New Releases by Janet Wilson

A top fuel drag racer describes his equipment and what it is like to race the fastest manned vehicle on earth.

At the age of five years, for the first time she went to live with her family, all of whom were complete strangers to her. For the following ten years she was systematically abused by both parents. For short periods she went back into care but not for her own safety as the abuse was always kept secret.

Ten profiles of amazing young environmental activists. Each child is captured in a portrait, their achievements described, and filled out with photos. Ends with tips for kids to make a difference.

More than 600 fabrics and 700 color illustrations: an authoritative, accessible, and definitive guide to all the textiles available today. From the earliest weaves uncovered by archaeologists to today’s machine-produced, scientifically advanced fabrics, textiles have had a profound influence on civilization. As technologies change and world economics influence the direction that fashion and textiles take, it is vital that both skills and our textile vocabulary should be kept alive. This encyclopaedia is a definitive reference guide to all the major types of fabric in circulation today, from abbot cloth to zibeline. In clear and engaging language, the author describes and illustrates more than 600 of the most important examples, from classic tweeds to state-of-the-art nano fabrics. Each entry includes a brief definition, informative notes on structure, and a list of uses. More than 700 color illustrations show a fabric’s weave, texture, and other defining characteristics at a glance, and helpful diagrams demonstrate the structure of the most important types of textiles. The book concentrates on textiles in current use, but it also covers obscure or obsolete terms that one might come across—and that might still have something to teach today’s designers, manufacturers, and textile historians. Each entry is carefully cross-referenced, and the book includes an extensive glossary and bibliography.

Just because, by an accident of birth, you happen to have the same parents and were brought up in the same household, it didn''t mean that you had to like your sister, did it? Sam and Jess were like oil and water and things came to an explosive head when Jess brought her new husband home. An already bad relationship just got a whole lot worse. Would Sam ever get over her resentment and rage at Jess''s husband for what he had put her through years previously? And what about her own marriage, would it survive the revived jealously.

Four experienced paper crafters show you everything you need to make your own quilled characters, wildflowers and motifs to decorate your craftwork. A comprehensive source of innovative ideas, each of the many projects is accompanied by full step-by-step techniques. Start from the beginning, with clear explanations of the basics of quilling, and build up to make everything from chocolate drops to angels, taking in frogs and hot air balloons along the way!

This book is packed with fantastic tea bag papers designed by Janet Wilson for you to use in your own paper folding projects.

"This study discusses Adcock as a writer who draws on her experiences of dislocation in order to position herself between cultures. It relocates her work within the postwar British poetic mainstream by emphasizing that her radically displaced feminized consciousness can be identified as metonymic of national and cultural differences." "Janet Wilson argues that diasporic voices such as hers, which renegotiate boundaries between self and other, although originating from white settler colonies like New Zealand, now belong to multicultural Britain. Her close readings of Adcock''s verse in terms of its ironic double vision, focus on the blend of classical restraint, wit, and humour in relation to her complex revaluation of the diasporic imaginary of the exile. In arguing that Adcock''s personal mythology - based on her divided nationality and gendered consciousness - separates her from modernist exile writers like James Joyce and her fellow expatriate Katherine Mansfield, and aligns her with contemporary, transnational figures like the New Zealand writer Janet Frame, the Australian-born poet Peter Porter, and V.S. Naipaul, Wilson claims that hers is a voice for our times."--BOOK JACKET.

An ordinal, five-point Likert scaled questionnaire was used to ascertain changes in participants'' levels of comfort and frequencies of behavior in teaching cultural competence to students. The questionnaire was administered at intervals of six months, pre, post training, and follow-up, using a within-group, repeated measures design; and with a non-representative sample, chosen for its diversity, necessitated the use of the non-parametric Friedman test to determine the model''s effectiveness. Content analysis of qualitative data added to the evaluation of participants'' progress in overcoming avoidance of teaching students skills in cultural competence.

A helpful techniques section shows how to trace, emboss, colour, cut out and mount a simple project, and there are sections on decorative perforating, Richelieu work and Brazilian style lace. Janet then shows how to make nine beautiful projects, including beautiful greetings cards, a gift bag, a scrapbook page, a tea light frill and a convent style book cover. Supplier details All South American tools, lace grids and other materials available from: Centagraph, 18 Station Parade, Harrogate, N. Yorks HG1 1UE, tel: 01423 566327 www.centagrah.co.uk Colouring materials: Polychromos coloured pencils available in boxes or single colours from Centagraph Lyra blender pencils from Centagraph ProMarker pens from Letraset, www.letraset.com Adhesives- all available from most craft shops Double-sided tape: 9mm wide vinyl tape from Kars (code no. 119490/5502) Permanent spray adhesive: 3M Photomount Small repositionable glue dots: Glue Dots Micro Dots in sheets Glue strips and lines: Glue Dots Glue Lines Mini glue dots: Didi Glue Dots Super non-spray adhesive: Letraset Studio Tac Super Box for Box Cover project from Bag ''n'' Box Man, Unit 1, West Street, Shutford, Banbury, Oxon. OX15 6PH Tel: 01295 788522 www.bagnboxman.co.uk Code no. of box used: H65-s Paint: Lumiere metallic acrylic paint - 555 pink gold and sponge - Centagraph

Children''s Literature Round tables of Canada Information Book Award winner Canadian Library Association Honour Book The lines of the celebrated poem are interwoven with fascinating information about the First World War, details of daily life in the trenches, accounts of McCrae''s experience in his field hospital, and the circumstances that led to the writing of "In Flanders Fields."

The cards in this book feature a cross between simple embossing techniques and paper pricking, and should not be confused with the original, more time-consuming parchment art form. This book looks at making parchment cards using a basic kit and three-step stencils and suggests ways of mounting your finished pieces as attractive cards.

She guides you through all the techniques, from simple embossing on paper to intaglio techniques and embossing on metal, All the projects are easy to follow and fun to do - with clear step-by-step instructions and many innovative ideas. You don''t need artistic skills to achieve professional results...and its fun to do!

A young boy eagerly awaits the birth of a new baby in the family.

Janet Wilson shows how to create a stunning series of decorative pictures and cards using Victorian, Celtic and contemporary themes. Combining tracing, paper piercing, embossing, stippling, and cutwork techniques on paper, she shows how to build up borders of flowers and leaves, and how to produce delicately pierced pictures and paper lace.

Discover how to enhance your parchment pictures and patterns by simply adding ink, paint, pastel and crayon. Delicate highlights, rainbow effects and subtle shading can be achieved with watercolor pencils and oil pastels.