Tim Burton is one of the most popular & innovative creative forces working in Hollywood today. From his first films as a cinema obsessed adolescent to his most recent Hollywood blockbusters like Sweeney Todd & Alice in Wonderland this new monograph by acclaimed author & film critic Antoine de Baecque takes readers on a behind the scenes journey through Burtons eccentric career. Featuring interviews with Burton himself that reveal quirky personal anecdotes exhaustively researched & gorgeously illustrated with film stills set photographs & a wide selection of Burtons drawings this vivid account of one of American cinemas greatest stars will delight fans & critics alike. ...

Tim Walker is one of the most visually exciting photographers of our time. This book showcases many of his most dazzling images his daydreams turned into photographs dating from around the last seven years of his career. Some of the biggest names in fashion & contemporary culture are here: Alber Elbaz sporting a pair of rabbit ears; Agyness Deyn in the sand dunes of Namibia; Alexander Mc Queen & a memento mori of skull & cigarettes; Helena Bonham Carter poised with Ray-Bans & a Diet Coke; Stella Tennant in a pink cloud among the rhododendrons of an English country garden The singer & musician Kate Bush contributes a foreword & Walker himself an afterword as well as illuminating his pictures throughout with personal observations. This exceptional & beautifully designed overview of a career caught in mid-flow reveals just how much one mans singular vision has influenced contemporary tastes in fashion beauty glamour & portraiture. ...

Timaeus & Critias" is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates it begins with Timaeus theoretical exposition of the cosmos & his story describing the creation of the universe from its very beginning to the coming of man. Timaeus introduces the idea of a creator God & speculates on the structure & composition of the physical world. Critias the second part of Platos dialogue comprises an account of the rise & fall of Atlantis an ancient mighty & prosperous empire ruled by the descendants of Poseidon which ultimately sank into the sea." ...

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In the millenniums last great sf novel Stephen Baxter takes us a short step byond Y2K. The year is 2010. We have survived.. .so far. Cornelius Taine of Eschatology Inc. mathematical genius predicts that in just 200 years our species will be wiped out. Even evacuation from Earth will not save us from extinction. Reid Malenfant entrepreneur has Big Dumb Boosters ready to fly from the California desert to be piloted by an enhanced squid named Sheena 5. When Taine offers Malenfant the ultimate dream of saving the species Sheenas mission is diverted to investigate Earths recently discovered
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- second moon. What Sheena 5 discovers there is nothing less than a revelation: the secret reason for our existence visible at last beneath the rippled surface of Times river. Malenfant & Taine must follow Sheena...but they are pursued by an enraged US Air & Space Force & a mighty battle in space may cut short their hopes for the ultimate transformation of mankind.

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Book One in the best-selling Uncle Albert science/adventure series. Uncle Albert & his intrepid niece Gedanken enter the dangerous & unknown world of a thought bubble. Their mission: to unlock the deep mysteries of Time & Space... Discover why you can't break the ultimate speed barrier how to become older than your mother how to put on weight without getting fat & how to live forever without even knowing it in this action-packed adventure story. ...

Youre living on borrowed time...A sniper opens fire on a crowded Californian schoolyard but is killed before any children are harmed. When the snipers identity is revealed a media frenzy erupts. Why would they want to take innocent lives? Psychologist Alex Delaware is brought in to help the kids cope with the ordeal but is drawn into investigating the motives of the would-be assassin. Alex soon finds himself on a bloody & twisted trail into the world of political extremism from which there may be no way back... ...

Fifteen-year-old Molly is gauche & awkwardly tall a great disappointment to her parents who only have time for their careers. Constantly at loggerheads because Molly is determined to become a swimmer the family go to stay in a 17th century manor house now used as a religious retreat. Inadvertently Molly triggers a time-chute & reappears in 1648 at the end of the Civil War to find she has taken the place of Molly Hampton the eldest daughter in a Puritan family. After suffering a beating an entire morning spent in chapel a smelly privy a muddy farmyard & cold water to wash in Molly labels the seventeenth century barbaric" & is hell-bent on escaping back to her own life. But the manor house belongs to Sir Richard Blaisdale a Royalist family & is barred to her. Forced to continue with the charade Molly meets Richard supposedly her best friend only to find herself falling in love with him. Gradually Molly begins to change her mind believing that she can stay & take Molly Hamptons place little realising that danger & disaster lie in wait for her... Time Breaking the latest riveting offer from author Barbara Spencer is written for young adults aged 12 -16." ...

Hilary had always thought shed lived a charmed life. With a caring husband David & two lively children she took an active part in both family & village life. Then one Monday morning Hilarys world is turned upside down. She discovers that David is having an affair. How could he? How could he put at risk their children & everything they have built together over the years? The question is what should Hilary do? Turn a blind eye much as neighbour Cindy has done over her own husbands various dalliances? Confront him as her outspoken new friend Georgia suggests? Or perhaps she should throw herself at attractive newcomer to the village Nick Bradshaw... Whatever happens it seems certain that for Hilary life is never going to be quite the same again. ...

War makes heroes of men but at what price? As the twentieth century dawns Guv Sutro against his father's will becomes a pioneer of aviation a fighter ace on the Western Front during the Great War & a record-breaker between the wars. From his first flight in a primitive glider over the fields of Sussex helped by the dogged loyalty of his friend Stan Kemp he charts his ruthless course to fame & adulation. But with the outbreak of World War Two 'the best of Old England' begins to crumble. Guv's son Tim is fighting a more covert war desperate to shed the burden of his father's reputation while Tim's childhood companion Will Kemp the son Guv felt he deserved is fighting heroically against overwhelming odds as a Spitfire pilot. The fates of the men are bound together in the monumental ambitions & terrible tragedies of an age of heroes. ...