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Andy Warhol Chanel

Donovan Molly Chaney Lisa
Prestel Penguin
ISBN: 9783791351605 ISBN: 9780141036854
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Obsessed with contemporary culture, Warhol celebrated the sensational as well as Using newly discovered documents, Lisa Chaney's controversial biography of
the mundane in every facet of society. His headline works, which were realized in Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel places the designer in her proper context, highlighting her
a range of formats-from two-dimensional to time-based media such as film, video, far-reaching connections with modernism and its artists. Coco Chanel was many
and television-chart in real time the great shift in the technological means things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one
employed to deliver the news from the 1950s until the artist's death in 1987. ... of the defining figures of the twentieth century. She was mistress to aristocrats ...

Degas and the Nude Dennis Gun

Shackelford George T. M. Schilling J
Thames & Hudson LTD Hatje Cantz Verlag
ISBN: 9780500093627 ISBN: 9783775727938
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The nude figure was critical to the art of Edgar Degas throughout his life, and yet In their sober grandeur, the darkly lit and highly orchestrated still-life photographs of
his expansive body of work on this subject has been overshadowed by his Dennis Gun (born 1956) resemble Baroque allegories on mortality. Gun fills his
celebrated portraits and dancers. "Degas and the Nude" is the first book in a images with implied narrative and symbolism, much of it biblical in import. This large-
generation to explore the artist's treatment of the nude from his early years in the format landscape monograph presents works made from 2008 to 2010.
1850s and 1860s, through his triumphs in the 1880s and 1890s, all the way to ...

Elizabeth Taylor Franco Albini

Kelly Susan Bosoni Giampiero
Bloomsbury Professional Ltd Ore Cultura
ISBN: 9781408155417 ISBN: 9788861161412
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This book brings together a collection of photographs and commentary Published in the same style as succesful Minimum Architects series, the Minimum
celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's timeless sense of style, both on-screen and off, Designers series includes books about the major figures in the field of design,
which ran the gamut from her high glamour Hollywood gowns and jewelry to her creators of objects that have become a part of our daily lives. The lamp on our
extraordinary earthy beauty which transcended every embellishment of fashion. desk, the chair we are sitting on or the glasses we are wearing have a genius
She was a star who was both idolized as a screen goddess and viewed by her ... behind them to be discovered. These volumes will introduce in a practical ...

Gio Ponti Great Paintings

Irace Fulvio
Ore Cultura Dorling Kindersley Publishers
ISBN: 9788861161429 ISBN: 9781405363303
Gio Ponti (Milano 1891-1979) was founder of 'Domus', Europe's most influential The world's greatest masterpieces explored and explained. "Great Paintings"
architecture and design magazine. Artistic director of Richard-Ginori, the ceramics takes you on your own personal gallery tour of over 60 of the world's best-loved
manufacturer. Ponti's style was dominated by an exultant sense of the aesthetic paintings. From works by Botticelli and Raphael to Salvador Dali and Frida Kahlo,
both in his objects and his numerous buildings. Published in the same style of the the book covers the paintings that have shaken the art world across centuries and
successful Minimum Architects series, the Minimum Designers series includes ... across continents. The story behind each painting is told, unlocking hidden ...

Kurt Schwitters Painting

Cardinal R Creative Publishing International
Hatje Cantz Verlag Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 9783775725118 ISBN: 9781589236295
The influence of Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) permeates the art, literature and Full color how-to photography demonstrates some of the most popular interior
music of the past century as profoundly as any of his contemporaries. painting designs today. From start to finish, this book gives the reader information
on everything from choosing paint and tools to cleaning up when the project is
done. In between, there are 18 different techniques for painting interior rooms and
furniture, including sponge painting, mosaics and faux designs.

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Spielberg Stasys 60

Schickel Richard Kuc Monika
Thames & Hudson LTD ABE-IPS Sp. z o.o.
ISBN: 9780500516089 ISBN: 9788361380481
This retrospective celebrates some forty years of Steven Spielbergs boundless Stasys 60 – known and unknown, exclusive album with 307 illustrations. "Stasys
energy and his unwavering commitment to excellence in all areas of his work. The Eidrigevicius is a renaissance man in the world of art…"- once wrote Siegfried
distinguished writer and critic Richard Schickel, himself a documentary filmmaker, Mortkovitz, critic of the renowned magazine „Graphis”.
applies his unique knowledge of every one of Spielbergs 27 major films to
appraise the directors remarkably prolific and varied career. Featuring many first ...

The Diamond Queen The Last Caravaggio

Marr Andrew Treffers Bert
Pan Books Waanders Publishers
ISBN: 9780330544160 ISBN: 9789040077944
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With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers have come to Believed to be his last painting, Caravaggio's John the Baptist Reclining is barely
expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention to the monarch -- and to the monarchy, known by comparison to his other pieces. This is due to disputes that arose after
chronicling the Queen's pivotal role at the centre of the state, which is largely Caravaggio's death regarding the attribution of the piece as a work of the great
hidden from the public gaze, and making a strong case for the institution itself. master. However, due not only to the style and subject of the piece, but also facts
Arranged thematically, rather than chronologically, Marr dissects the Queen's ... and correspondence that add up from around the time of his death, it has ...

