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Mountain echoes : an anthology by the Mountain Writers of Haywood County, North Carolina. by Mountain Writers of Haywood County, North Carolina.; Bobst, Mary Robinson.; Dosenko, Serena.; Freudenthaler, Charline Lavonne Rood.; Heffner, Jessie.; Jones, Charmione Rose.; Klopp, Mary Jane.; Mackey, Patricia A.; McDowell, Pauline (Polly); Meyer, Joanne R.; Morse, Penny.; Reifert, Lesley.; Summey, Cheryl McFalls.; Thaw, Tina.; Torda, Mary Jane.; Torda, Steve.; Walkup, JC.; Adams, Lucy Neeley.(CARDINAL)432723; Hines, Robert.(CARDINAL)484936; Scott, Samantha.(CARDINAL)496968; Sherman, Robert.(CARDINAL)746858; Thomas, Fran,1936-(CARDINAL)528279;
Lucy Adams, Mary Robinson Bobst, Serena Dosenko, Charline Lavonne Rood Freudenthaler, Jessie Heffner, Robert Hines, Charmione Rose Jones, Mary Jane Klopp, Pauline (Polly) McDowell, Patricia A. Mackey, Joanne R. Meyer, Penny Morse, Lesley Reifert, Samantha Scott, Robert Sherman, Cheryl McFalls Summey, Tina Thaw, Fran Thomas, Mary Jane Torda, Steve Torda, JC Walkup.
Subjects: Literature.; Authors.;
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Christmas presence from 45 Western North Carolina women writers / by Dillingham, Nancy,1944-(CARDINAL)213216; Miles, Celia H.(CARDINAL)360426;
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Short stories, American.; American fiction;
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Christmas presence. by Miles, Celia H., editor.; Dillingham, Nancy, editor.;
Presence / Glenis Redmond -- Edge of night from The days between the years / Sherry Austin -- I'll be home for Christmas / Nancy Purcell -- Grandpa and the snow snakes / Penny Morse -- Colored angels / Dare Freeman Ford -- Purple violets / Barbara Ledford Wright -- Eve of Christ / Jeri Senor -- Rhella Jobe / Lana Hendershott -- Open letter to Mr. Claus / Susan Reinhardt -- Memories of wartime Christmases / Mary D. Marsh -- Bag of sugar for Paula / Carole R. Thompson -- French harp / Glenda Barrett -- Jewish Christmas / Jessica Heriot -- At Christmas / Nancy Dillinghm -- Solace of solstice / Janice Norman -- Connections / Marian Gowan -- Miss Bessie Mae and the Christmas biker / Brenda Kay Ledford -- Year of the socks / Sonja Contois -- Christmas catalog / Nancy Sales Cash -- Southside diner / Cecily Hamlin Wells -- Most memorable Christmas / Louise K. Nelson -- And the animals knelt / Celia H. Miles -- Western North Carolina: Winter's silent theatre (in ten acts) / MariJo Moore -- O holy night / Pam Shuford Murray -- Doll who came to Christmas dinner / Cynthia Stewart -- Where's the spirit? / Mona Rae Miracle -- Elves in our Attic / Mary Louise Welther --Midwife of Bethlehem / June Bare -- Magic of snow / Polly Kent -- Season of lights: how we celebrated a Hillbilly Yule / H. Byron Ballard -- Mavericks / Cheryl Dietrich -- Silk handkerchief / Sherry W. Boone -- Untitled / Pat Riviere-Seel -- Tannenbaum and stollen / Beverly Ohler -- Christmas in July / Martha O'Quin -- Elves for Santa / Karen Luke Jackson -- Christmas copper pot / Peg Rhodes -- Logging camp Christmas / Exie Wilde Henson -- Not even a mouse / Gwenda Ledbetter -- We didn't do Christmas without you / Joan Blessing -- Hair-raising holiday / Susan Snowden -- Little red stocking / Joan Crook -- I believe / Tonya Staufer -- Weathering Christmas / Cecily Hamlin Wells -- Santa redux: afterthoughts on giving / Nancy Dillingham -- Yellow-haired doll / Dee Dee Parker -- Experience to fiction: a Christmas memory preserved / Julia Nunnally Duncan.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Christmas fiction.; Poetry.; Fiction.; Essays.; Christmas; American fiction;
