Bøger udgivet af Kansas City Star Books

Voices in Bronze and Stone offers the reader first-hand awareness of Kansas City's experience of the Great War--from eye-witness reports on the home front to stirring accounts of heroism on the battlefield, in the air, and at sea. Grouped around descriptions of 19 different World War I monuments throughout the city, the 38 stories offered here give voice to the men and women who built and dedicated the monuments and the 440 men and one woman whose stories the monuments commemorate. A tour guide to the monuments invites adults and young people to experience first-hand what their ancestors who fought the Great War continue to say.

Here is Sporting Kansas City's championship 2013 season, presented game by game as covered by reporters and photographers for The Kansas City Star newspaper. We Love Ya! chronicles the team's struggles and triumphs in the long trek from opening day in March to the Cup title in December. We Love Ya! - named after one of the fan chants sung inside and outside the Cauldron - profiles the team's top players and coach and shows how soccer and the Sporting Kansas City organization have carved out a prominent place in the city's sports landscape.

The need for insightful and inspiring leadership has never been higher. Mike Waller, former newspaper editor and publisher, offers 16 compelling steps to becoming a successful and inspiring leader in his new work, "Blood On The Out-Basket: Lessons in Leadership from a Newspaper Junkie." The book speaks of team-building, the pursuit of excellence, the need for integrity in all things, the embrace of risk, change and innovation, the virtue of tenacity, and more. The book's dynamic lessons rely on Waller's eventful life in newspapers - which included lengthy stays in Kansas City, Hartford and Baltimore - and pivotal points in journalism, including the coverage of the Hyatt Hotel disaster in July 1981. Accompanying Waller's own insights are snapshots of company leaders who walk the talk. Each chapter ends with helpful tips to give the reader additional focus and inspiration. "Mike Waller was my boss, and this book is just like Mike himself: down-to-earth, clear-headed, entertaining and wise. People loved working for Mike, and for good reason. They had fun and, at the same time, they flourished professionally and took increasing pride in their company. And it was - make no mistake - their company." - John Carroll, former editor of the Los Angeles Times and Baltimore Sun. "Mike Waller's long career in newspapers gives him valuable insights into what leaders can do to bring out the best in their organizations. Waller's inside account of The Kansas City Star's coverage of the Hyatt Hotel disaster is, for any journalist or avid consumer of news, truly inspiring. - Art Brisbane, New York Times public editor and former editor and publisher of The Kansas City Star. "Mike Waller is Vince Lombardi without the yelling, General Patton without the arrogance. Like most people who have worked with Mike, I would run through a wall for him, and this book will tell you why." - Bruce DeSilva, former news/features editor and writing coach at The Associated Press and author of "Rogue Island."

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Bonnie is back! And this time she's introducing us to a world of string piecing. Strings are strips and scraps usually too small to be useful for other projects, but they are just right for these 13 new quilts.

In Scraps & Shirttails, Bonnie Hunter showed us the relationship between quilting green and quilting thrifty. Now she's back for a second round of quilting green in Scraps & Shirttails II.

Piece beautiful blocks from your scrap bag or uniformly plan your approach from fabric yardage-with line drawings of each quilt to colour in, the choice is yours!

Awardwinning quilter Suzanne Cosmo incorporates practicality, originality, bold colors and a sense of humor in her whimsical designs. This book is bursting with sweet gift ideas for friends and family.

Piece 12 unique, multicoloured scrap quilts in Bonnie's signature style. Turn leftover strips into usable fabric that's readily available for projects with the easy-to-use Scrap User's System.

What if you could piece quilts even faster, work on more than one quilt simultaneously and save money, fabric and thread all at the same time? Bonnie K. Hunter will show you how to put the concept of Leaders & Enders to work quickly and easily, expanding your creativity, and upping your productivity all at the same time.

Deanne Eisenman is on a mission to educate quilters on a brief history of applique, alleviate anxiety about the "A" word and celebrate the joy of making patchwork bloom.

Imagine making more than one quilt at a time while watching your stash dwindle. Sounds too good to be true, but it's not. Join Bonnie K. Hunter as she shows you how to get your scraps organised into usable sizes - and save money, fabric, thread and time.

Charm your favourite robot fan with a lively quilt filled with colourful robot designs. Linda Frost created eight original robots, each with a different personality and helpful role in our lives.

Susan Greening Davis and Sally Criswell found Sibbel's sampler in Belgium, fell in love with it and brought it to America. They have opened a window for us to see what life for Sibbel was like growing up in the 1700s, learning needlework techniques and coming to love stitching.