After spending 20 years in a Santa Suit delivering Christmas joy, author John Mangiapane has written a memoir of his best - and sometimes least-successful deliveries. Written for adults who understand that a good illusion is worth it's weight in gold.

A re-imagining of male-centric Tarot reading and understanding adapted specifically for the Bear Community and gay men at large. Anyone reading for a male or gay male clientele will find no 'White Knights bearing love tokens to his Lady Fair' in this revision tailored to Men. Illustrated with images from 'The Everyman Tarot' - which have also been adapted specifically into a 'Bear Edition' Tarot deck by it's original illustrator, John Mangiapane.

Award-winning quilter John Mangiapane documents his tradition-breaking sewing project 'The Jock Quilt Project'. Seeking to find the masculine in a feminine-dominated genre, John not only documents but provides 'how-to' instructions for anyone who wishes to duplicate his concepts for a man cave or men's organization or team. A perfect gift book for someone who takes their quilt world a little too seriously.

Needle artist & author John Mangiapane waited 20 years to cross-stitch a piece based on Georges Seurat's 'La Grande Jatte' only to find out the chart was lacking, and the color choices in the kit were worse Undaunted, John reproduced a closer version of the famous painting than the purchased kit would EVER have created Full color pictures.

'Homage to Pamela' - in the second book of his three-book series 'Cross-Stitching and Art' author/stitcher John Mangiapane details the process he used to convert artwork by Pamela Colman Smith into counted cross stitch. Finding the chart for the piece was poorly wrought, John changed colors, corrected errors, and won an award for 'Surface Embroidery' in the process. Full color photographs. Although Pamela Colman Smith produced a lifetime of art, she died penniless in 1951 and would have been largely forgotten except for her designs for a Tarot deck. 'Homage to Pamela' centers on her design...

Completing the final book of his "Cross-Stitching and Art" trilogy, author & embroiderer John Mangiapane writes about a piece that he intended to stitch for his Mother - but Life had other plans. Although it only took him 8 weeks to stitch - it took 15 years to find those eight weeks A warm tribute to his Mother - who was his greatest fan.

Determining your Life/Birth number and Year number runs you into a wall when you use a standard Tarot deck - the Major Arcana does not have enough cards to give everyone a separate Soul, Personality, and Shadow card. By courageously expanding the Major Arcana from 22 to 28 cards, author John Mangiapane breaks controversial new ground. This book will show you how to determine your personal numbers, and show you the Tarot cards which accompany your number; also which card changes yearly as you go through your life. The author strongly recommends you ALSO purchase the 28-card companion deck "The...