Claude Monet's water lily paintings are among the most iconic & beloved works of art of the past century Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil & sadness for the artist The dramatic history behind these paintings is little known; Ross King's Mad Enchantment tells the full story for the first time & in the process presents a compelling & original portrait of one of our most popular & cherished artists By the outbreak of war in 1914 Monet then in his mid-seventies was one of the world's most famous & successful painters with a large house in the country a fleet of automobiles & a colossal reputation However he had virtually given up painting following the death of his wife Alice in 1911 & the onset of blindness a year later Nonetheless it was during this period of sorrow ill health & creative uncertainty that
- as the guns roared on the Western Front
- he began the most demanding & innovative paintings he had ever attempted Encouraged by close friends such as Georges Clemenceau France's dauntless prime minister Monet would work on these magnificent paintings throughout the war years & then for the rest of his life So obsessed with his monumental task that the village barber was summoned to clip his hair as he worked beside his pond he covered hundreds of yards of canvas with shimmering layers of pigment As his ambitions expanded with his paintings he began planning what he intended to be his legacy to the world the Musee Claude Monet' in the Orangerie in Paris Drawing on letters & memoirs & focusing on this remarkable period in the artist's life Mad Enchantment gives an intimate portrayal of Claude Monet in all his tumultuous complexity & firmly places his water lily paintings among the greatest achievements in the history of art

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In a village hidden in the wood animals live work play & sometimes even quarrel Led by a wise owl children ages 6 to 7 can wander through this enchanted space As they visit the town they'll decode recipes count cookies & practice their addition subtraction & logic & problem-solving skills 56 pages illustrated throughout Bertola Linda ...

Come along with the wizard's apprentice as he guides you through a very special castle There you'll discover powerful potions secret passages mazes & more But it seems the apprentice needs a little help remembering his magic formulas Using a little addition subtraction multiplication division & other math skills children 8 to 10 can save the day! 56 pages illustrated throughout Bertola Linda ...

Drawing on exclusive final interviews with Frank & with unprecedented access to his closest relatives Mad Frank & Sons follows his rise from a small kid stealing to put food on the table to a feared & respected West End crime lord & head of a legendary gangland family It

Includes:: the story of Frank's beloved sister Eva who was a top-class West End shoplifter & his sons David & Patrick who reveal in shocking detail the full extent of the family's network & the influences that shaped them With sawn-off shotguns as toys the Kray twins as family friends & a mother who urged them as teenagers to 'get out of bed & rob a bleedin' bank' it is little wonder that the Fraser boys were heavily involved in organized crime by the time they were in their twenties Packed with new information & featuring some of the most famous names in the London underworld this is a fascinating slice of gangland history seen through the eyes of Frank Fraser & his two renegade sons

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THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB 2017 PICKA new Sunday Times bestseller from Bryony Gordon Telegraph columnist & author of the bestselling The Wrong Knickers For readers who enjoyed Matt Haig's Reasons to Stay Alive & Ruby Wax's Sane New World Mad Girl is a shocking funny unpredictable heart-wrenching raw & jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness'I loved it A brilliant fast & funny & frank look at something that absolutely needs to be talked about in this way' Matt Haig Bryony Gordon has OCDIt's the snake in her brain that has told her ever since she was a teenager that her world is about to come crashing down that her family might die if she doesn't repeat a phrase 5 times or that she might have murdered someone & forgotten about it It's caused alopecia bulimia & drug dependency & Bryony is sick of it Keeping silent about her illness has given it a cachet it simply does not deserve so here she shares her story with trademark wit & dazzling honesty A hugely successful columnist for the Telegraph a bestselling author & a happily married mother of an adorable daughter Bryony has managed to laugh & live well while simultaneously grappling with her illness Now it's time for her to speak out Writing with her characteristic warmth & dark humour Bryony explores her relationship with her OCD & depression as only she can Mad Girl is a shocking funny unpredictable heart-wrenching raw & jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness ...

From Alice Through the Looking Glass Mad Hatter as a stylized POP vinyl from Funko! Figure stands 3 34 inches & comes in a window display box Check out the other Alice in Wonderland figures from Funko! Collect them all! ...

He's mad as a hatter! Jervis Tetch aka the Mad Hatter is the next Batman villain to join the resin bust line based on Batman The Animated Series! Holding a cup of tea & one of his trademark mind-control cards the Hatter measures Approx. 6-7 inches tall & comes on a decorative pedestal inspired by the architecture of Gotham city Designed by Barry Bradfield sculpted by Varner Studios! ...

Pudding Lane Primary's favourite ostrich mascot is back for another adventure! Mad Iris is up to her usual mischief but this time Ross Katie & the rest of the school have their work cut out for them to keep her under control
- the OFSTED School Inspectors are coming to visit! The school can't get a bad report
- can they keep Mad Iris hidden & out of trouble? Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers aged 8

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In Mad Libs The Game players use the word-filled game cards in their hand combined with the sentence card in play to make the most appropriately inappropriate sentences possible The funniest sentence by popular vote wins the round & the first player to win three rounds wins the game Players 3-8 Playing time 10-20 minutes ...

Love can make ya do crazy things especially if you’ve already got a few screws loose! Gotham City’s resident lovebird-inmates the Joker & Harley Quinn bring mayhem into your home with this special 2-pack based on their appearances in Batman Adventures Mad Love Including a paperback edition of Mad Love these figures are eye-catching variants of character designs fan loved in Batman The Animated Series! Harley Quinn measures Approx. 5 12-inches tall while Joker stands about 6-inches tall ...