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| "Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore" |
| ""The most counterintuitive book of the summer thus far Newman&39;s surprisingly convincing thesis is that the sartorial choices authors make are deeply connected to the narrative choices they make - or as Beckett put it the fabric of language&39; they use" -Vanessa Friedman The New York TimesDiscover the signature sartorial and literary style of fifty men and women of letters including Maya Angelou; Truman Capote; Colette; Bret Easton Ellis; Allen Ginsberg; Patti Smith; Karl Ove Knausgaard; and David Foster Wallace; in this unique compendium of profiles-packed with eighty black-and-white photographs excerpts quotes and fast facts-that illuminates their impact on modern fashionWhether it&39;s Zadie Smith&39;s exotic turban James Joyce&39;s wire-framed glasses or Samuel Beckett&39;s Wallabees a writer&39;s attire often reflects the creative and spiritual essence of his or her work As a non-linear sensibility has come to dominate modern style curious trendsetters have increasingly found a stimulating muse in writers-many like Joan Didion whose personal aesthetic is distinctly "out of fashion" For decades Didion has used her work both her journalism and experimental fiction as a mirror to reflect her innermost emotions and ideas-an originality that has inspired Millennials resonated with a new generation of fashion designers and cultural tastemakers and made Didion in her eighties the face of Celine in 2015 Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore examines fifty revered writers-among them Samuel Beckett; Quentin Crisp; Simone de Beauvoir; TS Eliot; F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald; Malcolm Gladwell; Donna Tartt; John Updike; Oscar Wilde; and Tom Wolfe-whose work and way of dress bears an idiosyncratic stamp influencing culture today Terry Newman combines illuminating anecdotes about authors and their work archival photography first-person quotations from each writer and current designers little-known facts and clothing-oriented excerpts that exemplify their original writing style Each entry spotlights an author and a signature wardrobe moment that expresses his or her persona and reveals how it influences the fashion world today Newman explores how the particular item of clothing or style has contributed to fashion&39;s lingua franca-delving deeper to appraise its historical trajectory and distinctive effect Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore is an invaluable and engaging look at the writers we love-and why we love what they wear-that is sure to captivate lovers of great literature and sophisticated fashion"
Price: 14.49 |
| "A House Without Windows : A Novel" |
| "A vivid unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood-an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture-from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is LowFor two decades Zeba was a loving wife a patient mother and a peaceful villager But her quiet life is shattered when her husband Kamal is found brutally murdered with a hatchet in the courtyard of their home Nearly catatonic with shock Zeba is unable to account for her whereabouts at the time of his death Her children swear their mother could not have committed such a heinous act Kamal's family is sure she did and demands justiceBarely escaping a vengeful mob Zeba is arrested and jailed As Zeba awaits trial she meets a group of women whose own misfortunes have also led them to these bleak cells thirty-year-old Nafisa imprisoned to protect her from an honor killing; twenty-five-year-old Latifa who ran away from home with her teenage sister but now stays in the prison because it is safe shelter; and nineteen-year-old Mezhgan pregnant and unmarried waiting for her lover's family to ask for her hand in marriage Is Zeba a cold-blooded killer these young women wonder or has she been imprisoned as they have been for breaking some social rule? For these women the prison is both a haven and a punishment Removed from the harsh and unforgiving world outside they form a lively and indelible sisterhoodInto this closed world comes Yusuf Zeba's Afghan-born American-raised lawyer whose commitment to human rights and desire to help his motherland have brought him back With the fate of this seemingly ordinary housewife in his hands Yusuf discovers that like Afghanistan itself his client may not be at all what he imaginesA moving look at the lives of modern Afghan women A House Without Windows is astonishing frightening and triumphant"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Supply Chain Logistics Management by M. Bixby Cooper, David J. Closs, Donald J. Bowersox (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The Fourth Edition of Supply Chain Logistics Management presents Logistics in the context of integration within a firm's Supply Chain Strategy and Operations The framework of Supply Chain Management is initially presented thereby creating a foundation for in-depth study of the five logistics operational components in Part Two Challenges and strategies related to design and operational integration of logistics within a global supply chain are discussed in Part three Part Four focuses on administrative challenges related to cross organizational collaboration performance measurement and concludes with the challenges of managing risk and achieving sustainability An essential feature of the overall presentation is the integration of topical materials and examples into the Supply Chain Logistics value creation process Text materials are supported by study and challenge questions as well as contemporary cases The overall presentation integrates the discussion of information technology throughout the text Illustrations and examples highlight how firm's deal with operational challenges and use logistics performance to gain competitive advantage"