The Little Black Dress The Obamas

Hernandez Isabel Sanchez Kantor Jodi
Palgrave Macmillan Penguin
ISBN: 9781408129890 ISBN: 9780241958186
In 1926, Coco Chanel designed the little black dress; it was hugely versatile for "The fullest picture of this presidency yet". ("Daily Telegraph"). "Kantor digs for
many different occasions and continued to be fashionable year after year with detail and strikes gold". ("The Times"). When Barack Obama won the 2008
simple amendments and different accessories keeping it up to date. Nearly 90 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle.
years later, the little black dress is still a wardrobe essential and each season Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit.
designers continue to adapt new versions of this classic. This book supplies ... Together they planned a White House life that would be as normal and sane as ...

Valentino Rossi Expressive Modern

Oxley Mat Lau Amy
Haynes Publication Monacelli Press
ISBN: 9780857331021 ISBN: 9781580933087
This is the new fourth edition of a fabulous visual study compiled by one of the Vivid color, specially commissioned artisanal pieces, and exquisite midcentury
best bike racing journalists in the business. Compelling photographs and sharp furnishings define the work of interior designer Amy Lau. Inspired by her passion
narrative capture the larger-than-life character of Valentino Rossi both on and off for nature and abstract art, she incorporates elements of both into every space
the track. Rossi's life is charted from his earliest days through to his domination of while tailoring each experience to the personalities and lifestyles of her clients.
MotoGP, first with Honda, then with Yamaha, and now, for 2011, with Ducati to ... ...

Fashion by Design Fashion Sketchbook

Ellinwood Janice G. Abling Bina
A&C Black Fairchild Books
ISBN: 9781563678486 ISBN: 9781609012281
Fashion by Design covers the elements and principles of design as they relate to Fashion Sketchbook, Sixth Edition demystifies the fashion drawing process with
fashion. By exploring the best examples from early to contemporary fashion simple, step-by-step directions. Now in full colour and completely revised, with
design, students will develop the eye of the fashion designer, able to identify and updated instructions and images throughout, this introductory text explains how to
understand how to manipulate the elements and principles of design. The draw women, men and children, pose the figure, develop the fashion head and
objective is for design students to use these guidelines not to simply develop ... face, sketch accessories, add garment details, and prepare flats and specs. ...

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India Fantastique: Fashion Volume I Japanese Art and Design

Khosla Sandeep Irvine G.
Thames & Hudson LTD V & A Publications
ISBN: 9780500516386 ISBN: 9781851775620
Fashion design & theory. The "V&A"'s greatest treasures from the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art shine in
this newly updated overview of Japanese art from the last four centuries. The
Museum's superb Japanese holdings, acquired over a period of 150 years,
started with the international exhibitions of the second half of the nineteenth
century and have grown to include exciting contemporary works by leading ...

Jewelry by Chanel The Art Guide: London

Mauries Patrick Phillips Sam
Thames & Hudson LTD Thames & Hudson LTD
ISBN: 9780500516287 ISBN: 9780500289204
Coco Chanel's passion for fabulous jewels, for exceptional stones, for improbable This is a fully illustrated guide to the glorious riches of London's museums and
marvels, produced pieces were unparalleled in their insistence on luxury and galleries, drawing on the cream of the city's collections to create an easily
refinement. Drawing inspiration from tradition, Chanel was never the slave of navigable, narrative history of art. The guides unique approach allows you to
everyday formulas or mere market values. Yet she reinvented tradition in the most locate your favourite artist or style of art in any museum and follow this throughout
arresting and modern jewelry pieces, based on her love of colours, as well as ... the museums of London. Do you like, say, the pre-Raphaelites? This book will ...

The Fashion Careers Guidebook The Vintage Menswear: a Collection
from the Vintage Showroom
Yates Julia Sims Josh
A&C Black Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781408146620 ISBN: 9781856698832
Breaking into the fashion industry can be very difficult for newly qualified graduates Curated by connoisseurs of vintage clothing, the "Vintage Showroom" is a vast
and young designers due to the high number of students graduating each year collection of rare 20th-century pieces that fashion designers and stylists pay to
and the competitive nature of the business - but for those who are passionate view, using the cut and detailing of individual garments as inspiration for their own
about finding their place within the world of fashion, this practical reference book work. Offering one-of-a-kind access, "The Vintage Showroom Menswear" now
is a must-have. This will teach you all you need to know about different parts of ... makes this unique resource available in book form. Featuring 130 of the most ...

Birds of Melanesia Birds of Trinidad and Tobago

Dutson Guy Kenefick Martyn
A&C Black Publishers Ltd A&C Black Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780713665406 ISBN: 9781408152096
This new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south- Trinidad & Tobago are popular tourist destinations and the islands are also a top
west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarcks to location for visiting birders. This comprehensive and portable field guide covers
Vanuatu, an increasingly popular destination for tours and travellers and one that every species found on the islands. The concise text includes descriptions of every
has never before had complete field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, species, highlighting plumage variation and distinctions from similar species. The
the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New ... plates use the relevant images from Birds of Northern South America to create ...

