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Series
Blood of stars volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Disguising herself as a boy to compete for the position of imperial tailor, Maia must somehow complete the impossible task of sewing three magic gowns for the emperor's bride-to-be from the sun's laughter, the moon's tears, and the blood of stars.
5) The outfit
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A tailor must fight off a gang of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Author
Language
English
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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...
10) Tailor of Panama
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Harry Pendel is an ex-con turned tailor to the rich and famous, and married to smart, sexy Louisa. Andy Osnard is a suave and ruthless British spy who entices Harry into eavesdropping on the powerful politicians he clothes. Harry's talent for storytelling compels him to weave an elaborate tale that's not only taken as truth, but sets off a chain of events that threaten to destroy everything he treasures most in life.
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Language
English
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Two best friends follow their dreams in 1885 London, one as a promising tailor while the other runs and underground queer club.
London, 1885. David Forester and Noah Clarke have been best friends since boarding school. All grown up now, clever, eccentric Noah is Savile Row's most promising young tailor, while former socialite David runs an underground queer club, The Curious Fox. Nothing makes David happier than to keep the incense lit, the pianist...
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Firebird comes this richly detailed historical novel of an unconventional tailor's daughter who is swept up in a suspenseful drama of passion and intrigue. When a fever leaves her deaf at the age of sixteen, shattering her hopes of marriage, Veda Grenfell turns her exceptional talent to her father's prestigious Savile Row tailoring firm. She matures into a woman of eye-catching beauty, but it is her...
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Language
English
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DEN: Across the Universe! ⭐
JEF - Space and Beyond (Juvenile Nonfiction)
JEF - Women's History (Children)
JEF - Space and Beyond (Juvenile Nonfiction)
JEF - Women's History (Children)
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Description
Recounts the story of the seamstress who led a team of talented seamstresses behind the spacesuit that astronauts wore on the first moon walk.
17) Gomorrah
Series
Criterion collection volume 493
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
Don Ciro is a timid middleman, who distributes money to the families of imprisoned clan members. One day he is ambushed by two angry clan members with an obvious grudge against their fellows. He later offers to defect to their side and leads them to the location where he is given the money for distribution. Totò is a 13-year-old grocery delivery boy who observes some drug dealers ditching some drugs and a gun when running from the police. He returns...
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Language
English
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Description
Explores the lives of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, two ordinary middle-class women who serve as a window on historical constructs of marriage, gender, and sexuality in late 18th-century and early 19th-century America. Both were born in Massachusetts, but in different towns, 11 years apart. Charity's attachment to women was so blatant that after she turned 20, her father told her to leave the house. She worked as a schoolteacher, but was forced...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This period is considered to be when the Stooges hit their stride and perfected their craft, when all the elements came together perfectly. When the Stooges get a prizefighter drunk, Curly has not choice but to step in and take his place. The Stooges make pests of themselves at a high society party when a maid mistakenly phones their exterminator company instead of an escort service. Working as tailors on a navy ship puts the Stooges in a pressing...
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