Price: 54.99 |
| "Easy Italian Reader, Premium : A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students" |
| "Enhance your Italian reading skills with this primer for premium results!Easy Italian Reader is based on the premise that the best way to learn a language is to start reading it immediately Suitable for raw beginners to intermediate-level language learners this bestselling title features engaging readings of progressive difficulty that allow you to rapidly build comprehension Part I provides the story of Christine an American girl whose family moves to Italy; Part II describes episodes from the colorful history of Italy; and Part III contains three stories from contemporary Italian literatureNew to this second edition is accompanying material in the McGraw-Hill Education Language Lab appRecordings of 35 passages from the book (all of Part I; Volevo i pantaloni and Vita in Part III)Additional pre-reading flashcards grouped into Nomi Aggettivi and VerbiAdditional post-reading exercises from the author for every passageNote audio recordings (totaling 80 minutes) require Internet access"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Principles and Practice of Marketing" |
| "The fully updated eighth edition of 'Principles and Practice of Marketing' continues to provide a contemporary and modern introduction to marketing With a renewed focus that covers the importance of customer value alongside the 4P's this authoritative text provides students with a core understanding of the wider content and latest approaches taking place within marketing A range of exciting new resources and international examples bring marketing to life Key New Features Include a brand new chapter on 'Relationship Marketing' Brand new 'Marketing in Action' and 'Mini Cases'; newly updated structure to focus on the importance of Customer Value; fully revised and updated pedagogy including refocused recommended readings at the end of each chapter allowing you to expand your knowledge; and new Ad insight boxes including active QR codes to keep you up-to-date with the latest Marketing campaigns and examples"
Price: 51.49 |
| "Blessed - The Autobiography by George Best (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "George Best needs little introduction A legend in his own lifetime he is undoubtedly the greatest footballer the UK has ever produced Blessed with an extraordinary gift he brought a beauty and grace to the game never before seen But Best was unable to cope with the success and fame his football genius brought His fabled story is littered with tales of women and sex and of course alcohol Much has been written about Best but very little substantiated by the man himself That is until George Best opened his heart and engaged us in one of the most exhilarating life stories for years Blessed In his own words George recounts the halcyon days at Manchester United the big games and European Cup win of '68 And then there's the heartbreaking truth about the death of his mother and his struggles with alcohol that forced him to face up to a life without drink Blessed reveals the man behind the up-for-a-laugh boozy womanizing stereotype that had dogged George Best for so long Open and honest about his mistakes George is also incredibly candid about his triumphs his regrets and only three years before his death what he had hoped for the future 'Don't coach him he's a genius' Sir Matt Busby'Unquestionably the greatest' Sir Alex Ferguson"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Manhood: Revised & Updated 2015 Edition by Steve Biddulph (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "'Most men are not fully alive' is the dramatic opening to Steve Biddulph's bestseller Manhood which has now been fully revised and updated in this 2015 edition Exploring two critical social issues how to establish a healthy masculinity and how men can release themselves from suffocating and outdated social moulds Biddulph addresses the problems and possibilities confronting men in their daily lives Women have found the book to be a profoundly moving and revealing read while men acquire recognition and a sense of hope that life can be different Topics include- Your relationship with your father - Getting sex right- Being a true dad - Real male friends - Finding a job with heartThis edition has been revised and updated to meet the needs of younger men who are struggling with these issues in the twenty-first century"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Light In The Window by June Goulding (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "'I promised that I would one day write a book and tell the world about the home for unmarried mothers I have at last kept my promise'In Ireland 1951 the young June Goulding took up a position