This book gives a fascinating insight into the dramatic changes that have taken place in Rotherham over the past 100 years. It recalls houses & public buildings shops factories & pubs that have vanished or been changed almost beyond recognition. The pictures show changing types of transport & fashion & the developing character of streets & districts as they took on the form that is familiar today. The astonishing periods of growth that occurred during the late Victorian & Edwardian eras & since the Second World War are particularly well illustrated. Many aspects of the changing town are recalled
- hospitals & schools places of work & recreation parks & squares suburban streets & the main thoroughfares
- & the pictures record the ceaseless building & rebuilding that characterises the town today. The author has combined a remarkable selection of archive photographs with modern views of the same scenes in order to record the transformation that has occurred. The book will add to the knowledge appreciation & enjoyment of all those who take an interest in this distinctive town.

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This work is Taschens 25th anniversary
- special edition! One of the most esteemed abstract expressionists & greatest painters
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Master what it takes to make your rotoscoping & digital painting blend seamlessly into each shot. Through illustrious four color presentation the book features step-by-step instruction on the artistic techniques of rotoscoping & digital painting with lessons on: * Articulate mattes * Digital paint in moving footage * Motion tracking * Advanced rotoscoping & digital paint techniques & much more It also features practical insight on the subject & industry delving into: * The history & evolution of rotoscoping & the role of the rotoscoper *A typical day in the life of a rotoscoper * How to get a job as a rotoscoper ...

The Brussels Commission has just suspended its senior economist Bernard Connolly for writing a book savaging the prospects for a common currency. There are many who now believe he should be lauded as a prophet". (Observer Editorial 1 October 1995). " Mr. Connollys longstanding proposition that the foisting of a common currency upon so many disparate nations would end in ruin is getting a much wider hearing..." (New York Times 17 November 2011). When first published in 1995 The Rotten Heart of Europe caused outrage & delight
- here was a Brussels insider a senior EU economist daring to talk openly about the likely pitfalls of European monetary union. Bernard Connolly lost his job at the Commission but his book was greeted as a profound & persuasive expose of the would-be monetary masters of the world. His brave act of defiance became headline news
- & his book a major international bestseller. In a substantial new introduction Connolly returns to his prophetic account of the double-talk surrounding the efforts of politicians bankers & bureaucrats to force Europe into a crippling monetary straitjacket. Hidden agendas are laid bare skulduggery exposed & economic fallacies are skewered producing a horrifying conclusion. No one who wants to understand the workings of the EU past present & future can afford to miss this enthralling & deeply disturbing book."

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Go back into the really rotten times of the Romans where there were beastly battles deadly doctors & marvellous myths. Discover what Roman soldiers wore under their kilts how ancient Britons got their hair nice & spikey & why rich Romans needed a vomtorium. History with the nasty bits left in! 2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary. ...

The Rotters' Club"
- Jonathan Coe's iconic 1970s coming-of-age novel Winner of the Everyman Wodehouse prize " The Rotters' Club"
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Rottingdean Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour this is an exciting examination of Rottingdean the famous streets & the famous faces & what they meant to the people of Rottingdean throughout the 19th & into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos readers can see the historical context in which they are set. Through the author's factual captions for every picture & carefully-selected choice of images the reader can achieve a reliable view of the town's history. Readers are invited to follow a timeline of events & watch the changing face of Rottingdean as Douglas d' Enno guides us through the town's streets. There is something for everyone here whether they have lived in the area all their lives or whether they are just visiting this fabulous town. It also shows how photography has continually evolved to keep up with an ever-changing society. ...

The first murder victim had a bite mark on her neck. When the tabloids got hold of the story they immediately called the deranged killer The Rottweiler & the name stuck. The latest body was discovered very near Inez Ferrys antique shop in Marylebone. Someone spotted a shadowy figure running away past the station but couldnt say for sure if it was a man or a woman. There were only two other clues. The murderer seemed to have a preference for strangling his victims & then removing something personal
- like a cigarette lighter or a necklace. Trinkets very similar to those mysteriously appearing in Inezs shop... Since her actor husband died too early into their marriage Inez supplemented her modest income by taking in tenants above the shop. As her collection of antique trinkets grows so does Inezs fear that she is harbouring a psychopathic murderer.
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When the peat-cutters came to report the dead man Gil Cunningham was up in the roof-space of his mothers house teaching his new young wife swordplay. They believe the corpse to be that of a local missing man. His wife & the widow who runs the local coalmine are sure the body belongs to someone else but then they find themselves accused of having killed him by witchcraft. & if the corpse is not the missing man who is it? Gil & Alys try to get to the heart of the matter. Together they uncover more murders than they bargain for & encounter the chilling secret at the heart of the mystery. ...

Virgil Flowers heads north to solve a puzzling murder -- & finds that the country is very rough indeed. While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota Flowers gets a call asking him to investigate a murder at a nearby resort where a woman has been shot while kayaking. The resort is for women only: a place to relax get fit recover from plastic surgery & commune with nature. & the more Flowers digs the more he discovers it to be a hotbed of jealousy blackmail greed anger & fear. Then he discovers that this is not the first murder that there was a second seemingly unrelated killing the year before. & that theres about to be a third definitely related one any time now. & as for the fourth.. .well Virgil had better hope he can catch the killer before that happens. Because it could be his own. ...