** Shortlisted for the NME Best Music Book Award 2018 **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARA HERALD BOOK OF THE YEARAN IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR` The definitive book on Bowie` The Times Drawn from a series of conversations between David Bowie & Dylan Jones across three decades, together with over 180 interviews with friends, rivals, lovers, & collaborators
- some of whom have never before spoken about their relationship with Bowie
- this oral history is an intimate portrait of a remarkable rise to stardom & one of the most fascinating lives of our time. Profoundly shaped by his relationship with his schizophrenic half-brother Terry, Bowie was a man of intense relationships that often came to abrupt ends. He was a social creature, equally comfortable partying with John Lennon & dining with Frank Sinatra, & in Dylan Jones`s telling
- by turns insightful & salacious
- we see as intimate a portrait as could possibly be drawn. Including illuminating, never-before-seen material from Bowie himself, drawn from a series of Jones`s interviews with him across two decades, DAVID BOWIE is an epic, unforgettable cocktail-party conversation about a man whose enigmatic shapeshifting & irrepressible creativity produced one of the most sprawling, fascinating lives of our time.***NOW REVISED & EXPANDED***



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Dickens wrote of David Copperfield: ' Of all my books I like this the best'. Millions of readers in almost every language on earth have subsequently come to share the author's own enthusiasm for this greatly loved classic, possibly because of its autobiographical form. Following the life of David through many sufferings & great adversity, the reader will also find many light-hearted moments in the company of a host of English fiction's greatest stars including Mr Micawber, Traddles, Uriah Heep, Creakle, Betsy Trotwood, & the Peggoty family. ...

Drawing on Charles Dickens`s own, often difficult childhood, to create a compelling story of personal success, ” David Copperfield” is edited with an introduction & notes by Jeremy Tambling in ” Penguin Classics”. ” David Copperfield” is the story of a young man`s adventures on his journey from an unhappy & impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow; & the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature`s great comic creations. In ” David Copperfield”
- the novel he described as his `favourite child`
- Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of the most exuberant & enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy & comedy in equal measure. This edition uses the text of the first volume publication of 1850, &

Includes:: updated suggestions for further reading, original illustrations by ` Phiz`, a revised chronology & expanded notes. In his new introduction, Jeremy Tambling discusses the novel`s autobiographical elements, & its central themes of memory & identity. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books, including ” Oliver Twist”, ” Great Expectations”, ”A Tale of Two Cities”, ” David Copperfield” & ” The Pickwick Papers”, have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed ” David Copperfield”, you might like Dickens` ” Great Expectations”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”. ” The most perfect of all the Dickens novels.” (Virginia Woolf).



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This beautiful book is a portrait of two Londons. One is a familiar & majestic capital; the other is a city less well known & often taken for granted. ” David Gentleman`s London” covers the capital from the inner city to the outer limits. The traditional sights of London
- Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square & St Paul`s
- appear alongside many less familiar splendors such as Queen Anne`s Gate & Spitalfields, & often in powerful contrast to the new London that continues inexorably to develop unchecked around them.

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From the remote Stone Age mounds & standing stones of the Orkneys to the well-trodden turf at Land`s End & from the fens of East Anglia to the wild mountains of Wales ” David Gentleman`s Britain” reveals the landscape & architecture of the British Isles. His techniques, watercolour & pen & wash, are familiar & traditional but his approach is startlingly individual & vigorous- both in his drawings & in the text that accompanies them. Cotswold villages & city suburbs, country lanes & motorways, beauty spots & black spots, landmarks & follies of all ages are contrasted to produce a matchless & magnificent rendering of Britain`s landscape. ...

This guide describes a variety of accessible trails located between Nordegg & Banff National Park along one of Alberta's most scenic drives. All 69 exceptional hikes start from the highway & range from leisurely two-hour walks to three-day backpacking journeys. This title is illustrated throughout. ...

A visitor from Georgia, a country torn apart by civil war, ends the peaceful existence of a school teacher`s family in Germany. Christian Kestner has all but forgotten his stay in Tbilisi seven years before. He begins to worry when he receives a letter from David Ninochvili announcing his visit to Germany. Why is David coming? To seek revenge from Christian, guilty of flirting at the time with David`s wife? What are the ties of this unwelcome guest to the different factions now vying for the control of Georgia? Christian becomes intensely suspicious of David`s secretive ways, of his attraction to Christian`s wife & even to his teenage son. Fear turns into panic, so corrosive that it can transform even the most rational individual into a monster. ...

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*** Please contact us for current availability in our stores before ordering. Other sextant models are also available upon request.***DO NOT KEEP IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT OR NEAR A STRONG HEAT SOURCE TO AVOID PLASTIC EXPANDING OR WARPINGThis sextant will enable the beginner to learn & practice the rudiments of celestial navigation at the lowest possible cost. It is made from heavy gauge plastic with an adjustable half mirror (which is equivalent to a traditional half silvered mirror). It is without magnification or illumination. The vernier scale is a little harder to read closely than the micrometer scale on other sextants. It can also serve reasonably well as a back-up emergency sextant. ...