The lost art of keeping secrets
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this dictionary relates in a succinct, readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of european art is basedthe "dictionary" also explores the "lost language" of symbol and attribute, thus opening up the whole field of allegorycross-references enable the reader to identify the subject of a picture simply from some characteristic object or figure in itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere in a single volume are combined religious and historical themes
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Renowned bead embroidery artists heidi kummli and sherry serafini share their secrets for creating beautiful beadwork inthe art of bead embroiderya section on design concepts, with advice from both kummli and serafini on color and texture, shows readers how to create their own unique bead embroidery pieces
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham stepping out into the dusk of a warm moscow evening, esteemed art critic anatoly sukhanov feels on top of the world: his career is glittering, his wife is beautiful and his children are cleversukhanov's future will be haunted by doubtbeset by heartbreaking visions of a past he gave up, he questions his choices: in swapping a precarious life as a brilliant underground artist for comfort and security did he betray his dreams? and if his dreams are lost, what does he have left? one of the most highly acclaimed debuts of recent years, the dream life of sukhanov is a work of demonic energy and startling imagery: a new classicbut the year is and the air is heavy with changesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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But as rose grows up, she learns that there are some secrets even her taste buds cannot discernthe particular sadness of lemon cake is about the pain of loving those whom you know too much about, and the secrets that exist within every familyoxfam shop evesham on the eve of her ninth birthday, rose edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the slicesuddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilousrose's gift forces her to confront the truth behind her family's emotions - her mother's sadness, her father's detachment and her brother's clash with the worldat once profound, funny, wise and sad, this is a novel to savouranything can be revealed at any mealall at once her cheerful, can-do mother tastes of despair and desperationnow available to preorder: aimee bender's new novel, the butterfly lampshade see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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"an intricate story about war, family, secrets and,yes, woodedvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from norway to the shetlands, and to the battlefields of france - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritanceoxfam shop clitheroe a family story of epic scale, by the author of norwegian wood and the bell in the lakea times bestsellermytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - mika provata-carlone, bookanistatranslated from the norwegian by paul russell garrett see oxfam website for delivery information read morean engaging, satisfying read" the times"so cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" scotsmanedvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in norway with his taciturn grandfather, sverrebut he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, einar, is somehow bound up with this mysterythe death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his motherthe sixteen trees of the somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire centuryperhaps einar is not dead after allone day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanship
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Putney is an art historian and head of the art museum practices program at the university of toledo and consulting curator of medieval art at the toledo museum of artcorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artbruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museumpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, dabout the author laura dguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvre
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Title: the total kettlebell workout: trade secrets of a personal trainerproduct detailsauthor(s): steve barrettpublisher: bloomsbury sport
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Includes the lost abbey road tapes, blackpool and wembley, budokan and melbourne, the lost decca tapes, the lost bbc sessions, the ed sullivan show and ready steady goes live, paris and stockholm, and the digitally remastered radio broadcastssome of the discs are lightly scuffed, but this should not interfere with playback (should the discs prove to be faulty, we will of course issue a full refundoxfam bookshop preston a collection of rare recordings, broadcasts and live performances by the lads from liverpool) see oxfam website for delivery information read more142 tracks over 8 discs, presented in cardboard packaging
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Amazingly, these letters lead ben to believe that his ancestor's expedition was the basis for doyle's fantastical tale of a lost world inhabited by long extinct creaturesas ben digs some more he finds clues to the whereabouts of a lost notebook that might contain a map to a place that is home to creatures that would rewrite everything known about history, biology and evolutionin the remotest corners of venezuela, along winding river trails known only to lost tribes, and through near impenetrable jungle, ben and his novice team find a forbidden place more terrifying and dangerous than anything they could ever have imaginedoxfam bookshop st albans ben cartwright, former soldier, home to mourn the loss of his father stumbles upon cryptic letters from the past between the author, arthur conan doyle and his great, great grandfather who vanished while exploring the amazon jungle inbut other parties now know about the notebook, and will do anything to obtain itfor ben and his friends, it becomes a race against time and against ruthless rivalssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Monster makers art pack5 art books by masters of the macabre the art of ploog_vollavishly illustrated by dave_mckean, sam_keith, mike_dringenberg, kelley_ jones & othersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisandman: king_of_dreams author: alisa_kwitney, publisher: chronicle_books 1st printing_ condition: very_good a retrospective of neil gaiman's seminal fantasy seriescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepublisher: soleil 1st printing_; berni wrightson's last masterpiece in a gorgeous french editioncondition; very_goodberni wrightson's reaper of love and other stories publisher: fantagraphics 1st fantagraphics edition, a handsome softcover with french flapsberni wrightson's frankenstein: le monstre est vivant large-size, europen, french-language, hardcover albumclassic b&w tales by the master of macabre storytellinghis classic style was in the tradition of alex (flash gordon) raymond2 publisher: fbg 1st printing_ condition: nm a career retrospective of one of comicdom's greatest horror artistsmac raboy: master_of_the_comics author: roger hill publisher: twomorrows 1st printing_ condition: nm biography of one of the greatest artists of the golden agecontains scans of the original artworkour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeploog is famous for his work on: werewolf_by_night monster_of_frankenstein ghost_rider
