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{"id":7596969853121,"title":"Margaret Atwood","handle":"copy-of-margaret-atwood","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtwood is a master at conveying the inner landscape of her characters, and her novels are frequently peppered with sharp and incisive social commentary. Adored by both readers and critics, she has published over 40 works, including many books of poetry, and has won countless accolades, including the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/cats-eye-9780385491020\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/cats-eye-9780385491020\"\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, written in 1988, is the story of Elaine, a famous painter who returns to the city where she grew up for a retrospective exhibit of her work. Long flashbacks take the reader back to Elaine's childhood where she endured much emotional torment from her group of friends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an uncanny portrayal of how cruel children can be to their peers, the toll it can take on the victims, and how that cruelty echoes on in the mind for years. Atwood brings Elaine's world alive for the reader in vivid and incandescent detail. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e–\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/staff-picks\/mary-jo-s\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/staff-picks\/mary-jo-s\"\u003eMary Jo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","published_at":"2023-04-03T02:25:17-05:00","created_at":"2023-04-03T02:24:42-05:00","vendor":"Muse Clay Designs","type":"Hoop","tags":[],"price":2500,"price_min":2500,"price_max":2500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":42542057750721,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Margaret Atwood","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/image_d1f7813e-d5b8-4324-934b-f3a2c0fa22cd.jpg?v=1680506720"],"featured_image":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/image_d1f7813e-d5b8-4324-934b-f3a2c0fa22cd.jpg?v=1680506720","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":26213273764033,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.825,"height":1563,"width":1290,"src":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/image_d1f7813e-d5b8-4324-934b-f3a2c0fa22cd.jpg?v=1680506720"},"aspect_ratio":0.825,"height":1563,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/image_d1f7813e-d5b8-4324-934b-f3a2c0fa22cd.jpg?v=1680506720","width":1290}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtwood is a master at conveying the inner landscape of her characters, and her novels are frequently peppered with sharp and incisive social commentary. Adored by both readers and critics, she has published over 40 works, including many books of poetry, and has won countless accolades, including the Booker Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/cats-eye-9780385491020\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/book\/cats-eye-9780385491020\"\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, written in 1988, is the story of Elaine, a famous painter who returns to the city where she grew up for a retrospective exhibit of her work. Long flashbacks take the reader back to Elaine's childhood where she endured much emotional torment from her group of friends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an uncanny portrayal of how cruel children can be to their peers, the toll it can take on the victims, and how that cruelty echoes on in the mind for years. Atwood brings Elaine's world alive for the reader in vivid and incandescent detail. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e–\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/staff-picks\/mary-jo-s\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.powells.com\/staff-picks\/mary-jo-s\"\u003eMary Jo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e"}

Ayla Hutchinson — $20

{"id":6694758482113,"title":"Ayla Hutchinson","handle":"adrienne","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"blog-people-title\"\u003eAyla Hutchinson\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blog-people-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter New Zealand teen Ayla Hutchinson saw her mother cut her finger while splitting kindling with a hatchet, she realized that there had to be a better way to get this critical job done. As a science fair project, she decided to invent a device that made it easier and safer to cut kindling. The result is the Kindling Cracker, a cast-iron device that uses a built-in axe blade in a safety cage: the cage holds the wood while you hit it with a hammer, easily splitting the log in pieces. She received such a positive response to her prototype that she developed the idea further, and her father helped her found a company to manufacture it; two years later, she estimates that there are tens of thousands of Kindling Crackers in use across New Zealand. Equally exciting was a 2015 distribution agreement with a major US tool company, which has already received and sold 22 tons of Kindling Crackers in North America. For Ayla, though, the best part is knowing she's helping people: \"It also gives people with disabilities or physical impairments the freedom to cut their own kindling again.... It makes it easier and safer for everyone to cut kindling.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2023-04-03T02:15:25-05:00","created_at":"2021-05-05T20:29:46-05:00","vendor":"Muse Clay Designs","type":"Hoop","tags":[],"price":2000,"price_min":2000,"price_max":2000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39864197382337,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Ayla Hutchinson","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/image_1fd14275-b0e6-45ee-9337-fdbbded3ddb4.jpg?v=1680506128"],"featured_image":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/image_1fd14275-b0e6-45ee-9337-fdbbded3ddb4.jpg?v=1680506128","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":26213239488705,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.817,"height":1449,"width":1184,"src":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/image_1fd14275-b0e6-45ee-9337-fdbbded3ddb4.jpg?v=1680506128"},"aspect_ratio":0.817,"height":1449,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/image_1fd14275-b0e6-45ee-9337-fdbbded3ddb4.jpg?v=1680506128","width":1184}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"blog-people-title\"\u003eAyla Hutchinson\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"blog-people-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter New Zealand teen Ayla Hutchinson saw her mother cut her finger while splitting kindling with a hatchet, she realized that there had to be a better way to get this critical job done. As a science fair project, she decided to invent a device that made it easier and safer to cut kindling. The result is the Kindling Cracker, a cast-iron device that uses a built-in axe blade in a safety cage: the cage holds the wood while you hit it with a hammer, easily splitting the log in pieces. She received such a positive response to her prototype that she developed the idea further, and her father helped her found a company to manufacture it; two years later, she estimates that there are tens of thousands of Kindling Crackers in use across New Zealand. Equally exciting was a 2015 distribution agreement with a major US tool company, which has already received and sold 22 tons of Kindling Crackers in North America. For Ayla, though, the best part is knowing she's helping people: \"It also gives people with disabilities or physical impairments the freedom to cut their own kindling again.... It makes it easier and safer for everyone to cut kindling.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}

