This is a definitive biography based on new materials by the bestselling prize-winning authors of Pollock". Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved
- & most expensive
- works of art ever made from the early " The Potato Eaters" to his late masterpieces " Sunflowers" & " The Starry Night". He had worked as an art dealer a missionary & as a teacher in England & only in his late twenties did he begin a life that would be fundamental in shaping modern art. But when he died in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890 at the age of thirty-seven he was largely unknown. Written with the exclusive cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum Pulitzer-winning authors Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith recreate his extraordinary life
- & the inside of his troubled mind
- like never before. Drawing on all of his (and his familys) extensive letters which offer exquisitely-written glimpses into his thoughts & feelings this is the definitive portrait of one of the worlds cultural giants."



...

Lonely Planet Vancouver Mingle with myriad local artists as you make your way around the studios of Granville & Salt Spring Islands Glide through reflections of mountains & glass towers on a sunset kayak tour of English Bay Claim a spot on a Commercial Drive patio & introduce your tastebuds to some standout BC beers Go out on a limb & step onto the world s longest highest suspension bridge In This Guide: One resident author 500 hours of research 33 detailed maps 97 restaurants tested & reviewed Special Green Vancouver chapter helps you plan an ecofriendly visit to the city The inside word on the hotel dining & music scenes from locals in the know ...

AA Essential Guide Vancouver & the Canadian Rockies" gives you all the information you need to know for a memorable holiday to this fantastic destination. Pocket-sized & packed full of information you really need the guide is great value for your money & an ideal choice to help you get the best out of the region containing helpful advice for planning your trip with information about when to go getting there being there & getting around. There are website addresses & practical information throughout. The best things to see & do plus hotels restaurants & nightlife are listed & cross-referenced with grid locations so you can pinpoint them on the mapping." ...

The ultimate Vancouver pocket city map! Explore the fabulous city of Vancouver with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized pop-up map. Small in size yet big on detail this compact dependable city map will ensure you don't miss a thing. *

Includes:: 2 Pop Out maps
- a detailed street by street plan of the city centre as well as an overview map of greater Vancouver * Additional maps of Stanley Park & the Pacific Northwest are also included * IHandy self-folding tourist map is small enough to fit in your pocket yet offers extensive coverage of the city in an easy-to-use format * Thorough street index is also featured & cross-referenced to the map so you can easily find your destination * Hotels restaurants stores & attractions are all included on the map


...

The fourth & final volume of the Herries Chronicles described as incomparably the best in The Daily Telegraph is a love story of effortless brilliance (Observer) which starts with the triumph of Judith Pariss hundredth birthday in the 1870s & then moves to the tragic disillusionment of the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Set predominantly as before amidst the grandeur of the lake district landscape it tells the passionate & unforgettable story of Vanessa Judiths Granddaughter & her ner-do-well cousin Benjie whom she had sworn in childhood never to betray. ...

The beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. But when medical examiner Maura Isles looks down at the body she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. Now very much alive the woman is rushed to the hospital where she murders a security guard & seizes hostages one of whom is the heavily pregnant homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. But who is this woman & what does she want? Only Jane can solve the mystery
- if she survives the night.
...

I remember Wills promise: Its not over. Ill find you.. . Then it dawns on me. He wont know what happened. Hell just think I left. Vanished. Jacinda did the unthinkable for love: she betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Exposed for what she really is-a descendant of dragons with the ability to shift into human form-she must return to her pride knowing she might never see Will again. Back home Jacinda is shunned & her sister Tamra is the only one she can turn to. But Tamra is experiencing shocking changes of her own.. . Jacinda knows she should forget Will yet she clings to the hope that theyll be together again. So when the chance arrives to follow her heart will she risk everything? ...

No life is perfect. Everyone has secrets. For millions of Londoners the morning of 17 December is just like any other. But not for Sam Wren. An hour after leaving home he gets onto a tube train
- & never gets off again. No eyewitnesses. No trace of him on security cameras. Six months later he's still missing. Out of options & desperate for answers Sam's wife Julia hires David Raker to track him down. Raker has made a career out of finding the lost. He knows how they think. & in missing person cases the only certainty is that everyone has something to hide. But in this case the secrets go deeper than anyone imagined. For as Raker starts to suspect that even the police are lying to him someone is watching. Someone who knows what happened on the tube that day. & with Raker in his sights he'll do anything to keep Sam's secrets to himself...
...

In the late 1930s in New York Marielle Patterson shares her life with her husband Malcolm & their little boy Teddy. But their lives are filled with secrets. Haunted by a past she has kept secret even from her husband Marielle secretly lights a candle each year for a child who died in a tragic accident when he was scarcely more than a baby. Then Marielle runs into her first love American expatriate Charles Delauney. & when her little Teddy is kidnapped Charles is first blamed then arrested as the Pattersons the New York Police & the FBI turn the country upside down looking for Teddy. A terrifying court drama seeks to put Charles Delauney behind bars as a series of revelations begin to unravel the truth about Marielle Charles & Malcolm. Piece by piece the uncovering of their pasts creates a complex mosaic of the motives & passions controlling their lives. Vanished is an intriguing tale of guilt desire & suspense & people one cant easily forget as they are drawn inexorably together seeking the child that...vanished. ...

From Norman Davies the acclaimed author of Europe: A History" comes the magical history of Europe's lost realms selected as a Book of the Year by the " Sunday Times" " Daily Telegraph" " New Statesman" " Independent" " Guardian" & " Financial Times". Europe's history is littered with kingdoms duchies empires & republics which have now disappeared but which were once fixtures on the map of their age. What happened to the once-great Mediterranean ' Empire of Aragon'? Where did the half-forgotten kingdoms of Burgundy go? Which current nations will one day become a distant memory too? This original & enthralling book peers through the cracks of history to discover the stories of lost realms across the centuries. " Dazzling provocative & brilliant". (Dominic Sandbrook " Sunday Times" Books of the Year). "A luminous account.. .there are few better ways of understanding the multilayered splendours & horrors of Europe's past than through the pages of this wise humane & unfailingly engaging book". (John Adamson " Sunday Telegraph"). "" Vanished Kingdoms" is great history & also great art. It is written with verve passion & profound empathy". (David Marquand " New Statesman" Books of the Year). "A magnificent achievement. Brocaded with scholarship the book is unlikely ever to be equalled". (Ian Thomson " Independent")." ...