Rediscover the charm of the World of Beatrix Potter with this enchanting colouring book filled with all your favourite characters With beautiful pages to colour this charming colouring book is the perfect gift for any Beatrix Potter fan ...

Without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its messy complexity Chekhov's short stories are exquisite masterpieces in miniature His work ranged from the light-hearted comic tales of his early years to some of the most achingly profound stories ever composed & this variety of tone & temper is collected in this essential new collection Chekhov wrote stories throughout his writing career & this selection has been chosen from amongst his life's work including many of his greatest works alongside unfamiliar discoveries all newly translated From the masterpiece of minimalism ' The Beauties' to the beloved classic ' The Lady with the Little Dog' & from 'A Man in a Box' to the bitterly funny 'A Blunder' the stories collected here are the essential collection of Chekhov's greatest tales ...

The Beauties of Nature Colouring Bookcontains colour guides accompanied by outlines of flowers birds butterflies & other wildlife subjects for you to colour & make your own It

Includes:: illustrations from Pierre-Joseph Redoute's Choice of the Most Beautiful Flowers Audubon's world famous Birds of America exquisite illustrations of fish & butterflies sourced from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library Completing each picture will help you improve your artistic skills & give you a real sense of achievement Each illustration has the full colour original on the facing page which makes for a lovely book Selling Points A beautiful colouring book for anyone with an interest in nature featuring images which relax & inspire Over 120 images with full colour examples to act as guidance Colouring in brings out the reader's artistic & creative side

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From Collins Classics & the author of The Great Gatsby' comes this razor-sharp satire on the excesses of the Jazz Age From the author of The Great Gatsby a tale of marriage & disappointment in the Roaring Twenties Fitzgerald's rich & detailed novel of the decadent Jazz Era follows the beautiful & vibrant Anthony Patch & his wife Gloria as they navigate the heady lifestyle of the young & wealthy in 1920s New York Patch is the presumptive heir to his grandfather's fortune & keeps his equally spoiled wife in comfort while biding time until his grandfather's death Patch is unable to hold down any kind of job & spends his days in luxury indulging in whatever pleasures are available But as the money begins to fail so does their marriage Patch's gradual descent into alcoholism depression & alienation from his marriage ultimately lead to his ruin Fitzgerald's novel is a remorseless exploration of the horrors of an age of excess & lost innocence F Scott Fitzgerald is regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century Despite his present popularity Fitzgerald was often in financial trouble due to the fact that only one of his novels sold well enough to support the extravagant lifestyle that he & his wife Zelda adopted & later Zelda's medical bills His novel The Great Gatsby has sold millions of copies & remains a continual best-seller ...

These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death Anthony & Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour A brilliant & magnetic couple they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling New York is a playground where they dance & drink for days on end Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young rich alive & lovely & they intend to inherit the earth But as money becomes tight their marriage becomes impossible & with their inheritance still distant Anthony & Gloria must grow up & face reality; they may be beautiful but they are also damned ...

Exploring the decadence of Jazz Age New York through a fictionalised version of his own marriage to Zelda Fitzgerald F Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful & the Damned

Includes:: an introduction by Geoff Dyer in Penguin Modern Classics Anthony Patch & his wife Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour A brilliant & magnetic couple they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling New York is a playground where they dance & drink for days on end Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young rich alive & lovely & they intend to inherit the earth But as money becomes tight their marriage becomes impossible & with their inheritance still distant Anthony & Gloria must face reality; they may be beautiful
- but they are also damned F Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) has acquired a mythical status in American literary history & his masterwork The Great Gatsby is considered by many to be the 'great American novel' In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre dubbed 'the first American Flapper' & their traumatic marriage & Zelda's gradual descent into insanity became the leading influence on his writing As well as many short stories Fitzgerald wrote five novels This Side of Paradise The Great Gatsby The Beautiful & the Damned Tender is the Night & incomplete at the time of his death The Last Tycoon After his death The New York Times said of him that 'in fact & in the literary sense he created a generation ' If you enjoyed The Beautiful & the Damned you might like John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer also available in Penguin Classics'A prose that has the tough delicacy of a garnet' New York Review of Books


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The Beautiful Badge is the first book to explore the history of football club badges From the original Red Devil to the GBP10 canary it looks at what inspired them who crafted them & how fans reacted Extensive illustrations show how badges followed fashion negotiated copyright & expressed the aspirations of owners managers & fans ...

The immune system holds the key to human health In The Beautiful Cure leading immunologist Daniel Davis describes the scientific quest to understand how it works
- & how it is affected by stress sleep age & our state of mind
- & explains how this knowledge is now unlocking a revolutionary new approach to medicine & well-being The body's ability to fight disease & heal itself is one of the great mysteries & marvels of nature but within the last few years painstaking research has resulted in major advances in our understanding of the immune system revealing an inner world of breath-taking sophistication complexity & beauty Far more powerful than any medicine ever invented it also plays a crucial role in our daily lives Already we have found ways to harness these natural defences to create break-through drugs & therapies that help us fight cancer diabetes arthritis & many age-related diseases & we are starting to understand whether or not activities such as mindfulness might play a role in enhancing our physical resilience Written by an expert at the forefront of this adventure The Beautiful Cure tells a dramatic story of detective work & discovery of puzzles solved & of the mysteries that remain of lives sacrificed & saved introducing the reader to this revelatory new understanding of the human body & what it takes to be healthy

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They wanted the same things Death
- & an audience Eve Singer makes her living from death As a TV crime reporter she'll go to any
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In 1950s Paris Yves Saint Laurent & Karl Lagerfeld were friends the rising stars of the fashion world But by the late sixties the city was invaded by a new mood of liberation & hedonism & dominated by intrigue infidelities addiction & parties Each designer created his own mesmerizing world so vivid & seductive that people were drawn to the power charisma & fame & it was to make them bitter rivals The Beautiful Fall is a dazzling expose of an era & the story of the two men who were its essence & who remain its most singular survivors ...