The London Scene

Capturing the landscape on paper requires the artist to look--to look deep into the distance and deep into the soul. This practical book celebrates...

DescriptionA Mischief of Monsters is a Halloween treat Children will love joining in with the little and big monsters as they munch and crunch, roa...

DescriptionWhy is there so much bad blood involved in the stories of artists and their artworks? Immerse yourself in 18 infamous artistic rivalries...

Reducere. DescriptionA Man with a Past... Liam O'Donnell fled his native Ireland years ago after one of his missions ended in tragedy and he was accused of k...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

An exhilarating scrapbook of the 1990s fashion-art scene in New York and Paris, with Bernadette Corporation, Susan Cianciolo, BLESS and DISIn this ...

Reducere. "'Tes a queer place seemingly. . . . Full of ghostesses, what with beasts coming down from the church roof and her that walks, hair blowing like sm...

DescriptionThe world is at war again. London is suffering from the German Blitz. For one immortal werewolf, the war means little. He knows he will ...

Reducere. The exuberant 1920s gave rise to advertising pioneer Raymond Rubicam and his ambitious caf society wife, who posed in London with her three young d...

Reducere. But before the darlings of London theater--Henry Irving and Ellen Terry--take their acclaimed Macbeth to the Edinburgh stage, terror treads the boa...

Chuck Culpepper was a veteran sports journalist edging toward burnout . . . then he went to London and discovered the high-octane, fanatical (and b...

Now in its sixth edition, this book is the definitive work on the small precision lathe in the context of both the past and present. The bulk of th...

DescriptionJump-start writing projects with this colorful card deck of engaging prompts. Whether retelling a familiar story from a different perspe...

Reducere. DescriptionThe seven unicorns of Rainbow Valley are back--and on a big adventure Can you find them in every scene, from the bright lights of Broadw...

Reducere. From the award-winning novelist and writer of Upstairs Downstairs, the launch of a brilliant new trilogy about what life was really like for master...

It is 1946 and the people of France and England are facing the aftermath of the war. Banished by her beautiful, indolent mother to England, Barbary...

Reducere. The authors of this book invented photojournalism as they roamed through London creating this book, which was first published in 1878, with Thomson...

DescriptionPolly Devlin is a writer, broadcaster and filmmaker. She holds an OBE for services to literature. After spending her childhood in Northe...

This book completes the survey of the Indian scene, begun by the various exhibitions held in Paris, London, New York and Tokyo, which were devoted ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Art Of Big O is a beautifully illustrated 8.5 x 11 in. 272 page hardcover book that tells the story of The BIG 'O' publishing compan...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this gripping debut procedural, a young London policewoman must probe dark secrets buried deep in her own family's past to solve a mu...

DescriptionLondon, 1934. Austrian actress Elisabeth Bergner dominated the British theatre scene, poet and director Berthold Viertel shot two succes...

Reducere. Rebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in late '60s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian folksongs with fuzz ...

Reducere. Becoming Jimi Hendrix traces "Jimmy's" early musical roots, from a harrowing, hand-to-mouth upbringing in a poverty-stricken, broken Seattle home t...

Reducere. "Far superior to the endless run of books by and about movie people, Mr. Huston shows a master screenwriter's skill in setting a scene and delineat...

Description- Black and white photographs that capture the colorful characters of Miami Beach in the early '90sEach Christmas between 1988 and 1998,...

Reducere. DescriptionMatt Owens is a Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist, but at 35 he's adrift, more inclined to hit the bottle alone than the Miami Beach c...

Reducere. DescriptionThe only internationally successful, million-selling group to emerge from the late seventies London punk scene, the Clash set out to cha...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ian AbrahamsHighly-regarded when it first appeared, in 2004, Hawkwind: Sonic Assassins relates the long and twisting histor...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lexi BlakeA spy who specializes in seduction Kayla Summers was an elite CIA double agent, working inside China's deadly MSS...

'Emer O'Sullivan has made an indispensable contribution to Wildean literature ...Compelling, informative and fascinating' Stephen Fry Oscar Wilde's...

A debut collection by one of Britain's liveliest young poets. Wayne Holloway-Smith has been a strong presence on the London poetry scene for severa...

Reducere. As the turbulent 60's began to fade into the calmer 70's, a coterie of young singers, songwriters, musicians, artists, and poets began to congregat...

Reducere. DescriptionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyXiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her ge...

Reducere. DescriptionSex, Drugs, and False Eyelashes--Surviving an encounter with a gun-wielding lesbian, a car chase by a jealous stranger, and being drowne...

