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  5. Colour in Your Home: Good Ideas
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  6. Ortho's All About Decorative Painting
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  7. Encyclopaedia of Home Designs: 500 House Plans v. 1
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  8. Country in the City: Relaxed Style for Modern Living
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  9. Living in Colour
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  10. A Portfolio of Bathroom Ideas
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  11. Living Outside Inside
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  12. Interior Style
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  13. More Creative Window Treatments (Arts & Crafts for Home Decorating S.)
    More Creative Window Treatments (Arts & Crafts for Home Decorating S.)

  14. More Creative Window Treatments (Arts & Crafts for Home Decorating S.)
    More Creative Window Treatments (Arts & Crafts for Home Decorating S.)

  15. Shopping for Furniture: A Consumer Guide Book
    Shopping for Furniture: A Consumer Guide Book

  16. The Good House: Contrast as a Design Tool
    The Good House: Contrast as a Design Tool

  17. "Good Housekeeping" Home Makeover
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  18. A Portfolio of Window and Window Treatment Ideas
    A Portfolio of Window and Window Treatment Ideas

  19. Shelves, Closets and Cabinets
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  20. Inside the Fashion Business
    Inside the Fashion Business

  21. Wendy Baker's Curtain Recipes: Enjoy Making Your Own Curtains
    Wendy Baker's Curtain Recipes: Enjoy Making Your Own Curtains

  22. Fashion: from Concept to Consumer
    Fashion: from Concept to Consumer

  23. Wendy Baker's Compact Sketchbook of Blinds: Inspirational Designs for Blinds in the Home and Office
    Wendy Baker's Compact Sketchbook of Blinds: Inspirational Designs for Blinds in the Home and Office

  24. Designers Guide to Furniture Styles
    Designers Guide to Furniture Styles

  25. Chicago Home Book: A Comprehensive Hands-on Guide to Building, Remodeling, Decorating, Furnishing and Landscaping a Home in Chicago and Its Suburbs
    Chicago Home Book: A Comprehensive Hands-on Guide to Building, Remodeling, Decorating, Furnishing and Landscaping a Home in Chicago and Its Suburbs

Swag: Southern Women Aging Gracefully
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • This book is about me!
  • SWAG: Keeps us laughing at ourselves
  • Swag: Southern Women Aging Gracefully
  • A masterpiece
  • I'm past this age---
Swag: Southern Women Aging Gracefully
Melinda Rainey Thompson
Manufacturer: John F. Blair Publisher
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 089587329X

Book Description

SWAG started as a lark when Thompson began a monthly mailing of her humorous essays about ordinary events from a Southern woman's perspective. Over several years, her subscription list grew to nearly 5,000 people in 28 states. Covering topics that range from swimsuit shopping, to family reunions, to squirrel battles, to sick children, to cemetery etiquette, this volume will fit right alongside the Sweet Potato Queens and the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This book is about me!.......2007-05-15

This book is an accurate description of me, my grandmother, my southern girlfriends and female family members. From the obsession of plants and trees to the foods we love. Our habits, eccentricities and what makes us the absolutely wonderful creatures we are. I loved it and I am sending copies to my newly inherited (by a new marriage) Yankee girlfriends. From one Birmingham girl to another, thank you.

5 out of 5 stars SWAG: Keeps us laughing at ourselves.......2007-05-13

I read SWAG on the recommendation of a co-worker because she said that it was all about ME! Well, she was right in many ways. The southern woman is definately a sublime force to be reckoned with and the author surely "nailed us." I thoroughly enjoyed the book and was able to recognize many of the traits she described , if not in myself, in my mother and grandmother. So, put on some lipstick and read this book, darlin'!

5 out of 5 stars Swag: Southern Women Aging Gracefully.......2007-03-16

I love this book! I have had my mother read this and am planning on buying more to give to other SWAGs I know.

