Lead your child into a lifetime love of the Bible with this colorful storybook With nearly 300 beautiful two-page illustrations to capture even the youngest child's imagination & heart this vast collection of the Bible's most-loved stories is just right for sharing together or reading alone throughout the day The Complete Illustrated Children's Bible is the perfect picture & storybook for young ones & an ideal first reader your children will treasure ...

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) & his brother Wilhelm (1786-1859) were philologists & folklorists The brothers rediscovered a host of fairy tales telling of princes & princesses in their castles witches in their towers & forests of giants & dwarfs of fabulous animals & dark deeds Together with the well-known tales of Rapunzel The Goose-Girl Sleeping Beauty Hansel & Gretel & Snow White there are the darker tales such as Death's Messengers which deserve to be better known & which will appeal not only to all who are interested in the history of folklore but also to all those who simply love good story-telling ...

The erotic sentiments described in the Hindu love classic the Kama Sutraconstitute the most famous work on sex ever created Written almost 2000 years ago the Kama Sutra deals with all aspects of sexual life including the principles & techniques of sexual pleasure & how to best achieve ecstatic expression of life's beauty In this complete & illustrated guide Lance Dane accompanies the Kama Sutratext with 269 illustrations & great works of art that encompass coins palm leaf manuscripts sculptures ancient toys jewelry architecture ivory combs birch bark cloth paintings frescoes & scrolls Gathered from museums & private collections around the world-as well as the author's own collection of over 300000 photographs-these rare images clearly illustrate all 64 sexual positions & the erotic instructions set forth in the Kama Sutra The result is a dazzling & sensuous reading experience through which the teachings of the Kama Sutraspring to life ...

James Bond is back in action in this deluxe omnibus with four timeless tales starring Agent 007 Featuring the iconic Octopussy & The Hildebrand Rarity based on the short stories by Ian Fleming which are presented alongside The Harpies & River of Death two unique adventures created by Jim Lawrence This lavishly presented high-action adventure is restored from the original Daily Express comic strips ...

A sumptuous illustrated gift book for all the family containing Rudyard Kipling's best known & best loved children's stories The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book 480 pages Kipling Rudyard ...

The complete collection of Nick Cave lyrics spanning his entire career from 1978 until 2013 revised & updated by the cult rock star' He is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian artist
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- from Nick Cave's induction into the Australian Hall of Fame This complete collection of Nick Cave's lyrics spans his entire career from his writing for The Birthday Party through the highly acclaimed Murder Ballads & The Boatman's Call to recent work with Grinderman & his 2013 album Push the Sky Away Brought together in one volume these lyrics make up one of the most outstanding achievements of contemporary music Switching between the cynical & the sanguine the defeated & the defiant Nick Cave deals in love war beauty children romance rejection Pethedine poetry pants money flowers & so much more From the bestselling author of & the Ass Saw the Angel & The Death of Bunny Munroe this definitive collection will be adored by Nick Cave fans everywhere' His lyrics deal with passion on the edge & are peopled with mad bayou preachers black-hearted lovers & killers His language is rich poetic apocalyptic' Guardian' Richly poetic creations which live a second life on the page Essential reading' Vox Nick Cave was born in Australia in 1957 He moved to London with his band The Birthday Party in 1990 & four years later he formed The Bad Seeds with whom he has made 15 studio albums In recent years he has made two albums with his other band Grinderman In 1999 he curated & directed the Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank Centre He has also written the soundtrack for a number of successful films including The Assassination of Jesse James Lawless & The Proposition His novel & the Ass Saw the Angel was an international bestseller Time Out's Book of the Year & was reissued in the Penguin Essential series His second novel The Death of Bunny Monroe was published in 2009 He lives in Brighton with his wife & two children

