The fifth instalment of the New York Times bestselling series Temeraire. Laurence waits to be hanged as a traitor to the Crown & Temeraire is confined to the breeding grounds as Napoleon invades Britain & takes London. Laurence & Temeraire have betrayed the British. They have foiled their attempts to inflict death upon the French dragons by sharing the cure they found in Africa with their enemy. But following their conscience has a price. Laurence feels he must return to face the consequences & as soon as they land they are taken into custody. Laurence is condemned to the gallows & Temeraire faces a life of captivity in the breeding grounds. None of their friends or allies can come to their aid for every hand is needed elsewhere. Britain is completely unprepared for Bonaparte invasion & the advanced tactics of his own celestial dragon -- Temeraires mortal enemy -- Lien. ...

Vidal Sassoons extraordinary life has taken him from an impoverished East End childhood to global fame. The father of modern hairdressing his slick sharp cutting took the fashion world by storm & reinvented the hairdressers art. Before Vidal Sassoon a trip to the hairdressers meant a shampoo & set or a stiffly lacquered up-do that would last a week -- or more. After Vidal Sassoon hair was sleek smooth & very very stylish. Along with his lifelong friend & partner in style Mary Quant who he first met in 1957 & who to this day sports a Sassoon-style geometric bob he styled the 1960s. As memorable as the mini -- be it car or skirt -- he is one of the few people who can genuinely be described as iconic. His memoirs are as rich in anecdote as one might hope & full of surprising & often moving stories of his early life -- his time at the Spanish & Portuguese Jewish Orphanage in Maida Vale fighting Fascists in Londons East End & fighting in the army of the fledgling state of Israel in the late Forties. & then theres the extraordinary career during which he cut the hair of everyone who was anyone launched salons all over the world founded the hairdressing school that still bears his name & became a global brand with Vidal Sassoon products on all our bathroom shelves. ...

Techniques matter! Great ideas dont automatically translate into great programs. Its not enough simply to show what is going on. The way you present your subject will influence how your audience responds. You need to choose your picture & sound carefully to convey your ideas in an interesting persuasive way. This book will show you how. Video Production Handbook shows the full production process from inception of idea to final distribution. The book focuses especially on why each step occurs as it does & provides guidance in choosing the simplest methods of creating the shots you want in your video project. Concentrating on the techniques & concepts behind the latest equipment this book demonstrates the fundamental principles needed to create good video content on any kind of budget. Suitable for students & beginning videographers the new edition of this classic text retains its clarity & directness but has been completely revised & updated. This practical sourcebook has been specially prepared to give you an at-a-glance guide to quality video program-making on a modest budget. Emphasis throughout is on excellence with economy; whether you are working alone or with a small multi-camera group. The well-tried techniques detailed here will steer you through the hazards of production helping you to avoid those frustrating time-wasting problems & to create an effective video program. * Highly visual: more than 450 full color photos & illustrations demonstrate techniques * Modern: Revised by Jim Owens who brings a wealth of hands-on experience to the text; up-to-date information on current equipment techniques & new distribution outlets such as the Web & mobile phones * A complete resource: Detailed teaching ancillaries are available for instructors including instructors manual test bank sample syllabi image collection video content & more * Brand new coverage of contemporary distribution methods * Interviews featuring industry professionals provide students with inside knowledge of the industry * Sidebars featuring new coverage of topics such as shooting for 3D shooting with HDSLRs for video & much more! ...

Rose loves watching videos & sits in front of the telly all the time. So when the video player breaks its a total nightmare! But then a very mysterious repair man comes to fix it. He gives Rose the power to forward & rewind her life & then Rose sees what really happens to someone who spends all their time in front of the TV... ...

Ideal for business & leisure the Vienna City Pack" is succinct with all the practical information you need. The guide has been completely revamped with new content design & layout. There are four main sections: Essential... By Area Where to Stay & Need to Know. Vienna has been broken up into colour-coded districts with the colour-coding cross-referenced throughout each section. Essential...starts with the Top 25 sights plus a locator map then essential information to get the most of a short break in the city. By Area takes you through the sights of the city district by district with local shopping entertainment & restaurant listings. Where to Stay picks the best hotels to suit your budget with web addresses listed where available. Need to Know contains all the basics for a smooth-running trip. Each district within the city has a two-page colour-coded locator map with sights listed. A folded map of Vienna contained within a poppered pocket is included at the back of the book." ...

WHAT WILL YOUR VIENNA ENCOUNTER BE? immersing yourself in the sumptuous excesses of the baroque Schloss Schonbrunn devoting an entire afternoon to coff ee & Sachertorte in a Viennese coff eehouse feeling the sway of the blue Danube as you cruise downriver hearing the Vienna Boys Choir hit the high notes in the Royal Chapel sampling the latest wines from the owner s vineyard at a rustic Heuriger falling under the spell of Klimt s paintings & Hundertwasser s magical architecture DISCOVER TWICE THE CITY IN HALF THE TIME full-color pull-out map & detailed neighbourhood maps for easy navigationour discerning authors recommend the very best sights restaurants shops & entertainmentunique itineraries & highlights help you make the most of your short breaklocal experts reveal Vienna s secrets: get insights into the Vienna design scene from local designers & sightseeing tips from the director of the Belvedere Museum ...

The ultimate Vienna pocket city map! Explore the historic city of Vienna 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. *

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- a detailed street by street plan of the city centre as well as an overview map of greater Venice * Additional maps of Schonbrunn Palace & the Vienna U-bahn & S-bahn are also included * Handy 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


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Blessed with a ravishing coastline emerald-green mountains breathtaking national parks dynamic cities outstanding cultural interest & one of the world s best cuisines Vietnam has it all. Iain Stewart Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book 3444km of spectacular coastline 24 weeks of in-depth research 504 bottles of bia hoi consumed 168 bowls of noodles eaten Inspirational photos In-depth background Pull-out city map Angkor Wat illustrated highlight Comprehensive planning tools At-a-glance practical info ...

The eyes of the West have recently been trained on China & India but Vietnam is rising fast among its Asian peers. A breathtaking period of social change has seen foreign investment bringing capitalism flooding into its nominally communist society booming cities swallowing up smaller villages & the lure of modern living tugging at the traditional networks of family & community. Yet beneath these sweeping developments lurks an authoritarian political system that complicates the nations apparent renaissance. In this engaging work experienced journalist Bill Hayton looks at the costs of change in Vietnam & questions whether this rising Asian power is really heading toward capitalism & democracy. Based on vivid eyewitness accounts & pertinent case studies Haytons book addresses a broad variety of issues in todays Vietnam including important shifts in international relations the growth of civil society economic developments & challenges & the nations nascent democracy movement as well as its notorious internal security. His analysis of Vietnams police state & its systematic mechanisms of social control coercion & surveillance is fresh & particularly imperative when viewed alongside his portraits of urban & street life cultural legacies religion the media & the arts. With a firm sense of historical & cultural context Hayton examines how these issues have emerged & where they will lead Vietnam in the next stage of its development. ...

This monumental narrative clarifies analyses & demystifies the terrible ordeal of the Vietnam war. Free of ideological bias profound in its understanding & compassionate in its portrayal of humanity it is filled with fresh revelations drawn from secret documents & from exclusive interviews with the participants
- French American Vietnamese Chinese: diplomats military commanders high government officials journalists nurses workers & soldiers. The Vietnam war was the most convulsive tragedy of recent times. This is its definitive history.
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