The Winter Dress

The Winter Dress
Author: Lauren Chater
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2022-10-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0749029056
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TWO WOMEN SEPARATED BY CENTURIES, THEIR LIVES DRAWN TOGETHER BY A BEAUTIFUL SILK DRESSTextiles historian Jo Baaker returns to the Dutch island where she was born, to investigate the provenance of a valuable seventeenth-century silk dress retrieved from a sunken shipwreck. Her research leads her to Anna Tesseltje, a poor Amsterdam laundress who served on the fringes of the Dutch court.But how did Anna come to possess such a precious dress? Jo is convinced the truth lies hidden between its folds, but as she gets closer to Anna's history, haunting details of her own past emerge.

Winter Wear

Winter Wear
Author: Kass Kentridge
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-06-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1477129529
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Winter Wear is a science fiction thriller that challenges the reader right up to the last chapter and beyond. It follows the path of a strange looking coat that is possibly from another dimension. Every day a perfect diamond appears in its pocket and anything placed into the pocket disappears. The coat has other mysterious properties as well which we learn about as the story develops. The protagonist is a lazy young man with no ambition who is propelled into a wild adventure after stumbling on this mysterious object changing his life forever. What follows after this serendipitous find is a whirlwind of events filled with romance, murder, greed and intrigue and an introduction to the under world. The story which finds its origins in the Nazi extermination camps takes us back to the same scene 60 years later, keeping the reader spellbound through different scenarios and locations until its finale. The book is hard to put down as the reader races to the end hoping to find out the truth.

Do I Have to Wear a Coat?

Do I Have to Wear a Coat?
Author: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0525516611
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Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora celebrates each of the four seasons with a diverse cast of endearing kids All four seasons are full of wonderful things that make them fun and special, and the children in this delightful book share some of the highlights (and some pretty nifty clothes)! Spring brings berries, baby animals, cool showers--and raincoats. Summer brings warm breezes, the best beach weather--and no more coats! In the fall, we play in the leaves and pumpkin patches--and wrap up in cozy sweaters. And winter brings ice skating and all kinds of snowy outdoor fun--but we need to bundle up in our heaviest coats! In a style reminiscent of her popular My Dog Laughs and I Hear a Pickle, Rachel Isadora's charming vignettes are packed with details that young children will want to pour over.

Winter's Collection

Winter's Collection
Author: Connor Whiteley
Publisher: CGD Publishing
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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If you love thrilling, fast paced, magical fantasy adventures. You will love these fantasy books! Winter’s Coming Exiled princess of a taken empire, Abigail Winter must take up her birth right. Abbigail is running and fighting for survival. She must survive no matter the cost. Can she reunite her people and take back her empire before her foes end her? If you love fantasy stories full of adventure and fast-paced page turning fun, you will love this first in series book! Winter’s Hunt Abigail Winter finds her target. The hunt begins. When she finds the location for a cultist, Empress Winter must go into unfamiliar territory to find her prey. Can she hunt her target down before disaster strikes? If you love fast-paced action-packed fantasy stories, you will love this great second addition to the series! Winter’s Revenge: A trapped Empress. A Leaderless Empire. A Battle to End Them All. Empress Abigail Winter must escape for the sake of the world. Abigail doesn’t know where she is. She has no magic. She knows the enemy moves against her. Abigail knows her escape is the world’s only hope. Can she escape in time to stop the Cult? Or will her empire and world pay the ultimate price for her mistake? If you love fast paced thrilling fantasy adventure books, you will love this epic conclusion to this fantasy trilogy! BUY IT NOW!

50 Ways to Wear a Scarf

50 Ways to Wear a Scarf
Author: Lauren Friedman
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014-02-11
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1452132194
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“A whimsical new TIY (tie-it-yourself) book full of drawings and directions showing how to create head wraps, neck knots and more.” —The Washington Post From the Audrey to the Paris, the Top Down, or the Easy Breezy, there are fifty scarf styles in this book for any occasion or mood. Jaunty illustrations break down each step so stylistas can wrap, loop, and get out the door looking perfectly polished. Teens, young professionals, and moms alike will love playing around with the looks, including unexpected belts, sarongs, and topknots. Vibrantly illustrated, 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf is perfect to take scarf shopping. Tres chic! “A beautifully illustrated guide.” —Glitter Guide “Fifty new ways to style our most essential piece.” —Refinery29 “What I found so unique about Lauren’s book is that she not only shows step-by-step instructions for creating each look; but also suggests, through meticulous illustration, what particular neckline/outfit the scarf might look good with . . . Create a mood. Want glamour, fun, mystery? You got it.” —Quintessential Style

