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- Every tool's a hammer : life is what you make it / by Savage, Adam,author.;
"Every tool's a hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It's an exploration of making and of my own productive obsessions, but it's also a permission slip of sorts from me to you. Permission to grab hold of the things you're interested in, that fascinate you, and to dive deeper into them to see where they lead you. Through stories from forty-plus years of making and molding, building and breaking, along with the lessons I learned along the way, this book is meant to be a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop's worth of notes on the tools, techniques, and materials that I use most often. Things like: In Every tool is a hammer -- don't wait until everything is perfect to begin a project, and if you don't have the exact right tool for a task, just use whatever's handy; Increase your loose tolerance -- making is messy and filled with screwups, but that's okay, as creativity is a path with twists and turns and not a straight line to be found; use more cooling fluid -- it prolongs the life of blades and bits, and it prevents tool failure, but beyond that it's a reminder to slow down and reduce the friction in your work and relationships; screw before you glue -- mechanical fasteners allow you to change and modify a project while glue is forever but sometimes you just need the right glue, so I dig into which ones will do the job with the least harm and best effects. This toolbox also includes lessons from many other incredible makers and creators, including: Jamie Hyneman, Nick Offerman, Pixar director Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, artist Tom Sachs, and chef Traci Des Jardins. And if everything goes well, we will hopefully save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers) as well as help you turn your curiosities into creations. I hope this book inspires you to build, make, invent, explore, and -- most of all -- enjoy the thrills of being a creator" --
- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Anecdotes.; Biographies.; Savage, Adam.; Do-it-yourself work; Handicraft;
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- If walls could speak : my life in architecture / by Safdie, Moshe,1938-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Over more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has built some of the world's most influential and memorable structures-from the 1967 modular housing scheme in Montreal known as "Habitat" and the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel, to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas and the Marina Bay Sands development and extraordinary Jewel Changi airport interior garden and waterfall in Singapore. For Safdie, the way a space functions is fundamental; he is deeply committed to architecture as a social force for good, believing that any challenge, including extreme population density and environmental distress, can be addressed with solutions that enhance community and uplift the human spirit. Safdie always refers to the "silent client" an architect mustultimately serve: the people who live, work in, or experience a building. If Walls Could Speak takes readers behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession to explain through Safdie's own experiences how an architect thinks and works-"from thespark of imagination through the design process, the model-making, the politics, the engineering, the materials." Relating memorable stories about what has inspired him-from childhoods in Israel and Montreal to the projects and personalities worldwide that have captured his imagination-Safdie reveals the complex interplay that underpins every project and his vision for the role architecture can and should play in society at large. Illustrated throughout with drawings, sketches, photographs, and documentsfrom his firm's voluminous archives that illuminate his stories, If Walls Could Speak ends with a chapter outlining seven projects Safdie would pursue around the world if resources and will were no issue and the choices were his to make. A book like no other, If Walls Could Speak will forever change the way you look at and appreciate any built structure"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Safdie, Moshe, 1938-; Architects;
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- Abominable [videorecording] / by Bennet, Chloe,1992-voice actor.; Culton, Jill,film director.; Izzard, Eddie,voice actor.; Izzo, Joseph,voice actor.; Paulson, Sarah,1974-voice actor.; Trainor, Tenzing Norgay,voice actor.; Tsai, Albert,voice actor.; Wilderman, Todd,film director.; DreamWorks Animation,production company.; Pearl Studio,production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Joseph Izzo, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson.Abominable takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes. When teenage Yi encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin and Peng, name him "Everest" and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish, a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara to help Everest get home.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG (Parental Guidance) for some action and mild rude humor.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
- Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Yeti; Friendship;
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- Abominable [videorecording] / by Bennet, Chloe,1992-voice actor.; Culton, Jill,film director.; Izzard, Eddie,voice actor.; Izzo, Joseph,voice actor.; Paulson, Sarah,1974-voice actor.; Trainor, Tenzing Norgay,voice actor.; Tsai, Albert,voice actor.; Wilderman, Todd,film director.; DreamWorks Animation,production company.; Pearl Studio,production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Joseph Izzo, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson.Abominable takes audiences on an epic 2,000-mile adventure from the streets of Shanghai to the breathtaking Himalayan snowscapes. When teenage Yi encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, she and her mischievous friends, Jin and Peng, name him "Everest" and embark on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth. But the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish, a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara to help Everest get home.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG (Parental Guidance) for some action and mild rude humor.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Atmos ; Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, 2.0 DVS.
- Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Yeti; Friendship;
- For private home use only.
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- The Avengers. [graphic novel] / by Levitz, Paul,author.; Davis, Alan,1956-illustrator.; Kirby, Jack,creator.; Lee, Stan,1922-2018,creator.; Petit, Cory,letterer.; Rosenberg, Rachelle,colourist.;
Eisner hall of famer Paul Levitz writes his first-ever Marvel story -- a love letter to Avengers history -- together with fellow superstar Alan Davis! Kang the Conqueror has targeted the classic Avengers team in a showdown that will span centuries -- but what will Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, the Wasp and Giant-Man learn about the team's future? From battling the Hulk on the streets of NYC and invading the Fantastic Four's Baxter Building to facing the menaces of the Asgardian dwarves and the Lava Men, Earth's Mightiest Heroes must field every threat Kang throws their way -- but despite their courage and heroism, will they ultimately be lost to the swirling mists of time?Marvel, T+.
