Sidney Sheldons eighth novel repackaged to accompany his memoirs The Other Side of Me. The world is on the brink of mutual destruction between the East & the West & Mary Ashley beautiful talented intelligent has been chosen to represent America as Ambassador to Romania. Thrust from her comforting homely life in Kansas she finds herself lost amongst the political turmoil in a foreign country where she is seen as the enemy & no-one is to be trusted. Then someone starts to threaten Mary & her children. Who can want her to leave so desperately & why? & can Mary decide who she can trust when her life is on the line? Sidney Sheldon is at his gripping best in this thrilling political page-turner. ...

A wordless visually compelling look at our changing environment featured on a government reading list for schools. A mother & baby look through a window at a view of wilderness & sky as far as the eye can see. With each page the boy grows & the scene changes. At first in a clear patch of forest a single house appears. A few years pass & there is a village in the distance. By the time the boy is twenty the village has developed into a city. The young man gets married has a child of his own & moves to the country where father & child look through the window of their new home at the undeveloped wilderness outside. Illustrated with elaborate & gorgeous collage constructions Window is a wordless picture book that speaks volumes. ...

All new artwork for an all-new generation of window artists. An update to the popular Window Art Book. Trace the artwork & fill in the colours
- peel up & you have gorgeous window stickers. This new set has new illustrations to trace a fresh palatte of colours
- including sparkly glitter paint
- plus two large-scale projects to try.


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A revised expanded & illustration edition of Penelope Bennetts popular guide to growing fruit vegetables & herbs in a tiny space. In a space that measures only 5 x 2.5m (16 x 8 ft) outside her kitchen window high up on a London rooftop Penelope Bennett cultivates a garden that

Includes:: artichokes beans peas tomatoes peppers alpine strawberries raspberries herbs (and saffron) 31 kinds of potato & six different fruit trees. With Window-box Allotment as your guide you can make your outdoor space however tiny equally prolific. & as you learn how to do it you will be endlessly entertained.

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A showcase of the most exciting innovative & successful window displays worldwide this book offers inspiration & guidance to visual merchandisers & retailers who need to create eye-catching window designs that will increase sales. Stores have to deliver their merchandise in a competitive imaginative & distinctive style & never more so than now when consumers have less to spend. The challenge is not only to grab customers attention & encourage them to shop but to promote a stores brand & keep shoppers informed of fashion trends. Seven chapters cover key topics for the visual merchandiser each with a gallery of photographs of stores in Belgium Spain Italy & Hong Kong as well as London & New York demonstrating how & why each window is successful. Colour is a great tool to promote a trend Seasonal Windows exploit the key shopping seasons & encourage the buying of gifts while following Trends in fashion food or homewares & translating them quickly into a window display is a key skill for a visual merchandiser. Graphics & Photography are cost-effective & efficient tools for delivering a message or inform the customer or use Lighting to add drama whether spotlighting products or flooding an entire window. Theatre shows off exuberant & avant-garde displays created to wow an audience of passers-by. Quirky Windows allow the merchandiser to realise their wildest ideas with spectacular results. ...

Departing from those who define postmodernism in film merely as a visual style or set of narrative conventions Anne Friedberg develops the first sustained account of the cinemas role in postmodern culture. She explores the ways in which nineteenth-century visual experiences--photography urban strolling panorama & diorama entertainments--anticipate contemporary pleasures provided by cinema video shopping malls & emerging virtual reality" technologies. Comparing the visual practices of shopping tourism & film-viewing Friedberg identifies the experience of "virtual" mobility through time & space as a key determinant of postmodern cultural identity. Evaluating the theories of Jameson Lyotard Baudrillard & others she adds critical insights about the role of gender & gender mobility in the configurations of consumer culture. A strikingly original work Window Shopping challenges many of the existing assumptions about what exactly postmodern is. This book marks the emergence of a compelling new voice in the study of contemporary culture." ...

In early reviews geeks raved about Windows 7. But if youre an ordinary mortal learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David Pogues Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its predecessors this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight plenty of wit & hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users. Windows 7 fixes many of Vistas most painful shortcomings. Its speedier has fewer intrusive & nagging screens & is more compatible with peripherals. Plus Windows 7 introduces a slew of new features including better organization tools easier Wi Fi connections & home networking setup & even touchscreen computing for those lucky enough to own the latest hardware. With this book youll learn how to: * Navigate the desktop including the fast & powerful search function * Take advantage of Windows apps & gadgets & tap into 40 free programs * Breeze the Web with Internet Explorer 8 & learn the email chat & videoconferencing programs * Record TV & radio display photos play music & record any of these to DVD using the Media Center * Use your printer fax laptop tablet PC or smartphone with Windows 7 * Beef up your system & back up your files * Collaborate & share documents & other files by setting up a workgroup network ...

Learn Windows 7 & Office 2010 the right way with this handy book-&-DVD deal Windows 7 & Office 2010 are the two most widely used & acclaimed software applications in the world. This value priced book-&- two DVD bundle will help you access the power of the operating system & Office suite to achieve maximum efficiency whether you are a new intermediate or experienced user. From two of the most accomplished computer reference authors of all time Andy Rathbone & Wallace Wang this package will give you the understanding needed to take advantage of these essential programs.* Introduces the new Windows 7 Operating System (OS) & basic interface navigation managing applications files & data printing documents & preventing common security/safety issues* Shows you how to get connected to the Internet create CDs & DVDs & establish an e-mail account* Explains Microsoft Office basics such as typing & formatting text in Word navigating an Excel spreadsheet & creating a Power Point presentation* DVD contains more than four hours of step-by-step instructions for completing the most essential Windows 7 & Office 2010 tasks Clear & helpful this guide-&-DVD combo is like having an expert right beside you all the way! ...

The perfect plain-English guide to the much-anticipated release of Windows 7 Whether you're new to computers or just eager to start using the newest version of Windows Windows For Dummies Enhanced Edition answers all your questions about the changes & new tools in Windows 7 enhanced with detailed video tutorials. Windows expert Andy Rathbone walks you step by step through the most common Windows 7 tasks including managing files applications media & Internet access. You'll learn how to navigate the interface customize the desktop & work with the file system. You'll then go deeper into the system discovering new features & improvements & finding tips & techniques for getting the most out of Windows 7. Covers basic management of applications files & data; creating & printing documents; setting up an Internet connection & e-mail account; & online security

Includes:: specially produced videos explaining features & illustrating techniques in greater depth Explores using Windows to edit & manage audio video & photo files & how to create CDs DVDs & playlists with Media Center Helps you tweak & customize Windows 7 to operate your way & set up user accounts build a home network & maintain your PC Provides troubleshooting advice helps you find missing files & use the Help system & explains common error messages Windows 7 For Dummies Enhanced Edition will have you up & running on the newest version of Windows quickly & easily.

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A terrific value-a full-size book plus video demonstrations of key Windows 7 tasks Windows 7 is Microsofts much-anticipated ...