Spanning four centuries the V&A's Fashion Collection is the most comprehensive in the world housing unrivalled collections of dress accessories shoes & hats from the seventeenth century to the present day. This concise volume perfectly encapsulates the collection from rare eighteenth-century gowns & exquisite eighteenth-century bodices to 1930s evening wear post-war couture & show-stopping ensembles by contemporary designers. Fashion designers represented include Charles Frederick Worth Madeleine Vionnet Cristobal Balenciaga Coco Chanel Christian Dior Mary Quant Stephen Jones Vivienne Westwood & Alexander Mc Queen. ...

This attractive series reveals the V& As spectacular & extensive pattern collections. Each title in the series



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With its highly readable text & stunning illustrations this masterpiece of a book tells the story of the creation evolution ...

One of the main choices that any parent will have to make regarding the future health of their children is what vaccinations against which disease. With new vaccines on the schedule & concern about the MMR vaccine it is important to have all the information to make the right decision. This readable & comprehensive guide brings together the latest medical information about the safety benefits & side-effects of all modern vaccines & the diseases they aim to protect against. It also discusses what is known medically about the connection between vaccination & autism. In addition Dr Richard Halvorsen has added clinical information from his practice as a GP for over 25 years where helpful to parents.

Includes:: up to date information on: tuberculosis smallpox scarlet fever tetanus whooping cough polio measles rubella pneumococcus hib diphtheria MMR HPV swine 'flu.

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In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader & Son Vader Sith Lord & leader of the Galactic Empire now faces the trials joys & mood swings of raising his rebellious teenage daughter; Princess Leia. Smart & sweetly funny illustrations by artist Jeffrey Brown give classic Star Wars moments a twist by bringing these two galactic adversaries together under one roof. From teaching Leia how to fly a TIE fighter to regulating the time she spends talking with friends via R2-D2's hologram to making sure Leia doesn't leave the house wearing only the metal bra & a slinky skirt from Return of the Jedi Vader's parenting skills are put hilariously to the test. ...

Twenty-two years ago Emma Grady was wrongfully convicted & sentenced to transportation to Australia where she bore & lost her baby daughter
- conceived during a passionate affair with Marlow Tanner. It is now 1885 & Emma has returned to Blackburn. Reunited with Marlow she has a loving family yet she is still haunted by the past unable to forget how her uncle Caleb Crowther ignored her desperate plea to save herself & her tragic first-born. Crowther curses his niece's return & also hounds Molly Emma's estranged daughter. Molly & her children run away & contending with hunger exhaustion & the unwelcome attentions of the men who are drawn to Molly's dark beauty their life at times is almost unbearable. But Molly has inherited Emma's indomitable spirit...
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I decided to talk to women about their vaginas to do vagina interviews which became vagina monologues.. . At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going you couldnt stop them. Women secretly love to talk about their vaginas. They get very excited mainly because no ones ever asked them before. Eve Ensler A poignant & hilarious tour of the last frontier the ultimate forbidden zone THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity & mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women it has been performed in cities & colleges throughout the world & has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement -- V-Day -- to stop violence against women. Witty & irreverent compassionate & wise Eve Enslers award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real womens deepest fantasies & fears guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a womans body or think of sex in quite the same way again. ...

An astonishing new work that radically changes how we think about talk about & understand the vagina
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In exchange for a reduced sentence on his drug smuggling charges Charles Falco infiltrated three of America's most violent biker gangs: the Vagos Mongols & Outlaws. In separate investigations that spanned years & coasts Falco risked his life suffering a fractured neck & a severely torn shoulder working deep under cover to bring violent sociopaths to justice. His dedication was profound; he even served time in San Bernardino's Murder Unit & endured solitary confinement. He recorded confessions of gangl&-style killings & nearly became a target himself before he sought refuge in the Witness Security Program. His efforts culminated in the seizure of hundreds of illegal firearms drugs stolen motorcycles & sixty two arrests of members for assault dismemberment & murder. Executing this country's most successful RICO prosecutions & effectively crippling the criminal enterprise Falco's engrossing account of the dangers of the biker underworld & justice is perfect for fans of FX's Sons of Anarchy" as well as Hunter S. Thompson's classic " Hell's Angels"." ...

If you keep removing single grains of sand from a heap when is it no longer a heap? From discussions of the heap paradox in classical Greece to modern formal approaches like fuzzy logic Timothy Williamson traces the history of the problem of vagueness. He argues that standard logic & formal semantics apply even to vague languages & defends the controversial realist view that vagueness is a form of ignorance
- there really is a grain of sand whose removal turns a heap into a non-heap but we can never know exactly which one it is.
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