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Christmas presence / by Miles, Celia H.,editor.(CARDINAL)360426; Dillingham, Nancy,1944-editor.(CARDINAL)213216;
Written in the unique voices of women writers who have roots in and connections to western North Carolina, these Christmas stories, essays, poems, and memoirs, add seasoning to the cultural landscape of a region already rich in custom and lore.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Christmas poetry.; Christmas fiction.; Essays.; Poetry.; American fiction;
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Clothes lines : from 75 western North Carolina women writers / by Miles, Celia H.(CARDINAL)360426;
Craft / Isabel Zuber -- Clothes art: lines of distinction / Martha O'Quinn -- Sewing lesson / Kathryn Stripling Byer -- River shawl / Kathryn Stripling Byer -- The apple of his eye / Peg Rhodes -- London burning: a memoir of WWII / Margaret Abruzzi -- The communion dress / Jeannot Kensinger -- Sunday best / Marlisa Mills -- Inside the mask / Cheryl Dietrich -- Putting up a good front / Charlotte Wolf -- Lace / Pat Riviere-Seel -- The white convertible / Pat Riviere-Seel -- Needing a little something red in my life / Kaye Barley -- Saturday, 1937 / Katherine Soniat -- Graffiti / Katherine Soniat -- The red kerchief / Betsy Craig -- Atlas / Sandra Dillingham -- My mother's child / Joyce Foster -- Those red shoes / Frances Mills Payne -- The scarlet opera cloak / Janet Sloane Benway -- Last stanza / MariJo Moore -- Hidden / Maria Fire -- Sinful red shoes / Blanche L. Ledord -- Wearing silk / Nancy Sales Cash -- My mother's ankles / Jeanette Reid -- Boots / H. Byron Ballard -- To gout or not to gout / Jeanne Charters -- Shoe morphology / Shirley Elias -- You might be a latent ballerina if / Karen Paul Holmes -- Stilettos and ballerina skirts / Lana Hendershott -- To Zelda / Nancy Dillingham -- Southern night pattern: storm rising / Nancy Dillinger -- Layaway / Kathleen Kondilas-Frank -- Heartprint / Cheryl L. Jones -- Mama and the pink pants suit / Dare Freeman Ford -- Portrait in chartreuse satin / Julia Nunnally Duncan -- The girl in the green dress / Celia Miles -- My skipping dress / Beverly Ohler -- After forty / Catherine Carter -- Love and the night and the musing / Joan Medlicott -- Flying silk organza and taffeta / Barbara Ledford Wright -- Confessions of a clotheshorse / Susan Snowdon -- The uniform / Carole R. Thompson -- One-piece magic / Patricia Lynn Collins -- The sewing lesson / Susan McKendree -- Little granny / Janie Benson -- The clothes on her back / Penny Morse -- Traveling shoes / Marian Gowan -- Bird of paradise / Mona Rae Miracle -- Persona / Karen Luke Jackson -- All that glitters / Glenda Barrett -- The royal wardrobe / June Bare -- Fashion and grace / Dawn Culverwell -- Pink is the color / Catherine Bare -- Entering the realm of romance: the fan / Peggyann Ryan -- Grandmother's underwear / Jo Carolyn Beebe -- That old rag / Sherry Austin -- Going out of business / Cynthia Stewart -- A fitting afternoon / Tonya Staufer -- Can't bare it / Elizabeth B. Watson -- Too-tight, just-right jeans / Gwendie Camp -- Meltdown / Peggy Bresnahan -- Down in the dumps / Sherry W. Boone -- Taking the magic home with us / Alexandra Burroughs -- First panties / Brenda Kay Ledford -- Barbed wire and polyester / Beth Carmichael Connaughton -- Three shoes and a dress / Holly Simms -- Who I am / Mary Alice Ramsey -- The thong / Dawn Cusick -- Sixty-something / Janice Townley Moore -- Let's talk bras / Nancy Purcell -- Protection racket / Fran Ross -- The wedding dress / Joan Crook -- Seams of love / Patricia Podlipec -- Silver hair clips / Dee Dee Parker -- Kali power necklace / Peg Russell -- Free to be / C.P. Jones -- Threads of time / Mary Louise Welther -- Clotheslines / Liz Snively.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Fiction.; American fiction; Essays.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Clothes lines : from 75 western North Carolina women writers / by Miles, Celia H.(CARDINAL)360426; Dillingham, Nancy,1944-(CARDINAL)213216;
