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The book is a collection of the ChipLitFest (Chipping Norton Literary Festival) Short Story Competition Winners from 2016 - 2022, a total of 21 very varied stories which will appeal to any lover of fiction and the much-loved short story form.
Some of the authors are well-known and others are talented amateurs.
All have produced stories which have impressed the likes of Tessa Hadley, Nicholas Royle, Rachel Sieffert, Sarah Franklin, Martyn Waites,...
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Selected entries from a writing competition on the topic 'Tales from the Pandemic' run by Eastern Regional Libraries Corporation. The anthology contains the winners, highly commended stories and a range of other fiction and non-fiction pieces that capture the experience of living through the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020-21.
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Saluting the Best
By Mindy Kinsey
Announcing the winners of the 2012 Best Carving Design Contest
2012 Woodcarver of the Year:
By Bob Duncan
Honoring the flat-plane carving pioneer for keeping a dying art alive
Gifts for Carvers
A handy guide to popular gifts for the carvers on your list
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The fifth issue of Mount Island, the literary magazine for rural LGBTQ+ and POC voices. Featuring poetry by Jordan Charlton, Brittney Ray Crowell, Henry Reneau, Jr., Ellen Ricks, Mervyn R. Seivwright, and Shailen Scott, and photography by Britten Traughber. This issue highlights the winners of the 2020 Lucy Terry Prince Prize for rural poets of color, selected by Major Jackson.
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The annual Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Award features a distinguished original work of short fiction or nonfiction that embodies an implicit love of fly-fishing, respect for the sport and the natural world in which it takes place, and high literary values. Now, for the first time, the winners of this prestigious award are collected in one volume, which promises to satisfy not only fly-fishing aficionados but general readers who appreciate the outdoors...
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Cross Words refers to cultural hybrids, trans-cultural alliances, and associations. This fascinating compendium documents-in essays, conversations, and socratic raps-the vital work poets perform when they write across borders. Anne Waldman is the author of more than forty collections of poetry, the editor of numerous anthologies, and, for The Iovis Trilogy, the winner of the Shelley Memorial Award and the USA PEN Center Award for Poetry. She is a...
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The winner of the 2002 Daytona 500 shared the Victory Circle with an intimidating presence this time around-even a year after the legendary Dale Earnhardt's death, the fans and fellow NASCAR racers who admired him are still mourning his loss, still honoring the memory of their fallen hero. Featuring full-color pictures from the entire spectrum of Earnhardt's career as well as this year's Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt: Forever in Our Hearts shares the...
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Every year, the Lily Pad Jumping Contest is held and Bernard Frog has won for the past two years. The water of the pond is deep and cold, with the lily pads providing safe places to land and jump. Deep in the pond lives a very large catfish who loves to dine on frogs. The two main jumpers in the contest, Bernard Frog and Tobias Toad are good friends but this contest threatens to override that friendship because both contestants are determined to win....
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St. Louis is undoubtedly fragmented, physically so in that the city is dissected by rivers, highways, walls, and fences; but also in a more insidious way. It's a city (like many) where race, class, religion, and zip code might as well be cards in a rigged poker game, where the winners' prize is the ability to ignore that the losers have drastically shorter life expectancies. But it's also a city of warmth, love, and beauty-especially in its contrasts....
10) Audrey Hepburn
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The satirical American newspaper the Onion recently ran a story with the headline 'College-Aged Female Finds Unlikely Kindred Spirit in Audrey Hepburn,' lampooning modern American girls' continued fascination with the star (along with their habits of hanging posters of “Breakfast At Tiffany's” in their dorm rooms).
What gives this slight starlet such staying power? A talented actress, an icon of fashion, a loving mother and an active humanitarian,...
11) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Blind Assassin with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, a complex novel about the power of the written word and its ability to deceive. It is told from the perspective of Iris Chase, a woman in her eighties looking back on the events of her youth, when she and her sister Laura fell in love with the same man:...
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And The Winner Is…
Announcing the first winners in the 2016 People's Choice Contest
Miniature Masterpieces
By Kathleen Ryan
Extraordinary Renaissance carving depict religious scenes in minuscule relief
Soapstone Artisty
By Kathleen Ryan
Three sculptors share their tips
No Fear at 94
By Dean Otteson
Nonagenarian Tony Giuffrida fills retirement with creative carving
Heavenly Pews
By Kathleen Ryan
Cindy Chinn combined carving,...
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Sunspot Literary Journal believes in the power of the written word.
Sunspot speaks truth to power by drawing on the power of every human being. The publication is dedicated to diverse voices in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, scripts and screenplays from around the world. Photography and art, ranging from collages to digital art, are featured in the digital-only quarterly editions.
Since launching in January of 2019, Sunspot has showcased voices hailing...
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Carving a Halloween Sign
By Vernon DePauw
Use a few simple tools to create a folk-art sign
Jack o'Phantom
By Floyd Rhadigan
Easy carved "folds" make this silly spook look like it's floating
On-the-Go Carving Desk
By Tom Noller
Quick and easy plywood box protects your tools and contains your chips
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Depth-Defying Art
By Kathleen Ryan
Rick Harney's portraits are so much less than they appear
Change of Heart
By Toni Fitzgerald
Brian...
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Carve an Easy Outhouse
By Gary Fenton
Rickety outhouse is fun to carve, easy to customize
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Carving Feminine Features
By Harold Enlow
Master the subtle differences that allow you to carve an attractive female face
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Captured Motion
By Alan J Garbers
Gerry Quotzkuyva's Katsina carvings are like forbidden snapshots of the traditional dances
The international Woodcarvers Congress: Half a Century of Carving Excellence
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At the age of nineteen, Nasir "Nas" Jones began recording tracks for his debut album -- and changed the music world forever. Released in 1994, Illmatic was hailed as an instant masterpiece and has proven one of the most influential albums in hip-hop history. With its close attention to beats and lyricism, and riveting first-person explorations of the isolation and desolation of urban poverty, Illmatic was pivotal in the evolution of the genre.
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A Wood Carving Fantasy
By Bob Duncan
Floyd Rhadigan is known for his quick knife, appealing fantasy characters, and tireless teaching schedule.
Carving Between the Covers
By Kathleen Ryan
Italian sculptor Nino Orlando reveals the hidden magic in carved books
Carving a Place in History
Woodworker Barrie Casement is helping to restore St. Patrick's Cathedral
Winning Wonders
Meet the winners of the final 2016 People's Choice Contest
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Bringing...
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Pranab Bardhan is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Samuel Bowles is Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute, and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena. Michael Wallerstein is Professor of Political Science at Yale University.
Can the welfare state survive in an economically integrated world? Many have argued that globalization has undermined national...
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Equip believers to share God's saving grace with others. This Scripture reference book has been designed to equip all Christians to bear witness of their salvation and share the good news of the gospel and God's love. This guide offers answers to the challenging questions often asked by non-Christians and gives them the pathway to salvation. Also included are 40 topics of God's Promises to assist the reader in becoming knowledgeable of God's Word....
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The Colorado Avalanche entered the 2021-2022 NHL season with a sense of unfinished business. After years of strategic building under Joe Sakic that had produced a truly formidable core of talent, the Avs turned years of postseason heartbreak into fuel for one of the most dominant Stanley Cup playoff runs in recent memory. In “Force of Nature”, The Athletic's Peter Baugh expertly retraces the team's unforgettable championship season as well as...
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