Crafters all over the world are using their hands and hearts to make a statement, change the world, and build community.

Presents a guide to working with recycled materials such as linen, burlap and wool. Shows 28 projects with deconstruction techniques, sewing tips and information about their environmental impact. Projects include totes, lunch sack, scarf, onion sack, skirt, bin and many more.

This classic text in basket-making shows how to transform fragrant pine needles into stunning coiled baskets and other decorative items. Its surprisingly easy, with all 40 projects based on wrapping needles around a center.

With precise instructions and vivid, four-color photographs, Ayako Brodek shows readers how to create 40 elegant and unusual pieces of jewelry. Each project includes a list of materials, illustrated step-by-step folding and finishing instructions, a beautiful photo of the completed piece, and suggested color variations, paper designs and embellishments to make each piece exciting and unique. Kodansha America

Adapted, in moderation, for American customs in this edition (cricket is gone, rugby remains; conkers are out, Navajo Code Talkers in), The Dangerous Book is a guide book for dads as well as their sons, as a reminder of lore and technique that have not yet been completely lost to the digital age. Recall the adventures of Scott of the Antarctic and the Battle of the Somme, relearn how to palm a coin, tan a skin, and, most charmingly, wrap a package...

"A beautiful, four-color book that showcases an epic LEGO universe. Full of advanced models guaranteed to inspire, as well as simpler models with building instructions"-- "In LEGO Space, you'll explore an entire LEGO universe. Astounding spaceships, eye-popping aliens, and vast planets come to life in a series of truly impressive LEGO models. Step-by-step building instructions at the end of each chapter will have you recreating a piece of each LEGO...