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paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library book. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Cover: Angels by Benozzo Gozzoli. Articles include: The Artful Banker -- David Rockefeller, his buting program makes the Chase Manhattan Bank the greatest corporate patron of art; Skyscrapers in Europe; The role of the classics in education; An Iconography of Heavenly Beings, angels in art (17-page portfolio); French playwright Jean Anouilh; The colorful villages of the N'debele people of South Africa, color photos by Peter Turner; William Butler Yeats, the archpoet; Henry of Portugal - Navigator to the Modern Age; On Stage: Ronny Graham, Diahann Carroll; Giving Life to Old Music - The New York Pro Musica makes an international hit with "Play of Daniel"; Antiquarian bookseller A.S.W. Rosenbach; An interview with Henry Moore (8 photo pages); Feliks Topolski's mural of Queen Elizabeth's coronation. Edgewear, spine is sunned; torn at bottom edge.

Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Charles Dickens created some of the most memorable characters in English literature. But just what became of the convict that frightened young Pip in Great Expectations? Was he guilty, or framed? And what really did become of Edwin Drood? Was the case ever solved? Mike Ashley presents over 25 vivid new whodunnits from the world of Dickens - recorded for posterity by such writers as Michael Pearce, Amy Myers, Peter Tremayne, Alanna Knight, Kage Baker, and Edward D. Hoch. Many of the stories feature one or more of Dickens's characters, as a sleuth or as the victim of crime; while others are set in Dickens's real life, with him investigating people closely associated with him, such as Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell or Hablot Browne. Interlinking the stories is a narrative that brings alive Dickens's own life and part in the early development of crime sleuthing. The stories include: Miss Havisham's Revenge by Alanna Knight, in which we discover the part Estella Havisham played in the fate of Bentley Drummle; Murder in Murray's Court by David Stuart Davies, in which Oliver Twist has to help the Artful Dodger who has been accused of murder; The Thorn of Anxiety by Keith Miles, in which the mystery of Edwin Drood is at last solved; The Divine Nature by Kate Ellis, in which David Copperfield finds himself investigating the disappearance of Edward Murdstone; The Letter by Joan Lock, in which the skills of Inspector Bucket are once again put to the test in solving a crime that apparently never happened. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. New York. 2002. Henry Holt. Uncorrected Galley. Very Good in Wrappers. 0805054081. 323 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Six months after losing his wife and two young sons in an airplane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. Then, watching television one night, he stumbles upon a clip from a lost film by silent comedian Hector Mann. Zimmer's interest is piqued, and he soon finds himself embarking on a journey around the world to research a book on this mysterious figure, who vanished from sight in 1929 and has been presumed dead for sixty years. When the book is published the following year, a letter turns up in Zimmer's mailbox bearing a return address from a small town in New Mexico inviting him to meet Hector. Torn between doubt and belief, Zimmer hesitates, until one night a strange woman appears on his doorstep and makes the decision for him, changing his life forever. The Book of Illusions is, in the words of Peter Carey, suffused with warmth and illuminated by its narrator's hard won wisdom. This artful and elegant novel may be Auster's best ever.' inventory #36753.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. ***Look out for The Bone Ships, the start of a new series by RJ Barker!*** 'Reveals its mysteries with the style of a magic show and the artful grace of a gifted storyteller' Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING . . . Many years of peace have passed in Maniyadoc, years of relative calm for the assassin Girton Club-Foot. Even the Forgetting Plague, which ravaged the rest of the kingdoms, seemed to pass them by. But now Rufra ap Vthyr eyes the vacant High-King's throne and will take his court to the capital, a rat's nest of intrigue and murder, where every enemy he has ever made will gather and the endgame of twenty years of politics and murder will be played out in his bid to become the King of all Kings. Friends become enemies, enemies become friends and the god of death, Xus the Unseen, stands closer than ever - casting his shadow over everything most dear to Girton. Praise for this trilogy 'Outstanding . . . Kept me reading well into the early hours of the morning' James Islington, author of The Shadow of What Was Lost 'Dead gods, dread magic, and a lead that feels like a breath of fresh air. Great fun' Peter Newman, author of The Vagrant 'Readers will appreciate Barker's complex mythology and smoothly flowing plot' Publishers Weekly 'Riddled with intrigue and dangerous magic, this is a hugely enjoyable debut' Jennifer Williams, author of The Copper Promise 'A dark-humoured game of cat and mouse between assassins, with traitors on all sides' David Dalglish, author of the Shadowdance series The Wounded Kingdom trilogy begins with AGE OF ASSASSINS, continues with BLOOD OF ASSASSINS and concludes with KING OF ASSASSINS. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ***Look out for The Bone Ships, the start of a new fantasy series by RJ Barker!***'Age of Assassins reveals its mysteries with the style of a magic show and the artful grace of a gifted storyteller' Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the WyldTO CATCH AN ASSASSIN, USE AN ASSASSIN.Girton Club-Foot, apprentice to the land's best assassin, still has much to learn about the art of taking lives. But his latest mission tasks Girton and his master with a far more difficult challenge: to save a life. Someone, or many someones, is trying to kill the heir to the throne, and it is up to Girton and his master to uncover the traitor and prevent the prince's murder. In a kingdom on the brink of civil war and a castle thick with lies Girton finds friends he never expected, responsibilities he never wanted, and a conspiracy that could destroy an entire land.***SHORTLISTED FOR THE DAVID GEMMELL AWARDS 2018******SHORTLISTED FOR THE KITSCHIE AWARDS 2018***'Dead gods, dread magic, and a lead that feels like a breath of fresh air. Great fun' Peter Newman, author of The Vagrant'Outstanding. Beautifully written, perfectly paced and assured. Kept me reading well into the early hours of the morning. A wonderful first book - a wonderful book, period - that should be at the very top of your to-read list' James Islington, author of The Shadow of what was Lost 'Simply unputdownable . . . the perfect mix of fantasy and mystery' Fantasy Book Review 'With an original, immersive world that wouldn't let me go and a pair of assassins worth rooting for, Age of Assassins is a pleasure to read. I can't wait for more!' Melissa Caruso, author of The Tethered Mage 'A dark-humored game of cat and mouse between assassins, with traitors on all sides' David Dalglish, author of the Shadowdance series 'Age of Assassins builds a compelling fantasy world and peoples it with characters you can care about. Riddled with intrigue and dangerous magic, this is a hugely enjoyable debut' Jen Williams, author of The Copper Promise 'Age of Assassins is a beguiling story of action and intrigue combined with a poignancy and humour that are as sharp as any blade' Jon Skovron, author of Hope and Red'Compellingly complex political intrigue and steel-sparking action sequences leavened by warm humour and genuine emotional depth' Chris Brookmyre, author of the Jack Parlabane novelsThe Wounded Kingdom trilogy begins with AGE OF ASSASSINS, continues with BLOOD OF ASSASSINS and will continue with KING OF ASSA It's a game of assassin versus assassin when Girton Club-Foot and his master are hired by the queen to catch a killer who's after her son. Set in a world ravaged by magic and the ambition of noblemen, this debut epic fantasy features a cast of assassins, knights and fools which will delight any fan of Brent Weeks, David Dalglish or Robin Hobb Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ***Look out for The Bone Ships, the start of a new series by RJ Barker!***'Reveals its mysteries with the style of a magic show and the artful grace of a gifted storyteller' Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the WyldTO SAVE A KING, KILL A KING . . .The assassin Girton Club-foot and his master have returned to Maniyadoc in hope of finding sanctuary, but death, as always, dogs Girton's heels. The place he knew no longer exists. War rages across Maniyadoc, with three kings claiming the same crown - and one of them is Girton's old friend Rufra. Girton finds himself hurrying to uncover a plot to murder Rufra on what should be the day of the king's greatest victory. But while Girton deals with threats inside and outside Rufra's war encampment, he can't help wondering if his greatest enemy hides beneath his own skin. Praise for this trilogy 'Outstanding . . . Kept me reading well into the early hours of the morning' James Islington, author of The Shadow of What Was Lost 'Dead gods, dread magic, and a lead that feels like a breath of fresh air. Great fun' Peter Newman, author of The Vagrant 'Readers will appreciate Barker's complex mythology and smoothly flowing plot' Publishers Weekly 'Riddled with intrigue and dangerous magic, this is a hugely enjoyable debut' Jennifer Williams, author of The Copper Promise 'A dark-humoured game of cat and mouse between assassins, with traitors on all sides' David Dalglish, author of the Shadowdance seriesThe Wounded Kingdom trilogy begins with AGE OF ASSASSINS, continues with BLOOD OF ASSASSINS and will continue with KING OF ASSASSINS. After Age of Assassins, three kings now war over one crown and the assassin Girton Club-foot must protect his friend, the rightful king Rufra, from enemies within and without. This debut epic fantasy trilogy, the Wounded Kingdom, features a cast of assassins, knights and fools which will delight any fan of Brent Weeks, David Dalglish or Robin Hobb. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: Near Fine unmarked. 