Lindsey Mendick — $20

Laura DeMarco — $20

Anna Akhmatova — $15

{"id":6694753009857,"title":"Anna Akhmatova","handle":"anna-akhmatova","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith work ranging from short lyric poems to intricately structured epics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poet\/anna-akhmatova\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poet\/anna-akhmatova\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnna Akhmatova\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is easily one of the most prolific poets of twentieth-century Soviet Russia. Known for her economic use of language and emotional restraint, her work deals heavily with the struggles of living and writing under the Stalinist era. Much of her work was condemned and censored by Stalinist authorities. \u003c\/span\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-06T18:11:56-05:00","created_at":"2021-05-05T20:22:56-05:00","vendor":"Muse Clay Designs","type":"Hoop","tags":[],"price":1500,"price_min":1500,"price_max":1500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39864184438977,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Anna Akhmatova","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_6154.jpg?v=1620342702"],"featured_image":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_6154.jpg?v=1620342702","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21733563465921,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":3024,"width":2268,"src":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_6154.jpg?v=1620342702"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_6154.jpg?v=1620342702","width":2268}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith work ranging from short lyric poems to intricately structured epics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poet\/anna-akhmatova\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poet\/anna-akhmatova\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnna Akhmatova\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is easily one of the most prolific poets of twentieth-century Soviet Russia. Known for her economic use of language and emotional restraint, her work deals heavily with the struggles of living and writing under the Stalinist era. Much of her work was condemned and censored by Stalinist authorities. \u003c\/span\u003e"}

Vera Atkins, 1908-2000 — $17

{"id":6662189678785,"title":"Vera Atkins, 1908-2000","handle":"zadie","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, Vera Atkins and her Jewish mother emigrated to Britain from Bucharest to escape the rise of Fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placement\" data-count=\"11055\" data-paragraphs-left=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA talented linguist, Atkins joined the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/second-world-war\/the-special-operations-executive-churchills-secret-army\/\"\u003eSpecial Operations Executive\u003c\/a\u003e (SOE), a branch of British Military Intelligence responsible for training and sending agents overseas. She rose from administrative roles to become an intelligence officer in the French Section of the SOE. At the end of the Second World War, as a member of the British War Crimes Commission, Atkins set out to find out what had become of the 118 SOE agents who had not made it home, establishing how and when they had died - she was able to trace all but one. Atkins was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1948 and appointed a Commandant of the Legion of Honor in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-10-07T21:16:52-05:00","created_at":"2021-04-17T15:02:06-05:00","vendor":"Muse Clay Designs","type":"Hoop","tags":[],"price":1700,"price_min":1700,"price_max":1700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39727461662913,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Vera Atkins, 1908-2000","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1700,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_52202.jpg?v=1618689728"],"featured_image":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_52202.jpg?v=1618689728","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21324136906945,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.298,"height":957,"width":1242,"src":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_52202.jpg?v=1618689728"},"aspect_ratio":1.298,"height":957,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/museclaydesigns.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_52202.jpg?v=1618689728","width":1242}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s, Vera Atkins and her Jewish mother emigrated to Britain from Bucharest to escape the rise of Fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placement\" data-count=\"11055\" data-paragraphs-left=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA talented linguist, Atkins joined the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/second-world-war\/the-special-operations-executive-churchills-secret-army\/\"\u003eSpecial Operations Executive\u003c\/a\u003e (SOE), a branch of British Military Intelligence responsible for training and sending agents overseas. She rose from administrative roles to become an intelligence officer in the French Section of the SOE. At the end of the Second World War, as a member of the British War Crimes Commission, Atkins set out to find out what had become of the 118 SOE agents who had not made it home, establishing how and when they had died - she was able to trace all but one. Atkins was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1948 and appointed a Commandant of the Legion of Honor in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e"}