Comfort from a Country Quilt: Finding New Inspiration and Strength in Old-Fashioned Values
10 best books like Comfort from a Country Quilt: Finding New Inspiration and Strength in Old-Fashioned Values (Reba McEntire): Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star, Bowie: Album by Album, Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life, Brianna, Still Woman Enough: A Memoir, You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other), Cloris: My Autobiography, Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir, Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo Da Vinci, Love Can Build a Bridge
Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star
| Author | Kitty Kelley |
| ISBN | 0440124107 |
I am a big fan of Elizabeth Taylor, having seen many of her movies and thinking Who's Afraid of Virigina Woolf? the best work of her career. Thus, liking her and Kitty Kelley's books, I decided to give Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star a go but was hoping not to read too many bad things about her.
Well,...
| Author | Paolo Hewitt |
| ISBN | 1780972172 |
I first became aware of Bowie when I was at school, in the early 70’s. Was it his music or his look I noticed first? Actually, I think it was that my mates started to talk about him and so I was forced to take a look too. The album that had caught their attention was, of course, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life
| Author | Teri Hatcher |
| ISBN | 1401302629 |
From America's most beloved comedic actress and the star of Desperate Housewives comes a personal, heartfelt, and often very funny manifesto on life, love, and the lessons we all need to learn -- and unlearn -- on the road to happinessTeri Hatcher secured her place in America's heart when she stood up...
Yummy – now that was hot! The story itself is nothing that special, though sincere, but the love scenes are pretty hot and sexy – thanks to which I gave it the third star. It may have been 4* if some of the positions they were in were more detailed – it’s just that if I tried to imagine it just with the...
Loretta Lynn's first memoir, Coal Miner's Daughter, was a #1 national bestseller that sparked an Oscar-winning movie and left fans hungry for more. Now Loretta finishes that story, and the second half of her life is every bit as remarkable and inspiring as the first.
In a friendly, down-home...
| Author | Vanessa Williams |
| ISBN | 1592407072 |
I was surprised this book didn't received higher ratings. Vanessa Williams is one of the most famous and semi-private bonafide talented celebrities left. I am of the generation who missed out on the Miss America scandal and frankly didn't care about it when I found out in the mid to late 80's. For most...
| Author | Cloris Leachman |
| ISBN | 0758229631 |
Welp, I was sadly disappointed in this book. Cloris would have been well-served to work with an actual biographer, rather than winging it with some help from her ex-husband. The book comes off scattered and self-indulgent, and it's a damn shame, because you KNOW this woman is an amazing talent who's...
| Author | Linnie Marsh Wolfe |
| ISBN | 0299186342 |
Working closely with Muir’s family and with his papers, Wolfe was able to create a full portrait of her subject, not only as America’s firebrand conservationist and founder of the national park system, but also as husband, father, and friend. All readers who have admired Muir’s ruggedly individualistic...
Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo Da Vinci
| Author | Gene Barretta |
| ISBN | 0805087036 |
In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single-span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But Leonardo da Vinci thought of all these ideas more than five hundred years ago! At once an artist, inventor, engineer,...
| Author | Naomi Judd |
| ISBN | 0679417834 |
"Outrageous, breathless, voluble, fast-moving, funny . . . and always mercilessly candid." Chicago Tribune.
For eight glorious years, Naomi Judd and daughter Wynonna lived the American dream. Signed by RCA in 1983 after a rare live audition, they became country music's most honored and successful...
Complete Guide to Quilting (Better Homes and Gardens)
| Author | Better Homes and Gardens |
| ISBN | 0696218569 |
2002
This is a comprehensive LEARN HOW TO MAKE A QUILT book. A must for every quilter's reference shelf. I do think they need to update the book as new techniques have been developed over the last 10 years that needs to be included. I also would like some chapters on fast piecing techniques because...
The Practical Guide to Patchwork: New Basics for the Modern Quiltmaker: 12 Quilt Projects
| Author | Elizabeth Hartman |
| ISBN | 1607050080 |
Quilting Basics with Modern Flair .12 quilt projects for beginners, confident beginners, and intermediates .Explore different options for each project-make it with just two colors or scrappy, make it vintage or mod, make it soft or playful. .Alternate colorways included with each project show...
| Author | Mary Tyler Moore |
| ISBN | 0440223032 |
She was America's darling: actress, producer, star of the golden age of television. Her work on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show garnered multiple Emmys, followed by critical acclaim for her acting on Broadway and in film. Now, in her witty, candid, heartbreaking autobiography,...
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story
| Author | Annette Funicello |
| ISBN | 0786860200 |
I confess to having been a fan of Annette since her Mouseketeer days. In the course of my work as a Stephen minister at my church I had occasion to help my care receiver find this book which she had heard about and wanted to read. When she finished it, I decided to read it to satisfy my curiosity about the adult...
Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces
| Author | Philip Steadman |
| ISBN | 0192803026 |
Art historians have long speculated on how Vermeer achieved the uncanny mixture of detached precision, compositional repose, and perspective accuracy that have drawn many to describe his work as "photographic." Indeed, many wonder if Vermeer employed a camera obscura, a primitive form of camera,...
NEED YOU NOW: A Story of Hope is the deeply personal, incredibly honest, and hugely encouraging new book by recording artist, songwriter, and performer PLUMB aka Tiffany Lee. Equal parts revealing memoir and inspirational literature, each chapter reveals a day in the life of a rock star, inviting...
| Author | Susan Squires |
| ISBN | 0312943539 |
Once, Frankie Suchet loved Henri Foucault—and it cost her everything. For two centuries, she has cursed the French duke who gave her his blood and then disappeared forever. Today, this sexy vampire is a bartender living in San Francisco. Now Frankie has been granted a chance to go back in time…and...
Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas
| Author | Abby Sunderland |
| ISBN | 1400203082 |
Abby Sutherland grew up sailing. Her father, Laurence, a shipwright, and her mother, Marianne, wanted their kids to develop responsibility, to see other cultures, to experience the world instead of watching it on TV. So they took them sailing down the coast of Mexico... for three years.
When Abby...
Complete Guide to Needlework
| Author | Virginia Colton |
| ISBN | 0895770598 |
No I have not read it all, it's huge. But I bought it some years back from a charity shop and every time I have a "how the hell do I do that" question, this book has the answer.
It's also introduced me to some amazing embroidery styles (blackwork is gorgeous, and now I know what the hell darning is...),...
With Love and Laughter, John Ritter
| Author | Amy Yasbeck |
| ISBN | 1439150567 |
With Love and Laughter is actress Amy Yasbeck’s most enduring memory of the life she shared with her husband, John Ritter. He was one of America’s most popular and beloved film and television actors. We welcomed him into our homes weekly with his Emmy Award–winning portrayal of Jack Tripper...
| Author | Joan Rivers |
| ISBN | 0440122449 |
This is a standard 'early years in showbiz' autobiography, with the universal truths (or cliches) about paying one's dues. However, these details of Rivers' struggle to the Tonight Show were mostly unknown to me. I didn't know that Rivers had worked as a host for strippers, or had been on the early Second...
| Author | Bette Midler |
| ISBN | 1476773556 |
Bette Midler, also known as Divine Miss M—the indomitable and incomparable singer, actor, and musical theater extraordinaire, with a career spanning almost half a century—revisits her classic memoir, now with a new introduction.
With her brassy voice and bold performances making...
An Ellora's Cave Naughty Nooners story.
Alexia was in trouble the moment Haden Tate kissed her. The months trying to gain access to him had been worth it. His passion overwhelms her and Alexia's plans come undone in a moment of lust. Desire burns her to her toes and her resolve to remain unemotional...
