Prior to the invention of the printing press, all books had to be written by h&. Illuminated manuscripts are the beautiful manifestation of this craft. Beginning with a thoughtful introduction, Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces of Art goes on to showcase key works in this stunning artistic genre. ...

Life itself invites us to be initiated through many means
- the possibility of love, the loss of a parent or friend, the birth
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A powerful story of revolution, love & intense rivalry set in 1870 during the four-month siege of Paris. 1870. All over Paris the lights are going out. The Prussians are encircling the city & Europe's capital of decadent pleasure & luxury is becoming a prison, its citizens caught between defiance & despair. Desperate times lie ahead as the worst winter for decades sets in & starvation looms. One man seems to shine like a beacon in the shadows. Jean-Jacques Allix promises to be the leader the people need, to save the city itself. Painter Hannah Pardy, his young English lover, believes in him utterly; taking up arms for his cause, she is drawn into the heart of the battle for Paris. But as the darkness & panic spreads it is harder & harder to see things as they really are, & Hannah struggles to separate love from self-interest & revolutionaries from traitors. Faced with impossible decisions, Hannah must confront the devastating reality of her beloved Paris to establish what truly matters to her
- & what she will do to protect it.
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The Illumination Process guides the reader on a healing journey, forged by the timeless wisdom of indigenous cultures & the latest theories of neurobiology. Through various stages in this journey of initiation, we grow to understand the causes of our suffering & how to free ourselves from the pain & drama of our unhealed emotions. ...

Filled with sex & violence
- in & out of time & space
- the three books in this trilogy are only partly works of the imagination.

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A collection of adventure stories retold for younger readers. It features colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It contains the stories from: " Don Quixote", The 39 Steps, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Prisoner of Zenda & " The Three Musketeers". It also

Includes:: short biographies of each of the authors.

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This beautifully bound & illustrated book contains a carefully chosen selection of the bard's verse, from Sonnet 18's ' Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' to Hamlet's speech ' To be, or not to be'. It would make a very special gift to any fan of Shakespeare. ...

Part of the " Illustrated Stories Collections", this title features such classics as
- " The Railway Children", The Wizard of
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Illustrated Daughters of Britannia is a highly entertaining & moving account of the courageous & unusual women who, for the last 250 years, have been the hidden backbone of the British foreign service. Accompanying their husbands to postings hundreds of miles away from home, these women attempted to bring their civilisation & customs with them
- from ordering English tea & biscuits form the Army & navy catalogues, to trekking through Chinese Turkistan holding a parasol.
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Suitable for students studying for their SATs & GCSE's, this title is split into 5 colour coded sections covering various aspects of the curriculum, such as ecology, zoology & human biology, as well as a general information section which

Includes:: essential charts & tables.

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