Don’t settle for just any bead when you are creating handcrafted jewelry. These silk fabric handcrafted beads are made by rolling up gorgeous silk fabric and the layered texture gives you endless combinations of patterns and brilliant colors. Kristal Wick’s fabulous handcrafted fabric beads can be used for jewelry, home decor, scrapbooking, apparel embellishments and much more. Read details »

I wrote this book because I fell in love with a story. The story concerned a small group of undervalued professional baseball players and executives, many of whom had been rejected as unfit for the huge leagues, who had turned themselves into one of the most successful franchises in Major League Baseball. But the idea for the book came well before I had good reason to write it-before I had a story to fall in love with. It began, really, with an innocent question: how did one of the poorest teams in baseball, the Oakland Athletics, win so many games?With these words Michael Lewis launches us into the funniest, smartest, and most contrarian book since, well, since Liar’s Poker. Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently cannot buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the front offices of major league teams, and the dugouts, perhaps even in the minds of the players themselves. Lewis mines all these possibilities-his intimate and original portraits of huge league ballplayers are alone worth the price of admission-but the real jackpot is a cache of numbers-numbers!-collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers and physics professors. Read details »

Howard Hawks’s 1962 adventure-comedy is basically the same, loosely plotted motion picture Hawks made over and over again for decades. A collection of professionals with a common goal–in this case, animal trapping in Tanganyika–forms a pocket community and holds each other to high standards in their work. This is a film about camaraderie, crisp banter, romance, and exciting action (the animal sequences are great). John Wayne played this part in about a thousand ways for Hawks over the years, and he could not be more pleasing as a grizzled pro. –Tom Keogh Read details »

EMAG OF EFIL is an epic tale of faeries and trolles in far off magical lands. Nah, not really. But if anyone asks, you tell them that. Because the Icks do not want you to read this book. It s about the Game you were born to play. The Game everyone speaks about but no one understands. A young bookworm and her gamer ideal friend are about to find out why. Sofee and Fred discover they are inside a big Game and find a Game Manual hidden in a fantasy book. However, their icky opponents are determined to destroy the Manual. Joining forces with the Temple of the Cosmic Joke, Fred and Sofee learn that their ideal strategy may be the most foolish. Along the way, our heroes travel to Australia to find the connection between Killer Kuddlies, HOCs, Global Cyber Games, surfing, Most Excellent Selves, Psychic Internet, Humungo Chess, and the Conscious Character Multiple Reality Game. Welcome to EMAG OF EFIL, the comedy fantasy sci-fi adventure about the absurdity of existence. And one Game to trump them all. Read details »

Action star Bruce Willis and ace comic Tracy Morgan play bickering-but-got-your-back Brooklyn buddy cops. Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) directs the gritty, goofball goings-on as the guys hunt for a stolen 1952 mint-condition baseball card, a hunt plunging them into a gunslinging war with a deadly drug ring. Batter up, fans. The boys are ready to take you out to the ol’ brawl game! Read details »

USB-LinkPC-to-vehicle interface compatible with multiple software applications, minimizing your investment in multiple brand-specific diagnostic interfaces. Class 1 Bluetooth provides up to 100 feet of wireless freedom. OPTIONAL Bluetooth Adapter for Wireless Connectivity (P/N 405001). Flexible configuration supports wired or wireless connectivity. Diagnose engines, transmissions, ABS, instrument panels and more. Reduce reprogramming times with direct USB connection. Mixed fleet abilities with broad protocol support. Quick access to car data for maintenance or management reports. Quickly attaches to vehicle`s diagnostic connector. No messy cables to untangle or get in the way with Bluetooth. Easy portability increases flexibility. May be used with desktop PC or laptop. Features:Bluetooth vehicle-to-PC wireless connectivity. USB vehicle-to-PC connectivity. Protocol coverage for automotive to heavy duty vehicles: J1587 / J1708, J1939 / J2284 / CAN. Industry standard RP1210A compliance. Power, data and fault detection LEDs. Driver compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP operating systems. Includes:NEXIQ USB-Link. 6-pin/9-pin car Y-adapter. 15` USB cable. Configuration utility CD and manuals. Quick begin reference guide. Read details »

Completely remanufactured GM Ring and Pinion Gear Set Delco Single Wire Alternators are easily hooked-up. Housings are natural finish aluminum. Choose from 63 or 80 ampere capacities. Read details »

Don Bluth’s lavish animated musical Rock-A-Doodle was not a success when it was released in 1992. It’s not hard to comprehend why: the film varies wildly in tone and the story makes tiny sense. In the live-action prologue, a tiny boy named Edmond learns that the crowing of Chanticleer the rooster did not make the sun rise, as everyone thought. But when a flood threatens his family’s farm, Edmond sets off to get Chanticleer to make the sun rise and save the day. (Edmond gets turned into a kitten during this adventure, for no apparent reason other than that cats are easier to animate than humans.) Chanticleer has moved to the city, and even though the farm seems to be in the Midwest, the nearest city is clearly supposed to be Las Vegas. Chanticleer is now the King, an Elvis caricature used for an unfunny spoof of showbiz clichés. The animation is quite fluid, and there are lots of brightly colored effects–rainbows, sparkles, sunbeams. But parents will have a hard time explaining the story to their children. –Charles Solomon Read details »

Orphans of Katrina is a remarkable, heartfelt journey deep inside the greatest animal rescue in history.

O’Toole’s acute eye is a sharp witness to the poignant, fragile land where man and animal band together in the ultimate race against time. She exposes this searing, uncharted world with revealing photos, striking observations, and startling rescue tales. As she walks us through this unfathomed land, she makes a moving plea, and gives us a roadmap, to help America’s pets today.

Orphans of Katrina is a vivid journey, a historical account, and a celebration of the volunteer rescuers–and the animals we share our world with. (edited by author) Read details »

Holly Swyers turns to the bleachers of Chicago’s iconic Wrigley Field in this unique exploration of the ways people craft a feeling of community under nearly any conditions. Wrigley Regulars examines various components of community through the lens of “the regulars,” a group of diehard Chicago Cubs fans who loyally populate the bleachers at Wrigley Field. In a time when many communities are perceived as either short-lived or disintegrating, Swyers examines the conditions, practices, and behaviours that help create and sustain the experience of community. At Wrigley Field, these practices can include the easy acts of scorecard-keeping and gathering at the same location before each game or insisting on elaborate rules of ticket distribution and seating arrangements, as well as more symbolic behaviours and superstitions that link the regulars to each other. A bleacher regular herself, Swyers uses a qualitative approach to define community as the ways in which people arrive at an awareness of themselves as a group with a particular relationship to the bigger world. Holly Swyers is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College. Read details »