Imperial Cities of Morocco Violent Earth

Metalsi M
Terrail Penguin
ISBN: 9782879392240 ISBN: 9781405373609
A cultural and architectural overview of Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes, and Rabat. This is an explosive guide to the dynamic forces that shape our planet. "Violent
Earth" is a spectacular visual exploration of the some of the most awe-inspiring
and dramatic events that our planet can throw at us; earthquakes, eruptions, mud
slides, tsunamis and more. Feel their terrifying force as they leap off the page
through powerful photography, specially commissioned artworks and ...

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German Interior Design Italian Interior Design

Lucas D Galindo M
Braun Braun
ISBN: 9783037680537 ISBN: 9783037680315
In scarcely any other European region are techonological advances and In scarcely any other European region are techonological advances and
contemporary interpretations of tradition in such harmony and so self-evident as in contemporary interpretations of tradition in such harmony and so self-evident as in
the Scandinavian countries, Europe's northernmost region. Here, alongside Ikea's the Scandinavian countries, Europe's northernmost region. Here, alongside Ikea's
mass-produced designs, a uniquely creative architecture and design scene has mass-produced designs, a uniquely creative architecture and design scene has
developed. The frequent utilization of natural and traditional materials allows ... developed. The frequent utilization of natural and traditional materials allows ...

Nordic Interior Design Spanish Interior Design

Roth M. Galindo M.
Braun Braun
ISBN: 9783037680704 ISBN: 9783037680698
In scarcely any other European region are techonological advances and Spain is a land of contrasts and emotions; its varied architectural styles are a
contemporary interpretations of tradition in such harmony and so self-evident as in result of many influences through the centuries, from Gothic, Islamic to Moorish.
the Scandinavian countries, Europe's northernmost region. Here, alongside Ikea's
mass-produced designs, a uniquely creative architecture and design scene has
developed. The frequent utilization of natural and traditional materials allows ...

The New French Interior 501 Must drive Cars

Baird Penny Drue Backhouse F
Monacelli Press Bounty Books
ISBN: 9781580933100 ISBN: 9780753718735
Through her first book, Bringing Paris Home, Penny Drue Baird established herself Whether you prefer the more classic car of the 1920s or fast, extreme cars that
as an authority on all things French—interior design, flea market and antiques you'll almost certainly never get to drive but really wish you could, this book has
shopping, Parisian life, and stylish entertaining. everything you need to know. This indispensable guide can be referred to time
and time again and there will always be something new to discover. There is a
detailed synopsis on each model of car which includes information such as the ...

Austin-Healey Cars of Eastern Europe

Pressnell Jon Thompson Andy
Haynes Publication Haynes Publication
ISBN: 9781844255191 ISBN: 9781844259915
The models created by Donald Healey and son Geoffrey played a key role in From 1945 to 1990 car engineers and designers behind the Iron Curtain worked
establishing Britain as the world's leading producer of sports cars in the 1950s not to the whims and fancies of motorists but to the plans and diktats of
and 1960s. But the cheeky little Austin-Healey Sprite and the rugged 'Big Healey' government bureaucrats. "Cars of Eastern Europe" tells the story of the cars and
with its muscular good looks are only part of a fascinating story that stretches vans made in Latvia, Poland, the former Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and
back to the glory days of pre-war rallying and ends with the ill-fated Jensen- ... Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and East Germany. In a region that ...

Concept Cars Ferrari

Stroud Jon Bonetto Roberto
White Star Publishers White Star Publishers
ISBN: 9788854406216 ISBN: 9788854406223
Takes you on a journey past some of the most iconic concept cars in automotive From the first Ferrari 125 S in 1947 to the Ferrari 590 GTO of 2010, the
history, from the ground breaking Hollywood inspired Buick Y-Job of the 30s automobiles of the Cavallino Rampante (prancing horse) have marked the history
through the space-age stylings of the 50s, the wedge-shaped supercars of the of motoring on the roadway as well as on the racetrack. The fascinating line; the
70s and on to the green-living family friendly designs of the new millennium. inimitable red of the chassis, now become paradigm; the power and unmistakable
sound of the V8 and V12 engines have made, and continue to make, the ...

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Harley Davidson Cube Book The Official History of the World's
Greatest Motor Race 1949-59
Szymezak Pascal Spurring Quentin
White Star Publishers Haynes Publication
ISBN: 9788854406698 ISBN: 9781844255375
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Since their inception in 1903, Harley- Davidson motorcycles have asserted and Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours
established themselves as powerful and reliable motorcycles, quickly becoming an race, this sumptuous book is the third title in a decade-by-decade series that will
outright myth for fans and lovers of biking. American par excellence, over the eventually build up into an eight-volume set covering every race since 1923. Each
years they have been able to resist first the British, then the Japanese rivals, year is exhaustively covered in vivid photographs, a detailed and insightful
renewing their image and proposing new models, which today confidently face ... commentary, full results data and a glorious rendering of the official race ...

