The young painter Francoise Gilot met Picasso in a Parisian cafe when he was 62. During the next ten years they were lovers, worked together & had two children, Claude & Paloma. In an account filled with intimate revelations, the author paints a portrait of her turbulent life with Picasso. ...

Like most people in London in the impoverished 1920s, Joan Baldwin has her crosses to bear. Her biggest one by far is her husband: a good-for-nothing drinker & gambler, but one day he perishes in a fire of his own drunken making & Joan is set free. As a maid, her talents at sewing are noticed & encouraged & when her kindly employer dies leaving her ?200, she takes another plunge
- setting up Distinct Designs, which soon becomes a thriving fashion establishment. But will she ever be successful in love? When she meets Eric Roussel, a charismatic businessman it looks like happiness will finally be hers. Is he everything he's cracked up to be? With an exotic, foreign background, he's certainly different. Just how different is something that Joan is only just beginning to learn...
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Argues that progress & increasing complexity are not inevitable features of the evolution of life on Earth. This book states that if we wish to see grandeur in life, we must discard our selfish & anthropocentric view of evolution & learn to see it as Darwin did, as the unfathomably rich source of 'endless forms most beautiful & wonderful'. ...

Born in Hatfield but raised in Eire & educated at Eton & Cranwell, 1940 found Tim Vigors flying Spitfires & seeing frantic & distinguished service over Dunkirk & then during the dangerous days of The Battle of Britain, when he became an ace. This memoir describes how he was shot down, burnt & attacked on his parachute. ...

This gem of a memoir was first published in hardback in November 2006. Two printings sold out in a year to critical acclaim. Born in Hatfield but raised in Eire & educated at Eton & Cranwell, 1940 found Tim Vigors flying Spitfires & seeing frantic & distinguished service over Dunkirk & then during the dangerous days of The Battle of Britain, when he became an ace. Transferred to the Far East in January 1941 as a flight commander on 10th December he led a flight of Buffaloes to cover the sinking Prince of Wales & Repulse. Dramatically shot down, burnt & attacked on his parachute, he was evacuated to Java, & from there to India. & this is where his h&-written account ends. Throughout, the author describes his experiences in an honest, refreshing way. It is a fascinating & valuable record, one which is now regarded as a classic. The book has 320 pages & measures at 23.8 x 15.6 x 3.4 cms ...

A collection of reflections on three things that make us human
- our longing to know the meaning of life, our capacity for love,
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In  Life, the Universe & Everything, the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker's

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Discover awesome Life-Size  Bugs across giant fold-out pages.

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Discover incredible Life-Size jungle animals across giant fold-out pages.

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Discover amazing Life-Size ocean animals across giant fold-out pages.

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