This is a fun & funky series charting the hopes dreams & schemes of the lively loveable Lucy
- wannabe fashion designer & Stand
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This is a purrfect series filled with chaos adventure & magic spells! Orla is very excited about entering the local photo competition
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This title features nearly 400 images showing in fine detail some of the changes that have taken place in Derby & the surrounding suburbs over a period of more than 150 years. The images have been arranged in the form of trails which for the most part the reader can easily follow on foot to get the maximum benefit from the book. In medieval times Derby grew in importance as a busy centre of trade attracting people from other towns & outlying villages. Derbys first Market Charter was not particularly detailed but the second granted fifty years later in 1204 by King John was much more precise. This Charter allowed a weekly market held from Thursday to Friday evening & granted the Burgesses the right to levy tolls from the traders as well as punish thieves. Later additions to the Charter gave the rights to hold fairs at Easter Whitsun & Michaelmas. However the most significant change in Derbys history took place on the 30 May 1839 when the first railway train steamed into the town. The excited crowds watching the trains arrival little realised how this event would change the face of Derby. Initially three railway companies operated from Derby until in 1844 they amalgamated to form the Midland Railway. This hectic activity attracted swarms of workers from all over the country & in 1851 records showed that 43 per cent of the adults in the town had been born outside the county. Derbys reputation as an industrial town was boosted even further with the arrival of Rolls-Royce at the beginning of the 20th century. The latest development in the city
- Derby having acquired city status in 1977
- has been the successful development of Pride Park on land previously used by the railway industry. This collection of images illustrates the industries the streets & markets & the people who lived in Derby & the former villages which once surrounded the town. The old scenes will bring back vivid memories for some & introduce others to what life used to be like in bygone days.

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This title features a fascinating collection of images that both locals & visitors to Nottingham will enjoy. Nottingham
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels from Starter to Advanced this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Christina who works in an art gallery in Buenos Aires is waiting at the traffic lights on her motorbike. She notices two men with a gun in the car next to her. Seconds later she is hit by a taxi & wakes up in hospital with no memory of the accident or the two men. However the men are afraid of what might happen if her memory returns & plan to make sure it never does. Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book. ...

A delightful travelogue in the unique style of one of the greatest writers in the English language the Penguin Classics" edition of Charles Dickens " Pictures from Italy" is edited with notes & an introduction by & notes by Kate Flint. In 1844 Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year & " Pictures from Italy" is an illuminating account of his experiences there. He presents the country like a magic-lantern show as vivid images ceaselessly appear before his
- & his readers
- eyes. Italys most famous sights are all to be found here
- St Peters in Rome Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background the fairytale buildings & canals of Venice
- but Dickens chronicle is not simply that of a tourist. Avoiding preconceptions & stereotypes he portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings & squalid poverty & between past & present as he observes everyday life beside ancient monuments. Combining thrilling travelogue with piercing social commentary " Pictures from Italy" is a revealing depiction of an exciting & disquieting journey. In her introduction Kate Flint discusses nineteenth-century travel writing & Dickens ideas about perception memory & Italian politics. This edition also

Includes:: a chronology further reading notes & an appendix. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books including " Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & " The Pickwick Papers" have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed " Pictures from Italy" you might like Dickens " American Notes" also available in " Penguin Classics"."





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The series is a powerful collection of colour documentary photographs of families on a council estate in Moore's home city of Derby UK made between 1987 & 1988. At the time few serious documentary photographers were working in colour & Moore's choice was in many ways a rebellion against the prevalent aesthetic. It was also a crtical response to the new political & social realities imposed by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government from 1979. As David Chandler comments in a new essay commissioned for the book; ' Pictures from the Real World' presents working class life as a strange blend of physical mayhem & inertia the abrasive square frames of Moore's camera cut into bodies & objects much as the rooms themselves seem to struggle to contain them'. Published as a limited edition of 500 copies the book is a unique collaboration between Dewi Lewis Publishing & London based Here Press. The work retains a visceral energy 25 years after the event & documents a very particular time in British social & photographic history. One might also argue that the subsistence level living encountered connects the content of the work to current times. ...

Will you marry me? I think of you then. I think of you every day. But usually in the quietest part of the morning or the darkest part of the night. Not when my boyfriend of two years has just proposed. I look up at Richard with his hopeful eyes. Lily? he prompts. Its been ten years but it feels like only yesterday that you left. How can I say yes to Richard with all my heart when most of it has always belonged to you? I take a deep breath & will myself to speak... Ten years ago when Lily was just sixteen she fell in love with someone she really shouldnt have fallen in love with. Now living in Sydney & engaged to another man she cant forget the one that got away. Then her past comes back to haunt her & she has to make a decision that will break her heart
- & the heart of at least one of the men who love her.
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The title of this book is a remark allegedly made by Kurt Schwitters to an acquaintance when asked what he was going to do that day. Frankly considering his poor command of English it seems unlikely. Anyway the intention was clear. He was off to make things."
- Alan Fletcher. Following on the success of " The Art of Looking Sideways" " Picturing & Poeting" presents an eye-catching & mind-teasing collection of visual games doodles graphic objects sketches "ations that demonstrates how images can often convey meaning more clearly than text. It is a fascinating & entertaining exploration of the potential that words have to become pictures & that drawings have to convey meanings as well as an intriguing collection of ephemera. Assembled from the notebooks & travel diaries of Alan Fletcher over a lifetime of noticing the detail & wit in everything & applying his own unique style this book will appeal to everyone who enjoys visual games puns & witty stories. Accompanied by succinct & insightful observations into the nature of meaning & the workings of images this book attempts to illustrate the inner workings of one of the most creative minds & most internationally influential figures in graphic design working today."
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Ever since the landmark publication of Susan Sontags On Photography it has been impossible to look at photographs particularly those of violence & suffering without questioning our role as photographic voyeur. Are we desensitized by the proliferation of these images? Or do the images stir our own sense of justice & act as a call to arms? Are we consuming the suffering of others? What should our responses to these images be? To answer these questions Picturing Atrocity brings together essays from some of the foremost writers on photography today including Rebecca Solnit Alfredo Jaar Ariella Azoulay John Lucaites Robert Hariman & Susan Meiselas to offer close readings of images that reveal the realities behind the photographs the subjects & the photographers. From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each essay focuses specifically on an iconic image offering a distinct approach & context in order to enable us to look again
- this time more closely
- at the picture. In addition four photo-essays showcase the work of photographers involved in the making of photographs of brutality as well as the artists own reflections on these images. Together these essays cover the historical & geographical range of atrocity photographs & respond to current concerns about such disturbing images. Picturing Atrocity is an important read not just for insights into photography but for its reflections on human injustice & suffering. In keeping with that aim all royalties from the book will be donated to Amnesty International.

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