This volume brings together new research by some of the worlds leading experts exploring the artistic production & cultural context of Renaissance sculpture from Ghibertis Gates of Paradise to the small bronzes of Giambologna & his followers. The essays cover a range of sculptural materials & forms to cast fresh light on the artists their creative & collaborative processes & those who commissioned owned & responded to their work. The papers were originally presented at a conference at the V&A in 2010 as part of the Robert H. Smith Renaissance Sculpture Programme. ...

The Moro restaurant was born out of a desire to cook within the wonderful tradition of Mediterranean food & to explore exotic flavours little known in the UK. It is one of London's most talked about restaurants &
- unsurprisingly
- Moro: the Cookbook was a huge success. Its passionate insight into the culinary traditions of Spain & the Muslim Mediterranean & its strong vision & ethos captured readers' imaginations. Casa Moro introduces an equally impressive quality & diversity of recipes that are by no means inaccessible to the average cook; ranging from Asparagus with parsley & almonds; Moroccan courgette salad; Partridge escabeche; Garlic prawns with white wine & chilli; Chicken with pine nuts saffron & fino sherry & Chestnut almond & chocolate cake. Taking the range of flavours beyond those covered in their first cookbook Sam & Sam Clark have created fresh & dynamic dishes that reflect Moro's ever-changing menu. Much more than a simple catalogue of recipes Casa Moro evokes Sam & Sam's extensive travels their first discovery of Spain & Morocco & their house in the heart of Moorish Andalucia taking the reader on a journey that resonates with delicious dishes history & tradition. With an entire chapter dedicated to the ancient ways & cooking of Andalucia & more specifically the village in which Sam & Sam live this personal evocative account exudes romance & is written & designed with palpable excitement & elegance.

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The Moro restaurant was born out of a desire to cook within the wonderful traditions of Spanish & North African food & to explore exotic flavours little known in the UK. It has established itself as one of the most talked about restaurants in the UK winning both the Time Out & BBC Good Food awards for Best New Restaurant when it opened in 1997. The Clarks first book Moro: The Cookbook" has been a runaway success. Its passionate insight & strong culinary vision & ethos captured readers imaginations. " Casa Moro" the second book from the Clarks takes the range of flavours beyond those covered in their first. Sam & Sam have created fresh & dynamic dishes that reflect Moros ever-changing menu ranging from Asparagus with parsley & almonds; Moroccan courgette salad; & Chicken with pine nuts saffron & fino sherry to Chestnut almond & chocolate cake. Yet " Casa Moro" is much more than a simple catalogue of recipes; it evokes Sam & Sams extensive travels their first discovery of Spain & Morocco & their house in the heart of Moorish Andalucia taking the reader on a journey that resonates with delicious dishes history & tradition. With an entire chapter dedicated to the ancient ways & cooking of Andalucia & more specifically the village in which Sam & Sam live this personal evocative account exudes romance & is written & designed with palpable excitement & elegance." ...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Israel takes on the greatest threats faced by Israel today In addition to Hamas which provoked the recent war & Gaza with its rocket attacks on Israeli civilians Alan Dershowtiz argues that Israels most dangerous enemies include Jimmy Carter & other western leaders who would delegitimize Israel as an apartheid regime subject to the same fate as white South Africans; Israels academic enemies led by professors Stephen Walt & John Mearsheimer who would accuse supporters of Israel of dual loyalty & indeed disloyalty to America; & Iran led by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad which threatens Israel by its development of nuclear weapons which it has publicly threatened to use against the Jewish state. Persuasively argues that Jimmy Carter & other enemies of Israel are also enemies of peace imperiling not only Israel but the rest of the world Sparks controversy & lively discussion across the entire spectrum of opinion on the Middle East Passionate & outspoken: As always when Israel needs to be defended.. . Alan Dershowitz speaks with great passion & personal courage." -Elie Wiesel Alan Dershowitz is at his outspoken thought-provoking best in The Case Against Israels Enemies changing both the tone & the focus of the debate about Israels adversaries at a time when the future existence of Israel is increasingly imperiled." ...

There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. For the first time in history a significantly large number of people want nothing to do with God. Militant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness with the zeal of missionaries & find an eager audience. What has happened? Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present Karen Armstrong shows that meaning of words such as belief faith & mystery has been entirely altered so that atheists & theists alike now think & speak about God
- & indeed reason itself
- in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing. Does God have a future? Karen Armstrong examines how we can build a faith that speaks to the needs of our troubled & dangerously polarised world.

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On 4 CDs. In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to life with Crawford Logan & Gerda Stevenson as Paul & Steve. Using the original scripts & incidental music & recorded using vintage microphones & sound effects the production of Paul Temple & the Sullivan Mystery aimed to sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so popular with the audience that it was soon followed with equal success by two more revivals Paul Temple & the Madison Mystery & Paul Temple & Steve. ...

Cambridge is sweltering during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie former police inspector turned private investigator the world consists of one accounting sheet
- Lost on the left Found on the right
- & the two never seem to balance. Jackson has never felt at home in Cambridge & has a failed marriage to prove it. Surrounded by death intrigue & misfortune his own life haunted by a family tragedy he attempts to unravel three disparate case histories & begins to realise that in spite of apparent diversity everything is connected...

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When the young Charles Dexter Ward becomes fascinated by the history of his wizard ancestor Joseph Curwen who gained notoriety for haunting graveyards he attempts to duplicate Curwens cabbalistic & alchemical feats. It is Wards doctor who bears witness to the full horror of Wards results as Lovecrafts psychological mystery unfolds before him. ...

Virginia City in 1862 is a mining camp sitting above a rich vein of silver in Americas Wild West. Its a dangerous place full of gamblers hurdy girls & gunmen
- all of them on the make! When twelve year-old P.K. Pinkerton arrives there homeless penniless & hunted things dont look good. But P.K. soon finds allies in Sam Clemens a newspaper reporter Poker Face Jace a gambler who can tell when someone is bluffing & Ping a Chinese photographers apprentice. With the help of these friends
- & armed with a Smith & Wesson seven-shooter & a knack for disguises
- P.K. takes on the tricksters & desperados & tries to become a detective. Fast furious & funny
- an utterly entertaining mystery adventure from an author who knows exactly how to grip & thrill her readers.



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There are two stories/TV episodes in each book so they are flipper books with a front cover for each story. THE CASE OF THE FUDGIE FRY PIRATES: Theres more to Shelter Island than a puffin refuge! THE CASE OF THE PLANT THAT COULD EAT YOUR HOUSE: A dangerous plant is on the loose! ...