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| "Before I Fall Paperback" |
| "A bestselling summer read as heartbreaking as The Lovely Bones and as gripping as Jenny Downham&39;s Before I Die Now a major Netflix movie starring Zoey Deutch Halston Sage Logan Miller Kian Lawley &39;Gossip Girl meets Groundhog Day&39; Grazia &39;Tender funny and raw&39; Marie Claire &39;A clever funny insightful and utterly addictive novel&39; Daily Mail &39;Compelling and poignant a truly memorable read&39; Closer They say &39;live every day as if it&39;s your last&39; - but you never actually think it&39;s going to be At least I didn&39;t The thing is you don&39;t get to know when it happens You don&39;t remember to tell your family that you love them or - in my case - remember to say goodbye to them at all But what if like me you could live your last day over and over again? Could you make it perfect? If your whole life flashed before your eyes would you have no regrets? Or are there some things you&39;d want to change? &39;This book will take your breath away&39; She &39;A beautifully written and outrageously weepy tale&39; Daily Mirror"
Price: 6.49 |
| "How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond by Cesar Millan (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into their lives - as well as those who have already brought a dog home Based on Cesar's own detailed experiences raising individual puppies from some of the most popular breeds How to Raise the Perfect Dog is like having Cesar right beside youHOW TO RAISE THE PERFECT DOG INCLUDES- What to expect from each stage of your puppy's development- Quick and easy housebreaking- The essentials of proper nutrition- The importance of vaccinating - and of not over-vaccinating- Creating perfect obedience from day one through rules boundaries and calm-assertive leadership- How to avoid the most common mistakes owners' make raising puppies and young dogs- How to correct any issue before it becomes a problem"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Tipping The Velvet" |
| "Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight and in the centre of this was a girl the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen A saucy sensuous and multi-layered historical romance Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of Nan King - oyster girl turned music-hall star turned rent boy turned East End 'tom' It launched the career of one of Britain's most exciting and successful writers One of the best storytellers alive today' - Independent Sarah Waters has written five subsequent bestselling novels all of which have been filmed or are currently in production and she has received critical and popular acclaim and prize shortlists She was awarded the Stonewall Writer of the Decade in 2016Tipping the Velvet was adapted by Andrew Davies and filmed by Sally Head Productions for the BBC"
Price: 11.49 |
| "What Katy Did" |
| "'One of my all-time favourite books It's a very lively funny story' Jacqueline WilsonKaty has grand plans to be beautiful graceful and ladylike one day! But for now she has hair that is always tangled bootlaces undone a torn dress and she doesn't care about being 'good' With a wild imagination and high spirits she is always up to mischief but there never has been a heroine as lovable as Katy Then a terrible accident happens and it takes all her courage - and hard-learned patience - to keep her dreams alive'Katy speaks with a charm and directness that remains as fresh as when it was written' Amanda Craig'This was one of my favourite books as a child The children felt real enough to touch and I fell head over heels in love with Katy It's a book with an unstoppable heart' Katherine RundellThis collection of the best in children's literature curated by Virago will be coveted by children and adults alike These are timeless tales with beautiful covers that will be treasured and shared across the generations Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you but there are stories for everyone to love whatever your age Our list includes Nina Bawden (Carrie's War The Peppermint Pig) Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse An Episode of Sparrows) Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden The Gift Giving) E Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy The Bastable Trilogy The Railway Children) Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Little PrincessThe Secret Garden) and Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy) Discover Virago Children's Classics"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "Andy Dag and Claire have been handed a society beyond their means Twentysomethings brought up with divorce Watergate and Three Mile Island and scarred by the 80s fallout of yuppies recession crack and Ronald Reagan they represent the new generation- Generation X Fiercely suspicious of being lumped together as an advertiser's target market they have quit dreary careers and cut themselves adrift in the California desert Unsure of their futures they immerse themselves in a regime of heavy drinking and working in no future McJobs in the service industryUnderemployed overeducated and intensely private and unpredicatable they have nowhere to direct their anger no one to assuage their fears and no culture to replace their anomie So they tell stories disturbingly funny tales that reveal their barricaded inner world A world populated with dead TV shows 'Elvis moments' and semi-disposible Swedish furniture"
Price: 6.49 |
| "A Tall Man in a Low Land : Some Time Among the Belgians" |
