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"In this ambitious, panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories--Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool--about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis Quatorze to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed from lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional...
2) Worn stories
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Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
159 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everyone has a memoir in miniature in at least one piece of clothing. In Worn Stories, Emily Spivack has collected over sixty of these clothing-inspired narratives from cultural figures and talented storytellers. First-person accounts range from the everyday to the extraordinary, such as artist Marina Abramovic on the boots she wore to walk the Great Wall of China; musician Rosanne Cash on the purple shirt that belonged to her father; and fashion...
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Drawn & Quarterly, a client publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
398 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The four-hundred-page book features the best content from the journal's first fourteen issues, assembled by WORN'S founder and editor in chief, Serah-Marie McMahon. Articles penned by a host of unique contributors (academics, writers, curators, and artists) touch on topics as wide-ranging as the relationship between feminism and fashion, discourse on hijabs, how to tie a tie, the history of flight attendants, and textile conservation. With eclectic...
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Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The toll exacted by the widespread carnage of World War I is examined on a human scale in the moving novella The Worn Doorstep. It recounts the wartime travails of a young American woman whose English beau was one of the early casualties of the conflict. She retreats to the cottage of some family friends and sets about contemplating how best to serve others who have faced similarly devastating losses.
7) A worn path
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Films for the Humanities
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (32 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This program is based on a Eudora Welty short story about a 95-year-old African-American woman who undertakes a long journey into town to get medicine for her ailing grandson.
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Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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"Game Worn: Treasures of Baseball's Greatest Heroes and Moments is a richly illustrated exploration and first-of-its-kind compendium study of the world's most coveted and precious baseball uniforms worn by Major League ballplayers during the twentieth century. This coffee-table book features many of the most historically significant uniforms, jackets, hats, as well as other treasured baseball collectibles that tell us as much about the history and...
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Publisher
Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A historical urban fantasy set in Prohibition-era Chicago, which combines action, mystery, and romance against a backdrop of gangland wars and the threat of supernatural horror"--
12) Still Kickin'!
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Publisher
The All Worn Out Jug Band
Pub. Date
[©2019]
Physical Desc
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Based in Chatham, Massachusetts, the AWOJB is a post-revival roots music band, performing a slew of traditional tunes from the Kweskin/Even Dozen/Memphis Jug Bands' songbook, seasoned with old country, folk, gospel and blues" -- website.
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Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Extend the life of well-worn, beloved pieces using these creative techniques. Mending With Love shows you how to apply embroidery, patching, darning, felting, stamping and a little crochet to worn pieces of clothing or household items. Instead of stowing or throwing away damaged pieces that hold happy memories, you can employ these beautiful and sustainable ideas to give them a new life. With this book, you'll learn how to: - Repair knitted and woven...
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English
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"Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter, sister,...
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1979, c1969
Physical Desc
xxiii, 289 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
When A Curtain of Green was published, it immediately established an unknown young writer from Mississippi as a uniquely original literary voice and a great American author. In her now-famous introduction to the collection, Katherine Anne Porter wrote that "there is even in the smallest story a sense of power in reserve which makes me believe firmly that, splendid beginning that it is, it is only a beginning." In this collection are many of the...
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Sometimes the happiness we're looking for has been there all along. Adele and Justine have never been close. Born twenty years apart, Justine was already an adult when Addie was born. The sisters love each other but they don't really know each other. When Addie dropped out of university to care for their ailing parents, Justine, a successful lawyer, covered the expenses. It was the best arrangement at the time but now that their parents are gone,...
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English
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"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two sons, their grandchildren, even their faithful old dog--is on the porch, listening contentedly as Abby tells the tale they have heard so many times before. And yet this gathering is different too: Abby and Red are growing older, and decisions...
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"With a knack for trivia, Encyclopedia solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his detective agency. But his dad is also the chief of police, and every night, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. Join Encyclopedia Brown as he solves ten confounding mysteries, including a case of a runaway elephant, a mysterious exploding toilet, a frightened witness, and more. And with the clues given in each case, readers will have a...
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