Legendary American Cars Legendary Cars

Matt Delorenzo Larry Edsal
ISBN: 9788854407091 ISBN: 9788854407077

Prince sang about the iconic “Little Red Corvette” and the Beach Boys paid tribute Veteran and vintage automobiles take us on a journey down the roads of history to
to the “Little Deuce Coupe.” The controversial horseless carriage became a sign of the birth, infancy, and development of today's indispensable, stylish and efficient
affluence in its earliest days, and the car continues to be an image-maker to this automobile.
day.

Legendary Convertibles Motorcycles

Rapelli Andrea De Fabianis Valeria. M
ISBN: 9788854406551 ISBN: 9788854403864
For over a century, the convertible car has been considered the epitome of Building on the ongoing success of the "CubeBook" series, White Star has
sporting luxury. No other form of motoring is able to offer such an unparalleled condensed the chunky format of the traditional CubeBook format to present the
connection to the driving experience - the thundering tones of the engine amplified "MiniCube" series. Due to their particular shape and format, the MiniCubes are not
tenfold, the rush of hot air through your hair, the warmth of the Mediterranean sun only books; they are objects to play with or to collect and are unabridged. Each of
on the back of your neck. The convertible is also the car of choice for the ... these palm sized books is a tiny treasure trove of images.

Porsche Insight The Motorbike Book

Dohmann Lars
White Star Publishers Penguin
ISBN: 9788854406780 ISBN: 9781405394406

This volume is a unique contemporary work that portrays the development of An action-packed ride through the history of the motorbike "The Motorbike Book"
individual Porsche models by means of the technical illustrations produced by is all about the men, machines and landmark technology behind the most iconic
Technical Art for the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer. bikes from ACE to Zundapp. Featuring over 1,000 of the latest and greatest
motorbikes in the world this is an amazing visual guide tracing their evolution from
the 1910s right up to the superbikes of today. All about the grit and the glory, ...

Knitopedia The 100 Best Children's Rooms

Montgomerie Claire Pauwels Wim
A&C Black Antique Collectors' Club
ISBN: 9781408124765 ISBN: 9789089441164

This comprehensive guide covers the complete range of techniques needed to This innovative new series documents, through the use of stunning colour
learn basic knitting and then extend to much more complicated work. The clear photographs, 100 of the very best designs and projects relating to a specific room
step-by-step diagrams and 30 interesting patterns will lead any novice through all or feature. Each title displays a variety of different interior design and architectural
the skills needed to become an accomplished knitter. The techniques section is styles, ensuring that every reader finds inspiration to utilise in his or her own home.
arranged according to difficulty, starting with the basics such as casting on, ... The 100 Best Children's Rooms showcases a compilation of the most beautiful ...

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El Clasico: Barcelona v Real Madrid Mountaineers

Fitzpatrick Richard Royal Geographical Society
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Penguin
ISBN: 9781408158791 ISBN: 9781405365598
Barcelona and Real Madrid: two of the most powerful and popular clubs in world This is an epic guide to the most intrepid mountaineers in history. Written in
football, and one of the world's most bitter sporting rivalries. Going far beyond the association with the Royal Geographical Society and The Alpine Club,
boundaries of just sport alone, this is a rivalry at the heart of Spanish life, taking in "Mountaineers" tells the story of the pioneers who first conquered the giddy
politics and culture and splitting a country in two. El Clasico gets to the heart of heights of our planet. Full of great tales of endurance and perseverance, more
that rivalry, investigating the intrigue, the larger-than-life characters, the key ... than 100 of the top mountaineers are profiled, from Hannibal to Hillary. It helps ...

The Language of Flowers: A Miscellany The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland

Diffenbaugh Vanessa Fitz-Simon Christopher
Palgrave Macmillan Thames & Hudson LTD
ISBN: 9780230759633 ISBN: 9780500289310
'A flower is not a flower alone; A thousand thoughts invest it' All over the world, Clusters of white cottages huddled between hills of an unbelievably rich green,
flowers are an integral part of human culture whether it is the perfect table centre villages of a single street, dazzling in their array of colour washes and picturesque
for a wedding, a beautiful bouquet for a birthday, a message of thanks, or to pay shop-fronts such are the villages of Ireland, which to this day are living, working
one's respect at a funeral. But, while everyone knows that red roses signify love, communities. The most beautiful of these villages are captured here in Christopher
few may realise that an entire language of flowers exists with every bloom, ... Fitz-Simon's sensitive commentaries and Hugh Palmer's evocative ...

