Here is the history of the buildings that have shaped the world in which we live, ranging from Stonehenge & the Step Pyramid, to the high-rises that dominate our city skylines today. Each page features one building & looks at its history, its builders & the impact the style had on its contemporaries. Along the bottom is a timeline showing what other buildings were being constructed at that time in other parts of the world & how they reflect the growth of the societies in which they were designed & built. ...

Picture Me Gone is the compelling new novel by the author of How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff. Mila is on a roadtrip across the USA with her father. They are looking for his best friend but Mila discovers a more important truth. Sometimes the act of searching reveals more than the final discovery can. Adults do not have all the answers. It all depends what questions you ask. A brilliantly atmospheric exploration of someone on the brink of adulthood, from prizewinning author Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now. This is a compelling read in the tradition of Meg`s acclaimed novels such as What I Was & Just in Case. ” Completely, completely wonderful”. (Lucy Mangan, Guardian). ” Nobody describes the strengths & pain of being young quite like Meg Rosoff.. .she excels at blending tragic events, comedy, philosophical concepts & love into unexpected & engaging fictions”. (The Times). ” The only predictable thing about Meg Rosoff is that each book will be entirely different from the last... Picture Me Gone is a delightfully authentic slice of life”. (Daily Mail).” Picture Me Gone charts the tiny shifts in allegiance & unexpected situations through which the heroine discovers that the stories she lives by will not be enough for the pitiless, messy, adult world. In this finely tuned minimalist work, every detail counts”. (Guardian). ” Printz Award-winning author Meg Rosoff`s latest novel is a gorgeous & unforgettable page-turner about the relationship between parents & children, love & loss”. (goodreads.com). ”A great read”. (Mizz). ” Rosoff`s talent is in writing believable, many-layered characters, & Picture Me Gone is a neat, beautiful little novel that unravels the ties that bind”. (Stylist (Stylist`s Top 10 Must-Reads)). Meg Rosoff became a publishing sensation with her first novel, How I Live Now, which won the Guardian Children`s Fiction Prize. Her second novel, Just in Case, won the Carnegie Medal in 2007. What I Was was described by The Times as ` Samuel Beckett on Ecstasy`. Meg was born & grew up in Boston, USA, worked in advertising in New York & has lived in London for the last 20 years. She is married to an artist & they have one daughter. ...

Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, & consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, & its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, & he later recalled the 'note of doom' which runs like 'a violet thread' through its carefully crafted prose. ...

Villages are the very embodiment of Englishness. The village inn & the local farm, great houses, humble cottages & beautiful country gardens speak of a way of life that has developed peacefully since Anglo-Saxon times. A few days spent in England`s idyllic villages offers urban dwellers & foreign visitors a revitalizing glimpse of a more tranquil existence, full of history, legend, literature & artistic heritage. The beauty & diversity of the English village are recorded in this book in absorbing commentary & magnificent photography by James Bentley & Hugh Palmer. ...

This is a pack of 50 cards bursting with puzzles & games that will put children & adult`s number & observation skills to the test. Children & adults both will love spending hours scratching their heads & straining their brains with these tricky mazes, colourful picture puzzles & memory games. The cards are wipe clean & the pack

Includes:: a special pen, making the pack entirely self contained, easily portable & a great gift.

...

A delightful travelogue in the unique style of one of the greatest writers in the English language, the ” Penguin Classics” edition of Charles Dickens` ” Pictures from Italy” is edited with notes & an introduction by & notes by Kate Flint. In 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year & ” Pictures from Italy” is an illuminating account of his experiences there. He presents the country like a magic-lantern show, as vivid images ceaselessly appear before his
- & his readers`
- eyes. Italy`s most famous sights are all to be found here
- St Peter`s in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background, the fairytale buildings & canals of Venice
- but Dickens` chronicle is not simply that of a tourist. Avoiding preconceptions & stereotypes, he portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings & squalid poverty, & between past & present, as he observes everyday life beside ancient monuments. Combining thrilling travelogue with piercing social commentary, ” Pictures from Italy” is a revealing depiction of an exciting & disquieting journey. In her introduction, Kate Flint discusses nineteenth-century travel writing, & Dickens` ideas about perception, memory & Italian politics. This edition also

Includes:: a chronology, further reading, notes & an appendix. 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 ” Pictures from Italy”, you might like Dickens` ” American Notes”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”.