5 out of 5 stars A masterpiece.......2007-01-12

This is a great book, and is so funny. I felt like the author was telling stories of things that had happened in my life. If you are from the south, you understand---if your from the north----you'll want to move to the south to age gracefully. Easy to read and enjoy.

3 out of 5 stars I'm past this age---.......2007-01-11

This book is entertaining. I laughed quite a bit while reading it but was disappointed that the author considers her age as AGING!!! I have reached the REAL aging years & felt far away from her situations---and she does live a bit "higher financially" than I do, or ever have lived. I am too old & too poor to really enjoy this as intended.
Complete Photo Guide to Window-Top Treatments: Do-It-Yourself Valances, Swags, and Cornices (Complete Photo Guides)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • To Treatments
Complete Photo Guide to Window-Top Treatments: Do-It-Yourself Valances, Swags, and Cornices (Complete Photo Guides)

Manufacturer: Creative Publishing international
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ASIN: 1589232526

Book Description

Window top treatments - swags, valances, and cornices - are very popular DIY home-decor projects. Quick and easy to sew, they soften and finish off a window and often are combined with blinds, curtains, or drapes. The Complete Photo Guide to Window Top Treatments is the only book that tells how to choose the right style and construct it step by step. Color photographs show twenty top treatments in a variety of room settings, fabrics, and decorative hardware.

Each window treatment has detailed, step-by-step instructions for measuring the window, calculating yardage, cutting, sewing, and installing.

Following in the tradition of CPi's Windows with Style and Creative Window Treatments, The Complete Photo Guide to Window Top Treatments launches a new how-to series of window decor books.

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5 out of 5 stars To Treatments.......2006-07-28

Very nice book with easy to follow instructions. Great photos. I haven't made anything yet, but I have looked through the book. I can't wait to get started.
Home Fashions: Curtains, Draperies, Bedspreads, Valances, Swags, Pillows, Accessories
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    M. Demir
    Manufacturer: Charles Randall Inc
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    ASIN: 1890379131
    Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond
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      Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond
      Spencer Drate , and Judith Salavetz
      Manufacturer: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
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      ASIN: 0810992353

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      Crackling with sexual tension, comic flourishes, macabre drama, and science fiction clichés, rock posters are as vibrant and varied as the music they celebrate-and more popular today than ever. With imagery that ranges from eye-popping and crassly outrageous to subtle and esoteric, these graphic manifestos of rock rebellion have matured into a full-blown phenomenon, four decades after the first great wave of rock art roared out of San Francisco in the 1960s.

      In Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond, noted designers Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz have collected a fascinating assortment of images created by 50 of the most important poster artists working today-from 1960s pioneers such as Jim Phillips to gifted painters to graphic design studios as diverse as Patent Pending Industries and Asterik Studio. The foreword, coauthored by poster artists Nels Jacobson and Dirk Fowler, provides a fitting introduction to this colorful world where rock posters reign supreme.Swag 2: Rock Posters of the '90s and Beyond is a raucous and rollicking compendium of contemporary rock art that provides a kaleidoscopic snapshot of our time.
      Swag: Rock Posters of the 90's
      Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
      • Memory Lane
      • Visual overload - in a good way!
      • I guess it was a nice try?
      Swag: Rock Posters of the 90's
      Spencer Drate , and Art Chantry
      Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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      ASIN: 0810991152

      Book Description

      An outrageous mix of indie cool, punk-retro aesthetics, camp, and kitsch, the concert posters of the 1990s became so wildly popular that they took on a life of their own, sometimes outshining the rock bands they were created to promote. Not only are they avidly collected today, but an annual two-day convention known as Flatstock now exists to celebrate the works of the leading artists and designers. Exploding with color and bold graphics, this awesome collection of the best rock posters of the decade is the only book in print that examines and illustrates this important movement in graphic design.