as midwife in a home for unmarried mothers run by the Sacred Heart nuns What she witnessed there was to haunt her for the next fifty years It was a place of secrets lies and cruelty A place where women picked grass by hand and tarred roads whilst heavily pregnant Where they were denied any contact with the outside world; denied basic medical treatment and abused for their 'sins'; where after the birth they were forced into hard labour in the convent for three years But worst of all was that the young women were expected to raise their babies during these three years so that they could then be sold - given up for adoption in exchange for a donation to the nuns Shocked by the nuns' inhumane treatment of the frightened young women June risked her job to bring some light into their dark lives June's memoir tells the story of twelve women's experiences in this home and of the hardships they endured but also the kindness she offered them and the hope she was able to bring"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Complete Sleep Guide For Contented Babies & Toddlers by Gina Ford (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Sleep or rather the lack of it is the issue of paramount concern to the overwhelming majority of new parents Getting enough sleep is vital for the health of a growing baby or toddler and the sanity of mums and dads Yet striking the right balance between their differing needs can be hard to achieve Once sleep problems set in they can fast demoralise and exhaust parents undermining confidence in their ability to cope Gina Ford has come to the rescue with her answer the key to a good night's sleep for the whole family lies in teaching parents to understand the changing sleep needs of their growing baby This book informs and reassures parents dispelling many common myths and anxieties and offering practical solutions that work By creating a structure of regular feeding sleeping and playing times Gina explains how parents can help their baby to find a rhythm that will be comfortable for all concerned Whether parents want to establish good sleeping habits from the start or find they need to cure sleep problems and get their child back on track Gina has the answers"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "From the time he was three or four years old John Elder Robison realised that he was different from other people He was unable to make eye contact or connect with other children and by the time he was a teenager his odd habits - an inclination to blurt out non-sequiturs obsessively dismantle radios or dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them) - had earned him the label 'social deviant' It didn't help that his mother conversed with light fixtures and his father spent evenings pickling himself in sherry Look Me in the Eye is his story of growing up with Asperger's syndrome - a form of autism - at a time when the diagnosis simply didn't exist Along the way it also tells the story of two brothers born eight years apart yet devoted to each other the author and his younger brother Chris who would grow up to become bestselling author Augusten Burroughs This book is a rare fusion of inspiration dark comedy and insight into the workings of the human mind For someone who has struggled all his life to connect with other people Robison proves to be an extraordinary storyteller"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Our Garden Birds by Matt Sewell (Hardback, 2012)" |
| "In this beautiful collectible new volume street artist Matt Sewell offers his own unique take on 52 of our favourite British garden birds Since its first appearance in July 2009 Matt's 'Bird of the Week' feature for the Caught by the River website has quickly become a cult hit His pop-art watercolours are distinctive and enchanting as are his innovative descriptions which see great tits 'bossing the other birds around' the 'playful yet shy buoyancy' of bullfinches and the 'improbable' nature of the waxwing ('like a computer-generated samurai finch') With 52 birds one for each week of the year this delightful gift book will appeal to bird watching enthusiasts children and adults and art and illustration fans alike"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Keep Calm at Christmas by Ebury Publishing (Hardback, 2011)" |
| "Everyone knows 'tis the season to be jolly; when you can roast chestnuts on an open fire treetops glisten and sleigh bells ring alongside the sound of small children's laughter However if you don't think Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year then reach for Keep Calm at Christmas and let its soothing advice reassure you that Christmas comes but once a year Keep Calm at Christmas follows Keep Calm for Ladies and Keep Calm for Chaps and offers many merry pearls of wisdom to help you get through the festive season; on everything from relatives to office parties and gluttony to new year resolutions An insighftul pocket gift for Christmas 'What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day' Phyllis Diller'About all you can do is dream of a white Christmas for it seems like it always leaves most of us in the red' Anon'Once again we come to the Holiday Season a deeply religious time that each of us observes in his own way by going to the mall of his choice' Anon 'Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit' Kin Hubbard'New Year's Day now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual' Mark Twain"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Shoes for Anthony" |