| "Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot exotic dangerous or all three Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp safe and of legendary banality Belgium But can any nation whose most famous monument is a statue of a small boy urinating really be that dull? Pearson lived there for several months burying himself in the local culture He drank many of the 800 different beers the Belgians produce; ate local delicacies such as kip kap (jellied pig cheeks) and a mighty tonnage of chicory and chips In one restaurant the house speciality was 'Hare in the style of grandmother' 'I didn't order it I quite like hare but had no wish to see one wearing zip-up boots and a blue beret' A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND commemorates strange events such as The Festival of Shrimps at Oostduinkerke and laments the passing of the Underpant Museum in Brussels No reader will go away from A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND without being able to name at least ten famous Belgians Mixing evocative description and low-grade buffoonery Harry Pearson paints a portrait of Belgium that is more rounded than a Smurf after a night on the mussels"
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| "The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr" |
| "2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Dr King&39;s deathCompiled from his own words this history-making autobiography IS Martin Luther King the mild-mannered inquisitive child and student who rebelled against segregation; the dedicated young minister who constantly questioned the depths of his faith and the limits of his wisdom; the loving husband and father who sought to balance his family&39;s needs with those of a growing nationwide movement; and the reflective world-famous leader who was fired by a vision of equality for people everywhere Relevant and insightful this Autobiography offers King&39;s seldom discussed views on some of the world&39;s greatest and most controversial figures including John F Kennedy Malcolm X Mahatma Gandhi and Richard Nixon This book brings to life a remarkable man whose thoughts and actions speak to our most burning contemporary issues and still inspire our desires hopes and dreams"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Polly and the Puffin: The Stormy Day : Book 2" |
| "Polly and Neil are back in the second gorgeous children's book from Sunday Times bestselling novelist Jenny Colgan Perfect for reading aloud and including fun activities based on the storyThe boat masts jangled louder and louder Above their heads black clouds gathered Polly shivered and then the rain started to fall plop plop plopPolly is waiting for something important to happen But waiting is hard It's even harder when it's raining and you can't go outsideCan Polly find enough to do to keep busy ALL day? And what will happen when her puffin friend Neil decides to fly off into the storm?Perfect for bedtime stories and early readers From the author of The Little Beach Street BakeryContains recipes activities and rhymes in addition to the story"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Hangover Square" |
| "The seventy-fifth anniversary edition with a new introduction by Anthony QuinnLondon 1939 and in the grimy publands of Earls Court George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation Netta is cool contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George George is adrift in a drunken hell except in his 'dead' moments when something goes click in his head and he realises without a doubt that he must kill her In the darkly comic Hangover Square Patrick Hamilton brilliantly evokes a seedy fog-bound world of saloon bars lodging houses and boozing philosophers immortalising the slang and conversational tone of a whole generation and capturing the premonitions of doom that pervaded London life in the months before the war"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Girl in the Fog : The Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month" |
| "THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH'A coldly brilliant expose of the depths of human nature' SUNDAY TIMESSixty-two days after the disappearance A man is arrested in the small town of Avechot His shirt is covered in blood Could this have anything to do with a missing girl called Anna Lou?What really happened to the girl? Detective Vogel will do anything to solve the mystery surrounding Anna Lou's disappearance When a media storm hits the quiet town Vogel is sure that the suspect will be flushed out Yet the clues are confusing perhaps false and following them may be a far cry from discovering the truth at the heart of a dark town FOR FANS OF DONNA LEON AND MICHELE GIUTTARI GET READY FOR THE CRIME THRILLER OF THE YEAR 'A gripping read I defy anyone to guess the denouement' - GUARDIAN on The Whisperer'Gruesome and gripping a taut psychological thriller' - THE TIMES on The Whisperer"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Blood Vow" |
| "A tough vampire warrior in training and a quick-witted aristocrat develop an irresistible attraction and work together to uncover a mystery The second in a new spin-off paranormal romance series set in the world of the 1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger BrotherhoodTrainees at the Black Dagger Brotherhood' training centre continue to prepare for the fight against the Lessening Society but fighting is the last thing on Axe's mind Still plagued with the guilt of his father's death the brooding loner finds himself battling an unlikely attraction to Peyton's bright aristocratic cousin EliseElise feels it too - and when the two are thrown together in unusual circumstances Elise must decide whether she can trust Axe to help her uncover the mystery surrounding her sister's death Meanwhile Mary and Rhage are in the process of adopting Bitty a young pretrans orphan until the appearance of a young male claiming to be Bitty's blooded uncle threatens to tear the new family apart"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Black Tide" |