      Teeming with more than 250 posters by over 50 designers, Swag is a groundbreaking introduction to the world of concert poster art, and a look at the cutting-edge music it was created for, from Nirvana and Pearl Jam to Sonic Youth and the Velvet Underground. The visionaries of the genre are all here, including Frank Kozik, Coop, Jermaine Rogers, Stefan Sagmeister, and Brian Ewing. An insightful foreword by Art Chantry, Seattle's iconoclastic genius of rock poster design, accompanies this collection of visually arresting images compiled by noted author and designer Spencer Drate. Together, they honor the free-thinking politics, angst, and imagination of rock culture of the past decade through the present day.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Memory Lane.......2007-01-19

      this book would make a wonderful gift for anyone who was active in the live music scene during the 90's. i have given this book to two people as gifts and they both loved it. you could seriously spend hours looking at this book and talking about all of the shows you remember going to. i highly recommend it.

      4 out of 5 stars Visual overload - in a good way!.......2003-12-12

      I just got this book and love it. There is so much great art in this thing that I can't stop looking at it. Tons of big, colorfull images and artists. I had no idea how huge the world of rock posters had gotten in the last decade or so. Now I want to start collecting them and see them for real. All the poster artist's represented are excellent, but I especially liked Ames Design, Chantry, Coop, Dean, Emek, Ewing, Gink, Hampton, Scrojo, and Sutton. The forward by Art Chantry is a really interesting short history of rock poster art. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes rock posters. Or even art or music in general.

      The only reason I didn't go with 5 stars is that I wish it had just a few more pages. But it was definitely worth the price. Buy it - you won't regret it!

      2 out of 5 stars I guess it was a nice try?.......2003-11-20

      Alot of people have been waiting for this book to come out. I am one. The book "looks" great, high quality design, printing, etc. The Chantry essay in the begining is excellent (but that is to be expected). But after that, it's all down hill. First glaring problem here. "Rock Posters of the 90's" is the title. Then why are half the artists in this book little known artists who never even MADE posters in the 90's? It's like putting out an album of "60's Rock Classics" and half of it is Leo Sayer and Doobie Bros. Another big problem with this book is it seems like there was absolutely NO RESEARCH done in it's making. Old Artrock catalogs are more informative. There are LOTS of artists who are not in here, and should. As there are lots of artists who are in here, that maybe shouldn't. And then big important artists like Mark Arminski, who is truely a pioneer of the poster world only gets one page??? Judging by the reviews of the "45 Cover" book by the same author, you can probably get them both for $5 after the holidays on the "cheapy" table, I now wish I waited to buy this. It is interesting that all of the probelms with the "45 cover" book, are evident in this book too. Sorry. Big let down. Save your money for the Electric Frankenstein book of all of their posters/cover art, and the Art of Modern Rock, which I think will rule!
      The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments: DIY Draperies, Curtains, Valances, Swags, and Shades
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        The most comprehensive DIY window book on the market

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        Swag
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Crime And The Buddy System
        • Elmore's masterpiece
        • The Proverbial Bandits
        • ALL SWAGGED UP
        • Elmore Leonard's Masterpiece, IMHO
        Swag
        Elmore Leonard
        Manufacturer: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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        Binding: Paperback

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        5. Stick

        ASIN: 0753819643

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        There aren't any textbooks on armed robbery. The only way to learn is through experience, and small-time crooks Frank and Stick are determined to do as much learning on the job as possible. In 1970s' Detroit they embark on a crime spree, holding up liquor stores and supermarkets. They invent their 'Ten Golden Rules For Successful Armed Robbery' and for a short time the cash is rolling in. But then they bend their own rules, and it looks like trouble is heading their way.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Crime And The Buddy System.......2005-10-11

        Elmore Leonard has defined his career writing books like "Swag," amoral tales of shady characters with some buried honor finding themselves up against people who are just bad, swathed in an atmosphere of casual danger and tough, smooth talk. But Leonard has had a great career, and "Swag" is a terrific early example of what he does best.

        Frank and Ernest meet when Ernest tries to steal a car at the lot where Frank works. Impressed by his moxie, Frank helps the thief out of a bind and then hits him with a proposition: How about we go after some big bucks?

        What Frank has in mind is a little strong-arm wealth appropriation, and for a while it works out pretty well. Cruising through the suburbs of Detroit, the pair hit bars, supermarkets, and liquor stores, flashing their pistols just enough to get what they want. The story is fast-paced, exciting, and fun, with lots of vignettes of assorted crimes. Though not likely to resonate with the reader after, it's an impressive example of Leonard's mastery of the form. He gets us to actually care about these lowlifes and wish them well, even as they rob innocent people of their hard-earned cash.

        Leonard does this by focusing on one of the pair, Ernest "Stick" Stickley. He's not enjoying the stick-up work, and thinks about leaving it for a chance to spend more time with his estranged daughter. But Stick has some things worth sticking around for, like the "career ladies" who hang around the pool where he and Frank Ryan live. To what extent can Stick trust Frank not to mess things up? Is Frank playing Stick for a fool? And why is he hanging around so much with the owner of a seedy nightclub?

        Some reviewers here suggest this is like a Quentin Tarantino version of "The Odd Couple," which works for me. Though both men are more Oscar than Felix, we do see them in a number of amusing domestic arguments. There's that line from the TV show that comes back to me in thinking about this novel, Oscar telling Felix "Be cool." That's a standard mantra in Leonard books, and you can hear Stick telling Frank this on almost every page as the action heats up in the second half.

        Before throwing them to the sharks, Leonard has fun figuring out how crime might indeed pay, as long as Frank and Stick follow Frank's ten simple rules for committing crimes. They're good rules, too. The problem is human nature being what it is, it's hard to stick with the program even when it's working, especially when you add booze, broads, and bullets to the mix.

        Leonard actually saves a lot of his twists for the ending, one of the best he's ever written. It's hard not to call this a classic, but there are more involving Leonard books out there, and more suspenseful ones. Still, you can't do much better for whipsmart dialogue. He has a way of getting you to pay attention with a few small words, like by having one heavy ask a simple question like: "Why would a man want to die at his age?"

        A book you can read in a single day, "Swag" has a lot going for it, the best being there's a lot more where it came from.

        5 out of 5 stars Elmore's masterpiece.......2004-02-13

        Although it is hard to select Elmore's best work, for my money Swag is the one. Swag is funny, dramatic and tense at the same time. The humor is subtle, but is vintage Elmore. The tension carried thorughout the book is masterful. You really don't know until the final paragraph whether Ryan and Stick will get away or not. All in all, a tremendous book. I would recoomend Swag to any one who has not read any Elmore. Enjoy.

        5 out of 5 stars The Proverbial Bandits.......2004-02-08

        Two small-time crooks (a guy who sells used cars and a guy who steals them) band together in early 70's Detroit and, with nothing better to do, decide to start holding up liquor stores, Quik-E Marts, and supermarkets. They establish a set of foolproof rules and make out like the proverbial bandits, stashing their loot under the sink and spending it on hysterically rendered period clothes, cars and stereos. Things go great until, of course, they begin to violate their own guidelines.

        Fast, funny, violent, gritty, sexy and chock full of Leonard's trademark dialogue and twisty turns, this book skims along like a Tarantino movie writ long before Tarantino came about.

        I'm a huge Elmore Leonard fan and this is my favorite of his books. I can't believe it's not more popular, can't believe it's actually OUT OF PRINT. Track it down used if you can, it's a true unheralded modern classic.