| "From the author of bestselling The Tent The Bucket and Me now a BBC1 comedy series THE KENNEDYS As the youngest in a family of six all eleven-year-old Anthony wants is a pair of shoes to call his own Instead he's condemned to wear a pair of hand-me-down wellies that may or may not be haunted When war comes to his small impoverished mining village life starts to get more exciting there are American soldiers his sister has joined the WAAF - Mrs Reece even has a banana! But it is only when a foreign plane crashes into the Welsh hillside that Anthony and his gang discover what war is really about"
Price: 10.49 |
| "Conclave by Robert Harris (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Unputdownable’ Guardian ‘Gripping’ Sunday Times The Pope is dead Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election They are holy men But they have ambition And they have rivals Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Owls: Our Most Enchanting Bird by Matt Sewell (Hardback, 2014)" |
| "In this beautiful follow-up to Our Garden Birds Our Songbirds and Our Woodland Birds street artist Matt Sewell captures the world's most evocative bird the owl In his much-loved pop-art watercolours and accompanied with his whimsical descriptions Matt Sewell expresses the individual characters of owls as never before From tiny Elf Owls to huge Eagle Owls from the mysterious creatures of the night to an impossibly fluffy baby owl they are undoubtedly one of the world's most intriguing feathered friends These wise magical birds are otherworldly in their striking colours and stature and it's not just birdwatchers who are obsessed With 50 hand-selected hand-painted owls this is a delightful gift which appeals to owl lovers bird-watching enthusiasts children adults and art and design fans alike"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Harry By The Sea by Gene Zion (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "Harry and the family have gone to the beach but it's too sunny and he's one hot dog! There's nowhere else for him to get some shade than under a pile of seaweed! The only problem is that now everyone thinks he's a sea monster and he can't find his family This is the third classic story from the Harry series and is as fresh and funny as when it was first written"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "With Sancho Panza a deposed Communist mayor his faithful Rocinate an antiquated motorcar Monsignor Quixote roams through modern-day Spain in a brilliant picaresque fable Like Cervantes' classic Monsignor Quixote offers enduring insights into our life and times"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Death In The Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "In "Death in the Afternoon" Hemingway shares the sights the sounds the excitement and above all the knowledge which fuelled his passion for Spain and the bullfight This remarkable book contains some of his finest writing inspired by the intense life as well as the inevitable death of those hot violent afternoons"
Price: 7.49 |
| Glue |
| "Glue is the story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes and about the loyalties the experiences and the secrets that hold them together into their thirties As we follow their lives from the 70's into the new century - from punk to techno from speed to Es - we can see each of them trying to struggle out from under the weight of the conditioning of class and culture peer pressure and their parents' hopes that maybe their sons will do better than they did What binds the four of them is the friendship formed by the scheme their school and their ambition to escape from both; their loyalty fused in street morality back up your mates don't hit women and most importantly never grass - on anyone"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The King Arthur Trilogy by Rosemary Sutcliff (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "The legends of King Arthur and his knights have passed down through the generations since medieval times In this spellbinding trilogy Rosemary Sutcliff recreates all the mystique and mystery of the golden age of Camelot for a new generation"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Emil And The Detectives by Erich Kastner (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin she&39;d never have let him go Unfortunately when his seven pounds goes missing on the train Emil is determined to get it back - and when he teams up with the detectives he meets in Berlin it&39;s just the start of a marvellous money-retrieving adventure A classic and influential story Emil and the Detectives remains an enthralling read From November 16th 2013 an exciting new adaptation of Emil and the Detectives will be playing at the National Theatre in London"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "On buses donkey carts trains jeeps and camels Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey Covering over 7000 miles in eight months Thurbron recounts extraordinary adventures - a near-miss with a drunk-driver incarceration in a Chinese cell during the SARS epidemic undergoing root canal treatment without anaesthetic in Iran - in inimitable prose Shadow of the Silk Road is about Asia today; a magnificent account of an ancient world in modern ferment"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Alpha Force: Survival: Book 1 by Chris Ryan (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "The first in an exciting new series for children from ex-SAS officer and bestselling adult author Chris Ryan Five kids Alex Li Paulo Hex and Amber are marooned on a desert island where they must face the ultimate test - survival! Killer komodo dragons sharks and modern day pirates are amongst the dangers they face Can the five bond as a team - and stay alive?"