In 1909 the largest department store in London's West End designed & built from scratch opened in Oxford Street in a glorious burst of publicity. The mastermind behind the facade was American retail genius Harry Gordon Selfridge: maverick businessman risk-taker dandy & one of the greatest showmen the retail world has ever known. His talents were to create the seduction of shopping & as his success & fame grew so did his glittering lifestyle: mansions yachts gambling racehorses
- & mistresses. From the glamour of Edwardian England through the turmoil of the Great War & the heady excesses of the 1920s & beyond Selfridges Department Store was 'a theatre with the curtain going up at 9 o'clock each morning'. Mr Selfridge reveals the captivating story of the rise & fall of the man who revolutionised the way we shop. ' Lively & entertaining' Sunday Telegraph ' Will change your view of shopping forever' Vogue ' Harry Selfridge revolutionised the way we shop.. .fascinating' Daily Mail
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Shopping is good for you. This title features the most fabulous recent retail spaces around the world by architectures most talented. Shops are the one place where the stars of the world of architecture from David Adjaye to Rem Koolhaas & Zaha Hadid encounter the people who make the world of design turn from Jurgen Bey to Tom Dixon Ingo Maurer or Philippe Starck. This book is full of the most recent retail spaces in the world ranging from astonishing shopping centers by Daniel Libeskind or the young Swiss firm HHF to interactive store windows or a tiny jewel-like chocolate store in the heart of Paris. A pop-up store for Dr. Martens shoes a unique newsstand designed for London by Thomas Heatherwick or flagship stores for the likes of Armani Balenciaga or Joseph are all part of what makes Retail Architecture one of the most exciting & dynamic areas of contemporary creativity. Apple computers Uniqlo clothes or Nike shoes can all be found here in a spirit of perfect harmony with the best that todays architecture & design can offer. Books jewelry fine foods & handbags are glorified & amplified by glass steel & the latest most sophisticated techniques in design & branding. This is where Peter Marino meets Karl Lagerfeld & where Yoshioka Tokujin breaths life into Hermes scarves. Ephemeral by design in many cases Shopping Architecture Now!" is also the place where the makers of dreams finally find a solid home. It
Includes:: David Adjaye APA Christian Biecher BCJ Campaign Arthur Casas Colli + Galliano Concrete Tom Dixon Edith Edition Carlos Ferrater FOA Massimiliano Fuksas Gonzalez-Foerster Zaha Hadid Heatherwick HHF Sophie Hicks Junya Ishigami Lok Jansen Jouin Manku Klein Dytham Kengo Kuma Olivier Lempereur Leong Leong Daniel Libeskind Liganova Makkink & Bey Mapt Associates Peter Marino Ingo Maurer Richard Meier Moatti & Riviere OMA PARA-Project Puresang Arne Quinze Francesc Rife SANAA Chikaro Ohno Sinato Philippe Starck Suppose Design Office Tacklebox Threefoldarchitects Matteo Thun Yoshioka Tokujin UNStudio Vaillo Irigary Galar Marcel Wanders Isay Weinfeld Wonderwall Armani Apple Balenciaga Hugo Boss Camper Chanel Patrick Cox Diesel Droog Dr. Martens Fauchon Fendi Hermes Derek Lam Phillip Lim Stella Mc Cartney Issey Miyake Nike Prada Uniqlo Van Cleff & Arpels Vertu Vodaphone Yohji Yamamoto YSL Ermenegildo Zegna & many more."
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Steven is sent out for groceries on to the mean street of the city with only a shopping basket for protection. There are several shady characters about who are offering to lighten the load of the basket by helping themselves to his provisions! Stephens having none of it & with the help of some of the citys less attractive sights he outsmarts all of them & makes it home in time for tea. With the pictures telling as much of the story as the text children & adults alike will appreciate the humour & observations from this well known childrens author. ...

Lets children dress the dolls as you spend your time going shopping. Part of the Sticker Dolly Dressing" series this title lets you decide on the outfits the dolls should wear to shop in a mall buy pretty party dresses choose new shoes & more. It comes with over 300 stickers." ...

In Shopping in the 1940s Angela Davies tells us about growing up above a village post office & general shop. Learn about how shopping was different before supermarkets & how people shopped when food was rationed. When I Was Young introduces readers to real people who tell you all about their childhoods. Real life stories photographs & memories bring the past to life! ...

Its so exciting! How can she contain herself? She tries
- but she cant! An enormous sneeze sets in motion a small calamity & Dad
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The opponents: mothers vs. daughters. The battle scene: a boutique changing room. Fashion-guru Annies well-dressed world is falling apart
- first she has lost her legendary sense of style & now her daughter Lana seems to have become her worst enemy. Even her multi-millionairess friend Svetlana is having daughter trouble
- shes at war with Elena over their business in New York. A trip to a luxurious Italian spa seems like the perfect way to forget her problems. But celery juice & Pilates cant solve the disasters that are about to strike.. . Will Annie rescue her passion for fashion? & can mothers & daughters ever truly be friends?

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Short & Scary!"

Includes:: stories of ghosts monsters & aliens
- as well as some much more unexpected


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This work contains over forty stories in one book-all of them very very short. None of the stories are more than two pages long but each of them is special & thought-provoking. Drawn from a range of sources including folk tales urban myths & narrative jokes as well as original stories the stories are ideal to be used in the classroom as well as for sleepovers & just for dipping into. Short & Spooky!"

Includes:: stories of ghosts of all kinds
- some funny some scary some shocking-but all guaranteed to give a fright!"


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Winner of the Andre Simon Food Book Award 2011 The ultimate baking compendium from Dan Lepard the country's foremost baking guru. Dan Lepard's innovative & earthy approach has made him the baker that every top chef wants in their kitchen & with this utterly dependable how-to-bake book you'll be baking cakes pastries breads & cookies like never before. Collecting together Dan's best recipes
- & mixing science with old-fashioned kitchen wisdom
- Dan has tried & tested almost every baking technique out there. Guiding you through the crispest flatbreads blue cheese & oatmeal biscuits gluten-free white loaves savoury leek & smoked haddock pies caramel sweets frostings simple scones & pumpkin & ginger cupcakes Short & Sweet uses the newest flours & ingredients & has everything from updates on the classics to the latest in baking for intolerances. If baking is therapy then Dan is your life coach. He'll show you how to improve what to work on how to take what is just ok right up to brilliant without a sweat. No wonder he is the country's cutting-edge baker.

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