New Releases by Dennis Jones

TATTING BEYOND THE DOILY A Modern Maker's Guide to Edgy Lace & Unexpected Projects Step beyond the traditional doily and discover the bold, contemporary possibilities of tatting. This guide invites makers to explore lace as a medium for modern home décor, wearable art, jewelry, and experimental mixed-media creations. With step-by-step instructions, creative exercises, and expert tips, Tatting Beyond the Doily empowers you to transform delicate knots and rings into edgy, unexpected projects that reflect your personal style. Whether you're seeking mindful slow-craft practices, functional design ideas, or ways to showcase and sell your work, this book bridges timeless technique with modern innovation, inspiring you to make lace that surprises, delights, and defies expectations.

The market for durable products using modified wood has increased substantially during the last few years. This is partly because of the restriction on the use of toxic preservatives due to environmental concerns, and to lower maintenance cost and time. Furthermore, as sustainability becomes a greater concern, the environmental impact of construction and interior materials is factored in planning by considering the whole life cycle and embodied energy of the materials used. Wood is modified to improve its intrinsic properties, enhance the range of applications of timber, and to acquire the form and functionality desired by engineers without calling the environmental friendliness into question. Wood modification processes are at various stages of development, and the challenges faced in scaling up to industrial applications differ. The aim of this book is to put together the key elements of the changes of wood constituents and the related changes in wood properties of modified wood. Further, a selection of the principal technologies implemented in wood modification are presented. This work is intended for researchers, professionals of timber construction, as well as students studying the science of materials, civil engineering and architecture. This work is not exhaustive, but intends to deliver an outline of the scientific disciplines necessary to apprehend the technologies of wood modification and its behavior during treatment, as well as during its use.

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Performance of Bio-based Building Materials provides guidance on the use of bio-based building materials (BBBM) with respect to their performance. The book focuses on BBBM currently present on the European market. The state-of-the-art is presented regarding material properties, recommended uses, performance expectancies, testing methodology, and related standards. Chapters cover both ''old and traditional'' BBBM since quite a few of them are experiencing a comeback on the market. Promising developments that could become commercial in the near future are presented as well. The book will be a valuable reference resource for those working in the bio-based materials research community, architects and agencies dealing with sustainable construction, and graduate students in civil engineering. - Takes a unique approach to bio-based materials and presents a broad overview of the topics on relevant areas necessary for application and promotion in construction - Contains a general description, notable properties related to performance, and applications - Presents standards that are structured according to performance types

With a history spanning millennia from the earliest glimmers of civilization to the modern country of today Turkey offers travelers an enormous range of experiences. Within its lands, great empires rose and fell. Their ruins litter the landscape with an unparalleled archaeological heritage. From the historic mosques of Istanbul to the ancient cave churches of Cappadocia, the Anatolian peninsula is the cradle of the world s three, great monotheist religions. Turkey is also a land of diverse natural contrasts. Fertile valleys are nestled beneath the gaze of spectacular, snow-capped mountain ranges. An extensive, sun-drenched coastline holds hidden azure coves and pristine beaches, attracting year-round tourists from all over the world. But it is Turkey s people that will win your heart. Turks are an exceedingly polite, warm-hearted, family-oriented people. Just as their country spans both Europe and Asia, they too bridge the divide between modern and traditional, looking westward from their Central Asian roots. Land of the Turks captures the essence of the people, the land, and their history as viewed through the eyes and heart of a well-traveled, professional photographer and writer. Through these pages, the reader will experience not only the beauty and complexity of this ancient land, but modern Turkey as well with its rich culture and the warm hospitality of its people."

Through easy-to-understand text and vibrant and engaging artwork from The Read with Me Bible creator Dennis Jones, readers 4-8 can experience the timeless story of Jesus’ birth and God’s amazing love through simple words and expressive pictures they clearly understand. A clear retelling of the Christmas story, from the journey to Bethlehem to the shepherds’ joyful praise of the newborn Jesus, this paperback of The First Christmas Ever is sure to be popular with young readers each holiday season. This picture book is perfect for: family reading during Advent or on Christmas Day Stocking stuffers and Christmas gifts for grandchildren, nieces and nephews, or any boy or girl on your list Classroom gifts and Sunday school giveaways, thanks to its low price point and high value And if you enjoy The First Christmas Ever, check out The First Easter Ever by Dennis Jones as well!

