Terry Wogan is one of Britains best-loved radio & television celebrities witty charming & relaxed & has undoubtedly captured the nations heart. Here Terry tells his life story from his beginnings as a young Limerick boy to his incredible success as an enduring celebrity with shows such as Wogan & The Eurovision Song Contest. Is It Me? (now available in B-format pbk) is written in Terrys own inimitable style with self-deprecating humour & a wry take on everyday life. The story is a delightfully observed light-hearted journey through Terrys personal & professional lives. After reluctantly starting his career in banking Terry escaped to make a sucessful break into broadcasting with RTE. Fronting Children in Need Wogan & The Eurovision Song Contest & collecting millions of listeners to his morning BBC 2 radio show Wake Up To Wogan he is now the most prolific & popular presenter at the BBC. I am sure its a challenging read Sir David Frost I dont remember him Jimmy Young ...

Create beautiful accomplished pictures with Terrys great little book which is packed with all his best tips. From working quickly & correcting mistakes to capturing perspective detail & creating texture he demystifies the painting process with his easy methods. Here you will find quick & masterful ways to paint all your favourite subjects including skies mountains trees & floliage rivers & streams seascapes & buildings. With superb tips on using watercolour & masses of hints on the best way to use acrylics this book is a must-have resource for anyone starting to paint & for more experienced artists seeking new techniques. ...

This book provides easy tips for working quickly correcting mistakes adding colour creating texture capturing detail & much more. Terry demystifies the painting process reveals his secrets & shows how to produce perfect pictures every time. It

Includes:: techniques tips step-by-step demonstrations & lots of great advice. It is perfectly practical excellent value & packed with know-how for beginners & more experienced artists. Terrys clear no-nonsense advice & easy-to-follow instructions make art accessible to all those who have never had the confidence to start painting before.

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In support of his wildly successful TERRYWOOD which opened in Los Angeles earlier in the year Terry Richardson releases a comprehensive monograph fully detailing the exhibition. The volume consists of the artwork in the exhibition documentation of the year-long process of building the exhibition & coverage of the opening night which has already attained legendary status as one the most important happenings in art since the turn of the century. In addition to Richardsons imagery the book will be accompanied by texts from Jeffrey Deitch & Al Moran. Terry Richardson is one of the most prolifi c & compelling photographers of his generation. Known for his uncanny ability to cut to the raw essence of whomever appears before his lens Richardsons vision is at once humorous tragic often beautiful & always provocative. Born in New York City & raised in Hollywood he began photographing his environment while attending Hollywood High School & playing in a punk rock b&. Richardsons work has been the subject of numerous group & solo shows throughout the world & he has published a selection of books beginning with Hysteric Glamour in 1998 followed by a print retrospective titled TERRYWORLD & most recently released LADY GAGA x TERRY RICHARDSON. Whatever the medium Terry Richardson continues to prove that he is a true American Original. ...

When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy DUrbervilles & seek a portion of their family fortune meeting her cousin Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love & salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess & powerful criticism of social convention Tess of the DUrbervilles" is one of the most moving & poetic of Hardys novels." ...

Tess is an innocent young girl until the day she goes to visit her rich relatives the DUrbervilles in hope that they might help her alleviate her own familys poverty. Her encounter with her manipulative cousin Alec leads her onto a path that is beset with suffering & betrayal. When she falls in love with another man Angel Clare Tess sees a potential escape from her past but only if she can tell him her shameful secret... ...

Part of Penguins" beautiful hardback " Clothbound Classics" series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy DUrbervilles & seek a portion of their family fortune meeting her cousin Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love & salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess & powerful criticism of social convention Tess of the DUrbervilles is one of the most moving & poetic of Hardys novels." ...

Set in Hardy's Wessex Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy & double standards. Its challenging sub-title A Pure Woman infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891 & it was condemned as immoral & pessimistic. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield the daughter of a poor & dissipated villager who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d' Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly & the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. It explores Tess's relationships with two very different men her struggle against the social mores of the rural Victorian world which she inhabits & the hypocrisy of the age. ...

A heartaching portrayal of a woman faced by an impossible choice in the pursuit of happiness Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D' Urbervilles" is edited with notes by Tim Dolin & an introduction by Margaret R. Higonnet in " Penguin Classics". When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D' Urbervilles & seek a portion of their family fortune meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love & salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess & powerful criticism of social convention " Tess of the D' Urbervilles" subtitled "A Pure Woman" is one of the most moving & poetic of Hardy's novels. Based on the three-volume first edition that shocked readers when first published in 1891 this edition

Includes:: as appendices: Hardy's Prefaces the " Landscapes of Tess" episodes originally censored from the Graphic periodical version & a selection of the Graphic illustrations. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) born Higher Brockhampton near Dorchester originally trained as an architect before earning his living as a writer. Though he saw himself primarily as a poet Hardy was the author of some of the late eighteenth century's major novels: " The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886) " Tess of the D' Urbervilles" (1891) " Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874) & " Jude the Obscure" (1895). Amidst the controversy caused by " Jude the Obscure" he turned to the poetry he had been writing all his life. In the next thirty years he published over nine hundred poems & his epic drama in verse " The Dynasts". If you enjoyed " Tess of the D' Urbervilles" you might like Daniel Defoe's " Moll Flanders" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The greatest tragic writer among the English novelists". (Virginia Woolf)."

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Harper Collins is pround to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know what you have read & seen & thought I feel what a nothing I am!' Challenging the hypocrisy & social conventions of the rural Victorian world Tess of the D' Urbervilles follows the story of Tess Durbeyfield as she attempts to escape the poverty of her background seeking wealth by claiming connection with the aristocratic D' Urberville family. It is through Tess's relationships with two very different men that Hardy tells the story of his tragic heroine & exposes the double standards of the world that she inhabits with searing pathos & heart-rending sentiment. ...