World Press Photo 2012 WWD

Heijden Teun van der Foley Bridget
Thames & Hudson LTD A&C Black
ISBN: 9780500970324 ISBN: 9781609012526
Publishing the results of the most recent annual "World Press Photo Contest", this Coinciding with the hundredth anniversary of Women's Wear Daily, WWD: 100
exceptional book contains the very best press photographs from the year 2010 Years, 100 Designers tells the story of fashion over the last century through the
pictures submitted by photojournalists, picture agencies, newspapers and lens of one of the most respected publications in the industry. Rich with the work
magazines throughout the world. Selected from thousands of images, these of acclaimed photographers and artists, WWD: 100 Years, 100 Designers visually
prizewinning photos capture the most powerful, moving and sometimes disturbing chronicles 100 designers who influenced fashion during the first 100 years of
images of the year. "Will amuse, sadden, console and ultimately teach you much Women's Wear Daily and also serves as a testament to the bible of the fashion
about this world of ours". ("Popular Photography"). "Some of the very best work industry.
being done around the world today"). ("News Photographer"). The photos present
the world in all its glory...contributors have captured every facet of human
emotion...the pictures are joyous, frantic, beautiful, and terrifying. With a wow on
nearly every page, this is recommended for press photography enthusiasts and
news hounds.

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22 Britannia Road A Visit from the Goon Squad

Hodgkinson Amanda Egan Jennifer
Penguin Anchor Books
ISBN: 9780141399676 ISBN: 9780307948359
In war we sometimes lose ourselves...It is 1946 and Silvana and eight-year-old Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the
Aurek board a ship that will take them from Poland to England. Silvana has not passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly
seen her husband Janusz in six years, but, they are assured, he has made them a reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose
home in Ipswich. However, after living wild in the forests for years, carrying a paths intersect with theirs. With music pulsing on every page, A Visit from the
terrible secret, all Silvana knows is that she and Aurek are survivors. Everything ... Goon Squad is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and ...

All the Pretty Horses (Picador 40th Ascend
Anniversary Edition)
McCarthy Cormac Hocking Amanda
Pan Books TOR
ISBN: 9781447202783 ISBN: 9781447205715
All the Pretty Horses, the first novel of the Border Trilogy, published in 1992, was Wendy Everly can barely remember what it was like to feel like a normal girl. She'd
an international bestseller, winning both the National Book Award and the National wished for her life to be different but everything is so much more complicated than
Book Critics Circle Award. It tells the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds she'd expected. And she certainly hadn't dreamt she'd be getting married at
himself the last bewildered survivor of generations of Texas ranchers, cut off from eighteen to a man she didn't love - all for the sake of duty. As the big day
the only life he ever imagined. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on ... approaches, Wendy can't stop thinking about two different men - and neither ...

Astray Before I Go to Sleep

Donoghue Emma Watson S. J.
Picador Transworld
ISBN: 9781447211952 ISBN: 9780552164139
Counterfeiter. Dishwasher. Prostitute. Attorney. Sculptor. Mercenary. Elephant. Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your
Corpse. The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight.
Donoghue's latest fact-inspired fictions have all gone astray: they are emigrants, And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to
runaways, drifters. They cross other borders, too: those of race, law, sex and Christine's life. "Imagine drifting off every night knowing that your memories will be
sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress. Donoghue ... wiped away by morning. That's the fate of Christine Lucas, whose bewildering ...

Before She Dies Blooms of Darkness

Burton Mary Appelfeld Aharon
Penguin Alma Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241953976 ISBN: 9781846882111
Mary Burton's slick, pacy serial killer thrillers are guaranteed to send a chill down The ghetto in which the Jews have been confined is being liquidated by the Nazis,
your spine - a perfect read for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Kathy Reichs, and Karin and eleven-year-old Hugo is brought by his mother to the local brothel, where one
Slaughter. "Before She Dies" sees America's dark mistress of crime deliver yet of the prostitutes has agreed to hide him. Mariana is a bitterly unhappy woman
again a new masterpiece of suspense & psychological thrills. He Is Their Judge...In who hates what she has done to her life, and night after night Hugo sits in her
death, they are purified. Holding his victims under water, he washes away their ... closet and listens uncomprehendingly as she rages at the Nazi soldiers who ...

Closure, Limited Cosmopolis

Brooks Max DeLillo Don
Duckworth Publishing Scribner
ISBN: 9780715642931 ISBN: 9781451689396
Set in the same terrifying universe as his million-selling World War Z, Closure, Ltd It is an April day in the year 2000 and an era is about to end. The booming times
is among the short stories found within this collection. In it, Max interviews the of market optimism--when the culture boiled with money and corporations
head of a company dedicated to finding emotional closure for survivors of the seemed more vital and influential than governments-- are poised to crash. Eric
zombie war by assassinating their former zombie attackers. Written in his Packer, a billionaire asset manager at age twenty-eight, emerges from his
trademark style, these tales are a combination of horror, drama, and socio- ... penthouse triplex and settles into his lavishly customized white stretch ...

