From the end of World War II through the 1980s Aarons photographed the rich & famous the beautiful & the celebrated: Hollywood royalty European aristocracy the grande dames of high society captains of industry media moguls statesmen & stars of every sort. Though upholding the glamorous image of wealth power talent & beauty he saw himself as a journalist whose duty it was to inform & this led him to develop the environmental portrait
- photographs of his subjects at home at work at play & mingling with each other. This type of portrait has influenced a generation of photojournalists whose work can be seen in todays lifestyle magazines. This volume shows Aarons photographs of the international elite in their exclusive playgrounds during the jet-set decades of the 1950s 60s & 70s.
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This lavish fourth volume in Abrams' Slim Aarons collection revels in his longtime love affair with Italy. From breathtaking aerials of the Venetian canals & Sicilian countryside to intimate portraits in the villas & estates of celebrities & the beautiful people Slim's photography captures the essence of the good life of the rich & famous of Italy. Italy undeniably held a special place in Slim's heart. As a photographer for Yank magazine he witnessed the Italian campaign during World War II & was present at the liberation of Rome. Later after the war he abandoned Hollywood to travel to Rome as a photographer for Life magazine. Even after he relocated to New York he would return to Italy almost every year for the rest of his professional life. His extensive archive documents the aristocracy high society celebrity cultural elite & international jet set that found sanctuary in Italy's most beautiful places. In addition to being his stock & trade what he called photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places " these images paint the social & cultural geography of fifty year of Italy from the Liberation of Rome to the 1990s. The introduction by Christopher Sweet will portray the close friendship between Slim Aarons & Robert Capa that began in Italy as well as compelling evidence supporting the claim that Slim was the real life photographer on which Jimmy Stewart's character in Hitchock's Rear Window is based." ...

This work helps you to be a weight loss winner. Love your food but want to lose your excess weight? Thats easy with the help of this combined diet & cookbook created to accompany the ITV" series " Slim to Win with Rosemary Conley". Diet & fitness expert Rosemary Conley shows you how to shed your unwanted pounds quickly but safely. You could lose half a stone in just two weeks on her Fat Attack Fortnight Diet. Or maybe you just want to find tasty new ways of sticking to a healthy eating plan? Well with these Slim to Win recipes you wont be stuck for ideas youll be spoilt for choice! It helps you learn how to prepare your favourite foods the low-fat low-Gi way & discover delicious new recipes that all the family can enjoy. Whether you fancy pasta or paella a stir-fry or sweet & sour dish or are looking for a decadent-sounding dessert to round off a meal youll find a great-tasting solution to suit." ...

This is the eighth title in the hilarious young series from Steve Cole author of Astrosaurs". Its The A Team meets Monsters Inc
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Plog Furp Zill & Danjo aren't just monsters in a rubbish dump. They are crime-busting super-monsters here to save their whiffy world! Trashland is in deep doo-doo! With their boss on the blink & their foes on the stink can the Slime Squad fight back before it's too late? It's time to fight crime with slime!

Includes:: FREE COLLECTOR CARDS INSIDE!

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IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SLIME DON'T DO THE CRIME! Plog Furp Zill & Danjo aren't just monsters in a rubbish dump. Together they are the SLIME SQUAD
- crime-busting super-monsters here to save their whiffy world! There's trouble afoot in Whiffsville! Giant fire-breathing sock monsters are on the rampage. Can the Slime Squad fight these foul fashion freaks before Trashland is destroyed? It's time to fight crime with slime!

Includes:: FREE COLLECTOR CARDS INSIDE!


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Plog Furp Zill & Danjo aren't just monsters in a rubbish dump. Together they are the SLIME SQUAD
- crime-busting super-monsters
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IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SLIME DON'T DO THE CRIME! Plog Furp Zill & Danjo aren't just monsters in a rubbish dump. They are crime-busting super-monsters here to save their whiffy world! A sinister ghostly squid has been spotted at sea attacking anything in sight
- & then vanishing! What's going on? The Slime Squad are on the case
- & they're going underwater! It's time to fight crime with slime!

Includes:: FREE COLLECTOR CARDS INSIDE!



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Mad scientist Godfrey Gunk had a dream
- a dream of creating a whole safari park of monsters on an old rubbish dump. It didn't
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When you're feeling hungry or in a real hurry it is so easy to opt for the quickest option. But fast food doesn't have to be junk food. 30-Minute Meals" helps you to provide nutritious wholesome food for all the family not just those who are slimming without getting stuck in the kitchen for hours on end. This book is full to bursting with more than 120 recipes based on Slimming World's acclaimed Food Optimising programme. Highlights among the soups & starters are hot & sour seafood soup chive & mushroom quiches or pink peppercorn & smoke salmon pate. For filling snacks try the skillet 'pizzas' or Tex-Mex tacos or for a truly tempting salad choose between tiger prawns & asparagus or grilled calamari & rocket. Meat & fish recipes include roasted citrus chicken & pork & mango parcels or try oven-baked sea bass with bacon & cherry tomatoes. There are some wonderfully tempting vegetable dishes such as baked spinach gnocchi or basil & chilli linguini while the dessert menu

Includes:: amaretti stuffed nectarines & cinnamon poached pears. Anyone interested in easy-to-prepare full-flavoured & healthy food will find this book useful whether they are slimming or not!"

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