Winter Collection

Winter Collection
Author: Heather B Moore
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-12-21
Genre:
ISBN:
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Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed brand new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Winter Collection. A collection unlike any other, readers will love this compilation of six sweet historical romance novellas, set in varying eras, yet all with one thing in common: Romance. The Road to Cavan Town by Sarah M. Eden, set in 1864 Ireland, combines Eden's sense of humor with her signature sweet romance. Alice Wheatley walks each weekend into town, accompanied by Isaac Dancy. And while Alice finds herself falling in love with the gentleman, unfortunately he has his eyes set on the belle of the town, Miss Sophia Kilchrest. Alice must find a way to turn Isaac's eyes toward her. Regency author Heidi Ashworth's delightful story, It Happened Twelfth Night, set in England 1812, follows Luisa Darlington who discovers the man of her dreams, Percy Brooksby, isn't in love with her as much as she thought he was. When Percy's friend, the mysterious foreigner, Mr. Flynn, visits for the twelfth night holiday, he promptly sweeps Luisa off her feet, quite literally. Luisa is left catching her breath in more ways than one. An Unexpected Proposal by Annette Lyon is a captivating romantic novella, set in remote Wood Camp, the snowy canyon of Logan, Utah, 1880. When Caroline Simpson is forced to thwart the aggressive advances of Mr. Butch Larson, she discovers that her long-time friend, James, has genuine affection for her. But as stubborn as Caroline is, she minimizes the feelings he's awakened in her, and it takes almost losing James to admit her true feelings for him. In Joyce DiPastena's charming medieval story, Caroles on the Green, we enter England of 1151, in which Lady Isabel has a dilemma. She promises herself that she'll marry the man who sent a ring hidden in her pastry since the man she truly loves, Sir Lucian de Warrene, has proved to be impossible and exasperating. To forget him, Isabel sets her eyes on other eligible men, only to face another confrontation with Lucian-who isn't about to back off and leave her to her newest plot. Donna Hatch's enchanting novella, A Winter's Knight, begins when Clarissa Fairchild's coach just happens to break down in front of the most forbidding estate in the county, that of Wyckburg Castle, a place where young brides have been murdered for generations by their husbands. Clarissa is horrified yet curious all in the same breath. When she meets widower Christopher de Champs, Earl of Wyckburg, she must decide if she should flee or uncover the greatest secret in the county about her handsome rescuer. In Heather B. Moore's exciting turn-of-the-century story, A Fortunate Exile, Lila Townsend finds herself the victim of a broken heart-broken by the most notorious bachelor in 1901 New York City. If that isn't bad enough, her father sends her to Aunt Eugenia's remote farm where Lila must wait for her father's anger to subside and the gossip columns to find new fodder. When Lila meets her aunt's boarder, Peter Weathers, she discovers a man who isn't afraid to stand up to her formidable family and take a chance on a woman with a sullied reputation.

Warm Clothes

Warm Clothes
Author: Gail Saunders-Smith
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1999-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781560659594
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Simple text and photographs present the clothing worn to keep warm as fall changes to winter.

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
Author: Shirley Neitzel
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1994-10-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0688045871
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Rhyme follows rhyme as layer after layer of winter clothing ("bunchy and hot, wrinkled a lot, stiff in the knee, and too big for me!") is first put on and then taken off to the relief of the child bundled inside. Clever rebuses and jaunty illustrations make The Jacket I Wear in the Snow especially fun for prereaders and new readers.

The Winter Dress

The Winter Dress
Author: Lauren Chater
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2022-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1760850233
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Longlisted for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize. ‘From a few shimmering strands of truth, Lauren Chater has spun an intriguing story of love, loss and fulfilment.’ Pip Williams, bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words Two women separated by centuries but connected by one beautiful silk dress. A captivating novel based on a real-life shipwreck discovered off Texel Island by the bestselling author of Gulliver's Wife, Lauren Chater. The brightness of silk in that dull room was like the heavens parting after a storm ... She saw herself remade, no longer a poor laundress but a woman with means. Jo Baaker, a textiles historian and Dutch expat is drawn back to the island where she was born to investigate the provenance of a 17th-century silk dress. Retrieved by local divers from a sunken shipwreck, the dress offers tantalising clues about the way people lived and died during Holland's famous Golden Age. Jo's research leads her to Anna Tesseltje, a poor Amsterdam laundress turned ladies’ companion who served the enigmatic artist Catharina van Shurman. The two women were said to share a powerful bond, so why did Anna abandon Catharina at the height of her misfortune? Jo is convinced the truth lies hidden between the folds of this extraordinary dress. But as she delves deeper into Anna’s history, troubling details about her own past begin to emerge. On the small Dutch island of Texel where fortunes are lost and secrets lie buried for centuries, Jo will finally discover the truth about herself and the woman who wore the Winter Dress. Praise for The Winter Dress 'Chater has delivered a beautifully told story that takes an intriguing historical mystery and weaves it into a richly imagined tale that is every bit as breathtaking and beguiling as the remarkable dress it is based on.' Better Reading ‘Vivid, expansive and richly imagined, The Winter Dress weaves together a fascinating historical mystery and an uncompromising portrait of the possibility and price of female autonomy with remarkable and deeply affecting results.’ James Bradley, author of Wrack 'Wrap yourself in Chater's prose. The Winter Dress is a captivating tale of discovery and obsession by one of Australia's very best historical fiction authors. Absolutely essential reading.' Melissa Ashley, author of The Birdman’s Wife

Dressing for the Cold

Dressing for the Cold
Author: Jasper Bix
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1482437511
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Getting ready for a trip outside can take a little extra time in the winter months. This book helps budding readers understand how important dressing warmly is, but also how it can be fun! Hats, scarfs, and gloves all play a part in staying warm in the snow. Through colorful photographs and simple text, beginning readers learn why we bundle up in the cold, staying safe and warm in even the most extreme winter weather.