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Every one of us regardless of our background will experience some form of brokenness in our lives. We may pass through this phase of life either at the early stages, middle stages, or the later part of our lives. Brokenness is a subject everyone can relate to in his lifetime; it is part of life.
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An essential guide for beginner and advanced potters, featuring step-by-step photographs to guide you through a comprehensive range of techniques.
Begin making beautiful ceramics, even if you've never attempted pottery before, following detailed information about:Essential tools and studio equipment Different types and constituencies of clay—including earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and raku Forming methods—including ...
Begin making beautiful ceramics, even if you've never attempted pottery before, following detailed information about:
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We have all heard about men and women who achieved the uncommon in our time and in the bible days, you might think to yourself that they are super humans, but I am just an ordinary human being. This book will inform you that God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and will enlighten you that heroes are built from zeros.
This book supports the opinion of Lucius Annaeus Seneca: "It is the rough roads that leads to the heights of greatness."
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Examines the life of Dave, a young African born in America, sold into slavery sometime before 1818. Dave worked for a potter and made many items out of clay. When he learned to read--at great personal risk due to the laws against allowing slaves to learn to read--Dave began etching poems into the pottery he made. Collects several of Dave's poems.
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"Sara is studying at a prestigious British university and seeks a reprise from her loneliness by practicing the traditional craft she learned in India when she was young: pottery. She recalls her childhood, the lost dog, Chinna, who brings a community together, and the life of her revered pottery teacher, Elango, a Hindu who faced prejudice after falling in love with a Muslim woman. Switching with ease between Sara's diary entries and Elango's life...
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Keith Brymer Jones is the star presenter and judge of Channel 4's The Great Pottery Throw Down famous for his emotional responses to the heartfelt and personal pieces made by contestants on the show. He is also the ultimate professional craftsman who's done the hard yards to get where he is today, working his way up from being a skivvy in an industrial pottery to running his own hugely successful international ceramics business. Here, in his first...
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Peppa and her family make pizzas in this delicious storybook with buildable pizza stickers! Based on the hit TV show on Nick Jr.¡Peppa está a punto de tener el mejor almuerzo del mundo! Junto a su familia, celebra una fiesta en la que cada cual hará su propia pizza. Preparan la masa, añaden la salsa y le ponen encima todos sus deliciosos ingredientes favoritos.Peppa is about to have the best lunch ever! She and her family host a make-your-own...
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"The most renowned Native American Indian potter of her time, Maria Poveka Martinez learned pottery as a child under the guiding hands of her Ko-ōo, her aunt. She grew up to discover a new firing technique that turned her pots black and shiny, and made them--and Maria--famous. This inspiring story of family and creativity illuminates how Maria's belief in sharing her love of clay brought success and joy from her New Mexico Pueblo to people all across...
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Caldecott Award Books
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Picture Books for Black History Month
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black History Month
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Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter.
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