Written by renowned jewellery designer Valerie Hector, this book introduces readers to the quality, diversity, and artistry of both and ancient and modern beadwork from around the world. Readers will learn to recognize characteristics such as colour, design, and dimension.
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: he thinks and feels in nearly human ways. He has educated himself by watching extensive television, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. Through Denny, Enzo realizes that racing is a metaphor: that by applying the techniques a driver would apply on the race track, one can successfully navigate the ordeals and travails one encounters in life. Enzo relates the story of his human family, sharing their tragedies and triumphs. In the end, despite what he sees as his own limitations as a dog, Enzo comes through heroically to preserve the Swift family. The Art of Racing in the Rain is a testament to a man`s life, given by his dog. But...
ISBN: 978-0-00-728119-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Ah, Paris, beautiful city of lurve. Who wouldn’t want to be young, free and living within a croissant’s throw of the Eiffel Tower? Emma Foley knows her stint working in Paris is going to be the time of her life. Who cares if her job as PR girl to crazy French rockstar, Guillaume, means she spends most of her time rescuing him from scandalous scrapes and fending off the paparazzi? The point is, she’s here to find love, and in sexy French reporter, Gabriel, she just might have hit the
ISBN: 978-0-7553-3828-3
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Few activites seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de Botton`s bestselling "The Art of Travel" provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel minibars, airports to sightseeing. The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, "The Art of Travel" tries to explain why we really...
ISBN: 978-0-14-027662-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Takes the reader on a journey of the soul via the teachings of the sorcerer, Don Juan, and reveals that there are worlds existing within our own that can be visited through dreams. Using techniques to alter this state of consciousness, the author travels into new worlds and meets dangerous beings.
Since 1908 readers have been finding respite from the vagaries of everyday life in the pages of novels published by Mills & Boon. Now part of the Harlequin group, the world`s largest romance publisher, the company has published thousands of titles each with its own distinctive jacket art. Part of a centenary celebration, this collection of some two hundred Mills & Boon covers offers a fascinating visual record of how our perceptions of romance, love and drama have evolved over the years. With titles such as "Romance Goes Tenting", "Egyptian Honeymoon" and "Beware the Beast", these novels` contents have changed dramatically as women defined their roles in the 1920s and 1930s; searched for heroes during World War II; strove for careers in...
ISBN: 978-3-7913-4122-4
Издательство:
Prestel
Дата выхода: июль 2011
