Fantasy artists, graphic designers, and art students will value this book's many shortcuts for creating action figures in "off-the-shelf" poses. The author-illustrator team provides templates for more than 50 fantasy types, includ…

The art of handcrafted metal clay jewellery is a fun and accessible way to create a range of stunning pieces from the comfort of your home. In this comprehensive guide, there are 30 main projects, each with extra projects to compl…

Love, Knit, Wear! Create garments and accessories your entire family will love with Family-Friendly Knits. Designer and mom Courtney Spainhower offers up a collection of designs you'll love to knit and everyone will want to wear, …

Introducing a book of cool, quirky, and super-quick projects for those who love to be creative but rarely have the time. If you have half an hour to spare, you can whip up beautifully sewn home goods, toys, accessories, simple gar…

Doll-sized quilts are a wonderful tool for modern quilters. They can be completed relatively quickly and inexpensively and then made into cushions, runners or wall decorations. Passionate quilters Sarah Fielke and Amy Lobsiger fir…

The Japanese craze for Amigurumi (crocheted stuffed toys) is explored in miniature in this fun new title in the Cozy series. These tiny treasures can be used in a variety of imaginative ways - as key rings, charms, hair accessorie…

Bring the magic of a handmade Christmas into your home with 40 projects for gifts, decorations, and homemade wrapping paper. Save time and money with the festive craft projects in Homemade Holiday. Clear, step-by-step instructions…

Create 35 beautiful projects with Nicki Trench's vibrant knitting patterns. Suddenly cake yarns and colour wheels are everywhere, and their popularity is no surprise. Not only do they make sewing in yarn ends at every colour chang…

Brighten up your home and create gorgeous gifts with a colourful array of garlands, faux botanicals and much more. Let Rachel Henderson and Jayne Emerson inspire you to create your own boho paradise made from felt with fresh green…

What you need to craft it now! There you are, enjoying a normal Saturday afternoon, when it hits you, the sudden, inexplicable urge to make something. Whether you're carving a new piece of jewelry or an adorable plush bunny, you'l…

Titles in Barron's growing Art Answers series provide practical, on-the-spot answers to questions every artist confronts while working on a project, such as: Best ways to organize workspace Best materials to select for particular …

Tina Barrett shows us that 'natural' need not be bland with this range of funky and colourful crochet projects for babies and toddlers. These delightful chemical-free creations make use of beautiful yarns such as alpaca, soy silk,…

Crocheting is one of the most popular crafts among people all ages, but if you've never picked up a hook before, it's hard to know where to begin. Geared for the absolute beginner, Idiot's Guides: Crochet teaches the basics of kni…

This is the ultimate go-to quilting guide for the complete beginner - no prior knowledge of quilting, or even sewing, is assumed. Ten fully illustrated techniques are included, covering everything a novice needs to know, including…

Focusing on the charming and adorable pets and animals that enrich manga stories. After an introduction to basic body constructions, faces, tails, legs and more, readers will have a chance to follow along Hart's in-depth step by s…

Learn how to knit all manner of motifs and stitch patterns with this amazing, comprehensive guide. Whether you simply want to expand your repertoire of stitches, make one of the 50+ projects or take inspiration from the innumerabl…

The newest title in Barron's Pocket Art Guides series demonstrates various ways to render different forms and shapes when working with color media, including oils, watercolors, acrylics, inks, pastels, and colored pencils. Exercis…

A high-profile marriage thrust into the spotlight. A prosecutor who believes justice has been a long time coming. A scandal that will rock Westminster.And the women caught at the heart of it. 

Return to Avalon Bay in this sexy second chance story about two exes who can't stay away from each other . . .When former bad girl Genevieve West returns home for her mother's funeral, she's prepared to keep her distance from her …

This is a tale of obsession and betrayal. This is a poisoned love story. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter.Tara and Antara, a woman and her angry shadow. But which one is which?Sharp as a blade and compulsively …

From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic. The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was …

FACTFULNESS: the stress-reducing habit of only having opinions for which there are strong supporting facts. Things aren't as bad as we think. Fact.When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is inc…

For over twenty years, Belasco House has stood empty. Its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of almost unimaginable horror and depravity. Two previous expeditions to investigate its secrets met with disaster, the participants de…

The first magical book in Matt Haig's festive series - now a major new film! BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE. You are about to read the TRUE STORY of Father Christmas. If you believe that some things are impossible, you should put this …

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF UNTIL THEY COME FOR YOUR FAMILY. After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter.A working vacation overs…

Spending time with our family and friends has never felt so important - and so often this means cooking for the ones you love. Who better to take inspiration from than Pasta Grannies who have spent their lifetimes plating up comfo…

This was how things began: Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese art.Even in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late-afternoon light, Will could hear the sirens. Th…

Meet Luis. He's out, he's proud ... and, although he doesn't know it yet, he's about to travel back in time to save a closeted student called Chaz from a tragic end.All Luis Gonzalez really wants is to go to prom with his boyfrien…

Charlie Jordan is being driven across the country by a serial killer. Maybe.Behind the wheel is Josh Baxter, a stranger Charlie met by the college ride share board, who also has a good reason for leaving university in the middle o…

Kang the Conqueror has been a foe of the Avengers for decades! Now, witness his ultimate triumph, as he brings all of his vast cross-time spanning legions to bear to conquer the Earth once and for all! Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes…