Whether the space is a beautiful studio overlooking a flower-covered garden, a sizable wooden dining room table, or even a converted ferry, these photographs of the work places of 20 women artists are always inspiring. Working in a variety of mediums--clay, paint, fabric, paper--these creators of quilts, clothes, ephemera, dolls, and more open their creative homes and shares tips and advice. Rooms packed with ephemera in antique cabinets, fabric on wooden shelves, cigar boxes, and other appealing objects and baubles tumble across the pages. With full-color photographs and a metric conversion chart.

Of all the Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine stands out as the most revolutionary. Though born in England, he moved to the colonies at Ben Franklin's request to work on his newspaper. Paine's pamphlet COMMON SENSE, which was published anonymously in 1776, is considered the most articulate expression of the sentiment against England, and its persuasive prose made it a bestseller in its time. THE THOMAS PAINE READER contains a wide selection of Paine's writings on philosophy and government. It includes the papers published over several years in America as THE AMERICAN CRISES, and others written after Paine returned to Europe, including THE RIGHTS OF MAN and THE AGE OF REASON.