Craft / Isabel Zuber -- Clothes art: lines of distinction / Martha O'Quinn -- Sewing lesson / Kathryn Stripling Byer -- River shawl / Kathryn Stripling Byer -- The apple of his eye / Peg Rhodes -- London burning: a memoir of WWII / Margaret Abruzzi -- The communion dress / Jeannot Kensinger -- Sunday best / Marlisa Mills -- Inside the mask / Cheryl Dietrich -- Putting up a good front / Charlotte Wolf -- Lace / Pat Riviere-Seel -- The white convertible / Pat Riviere-Seel -- Needing a little something red in my life / Kaye Barley -- Saturday, 1937 / Katherine Soniat -- Graffiti / Katherine Soniat -- The red kerchief / Betsy Craig -- Atlas / Sandra Dillingham -- My mother's child / Joyce Foster -- Those red shoes / Frances Mills Payne -- The scarlet opera cloak / Janet Sloane Benway -- Last stanza / MariJo Moore -- Hidden / Maria Fire -- Sinful red shoes / Blanche L. Ledord -- Wearing silk / Nancy Sales Cash -- My mother's ankles / Jeanette Reid -- Boots / H. Byron Ballard -- To gout or not to gout / Jeanne Charters -- Shoe morphology / Shirley Elias -- You might be a latent ballerina if / Karen Paul Holmes -- Stilettos and ballerina skirts / Lana Hendershott -- To Zelda / Nancy Dillingham -- Southern night pattern: storm rising / Nancy Dillinger -- Layaway / Kathleen Kondilas-Frank -- Heartprint / Cheryl L. Jones -- Mama and the pink pants suit / Dare Freeman Ford -- Portrait in chartreuse satin / Julia Nunnally Duncan -- The girl in the green dress / Celia Miles -- My skipping dress / Beverly Ohler -- After forty / Catherine Carter -- Love and the night and the musing / Joan Medlicott -- Flying silk organza and taffeta / Barbara Ledford Wright -- Confessions of a clotheshorse / Susan Snowdon -- The uniform / Carole R. Thompson -- One-piece magic / Patricia Lynn Collins -- The sewing lesson / Susan McKendree -- Little granny / Janie Benson -- The clothes on her back / Penny Morse -- Traveling shoes / Marian Gowan -- Bird of paradise / Mona Rae Miracle -- Persona / Karen Luke Jackson -- All that glitters / Glenda Barrett -- The royal wardrobe / June Bare -- Fashion and grace / Dawn Culverwell -- Pink is the color / Catherine Bare -- Entering the realm of romance: the fan / Peggyann Ryan -- Grandmother's underwear / Jo Carolyn Beebe -- That old rag / Sherry Austin -- Going out of business / Cynthia Stewart -- A fitting afternoon / Tonya Staufer -- Can't bare it / Elizabeth B. Watson -- Too-tight, just-right jeans / Gwendie Camp -- Meltdown / Peggy Bresnahan -- Down in the dumps / Sherry W. Boone -- Taking the magic home with us / Alexandra Burroughs -- First panties / Brenda Kay Ledford -- Barbed wire and polyester / Beth Carmichael Connaughton -- Three shoes and a dress / Holly Simms -- Who I am / Mary Alice Ramsey -- The thong / Dawn Cusick -- Sixty-something / Janice Townley Moore -- Let's talk bras / Nancy Purcell -- Protection racket / Fran Ross -- The wedding dress / Joan Crook -- Seams of love / Patricia Podlipec -- Silver hair clips / Dee Dee Parker -- Kali power necklace / Peg Russell -- Free to be / C.P. Jones -- Threads of time / Mary Louise Welther -- Clotheslines / Liz Snively.An anthology of stories, poems, essays and memoirs.