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Deathwish Winter of the World

Thurman Rob Follett Ken
Penguin MacMillan
ISBN: 9780718192792 ISBN: 9780230710108
The fourth book in the "Cal Leandros" series that began with "Nightlife", Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to
"Deathwish" is clever, ironic and hugely entertaining urban fantasy in the vein of understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on
Jim Butcher by the "New York Times" bestselling author, Rob Thurman. 'How I felt Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former British
the mental stirrings of a bloodthirsty heritage when I passed through the gray light MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the
wasn't my favourite topic ...the Auphe nature wasn't mine. I wouldn't let it be. ... brutal reality of Nazism. He also encounters a group of Germans resolved to ...

Disgrace Doubletake

Adler-Olsen J Thurman Rob
Penguin Penguin
ISBN: 9780718194451 ISBN: 9780718198527
Der zwanzig Jahre alte Mordfall an einem Geschwisterpaar scheint aufgeklärt: The latest book in the "Cal Leandros" series that began with "Nightlife",
Jemand hat damals die Tat gestanden und ist seitdem im Gefängnis. Und doch "Doubletake" is clever, ironic and hugely entertaining urban fantasy in the vein of
legt ein Unbekannter, Carl Moerck, dem Leiter des Sonderdezernats zur Jim Butcher and Charlaine Harris by the "New York Times" bestselling author, Rob
Aufklärung unaufgeklärter Verbrechen, die alte Ermittlungsakte auf den Thurman. 'Family was a hateful bitch, it was. I had the hot poker scars of that
Schreibtisch. Sollte tatsächlich ein Unschuldiger im Gefängnis sein und warum ... burned into my flesh, but, scars or not, sometimes family was all you had worth ...

Dreamsongs: Volume I Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Martin George R R Foer Jonathan Safran
Bantam Books Penguin
ISBN: 9780553385687 ISBN: 9780241957608
Even before A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin had already established In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old
himself as a giant in the field of fantasy literature. The first of two stunning Oskar discovers a key...The key belonged to his father, he's sure of that. But
collections, Dreamsongs: Volume I is a rare treat for readers, offering fascinating which of New York's 162 million locks does it open? So begins a quest that takes
insight into his journey from young writer to award-winning master. Oskar - inventor, letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York's five
... boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives and complete ...

Fifty Shades Darker Fifty Shades Freed

James E. L. James E. L.
Vintage Books Vintage Books
ISBN: 9780099579922 ISBN: 9780099579946
Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, the "Fifty Shades" trilogy will obsess you, Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, the "Fifty Shades" trilogy will obsess you,
possess you, and stay with you for ever ...Daunted by the dark secrets of the possess you and stay with you for ever. When Ana Steele first encountered the
tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Ana Steele has broken off their driven, damaged entrepreneur Christian Grey, it sparked a sensual affair that
relationship to start a new career with a US publishing house. But desire for Grey changed both their lives irrevocably. Ana always knew that loving her Fifty Shades
still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new ... would not be easy, and being together poses challenges neither of them had ...

Fifty Shades of Grey Fifty Shades Trilogy

James E. L. James E L
Vintage Books Vintage Books
ISBN: 9780099579939 ISBN: 9780345804044
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Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is a novel that will Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, the "Fifty Shades" trilogy will obsess you,
obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever. When literature student possess you and stay with you for ever. When Ana Steele first encountered the
Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him driven, damaged entrepreneur Christian Grey, it sparked a sensual affair that
very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, changed both their lives irrevocably. Ana always knew that loving her Fifty Shades
she tries to put him out of her mind - until he turns up at the store where she ... would not be easy, and being together poses challenges neither of them had ...

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Frail Gods Without Men

Turner Joan Frances Kunzru Hari
Penguin Penguin Export
ISBN: 9780718192969 ISBN: 9780241145562
For fans of contemporary urban fantasy with a twist, Joan Frances Turner brings It's 2008. The California desert. A four-year-old autistic boy, Raj Matharu,
us "Frail", the follow-up to "Dust", a poignant story about survival in zombie disappears in the wilderness, plunging his wealthy New York parents into the
infested post-apocalyptic America. Being human is a disadvantage in post- surreal public hell of a media witch-hunt.
apocalyptic America ...Since a devastating, morphing plague swept through
human and zombie populations, almost everyone who survived is an 'ex' these ...

Gordon Great North Road

Templeton Edith Hamilton Peter F.
Penguin MacMillan
ISBN: 9780241964644 ISBN: 9780230750142
The original "Fifty Shades of Grey", Edith Templeton's erotic novel "Gordon" has This is a new book from the bestselling Science-Fiction author Peter F. Hamilton.
been banned, pirated and published under various names for almost fifty years St Libra is a paradise for Earth's mega-rich. Until the killing begins. In Newcastle-
Post-war London. Louisa, a smartly dressed young woman in the midst of a upon-Tyne, AD 2142, Detective Sidney Hurst attends a brutal murder scene. The
divorce, meets a charismatic man in a pub, and within an hour has been sexually victim is one of the wealthy North family clones - but none have been reported
conquered by him on a garden bench. Thus begins her baffling but magnetic ... missing. And the crime's most disturbing aspect is how the victim was killed. ...

