Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) is recognised as one of the great masters of 20th-century art. A pioneer of abstract art in Britain he first came to international prominence with his famous white reliefs" & he continued to produce remarkable abstract reliefs & paintings throughout his career. At the same time this complex & independent-minded artist always refused to be pinned down by labels & he maintained a lifelong attachment to the visible world. Many of his finest works are paintings drawings & prints of landscape & still-life forms. This study of Nicholson's life & work was first published in 1994 the centenary of his birth. It is reissued here in a shorter paperback format without the supplementary illustrations but otherwise retaining the substance & essential character of the original publication." ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

This map is part of the Landranger (Pink) series & is designed for people who really want to get to know an area. It



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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Bend Not Break chronicles Ping Fu's journey from China's work camps to top CEO. Bamboo is flexible bending with the wind but never breaking. It suggests resilience meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times". (Ping Fu's Shanghai papa). Ping Fu is one of the few women running a tech company in the US. But her story begins long before. Born on the eve of China's Cultural Revolution she was separated from her family at the age of eight. She grew up fighting hunger & humiliation & shielding her younger sister from the vindictive teenagers of Mao's Red Guard. At twenty-five she escaped to the United States; her only resources were $80 in traveller's checks & three phrases of English: Thank you hello & help. Yet Ping persevered. Within a year she had completed her English qualifications & started studying computer programming rising to run the team behind Netscape. She then founded Geomagic a company that has literally reshaped the world from personalizing prosthetic limbs to repairing NASA spaceships. Bend Not Break tells the incredible personal story of a journey from imprisonment to freedom from Mao's China to technology start-ups. It is a tribute to one woman's courage in the face of cruelty & a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience. Ping Fu is President & CEO of Geomagic Inc. A survivor of China's Cultural Revolution she was imprisoned for her reporting on female infanticide under China's one-child policy & deported to the USA. Fu is one of the few women CEOs in technology & was named the 2005 " Entrepreneur of the Year" by Inc. Magazine. She is a member of President Obama's National Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship & an adjunct professor in computer science at Duke University." ...

Someone is murdering humans on the Ripple Creek Werewolf Reservation & the murders are eerily similar to those Chief Ranger Savannah Grant witnessed nearly ten years ago. Having once had the reputation for being the wild sister it seems her past has come back to haunt her. Worse still the man sent in to help with the investigation is the one man Savannah had hoped never to see again
- the man who had taken her trust & her heart & smashed them both. Cade Jones is in Ripple Creek to catch the killer who escaped a decade ago. He doesnt expect to find the woman who nearly caused his death
- a woman who knows far more than shell ever let on. This time Cade has every intention of discovering exactly what she does know. Soon it becomes clear that the murders are not random & Savannah finds herself having to trust the one man shed sworn never to trust again.

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On the werewolf reservation of Ripple Creek a killer is on the loose. Three women are dead & Neva Grants twin sister is fighting for her life. Neva vows to hunt down the killer if Savannah finds the strength to live. To begin the hunt she must seduce a member of the suspected Sinclair clan. To her dismay the only Sinclair not under suspicion is a wolf with a hard-drinking hard-loving reputation. Duncan Sinclair has been called back home to find a killer. Soon hes approached by a wolf who has more than seduction on her mind & he finds himself ensnared in a web of desire & deceit. As the murders continue Duncan & Neva find themselves having to trust each other in order to survive. Can they trust the emotions flaring between them? Or will the lies of the present the deeds of the past & a killers intentions tear them apart? ...

In Beneath Cold Seas author & photographer David Hall takes us into the underwater world of the Pacific Coast from California to Alaska home to the most diverse & spectacular marine life of any temperate or cold-water ecosystem on the planet. From the tiny candy-stripe shrimp giant Pacific octopus ghost-like hooded nudibranchs & migrating sockeye salmon to the worlds largest sea lions Halls stunning photographs & lively text reveal many fascinating species interrelationships & rarely observed animal behaviors. An innovative approach to over/underwater photography places the marine life of the Pacific Northwest in familiar context with hauntingly beautiful images that will surprise even experienced divers & delight the rest of us. An introduction by Sarika Cullis-Suzuki focuses on the conservation issues facing this rich yet vulnerable ecosystem. ...

The Number One bestselling crime series featuring Dr Tony Hill hero of TVs Wire in the Blood. The award-winning Val Mc Dermid is at the height of her powers in this tense masterclass in psychological suspense. The race is on to uncover the identity of a murderer with nothing to lose
- & everything to kill for. When Robbie Bishop star midfielder for the Bradfield Vics is poisoned by a rare & deadly toxin profiler Dr Tony Hill & trusted colleague DCI Carol Jordan have their work cut out for them. Robbie was adored so the public want answers
- but the answers arent coming & trails are running cold. Then a bomb explodes in the football stadium causing massive casualties
- & another man dies from poisoning. Is there a link between the cases? & what are the motives for these crimes? The clock is ticking for Tony & Carol
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From internet stars Elle & Blair Fowler comes a scintillating new novel that takes readers Beneath the Glitter "of the glitzy L.A. social scene. " Welcome to a place where dreams are made. & where nothing--and no one--is ever what it seems." After their make-up & fashion videos went viral on You Tube sisters Sophia & Ava London are thrust into the exclusive life of the Los Angeles elite. Here fabulous parties air kisses paparazzi & hot guys all come with the scene. Sophia finds herself torn between a gorgeous bartender & a millionaire playboy & Ava starts dating an A-list actor. But as they're about to discover the life they've always dreamed of comes with a cost. Beneath the glitter of the Hollywood social scene lies a world of ruthless ambition vicious gossip...and betrayal. Someone close to them someone they trust is working in the shadows to bring the London sisters falling down. & once the betrayal is complete Sophia & Ava find themselves knee-deep in a scandal that could take away everything they care about including the one thing that matters most--each other." ...