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  • The Sewing Book

    by Alison Smith ...
    This is the only sewing book you'll ever need. Every tool and every technique you require for making your own home furnishings or clothing is closely and sharply photographed, carefully annotated, and clearly explained.The Tools section begins with the basic toolkit, opening up into everything you could possibly need - every type of cutting tool and machine foot is shown. This section also ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Tailoring Book

    Measuring. Cutting. Fitting. Altering. Finishing

    by Alison Smith ...
    Series series Ultimate Craft Guides
    Whether you want to alter a vintage jacket or create a full-tailored suit, this tailoring reference guide has everything you need to produce elegant, bespoke garments that last a lifetime.With over 80 step-by-step techniques on measuring, cutting, altering, and finishing, this is the only book you will need to create and alter a tailored garment.Alison Smith MBE is one of the world's leading ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Sew Your Own Wardrobe

    A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Original Clothes to Suit Your Style

    by Alison Smith ...
    Series series Ultimate Craft Guides
    This is your complete guide to dressmaking, from designing, creating, and customizing your clothes. Master every dressmaking technique in the book!Fully illustrated and easy to use, this dressmaking book covers all the essential skills and techniques you need to make timeless wardrobe staples. It's a must-have for beginners and expert stitchers alike.Fed up with fast fashion and keen to make your ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • Sew Your Own Wardrobe

    More Than 80 Techniques

    by Alison Smith ...
    Tailor-make your wardrobe with this essential dressmaking e-guide.Discover everything you need to know to design, create, and customize your clothes. Guiding you through every stage of clothes-making in a clear, easy-to-understand way, Sew Your Own Wardrobe shows you how to make timeless wardrobe staples that can be easily adapted to suit your style.Choose the perfect fabrics for any project, try ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • One Pattern, 1000 Dresses

    Any Dress, Any Style

    by Alison Smith ...
    The only dressmaking pattern book you’ll ever needOne Pattern, 1,000 Dresses lets you mix-and-match classic pattern pieces to create your ideal look. Best-selling author Alison Smith simplifies the design process, making it easier than ever to build a pattern that best suits your style and your shape. Starting with a basic made-to-measure mock-up based on the book’s core dress pattern, you’ll ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Multiple Barriers

    The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada

    by Alison Smith ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
    Despite decades of efforts to combat homelessness, many people continue to experience it in Canada’s major cities. There are a number of barriers that prevent effective responses to homelessness, including a lack of agreement on the fundamental question: what is homelessness?In Multiple Barriers, Alison Smith explores the forces that shape intergovernmental and multilevel governance dynamics to ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

  • ALL ABOUT CATS - What You Should Know Before Owning A Cat

    by Alison Smith ...
    Our illustrated guide to the domestic cat, valued by humans for companionship for at least 9,500 years and the most popular pet in the world. This is what you need to know before you accept responsibility for your small and furry “bundle-of-fun”!Contents:All About CatsIntroductionGeneticsAnatomyPhysiologySensesHealth— Diseases— PoisoningBehavior— Sociability— Grooming— Fighting— Hunti... ... Read more

    $4.72 CAD

  • Name All the Animals

    A Memoir

    by Alison Smith ...
    The critically acclaimed, heartbreaking memoir that is at once a gorgeous, profound, and redemptive story of a family holding desperately to the memory of a lost child; and a touching, intelligent, and inspiring coming-out story.A luminous, true story, Name All the Animals is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and of a ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Simply Institutional Ethnography

    Creating a Sociology for People

    by Dorothy E. Smith, Alison I. Griffith ...
    Series series Institutional Ethnography
    Institutional ethnography (IE) originated as a feminist alternative to sociologies defining people as the objects of study. Instead, IE explores the social relations that dominate the life of the particular subject in focus.Simply Institutional Ethnography is written by two pioneers in the field and grounded in decades of ground-breaking work. Dorothy Smith and Alison Griffith lay out the basics ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • For the Common Good and Their Own Well-Being

    Social Estates in Imperial Russia

    by Alison K. Smith ...
    Every subject of the Russian Empire had an official, legal place in society marked by his or her social estate, or soslovie. These sosloviia (noble, peasant, merchant, and many others) were usually inherited, and defined the rights, opportunities, and duties of those who possessed them. They were also usually associated with membership in a specific geographically defined society in a particular ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • Under New Public Management

    Institutional Ethnographies of Changing Front-Line Work

    Edited by Alison I. Griffith, Dorothy E. Smith ...
    The institutional ethnographies collected in Under New Public Management explore how new managerial governance practices coordinate the work of people doing front-line work in public sectors such as health, education, social services, and international development, and people management in the private sector.In these fields, organizations have increasingly adopted private-sector management ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD

  • Cabbage and Caviar

    A History of Food in Russia

    by Alison K. Smith ...
    Series series Foods and Nations
    When people think of Russian food they generally think either of opulent luxury, signified above all by caviar, or of poverty and hunger – of cabbage and potatoes and porridge. Both of these visions have a basis in reality, but both of them are incomplete. The history of food and drink in Russia includes hunger and it includes plenty, it includes scarcity and, for some, at least, abundance. It ... Read more

    $43.59 CAD