Persuasion

Just as film, art, music, and literature have the power to move people, Stefan Sagmeister\'s innovative work shows that graphic design can also cut to the emotional core. Stefan\'s desire is to transform stale thinking and \"Sagmeister: Made You Look\" will do just that. Fully illustrated, with a red PVC slipcase, this monograph covers twenty years of his graphic design and features images from the

As you got older, ...you were seized with a sort of shuddering, he perceived. All around you there seemed to be something glaring, garish, rattling, and the noises and glares hit upon the little cell called your life, and shook it, and scorched it. If he could only prevent himself growing up! He did not want to be a man\'. Jude Fawley, the stonemason excluded not by his wits but by poverty from the

This is the third book in the highly successful illustrated series by Madonna.

No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg\'s new psychological thriller featuring Detective Patrick Hedstrom and Erica Falck - irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST Easter 1974. A family vanishes from their home on an idyllic island off the Swedish coast. They have left everything behind - including their one-year-old daughter,

This is the second book from Robbie Williams, written with acclaimed music writer Chris Heath. For the first time the full, unexpurgated story of his life - brutally frank, funny and honest. First came Ebury\'s massively successful, 2001 illustrated account of Robbie\'s touring world, \"Somebody Someday\". Now the time has come for the complete, intimate story of Robert P Williams. Spanning his childhood

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New York is the capital of the world, and rightly so. New York style influences fashion, culture, art, and lifestyle. Constantly evolving with new shopping and dining experiences, there’s a treasure trove of cool places to discover in New York City, the world’s ultimate metropolis. This accessible guide covers both the newly established and the just-arrived. With the smarts and savvy of supermodel

This accessible phrase book should be just the right size to fit into your pocket. Organized by subjects such as everyday phrases, hotels and travelling around, it uses a simple system of imitated pronunciation. The menu guide defines hundreds of ingredients and dishes.

An entire race was born when J.R.R. Tolkien scrawled on a leaf, \'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.\' From the invention of that single word (hobbit) Tolkien became the explorer and chronicler of the character, their race and their significant role in his fantastical world, Middle-earth. Here in his latest book, Tolkien expert David Day unpicks the myriad of riddles, puns and mystical meanings

Maria Harman finds it hard to keep her intense and mixed-up emotions in check, when it comes to her family. For things are anything, but loving and harmonious in the Harman household. Her bullying and spiteful older brothers, Patrick and Joe, make her life as miserable as possible, encouraged by their mother, Finola, who believes her \'golden boys\' can do no wrong. Maria is hardened to Finola\'s scorn

Charles Darwin\'s masterpiece, \"On the Origin of Species\", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions

Beginning with a general overview of film noir and covering its most important themes chapter by chapter (lovers plan murder, corrupt police, doomed love, psychological noir, etc.), this copiously illustrated handbook provides instant and in-depth access to the film noir genre for amateurs and aficionados alike. Among the films covered are these \"top ten\": Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, Gun Crazy,

RomanErscheinungsjahr: 2007Gewicht: 340 gr / Abmessung: 19 cmVon Zweig, StefanieIn Form einer Romanbiographie erzählt Stefanie Zweig, Jahrgang 1932, die Geschichte ihrer Familie. 1938 können sich die Redlichs, Juden aus Oberschlesien, nach Ostafrika retten. Auf einer einsam gelegenen Farm, versuchen sie zu überleben. Was dem Vater, der an seiner Liebe zu Deutschland leidet, nicht gelingt, schafft Regina,

\'Micromastery is a triumph. A brilliant idea, utterly convincing, and superbly carried through\' - Philip Pullman We read that we must be passionate about only one thing, that 10,000 hours of hard practice is needed to achieve mastery. But in fact most successful people, including Nobel prize winners, nurture multiple areas of knowledge and activity that feed their central subject. Whether it\'s making

A unique, sumptuously illustrated book, offering fascinating insights into the prominence of the cat in art in cultures worldwide. Sumptuously illustrated and featuring artists such as Freud, Gauguin, Hogarth, Kuniyoshi, Leonardo, Picasso and Renoir, this book follows Merrell\'s successful books The Horse and The Dog.The cat\'s reputation and place in society have been subject to twists and turns of

Well-behaved women don\'t make history: difficult women do. Helen Lewis argues that feminism\'s success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It\'s time to reclaim the history of feminism as a history

Carol married young - to philandering Phil - and became a mother young - to highly-strung Jaz. Carol put up with Phil\'s infidelities: suffer in silence and keep the family together was her mantra. Not so Jaz. The moment she discovers her own husband Ian\'s errant ways - with a woman he barely knew - she throws him out of the house, changes the locks and bans him from seeing their toddler son Matty.

Half the man, twice the lawyer In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he\'s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he\'s one of them. He dreams of a life in the courtroom, but finds himself there sooner than expected whe

Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery’s life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should Prendick fear the dark secrets of Montgomery’s master – the even