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Alpha Force: Desert Pursuit: Book 4 by Chris Ryan (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Mission Pursuit!Alpha Force are a unique group of five individuals each with special skills each ready to go anywhere in the world to help others in need Undercover they head for the Sahara Desert resolved to gather evidence of young landmine victims But they are catapulted into a desperate race across the desert when they discover a terrible evil - a gang of child-slavers operating in the area High-octane thrills from a master of adventure bestselling author TV presenter and an ex-SAS hero CHRIS RYAN Includes Chris Ryan's top SAS tips on Safety and Survival in and around water"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Diary Of An Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Margaret Forster presents the 'edited' diary of a woman born in 1901 whose life spans the twentieth century On the eve of the Great War Millicent King begins to keep her journal and vividly records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by war tragedy and money troubles From bohemian London to Rome in the 1920s her story moves on to social work and the build-up to another war in which she drives ambulances through the bombed streets of London Here is twentieth-century woman in close-up coping with the tragedies and upheavals of women's lives from WWI to Greenham Common and beyond A triumph of resolution and evocation this is a beautifully observed story of an ordinary woman's life - a narrative where every word rings true"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The Beggar Maid" |
| "Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureBorn into the back streets of a small Canadian town Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother Flo who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous world outside But Rose was ambitious - she won a scholarship and left for Toronto where she married Patrick She was his Beggar Maid 'meek and voluptuous with her shy white feet' and he was her knight content to sit and adore her Alice Munro's wonderful collection of stories reads like a novel following Rose's life as she moves away from her impoverished roots and forges her own path in the world"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Devil's Cub" |
| "The excesses of the young Marquis of Vidal are even wilder than his father's before him Not for nothing is the reckless duellist and gamester called 'the Devil's Cub' But when he is forced to leave the country Mary Challoner discovers his fiendish plan to abduct her sister And only by daring to impersonate her can Mary save her sibling from certain ruin Georgette Heyer's wonderful characters and stories made her the undisputed queen of the historical romance and an international bestseller still loved today by a huge readership"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Black Moth" |
| "Jack Carstares the disgraced Earl of Wyncham left England seven long years ago sacrificing his honour for that of his brother when he was accused of cheating at cards Now he is back roaming his beloved South Country in the disguise of a highwayman Not long after his return he encounters his old adversary the libertine Duke of Andover just in time to dispute at the point of his sword the attempted abduction of a society beauty But foiled once the 'Black Moth' has no intention of failing again With this peerlessly romantic and dashing story shows Georgette Heyer's great skills fully formed even at an incredibly young age - and how she was set to work over the hearts of readers around the world"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Earthly Powers" |
| "Kenneth Toomey is an eminent novelist of dubious talent; Don Carlo Campanati is a man of God a shrewd manipulator who rises through the Vatican to become the architect of church revolution and a candidate for sainthood These two men are linked not only by family ties but by a common understanding of mankind's frailties In this epic masterpiece Anthony Burgess plumbs the depths of the essence of power and the lengths men will go for it"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Bell" |
| "WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A S BYATTDora Greenfield erring wife returns to live with her husband in a a lay community encamped outside Imber Abbey home to a mysterious enclosed order of nuns Watched over by its devout director and the discreet authority of the wise old Abbess Imber Court is a haven for lost souls seeking tranquility But then the lost Abbey bell legendary symbol of religion and magic is rediscovered and hidden truths and desires are forced into the light"
Price: 7.49 |
