In another universe, in a galaxy strangely similar to our own, there's a bubble of space a couple of thousand light-years across - somewhat distorted by bumping into the edges of the galactic disk to acme and nadir - filled with millions of stars, bound together by an ever-expanding spiderweb of manufactured wormholes, and bright with the EM babble of civilized life.These are the Associated Worlds, sprawling myriad species, polities, philosophies, corporations, clades, and cultures. From the hypercivilized Powers at their heart to the brawling colonies of the Periphery and Beyond, trillions of lives are lived, each with its own story to be told.This is a collection of over 44,000 words of nanofiction and metafiction - excerpts from works taken from inside the fictional realm - from the Associated Worlds SF universe; little morsels of a world and culture unlike our own.

Vignettes of the Star Empire: Tales of the Associated Worlds

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Young, Alistair

Science Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

War has come to the Associated Worlds!Following on from Vignettes of the Star Empire, this book again collects fiction and metafiction from the Associated Worlds, leading up to the epistolary novella "The Core War", as tensions between the Worlds and the neighboring Voniensan Republic come to a head.

The Core War and Other Stories (Tales of the Associated Worlds)

This informative, practical book looks at a variety of ways that pottery studios have been set up, including examples that detail studio layout and type of work produced from potters from around the world. The book discusses requirements of both the specialized studio and those suited for more general pottery production. It presents valuable information for those setting up their first studio, and more experienced potters will be interested in how others have developed their studios. Covers common processes such as the storage and preparation of materials, along with the business plans for successful marketing, selling work, and accounting considerations. Also includes plans for the production of homemade tools and equipment, which can often be made at a fraction of the cost of commercially available products. 
Features artists and potters from England, United States, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. Also included are appendices including craft organizations, ceramics magazines and periodicals, and a list of clay and equipment suppliers. 
 Selected Contents Workshop Planning Materials and Mixing Equipment Workshop Equipment Kilns Business Potters’ Workshops

Setting Up a Pottery Workshop

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Amer Ceramic Society

This informative, practical book, written by Alistair Young, looks at a variety of ways that pottery studios have been set up, including examples that detail studio layout and type of work produced from potters from around the world. Setting Up a Pottery Workshop discusses requirements of both the specialized studio and those suited for more general pottery production. It presents valuable information for those setting up their first studio, and more experienced potters will be interested in how others have developed their studios.   Setting Up a Pottery Workshop covers common processes such as the storage and preparation of materials, along with the business plans for successful marketing, selling work, and accounting considerations. Also included are plans for the production of homemade tools and equipment, which can often be made at a fraction of the cost of commercially available products.  This book is a handy guide to setting up a pottery workshop. It covers not only fundamental questions such as types of premises, design and layout of the workshop, equipment and materials, and how to make simple tools, but also questions of marketing and promotion, legal considerations and finance. To illustrate these points, the author discusses how various potters have tackled the issues raised and gives illustrations of a wide range of different workshops. The book draws on the experiences of an international group of artists, and so it will have universal appeal. Out of print for more than a year, this revised second printing is a must for those setting up a workshop for the first time, as well as the established potter who is experiencing difficulty in one of the areas covered, e.g., promotion and marketing.  Setting Up a Pottery Workshop features artists and potters from England, United States, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. Also included are appendices including craft organizations, ceramics magazines and periodicals, and a list of clay and equipment suppliers.

Arts & Photography

Other Media

Celebrating Rock’s 60th Birthday. From the formation of the Rolling Stones and the heyday of the British Invasion to the spawning of the Reading Festival, this book explores the music history of the London clubs that were the engine rooms for British rock n roll. Many of the now legendary British rock bands honed their skills and developed their stage acts performing on the London club circuit at venues such as The Ealing Club, The Crawdaddy Club, The Marquee, The 100 Club, The Half Moon, the Ricky Tick, The Bull’s Head and the infamous Eel Pie Island Hotel. We revisit the days when Eric Clapton was God and Rock ruled the world. Play it Loud! Why is 2022 ‘Rock’s Diamond Year’? On March 17th 1962, Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies started the EALING BLUES CLUB. The first UK gig devoted to ‘electric blues music’. Musicologists agree that this event was the catalyst that would define British Rock music. The Ealing Blues Club sparked a musical revolution that grew further at Twickenham’s Eel Pie Island and Richmond’s Crawdaddy Club, 3 venues that were vital in the careers of: The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds / Eric Clapton, The Who, Cream and many more. Elsewhere in 1962 there were rumblings of a cultural shift with The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, The Animals, Marshall Amplification and many others setting the tone for what became the UK’s most significant cultural export… Rock & Pop Music. 60 years on from 1962 and ‘ROCK’S DIAMOND YEAR’ will celebrate the UK’s unique contribution to what has become a global music form. The initiative is led by The Ealing Club Community Interest Company’ set up to champion West London music heritage while inspiring new music opportunity for the future.

Rock's Diamond Year: Celebrating London's Music Heritage

Biographies & Memoirs

SINCLAIR, DAVID

Robson, Cheryl

Luck, Richard

Brookfield, Ralph

Humphries, Patrick

Way, Gina

Clack, Pete

Banks, Charlotte

Feenstra, Pete

Hokum, Robert

Arts & Literature

Supernova Books

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