Mokume Gane is an old Japanese technique for creating patterned and coloured finishes. Modern jewellers and silversmiths have adapted and modified this technique to produce finishes for their work. In this book, Ian Ferguson discusses the history, techniques and materials connected with Mokume Gane.

Mokume Gane

Ian Ferguson

A&C Black

Village of the Small Houses: A Memoir Of Sorts

Douglas&McIntyre

A completely satirical yet oddly practical guide to surviving and thriving in Canada's westernmost province.
So you've arrived in British Columbia. Perhaps you're just passing through; perhaps you want to stay a while. You may even be contemplating making British Columbia your home. What you need is a well-researched, comprehensive guide to living and even prospering in Canada's westernmost province. This isn t it. However, the information contained in this book will allow you to experience British Columbia with minimal damage to your well being.
Having lived in nearly every province in the country before settling in BC, Ian Ferguson can say with authority that things work differently here. So differently, in fact, that visitors and newcomers from other parts of Canada may put themselves in physical peril if they try to dress, act, drive, work, vote, or socialize in the same ways as they would elsewhere. With practical advice, little-known facts, and personal anecdotes, Ferguson tackles everything from how to recognize a local (and differentiate the various types of facial hair that delineate the male British Columbian) to how to survive both natural and unnatural disasters (whether it s a light dusting of snow on the southern tip of Vancouver Island or a full-blown hockey riot) to how BC has been governed through the ages (like the time a bootlegger was put in charge of prohibition). Illuminating, hilarious, and only mildly offensive, The Survival Guide to British Columbia will make you question why you ever came here in the first place.

The Survival Guide to British Columbia

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Heritage House

On December 21 1988, 270 people died when Pan Am 103 was blown out of the sky over Lockerbie. Finally, after 11 years of investigation, political stalemate and legal delays, two Libyan men prepare to face trial for the Lockerbie bombing. But many observers - including legal and law enforcement officials close to the case - say the trial may not produce a satisfying answer to the question of who bombed Pan Am 103. This work answers the questions that the authorities wish to bury. It attempts to show that the bombing was anything but a straightforward act of terrorism perpetrated against civilized, Western nations by an evil dictator. The shocking truth, according to this book, is that the Western intelligence services were complicit in the murders. From the moment the plane went down, a supposedly impartial investigation was distorted in order to conceal this dark reality from the victims' relatives and the public.

Cover Up of Convenience: The Hidden Scandal of Lockerbie

History

John Ashton

Europe

Mainstream

Crimes That Shocked Australia

Outback Stories

Brolga Publishing

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