Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, ISBN 0788760440
In 1664, sixteen-year-old Grier enters the Vermeer household as a servant. Daughter of a Delft tiel maker, sh and design. Daily, she cleans the studio, learning much about how Vermeer sees the people he paints. As his slowly becomes one of his subjects. Tracy Chevalier fills this unusual love story with the shades, sounds, and Holland. Narrator Ruth Ann Phimister perfectly voices Griet's growing awareness of the intrigues surrounded the value of her life.
Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories by Alice Munro, ISBN 067978151X
In these fifteen short stories--her eighth collection of short stories in a long and distinguished career--Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives.
"Virtuosity, elemental command, incisive like a diamond, remarkable: all these descriptions fit Alice Munro."--"Christian Science Monitor
"How does one know when one is in the grip of art--of a major talent?....It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro's stories.
Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories by Alice Munro, ISBN 067978151X 
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Shades Of Django
Shades Of Django
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Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories by Alice Munro, ISBN 067978151X
In these fifteen short stories--her eighth collection of short stories in a long and distinguished career--Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives.
"Virtuosity, elemental command, incisive like a diamond, remarkable: all these descriptions fit Alice Munro."--"Christian Science Monitor
"How does one know when one is in the grip of art--of a major talent?....It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro's stories.
Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories by Alice Munro, ISBN 067978151X
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Charles Randall's Designer Sketchfile: Draperies, Valances, Fabric Shades & Bedding with CDROM
Charles Randall's Designer Sketchfile: Draperies, Valances, Fabric Shades & Bedding with CDROM
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The Colors of Us by Karen Katz, ISBN 0805071636
Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin, and learns that brown comes in many different shades. Through the eyes of a little girl who begins to see her world in a new way, this book celebrates the differences and similarities that connect all people. Full color.
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz, ISBN 0805071636
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Easy-To-Make Arts and Crafts Lamps and Shades
Step-by-step guide for sixteen projects shows how to turn inexpensive materials into a wide range of attractive, functional objects that are as fashionable today as they were a century ago. Instructions are provided for creating table lamps, a dining room dome, a lantern, the shade for a drop light, newel post lamps, an electric candle sconce, and more. The manual is also a valuable sourcebook for antique collectors and historians of American style.
Easy-To-Make Arts and Crafts Lamps and Shades
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