Make your own embroidery patterns and thread portraits that are inspired by the nature that surrounds you! Featuring complete overviews on tools, embroidery stitches, and various skills and techniques to know, From finding your subject and taking a photo to making it into a line art template, thread painting, and so much more, this inspiring, skill-building guide is sure to take your embroidery to the next level!

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Explores British cinematic representations of masculinityFrom the new man to the metrosexual, British society from the 1990s to the 2000s was pre-occupied with questions about masculinity, and more specifically with the idea that it was somehow 'in crisis.' The first book-length study of British cinematic representations of masculinity in this period, this fascinating study offers a feminist analysis of key tropes in this era, including the New Lad, fatherhood and masculine violence. Positioning these representations within the specific context of British manifestations of postfeminism and neoliberalism, the book explores the shifting representations of masculinity in popular British cinema and offers a detailed analysis of important recent developments in gender culture. With case studies of films like Brassed Off (1996), The Full Monty (1997), Trainspotting (1996) and About a Boy (2002), this book is a fascinating insight into an understudied period of British cinema and culture. Case studies include: Brassed Off The Full Monty All or Nothing Archipelago Trainspotting Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Football Factory TwentyFourSeven My Name is Joe Bullet Boy When Saturday Comes About A Boy My Son the Fanatic East is East Nil by Mouth Naked Enduring Love Bronson

From the new man to the metrosexual, British society from the 1990s to the 2000s was pre-occupied with questions about masculinity, and more specifically with the idea that it was somehow 'in crisis.' The first book-length study of British cinematic representations of masculinity in this period, this fascinating study offers a feminist analysis of key tropes in this era, including the New Lad, fatherhood and masculine violence. Positioning these representations within the specific context of British manifestations of postfeminism and neoliberalism, the book explores the shifting representations of masculinity in popular British cinema and offers a detailed analysis of important recent developments in gender culture. With case studies of films like Brassed Off (1996), The Full Monty (1997), Trainspotting (1996) and About a Boy (2002), this book is a fascinating insight into an understudied period of British cinema and culture.

Kali has always been obedient, but when she takes her first step onto a protected "humans only" high school in suburban Pittsburgh, she knows she was the wrong choice for this mission. Ever since the murder of her parents when she was too young to remember, she's been sheltered - and trained. She can swing a sword with expert precision, but studying popular human teen magazines hasn't taught her how to masquerade as seventeen years old. Jason is the target of the mission. She and Yuuhi, who was also designated by his own people to be her partner, must find solid proof that Jason is, in fact, a supernatural phenomenon. Yuuhi sees little more than a socially inept emo kid dressed in conflicting shades of black, but Kali only touches Jason's hand, and she feels the sting of something dark and deadly. Jason's shadow is bigger than he is, and if the leaders of Yuuhi's people find out, Jason won't be human much longer. The goal of the mission is to protect him, but Kali will find that the only way she can do just that is to break every rule she's been conditioned to follow. She'll have to learn how to disobey. Beginning with Kali's point of view and then shifting to the eyes of other characters, the Marionettes of Myth series introduces Pittsburgh as a superhuman metropolis, a world both wild and conquered by the monsters buried in its seams and darkest shadows. And those monsters will be watching her.

In this thrilling novella set after the events of "Fracture the Spider's Web," darker things lurk outside the city. Before Ave and Elliot met the three siblings in a series of events that would change everything, they operated a superhuman detective business. Finally, with the first break they've had since the train wreck began, Ave and Elliot have a chance to take on new cases, and someone wants to join them. The newest mission tells of strange grinding noises and disappearing machine parts during the dark October nights of the sparsely populated oil country in rural Pennsylvania. A promise of good fun. But, as Yuuhi says, there has never been a case that has gone as expected, and there's never been a case that has ended well. Set a month after the collapse of the overpasses, "Interlude" shows the unwinding of events through the eyes of other characters and boasts the usual quirks and laughs of the cast - plus a twist of horror.

In the thrilling second book to the "Marionettes of Myth" Series, even gods can be killed. The sword of Ra had finally responded to Kali's command-just in time for her to spear her sister, Solara, through the heart. Kali then bled out. Her life ended. When her eyes next opened, she was in an underground hospital, and she wasn't in possession of her own body. Toivo and Carmi can only wait under Ave and Elliot's roof, desperate for news. All they know is that Solara's body was recovered, but Kali's is missing, and the funeral for their fathers is nearing. With their family broken and interspecies warfare brewing, the brothers will have to reconcile their grief and do what it takes to keep from losing Kali a second time. They won't be alone, and they won't be unchallenged. But the real war has already begun. Toivo is struck with a mysterious illness, Yuuhi's vampire parents are calling, and Jason must understand Ares' motivations, or lose to them. In the end, each of them might just be at the mercy of the hand that holds Ra-or the hands that pull on the web of marionette strings. Their decisions can stop the war, or ignite it.