A sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I from Sunday Times No 1 bestseller Philippa Gregory the author of The Other Boleyn Girl Now I can be the queen that my mother intended me to be the queen I was born to be 1558 After years of waiting Princess Elizabeth accedes to the throne of England But the country is divided the restoration of the Protestant faith ignites opposition from the church & beyond & court remains a treacherous place Many believe that Elizabeth must marry if she is to survive For Robert Dudley Elizabeth's ascension is a glorious new dawn & he quickly positions himself as the young queen's favourite Dudley is a man of powerful lineage; his father had been a kingmaker at the court of Henry VIII But Dudley has many enemies amongst them William Cecil the queen's most trusted advisor As powerful families vie for stakes in the emerging kingdom Elizabeth must secure her own future ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Four guys one camera & their experience chronicling the exhilarating & terrifying rite of passage losing your virginity As these guys help their buddy get laid they&ll have to survive friends with benefits Internet hookups even porn stars during an adventure that proves why you will always remember your first ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The terrifying story of a brother & sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Thriller based on the best-selling novel by Frank Peretti When a mysterious stranger with a magic touch descends upon the small town of Antioch the town slowly becomes divided by his seemingly supernatural presence Despite the fact that he may have the power to heal the charismatic stranger radiates a strange aura of menace & malevolence Some believe him to be the one true messiah & others dismiss him as a false prophet sent to seduce the souls of the weak When the events in the stranger&s remote revival tent take a turn for the sinister it&s up to a fallen ex-minister to re-connect with his faith & reveal the suspicious stranger for what he really is ...

' How to tell the story of a 500-page collection of stories spanning more than forty years? Especially when I really want to just exclaim " Oh Oh OH!" in a state of steadily mounting rapture' Geoff Dyer Observer Williams' uniquely devastating portrayals of modern life have been captivating readers & writers for decades Here for the first time Williams' thirty-three best stories are available in a single volume together with thirteen new stories that show a writer continuing to mould the form into something strange & new Bleak but funny real but surreal domestic but dangerous familiar but enigmatic Joy Williams' stories fray away the fabric at the edge of ordinary experience to reveal the loneliness at the heart of human life In ' The Lover' a girl suffers a spiritual & physical wasting away; in ' The Visiting Privilege' a visitor finds refuge in her friend's psychiatric ward; in ' Charity' a woman gives a poor family gas money & finds herself marooned in their peculiar world; in ' Another Season' an itinerant man cleanses an island of roadkill; in ' Craving' an alcoholic couple head towards a car crash The Visiting Privilege represents the culmination of Williams' career & cements her place as the most singular artist of short fiction writing today ...

Izzie Mallon planned to spend Christmas alone
- she hadn't counted on a visitor But is he who he says he is? 400 pages Miller Zoe
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Figures stand approx 25" tall & feature multiple points of articulation ...

The Visual Dictionary of Typography is a guide to the many & varied terms used within typography Arranged alphabetically from abstraction to x-height & blackletter to widow each term is explained & contextualized with illustrations More than 250 typographical terms are included From practical terms such as accents bitmap & classification to movements & styles such as constructivism De Stijl modernism & Swiss typography this book contains both modern terminology & traditional terms still in current usage " The Visual Dictionary of Typography" is an easy-to-use reference that will prove invaluable to anyone interested in typography ...

Visual History of Type is a complete visual survey of the history of type showing the original typefaces in the forms in which their designers intended them to be seen 672 pages Mc Neil Paul ...

If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the storyscript structure & the visual structure of a film video animated piece or video game You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music Understanding visual structure means that you can communicate moods & emotions & most importantly reveals the critical relationship between story structure & visual structure The Visual Story offers a clear view of the relationship between the storyscript structure & the visual structure of a film video or multimedia work An understanding of the visual components will serve as the guide to strengthening the overall story The Visual Story divides what is seen on screen into tangible sections contrast & affinity space line & shape tone color movement & rhythm The vocabulary as well as the insight is provided to purposefully control the given components to create the ultimate visual story For example know that a saturated yellow will always attract a viewer's eye first; decide to avoid abrupt editing by mastering continuum of movement; & benefit from the suggested list of films to study rhythmic control The Visual Story shatters the wall between theory & practice bringing these two aspects of the craft together in an essential connection for all those creating visual stories Bruce Block has the production credentials to write this definitive guide His expertise is in demand & he gives seminars at the American Film Institute PIXAR Studios Walt Disney Feature & Television Animation Dreamworks Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studios Industrial Light & Magic & a variety of film schools in Europe The concepts in this book will benefit writers directors photographers production designers art directors & editors who are always confronted by the same visual problems that have faced every picture maker in the past present & future ...