Subjects: American fiction.; Essays.; Autobiographies.; Fiction.;
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Heat on the street : 10 film action pack [videorecording] by Hanson, Lisa,film producer.(CARDINAL)778833; Hertzberg, Paul,film producer.; Shryack, Dennis,screenwriter.; Bellwood, Peter,screenwriter.; Terlesky, John,film director.; Phillips, Lou Diamond,1962-,actor.(CARDINAL)785966; Wuhrer, Kari,actor.; Ballerini, Edoardo,1970-,actor.(CARDINAL)353561; McGee, Gwen,actor.; Bauer, Steven,1956-,actor.; Antonio, Lou,1934-,film director.; Pusser, Buford,1937-(CARDINAL)176144; Dennehy, Brian,actor.(CARDINAL)830293; Tucker, Forrest,1919-1986,actor.; Kerwin, Brian,actor.; Howard, Ken,1944-2016,actor.(CARDINAL)748361; North, Sheree,actor.; Ireland, John,1914-1992,actor,film director.; Sampson, Edward,film director.; Corman, Roger,1926-,film producer,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)517921; Malone, Dorothy,actor.; Carlisle, Bruce,actor.; Adrian, Iris,1912-1994,actor.; Bradford, Marshall,actor.; VeSota, Bruno,1922-1976,actor.; Holland, Byrd,actor.; Thor, Larry,1916-1976,actor.; Pyun, Albert,screenwriter,film director.; Lambert, Christopher,1957-,actor.; Henstridge, Natasha,actor.(CARDINAL)847742; Weisser, Norbert,actor.; Forte, Christian,screenwriter.; Jenkel, Brad,film producer.; Spacey, Kevin,film director.(CARDINAL)347745; Dunaway, Faye,actor.(CARDINAL)344923; Sinise, Gary,actor.(CARDINAL)318704; Mantegna, Joe,actor.(CARDINAL)181527; Dillon, Matt,actor.(CARDINAL)348092; Ulrich, Skeet,actor.(CARDINAL)847933; Greene, David,1921-2003,film director.; Ryan, John,film producer.(CARDINAL)522535; Bronson, Charles,1921-2003,actor.(CARDINAL)510899; Featherstone, Angela,1965-,actor.; Williams, Barbara,actor.(CARDINAL)504323; To, Johnny,film director.; Yeoh, Michelle,1963-,actor.; Chomsky, Marvin J.,1929-,film director.; Durning, Charles,1923-2012,actor.(CARDINAL)749166; Freeman, Morgan,actor.(CARDINAL)348086; Fabiani, Joel,actor.; Darrow, Henry,actor.; Barber, Gary,film producer.(CARDINAL)784931; Birnbaum, Roger,film producer.(CARDINAL)784930; Mark, Laurence,film producer.; Parkes, Walter F.,film producer.; Frank, Scott,1960-,film producer,film director.(CARDINAL)534776; Gordon-Levitt, Joseph,1981-,actor.(CARDINAL)537513; Daniels, Jeff,1955-,actor.(CARDINAL)366274; Goode, Matthew,1978-,actor.; Fisher, Isla,1976-,actor.(CARDINAL)347452; Gugino, Carla,1971-,actor.(CARDINAL)799628; McGill, Bruce,1950-,actor.(CARDINAL)340314; Watson, Alberta,actor.; Borstein, Alex,actor.(CARDINAL)483778; Holt, Sandrine,actor.; Krevoy, Brad,film producer.(CARDINAL)852052; Stabler, Steve,film producer.; Shaw, Sandy,screenwriter.; Tung, Ching Siu,film producer.; Blasberg, Joel,screenwriter.; Rudolph, Louis,film producer.; Henerson, James,screenwriter.; Schmoeller, Gary,film producer.; Karnowski, Tom,film producer.; Odlum, Jerome,screenwriter.; Howell, Jean,screenwriter.; Grean, Wendy,film producer.; Fichtner, William,actor.; Mortensen, Viggo,actor.; Spencer, John,actor.(CARDINAL)755946; Walsh, M. Emmet,actor.; Mui, Anita,actor.; Cheung, Maggie,actor.; Lau, Damian,actor.; Wong, Anthony,actor.; Pak, James,actor.; Weeks, Kim,actor.; Spence, Sebastian,actor.; Penny, Joe,actor.; Ladd, Diane,actor.(CARDINAL)740537; Grizzard, George,actor.(CARDINAL)313043; Harris, David,actor.(CARDINAL)777373; Mosley, Roger E.,actor.; Snyder, Arlen Dean,actor.; Turman, Glynn,actor.(CARDINAL)873240; Zerbe, Anthony,actor.; Barondes, Elizabeth,actor.; Davis, Craig,actor.; Declie, Xavier,actor.; Rowland, Henry,actor.; Howell, Jean,actor.; Pinner, Richard,actor.; Morse, Robin,actor.; Place, Lou,actor.; Pollard, Sub,actor.; Bradbury, Lane,actor.; Sergei, Ivan,actor.; Lea, Nicholas,actor.; Dale, Jennifer,actor.; American Broadcasting Company.(CARDINAL)141080; Bing Crosby Productions.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340297; Burg/Koules Productions (Firm); Cinetel Films.(CARDINAL)847794; Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.(CARDINAL)563859; Laurence Mark Productions.; Miramax Films.(CARDINAL)436238; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Motion Picture Corporation of America.; Palo Alto (Firm); Spyglass Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)784936;
