Commissioned in 1750 the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power & wealth of a great Venetian family but the fortunes of the Venier family waned & the project was abandoned with only one storey complete Empty unfinished & in a gradual state of decay the building was considered an eyesore Yet in the early 20th century the Unfinished Palazzo's quality of fairytale abandonment & its potential for transformation were to attract & inspire three fascinating women at key moments in their lives Luisa Casati Doris Castlerosse & Peggy Guggenheim Each chose the Palazzo Venier as the stage on which to build her own world of art & imagination surrounded by an amazing supporting cast from d' Annunzio & Nijinsky via Noel Coward & Cecil Beaton to Yoko Ono Luisa turned her home into an aesthete's fantasy where she hosted parties as extravagant & decadent as Renaissance court operas
- spending small fortunes on her own costumes in her quest to become a 'living work of art' & muse to the artists of the late belle epoque & early modernist eras Doris strove to make her mark in London & Venice during the glamorous hedonistic interwar years hosting film stars & royalty at glittering parties In the postwar years Peggy turned the Palazzo into a model of modernist simplicity that served as a home for her exquisite collection of modern art that today draws tourists & art-lovers from around the world Mackrell tells each life story vividly in turn weaving an intricate history of these legendary characters & the Unfinished Palazzo that they all at different times called home
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The Unfinished Revolution is a superb new biography of Sun Yat-sen whose life like the confusion of his time is not easy to ...

Winner of the 2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize this is a stunning & magical story of a summer of friendship which also ...

Ce Ce Somner an eccentric heiress once known for her cruel wit as much as for her tremendous generosity now faces opulent decline Afflicted with a rare disease & touched by mortality for the first time her gilded bygone values collide with an unforgiving present As her troubled spoiled son George & his outsider wife Iris struggle to resolve mounting financial & familiar troubles Cece must face the Somner dynasty's dark legacy But when George's secrets culminate in an unexpected crime no riches can put things right for the unfortunate Somners What will become of all three who must learn what life will be like beyond the long shimmering shadow cast by the family's past? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the producers of cult smash Time Crimes this unsettling psychological thriller explores the dark side of the human psyche & the depths to which one man will sink to make his mark This is the human animal at his most terrifying When a struggling filmmaker Mickey Gravatski (Wes Bentley American Beauty) inadvertently catches a notorious serial killer (Mark Borkowski) in the middle of a murder he uses the grisly footage to blackmail the madman into being the subject of a disturbing new documentary Actors Wes Bentley Mark Borkowski Joanne Baron Beth Grant Albert López-Murtra Marina Gatell Kenny Johnson Amy Aeschliman Randy Cherkas Sarah Crocker Sal Darigo Jenna De Young Brian Distance & Thomas Dunn Director Thomas Dunn Certificate 18 years & over Year 2007 Languages English
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN MEDCALFWhen Marian Taylor takes the post of governess at Gaze castle remote house on a beautiful but desolate coast she finds herself confronted with many strange mysteries What kind of crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a brooding spell? & is her employer Hannah an innocent victim a guilty woman a lunatic or a witch? ...

Add a pinch of sparkle & decorate with an abundance of glitter to create your ultimate unicorn foodie experience The magical realm of the mighty unicorn comes to life in this dazzling cookery book brimming with sparkles & rainbows From the magical explosion cake to happiness pancakes The Unicorn Cookbook is packed with recipes perfect for parties & times when all you want to do is spread some joy & release your inner unicorn ...

You don't have to be magic to harness the power of the unicorn Bring some sparkle into your life with this guide to work rest & play
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The fortunes of a young woman are magically transformed when she shows kindness to a unicorn in this enchanting contemporary fairy tale based on a Scottish fable & gloriously illustrated by Hans Christian Andersen Award nominee Jane Ray 32 pages Pirotta Saviour ...

Claire Martinson still worries about her older sister Sophie who battled a mysterious illness last year But things are back to normal as they move into Windermere Manor until the sisters climb a strange ladder in a fireplace & enter the magical land of Arden There they find a world in turmoil The four guilds of magic no longer trust each other The beloved unicorns have disappeared & terrible wraiths roam freely Scared the girls return home But when Sophie vanishes in the night it will take all of Claire's courage to climb back up the ladder find her sister & uncover the unicorns' greatest secret Blending the timeless feel of The Chronicles of Narnia with Frozen's powerful themes of identity & sisterhood The Unicorn Quest will draw you into a magical world you'll never want to leave ...