From the recovery after the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s to the booming Celtic Tiger of the 1990s, a revival of the ancient traditions of Celtic jewelry have become a part of how the Irish, as well as the Scots, Welsh and other Celts have expressed their cultural identity. Usually the story of this tradition focuses on very old prototypes, the museum pieces turned up by archaeologists or the legend of the original Claddagh ring. In our imagination, we connect the popular Celtic jewelry of today with the distant past. But that link with the ancient style was very much influenced by what others had done in more recent history. The story of is told by four authors. Tara Kelly writes of the early Celtic Revival manufacture of facsimiles of medieval Irish metalwork in Victorian Dublin and how the success of that enterprise lead to historical Celtic jewellery to become iconic symbols of Irish identity. Mairi MacArthur tells the story of Alexander and Euphemia Ritchie who created the foundation for modern Scottish Celtic jewellery on the Isle of Iona in the early 20th century. Aidan Breen, himself a pioneer of the late 20th century Celtic Renaissance, recalls his career beginning with an apprenticeship with Dublin silversmiths which trained him in the traditions of the older Celtic Revival. Stephen Walker, craftsman and collector, brings the story together as it spans 150 years, from Scottish pebble jewellery to the innovative modern Celtic creations of the Arts and Crafts Movement. 69 color photographs and 29 black and white illustrations.

The Modern History of Celtic Jewellery: 1840-1980

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Walker, Stephen

MacArthur, E. Mairi

Kelly, Tara

Breen, Aidan

Antiques & Collectibles

Walker Metalsmiths

Sixteen-year-old, music- and sound design-obsessed Drea doesn't have friends. She has, as she's often reminded, issues. Drea's mom and a rotating band of psychiatrists have settled on "a touch of Asperger's."
Having just moved to the latest in a string of new towns, Drea meets two other outsiders. And Naomi and Justin seem to actually like Drea. The three of them form a band after an impromptu, Portishead-comparison-worthy jam after school. Justin swiftly challenges not only Drea's preference for Poe over Black Lab but also her perceived inability to connect with another person. Justin, against all odds, may even like like Drea. 
It's obvious that Drea can't hide behind her sound equipment anymore. But just when she's found not one but two true friends, can she stand to lose one of them? Harmonic Feedback is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Harmonic Feedback

Romance

Contemporary

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

When privileged 17-year-old Jasmine gets kicked out of her house, she takes what is left of her savings and flees to Santa Cruz to pursue her dream of becoming a musician. Jasmine finds the ideal room in an oceanfront house, but she needs to convince the three guys living there that she's the perfect roommate and lead guitarist for their band, C-Side. Too bad she has major stage fright and the cute bassist doesn't think a spoiled girl from over the hill can hack it. . . .
In this fresh new novel by critically acclaimed author Tara Kelly, Jasmine finds out what happens when her life gets Amplified.

Amplified

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD. Have you ever felt like you just couldn't get out of bed? Not the occasional morning, but every day? Do you find yourself listening to a voice in your head that says "you're not good enough," "not good looking enough," "not thin enough," or "not smart enough"? Have you ever found yourself unable to do homework or pay attention in class unless everything is "just so" on your desk? Everyone has had days like that, but what if you have them every day? You're not alone. Millions of people are going through similar things. However issues around mental health still tend to be treated as something shrouded in shame or discussed in whispers. It's easier to have a broken bone--something tangible that can be "fixed"--than to have a mental illness, and easier to have a discussion about sex than it is to have one about mental health. Life Inside My Mind is an anthology of true-life events from writers of this generation, for this generation. These essays tackle everything from neurodiversity to addiction to OCD to PTSD and much more. The goals of this book range from providing home to those who are feeling alone, awareness to those who are witnessing a friend or family member struggle, and to open the floodgates to conversation. Participating writers include E. Kristin Anderson, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Cyn Balog, Amber Benson, Francesca Lia Block, Jessica Burkhart, Crissa-Jean Chappell, Sarah Fine, Kelly Fiore-Stultz, Candace Ganger, Megan Kelley Hall, Cynthia Hand, Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, Tara Kelly, Karen Mahoney, Melissa Marr, Kim McCreight, Hannah Moskowitz, Scott Neumyer, Lauren Oliver, Aprilynne Pike, Tom Pollack, Amy Reed, Cindy L. Rodriguez, Francisco Stork, Wendy Tolliver, Robison Wells, Dan Wells, Rachel M. Wilson, and Sara Zarr.

Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

Self-Help

Benson, Amber

Hand, Cynthia

Marr, Melissa

ARMENTROUT, JENNIFER L.

Wells, Dan

Hopkins, Ellen

Burkhart, Jessica

Block, Francesca Lia

Johnson, Maureen

Pike, Aprilynne

MCCREIGHT, KIMBERLY

Reed, Amy

Oliver, Lauren

Zarr, Sara

Balog, Cyn

Fine, Sarah

Toliver, Wendy

Pollock, Tom

Moskowitz, Hannah

Wells, Robison

Wilson, Rachel M.

Anderson, E. Kristin

Fiore-Stultz, Kelly

Neumyer, Scott

Chappell, Crissa-Jean

Hall, Megan Kelley

Mahoney, Karen

Rodriguez, Cindy L.

Ganger, Candace

STORK,FRANCISCO X.

