Griet, a tilemaker's daughter in 17th-century Holland, starts her first job as a servant in the Vermeer household. Through Griet's eyes the story is told of the family, the small town of Delft, and life with an obsessive genius. Griet is drawn into his life, but there is a price to pay.
Ask a question - and Mccall's has the answer. Just about every question that a beginner sewer (or an experienced one!) could ask about sewing is in this book. Ask one and see!
Each chapter (there are fourteen of them) is devoted to one aspect of sewing. We take you step by step through selecting a pattern and adjusting that pattern so that it fits you. Then on to equipment - and most iportant of all, how to use it. Mccall's makes it easy to sew everything to wear, including pants and skirts, jackets and coats. there's even a chapter on tailoring for men!
Great care has been taken throughout each stage of development for Mississippi: The Magnolia State. The textbook is written in an interesting narrative style, richly illustrated, and meets ALL of the state’s standards. All books in the My State History series are arranged in chapters and sections with core skills emphasized in every chapter. The textbook is filled with images that create interest and teach. Exercises and activities included in the book are designed to further engage students.
A young woman named Helen Stoner consults the detective Sherlock Holmes about her ill-tempered and immensely strong stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott. He has required her to move into a particular room of his heavily mortgaged ancestral home, Stoke Moran. The room has some very odd features, such as a bed bolted to the floor. It is also the room that Stoner's twin sister, Julia, had slept in when she died under suspicious circumstances. Julia had been engaged to be married and had she lived would have received a L250 pound annuity from her late mother's income.
Ñîþç ðûæèõ The story, set in 1890, follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they attempt to solve the singular puzzle provided by a London pawnbroker, Jabez Wilson, who is being paid very large sums of money for simply coming to an office and copying the Encyclopædia Britannica. There is a far more serious underlying motive, though...
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