The name Phil Spector is legendary in the music world. Writer & producer of countless chart-topping hits that have now become household names his innovative genius in the studio revitalised musical production in the 1960s & changed the way we listen to music forever. But his success soon became overshadowed by his reputation for eccentricity & excess his fractious personality & fascination with handguns eventually proving a lethal combination. Arrested in 2003 for the murder of B movie start Lana Clarkson this star-studded career nosedived into scandal & rumour. He is now in prison serving a 19 year sentence for murder & will be 88 years old before he is considered eligible for parole. Featuring interviews from those closest to him including second wife Ronnie Spector Wall of Pain" concludes the painful tale of pops tortured genius." ...

Using clay in a contemporary manner for wall space is an increasingly fashionable & innovative solution both for decorators & makers. Wall pieces are the perfect solution for those who enjoy sculpture but have no space; they fulfill the same function as a picture while being much more dynamic & 3D. Current wall pieces vary enormously from simple tiled pieces to huge installations & this book looks at all the problems solutions & diverse approaches to designing making & hanging wall pieces. The book is filled with illustrations of fantastic pieces of finished work by a variety of international makers. It gives an insight into the methods of contemporary makers showing how to plan design make mount & safely hang their own ceramic pieces. This guide aims to provide both inspirational images with a practical approach. ...

A must for all Wallace & Gromit fans this Haynes Manual gets under the skin of the various vehicles & contraptions employed by the duo during their hugely popular adventures. Featuring the motorcycle & sidecar & Austin A35 van (both with special modifications) & various inventions such as the Techno Trousers (The Wrong Trousers) & Knit-o-matic (A Close Shave) this book gives a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the machines & the mind of everyones favourite inventor. This Haynes Manual is complete with how-it-works explanations cutaway drawings sketches & blueprints along with workshop notes from Wallace himself. ...

Wallace & Gromit are back! In their latest adventure A Matter of Loaf & Death" our two heroes start a new bakery business & Wallace finds a new love interest
- Piella Bakewell bread enthusiast. This official all-singing all-dancing book is timed to coincide with the film's release in late 2008. " Grand Adventures & Glorious Inventions" is set out as Wallace's secret invention scrapbook packed with snippets of information & personal memorabilia about his cracking contraptions & all his madcap capers with Gromit. It features all the main characters from the three previous films (" The Wrong Trousers" "A Close Shave & Curse of Were-Rabbit") & offers a taster of the new film. It uses actual stills from the films &

Includes:: an interactive element woven throughout the book in the form of fold-out blueprints pull-tabs & practical 'how to create' suggestions. Knitting patterns " Cheese Week" magazine world-class marrows...prepare to enter the chaotic world of an amateur inventor & his dog! This book is a delight for young & old & a must for every discerning Wallace & Gromit fan. 37.6 million BBC viewers watched Wallace & Gromit over the Christmas period!"


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Walled kitchen gardens were found in the grounds of most large country houses in Britain & Irel&. They were designed to provide a continual supply of fruit flowers & vegetables. With the aide of heated glasshouses there would be out-of-season delicacies such as strawberries for Christmas exotic tropical fruits figs & grapes. The remains of these gardens can still be seen some converted to other uses some simply abandoned; a few have been restored to their previous productiveness. This book examines the history of these old kitchen gardens in the light of what might be seen there today. ...

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise informative insiders checklist of all you need to know about the worlds most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days visiting for business or a vacation weve done the hard work for you from finding the best restaurants bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip however brief with a real taste of the citys landscape & the satisfaction youve seen all that you should. In short these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise informative insiders checklist of all you need to know about the worlds most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days visiting for business or a vacation weve done the hard work for you from finding the best restaurants bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip however brief with a real taste of the citys landscape & the satisfaction youve seen all that you should. In short these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise informative insiders checklist of all you need to know about the worlds most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days visiting for business or a vacation weve done the hard work for you from finding the best restaurants bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip however brief with a real taste of the citys landscape & the satisfaction youve seen all that you should. In short these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise informative insiders checklist of all you need to know about the worlds most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days visiting for business or a vacation weve done the hard work for you from finding the best restaurants bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip however brief with a real taste of the citys landscape & the satisfaction youve seen all that you should. In short these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

The worlds walls are supposed to be coming down. We speak of globalization international markets & global villages; barriers to trade keep falling & it is now possible to communicate instantly from nearly anywhere in the world. But just as these virtual walls come down real walls rise. In this evocative blend of travel writing history & politics Marcello Di Cintio visits the worlds most disputed edges to meet those who live alongside the razor wire concrete & steel. Along the way he shares tea with refugees on the wrong side of Moroccos desert wall; he encounters illegal immigrants circumventing high-tech fencing around the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta & Melilla; he walks Arizonas migrant trails visits fenced-in villages in India & stands with those who protest against Israels security barrier to understand what these structures say about those who build them & how they influence the cultures that they pen in. Venturing beyond politics he encounters the infiltrators who circumvent the walls the artists who transform them & the fenced-in ignored & forgotten people who live in their shadow. The walls discussed are: 1. The Wall of Shame in the Western Sahara built by the Morrocans in 1987 following their defeat by the Spanish. 2. A high-tech fence around the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta & Meilla. 3. The Indo Bangladesh fence erected in 1947. 4. The West Bank Wall. 5. The green line that separates the Greek from the Turkish-Cypriot quarters in Nicosia the capital of Cypress & Lefkosa the capital of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. 6. The US-Mexico border. 7. The various barriers throughout Belfast. 8. The l Acadie fence in Montreal erected as a wall built of chains in 1960. ...