Reducere. Best known as the cofounder of the Irish band The Pogues, Shane MacGowan has become a cult figure on the alternative-music scene. His achingly beau...

A great guide for those wishing to explore the London Gangster Scene, containing Previously unknown information about the twins.

The scene is London, in 1399. The streets of London are rife with rumour, heresy, espionage and murder and at the centre of the confusion is the nu...

Describes a New York that has completely disappeared and for which I longed - stuck in closed-on-Sunday's London' Rupert EverettYoung, divinely bea...

With previously unpublished photographs, this book documents the variety offered by the local railway scene.

Reducere. In a time when steak, vodka, and Benzedrine were the three main staples of a healthy diet, when high-powered executives called each other "baby" an...

In Conor Donlon, Wolfgang Tillmans (born 1968) chronicles East London's art scene and nightlife of the early 2000s, as well as his friendship with ...

Reducere. Award NameLocus AwardsAward categoryCollectionDescriptionReluctant to be left alone again, each one of the cowed squatters refused point-blank to a...

Reducere. Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . . PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A...

DescriptionParis may have enjoyed decades as the undisputed gastronomic capital of the world, but food revolutions in the likes of London and Copen...

DescriptionIllustrate your own Bible stories with this fantastic sticker scene book. There are four pages of stickers to choose from to decorate th...

DescriptionIn 1971 Adelaide girl Irene Thornton meets Bon Scott, the singer for local band Fraternity. Between Bon and Irene, there is a unique spa...

Description- Celebrates the career of one of the top British fashion photographers from the '60s and '70s- Created with the full support of the Duf...

DescriptionWith over 2, 000 startups, 30 accelerators and 48, 000 people employed in the digital economy, London is the beating heart of the Europe...

Reducere. DescriptionBizzy Bear is ready to win the race in this board book full of things to push and pull. Today, Bizzy Bear is driving in a big race -- re...

Reducere. DescriptionNew in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of David Bowie, the starman who dazzled audiences wi...

Reducere. DescriptionBritish crime fiction where characters become people and place is part of the story.For lovers of intelligent crime fiction, three heart...

DescriptionInterest in mid-20th century British artists and the world they inhabited is growing internationally--prices are rising and exhibitions ...

Reducere. Inspired by a popular PBS series, this collection features two dolls and 30 sumptuously detailed outfits from the 1910 to '20s era. The opulent war...

A timely and accessible introduction to London's LGBTQ+ scene, past and present. This book delves into the cultural history of queerness in the cap...

DescriptionFirst published in 1935, this classic snapshot of London in the years before World War II glows with its Austrian author's affection for...

Reducere. In this riveting true crime account, acclaimed author P. D. James, the "Queen of the English mystery novel" (Newsweek) joins forces with historian ...

Denham Dobie has been brought up in Andorra by her father, a retired clergyman. On his death, she is snatched from this reclusive life and thrown i...

Reducere. London's Detective Chief Inspector Anna Travis must decide where her loyalties lie, duty to the job or personal ambition, in this masterful tale of...

The first book from AD100 designer Veere Grenney--the master of streamlined, glamorous, classical rooms with an English touch--eloquently explores ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Virginia WoolfWoolf's first novel is a haunting book, full of light and shadow. It takes Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose and their nie...

Shy and reclusive, BigFoot spends most of his time in the deep dark woods, rarely spotted by humankind. But the bright lights of the big city becko...

Reducere. Brother Athelstan's Canterbury pilgrimage is disrupted by brutal murder in the latest absorbing medieval mystery. Summer, 1381. The Great Revolt ha...

The third book in the Blue Door series, which begins with the classic children's story The Swish Of The Curtain. As the six friends from Fenchester...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sharon K. GilbertThe Ripper murders did not begin in 1888, but in March of 1879, when a beautiful woman is found slain and ...

Reducere. It is 1936 and A. E. Housman is being ferried across the river Styx, glad to be dead at last. The river that flows through Tom Stoppard s ``The Inv...

Reducere. "A disarming, surprising literary memoir by the ex-Police guitarist . . . A rollicking you-are-there history of the 60s-80s rock era."---Entertainm...

An uncompromising memoir from the rock star and frontwoman of The Pretenders. Chrissie Hynde traces her life from her 1950s childhood in Akron, Ohi...

Jack Solomon, former London policeman, is compelled to trace the culprits of a scene of mass murder in Yugoslavia from the killing fields to the hi...

Reducere. A fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, 69 Love Songs - an album that was afforded ``classic`` status by many a...