Vanishing Fleece Exhibitions / Permanent Collections

Vanishing Fleece Exhibitions / Permanent CollectionsA deeply reported, often humorous, and quietly urgent look at the true cost of what we wear and the value of knowing where it comes from. What does it really take to turn a sheeps fleece into the yarn in your hands? In Vanishing Fleece, textile expert and bestselling author Clara Parkes sets out to answer that question by following a single 676 pound bale of wool from farm to finished skein. This is a portrait of a disappearing domestic industry, told

Justice begins with one woman

Young Makepeace has learned to defend herself from the ghosts that try to possess her in the night

he often didn’t receive credit for his contributions

Bernard wakes up to find that his eyebrows have gone rogue

demonstrates remarkable bending during a mission to the South Pole

Drawing on original interviews

Author Landry Walker guides readers through legendary battles such as Endor and Hoth

but she didn’t let that stop her

Helmut Newton

the well-tipped waiters

A Junior Library Guild Selection

as well as little-known information about well-known properties