One of the most beautiful women of the 20th century style icon actor model UNICEF patron & so much more Audrey captured the imaginations of millions around the world with her famous unforgettable face & innate & inherent grace. Photographed by most of the leading photographers of the day
- Cecil Beaton Hans Gerber Norman Parkinson Douglas Kirkland among them
- Audrey Hepburns image lives on her style still an influence to designers & fashionistas alike. This beautiful book brings together 100 evocative & moving photographs most iconic some never seen before chosen by her family & close friends. With a foreword & extended & personal captions by her sons Sean Hepburn & Luca Dotti this book is a collectors dream. Audrey 100" also

Includes:: one limited edition framable archival photograph."



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Our Fair Lady The Tiffany princess. In his distinguished career as a Hollywood photographer Bob Willoughby took iconic photos of Marilyn Monroe Elizabeth Taylor & Jane Fonda but remains unequivocal about his favorite subject: Audrey Kathleen Ruston later Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston best known as Audrey Hepburn. Willoughby was called in to shoot the new starlet one morning shortly after she arrived in Hollywood in 1953. It was a humdrum commission for the portraitist often credited with having perfected the photojournalistic movie still but when he met the Belgian-born beauty Willoughby was enraptured. She took my hand like...well a princess & dazzled me with that smile that God designed to melt mortal mens hearts " he recalls. As Hepburns career soared following her Oscar-winning US debut in " Roman Holiday" Willoughby became a trusted friend framing her working & home life. His historic perfectionist tender photographs seek out the many facets of Hepburns beauty & elegance as she progresses from her debut to her career high of " My Fair Lady" in 1963. Willoughbys studies showing her on set preparing for a scene interacting with actors & directors & returning to her private life comprise one of photographys great platonic love affairs & an unrivalled record of one of the 20th centurys touchstone beauties." ...

An absolute delight for Audrey Hepburn fans this unique book collects a treasure trove of more than 500 international magazine covers featuring Hepburn published over the course of her life & career
- many featuring incredible photographs of the star that havent been seen since. There is a substantial biographical text that accompanies the gorgeous images offering fresh insights & context on her on- & off-screen life & tracing the evolution of her image fashion & style influence. Assembled here for the first time these covers & select interior spreads offer a captivating contemporary window into the life & unfolding legacy of an enduring film & fashion icon beloved by fans around the world then & now.
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Audrey Hepburn charmed cinema audiences in the 1950s as a new type of screen presence
- gamine doe-eyed & refreshingly casual.
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On New Year's Eve Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a crazed man with a deadly warning: They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days. Cal is fighting for his sister's life. But nobody believes the 'psycho kid' & he's running out of people he can trust. He doesn't even know which of his enemies he's facing. How many hard-won treasures will he have to relinquish in return for his sister's safety? ...

This well illustrated introduction to Rome in the age of Augustus provides a fascinating insight into the social & physical contexts of Augustan politics & poetry taking a detailed look at the impact of the new regime of government on society. The ideas & environment manipulated by Augustus are explored along with reactions to that manipulation. Unlike more standard works on Augustus this book placed greater emphasis on the art & architecture of the time & on Roman attitudes & values ...

Augustus Romes first emperor is one of the great figures of world history & one of the most fascinating. In this lively & concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus life from childhood to deification. He chronicles the mosaic of vicissitudes challenges setbacks & successes that shaped Augustus life both public & private. How did he use his power? How did he manage to keep re-inventing himself? What kind of man was he? A transformative leader Augustus engineered profound change in Rome & throughout the Mediterranean world. No one would have expected such vast achievements from the frail & little-known eighteen-year-old who became Caesars heir amid turmoil & crisis. A mere thirteen years later after defeating Antony & Cleopatra he had in his words power over all things. ...

This 1997 revised & updated biography of the celebrated artist using the mass of new material which has come to light since Holroyd's two-volume first edition in the mid 1970s reveals the complete story of John & his circle from one of our great biographers. John studied at the Slade with his sister Gwen before both of them went to Paris. He lived & worked at feverish speed & his drawings were astonishing for their fluid lyrical line their vigor & spontaneity. His life became a complex tale of two cities London & Paris of two wives & many families. ' The age of Augustus John was dawning ' Virginia Woolf wrote of the year 1908 which saw many portraits of writers & artists & small glowing oil panels of figures in a landscape. His most striking work was done in the years before the First World War & when he died in 1961 his death was treated as a landmark signaling the end of a distant era. ...

Pharmaceutics is one of the most diverse subject areas in all of pharmaceutical science. In brief it is concerned with the scientific & technological aspects of the design & manufacture of dosage forms for medicines. An understanding of pharmaceutics is therefore vital to all pharmacists & pharmaceutical scientists who are involved in converting a drug or a potential drug into a medicine that can be delivered safely efficiently & conveniently to the patient. Professor Aultons Pharmaceutics" has become established as the clearest most comprehensive textbook on this subject. The book provides pharmacy & pharmaceutical science students with the latest information on all aspects of pharmaceutics." ...

When shy young heir Patrick is orphaned at the age of ten the only family he has is his wealthy & eccentric aunt a New York socialite named Mame. Prone to dramatic costumes flights of fancy & expensive whims Mame will raise Patrick the only way she knows how
- with humour mishaps unforgettable friends & lots of love. From progressive schooling & Mames search for a husband to her short-lived literary career & the puncturing of some of Patricks romances Auntie Mame" is the most magnificent & hilarious work of love style wit & the life of a modern American."
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