Robin Robertsons fourth collection is if anything an even more intense moving bleakly lyrical & at times shocking book than Swithering winner of the Forward Prize. These poems are written with the authority of classical myth yet sound utterly contemporary: the poets gaze -- whether on the natural world or the details of his own life -- is unflinching & clear its utter seriousness leavened by a wry dry & disarming humour. Alongside fine translations from Neruda & Montale & dynamic (and at times horrific) retellings of stories from Ovid the poems in The Wrecking Light pitch the power & wonder of nature against the frailty & failure of the human. Ghosts sift through these poems -- certainties become volatile the simplest situations thicken with strangeness & threat -- all of them haunted by the pressure & presence of the primitive world against our own & the kind of dream-like intensity of description that has become Robertsons trademark. This is a book of considerable grandeur & sweep which confirms Robertson as one of the most arresting & powerful poets at work today. Robin Robertson continues to explore the bleak beautiful territory that he has made his own. His stripped-bare lyricism haunted by echoes of folksong is as unforgiving as the weather & poems such as At Roane Head show him writing at the height of his considerable powers The Times ...

LONDON needed rebuilding after the great fire of 1666. Eighty-eight churches had been destroyed & a grand plan to rebuild them was started by Sir Christopher Wren. In the end he designed fifty-one new churches & the splendour that is St Pauls Cathedral. Of the fifty-one churches many have been lost either to a combination of Victorian indifference fire subsidence or German bombs. Twelve Wren City churches survive in their original form while many of the remaining churches have been rebuilt or substantially altered. Wren left an amazing legacy & John Christopher takes us on a tour of the churches showing them as built & showing us a comparison scene of today. ...

The classic account of the men & women who used to fight each other for pride & money. Simon Garfield brings them to life in one last glorious bout of jealousy myth revenge passion & deep devotion. When British wrestling was dropped from the ITV schedules in the mid-1980s it left the giants of the ring
- Big Daddy Giant Haystacks Kendo Nagasaki
- bereft. This is the true story of the circuit the big names & their rivalries told with humour warmth & affection. This edition features a new afterword by the author.

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Frantz Fanon's seminal work on the trauma of colonization The Wretched of the Earth" made him the leading anti-colonialist thinker of the twentieth century. This " Penguin Modern Classics" edition is translated from the French by Constance Farrington with an introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre. Written at the height of the Algerian war for independence from French colonial rule & first published in 1961 Frantz Fanon's classic text has provided inspiration for anti-colonial movements ever since analysing the role of class race national culture & violence in the struggle for freedom. With power & anger Fanon makes clear the economic & psychological degradation inflicted by imperialism. It was Fanon himself a psychotherapist who exposed the connection between colonial war & mental disease who showed how the fight for freedom must be combined with building a national culture & who showed the way ahead through revolutionary violence to socialism. Many of the great calls to arms from the era of decolonization are now of purely historical interest yet this passionate analysis of the relations between the great powers & the ' Third World' is just as illuminating about the world we live in today. Frantz Fanon (1925-61) was a Martinique-born French author essayist psychoanalyst & revolutionary. Fanon was a supporter of the Algerian struggle for independence from French rule & became a member of the Algerian National Liberation Front. He was perhaps the preeminent thinker of the 20th century on the issue of decolonization & the psychopathology of colonization. His works have inspired anti-colonial liberation movements for more than four decades. If you enjoyed " The Wretched of the Earth" you might like Edward Said's " Orientalism" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " In clear language in words that can only have been written in the cool heat of rage he showed us the internal theatre of racism". (" Independent")." ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Widely thought to be the greatest American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer both artistically & technically. At a time when reinforced concrete & steel were considered industrial building materials Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house concept--that of a low sprawling home based upon a simple L or T figure--was the driving force behind some of his most famous houses & became a model for rural architecture across America. Wrights designs for office & public buildings were equally groundbreaking & unique. From Fallingwater to New Yorks Guggenheim Museum his works are among the most famous in the history of architecture. ...

When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a wrinkle in time for his lost father he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as It. How Charles his sister Meg & friend Calvin find & free his father makes this a very special & exciting mixture of fantasy & science fiction which all the way through is dominated by the funny & mysterious trio of guardian angels known as Mrs Whatsit Mrs Who & Mrs Which. ...

Wrinklies Armchair Companion" contains even more stuff that a wrinkly needs to know about the world & quite a lot that they dont but will find quite interesting anyway! This book has been specially designed to live beside your armchair & provide light relief during advertising breaks or when some awful celebrity talent-show-reality-tv-thing is on & be a source of interesting"es & facts for the restless wrinkly. The contents take the form of a series of short jokey pieces looking at various aspects of life from the Wrinklies point of view. These pieces are quirky satirical imaginative & above all very funny. They are of course specially designed to appeal to the older reader by tapping into their interests attitudes opinions experience health problems & the like." ...

Stuck for ideas about what to buy for your parents or the older person in your life? This book is just the trick. Do you think that the sense of humour fades after fifty? Youll think again once you read a few pages of this great little gift book. Oldies of any age will be thrilled to have a book filled with jokes stories & sayings all about them their generation & their experiences! ...

The Wrinklies Guide to Keeping Supple" does just what it says on the tin with a host of stretches yoga postures swim strokes & tailor-made routines to keep every health-conscious wrinklys old bones in the finest of fettles. Set down your crossword & teacup & take up walking cycling exercises for core stability & so much more. If you are bored with the confines of your armchair & feel the need to get on the move again this is the book for you. With chapters on diet for suppleness & joint care & general health you can forget about arthritis & think about athletics
- wrinkly-style. As if all this wasnt enough to thrill your wrinkly old heart there is a series of wrinkly daily suppleness challenges at the end of the book that will gently push your limits but still ensure that you can get up again in the morning. With this book you can keep supple & stay strong."
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