A real American hero: directed by Lou Antonio.Adrenalin: fear the rush: Dimension films; Largo Entertainment in association with Filmwerks; written and directed by Albert Pyun; produced by Gary Schmoeller and Tom Karnowski.Albino alligator: Miramax Films, Motion Picture Corporation of America ; written by Christian Forte ; produced by Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, Brad Jenkel ; directed by Kevin Spacey.Attica: produced by Louis Rudolph ; teleplay by James Henerson ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky ; American Broadcasting Corporation, Inc. Breach of faith: an Echo Bridge Home Entertainment release of an Alliance Atlantis Communications film; producer, John Ryan; director, David Greene; written by Joel Blasberg.Heroic trio: Miramax Films ; China Entertainment Films Production Ltd. ; Paka Hill Film Production Co; script written by Sandy Shaw ; produced & martial arts directed by Ching Siu Tung ; directed by Johnny To.Malevolent: Dimension Home Video; Cinetel films, Inc. presents in association with Burg/Koules Productions; producers, Lisa Hanson, Paul Hertzberg ; writers, Dennis Shryack, Peter Bellwood ; director, John Terlesky.Once a thief: Wendy Grean, producer.The fast and the furious: a Palo Alto production ; screenplay by Jerome Odlum and Jean Howell, based on a story by Roger Corman ; produced by Roger Corman ; directed by Edward Sampson and John Ireland.The lookout: Miramax Films and Spyglass Entertainment present ; produced by Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Laurence Mark, Walter F. Parkes ; written and directed by Scott Frank.A real American hero: Brian Dennehy, Forrest Tucker, Brian Kerwin, Ken Howard, Sheree North, Lane Bradbury.Adrenalin: Christopher Lambert, Natasha Henstridge, Norbert Weisser, Elizabeth Barondes, Craig Davis, Xavier Declie.Albino alligator: Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, Joe Mantegna, Matt Dillon, Skeet Ulrich, William Fichtner, Viggo Mortensen, John Spencer, M. Emmet Walsh.Attica: Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani, Morgan Freeman, George Grizzard, David Harris, Roger E. Mosley, Arlen Dean Snyder, Glynn Turman, Anthony Zerbe.Breach of faith: Charles Bronson, Angela Featherstone, Barbara Williams, Kim Weeks, Sebastian Spence, Joe Penny, Diane Ladd.Heroic trio: Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, Damian Lau, Anthony Wong, James Pak.Malevolent: Lou Diamond Phillips, Kari Wuhrer, Edoardo Ballerini, Gwen McGee, Steven Bauer.Once a thief: Sandrine Holt, Ivan Sergei, Nicholas Lea, Jennifer Dale.The fast and the furious: John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Bruce Carlisle, Iris Adrian, Marshall Bradford, Bruno Ve Sota, Byrd Holland, Larry Thor, Henry Rowland, Jean Howell, Richard Pinner, Robin Morse, Lou Place, Sub Pollard.The lookout: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill, Albert Watson, Alex Borstein.A real American hero: A tough Tennessee sheriff is in pursuit of the truth when he finds a car full of teenagers, two dead and two blinded by bad moonshine. Based on the true story of Buford Pusser.Adrenalin: In the year 2015, a murderer has been infected with a deadly virus that threatens to spread to the rest of humanity unless a team of law officers stops him.Albino alligator: When a holdup goes terribly wrong, the robbers flee to a local bar, desperately taking everyone inside hostage!Attica: Demanding imrpovement of their rights, restless inmates take over the Attica State Correctional Facility in the bloodiest prison uprising in US history. Originally broadcast as a Movie of the week on ABC in 1980. Based on the book: A time to die by Tom Wicker.Breach of faith: While investigating the murder of a priest, veteran detective Paul Fein searches for a witness who's willing to talk.Heroic trio: Three female martial arts experts (each with her own superhero identity) team up to battle a powerful wizard who thinks that if he kidnaps all the babies in China he can eventually dominate the world.Malevolent: A maverick cop under routine investigation for a job-related shooting finds himself being set up as the prime