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This new edition of The Complete Make-up Artist offers a personal in-depth insight into the exciting work of media make-up Written for all media make-up students in particular those studying a VRQ at Levels 2 & 3 this new edition has been updated in accordance with the new NOS The only media make-up book to be endorsed by Habia & VTCT The Complete Make-up Artist will build skills & experience & help students become a qualified professional make-up artist ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Keith Carabine University of Kent at Canterbury Lucia is one of the great comic characters in English literature Outrageously pretentious hypocritical & snobbish Queen Lucia as by right divine' rules over the toy kingdom of Riseholme' based on the Cotswold village of Broadway Her long-suffering husband Pepino is her prince-consort' the outrageously camp Georgie is her gentleman-in-waiting' the village green is her parliament' & her subjects such as Daisy Quantock are hapless would-be Bolsheviks' In Lucia in London the prudish manically ambitious Lucia launches herself into the louche world of London society Her earnest determination to learn all about modern movements' makes her the perfect comic vehicle for Benson's free-wheeling satire of salon society & of the dominant fads & movements of the 1920s including vegetarianism yoga palmistry Freudianism seances Post-Impressionist art & Christian Science Meanwhile in Tilling clearly modelled on Benson's home town of Rye Miss Mapp consumed by chronic rage & curiosity' sits at her window armed with her light-opera glasses keeping baleful watch on her neighbours Anger & the gravest suspicions about everybody had kept her young & on the boil' & Benson transmutes her boiling into a series of small humiliations in his witty malicious comedy In his insightful Introduction Keith Carabine shows that these books are excruciatingly funny because Benson like Jane Austen invites the reader to view the world through the self-deluded fabrications & day-dreams of Lucia & the self-deluded chronic anger & jaundiced suspicions of Elisabeth Carabine also concentrates on the novels' disturbing bitchy camp' humour whenever that horrid thing which Freud calls sex' is raised ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Keith Carabine University of Kent at Canterbury These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia & Elisabeth Mapp for social & cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye) Their constant skirmishes ensure that every game of bridge tea or dinner-party church service council meeting or art-exhibition are thrilling encounters that ensure Tilling is always on a very agreeable rack of suspense' Both Elisabeth & Lucia are gross hypocrites snobs & bullies the huge differences in temperament & style ensure the battle is usually unequal Elisabeth is incurably mean-spirited & Lucia suffers from splendid delusions of grandeur & personal prestige Driven by demons of revenge Elisabeth always acts impulsively & therefore every revelation of her meanness allows Lucia the consummate actress to kill her ally with a sickening kindness In his insightful Introduction Keith Carabine shows that these books are excruciatingly funny because Benson like Jane Austen invites the reader to view the world through the self-deluded chronic anger & jaundiced suspicions of Elisabeth & through the self-deluded fabrications & day-dreams of Lucia Carabine also concentrates on the novels' disturbing bitchy camp' humour whenever that horrid thing which Freud calls sex is raised' ...

Massage has a fascinating history dating back 4000 years & evidence of the beneficial effects of massage on animals is not difficult to find; we need only look at animals to understand the importance they place on the use of massage through mutual (allogrooming) or self-grooming Among dogs an individual suffering from a sore or some other form of injury will often have the affected area roughly licked by another pack member This action which resembles rubbing is in effect a form of muscle massage The techniques explained & demonstrated in this valuable book
- which incorporate a 'trouble shooting' guide for problems when working on your dog
- should assist you in improving your dog's health & help you gain a greater awareness of his or her overall condition Other techniques are also used by fully trained & qualified canine myotherapists or massage therapist practitioners but the techniques included here are safe to use without such specialist knowledge Also included is information about how the dog 'works' in relation to what effects massage has; plus the clear specially-comissioned photos & technique descriptions explain how you can be so much more in touch with the health of your canine companion as well as establish a bond of trust & communication between you This book

Includes:: how the dog works; using your vet; how massage works; how to massage your dog; massage techniques; massage exercise & muscular health; managing muscle repair incorporating massage; other techniques; & glossary



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