From the time when as an eight-year-old girl she saw the movie Fame Victoria wanted to be a star. There was a line from the title song that stayed with her
- Im gonna live forever Im gonna learn how to fly. With this extraordinary book she gives us the chance to follow her on her journey from lonely teenager to international star; to fly alongside her. At heart is an uplifting story of tenderness & passion but kidnap threats & media lies have often turned the dream into a nightmare. Incredibly frank & told with coruscating humour Victorias autobiography describes her extraordinary life as it really is. Learning To Fly" is more compelling than any novel."
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Learning to Look at Paintings" is an accessible guide to the study & appraisal of paintings drawings & prints. Mary Acton shows how you can develop visual analytical & historical skills in learning to look at & understand an image by analyzing how it works what its pictorial elements are & how they relate to each other. This fully revised & updated new edition is illustrated with over one hundred images by a wide range of Western European & American artists ranging from Rembrandt Van Gogh & Botticelli to Picasso Matisse & Rothko & now

Includes:: modern & contemporary artists such as Georgia OKeeffe Anselm Kiefer Tacita Dean & Marlene Dumas. In addition Mary Acton presents new examples highlighting the survival & revival of painting in recent years. A new introduction situates the book in the wider context of recent changes in the approach to Art History. A glossary of critical & technical terms used in the language of Art History is also included with an updated but still selective reading list."

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* Each unit is broken down into bite-sized sections with clearly defined goals to make progress easy to measure & to keep students motivated. * Step-by-step instructions are easy for learners to follow & consolidation exercises help them to apply what they have learnt. * The skills-based 'dip-in-&-out' approach suits students of all levels & abilities. * A free CD-ROM provides electronic files to dramatically save keying in time. * The language & the content are accessible for Level 1 & 2 learners as well as students studying English as their second language. Access more support materials including content from the accompanying CD-ROM ...

New CLAi T resources for Office 2007: * Specifically designed for use with Office 2007 so you can teach CLAi T with the most up-to-date application suite. * Contains step-by-step instructions on getting to grips with the learning assessment support & stretch activities ensuring every learner achieves their best. * Provides support for all the units offering enough units to cover the full CLAi T Diploma qualification including the mandatory unit. * CD-ROM in each student book provides files for answering questions within the textbook with ready made spreadsheets & word documents. * Also coming soon
- Student Book for CLAi T Plus with Office 2007.
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Whether you want to learn how to play an instrument or just refresh your existing capability whether you sing in a choir or would simply like to follow scores while listening this book will help you achieve your aim. It leads you carefully through the basics of pitch rhythm keys scales chords & much more building your knowledge chapter by chapter until you are able to read music with ease. The visual index of musical symbols laid out at the start will make clear the task at h&. Reference to common instruments & familiar tunes will help bring your learning to life while self-testing & chapter summaries ensure that you develop & retain this new skill. By the end of the book you will have come a long way. Your knowledge of music notation will be a pleasure to you & a useful tool. As well as its practical applications for any performer this book will give you insights into how music is put together. You will have the feeling of knowing the music from the inside out. ...

Almost everyone can see" in the conventional sense but developing photographic vision takes practice. This work helps photographers visualize their work & the world in a whole new light. This revised & rewritten guide takes a radical approach to creativity. It explains how it is not some gift only for a few but actually a skill that can be learned & applied. Using inventive photographs from his own portfolio the author deconstructs creativity for photographers. He details the basic techniques that went into not only taking a particular photo but also provides insights on how to improve upon it so helping readers avoid the visual pitfalls that can lead to dull photographs. This edition features informaton on digital photography & digital imaging software as well as a section on colour as a design element." ...

The mind says Osho has the potential to be enormously creative in dealing with the challenges of everyday life & the problems of the world in which we live. The difficulty however is that instead of using the mind as a helpful servant we have largely allowed it to become the master of our lives. Its ambitions belief systems & interpretations rule our days & our nights
- bringing us into conflict with minds that are different from ours keeping us awake at night rehashing those conflicts or planning the conflicts of tomorrow & disturbing our sleep & our dreams. If only there was a way to switch it off & give it a rest! Finding the switch that can silence the mind
- not by force or performing some exotic ritual but through understanding watchfulness & a healthy sense of humour
- is meditation. A sharper more relaxed & creative mind
- one that can function at the peak of its unique intelligence
- is the potential. The book will include a link to tutorials on OSHO Nadabrahma Meditation.




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Mr. Magee & his little dog Dee have yet another silly & unexpected adventure in this new addition to the popular series. Mr. Magee & Dee leave home bright & early to learn how to ski
- but a run-in with a moose finds them flying through the air & suspended a hundred feet above an abyss! In the nick of time the oblivious moose rescues the man & his dog & they return home good as new.
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A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. This sharp funny collection of stories drawn from life begins in the 1950s in an insular northern village scoured by bitter winds & rough gossip tongues. For the child narrator the only way to survive is to get up get on get out. In King Billy is a Gentleman the child must come to terms with the loss of a father & the puzzle of a fading Irish heritage. Curved Is the Line of Beauty is a story of friendship faith & a near-disaster in a scrap-yard. The title story sees our narrator ironing out her northern vowels with the help of an ex-actress with one lung & a Manchester accent. In Third Floor Rising she watches dazzled as her mother carves out a stylish new identity. With a deceptively light touch Mantel locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. ...