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1) Nine Tailors
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While ringing in the New Year, Lord Peter Wimsey discovers some old crimes: “A rattling good mystery” (Kirkus Reviews).
Lord Peter Wimsey and his manservant Bunter are halfway across the wild flatlands of East Anglia when they make a wrong turn, straight into a ditch. They scramble over the rough country to the nearest church, where they find hospitality, dinner, and an invitation to go bell-ringing. This ancient...
Lord Peter Wimsey and his manservant Bunter are halfway across the wild flatlands of East Anglia when they make a wrong turn, straight into a ditch. They scramble over the rough country to the nearest church, where they find hospitality, dinner, and an invitation to go bell-ringing. This ancient...
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When thirteen-year-old Dina emigrates from Germany to America in 1871, her only wish is to return home as soon as she can, but as the months pass and she survives a multitude of hardships living with her uncle and his young wife and baby, she finds herself thinking of Brooklyn as her home.
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An enthralling story of secrets and discovering love where you least expect it, in The Tenth Gift the art of embroidery uncannily links two fascinating women of different eras and their equally passionate love stories
In an expensive London restaurant, Julia Lovat receives a gift that changes her life. At first glance it is a book of exquisite seventeenth-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named Catherine Ann Tregenna....
In an expensive London restaurant, Julia Lovat receives a gift that changes her life. At first glance it is a book of exquisite seventeenth-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named Catherine Ann Tregenna....
8) Valiant
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"A reimagined "Brave Little Tailor" about a clever young girl who saves her kingdom"--
9) Mr. Frank
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Mr. Frank, who has worked as a tailor for decades, receives the most important order yet on the eve of his retirement--the request to sew a super hero costume for his grandson.
10) Pockets
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A stranger arrives at a remote village and becomes the tailor, sewing magical embroidered scenes into the pockets of their plain clothes, which transforms their humdrum lives forever.
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Uncle Flores is the best tailor in the town of Pinbauê in Brazil. He used to make colourful costumes for the carnival, but nowadays he only makes grey uniforms for the factory workers. The houses are covered with dust from the factory, the river water is murky, and everything is drab. Edinho, his nephew, comes by every day after school to help cut and iron the cloth and listen to his uncle's stories. But when the factory tells Uncle Flores they...
12) Dreamland
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As it gradually gets harder to make a living, Uncle Gurney leaves his family and the tailoring business and heads West with his nephew Theo's drawings to complete a mysterious project.
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"Yui's blessweaving has the power... to alter the entire kingdom's fate. A whirlwind of changes is in store for Yui--not only is she now engaged to the former king, Argit Lomestometlo, but her new fianč tells her she must become the head of House Nuir to avoid being ensnared by her family's pact! First, though, Yui needs to earn the current king's approval, which she can only do by proving that her skills are second to none. The perfect opportunity...
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"Yui is a teenage seamstress who was reincarnated into a noble family, the Nuir. With her impeccable needlework and rare ability to see fairies, Yui is nothing short of a prodigy. There's just one problem--she has no talent for blessweaving, the magical sewing technique exclusive to those of Nuir blood! Deemed worthless by her parents, Yui is trapped in a tragic and lonely cycle of abuse... until she's hired by a dashing new master who encourages...
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The Spacesuit is inspired by real people and events. It follows the story of an ordinary but talented young woman who became part of one of the most amazing events in human history."--Jacket flap.
"The inspiration behind this book...This story was inspired by Eleanor "Ellie" Foraker. Eleanor was born in Kenton, Delaware and worked at ILC Dover for 43 years. A talented seamstress and manager, Ellie was truly dedicated to the making of spacesuits....
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"If widowed seamstress Nell Armstrong has to make one more pair of boring chaps for the cowboys in her tiny Wyoming town, she might just quit the business altogether! So meeting Brand Nolte, a widower struggling to raise three girls on his own, seems like her dream come true. Brand has no idea how to dress the girls properly, and Nell finally has a chance to create beautiful outfits while also teaching the girls to sew. But Nell is much more than...
19) Greymist Fair
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"Two roads lead into a dark forest. They meet at Greymist Fair, the village hidden in the trees, a place kept alive by the families that never leave. The people of Greymist Fair know the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and to set foot off the road is to invite trouble. When Heike, the village's young tailor, discovers a body on the road, she goes looking for who is responsible. But her quest only leads to more strange happenings around Greymist...