| "Though Winter Halo - the pharmaceutical company behind the evil experimentation on both children and adults - has been destroyed the danger is far from over Not only do seven children remain unaccounted for but some of the vampires are now able to walk in lightThe key to stopping the unthinkable lies in finding Ciara Dream the last member of the trio behind the plot to give full light immunity to both the vampires and the Others But Ciara like Tiger herself is a shapeshifter able to take on any human form she desiresTo find her Tiger will need to use every skill in her formidable arsenal and even that might not be enough to save the city and the people she has started to care aboutBecause the vampires are coming and this time the lights won't stop them"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Penhaligon's Pride : a stirring, heartwarming Cornish saga" |
| "The stirring second installment in Terri Nixon's Penhaligon Saga series1910 Anna Garvey and her daughter are still running the Tin Streamer's Arms in Caernoweth Cornwall and it finally seems like she has left her tumultuous history behind in Ireland Meanwhile Freya Penhaligon has blossomed and is now the object of increasing affection of Hugh the elder son of the wealthy Batten familyAfter the dramatic events of the previous months it feels like everything is finally getting back to normal But when Anna inadvertently reveals something she shouldn't she finds herself at the centre of a blackmail plot and it seems like the past she longed to escape is coming back to haunt her To make matters worse the tiny fishing hamlet is battered by a terrible storm and shifting relationships find themselves under more scrutiny than ever beforeWith the Penhaligon family at breaking point it will take enormous strength and courage to bring them back together - but is it already too late?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Fires Of Heaven : Book 5 of the Wheel of Time" |
| "'Epic in every sense' - Sunday TimesThe bonds and wards that hold the Great Lord of the Dark are slowly failing but still his fragile prison holds The Forsaken immortal servants of the shadow weave their snares and tighten their grip upon the realms of men sure in the knowledge that their master will soon break free Rand al'Thor the Dragon Reborn knows that he must strike at the Enemy but his forces are divided by treachery and by ambition Even the Aes Sedai ancient guardians of the Light are riven by civil war Betrayed by his allies pursued by his enemies and beset by the madness that comes to the male wielders of the One Power Rand rides out to meet the foeAnd the Fires of Heaven scour the world'With the Wheel of Time Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal' New York Times'A fantasy phenomenon' SFXThe Wheel of TimeThe Eye of the WorldThe Great HuntThe Dragon RebornThe Shadow RisingThe Fires of HeavenLord of ChaosA Crown of SwordsThe Path of DaggersWinter's HeartCrossroads of TwilightKnife of DreamsThe Gathering StormTowers of MidnightA Memory of LightNew Spring (prequel)"
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| "The Gathering Storm : Book 12 of the Wheel of Time" |
| "'Epic in every sense' - Sunday TimesTarmon Gai'don the Last Battle looms And mankind is not readyRand al'Thor struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle as his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himselfEgwene al'Vere is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader She works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai as the days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower - and possibly the world itself'With the Wheel of Time Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal' New York Times'A fantasy phenomenon' SFXThe Wheel of TimeThe Eye of the WorldThe Great HuntThe Dragon RebornThe Shadow RisingThe Fires of HeavenLord of ChaosA Crown of SwordsThe Path of DaggersWinter's HeartCrossroads of TwilightKnife of DreamsThe Gathering StormTowers of MidnightA Memory of LightNew Spring (prequel)"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Blood Mirror : Book Four of the Lightbringer series" |
| "The Blood Mirror is the action-packed fourth novel in the Lightbringer series by international bestseller Brent Weeks The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four - and those are falling before the White King's armiesGavin Guille ex-emperor ex-Prism ex-galley slave formerly the one man who might have averted war is now lost broken and trapped in a prison crafted by his own magical genius But Gavin has no magic at all Worse in this prison he may not be aloneWho will fight to prevent a tainted empire from becoming something even worse?"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Into the Drowning Deep" |
| "'VISCERAL IRRESISTIBLE a claustrophobic deep-sea terror tale that will leave readers glad to be safely on dry land' Kirkus NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MIRA GRANT RETURNS WITH A RAZOR-SHARP TALE OF THE HORRORS THAT LIE BENEATH Seven years ago the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a mockumentary bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend It was lost at sea with all hands Some have called it a tragedy; others have called it a hoaxNow a new crew has been assembled to investigate And they'll discover that whatever is down there is definitely no joke Praise for Mira Grant'ASTONISHING' New York Times 'GRIPPING THRILLING AND BRUTAL A MASTERPIECE OF SUSPENSE' Publishers Weekly'INTELLIGENT AND EXCITING' Telegraph'MYSTERY DANGER AND EXCITEMENT ABOUND' RT Book Reviews"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Kings of the Wyld : The Band, Book One" |
| "The winner of Fantasy Faction's Best Fantasy Book of 2017 Award'An outstanding debut which will make you laugh and cry and hold your breath This is a book that has it all' - K J ParkerClay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best - the meanest dirtiest most feared and admired crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld But their glory days are long past; the mercs have grown apart and grown old fat drunk - or a combination of the three Then a former bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help his daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy horde one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood Rescuing Rose is the kind of impossible mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld'A fantastic read a rollicking page-turning edge-of-your-seat road-trip of a book' - John Gwynne'In short it rocks I finished this book in one night If I could I'd see the tour and buy the t-shirt' - B&N Sci-fi and Fantasy Blog"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman (Hardback, 2008)" |