1st edition thus. Collected poems & broadsides from a 1982 SF poetry reading with Andy Berlin, Stephen Emerson, Bill Morris, Veverly Dahlen, Simone Lazzeri, Alastair Johnston, Kit Robinson, Bonnie Lateiner, Artful Goodtimes, Tamara Larimore, Byron Perrin, Susan Roether, Peter Linenthal, Steven LaVoie, Johnny Id, David Highsmith. Rare item. 8-1/2 x 11, unpaginated. PB in illus card covers; side-stapled.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A young apprentice to an assassin becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that could destroy a kingdom in a brilliant epic fantasy debut by David Gemmell Award-nominated author RJ Barker To catch an assassin, use an assassin. Girton Club-foot has no family, a crippled leg, and is apprenticed to the best assassin in the land. He's learning the art of taking lives, but his latest mission tasks him with a far more difficult challenge: to save a life. Someone is trying to kill the heir to the throne, and it is up to Girton to uncover the traitor and prevent the prince's murder. In a kingdom on the brink of civil war and a castle thick with lies, Girton finds friends he never expected, responsibilities he never wanted, and a conspiracy that could destroy an entire kingdom. Praise for The Wounded Kingdom: "Dead gods, dread magic, and a lead that feels like a breath of fresh air. Great fun."Peter Newman, author of The Vagrant "Often poignant and always intriguing, Age of Assassins reveals its mysteries with the style of a magic show and the artful grace of a gifted storyteller."Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wild "The most interesting treatment of the fantasy assassin trope in a while, and an involving narrative in its own right."RT Book Reviews The Wounded Kingdom Age of Assassins Blood of Assassins King of Assassins For more from RJ Barker, check out: The Tide Child Trilogy The Bone Ships Call of the Bone Ships Girton Club-foot has no family, a crippled leg, and is apprenticed to the best assassin in the land. He's learning the art of taking lives, but his latest mission tasks him with a far more difficult challenge: to save a life. Someone is trying to kill the heir to the throne, and it is up to Girton to uncover the traitor and prevent the prince's murder. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Art icon Jeff Koons lying on a giant plastic ball, Richard Serra disappearing into one of his vast steel sculptures, 'king of theater' Claus Peymann sporting a cardboard crown ever since shooting his portrait of painter A.R. Penck in 1994, Oliver Mark (born 1963) has photographed countless artists, actors, politicians and other celebrities. Sometimes concentrating only on the subject against the most minimal setting possible, sometimes placing them in front of an artful background, Mark presents the rich and famous in constantly new and consistently trenchant ways, bringing their less apparent characteristics to light and casting them in disorienting circumstances. Other of Mark's subjects included here are Tom Hanks, Anthony Hopkins, George Lucas, Sir Ridley Scott, Jenny Holzer, Mia Farrow, Norbert Tadeusz, Kenny Scharf, Georg Baselitz, David Chipperfield, Luc Tuymans, Cate Blanchett, Balthus and Sir Peter Ustinov. Besides Mark's most successful portraits, this volume also contains some of his most beautiful fashion photographs and other stills, many of which have appeared in several well-known magazines. Texts by Margit J. Mayer, Christoph Amend, Christian Boros and others round off this entertaining 'best-of' collection. Edited by Achim Heine. Text by Christoph Amend, Christian Boros, Margit J. Mayer.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A literary anthology of important and artful interpretations ofthe civil rights movement and the fight against white supremacy, past and present-including pieces by Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, and John Lewis"Jon Meacham . . . has done about the best job of anthologizing the movement that I've ever seen."-Tom Wicker,Mother JonesEditor andPulitzer Prize-winning authorJon Meacham has chosen pieces by journalists, novelists, historians, and artists, bringing together a wide range of perspectives and experiences. The result is an unprecedented and powerful portrait of the movement's spirit and struggle, told through voices that resonate with passion and strength.Maya Angelou takes us on a poignant journey back to her childhood in the Arkansas of the 1930s. On the front page ofThe New York Times, James Reston marks the movement's apex as he describes what it was like to watch Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his heralded "I Have a Dream"speech in real time. Alice Walker takes up the movement's progress a decade later in her article "Choosing to Stay at Home- Ten Years After the March on Washington."And John Lewis chronicles the unimaginable courage of the ordinary African Americans who challenged the prevailing order, paid for it in blood and tears, and justly triumphed.Voices in Our Bloodis a compelling look at the movement as it actually happened, from the days leading up to World War II to the anxieties and ambiguities of this new century. The