Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Orphaned by the age of two, he was brought up by foster-parents. Following his expulsion from both the University of Virginia & West Point, he led a precarious existence as an editor, critic & writer. In 1844 his poem ' The Raven' caused a sensation, but after his wife's death in 1847 he drank heavily & died mysteriously in Baltimore. The best of Edgar Allan Poe's poems in a beautiful new gift edition ...

Edgar & Edith are hungry, & it's up to Edgar to bring home something tasty. That is, until one day, when The Inspector is all fattened up, & Edgar does some inspecting of his own..."A hilarious tale of confidence, tricks & comeuppance, with deviously delectable pictures"
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When Washington D.C. police detective Ryan Kessler is targeted by Henry Loving, he & his family are immediately put under government protection. Loving is a ruthless 'lifter', hired to extract information from his victims, & he will use whatever means necessary including kidnapping, torturing or killing their family. Assigned to the Kesslers is protection officer Corte: uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care & a brilliant game strategist. He also knows just how brutal the lifter can be -- six years earlier, Loving killed someone close to him. As tension increases between the family, the situation escalates into a deadly contest between protector & lifter as each tries to outwit the other. & as the lifter closes in on his prey, Corte must decide whether to protect his charges, or expose them to a killer in the name of personal revenge.. . ...

Henry Loving is a 'lifter', hired to extract information from his victims by any means. He sets his sights on a Washington, D.C police detective & he's quickly put under government protection. Protection Officer Corte is assigned to keep the family safe. But he knows firsthand how brutal the lifter can be after losing someone close to him, 6 years earlier. Tensions soon increase within the family & soon becomes a contest between protector & lifter. With Loving closing in, Corte must decide whether to protect the family or use them as bait to exact revenge... ...

The Neon Edge Shift Magic Cube is an update of the classic colour-matching puzzle that’s a great mental challenge at home or on the move.

Turn & twist the sides of the cube so that each of the six faces match.

A must for puzzle lovers, the aim is to twist & turn the Magic Cube to return it to its original state.

Product Information:
• Edge Shift Magic Cube
• Cubed Puzzle
• Colours: Neon
• Perfect for Puzzle Lovers
• Measures: 5.6 x 5.6 x 5.6cm










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The resurgence in the popularity of illustrative art can be attributed to an array of factors. Although the acceptance of graphic novels as something more than just comic books has been established for quite some time, when Mc Sweeneys released its all-comics issue in 2004, the mainstream medias reaction elevated the medium, its words & images, to something beyond genre. As a result, such drawings & illustrations have found their ways into marketing campaigns, ads & galleries. While the work of individual artists varies greatly, much of it strikes an irresistible pose, whether viewers are staring at enlarged heads on distorted bodies or a shot-dead bird, its killer & a birdhouse both crying. The work is at once disturbing but oddly attractive. Here at MBP we have dubbed this quality Edgy Cute. For more than a decade, Harry Saylor, owner of Orbit Gallery, has been an advocate of art ranging from Neo-Pop to Low Brow, having represented the likes of Gary Baseman, Kathie Olivas, Travis Lampe, Angelique Hautkamp & Michael Caines. With Edgy Cute: From Neo-Pop to Low Brow & Back Again, Saylor utilizes his vast expertise in the field to compile a contemporary look at practitioners of this aesthetic, from the famous to the unknown. With more than 100 examples of this work, many of which have been commissioned for this book, & artist interviews, Edgy Cute is sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in bleeding-edge illustration. 30.4 x 25.4 x 2.3, pages 175 ...

Born into a family of wealthy & patrician New Englanders, Edie Sedgwick became, in the 1960s, both an emblem of, & a memorial to, the doomed world spawned by Andy Warhol. Edie was outrageous, vulnerable & strikingly beautiful. This book is an American fable on an epic scale, the story of a short, crowded & vivid life. ...

' Walking Edinburgh' contains 24 themed walking tours of 1-6 miles which offer the walker an opportunity to discover the history, architecture, skulduggery & the ghost stories of the city, while not missing those all-important places to stop & admire the view or to have a cup of coffee. ...

The late Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman, said that Edinburgh was the most beautiful city in Europe. Like some other great cities it is set on seven hills. But only one of these, Rome, rivals Edinburgh in matching the beauty of its setting with the stateliness of its buildings. A romantic landscape of sea & hills, broad vistas & hidden corners is embellished by a style of architecture combining stern classicism with antiquarian whimsy. Edinburgh, too, provides the backdrop to much of the dark drama of the Scottish past, from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Bonnie Prince Charlie & beyond. It sets in stone a history shaped by nation, Union & Empire, but the 1, 500 year history of the city itself deserves wider telling. Long ruled by a strait-laced professional bourgeoisie, Edinburgh never suppressed a livelier side, peopled by figures comic or brutal, eccentric or gruesome. Michael Fry, who has lived & worked there for nearly forty years, provides a compellingly readable account of this great city, from the earliest times to the present, balancing Edinburgh's cultural, political & social history, & shows how they have borne on one another. He draws on a wide range of new, untapped archival sources, especially private papers & oral records, & paints a vivid picture of the city of John Knox & James Boswell, of David Hume & Walter Scott, a city ...

Edinburgh is a city whose history is written on its face.

The Old Town on its crowded rock, sloping down from the Castle

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