- Subjects: Superhero comics.; Graphic novels.; Avengers (Fictitious characters); Good and evil; Space and time; Superheroes;
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- The harmonious home : designing peaceful, personal spaces inspired by nature. by Atwood, Rebecca.;
"A holistic approach to interior design that uses the colors, patterns, and textures of your favorite natural landscapes to make your home an oasis, from the author of Living with Color and Living with Pattern. Designing my first house proved to me how helpful our favorite landscapes -- the ones that nourish our souls -- are for making decorating decisions in our homes. They're where you find the colors, patterns, and shapes that make your home feel like you. Hailed by Vogue for her "approachable patterns and textiles" Rebecca Atwood has shared numerous design tips for utilizing color and patterns in the home. In The Harmonious Home, she details a new approach to home design, one guided by mood or the feeling that spaces can evoke. And because nature has such a strong pull on human emotion, she shows you how to use the language of real landscapes to inform your own design. The language of landscape can help make design accessible -- more so than thinking about designing a room in a specific style, like midcentury modern, bohemian, or contemporary. Think of a place that contains the mood you want to create in your home. Identify the colors in its landscape and you can choose paint colors. Pick out its textures and you can decide what materials -- rugs, wallpaper, upholstery fabric -- to bring into the room. You can look to a beach, field, garden, or even a cityscape to find color and pattern combinations you might not have imagined on your own and elevate a room with contrasting finishes and textures borrowed from nature. With gorgeous images from real homes around the country and practical tips for selecting the elements you want to include, The Harmonious Home offers endless inspiration for building a room around a mood-taking you from collected swatches to spectacular results"--Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Decorating; HOUSE & HOME / Decorating & Furnishings;
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- Hell's half-acre : the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier / by Jonusas, Susan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1873 the people of Labette County in Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried on a homestead seven miles south of the town of Cherryvale, in a bloodied cellar and under frost-covered soil, were countless bodies in varying states of decay. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for over two decades, and the land on which the crimes took place became known as 'Hells Half-Acre.' When it emerged that a family of four known as the Benders had been accused of the slayings, the case was catapulted to infamy. The idea that a family of seemingly respectable homesteaders--one among thousands who were relocating further west looking for land and opportunity after the Civil War--were capable of operating 'a human slaughter pen' appalled and fascinated the nation. But who the Benders really were, why they committed such a vicious killing spree, and what became of them when they fled from the law is a mystery that has remains unsolved to this day--not that there aren't some convincing theories. Part gothic western, part literary whodunnit, and part immersive study of postbellum America, Hell's Half-Acre sheds new light on one of the most notorious cases in our nation's history while holding a torch to a society under the strain of rapid change and moral disarray. Susan Jonasus draws on extensive original archival material, and introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters, including the despairing families of the victims as well as the fugitives that helped the murderers escape. Hell's Half-Acre is not simply a book about a mass murder. It is a journey into the turbulent heart of nineteenth century America, a place where modernity stalks across the landscape, violently displacing existing populations and wearily building new ones. It is a world where folklore can quickly become fact, and an entire family of criminals can slip right through a community's fingers, only to reappear at the most unexpected of times"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Bender family.; Frontier and pioneer life.; Serial murderers;
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- The hurricane heist [videorecording] / by Baldwin, Karen,1964-film producer.; Cohen, Robert,1967?-film director.; David, Carlos,screenwriter.; Dixon, Jeff,screenwriter.; Fingleton, Anthony,screenwriter.; Grace, Maggie,1983-actor.; Ineson, Ralph,1969-actor.; Kebbell, Toby,actor.; Kwanten, Ryan,1976-actor.; Windhause, Scott,screenwriter.; Entertainment Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment,film distributor.;
Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, Ryan Kwanten, Ralph Ineson.As a massive hurricane builds, criminals infiltrate a U.S. Mint facility. Their plan: to steal 600 million dollars and escape using a Category Five hurricane as cover. But a treasury agent and a storm chaser have a plan of their own, desperately racing against time, and the hurricane, to save the hostages and stop the thieves before their town is reduced to rubble.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA Rating: PG-13; for sequences of gun violence, action, destruction, language and some suggestive material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Caper films.; Crime films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Hostages; Hurricanes; Thieves;
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- X-Men. [graphic novel] / by MacKay, Jed,1983-author.; Cowles, Clayton,letterer.; Diaz, Netho,illustrator.; Gracia, Martegod,colourist.; Livesay,illustrator.; Mayer, J. P.,illustrator.; Parsons, Sean,illustrator.; Sifuentes, Fernando(Colorist),colourist.;
The mutant nation of Krakoa is gone, and the anti-mutant organization Orchis has fallen ... but the X-Men remain, always. As Cyclops, Scott Summers leads, because that is what he does. As Beast, Hank McCoy builds, because that is what he does. And from their new home in Alaska, the X-Men raise a flag of defiance. Mutant business is their business. Join Scott, Hank, Magneto, Psylocke, Kid Omega, Temper, Magik and the unstoppable Juggernaut as new forces in the world move into position, battling for the destiny and philosophy of the mutant species. And when a crisis arises in San Francisco, the X-Men must test their mettle against an entire invading alien fleet! But how did they come to possess their new HQ, the Factory, and how difficult a position does that put them in? Plus: the shocking return of Trevor Fitzroy and the Upstarts!T+.
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Cyclops (Fictitious character); Beast (Fictitious character from Marvel Comics Group); Magneto (Fictitious character); Psylocke (Fictitious character); X-Men (Fictitious characters); Superheroes; Supervillains;
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- Quelle équipe grandiose! / by Spires, Ashley,1978-; Allard, Isabelle.;
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- Subjects: Picture books.; Livres d'images.; Building; Construction; Cooperation; Cooperativeness; Coopération (Psychologie); Friendship; Relations enfants-enfants; Amitié; French language materials.;
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