This fascinating new book presents some of the events & people who have made up the life of the historic market town of Ledbury. Ruth Smith has gathered together a multitude of old photographs to illustrate the history of her home town & compares them with modern images to clearly show changes in street scenes leisure agriculture transport shops & businesses during the last century. Ledbury Past & Present" is a well-researched book that is sure to bring back cherished memories of yesteryear for all who know & love this part of Herefordshire." ...

Basic Acrylic Instruction-Amazing Results! This resource is packed with the best of Lee Hammonds lessons & tips on working with acrylics including more than 80 step-by-step exercises & demonstrations that will have you creating amazing paintings in no time flat. Success is easy-just follow along with Lee! With just seven to nine pigments you can paint anything. Youll learn how to add layers & details one stroke at a time. Along the way Lee s friendly encouragement & quick tips will help you work past what she calls the awkward stage " so you can complete your paintings with complete confidence. In addition to detailed information on selecting materials & mixing colors youll also get complete visual instruction for painting subjects of all kinds including: Still Life: Get proper proportions every time using easy graphing techniques. Youll also find demonstrations for painting the tricky parts such as glossy textures & reflective surfaces. Landscapes: Lee shares proven tips for creating depth & realism in subjects ranging from forests & mountains to prairies & seascapes. She also shows how to paint realistic clouds trees water & more. Animals: This chapter provides step-by-step guidance for painting all your favorite creatures. Theres even extra instruction for getting the eyes noses fur & feathers just right. People: Painting people can be especially challenging but success is easy with basic steps & practical guidance. One feature at a time youll learn simple techniques for painting faces of all kinds-male or female young or old. Youll also find in-depth guidance for creating realistic fleshtones eye color hair & more. This is a complete acrylic painting course right on your bookshelf. Follow along from beginning to end or refer to this guide when you need a quick lesson. Either way after learning from a master like Lee Hammond you wont be a beginner for long. Get started today!" ...

When Lee Kuan Yew speaks presidents prime ministers diplomats & CEOs listen. Lee the founding father of modern Singapore & its prime minister from 1959 to 1990 has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transforming Singapore into a Western-style economic success he offers a unique perspective on the geopolitics of East & West. American presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House; British prime ministers from Margaret Thatcher to Tony Blair have recognized his wisdom; & business leaders from Rupert Murdoch to Rex Tillerson CEO of Exxon Mobil have praised his accomplishments. This book gathers key insights from interviews speeches & Lee's voluminous published writings & presents them in an engaging question & answer format. Lee offers his assessment of China's future asserting among other things that China will want to share this century as co-equals with the U.S." He affirms the United States' position as the world's sole superpower but expresses dismay at the vagaries of its political system. He offers strategic advice for dealing with China & goes on to discuss India's future Islamic terrorism economic growth geopolitics & globalization & democracy. Lee does not pull his punches offering his unvarnished opinions on multiculturalism the welfare state education & the free market. This little book belongs on the reading list of every world leader -- including the one who takes the oath of office on January 20 2013." ...

Lee Mack Bafta award-winner & host of BBC Ones They Think Its All Over" stars in his first BBC Radio 2 series. Lee Mack host of BBC Ones " They Think Its All Over" star of ITVs " The Sketch Show" & BAFTA Award winner stars in this hilarious six-part comedy show as heard on BBC Radio 2. Participating in the manic mix of sketches & st&-up are special musical guests Toyah Willcox Midge Ure Suggs Sophie Ellis-Bextor Tom Robinson & Tony Hadley. Lee is also joined by comedians Noel Britton Mick Miller Milton Jones Rhod Gilbert Mike Wilmot & Aussie Trevor Crook. Ably assisted by long-suffering sidekick Angela Mc Hale & house band leader Steve Brown (" Knowing Me" " Knowing Yous Glenn Ponder") Lee Mack brings you a new show for the 21st century. Where else can you hear Tony Hadley playing cops & robbers & Suggs amid ghostly goings-on? Just dont ask Midge Ure about Band Aid... Fast-moving well executed & blindingly funny stand up
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Lee Miller is possibly the 20th centurys most famous woman photographer. During her extraordinary life she came into contact with a wide range of people including many of the most celebrated & influential artists writers actors fashion designers & socialites of the last century. The photographs include not only Pablo Picasso Max Ernst Dora Maar Igor Stravinsky Henry Moore Colette Marlene Dietrich Fred Astaire & a host of others but also pictures of unsung individuals engaged in war work. Most memorable of all are Millers pictures of victims & perpetrators of Nazi oppression
- some of the most powerful images from the last century. These brilliant portraits are shown together for the first time. Throughout the book Richard Calvocoressi demonstrates the originality & artistry of Millers work while exploring the relationship between the photographs & her fascinating life.
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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. ...

Leeds is a city with a rich commercial tradition & fine buildings to match. Its prosperity founded on the wool trade is reflected in the seventeenth-century church of St John with its magnificent Jacobean woodcarving & furnishings while the towns eighteenth-century expansion produced elegant Georgian parades & squares with homes for wealthy merchants. They now stand cheek-by-jowl with solid proud warehouses & offices of the railway age in a wonderful variety of styles ranging from elegant neo-Grecian to Gothic Moorish & Egyptian. The civic pride of Victorian Leeds has as its crowning glory the grand Town Hall testament to the talent of Cuthbert Brodrick whose Corn Exchange & Mechanics Institute make powerful use of dark & gritty local sandstone. Along the banks & wharfs of the River Aire & the Leeds & Liverpool Canal now being revived for twenty-first-century living are unique & nationally important industrial survivals including the inspired Egyptian-style Temple Mills & the unforgettable campanile of Tower Works. The twentieth century gave the city its outstanding university campus & recent regeneration has led to a revival of the citys public spaces & famously ornate & opulent Edwardian shopping arcades & markets. In the suburbs & beyond lie comfortable mansions & major Victorian churches while survivors of a different past can be found in the parish church of Adel one of the most complete Norman churches in Yorkshire the romantic ruins of Kirkstall Abbey & the mighty C17 mansion at Temple Newsam. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Leeds in the Fifties Sixties & Seventies" is a fascinating collection of photographs of the city from the archives of the " Yorkshire Evening Post". All aspects of daily life in the city are documented in these images including buildings transport & the people of Leeds: tradesmen office workers postmen millworkers shoppers. Although the book covers a comparatively recent chapter in Leeds history the changes in the city have been dramatic. In the 1950s the buildings of Leeds were black with soot & mill chimneys still dotted the landscape. Steam trains & trams transported people around the city while those with motor cars could drive up & park outside the citys department stores without charge. By the end of the 1970s the city was already a very different place & the pace of change has continued unabated. Buildings have been demolished or remodelled traffic has been redirected along the inner relief road reducing congestion in the city centre & the blackened buildings & mill chimneys have almost disappeared. The people of Leeds also appear in these pages: tradesmen office workers postmen millworkers shoppers
- all aspects of daily life in the city are documented. The images in " Leeds in the Fifties Sixties & Seventies" are sure to bring back memories for many Leeds residents & will provide the younger generation with an insight into how the modern city has developed from its industrial past."
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