Happy Ever After Hour of the Wolf

Roberts Nora Nesser Hakan
Jove Books, New York Pan Books
ISBN: 9780515151022 ISBN: 9780330512596
Parker Brown turned the quartet's childhood game of Wedding Day into their In the dead of night, in the pouring rain, a drunk driver smashes his car into a
dream jobs. And now she's the face of Vows--the one who meets every bride's young man. He abandons the body at the side of the road, but the incident will set
demands; keeps every event on schedule; and brings Emma's romantic flowers, in motion a chain of events which will change his life forever. Soon Chief Inspector
Laurel's delicious treats, and Mac's stunning photography together in one glorious Van Veeteren, now retired from the Maardam police force, will face his greatest
package. trial yet as someone close to him is, inexplicably, murdered. Van Veeteren's ...

I Burn Paris Les Miserables

Jasienski B Hugo Victor
Twisted Spoon Press Penguin
ISBN: 9788086264370 ISBN: 9781846140495
I Burn Paris has remained one of Poland's most uncomfortable masterstrokes of Now a major musical film from Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper ("The King's
literature since its initial and controversial serialization by Henri Barbusse in 1928 in Speech"), starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway, and also
L'Humanité (for which Jasienski was deported for disseminating subversive featuring Amanda Seyfreid, Helena Bonham-Carter and Sacha Baron-Cohen,
literature). Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" is one of the great works of western literature.
Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean ...

Mary Barton Night Over Water

Carabine Keith Follett Ken
Wordsworth Pan Books
ISBN: 9781840226898 ISBN: 9781447220596
Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel depicts nothing less than the great clashes between On a bright September morning in 1939, two days after Britain has declared war,
capital and labour, which arose from rapid industrialisation and problems of trade a group of privileged but desperate people gather in Southampton to board the
in the mid-nineteenth century. But these clashes are dramatized through personal largest, most luxurious airliner ever built - the Pan American Clipper, bound for
struggles. John Barton has to reconcile his personal conscience with his socialist New York: an English aristocrat, fleeing with his family and a fortune in jewels; a
duty, risking his life and liberty in the process. His daughter Mary is caught ... German scientist, escaping from the Nazis; a murderer under FBI escort young ...

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Not Dead Yet On the Island

James Peter Graves Tracey Garvis
Pan Books Penguin
ISBN: 9781447208907 ISBN: 9781405910217
Deadly obsession is only the beginning...For LA producer Larry Brooker, this is the It would always be summer on the island...A love story with a twist, Tracey Garvis
movie that could bring the fortune that has so long eluded him...For rock Graves' "On The Island" is a US word-of-mouth success story to rival "Fifty
superstar, Gaia, desperate to be taken seriously as an actor, this is the role that Shades of Grey", with 1500 5; reader reviews online (and counting!) and sales
could get her an Oscar nomination...For the City of Brighton and Hove, the taking it top 10 in the "New York Times", Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com
publicity value of a major Hollywood movie being filmed on location, about the ... bestseller lists. Film rights have been optioned by MGM, with Temple Hill ...

Recorded Attacks Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion

Brooks Max Lustbader Eric Van
Duckworth Publishing Orion
ISBN: 9780715643051 ISBN: 9781409120551
Those who don't learn from zombie history are condemned to repeat it ...From the Bourne's enemies are gathering force. Severus Domna, a secret and ancient
Stone Age to the information age, the undead have threatened to engulf the cabal, has called forth its members from around the globe, with one objective: to
human race. They're coming, and they're hungry. This is the graphic novel the vanquish the last person capable of destroying their bid to de-stabilize the world
fans demanded: major zombie attacks from the dawn of humanity. On the African economy - Jason Bourne. But how can they possibly succeed where so many
savannas, against the legions of ancient Rome, on the high seas with Francis ... others have failed? By turning Bourne's most trusted friend into his greatest ...

Rules of Civility Rules of Civility

Towles Amor Towles A
Penguin Penguin
ISBN: 9780143121169 ISBN: 9780143121855
Towles delivers a sophisticated and entertaining debut novel about an irresistible Ein Gesellschaftsroman, der den Vergleich mit F. Scott Fitzgerald und Truman
young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. Elegant and captivating, Capote nicht scheuen muß. Eine Liebeserklärung an das pulsierende New York
"Rules of Civility" turns a Jamesian eye on how spur-of-the-moment decisions der dreißiger Jahre, die charmante Geschichte einer versäumten Liebe.
define life for decades to come.

Seducing Ingrid Bergman Switched

Greenhalgh Chris Hocking Amanda
Viking Pan Books
ISBN: 9780670922116 ISBN: 9781447205692
Paris. Spring, 1945. A ripple of excitement passes through the crowd of Wendy Everly knew she was different the day her mother tried to kill her and
photographers. Robert Capa jostles amongst them, waiting for a glimpse of the accused her of having been switched at birth. Although certain she's not the
anticipated star. He sees her; beautiful, graceful and composed as she enters the monster her mother claims she is -- she does feel that she doesn't quite fit
Ritz. It is a chance meeting between the two most unlikely of people. He - a in ...She's bored and frustrated by her small town life -- and then there's the
combat photographer, she - a famous Hollywood actress. So begins a ... secret that she can't tell anyone. Her mysterious ability -- she can influence ...

