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Moving from Provence to New York to Gloucestershire, from the savageries of a childhood with a cruel father & an alcoholic mother to an adulthood fraught with addiction, Patrick Melrose is on a mission to escape himself.

But the drugs don’t make him forget his past, & the glittering parties offer him no redemption...

Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in Edward St Aubyns Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic & starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781509897681
• Author: Edward St Aubyn
• Publisher: Picador
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 445
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm











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Throughout his distinguished career, Patrick Moore has, without a doubt, done more to raise the profile of astronomy among the British public than any other figure in the scientific world. As the presenter of The Sky at Night on BBC television for over 45 years he was honoured with an OBE in 1968 & a CBE in 1988. In 2001 he was knighted 'for services to the popularisation of science & to broadcasting'. ...

With this edition of the Year of Astronomy, Sir Patrick Moore celebrates a remarkable fifty-year tenure working on the book that no stargazer should be without. This special edition

Includes:: a selection of the best writing to have appeared in the Yearbook's pages over the last five decades, & a section featuring the most important images of the planets & their moons from the era. It also contains all of the usual excellent

Features: articles by some of the world's leading astronomers, an authoritative collection of charts & astronomical data, & a month-by-month guide to events to look out for over the coming year: planets, eclipses, comets, meteors, nebulae & phases of the Moon.



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Who better than Sir Patrick Moore to introduce us to the world of astronomy? As the presenter for over 50 years of the BBC TV programme ' The Sky at Night' he has become synonymous with this fascinating area of science. This recording take us on a journey around our solar system, our nearest neighbours the planets, & also touches on some of the extraordinary ancient beliefs & myths that surrounded them in times past. Sir Patrick even gives us tips & advice on how we ourselves can start observing the night sky. ...

Patrick Parker, golden child of bomb-devastated Coventry, adored & encouraged by his mother, fulfils his dream destiny to be a bridge-builder as great as Brunel. Audrey Wapshott, born at the same time, feels her destiny is to become the wife of handsome, brilliant Patrick. But Patrick has other plans & Audrey, miserable & abandoned, is left to follow her own journey to self-fulfilment beginning in Paris, & sinfulness, in the arms of a much older man. When their paths cross years later, wicked Audrey plots a grand & satisfying retribution. ...

In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, & television. Known for his versatility, passion & fearlessness, he's become one of the world's most beloved actors. But in February 2008, Patrick announced he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Always a fighter, he refused to let the disease bring him to his knees, & his bravery has inspired both his legion of fans & cancer patients everywhere. Yet this memoir, written with wisdom & heart, recounts much more than his bout with cancer. In vivid detail, Patrick describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North & South, his commercial breakthroughs in Dirty Dancing & Ghost, & the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer & director Lisa Niemi. A behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life & a remarkable love, this memoir is both entertainment & inspiration. Patrick & Lisa's marriage is a journey of two lives intertwined & lived as one, throughout their years in Hollywood & at home on their working ranch outside Los Angeles, & culminating in the hope & wisdom they've imparted to all who know them. This book proves that life shouldn't be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength & love. ...

The world of Orla Kiely is one where pattern reigns. Immediately recognisable, her unique design language & sure sense of graphic control has seen her label become a hugely successful global brand in the decade since its launch. From her early signature bags, the collection has grown to include a complete womenswear line, accessories, travel & homeware, sold in shops & outlets worldwide. Giving a personal account of what informs her work & inspires her designs, Orla looks at pattern in all its manifestations
- the impact of scale & proportion, rhythm & texture & the all-important dimension of colour. With her prints applied to a wide range of products, from bags & clothing to decorative objects & soft furnishings, she is in a unique position to comment on all the ways in which pattern can enrich our lives. Illustrated with many examples of Orla's work, along with inspirational images that have shaped her style, the result is both a visual treasury & a thoughtful guide to using pattern with flair & confidence.
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This is the first textbook on pattern recognition to present the Bayesian viewpoint. It presents approximate inference algorithms that permit fast approximate answers in situations where exact answers are not feasible, & it uses graphical models to describe probability distributions. ...

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