suspect in a killing spree.Once a thief: Li Ann discovers that her brother is helping the Tang Godfather and now must decide where his loyalties really lie.The fast and the furious: Escaped convict Frank Webster takes a woman prisoner at a wayside diner and heads for the Mexican border.The lookout: Chris Pratt, whose one-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury, falls prey to a con-man's promise of a better life.Albino alligator, Heroic trio: rated R for strong violence and language -- Breach of faith: rated PG-13 for violence and brief sensuality -- Attica: Not rated, adult situations, nudity, violence -- Adrenalin: rated R for gruesome violence and gore and strong language -- The lookout: rated R for language, some violence and sexual content -- The fast and the furious: Not rated -- A real American hero: Not rated; violence, adult situations, drug use -- Malevolent: Rated R for violence, adult situations, drug use -- Once a thief: Not rated; violence.DVD.
Subjects: DVDs.; Feature films.; Suspense films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Car-chase films.; Made-for-TV movies.; Biographical films.; Fiction films.; Police films.; Prison films.; Historical films.; Television adaptations.; Pusser, Buford, 1937-; Attica Correctional Facility; Police; Stripteasers; Homicide investigation; Heroes; Martial arts films.; Women; Hostages; Criminals; Detective and mystery films.; Prison riots; Hostages; Hostage negotiations; Virus diseases; Science fiction films.; Action and adventure films.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; High school students; Traffic accident victims; Long-term memory; Memory disorders; Bank robberies; Criminal behavior; False imprisonment; Truck drivers; Prisons; Man-woman relationships; Sheriffs;
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How to hold a crocodile / by Bounford, Trevor.(CARDINAL)523527; Loxton, Howard.(CARDINAL)507861; Diagram Group.(CARDINAL)140182;
Calculate a birthday - Dance the hora -- Sharpen kitchen scissors -- Play conkers -- Tie a clove hitch -- protect your cutlery - Spot an ectomorph -- Have four birthdays in a year -- Crown a souffle -- Bottle a whole pear - Medicate a cat -- Prevent facial frostbite -- Paint a wooden window -- Crack a coconut -- Bull your boots -- Pass a federal law in the US -- Make vichyssoise - Twist wire -- Signal at sea -- Make a brass rubbing -- Decorate eggs for Easter -- Tighten a loose screw -- Make bird's nest soup -- Clean a saucepan -- Make your candle fit your candlestick -- get rid of a red nose -- Measure a horse -- Take a cutting -- Tame a tarantula -- Choose fruit trees -- Prevent string tangling -- Build a tipi -- Keep storms away at sea -- Make a potato print -- Roast chestnuts -- Ease toothache by acupressure -- Tell a zebra from a zubra -- Improvise an oil lamp - Play rock, paper, scissors -- Clean patent leather - Make dandelion wine - recognize a vampire -- Get up on water ski -- Make a wormery -- Make a paper fish swim -- Cook in the earth -- Hit a nail on the head -- Make a syllabub -- Play ox and Geese -- Care for a bonsai -- Choose the appropriate glass -- Hold a rabbit -- Open asparagus cans -- Magnetize a walnut -- Discourage greenfly -- Become king or queen of England -- Shoot craps -- Fill a garbage bag -- Save on lemons -- Keep paint fresh in store -- Rate a river -- Hunt the snark -- Use chopsticks -- Make egg paint -- Make a compass -- Color food yellow -- Time a watch at sea -- Teach a bear to dance -- Avoid nightmares - Count in Roman numerals -- Grow plants in a straight row - Bandage a finger -- Freshen up your paint box -- Please a piranha -- Spot the pole star -- Fold a suit for packing -- Make a ginger beer plant -- Mix the perfect martini -- Tell a nutmeg from mace -- Stand for the British Parliament -- Do the cobra -- Crystalize angelica -- Signal from ground to air -- Remove cigarette stains -- Convert centigrade to Fahrenheit (and back again) -- Spot African and Asian elephants -- Estimate tea and coffee for a party -- Throw a hammer -- Use your refrigerator efficiently -- Chain stitch.How to... -- Make a bed -- Handle a hamster -- Serve port -- Tell when the Queen of