567 households 187 shops & stalls Four iconic housing blocks In 2011 Rochor Centre was given its demolition sentence In the days of packing up that followed residents confronted the question of what to keep what to throw out where to go In this probing series of photographs we come face to face with a microcosm of Singapore's drive for redevelopment How do we preserve our heritage our lifestyle our communities? The book also documents the responses of viewers from all walks of life Their opinions recollections & musings triggered by the photos offer us a fascinating multifaceted look at history urban upheaval & the effects on people's lives ...

Charles Evans' encouraging instruction will let you paint boats & harbours in no time! Each painting is accompanied by a colour palette & friendly no-nonsense captions pulling out details tips & techniques used in various parts of the painting Along with the outlines provided you can reproduce the paintings for yourself 24 inspirational paintings Free outlines for each painting for you to transfer on to watercolour paper Full explanation on how to transfer the images & how to select create new compositions from the outlines Perfect for artists looking for inspiring new subjects ...

Popular author Geoff Kersey offers pages of inspiration in this helpful book which gives artists a wonderful selection of subjects to paint He

Includes:: 24 pictures of woodlands full of atmosphere with dappled light & foliage seasonal colours & different aspects; large vista forests & different scenes incorporating beautiful trees in the landscape Full-size outlines of each painting are included plus instructions showing how elements can be interchanged to create new pictures With a colour palette for each picture & clear practical notes readers will be able to reproduce great paintings for themselves

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You don't have to be crazy to talk to yourself! We all talk to ourselves all of the time usually without realising it & most of what we tell ourselves is negative counterproductive & damaging preventing us from enjoying a fulfilled & successful life Shad Helmsetter's simple but profound techniques based on an understanding of the processes of the human brain have enabled thousands of people to get back in control of their lives By learning how to talk to yourself in new ways you will notice a dramatic improvement in all areas of your life You will feel better & accomplish more It will help you achieve more at work & at home lose weight overcome fears stop smoking & become more confident & it works Shad Helmsetter Ph D is a bestselling author of many personal growth books & the leading authority in the field of Self-Talk ...

Now in a collection of wholly original essays the venerated television journalist celebrates our shared values & what matters most in his great country & shows us what patriotism looks like Writing about the institutions that sustain America such as public libraries public schools & national parks; the values that have transformed us such as the struggle for civil rights; & the drive toward science & innovation that has made the United States great Rather will bring to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories & offer readers a way forward After a career spent as reporter & anchor for CBS News where he interviewed every living President since Eisenhower & was on the ground for every major event from the assassination of John F Kennedy to Watergate to 911 Rather has in the last year also become a hugely popular voice of reason on social media with nearly two million Facebook followers & an engaged new audience who help to make many of his posts go viral With his famously plain spoken voice & a fundamental sense of hope Dan Rather has written the book to inspire conversation & listening & to remind us all how American's are ultimately united This book will be a must read for everyone you know who is engaged in the urgent national conversation right now
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A very special spooky story from Dr Seuss
- with glow-in-the-dark ink! Then I was deep within the woods When suddenly I spied them
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London in the aftermath of war children run wild on East End bombsites while their elders strive for better lives in a country beggared by victory Clarence & Bernadette Malcolm have come five thousand miles in search of prosperity but find the Mother Country not at all as has been promised them; Solly & Dora Lazarus too are strangers in a strange land struggling to belong even as they try to make sense of their past; & Michael & Mary Lockhart take with both hands all that the world owes them wherever it leads them whatever the cost In the street markets & tenements of Bethnal Green the three families live & work together in uneasy harmony until Michael shatters the balance between them his hunger for betterment changing the courses of all their lives over decades & generations Reaching across forty years & capturing a city & a people in a time of tumultuous change What Was Promised is a breathtaking novel by a master storyteller ...

Brilliant & fascinating No one is better at making the recondite accessible & exciting' Bill Bryson Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know Is the universe infinite? Do we know what happened before the Big Bang? Where is human consciousness located in the brain? & are there more undiscovered particles out there beyond the Higgs boson? In the modern world science is king weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs & numerous mathematical problems once indecipherable have now been solved But are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? In this very personal journey to the edges of knowledge Marcus du Sautoy investigates how leading experts in fields from quantum physics & cosmology to sensory perception & neuroscience have articulated the current lie of the land In doing so he travels to the very boundaries of understanding questioning contradictory stories & consulting cutting edge data Is it possible that we will one day know everything? Or are there fields of research that will always lie beyond the bounds of human comprehension? & if so how do we cope with living in a universe where there are things that will forever transcend our understanding? In What We Cannot Know Marcus du Sautoy leads us on a thought-provoking expedition to the furthest reaches of modern science Prepare to be taken to the edge of knowledge to find out if there's anything we truly cannot know ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Rosamund Pike David Tennant & Billy Connolly star in this family comedy written & directed by Andy Hamilton As Doug (Tennant) his wife Abi (Pike) & their three children prepare to travel up to the Scottish Highlands for Doug&s father Gordie (Connolly)&s birthday they fail to give their children a list of things that are to be kept secret While their offspring set about telling Grandpa & Grandma (Annette Crosbie) the ins & outs of their lives down in London including intimate details of arguments their parents have had Doug & Abi try to put aside their differences & have an enjoyable weekend ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Follow the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi) Deacon (Jonathan Brugh) & Vladislav (Jemaine Clement)
- three flatmates who are just trying to get by & overcome life&s obstacles-like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood Hundreds of years old the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes hitting the main artery & not being able to get a sense of their wardrobe without a reflection-modern society has them struggling with the mundane like paying rent keeping up with the chore wheel trying to get into nightclubs & overcoming flatmate conflicts
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