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Product line: art books ballantine booksballantine books art books ballantine books fantastic art of boris vallejo, the (fair)fantastic art of boris vallejo, the fairmanufacturer: ballantine booksintroduction by lester del rey
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Griffey is curator of american art at the mead art museum, amherst collegelowe is an art historian and authormellon curator of american art at the brooklyn museumabout the author teresa abonnie costello is professor of english at boston universitycarbone is andrew w
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List of the lost is the reality of what is true battling against what is permitted to be trueto read a book is to let a root sink downoxfam shop colne road 'beware the novelist' morrisseypenguin books is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of list of the lost, morrissey's extraordinary novel, on 24 septembersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreintimate and indiscreetpompous, prophetic airsan american tale where, naturally, evil conquers good, and none live happily ever after, for the complicated pangs of the empty experiences of flesh-and-blood human figures are the reason why nothing can ever be enoughhere is the fact of fiction
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Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the amazon forestwill they return alive? the book and cd tell an abridged version of the lost world by sir arthur conan doylebut this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for themlevel 2 with 700 headwordsand he sends his young reporter, malone, on a strange journey into south america with the famous professor challenger new and sealed in original shrinkwrapsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished by oxford university press in their dominoes series for english language teaching'you said that you wanted danger, didn't you?' says mcardle, the editor of the daily gazetteoxfam shop cowley road paperback book plus cd audio recording of the complete text
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The recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artthe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlanoxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timeit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary oneapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningspecial attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Examining political, economic, and cultural relations between siena and the contado, diana norman offers a new understanding of marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideologydrawing on extensive unpublished archives, norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century siena: the cathedral, the palazzo pubblico, and the hospital of santa maria della scalacasting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of saint cerbone, patron saint of massa marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of san leonardo al lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of sienese art production of the late medieval periodfirst edition publishedoxfam books & music beaconsfield celebrating the virgin mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next centuryshe analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of massa marittima, montalcino, and montepulcianothe book is in as new condition in a slip case which has a little shelfwearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuch celebratory portraits of the virgin were also common in siena's extensive subject territories, the contadothis richly illustrated book explores late medieval sienese art-how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of siena
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead bowie / collector: the personal art collection of david bowie catalogue of the sale of david bowie's art collection by sotheby'sthe sale of the art collection drew bidders to a packed saleroom, and attracted more than a thousand online bidders, for three highly-anticipated auctions of works amassed by the legendary musiciana total of 59 new records for artists were set over the course of two days with an overall sale total of ÂŁ32the book is in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sale followed a series of exhibitions around the world that attracted more than visitors to view the wide range of works
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The art of ferdinand hardback bookthis companion book to the unforgetta-bull movie is full of adore-a-bull concept designs, character sketches, storyboards and production art alongside insight from the artists, filmmakers and director"lavish art book for one of the most anticipated animated movies of , blue sky studio's ferdinand set in the fabulously colourful world of modern day spain, ferdinand is the story of a gentle giant who gains the courage to remain true to himself, whilst mounting a "great escape" to bring his new friends back with him to the home he lovesbrand new and sealed in plastic (i mention this because the "mark" top right of the back of the book is the plastic wrapping!), rrp ÂŁ happy to post at cost
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Title: the lost tudor princess: a life of margaret douglas, countess of lennoxtitle: the lost tudor princess: a life of margaret douglas, countess of lennoxlist price (msrp): 9authors: weir, alison
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Now bioware and dark horse are proud to invite fans deeper than ever into the mass effect saga with the art of the mass effect universe! featuring concept art and commentary by bioware on the games'' characters, locations, vehicles, weapons, and more - mass effect 3 - the art of the mass effect universe is the most complete companion available to gaming''s most compelling seriesoxfam bookshop wanstead in good to very good condition- several (mostly light) scratches on either cover, but a few deeper ones on backthe mass effect series is a groundbreaking epic that has immersed gamers in one of science fiction''s richest universessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Although she had studied art formally as a nineteen year old, it was not until she was 48, and settled in melbourne, that she decided to immerse herself in her bird art the quintessential bird: the art of betty temple watts allows readers a glimpse into bettys joyous world of birdsbetty spent much of her time practising drawing, but was constantly critical of the resultsthis is followed by the plates, reproduced in full along with 60 close-ups of individual birdsoxfam shop magdelen street betty temple watts () developed an interest in birds in her early married life while living in iran and papua new guineain spite of her harsh selfjudgement, others had a high opinion of her skill and, in , she received her first commission, going on to provide bird illustrations for numerous publications until she was in her late eightiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Throughout these wonderful colors and glowing patterns, the art of fair isle knitting conveys an unending sense of pricea chapter on knitting math is both easy to follow and invaluable for planning sizes and patterns, while a glossary of shetland knitting terms links a way of life that is largely gone with the knowledge and skills that the art of fair isle knittinghelps to preserveoxfam shop rosemount viaduct from the first small items sold to fishermen and tourists in the nineteenth century, to the highly fashionable androgynous sweaters of the s, to the large starry norwegian patterns popular after world war ii, to the hand- and machine-made yoke sweaters of the s and s, ann feitelson applies ardent dedication to her researchpride in the work of womenshe leads readers through the history of fair isle knitting to an examination of the style's techniques, explicating not only the unique colorways and pattern, but such valuable details as ways to hold the yarnsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepride in the creation of exceptional garmentsan accomplished knitter herself, feitelson presents twenty-three original fair isle designs, and encourages readers to create their ownpride in a knitting style known throughout the worldpride in the dedication of shetland knitters
