New to the Scene (02/10 - 02/12)
Weekend 2/10-2/12
Highlighted Titles Nonfiction
Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt. Megan Nicolay
Format: Paperback Price: $14.95 ISBN: 0761137858 From backpacks to halters, this creative DIY book demonstrates simple hand sewing techniques to reconstruct an everyday jersey t-shirt. Aimed at the beginner, the materials needed to complete these projects include: scissors; razor blade; rotary cutter, cutting mat; seam ripper; needles; thread; straight pins; punk pins; tailor’s chalk; ruler; measuring tape; cardboard. Also included are16 color photo pages modeling 43 of the 108 afore mentioned styles.
Nonfiction
Rip It: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams. Elissa Meyrich
Format: Paperback Price:$15.00 ISBN: 0743268997
I remember being in high school and I attempting to sew godets onto my thrift store pants. However, my knowledge and paitence for creating from no instructions resulted in asking mom to fix the pants. Though they were cool I didn’t have that feeling of accomplishment. Rip It’s projects require little cost for urban clothing flair. So, keep this book in mind for the ambitious fashion designer who also has access to a sewing machine. This one really hits the spot for those creative cravings.
Fiction
The Company. Max Barry.
I’m surprised I had yet to realize Max (Jennifer Government) came out with a new title. From Publisher’s Weekley: With broad strokes, Barry once again satirizes corporate America in his third caustic novel (after Jennifer Government). This time, he takes aim at the perennial corporate crime of turning people into cogs in a machine.
New Releases
Hardcover Releases
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. Dana Reinhardt.
Mismatch. Lensey Namioka.
Queen of Cool. Cecil Castellucci.
Sir Thursday. Garth Nix.
The Road of the Dead. Kevin Brooks.
Troll Mill. Katherine Langrish.
Paperback Releases
The Boy in the Basement. Susan Shaw.
Unexpected Magic. Diana Wynne Jones.
Reprints
Lois Duncan - These titles have been out for some time, and with new covers and cheap prices of paperbacks, these are well worth ordering for your collection.
Don’t Look Behind You
Down a Dark Hall
Gallows Hill
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Summer of Fear
Highlighted Titles Nonfiction
Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt. Megan Nicolay
Format: Paperback Price: $14.95 ISBN: 0761137858 From backpacks to halters, this creative DIY book demonstrates simple hand sewing techniques to reconstruct an everyday jersey t-shirt. Aimed at the beginner, the materials needed to complete these projects include: scissors; razor blade; rotary cutter, cutting mat; seam ripper; needles; thread; straight pins; punk pins; tailor’s chalk; ruler; measuring tape; cardboard. Also included are16 color photo pages modeling 43 of the 108 afore mentioned styles.
Nonfiction
Rip It: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams. Elissa Meyrich
Format: Paperback Price:$15.00 ISBN: 0743268997
I remember being in high school and I attempting to sew godets onto my thrift store pants. However, my knowledge and paitence for creating from no instructions resulted in asking mom to fix the pants. Though they were cool I didn’t have that feeling of accomplishment. Rip It’s projects require little cost for urban clothing flair. So, keep this book in mind for the ambitious fashion designer who also has access to a sewing machine. This one really hits the spot for those creative cravings.
Fiction
The Company. Max Barry.
I’m surprised I had yet to realize Max (Jennifer Government) came out with a new title. From Publisher’s Weekley: With broad strokes, Barry once again satirizes corporate America in his third caustic novel (after Jennifer Government). This time, he takes aim at the perennial corporate crime of turning people into cogs in a machine.
New Releases
Hardcover Releases
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. Dana Reinhardt.
Mismatch. Lensey Namioka.
Queen of Cool. Cecil Castellucci.
Sir Thursday. Garth Nix.
The Road of the Dead. Kevin Brooks.
Troll Mill. Katherine Langrish.
Paperback Releases
The Boy in the Basement. Susan Shaw.
Unexpected Magic. Diana Wynne Jones.
Reprints
Lois Duncan - These titles have been out for some time, and with new covers and cheap prices of paperbacks, these are well worth ordering for your collection.
Don’t Look Behind You
Down a Dark Hall
Gallows Hill
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Summer of Fear
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