| "When Lyra is studying at Oxford University she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting many years ago along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together When a young Texan balloonist Lee Scoresby comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl Lee and his daemon Hester find themselves the target of political factions trying to take over the running (and oil) of the town And also resident in the town are huge arctic bears ignored and patronised by the people and treated like second-class citizens When Lee and Iorek first meet they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their lives as the tensions and pressure in town lead to a deadly conclusion Another wonderful tale from a master story-teller giving us more extraordinary insight into the world of His Dark Materials Includes a thrilling board game!"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Inner World of Trauma: Archetypal Defences of the Personal Spirit by Donald Kalsched (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "Donald Kalsched explores the interior world of dream and fantasy images encountered in therapy with people who have suffered unbearable life experiences He shows how in an ironical twist of psychical life the very images which are generated to defend the self can become malevolent and destructive resulting in further trauma for the person Why and how this happens are the questions the book sets out to answer Drawing on detailed clinical material the author gives special attention to the problems of addiction and psychosomatic disorder as well as the broad topic of dissociation and its treatment By focusing on the archaic and primitive defenses of the self he connects Jungian theory and practice with contemporary object relations theory and dissociation theory At the same time he shows how a Jungian understanding of the universal images of myth and folklore can illuminate treatment of the traumatised patient Trauma is about the rupture of those developmental transitions that make life worth living Donald Kalsched sees this as a spiritual problem as well as a psychological one and in The Inner World of Trauma he provides a compelling insight into how an inner self-care system tries to save the personal spirit"
Price: 30.49 |
| "Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology by Jean-Paul Sartre (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Being and Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant books of the twentieth century The central work by one of the world's most influential thinkers it altered the course of western philosophy Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's relationship with the world Known as 'the Bible of existentialism' its impact on culture and literature was immediate and was felt worldwide from the absurd drama of Samuel Beckett to the soul-searching cries of the Beat poets Being and Nothingness is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mind-set of subsequent generations Sixty years after its first publication its message remains as potent as ever - challenging the reader to confront the fundamental dilemmas of human freedom responsibility and action"
Price: 18.99 |
| "There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation by Paul Gilroy (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "This classic book is a powerful indictment of contemporary attitudes to race By accusing British intellectuals and politicians on both sides of the political divide of refusing to take race seriously Paul Gilroy caused immediate uproar when this book was first published in 1987 A brilliant and explosive exploration of racial discourses There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack provided a powerful new direction for race relations in Britain Still dynamite today and as relevant as ever this Routledge Classics edition includes a new introduction by the author"
Price: 14.49 |
| "Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences by Melisa C. Galvan, Jose L. Galvan..." |
| "This useful guide educates students in the preparation of literature reviews for term projects theses and dissertations The authors provide numerous examples from published reviews that illustrate the guidelines discussed throughout the book New to the seventh edition Each chapter breaks down the larger holistic review of literature exercise into a series of smaller manageable stepsPractical instructions for navigating today's digital librariesComprehensive discussions about digital tools including bibliographic and plagiarism detection softwareChapter activities that reflect the book's updated contentNew model literature reviews Online resources designed to help instructors plan and teach their courses (wwwroutledgecom9780415315746)"
Price: 43.99 |
| "The Art of Biblical Narrative" |
| "Since it was first published nearly three decades ago The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter presents the Hebrew Bible as a cohesive literary work one whose many authors used innovative devices such as parallelism contrastive dialogue and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of human history the revelation of a single god"