...

Pictures from Italy is one of Charles Dickens` earlier works, a fantastic & whimsical foray into the twin worlds of travel & the imagination. Written in the 1840s when he took a respite from the writing of novels & traveled with his family to the continent, it is a travelogue offering a rare glimpse into the life of the great author. In this illustrated edition, Italian artist Livia Signorini takes inspiration from Dickens` words & plays with his sense of place, memory, & politics. The result is a brilliant contemporary dialogue with his work
- a reading of history, time & change
- which renews our sense of his enduring vision. Pictures from Italy is a tribute to the world of the great master in the 200th year of his birth.

...

This book takes an appealing, informal look at New Zealand through the lens of German photographer Karl Johaentges. It is a completely revised & updated new edition of the best-selling Pictures from New Zeal&, originally published in New Zealand in 1997 by Craig Potton Publishing. It reveals New Zealand's multi-cultural heritage & the warmth & spirit for which its inhabitants are known, as well as the beauty of its landscapes. Karl Johaentges's candid & striking photographs cover the length & breadth of New Zeal&, from Cape Reinga to Bluff, & Fiordland to East Cape. Opening the book is an introductory essay by Annie Wheeler which gives a broad overview of the history of Aotearoa, from its origins on the super-continent of Gondwana to the new sense of place the nation is finding in the Pacific. ...

As a soldier in the French army, Pierre Bourdieu took thousands of photographs documenting the abject conditions & suffering (as well as the resourcefulness, determination, grace, & dignity) of the Algerian people as they fought in the Algerian War (1954--1962). Sympathizing with those he was told to regard as ”enemies, ” Bourdieu became deeply & permanently invested in their struggle to overthrow French rule & the debilitations of poverty. Upon realizing the inability of his education to make sense of this wartime reality, Bourdieu immediately undertook the creation of a new ethnographic-sociological science based on his experiences -- one that became synonymous with his work over the next few decades & was capable of explaining the mechanics of French colonial aggression & the impressive, if curious, ability of the Algerians to resist it. This volume pairs 130 of Bourdieu`s photographs with key excerpts from his related writings, very few of which have been translated into English. Many of these images, luminous aesthetic objects in their own right, comment eloquently on the accompanying words even as they are commented upon by them. Bourdieu`s work set the standard for all subsequent ethnographic photography & critique. This volume also features a 2001 interview with Bourdieu, in which he speaks to his experiences in Algeria, its significance on his intellectual evolution, his role in transforming photography into a means for social inquiry, & the duty of the committed intellectual to participate in an increasingly troubled world. ...

While the cultural history of the British Empire has recently attracted much interest, relatively little attention has been paid to the significance of its visualization. Yet the Empire was pictured across a wide spectrum of imagery, from paintings to postcards, maps to documents. Focusing on the role of photography, this wide-ranging book explores the aesthetics of empire. The development of photography in the Victorian era coincided with the dramatic expansion of the British Empire. Photography assisted in the exploration, surveying & mapping of territory & the representation of imperial landscapes. To audiences hungry for glimpses of a rapidly expanding world, photographs seemed to capture distant realities, rendering them accessible. & while administrators & anthropologists used photography to picture `racial types`, soldiers & hunters armed themselves with cameras in order to capture photographic `trophies` of natives & animals. Drawing on a broad range of visual imagery, including many previously unpublished photographs, James Ryan shows how photographic practices & aesthetics can express & articulate the ideologies of imperialism. ...