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Finally remembered to grab the notes I'd intended to post during Labour Day weekend. And I've been adding to them between then and now …
Creating couture embellishment, by Ellen W. Miller.
The danger within us : America's untested, unregulated medical device industry and one man's battle to survive it, by Jeanne Lenzer.
Beetles, by Richard Jones.
Made to last : a compendium of artisans, trades & projects, by Vanessa Murray.
The social life of kimono : Japanese fashion past and present, by Sheila Cliffe.
The geometry of hand sewing : a romance in stitches and embroidery from Alabama Chanin and the School of Making, by Natalie Chanin.
Georgian and Victorian board games : the Liman Collection, by Ellan Liman.
Tudor fashion, by Eleri Lynn.
North Atlantic right whales : from hunted leviathan to conservation icon, by David W. Laist.
The creator's game : lacrosse, identity, and indigenous nationhood, by Allan Downey.
Luminous creatures : the history and science of light production in living organisms, by Michel Anctil.
Redline, by Neal Holman and Clayton McCormack.
Indian temple sculpture, by John Guy.
Endangered, by Tim Flach.
Shame nation : the global epidemic of online hate, by Sue Scheff and Melissa Schorr.
Death vigil, volume 1, by Stjepan Sejic.
Just a shot away : peace, love, and tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont, by Saul Austerlitz.
The queen's embroiderer : a true story of Paris, lovers, swindlers, and the first stock market crisis, by Joan DeJean.
Atlas of a lost world : travels in Ice Age America, by Craig Childs.
Armed in America : a history of gun rights from colonial militia to concealed carry, by Patrick J. Charles.
Eye of the shoal : a fishwatcher's guide to life, the ocean and everything, by Helen Scales.
The Sioux chef's indigenous kitchen, by Sean Sherman and Beth Dooley.
The secret token : myth, obsession, and the search for the lost colony of Roanoke, by Andrew Lawler.
Loulou & Yves : the untold story of Loulou de La Falaise and the House of Saint Laurent, by Christopher Petkanas.
House style : five centuries of fashion at Chatsworth, by Laura Burlington and Hamish Bowles.
Persian art : collecting the arts of Iran for the V&A, by Moya Carey.
The House of Worth, 1858-1954 : the birth of haute couture, by Chantal Trubert-Tollu, Françoise Tétart-Vittu, Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg, and Fabrice Olivieri.
Ondulé textiles : weaving contours with a fan reed, by Norma Smayda and Gretchen White.
Marcel's letters : a font and the search for one man's fate, by Carolyn Porter.
The polar adventures of a rich American dame : a life of Louise Arner Boyd, by Joanna Kafarowski.
The legendary Horseshoe Tavern : a complete history, by David McPherson.
Unseen : unpublished black history from the New York Times photo archives, by Darcy Eveleigh, Dana Canedy, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns.
Skinheads, fur traders, and DJs : an adventure through the 1970s, by Kim Clarke Champniss.
No man's land : the life and art of Mary Riter Hamilton, 1868-1954, by Kathryn A. Young and Sarah M. McKinnon.
Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females, by Serinity Young.
The finest building in America : the New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858, by Edwin G. Burrows.
The notorious Captain Hayes : the remarkable true story of William "Bully" Hayes, pirate of the Pacific, by Joan Druett.
Eloquent rage : a black feminist discovers her superpower, by Brittney Cooper.
Rising out of hatred : the awakening of a former white nationalist, by Eli Saslow.
Pink, by Kyoko Okazaki.
Creating couture embellishment, by Ellen W. Miller.
The danger within us : America's untested, unregulated medical device industry and one man's battle to survive it, by Jeanne Lenzer.
Beetles, by Richard Jones.
Made to last : a compendium of artisans, trades & projects, by Vanessa Murray.
The social life of kimono : Japanese fashion past and present, by Sheila Cliffe.
The geometry of hand sewing : a romance in stitches and embroidery from Alabama Chanin and the School of Making, by Natalie Chanin.
Georgian and Victorian board games : the Liman Collection, by Ellan Liman.
Tudor fashion, by Eleri Lynn.
North Atlantic right whales : from hunted leviathan to conservation icon, by David W. Laist.
The creator's game : lacrosse, identity, and indigenous nationhood, by Allan Downey.
Luminous creatures : the history and science of light production in living organisms, by Michel Anctil.
Redline, by Neal Holman and Clayton McCormack.
Indian temple sculpture, by John Guy.
Endangered, by Tim Flach.
Shame nation : the global epidemic of online hate, by Sue Scheff and Melissa Schorr.
Death vigil, volume 1, by Stjepan Sejic.
Just a shot away : peace, love, and tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont, by Saul Austerlitz.
The queen's embroiderer : a true story of Paris, lovers, swindlers, and the first stock market crisis, by Joan DeJean.
Atlas of a lost world : travels in Ice Age America, by Craig Childs.
Armed in America : a history of gun rights from colonial militia to concealed carry, by Patrick J. Charles.
Eye of the shoal : a fishwatcher's guide to life, the ocean and everything, by Helen Scales.
The Sioux chef's indigenous kitchen, by Sean Sherman and Beth Dooley.
The secret token : myth, obsession, and the search for the lost colony of Roanoke, by Andrew Lawler.
Loulou & Yves : the untold story of Loulou de La Falaise and the House of Saint Laurent, by Christopher Petkanas.
House style : five centuries of fashion at Chatsworth, by Laura Burlington and Hamish Bowles.
Persian art : collecting the arts of Iran for the V&A, by Moya Carey.
The House of Worth, 1858-1954 : the birth of haute couture, by Chantal Trubert-Tollu, Françoise Tétart-Vittu, Jean-Marie Martin-Hattemberg, and Fabrice Olivieri.
Ondulé textiles : weaving contours with a fan reed, by Norma Smayda and Gretchen White.
Marcel's letters : a font and the search for one man's fate, by Carolyn Porter.
The polar adventures of a rich American dame : a life of Louise Arner Boyd, by Joanna Kafarowski.
The legendary Horseshoe Tavern : a complete history, by David McPherson.
Unseen : unpublished black history from the New York Times photo archives, by Darcy Eveleigh, Dana Canedy, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns.
Skinheads, fur traders, and DJs : an adventure through the 1970s, by Kim Clarke Champniss.
No man's land : the life and art of Mary Riter Hamilton, 1868-1954, by Kathryn A. Young and Sarah M. McKinnon.
Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females, by Serinity Young.
The finest building in America : the New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858, by Edwin G. Burrows.
The notorious Captain Hayes : the remarkable true story of William "Bully" Hayes, pirate of the Pacific, by Joan Druett.
Eloquent rage : a black feminist discovers her superpower, by Brittney Cooper.
Rising out of hatred : the awakening of a former white nationalist, by Eli Saslow.
Pink, by Kyoko Okazaki.