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| "Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "A Business Week New York Times Business and USA Today Bestseller Ambitious and readable an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism -The New York Times An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book -The Wall Street Journal A lively panoramic book Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it -Business Week Deserves to be and surely will be widely read -The Economist A challenging book one that may change forever the way people think about the world -Worth No one else could have written a book of such central importance with so much charm and excitement -Robert Heilbroner author The Worldly Philosophers With his wonderful knowledge of the history and current manifestations of risk Peter Bernstein brings us Against the Gods Nothing like it will come out of the financial world this year or ever I speak carefully no one should miss it -John Kenneth Galbraith Professor of Economics Emeritus Harvard University In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today An extremely readable history of risk -Barron's Fascinating this challenging volume will help you understand the uncertainties that every investor must face -Money A singular achievement -Times Literary Supplement There's a growing market for savants who can render the recondite intelligibly-witness Stephen Jay Gould (natural history) Oliver Sacks (disease) Richard Dawkins (heredity) James Gleick (physics) Paul Krugman (economics)-and Bernstein would mingle well in their company -The Australian"
Price: 11.49 |
| "George Condo: Painting Reconfigured" |
| "With his arresting unsettling style George Condo emerged out of the dynamism of the New York art scene in the early 1980s and he has been restlessly painting drawing and sculpting - bringing forms into the world in one way or another - ever since Reliably inconsistent Condo's references and inspirations in both style and content ricochet deliriously around the canon of western art history Somewhere between his fake Tiepolos reconfigured Manets impossibly intricate paintings that seem to be abstract until you get up close his perpetually screaming cubist hags and the orgiastic misdemeanours of Rodrigo Condo has invented mastered and expanded not just one painterly language but the whole lexicon Working closely with the artist writer and art historian Simon Baker has combined biographical chronological and thematic approaches to survey George Condo's work and career to date It includes an introductory essay on Condo's contradictory nature and a chapter exploring his early career are followed by three thematic chapters that look at the years from 1984 to the present tracing Condo's different systematic approaches to the language of painting exploring his relationship to the concept of abstraction and probing the darker side of his psychological iconography"
Price: 32.49 |
| "Performance Art : From Futurism to the Present" |
| "First published in 1979 the latest edition of this pioneering study in the World of Art series surveys a full century of performance from the Futurist manifesto of 1909 to the second decade of the new millennium Art historian and gallery curator Rose Lee Goldberg explains how a medium once used only in sporadic outbreaks of artistic dissent has become over the course of a century a vital and integral part of the contemporary mainstream and a global phenomenon"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Sculpture Now" |
| "This new book in the World of Art series surveys the dynamic developments in sculptural practice worldwide since the mid-1990s outlining major trends and identifying important and vibrant artists who are forging new paths and setting the contemporary agenda It explores such key topics as the use of the body in sculpture the appropriation of everyday ephemera the use of light and sound as technological elements nature and ecology as dominant and pressing issues the inter-relationship of sculpture with design and other evolving fields of contemporary art and the huge impact of installation Established artists such as Damien Hirst Jeff Koons Mariko Mori Ai Weiwei and Rachel Whiteread are featured alongside an international cross-section of promising new talent including Polly Morgan Patricia Piccinini Sopheap Pich and Anselm Reyle With over 200 photographs displaying a huge range of sculptural works both in the gallery and on-site Sculpture Now offers an authoritative and highly readable look at one of the most exciting arenas of contemporary artistic practice"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Cats Galore : A Compendium of Cultured Cats" |
| "Susan Herbert's delightful feline re-imaginings of famous scenes from art theatre opera ballet and film have won her a devoted following This unprecedented new compilation of her best paintings provides an irresistible introduction to her feline world An array of cat characters take the starring roles in a variety of instantly recognizable settings The masterpieces of Western art retain their distinctive styles while being cleverly filled with furry faces and pussycat tails Cats then take to the stage in Shakespearean dramas and lavishly staged opera productions The final stop is Hollywood where cats are cast in everything from big-budget epics to cult classics emulating the timeless glamour of the golden age of cinema From Botticelli's Birth of Venus through Puccini's Tosca to James Dean and Lawrence of Arabia Susan Herbert's brilliantly observed feline dramatis personae are a joy to discover"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" |
| "The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt worshipped for over half of recorded history are among the most fascinating and complex of any civilization Here is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society It examines the evolution worship and eventual decline of the numerous gods and goddesses - from minor household figures such as Bes and Taweret to the all-powerful deities Amun and Re - that made Egypt the most completely theocratic society of the ancient world and made Egyptians according to Herodotus 'more religious than any other people'"
Price: 13.49 |
