Potenza, and quotes from immigrants. An appetizing cookbook and a lovely portrait of a neighborhood.

Washington: WND Books, 2010. First. Hardcover. New/New. TV writer and columnist Burt Prelutsky set out to answer this question about high-achieving individuals: "What separated them from those people who failed to make their mark?" To do so, he sat down and interviewed 60 people he admired, including Orson Bean, Warren Eckstein, and Norman Lloyd, among many others. His insightful questions provide new insights into the lives of people who seem to have it all. An inspiring read. The cover features gilt lettering on the spine. Review slip is included.