Ann Benson

A citizen of a police state where medicine is tightly controlled, a woman scientist unearths a vestige of the Black Death of the Middle Ages, sending her on a race against time and mass devastation that parallels a similar situation in the time of the earlier plague

The Plague Tales

Burning Road

The Physician's Tale

Start simply with framed birdhouses, snowman Christmas ornaments, and decorative dish towels. Any design can be used for other projects. Includes three-dimensional ribbon, painted and mixed-media appliqué, as well as ideas for appliquéing to non-fabric backgrounds such as paper and wood.

More Than 200 Designs

Two-Hour Beaded Projects

1440, près de Nantes. Guillemette La Drappière, mère supérieure d'un couvent, enquête sur la disparition d'un jeune garçon. 2002, Los Angeles. Lany Dunbar, membre d'élite de la police, reçoit l'appel d'une mère de famille dont le fils vient d'être enlevé. A 600 ans d'écart, les disparitions se multiplient. A 600 ans d'écart, un même profil émerge : un tueur d'enfants particulièrement machiavélique et qui semble intouchable. Si les siècles passent, le mal demeure...

Le voleur d'âmes

[This] beautiful book turns craft into wearable art. Using black-and-white diagrams to clarify procedures, [Benson] introduces two types of beadwork: needle weaving, in which beads are threaded together; and card stitching, in which beads are sewn directly onto a backing of lightweight cardboard or construction paper....More than 40 gorgeous projects. A splendid book.”—Booklist. "A visual feast."—Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot. Ann Benson, one of America’s foremost bead artisans, offers an array of eye-catching projects for beaded jewelry and accessories, all created from the surprisingly simple technique of beadweaving and showcased in gorgeous full-page photographs. The patterns and instructions for 50 of her most spectacular pieces use two basic methods: needleweaving, a style similar to crocheting, and bead card stitching, in which beads are sewn directly onto a patterned card. Ranging in style from Southwestern to Far Eastern, and Art Deco to Victorian, the projects include shimmering topaz earrings, a richly patterned Oriental carpet purse, a delicate ribbon pin, an exquisite purple floral belt, and much more. Every project highlights the beads’ exciting colors, shapes, sizes, and textures.

New Needle Techniques and Original Designs

Classic Beadweaving

The architectural history of Troy House in Monmouthshire is positioned at the centre of this extensive new research volume, to support a consideration of how the surrounding land was refashioned over time. Investigating the estate’s main components, first individually and then by cross-referencing the findings, extends our current understanding of them as discreet and at the same time interrelating entities. Previously unrecorded historical features are discovered that belong to the house and its landscape, and comprehensive evidence is applied to challenge current understandings. The house and its pleasure gardens, the walled garden, the farm and the surrounding parkland are demonstrated together by this research to be a rare surviving example, in Wales especially, of a complete Tudor estate with Jacobean and Carolean aggrandisement. As such, Troy House occupies a significant place in history.

A Tudor Estate Across Time

Troy House

A question-and-answer format and illustrated step-by-step instructions for creating jewelry and accessories introduce the popular craft of beading.

Beading for the First Time

Beads on cross-stitched treasures; dripping from tassels, braids, and fringes; and elegantly woven with or without a loom: these patterns and pages present so many different ways to enjoy the lovely art of beading. Here are the very best examples of this attractive and sophisticated craft, from jewelry to home accessories. Find out how to weave a Southwest Tube Necklace with turquoise drops and bugle beads, and a Loomed Mandarin Lamp Shade crafted from 6 beaded panels. Make an elegant silvery Opera Purse lined with Japanese kimono silk, a richly textured Antique Borders sampler, and painted and distressed wooden tassel molds. Beaders will find everything they need to create one-of-a-kind designs.

Beading

The Pattern Companion

Offers instructions on basic stitches and techniques with 18 bead crochet projects, including purses, carrying cases, and a hat. Benson offers instructions on basic stitches and techniques.

Projects & Techniques

Tapestry Bead Crochet

From the bestselling author of The Plague Tales comes a spellbinding new novel that sweeps from medieval France to America in the year 2007—interweaving two gripping stories and two extraordinary eras.... In fourteenth-century France, pockets of plague still bring death to peasants and noblemen alike. Amid the fury and the chaos, Dr. Alejandro Canches searches for a safe haven, accompanied by his foster child, Kate—the illegitimate daughter of Edward Plantagenet. But both disease and human enemies pursue them, and their only hope for survival is a rebel leader... and medical secrets that lie hidden in an ancient manuscript. Seven hundred years later, Dr. Janie Crowe is searching for the cure for a crippling disease in a world where genetic engineering has gone mad. A repressive government wants to stop her, unnamed benefactors want to help her, and time is running out to find answers linking two dark eras, two dedicated doctors, and one miraculous book....

The Burning Road

The life and crimes of medieval serial killer Gilles de Rais, a French aristocrat and contemporary of Joan of Arc, are set against the backdrop of a parallel story of a modern-day criminal mastermind stalking the streets of Los Angeles. By the author of The Burning Road. Reprint.

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