Throughout his long career Morandi focused on still lifes & landscapes that captured the simple beauty of light & form. While his contemporaries struggled with the intellectual turmoil & aesthetic experimentation of the twentieth century Morandi remained faithful to the subjects that fascinated him most: bottles vases & jugs & the view out his studio window in Bologna. This richly illustrated volume brings together more than one hundred of his most important works. Grouped according to technique????????????paintings watercolors drawings & etchings????????????each aspect of his work is given thoughtful consideration by scholars who explore Morandis genius for composition his serene palette & his expertise as a draftsman. ...

When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriends return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth David pretends the liaison never happened
- while Giovannis life descends into tragedy. United by the theme of love the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years & vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to loves endlessly fascinating possibilities & extremities: romantic love platonic love erotic love gay love virginal love adulterous love parental love filial love nostalgic love unrequited love illicit love not to mention lost love twisted & obsessional love...
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Considered an 'audacious' second novel Giovanni's Room" is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates liaisons & violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores with uncompromising clarity the conflicts between desire conventional morality & sexual identity." ...

The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me" by Roald Dahl is one of his most delightful stories & has been loved by adults & children alike for decades. Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop. But then he finds a giraffe a pelly & a monkey living inside
- they're the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company! Who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends & when they meet the richest man in all of England there's a chance that Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true.. ."A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero". David Walliams Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head" sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators & it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations."
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The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me" is a classic Roald Dahl story. Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe a pelly & a monkey living inside
- they're the Ladderless Window Cleaners! Who need ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends & when they meet the richest man in all England there's a chance Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true..."A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero". (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller Roald Dahl! Exciting bold & instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers after his death in 1990 & total sales are now over 100 million worldwide! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators. It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. Look out for the whole collection of wondercrump Roald Dahl books! " The Enormous Crocodile"; " Fantastic Mr Fox"; " The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me"; " The Magic finger"; " The Twits"; " The BFP"; " Boy: Tales of Childhood"; " Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"; " Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator"; " The Complete Adventures of Charlie & Mr Willy Wonka"; " Danny the Champion of the World"; " George's Marvellous Medicine"; " Going Solo"; " James & the Giant Peach"; " Matilda"; " The Witches"; " Dirty Beasts"; " The Minpins"; " Revolting Rhymes". For Teens: " The Great Automatic Grammatizator & Other Stories"; " Rhyme Stew"; " Skin & Other Stories"; " The Vicar of Nibbleswicke"; " The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More"."
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Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance but everyone knows that giraffes cant dance.. .or can they? This classic & bestselling picture book is now brought to life on DVD. Watch Gerald & his animal friends dance to the jungle music in this lively animation narrated by actor Hugh Laurie then join the party with the read along activity & dancing games. ...

Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance.. .or can they? 2009 sees the 10th anniversary of the bestselling picture book & this sturdy board book edition of this funny touching & triumphant story from an award-winning creative team will delight & entertain every toddler. ...

Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance.. .or can they? This classic & bestselling picture book with its fabulous story about daring to be different is brought gloriously to life in an irresistible new pop-up edition. ...

Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance.. .or can they? A funny touching & triumphant story from an award-winning creative team. 2009 sees the 10th anniversary of this bestselling picture book loved by children everywhere. ...

In 1967 after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi & sent to Mc Lean Hospital to be treated for depression. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele
- Sylvia Plath Robert Lowell James Taylor & Ray Charles. A clear-sighted unflinching work that provokes questions about our definitions of sane & insane Kaysen's extraordinary memoir encompasses horror & razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients & their keepers.
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