England is at home -- Keep plants happy -- Race a crocodile -- Thread beads easily -- Make an artesian well -- Teach a parrot to talk -- Preserve leaves and flowers -- Find a perfect number -- Make the Moutza sign -- Play a nose flute -- Take a pulse -- Break a thread in a sealed bottle -- Make Jell-O or jelly set quickly -- Name the parts of a flag -- Measure a mile -- Store win -- Become a saint -- Make a rotten pot -- Pickle walnuts -- Make a mummy -- Leave the earth -- Wear the toga -- Tell a centipede from a millipede -- Cut jade -- Read music notation -- Cut a block of ice into one! -- Photogra0ph fish -- Store rubber sheeting -- Peel tomatoes -- Play Tlachtli -- Keep the birds at bay -- Glaze a window -- Play the bagpipes -- Classify boxers -- Identify a diamond -- Make tanning oil -- Signal by semaphore -- Make cottage cheese -- Make a spanner or wrench smaller -- Do a headstand -- Keep flies away -- Increase your lifting power -- Get the old cat to accept a new kitten -- Dry herbs -- Vanquish a vampire -- Stop ink smearing in the rain -- Play Hex -- Personalize a squash -- Seat an orchestra -- Go for Gold -- Make candles last longer -- Peel onions without tears -- Decode Morse -- Tell your ass from your hinny -- Read the secrets of Leonardo DaVinci -- Improve your diving -- Make zabaglione -- Play come and paper -- Hold a pigeon -- Play shove ha'penny -- stop a creaking stair -- Make cawdell cup -- Cure insect stings - Ride a ski tow -- Play dominoes -- Escape from quicksand -- Climb through a playing card -- Name a horse's gait -- Make compost -- Read your palm -- Bring in the boar's head -- Bow Japanese style -- Tie packages tightly -- Read boustrophedon writing -- Throw a discus -- Know the Queen of England's swans -- Tell a horse's age -- Know the Olympian gods -- Tell a crocodile from and alligator -- Draw a triangle with three right angles -- Jug a hare -- Play jacks -- Get a carp to come when you call -- Cure a hangover -- Walk farther -- Build a sandcastle -- Measure your head for a wig -- Copy a picture carved on stone -- Keep a silver teapot fresh -- Tell an ape from a monkey -- Use the binary system -- Store cheese -- Play Nyout -- Recognize gold -- Make a bouquet garni -- Make a tripod -- Stop rugs from slipping -- Take nasty medicine -- Action paint -- Meassure humidity -- Remove a tight ring.Readers of all ages, especially children and teens, will have fun with this color-illustrated compendium of obscure facts and instructions. Presented in no particular order, there are instructions on climbing through a playing card, keeping an octopus, making a camel-dung cigarette lighter, preparing a boar's head for a feast, and teaching a bear to dance. On the more practical side, there is information on performing CPR, growing bean sprouts, heating an ancient Roman villa, and building a log cabin. Whimsical illustrations and bordered boxes make the book accessible for even the youngest readers. How to Hold a Crocodile is an illustrated and fun-to-read guide to the practical information that is not taught in school. This book is jammed full of simple instructions for many situations in life. Need to roast an ox? Repel cavalry? Tie a bow tie? All instructions are here, clear, concise, and fully illustrated.This remarkable reference book explains how to:- Build a log cabin- Catch a cockroach- Magnetize a walnut- Play the castanets- Ride a dolphin- Drill for oil- Meet the Pope- Find a blind spot- Become a saintHard-earned experience spanning many cultures and centuries leads to creative advice and counsel. Want to prevent a nail from splitting wood? Simply wipe the nail on soap before hammering.The off-beat retro artwork and text is fun and engaging. How to Hold a Crocodile is an amazing collection of information, advice, tips, and instructions guaranteed to entertain and satisfy anyone's curiosity.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Amusements; Curiosities and wonders.; Games.; Games; Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.; Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.; Curiosités et merveilles.; Guides, vade-mecum, etc.; Jeux.;
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