        5 out of 5 stars ALL SWAGGED UP.......2002-07-12

        After attempting PRONTO and GLITZ and not seeing what the Dutch Leonard hype was all about, I decided to give him one more chance with SWAG...and I was electrified to the point where it almost killed me. This book is incredible. Leonard creates such a glitzy, sleaze-filled atmosphere that you're there in Detroit, with Stick and Frank Ryan, feeling the rush and the tension of their risky escapades for that cold, green swag. The dialogue is right-on; the plot and characters are nothing less than brilliant. This is the book that turned me on to Leonard and his numerous crime-filled novels of shimmering heat and the excitement of being bad.

        5 out of 5 stars Elmore Leonard's Masterpiece, IMHO.......2002-01-04

        I read this many years ago in the Dutch Treat omnibus edition and re-read it recently. It tells the story of two small time Detroit criminals, Ernest Stickley and Frank Ryan, who embark on a spree of armed robberies. They make a partnership in which they agree to follow "Ryan's Rules" (which has been an alternate title for this novel). They soon break these rules and come to have several misadventures involving botched armed robberies (their own and others they are victims of) double-crosses and department store holdups gone wrong. The action follows non-stop much like a violent video game. There is Leonard's characteristic wry humour: An incompetent stick-up man is relieved of the proceeds of his robbery. He's locked in a storage room with his victims, who proceed to beat him unconscious. Stick and Frank walk away with the money and are in turn robbed in a parking lot. Stick and Frank rob a liquor store where the stubborn senior citizen behind the cash register is willing to die and allow his equally elderly wife to be raped and murdered rather than hand over the hidden money. All this and more while never going over the top and becoming unbelievable. It's possible to empathize with Stickley's predicament. He's basically a good man who does bad things. It is inexplicable to me that this book has not been made into a movie while many lesser Leonard novels have. The Stickley character reappears in the novel Stick, in which it is revealed that Ryan died in prison. That novel, Stick, was made into the 1985 Burt Reynolds movie.
        Supplementary Swag Patterns
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          Supplementary Swag Patterns
          Catherine Merrick , and Rebecca Day
          Manufacturer: Merrick and Day
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          ASIN: 0953526704

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          'Supplementary Swag Patterns' Additional swag patterns which extend the range of swags in 'The Swag and Tail Design and Pattern Book' (ISBN 0951684183). The Master Pattern Sheets contain full-size swag patterns 80/100/110/130/140/150/160/170cm (31.5/39/43/51/55/59/63/67in) wide, all in 45cm (17.5in) and 55cm (21.5in) drops.
          The Swag and Tail Design and Pattern Book (2 Volume Set)
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • the swag and tail design and pattern book
          The Swag and Tail Design and Pattern Book (2 Volume Set)
          Catherine Merrick
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          ASIN: 0951684183

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          Elegant window treatment requires careful planning a good choice of design detail professional pattern-cutting techniques as well as good installation to create graceful lines hand harmonious proportions. Here are designs patterns and step-by-step instructions.

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          4 out of 5 stars the swag and tail design and pattern book.......2000-04-29

          This is an excellent book;however, I would not consider it for the inexperienced! If you already own The Encyclopedia of Curtains I would not suggest this book as it repeats almost everything. You will be basically paying for the patterns! The print is very large-helpful!
          Home Fashions: Curtains, Bedspreads, Valances, Swags, Pillows & Accessories
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • With more than 500 decorating ideas...
          Home Fashions: Curtains, Bedspreads, Valances, Swags, Pillows & Accessories
          Mehmet Demir
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          5. Dream Windows: An Inspriational Guide to Draperies and Soft Furnishings

          ASIN: 9759735628

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars With more than 500 decorating ideas..........2003-10-17

          As you turn the pages of this book you will find ideas, both simple and dramatic, for incorporating draperies, shades, swags and cascades, blinds, valances and tiebacks into your home. With each window treatment you create, Home Fashions will help you in making it a spirited representation of your individuality. Along with a variety of window décor, this book also features beautiful ideas for specific rooms including kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. And Home Fashions will show how easy it is for tiebacks and accessories to become a detailed representation of who you are.

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