Frey urges writers to aim high-not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery. A damn good mystery is first a dramatic novel, Frey insists-a dramatic novel with living, breathing characters-and he shows his readers how to create a living, breathing, believable character who will be clever and resourceful, willful and resolute, and will be what Frey calls "the author of the plot behind the plot."
Sandra has filled her book with hats of every size and shape. Hats shaped like cakes, watermelon, beehives, bees. a bobbin, vegetables, roses, bottles, and, other great designs adorn cutouts, plaques, tags, water cans, a nightlight, purses, boxes, signs, and, more. Includes easy-to-follow instructions and patterns. Acrylic.
Landscaping: Principles & Practices, 7th Edition, provides students and practitioners with the information needed to be successful in the classroom and the workplace. Focusing on three areas of professional practice; design, contracting, and management, the reader is provided the basic knowledge integral to the industry in straightforward, easy-to-read chapters. It also addresses traditional topics such as design, plant installation, and pricing, as well as topics not found in most other texts, such as interior landscaping, xeriscaping, water gardens, and safety. Extensive color illustrations and photos aid in visually understanding
With The Icing on the Cake, beginning cake decorators will learn to become gourmet pastry chefs in their very own kitchens. Professional cake decorator Shalini Latour makes decorating elegant cakes easy, showing readers how to:
The cakes presented in this collection would cost a fortune in any prestige bakery but most are surprisingly easy to assemble. It's amazing what a curl of chocolate, shards of toffee or a delicate arrangement of fresh flowers can add to even the simplest of cakes. This work shows how easy it all is with step-by-step photographs, and includes cakes for weddings, birthdays, christenings, engagements, Valentine's Day and Mothers Day as well as classics that have earned their fame many times over.
