Read this book & the world&s most famous image will never look the same again For the world&s greatest cultural icon still has secrets to reveal
- not the silly secrets that the & Leonardo loonies& continue to advance but previously unknown facts about the lives of Leonardo his father Lisa Gherardini the subject of the portrait & her husband Francesco del Giocondo From this factual beginning we see how the painting metamorphosed into a &universal picture& that became the prime vehicle for Leonardo&s prodigious knowledge of the human & natural worlds We learn about the new money of the ambitious merchant who married into the old gentry of Lisa&s family We discover Lisa&s life as a wife & mother her association with sexual scandals & her later life in a convent We meet for the first time previously undiscovered members of Leonardo&s immediate family & discover new information about his early life The tiny hill town of Vinci is placed before us with its widespread poverty We find out about the career & possessions of his father a notable lawyer in Florence The meaning of the portrait that resulted from these human circumstances is vividly illuminated though Renaissance love poetry & verses specifically dedicated to Leonardo We come to understand how Leonardo&s sciences of optics psychology anatomy & geology are embraced in his poetic science of art Recent scientific examinations of the painting disclose how it evolved to assume its present appearance in Leonardo&s experimental hands Above all we cut through the suppositions & the myths to show that the portrait is a product of real people in a real place at a real time This is the book that brings back a sense of reality into the creation of the portrait of Lisa del Giocondo & the actual Mona Lisa it turns out is even more astonishing & transcendent than the Mona Lisa of legend
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The final volume of Hugo & Nebula Award-winner William Gibson's seminal Neuromancer Trilogy 320 pages Gibson William ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 50&s Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles ...

Limited edition 120 pcs From the erotic art master Leone Frollo here comes one of his hottest comic creations MONA STREET Included in this limited edition is a never seen before sketchbook (40 pages
- 12x 165 cm) signed by Frollo
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From the erotic art master Leone Frollo here comes one of his hottest comic creations MONA STREET This statue is produced by Infinite Statue & has a great appeal for all erotic art fans & statue collectors ...

Monaco What&s Yours Is Mine is a heist game & about as much fun as a game can be! Play alone or in a team of up to four players Assemble a crack team of thieves case the joint & pull off the perfect heist Select from a team of specialists with different abilities; the locksmith the pickpocket the cleaner the mole the gentleman the hacker & the redhead to infiltrate & loot the ridiculously wealthy citizens of Monaco ...

THE ONLY DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST RACE
- FULL OF EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH NIKI LAUDA ROSS BRAWN DAMON HILL DAVID
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OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer
- Active a tough versatile version of OS Explorer The OS Explorer Active range now

Includes:: a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps


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In MONARCH you play as an heir to the throne Your mother the Queen has lived out her years & will soon pass on the crown The time has come for you & your siblings to demonstrate your intelligence compassion bravery & strength as leaders Out perform your siblings to demonstrate your ingenuity & strength Choose strategies that will bring prosperity to the land & glory to your court Defend the realm from threats & famine Only the player with the most majestic court will be named heir in this family strategy game for 2 to 4 players ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Complete collection of popular TV drama based on the novels of Compton Mc Kenzie Archie Mac Donald (Alastair Mac Kenzie) a budding London restaurateur receives word from his home in the Highlands that his father Hector (Richard Briers) has been taken ill Archie returns home to discover the family estate in dire trouble & is hoodwinked into staying on A never-ending series of obstacles including indignant employees his mother Molly&s (Susan Hampshire) gambling debts the eventual death of his father affairs of the heart with Lexie (Dawn Steele) & parsimonious city bankers intent on foreclosure dog his every step ...