Death & Grief

Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review) “[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental health in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD. Have you ever felt like you just couldn’t get out of bed? Not the occasional morning, but every day? Do you find yourself listening to a voice in your head that says “you’re not good enough,” “not good looking enough,” “not thin enough,” or “not smart enough”? Have you ever found yourself unable to do homework or pay attention in class unless everything is “just so” on your desk? Everyone has had days like that, but what if you have them every day? You’re not alone. Millions of people are going through similar things. However issues around mental health still tend to be treated as something shrouded in shame or discussed in whispers. It’s easier to have a broken bone—something tangible that can be “fixed”—than to have a mental illness, and easier to have a discussion about sex than it is to have one about mental health. Life Inside My Mind is an anthology of true-life events from writers of this generation, for this generation. These essays tackle everything from neurodiversity to addiction to OCD to PTSD and much more. The goals of this book range from providing a home to those who are feeling alone, awareness to those who are witnessing a friend or family member struggle, and to open the floodgates to conversation.

Gramps always said that when the crickets were quiet, something bad was coming. And the crickets have been as silent as the dead. It started with the murdered deer in the playground, a purple foxglove in its mouth. But in the dying boondock town of Emerald Cove, life goes on. I work at Gramps's diner, and the cakes-the entitled rich kids who vacation here-make our lives hell. My best friend, Alex Pace, is the one person who gets me, and I'm starting to have more-than-friend feelings for him-feelings I don't want to have. But he's changing. He's almost like a stranger now, keeping secrets and picking fights with the cakes. Then one of the cakes disappears.When she turns up murdered, a foxglove in her mouth, a rumor goes around that Alex was the last person seen with her-and everyone but me believes it. Well, everyone except my worst enemy, Jenika Shaw. When Alex goes missing, it's up to us to prove his innocence and uncover the true killer. But the truth will shatter everything I've ever known about myself-and Alex.

The Foxglove Killings

Children's Books

Mysteries & Detectives

Entangled: Teen

First Designer In isn’t yet another design book. It’s a hyper-practical guide to all the non-design work the role entails. First Designer In is like if you speed up The First 90 Days to triple-time and mix in the efficiencies of User Experience Team of One. Doing so will allow you to lay the foundations needed to tackle the work in Org Design for Design Orgs and LiftOff! 
Written in an approachable voice, First Designer In will arm you with the tools needed to thrive as a startup's first design hire. Why This Book 
There are a bazillion books, courses and resources available on the design craft, on being a solo practitioner, and on design leadership. Yet there's hardly any support specifically for founding designers. This vital guide will prepare you for the harsh (but fabulous!) reality of being the first design hire tasked with creating the design function within the company. 
As the first UX design hire at a startup, you’re flying solo… but you don’t want to stay solo forever. You need to set expectations on what a UX team does, and make clear how you will lead its growth within the company. Who Needs this Book 
UX & Product Designers— If you’ve landed a gig as a solo UX designer, or will soon, and have the sinking feeling there’s more to it than you realized, this book is definitely for you. Help is on the way! 
Startup Founders— If you’re making the first design hire, the section on org design, assessing design skills, and hiring a team will be really useful - plus understand what that new hire will be doing. 
Startup Investors— If you've got a portfolio of early-stage companies struggling to hire their first designer, this book is for them (probably not you). What’s In It 
First Designer In is broken down into three sections, plus an addendum: 1- Making Space For Design: Setting Design up for healthy success Minimum Viable Design Team Two types of UX design teams Six design skills of a generalist Design business metrics Design's place in the company Drafting a master plan 2- The First Five Weeks: An action packed plan to get on-boarded Audit of the current state Identify the real stakeholders Set fundamental expectations Take benchmark measurements Set up proto-personas Deliver. Deliver. Deliver. 3- Looking Forward: Focus on bootstrapping Design Ops into existence Seed a design system Getting a components library built Seed research operations Measure design org maturity Prepare yourself to hire a team Bonus- Swipe Files & Resources: Downloadable files, free forever for folks who’ve purchased the book The Action Plan (Summary) Readiness (Checklist) Design Skill Levels Matrix (Spreadsheet) Research Projects vs. User Studies (Swipe File) Reading list of all the books and articles cited (Link List) Expert InterviewsThroughout the book, author Tara Kelly brings in expertise from various parts of the startup ecosystem to address hot topics such as the future of design systems, the business of design, the nitty-gritty of hiring, and on mentorship and community.\nIt's all in there. 
Stop reading and take action! Get the book, swipe files and access to a community now.

First Designer In: From Just Hired to Minimum Viable Design Team in Five Weeks

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

FDI Publishing

The day before Robert died was an otherwise perfect June day in Connecticut: warm but not hot, with a bit of a breeze, flawless blue sky, puffy white clouds-the sort of weather a sailor loves, and Robert was a sailor.\nSo begins Tara Kelly's moving memoir of her life with Robert Willis, her husband, father of their children, restauranteur, sailor, bon vivant, and alcoholic. From an enchanted start in Manhattan to a townhouse in Brooklyn, from an island in Maine and back to rural Connecticut, in fast cars, sleek boats, and on horseback, Tara and Robert seemed to live a charmed life. But beneath the glittering exterior was the struggle of money, alcohol, and ultimately self-control and hard-won sobriety. When this couple seems to have reached an impasse, separation brings renewed love, and then tragedy brings new challenges.\nTara Kelly's memoir is a clear-eyed excavation of the lives lived together and apart by two charismatic modern Americans, a story told in love and compassion for herself and others, a story "...never unsympathetic, and refreshingly free from sentimentality and the temptation to settle old scores" (Michael Korda). A story readers will savor and remember.

No Last Words

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Eastover Press LLC

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