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Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock' s drip painting No 5 1948 sell for 140 million? The first book to look at the economics of the modern art world & the marketing strategies that power the market to produce such astronomical prices this surprising & revelatory book explores the money lust & self-aggrandizement of the art world in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work valuable while others are ignored Drawing on interviews with past & present executives of auction houses & art dealerships artists & the buyers who move the market Thompson launches the reader on a journey of discovery through the peculiar world of modern art to reveal the source of Charles Saatchi's Midas touch & how far a gallery like White Cube has contributed to Damien Hirst becoming one of the highest-earning artists in the world ...

The 'D' Word starts with the premise that Dementia is here to stay
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An original interpretation of the wars that ravaged Russia for decades after the toppling of the Romanovs 480 pages Smele Jonathan D ...

Tracklist Think Messin' Up Dedicated To The One I Love Tell The Truth It Hurts Inside When I Get Like This Good Lookin' Woman Say It Don't Let It Be In Vain I'm With You Show Me I Got To Know Much In Need Catch That Teardrop What's In The Heart Get Something Out Of It ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Tom Hanks portrays suburbanite Ray Peterson whose plans for a peaceful vacation are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block in this outrageous suspense-comedy directed by Joe Dante To the disappointment of his wife Carol (Carrie Fisher) Roy decides to spend a relaxing week at home & soon gets into trouble with his neighbours-a hefty busybody (Rick Ducommun) a freaked-out ex-soldier (Bruce Dern) & a spacey teenager (Corey Feldman)-as they observe the strange happenings next door at the Klopek s bizarre residence When the neighbourhood grouch suddenly disappears the men are convinced the ramshackle house hides some hideous clues Armed with assault rifles high-powered binoculars & a shovel they decide to see for themselves exactly what is going on in the Klopek place Set in an average neighbourhood that is anything but average THE BURBS blend slapstick comedy & spine-thrilliing mystery with the type of witty humour that has made Tom Hanks one of today s most popular stars ...

Do ghosts exist? Perhaps if they have a murderous secret to tell When newly-widowed Effie James is asked by her good friend a professor of psychology to help him with his latest book by participating in a local ghost-watching group she is at first rather reluctant But Corwin Fielding the attractive & erudite leader of the paranormal researchers has no objections to an 'impartial' observer on his team & the others in the group are a friendly & welcoming bunch So when the C-FITS are called in by a woman who is worried that her recently deceased mother might be haunting her old family home Effie quickly finds herself thrown in at the deep end & the eerie scent of lavender that mysteriously comes & goes in the old lady's bedroom is not the least of her worries For Effie slowly comes to suspect that the old lady might not have died of natural causes after all & that her killer might not take very kindly to the idea of a nosy group of strangers poking their noses in ...

This is Freud's groundbreaking study of a wealthy young Russian man subject to psychotic episodes & neuroses Through the patient's dream of childhood wolves Freud was able to determine his real problem
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The astonishing beautiful new story for all readers of 10 & over from the bestselling & Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER 'A wonderful story' Kiran Millwood Hargrave There are stories about people who want to live forever This is not one of those stories This is a story about someone who wants to stop Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy
- except he's 1000 years old & can remember the last Viking invasion of England Obviously no one believes him So when everything Alfie knows & loves is destroyed in a fire & the modern world comes crashing in Alfie embarks on a mission to find friendship acceptance & a different way to live which means finding a way to make sure he will eventually die Boasts all the ing redients of a great book brave kids bold storytelling & a blistering plot Full of humour & heart' Abi Elphinstone author of The Dreamsnatcher The 1000-year-old Boy is a breathtakingly epic story that you won't be able to put down In Alfi e Ross Welford has created an unusual & fascinating boy who you are rooting for right from the fi rst word An original surprising moving & compelling read
- I loved it' M G Leonard author of Beetle Boy A wonderful story told with Welford's trademark warmth wit & cleverness Another great read from one of my favourite middle-grade writers' Kiran Millwood Hargrave author of The Girl of Ink & Stars A cracking story about family & friendship that spans all ages' Christopher Edge author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright Delightful charming & fi lled with humour This is a unique & uplifting tale of a boy who lives a thousand years yet still remains young at heart' Peter Bunzl author of the Cogheart Adventures

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A miscellany of failures doom disaster mistakes miscalculations hubris folly & really really bad albums Written by the author of the cult hit Crap Towns 272 pages bw line drawings Jordison Sam ...