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The art of being a brilliant primary teacher (the art of bcondition is goodby stuart spendlowdispatched with royal mail 2nd class large letter
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Conor nevertheless vows to do everything he can, including risk his own life, to bring these lost children back to their familiesan epic thriller and also a love story, little princes is as full of life and hope as the children conor's organisation, next generation nepal, continues to save every daydust jacket goodit's and nepal is a country torn apart by war, greed and corruptionsome of the luckier ones are finally dumped in an orphanage, only to be found by conor, an unlikely philanthropistboards very goodcaught in the middle are the nepalese children, snatched and sold into slavery, the kidnappers promising their families that they will be taken to a safe haven from where they will eventually returnpages very good, very little edge wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe process is painstaking and chaotic, involving weeks of trekking across inhospitable peaks and surmounting the infinite cultural and language barriers, but the children's raucous happiness on seeing photos of their parents after years of separation, abandonment and fear make the wounds, the danger, the freezing cold and the food poisoning pale into insignificancedespite the danger, conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children, miraculously reuniting dozens of familiesoxfam bookshop carlisle the riveting story of conor grennan's year in nepal reads like a cross between into thin air and three cups of teawhile volunteering at an orphanage, conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are traffickedconor's search for intrepid adventure on the cusp of 30 soon becomes a dangerous and haphazard mission, buoyed by the energy and adoration of the children
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From the bestselling author of the last hour, the lost ten is a breathless historical thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - for fans of bernard cornwell, ben kane, simon scarrow and conn igguldenpraise for harry sidebottom 'relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is jack reacher in ancient rome' - ben kane 'a cracking talemore twists and turns than the tiber itself' - rory clements 'absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' - the times 'grabbed me from the starta remote fortress prison set high in the mountains, escape is impossible - and to break someone out, unthinkablei loved it' - donna leon *** get ready for the return in - harry sidebottom's breakout historical thriller is now available to pre-order in hardback, ebook & audiobook *** see oxfam website for delivery information read moretasked with rescuing the young prince sasan, valens leads a small, elite squad of soldiers across mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the caspian seano man who enters the castle of silence ever walks out aliveoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a ragtag group of elite roman soldiers are sent on a suicide mission in this epic historical thriller from sunday times bestseller and leading ancient rome expert, harry sidebottombut this is exactly what roman officer marcus aelius valens must doas they journey deeper into enemy territory, the ten begin to die or disappear, one by oneand with the rescue fast becoming a suicide mission, valens must marshal this disparate group of men - or suffer the same fate as all those who have made the journey before him
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The lost child (nintendo switch)title:the lost child (nintendo switch)your item will be previously owned but still in great conditionthe disc will play perfectly without interruption and the case, inlay notes and sleeve may show limited signs of wear
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Oxfam shop dumfries the art of looking sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imaginationthe art of looking sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay between word and image, and who relish the odd and the unexpecteddescribing himself as a visual jackdaw, master designer alan fletcher has distilled a lifetime of experience and reflection into a brilliantly witty and inimitable exploration of such subjects as perception, colour, pattern, proportion, paradox, illusion, language, alphabets, words, letters, ideas, creativity, culture, style, aesthetics and valueloosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imagerysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mindthis book does not set out to teach lessons, but it is full of wisdom and insight collected from all over the world
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Oxfam books & music lancaster the art of looking sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imaginationthe art of looking sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay between word and image, and who relish the odd and the unexpecteddescribing himself as a visual jackdaw, master designer alan fletcher has distilled a lifetime of experience and reflection into a brilliantly witty and inimitable exploration of such subjects as perception, colour, pattern, proportion, paradox, illusion, language, alphabets, words, letters, ideas, creativity, culture, style, aesthetics and valueloosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imagerysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mindthis book does not set out to teach lessons, but it is full of wisdom and insight collected from all over the world
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Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landdust jacket unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno highlighting or other notesin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutiontext block cleanexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usethe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfulfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answeroxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniusanyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuries
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This art form was handed down for over eight hundred yearsunderneath both: the art of chokin the images are created by etching pure copper and then gilding it with silver and goldreasonable offers considered for a quick sale24kt gold edged made in japan size:4" / 10cms diameter price: ÂŁ6 each ÂŁ10 for both it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or crazingthese small plates - one having a couple of peacocks on flowering branches, the other has leaves and a couple of flowers with a humming bird visiting them in mid areaonly cash or cleared chequethe engravings were originally created to decorate the armament of the sumurai warriorseach has 3 gold bands radiating from the centrebuyer collects wa4 5pt warrington m56 j10 read more
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