The Oshkaabewis Native Journal is a interdisciplinary forum for significant contributions to knowledge about the Ojibwe language. All proceeds from the sale of this publication are used to defray the costs of production, and to support publications in the Ojibwe language. No royalty payments will be made to individuals involved in its creation.

This is an autobiography of my life, in which I have shared different segments of time in order to reach out to those that may relate to my experiences. The idea of this book was heavy on my heart for a few years, due to the continued reports of sexual abuse that has been broadcast around our country. The reality that the total number of registered sex offenders in this nation has increased to staggering numbers, beckons for someone to try something to reverse this frightening trend. It is clear that a cycle of perversion has swept our country from generation to generation, harming many innocent victims along the way. It is my goal to create a tool that the Holy Spirit of God can use to change the wicked hearts of those caught in this cycle of perversion. My focus through this book is to share how I was freed from the bondages of sexual immorality. This book describes to the reader how the Lord Jesus worked in my heart and life. Using the wisdom of His Word to re-direct the choices I made on a daily basis. I was changed both mentally and spiritually and I have complete faith that the Lord can too change others overtaken in sexual immorality. This change is laid out in detail in hopes that those affected will learn from my mistakes in order to deter them from making the same mistakes.

Street Fighting Man chronicles the experiences of a group of young Brooklyn toughs who, coming of age in the emerging Sixties counterculture, turn to playing rock and roll music to escape the streets. Kevin OBriens street fighting consumes an inordinate amount of time. Hes not as adept as others with his fists and so he takes to carrying deadly weapons. Following a brush with the law, Kevin immerses himself in the drums in an attempt to straighten himself out. The transition is less than seamless, however, and trouble continues to stalk him into the Sixties renaissance.

Get the most out of the Internet with this comprehensive, solutions-oriented guide. You''ll learn to master the basics of browsing, communicating, and searching as well as more advanced tasks like using FTP sites and building Web sites. Great for both novice and intermediate users alike.

Special Edition Using Microsoft FrontPage 2000 is an all-in-one guide to designing, creating, and publishing on the World Wide Web and on intranets with the leading tool on the market. The book fully documents the product and its features, but it also gives you a solid foundation in the principles of planning and design. More advanced coverage shows you how to integrate Web sites with databases and add Dynamic HTML, XML, and Java applets to your Web sites.

La création de sites Web vous intéresse ? Le Macmillan FrontPage 2000 vous donne toutes les informations nécessaires pour exploiter sans attendre cet environnement intégré de développement de sites Web. Ce véritable ouvrage de référence vous aidera à faire bon usage des modèles FrontPage, à dynamiser vos pages, à créer des tableaux, des cadres, des applets Java, des contrôles ActiveX... Tout ce qui est indispensable à la conception et à la maintenance de sites. Vous y trouverez aussi des indications précieuses sur la connexion à des bases de données, la gestion de sites avec VBA et l''intégration de FrontPage 2000 et de Microsoft Office 2000.

Are the three Baltic countries, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, ready for accession to the European Union? Have their economies overcome the problems of transition? The answers to these questions and their implications for policy are provided in this collection of analyses. Rather than a country-by-country description, the volume provides a cross-country perspective of developments from 1994 through mid-1997. The seven sections of this paper discuss recent macroeconomic and structural policies, exchange rate regimes, fiscal issues, financial systems, private sector development, and accession to the European Union.

XML is a new component of HTML that enables users to create their own custom HTML tags and gives them more control over the structure of their Web pages, allowing for more sophisticated searching and data retrieval. The book explains the technical details of XML and provides extensive tutorials. Readers can also use this title as a technical reference for EXL attributes and implementation.