Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Norman Foster & his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design Portrayed are emblematic projects such as the largest building in the world Beijing Airport the Reichstag the Hearst Building in New York & works such as the tallest bridge ever in Millau France In the very near future the majority of mankind will abandon the countryside & live entirely in cities Foster offers some striking solutions to the problems that this historic event will create Architecture comes alive Fosters projects are photographed in a cinematic style that seeks to bring the spectacular nature of their size & scale to the big screen But is fracking safe? ...

This large Guess How Much I Love You activity playmat is suitable from birth & packed with activities to help stimulate babies senses as they grow

Includes:: detachable baby safe mirror 2 removable shaped teethers a cute peek a boo flap crinkle & a squeaky frog! This mat is extra large in size to easily fits two babies & is hand washable Baby safe detachable mirror Squeakercrinklepeek a boo flap X2 removable teethers Machine washable 100 x 143xm

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' Although he feared death he could not stop ' If I stopped now after coming all this way
- well they'd call me an idiot!'A pair
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Let Mitchell Symons be your guide into the weird & wonderful world of trivia Camels are born without humps Walt Disney creator of Mickey Mouse was scared of mice Only 30 of humans can flare their nostrils A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink & an elephant produces an eye-wateringly pongy 20 kilos of dung a day! 320 pages Symons Mitchell ...

' Nobody has ever measured not even poets how much the heart can hold' Zelda Fitzgerald Love is not a singular concept In this collection seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love from Philautia self-love to Agape love for humanity; & from Storge a natural affection for family to Mania a frenzied obsessive love Seven authors; seven short stories; seven flashes of love This paperback edition of How Much the Heart Can Hold

Includes:: the winning short story from the Sceptre Loves short story Prize

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How Music Works is David Byrne's bestselling buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about Drawing on his own work over the years with Talking Heads Brian Eno & his myriad collaborators
- along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses African villages & anywhere music exists
- Byrne shows how music emerges from cultural circumstance as much as individual creativity It is his magnum opus & an impassioned argument about music's liberating life-affirming power

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Have you ever listened to an incredible piece of music & wondered exactly why it makes you want to dance or cry? Are you mystified by how musicians just 'know' what notes to play next when they're improvising? Or why certain notes sound great together & others clash? This title lets you discover the answers to these questions 272 pages B&W integrated Powell John ...

Musicals are the most popular form of stage entertainment today with the West End & Broadway dominated by numerous long-running hits But for every Wicked or Phantom of the Opera there are dozens of casualties that didn't fare quite so well In this book Julian Woolford explores the musical-theatre canon to explain why & how some musicals work why some don't & what you should (and shouldn't) do if you're thinking of writing your own Drawing on his experience as a successful writer & director of musicals & as a lecturer in writing musicals at the University of London Woolford outlines every step of the creative process from hatching the initial idea & developing a structure for the work through creating the book the music & the lyrics & on to the crucial process of rewriting He then guides the reader through getting a musical produced with invaluable advice about generating future productions & sustaining a career The book

Includes:: dozens of exercises to assist the novice writer in developing their craft & detailed case studies of well-known musicals such as Les Miserables The Sound of Music Miss Saigon Little Shop of Horrors Godspell & Evita An essential guide for any writers (or would-be writers) of musicals How Musicals Work is a fascinating insight for anyone interested in the art form or who has ever wondered what it takes to get from first idea to first night

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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
- Robert Webb's part-memoir part call-to-arms 336 pages colour plate sections Webb Robert
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RULES FOR BEING A MANDon&t Cry; Love Sport; Play Rough; Drink Beer; Don&t Talk About Feelings But Robert Webb has been wondering for some time now are those rules actually any use? To anyone? Looking back over his life from schoolboy crushes (on girls & boys) to discovering the power of making people laugh (in the Cambridge Footlights with David Mitchell) & from losing his beloved mother to becoming a husband & father Robert Webb considers the absurd expectations boys & men have thrust upon them at every stage of life Hilarious & heartbreaking How Not To Be a Boy explores the relationships that made Robert who he is as a man the lessons we learn as sons & daughters & the understanding that sometimes you aren&t the Luke Skywalker of your life
- you&re actually Darth Vader
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