Perfect Wedding Speeches & Toasts is an invaluable guide to preparing & delivering unforgettable speeches 160 pages Davidson George ...

'A wonderful magical storyteller' Cathy Kelly Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy a heartwarming novel of love friendship & coming home from the Irish bestseller When actress Jodi Ludlum returns to the Dublin village of Bakers Valley to raise her young son she's determined to shield him from the media glare that follows her in LA But coming home means leaving her husband behind
- & waking old ghosts Francine Hennessy was born & raised in Bakers Valley To all appearances she is the model wife mother home-maker & career woman But behind closed doors Francine's life is crumbling around her As Jodi struggles to conceal her secrets & Francine faces some shocking news the two become unlikely confidants Suddenly having the perfect life seems less important than finding friendship & the perfect place to belong
...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Butch Haynes is a hardened prison escapee on the run with a young hostage who sees in Butch the father figure he never had Meanwhile Texas Ranger Red Garnett is leading deputies & a criminologist in a statewide pursuit Red knows every road & pothole in the Panhandle What&s more he knows the elusive Hayes-because their paths have crossed before ...

From our CD collections to iPods bursting with MP3s to the hallowed vinyl of DJs recordings are the most common way we experience music Perfecting Sound Forever tells the story of recorded music introducing us to the innovators musicians & producers who have affected the way we hear our favourite songs from Thomas Edison to Phil Spector Exploring the balance that recordings strike between the real & the represented Greg Milner asks the questions which have divided sound recorders for the past century should a recording document reality as faithfully as possible or should it improve upon or somehow transcend the music it records? What does the perfect record sound like? The answers he uncovers will change the way we think about music ...

Origami expert Mark Bolitho explains how to make perfectly formed origami objects that are pleasing to fold & make As digital downtime becomes a constant quest in our fast-paced lives the idea of contemplative soothing arts & crafts is undergoing a serious revival Each title contains 32 pages of origami paper so that you can try out these mindful projects for yourself The Origami Garden divides into sections on Seeds & Plants (easy roses seedling in pots cactus & pot easy leaf & stalk system nuts in a bowl pine tree & palm leaf) Flowers (classic lilies & water lilies violet fuchsia bunch of flowers forget-me-nots) Fruit & Vegetables (mushrooms strawberries pears & chilli pepper) & Garden Life (birds butterfly frog & snail) ...

First published in 1979 the latest edition of this pioneering study in the World of Art series surveys a full century of performance from the Futurist manifesto of 1909 to the second decade of the new millennium Art historian & gallery curator Rose Lee Goldberg explains how a medium once used only in sporadic outbreaks of artistic dissent has become over the course of a century a vital & integral part of the contemporary mainstream & a global phenomenon ...

This volume presents the first comprehensive academic study of the history & development of performance art in the former communist countries of Central Eastern & South Eastern Europe since the 1960s Covering 21 countries & more than 250 artists this text demonstrates the manner in which performance art in the region developed concurrently with the genre in the West highlighting the unique contributions of Eastern European artists The discussions are based on primary source material-interviews with the artists themselves It offers a comparative study of the genre of performance art in countries & cities across the region examining the manner in which artists addressed issues such as the body gender politics & identity & institutional critique -- ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Performance marked the directorial debut of Nicolas Roeg (Don&t Look Now The Man Who Fell To Earth) & co-director Donald Cammell (Demon Seed) who also wrote the experimental screenplay
- citing Francis Bacon Nietzsche & Jorge Borges as inspiration The film owes its distinct visual style & cult status to the successful collaboration between these two filmmakers Set in swinging sixties London James Fox plays Chas Devlin a gangster with a talent for violence & intimidation who in underworld terms is a "performer" Mick Jagger is Turner a reclusive rock superstar whose home becomes a hideout for Chas In this spellbinder of illusion & reality decadence & decay their worlds collide
- & the impact is both exotic & explosive The soundtrack features music from The Rolling Stones Ry Cooder Randy Newman The Last Poets & more Actors Allan Cuthbertson James Fox Mick Jagger Vicky Hodge Anita Pallenberg Ann Sidney John Bindon Stanley Meadows Anthony Morton Anthony Valentine Kenneth Colley & John Sterland Director Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg Certificate 18 years & over Year 1970 Screen Widescreen 1771 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 1 hour & 45 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players



...

Many horses will at some point during their lives suffer hoof problems which in extreme cases can cause permanent lameness So why should outstandingly healthy hardworking feet be a relative rarity? Performance Hoof Performance Horse explores the idea that given the right conditions healthy hooves are not difficult to maintain & neither do they need much in the way of human intervention & that the unshod or 'barefoot' horse can be tough strong & sure-footed The book offers practical advice on how best to work with a horse with compromised feet in terms of nutrition surfaces & exercise in order to restore its hooves to optimum condition ...

A brand new history of contemporary performance & its crucial role in contemporary art written by one of the world's leading curators & writers on performance art 256 pages 124 colour ...