According to Vasari the young Michelangelo often borrowed drawings of past masters which he copied returning his imitations to the owners & keeping originals. Half a millennium later Andy Warhol made a game of forging" the Mona Lisa questioning the entire concept of originality. Forged explores art forgery from ancient times to the present. In chapters combining lively biography with insightful art criticism Jonathon Keats profiles individual art forgers & connects their stories to broader themes about the role of forgeries in society. From the Renaissance master Andrea del Sarto who faked a Raphael masterpiece at the request of his Medici patrons to the Vermeer counterfeiter Han van Meegeren who duped the avaricious Hermann Goring to the frustrated British artist Eric Hebborn who began forging to expose the ignorance of experts art forgers have challenged "legitimate" art in their own time breaching accepted practices & upsetting the status quo. They have also provocatively confronted many of the present-day cultural anxieties that are major themes in the arts. Keats uncovers what forgeries-and our reactions to them-reveal about changing conceptions of creativity identity authorship integrity authenticity success & how we assign value to works of art. The book concludes by looking at how artists today have appropriated many aspects of forgery through such practices as street-art stenciling & share-&-share-alike licensing & how these open-source "copyleft" strategies have the potential to make legitimate art meaningful again. Forgery has been much discussed-and decried-as a crime. Forged is the first book to assess great forgeries as high art in their own right." ...

Forget About Today" shows a side of Bob Dylan that most people
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When Sophies cousin Danielle dies after a fall from her balcony the police dismiss her death as suicide. She had broken up with her boyfriend & had suffered from depression in the past. Sophie isnt so sure however & when she finds a memory stick in a pair of Danis old jeans some new photos & information come to light that point to something more sinister. Sophie & her friend Reece investigate further & soon find out that Dani was involved with something very dark & very dangerous. As Sophie & Reece become more & more deeply involved they put themselves in huge danger too accessing secret data facing kidnap attempts & worse. & as they uncover the terrible truth about what really happened to Dani Sophie & Reece must also face their feelings for each other.. . ...

Manchesters Westy Lane is the hunting ground for a killer who leaves a tiny blue flower in the torn body of each victim after he kills her. Lisa Noone twelve years old & wise beyond her years lives too near the lane & her mother is a member of the oldest profession in the book. Their lives are far from perfect but they will always have each other. Or will they? One night Benny arrives in Lisas life. Tall dark the most gorgeous man shes ever seen Benny is not all he seems. While Lisa savours true love Benny wants more from her than she will ever know. ...

Michael Harveys book brings to its readers the excitement of trainspotting in the 1950s & 60s the hobbys heyday. It was the advent of the famous Ian Allan ABC Locospotters books that really gave the hobby its impetus as they gave trainspotters all the information they required. Forget the Anorak sets out to provide the reader with a personal account of what the hobby entailed
- teenagers roaming the railways of Britain sleeping on deserted platforms on porters trolleys bunking dimly lit depots & eluding capture travelling hundreds of miles on a platform ticket & stink bombs on the Underground. Youll be able to smell the steam soot & unwashed socks & taste the boiled egg sandwiches the chips wrapped in newspaper & the hot jam doughnuts all washed down with warm Tizer. Illustrated with Michael Harveys own photographs & a selection of maps Forget the Anorak" appeals to anyone who experienced the golden days of trainspotting as well as to anyone interested in the social history of Britain after the Second World War."
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Liverpool 1936 Miranda & her mother Arabella live comfortably in a nice area. But when her mother tells her she can no longer afford their present lifestyle they have a blazing row & Miranda goes to bed angry & upset. When she wakes the next morning however her mother has disappeared. She raises the alarm but everyone is baffled & when searches fail to discover Arabella's whereabouts Miranda is forced to live with her Aunt Vi & cousin Beth who resent her presence & treat her badly. Miranda is miserable but when she meets a neighbour Steve things begin to look up & Steve promises to help his new friend in her search & does so until war intervenes. ...

Liverpool 1936. Miranda & her mother Arabella live comfortably in a nice area. But when her mother tells her she can no longer afford their present lifestyle they have a blazing row & Miranda goes to bed angry & upset. When she wakes the next morning however her mother has disappeared. She raises the alarm but everyone is baffled & when searches fail to discover Arabella's whereabouts Miranda is forced to live with her Aunt Vi & cousin Beth who resent her presence & treat her badly. Miranda is miserable but when she meets a neighbour Steve things begin to look up & Steve promises to help his new friend in her search & does so until war intervenes. ...

Youre on an adventure About to start Youre going to learn Some poems by heart! In this new anthology Childrens Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman shares a br&-new collection of poems especially suitable for learning by heart & saying aloud. As Mary Ann says: When you learn a poem by heart it becomes a part of you. You know it in your mind in your mouth in your ears in your whole body. & best of all you know it forever." In addition to beloved poems by Mary Ann herself this collection also features poems by such notable poets as Carl Sandburg Karla Kuskin Jack Prelutsky Alice Schertle & William Carlos Williams as well as helpful tools that children parents & teachers can use for memorization & recitation. The poems are coupled with Michael Emberleys humorous & lively art offering a unique approachable & child-friendly collection. The wide variety of poems from short to long & from silly to solemn are sure to please every reader & inspire children of all ages to celebrate the joy of learning poetry by heart." ...

Many of the Ferrari single seaters & sports racers that won world championships were born of the imagination of Mauro Forghieri & designed by him. This was the case with the John Surtees 1964 158 F1 & the unbeatable Ts of the Lauda-Regazzoni era. The same can be said of the 250 P the 330 P3 & P4 as well naturally as the 312 'PB' the unquestioned protagonists among the sports racing cars of the 1960s & 1970s. ...

In this hugely ambitious history of Britain Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which the country was transformed into the world s first industrial power. This was an era of revolutionary change unparalleled in Britain yet one in which transformation was achieved without political revolution. The unique combination of transition & revolution is a major theme in the book which ranges across the embryonic empire the Church education health finance & rural & urban life. Evans gives particular attention to the Great Reform Act of 1832. The Third Edition

Includes:: an entirely new introductory chapter & is illustrated for the first time.

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