Ten Minutes to Fall in Love The Fatal Eggs

Llewellyn Julia Bulgakov Mikhail
ISBN: 9780141048178 ISBN: 9781846882685
Julia Llewellyn, Top Ten bestselling author of "The Model Wife" and "Amy's Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that
Honeymoon" looks at finding - and keeping - your soul mate in "Ten Minutes to accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a
Fall in Love". Zu Forbes has a complicated relationship with love. Her mother died plague that has decimated the country's poultry stocks, Persikov's discovery is
when she was a teenager, leaving her with a lonely father and emotional baggage. exploited as a means to correct the problem. As foreign agents, the state and the
So at the earliest opportunity she switched the baggage for luggage and took ... Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters get out of hand - 'The ...

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The Free World The Light Behind The Window

Bezmozgis David Riley Lucinda
Penguin Pan Books
ISBN: 9780241953754 ISBN: 9781447218425
"The Free World" is the rapturously reviewed comic-tragic first novel from David The present: Emilie de la Martinieres has always fought against her aristocratic
Bezmozgis, a "New Yorker" '20 under 40' writer and author of "Natasha and background, but after the death of her glamorous, distant mother, she finds
Other Stories", whose work has been shortlisted for the "Guardian" First Book herself alone in the world and sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the
Award and the Giller Prize. "Terrific...Combines comic brilliance with a poignant south of France. An old notebook of poems leads her in search of the mysterious
portrait of a family trapped between two worlds". ("Sunday Times"). In the ... and beautiful Sophia, whose tragic love affair changed the course of her family ...

The Line of Beauty (Picador 40th The Magician of Lublin
Anniversary Edition)
Hollinghurst Alan Singer Isaac Bashevis
Pan Books Penguin
ISBN: 9781447202523 ISBN: 9780141197609
A huge critical success on first publication in 2004, the novel went on to win that Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape -
year's Man Booker Prize. It was adapted for television and broadcast on BBC2 in is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills. Half Jewish, half Gentile, a free
2006. It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest, an innocent in the matters thinker who slips easily between worlds, Yasha has an observant wife, a loyal
of politics and money, has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the assistant who travels with him and a woman in every town. Now, though, his
Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their ... exploits are catching up with him, and he is tempted to make one final escape - ...

The Perfect Present The Pink Hotel

Swan Karen Stothard Anna
Pan Books Alma Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780330532730 ISBN: 9781846881756
Haunted by a past she can't escape, Laura Cunningham desires nothing more A seventeen-year-old London girl flies to Los Angeles for the funeral of her mother
than to keep her world small and precise - her quiet relationship and growing Lily, from whom she had been separated in her childhood. After stealing a
jewellery business are all she needs to get by. Until the December day when Rob suitcase of letters, clothes and photographs from her mum's bedroom at the top
Blake walks into her studio and commissions a necklace that will tell his enigmatic of a hotel on Venice Beach, the girl spends her summer travelling around Los
wife Cat's life in charms. As Laura interviews Cat's family, friends and former ... Angeles returning love letters and photographs to the men who had known her ...

The Pleasures of Men The Promise

Williams Kate Pearse Lesley
Penguin Penguin
ISBN: 9780241954546 ISBN: 9780241950371
Kate Williams' first novel, "The Pleasures of Men", is a gothic thriller with a splash Lesley Pearse, Number 1 bestselling author of "Stolen and Belle", returns with the
of brutal murder. Spitalfields, 1840. A murderer nicknamed The Man of Crows. A phenomenal novel "The Promise". Heartbreaking, enduring and masterfully told,
heroine with a mysterious past and a vivid imagination. Catherine Sorgeiul lives "The Promise" will take you on a breathtaking journey into the battlefields of the
with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End. When a murderer First World War. War threatens to take all she has loved and lived for...On the
strikes, ripping open the chests of young girls and stuffing hair into their mouths ... outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly ...

The Purple Cloud The Restaurant of Love Regained

Shiel M. P. Ogawa Ito
ISBN: 9780141196428 ISBN: 9781846881800
Dark, desolate and fantastical, "The Purple Cloud" was a pioneer in the genre of Returning home from work, Rinko is shocked to find that her flat is totally empty.
apocalyptic novels, and the first great science fiction work of the twentieth Gone are her TV set, fridge and furniture, gone are all her kitchen tools, including
century. It inspired authors such as H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. "The Purple the old Meiji mortar she has inherited from her grandmother and the Le Creuset
Cloud" tells the grandly bleak story of Adam Jeffson: the first man to reach the casserole she has bought with her first salary. Gone, above all, is her Indian
North Pole and the last man left alive on earth. A sweet-smelling, deadly cloud ... boyfriend, the maitre d' of the restaurant next door to the one she works in. ...

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