story of race in America is a never-ending one, andVoices in Our Bloodtells us how we got this far-and how far we still have to go to reach the Promised Land.This powerful anthology contains works from-Maya Angelou . Russell Baker . James Baldwin . Taylor Branch . Hodding Carter . Ellis Cose . Stanley Crouch . Ralph Ellison . William Faulkner . Marshall Frady . Henry Louis Gates, Jr. . Peter Goldman . David Halberstam . Alex Haley . Elizabeth Hardwick . Charlayne Hunter-Gault . Murray Kempton . John Lewis .Louis E. Lomax . Benjamin E. Mays . Willie Morris . Flannery O'Connor . Walker Percy . Howell Raines . James Reston . Carl T. Rowan . John Steinbeck . William Styron . Calvin Trillin . Alice Walker . Robert Penn Warren . Pat Watters . Bernard Weinraub . Eudora Welty .Rebecca West . E. B. White . Gary Wills . Tom Wolfe . Richard Wright Essays by such authors as Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, David Halberstam, and Eurdora Welty trace the history of America's civil rights movement, its leaders, and its implications for affirmative action and racial relations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. Gerald Scarfe (illustrator). First Edition. This mint unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. "Heroes and Villains" is a unique collaboration with the caricaturist Gerald Scarfe, which will also be the subject of a documentary on BBC Four. In the book, portraits of well-known figures, selected from the National Portrait Gallery's collections, are quirkily juxtaposed with caricatures that depict their villainous side. Gerald Scarfe, Britain's best-known caricaturist, provides these artful, glib distortions, many of which have been specially commissioned. They reveal the wit and vision of an exceptional draughtsman at work. Joanna Lumley, Sir Peter Hall and Melvyn Bragg are just a few of the people who argue their views for and against, on subjects as wide ranging as Henry VIII, Oswald Mosley, Virginia Woolf, Princess Diana and David and Victoria Beckham. Ref II1.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Comprising fifty chapters or 'visions', Running Up That Hill is a multi-faceted biography of this famously elusive figure, viewing her life and work from fresh and illuminating angles. Featuring details from the author's one-to-one conversations with Kate, as well as vignettes of her key songs, albums, videos and concerts, this artful, candid and often brutally funny portrait introduces the reader to the refreshingly real Kate Bush. 358 pp. Englisch.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 297 x 210mm; spiral-bound at head. Produced at the September Press. Documentary film-maker and collector extraordinary, Jonathan Gili (1943-2004) was also a quirky small-press publisher who deployed his eye for design not only for books as grand as John Betjeman's Metro-Land (1977, with lithographs by Glynn Boyd Harte) but also for calendars for his sometime school-friend David Game's group of tutorial colleges, founded in 1974. Latterly, he used his own artful photographs; his early calendars deployed a talented team of illustrators. Peter Bailey is perhaps best known for his work with Philip Pullman.

Original brochure. Condition: Gut. 168 p., num. fig. A very good and clean copy. - Contents: Inside the New York Art World -- Show and Tell: Louise Bourgeois at her Sunday salon. by Kelly Devine Thomas -- Location? Location? Location?: Scouting public-art venues with Anne Pasternak. by Barbara Pollack -- Phillips's Head Sales Driver -- Michael McGinnis stages an auction. by Kelly Devine Thomas -- Getting into Scrapes: Revealing the unvarnished truth at MoMA's conservation lab. by Sylvia Hochfield -- New Frontiers: A group of young dealers expands the Chelsea gallery district westward. by Rebecca Spence -- 'Sharks, Savagery, and Sainthood': Kara Walker curates a show at the Met. by Hilarie M. Sheets -- A Satyr Wrapped in an Enigma: Seductive, repulsive, mysterious, metaphorical, and usually gooey, Matthew Barney's visceral costume dramas are as extravagant as they are baffling. by Linda Yablonsky -- Creative Capital: Large multinational corporations-and a surprising number of smaller, regional companies-are using sponsorship of the visual arts to forge ties with communities across the globe and in their own backyards. by Michelle Falkenstein -- Art Talk: Robert Rosenblum, Kathleen Gilje, Arthur Danto, Lowery Stokes Sims, Francis Naumann, RoseLee Goldberg, Barbara Pollack, Jeffrey Deitch, Carlo McCormick, Sheila Metzner, Ernst Beyeler. Romero Britto, Archie Rand, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, Tracey Emin -- National News: NEW YORK Debating antiquities policy SPOTLIGHT William ? Griswold: Hitting the ground running NEW YORK Asia Society expands reach; ARTnews wins Silurians Award ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA Allan Kaprow: Performance art pioneer -- International News: VIENNA Summer Night watch SPOTLIGHT Peter Doroshenko: Grist for the mill Moscow Saving the house without right angles TALLINN, ESTONIA Kudos for Kumu PARIS Chirac's grand project -- Art Market: NEW YORK Tobias Meyer: Reading lips ZURICH Old Masters for new collectors LONDON Picasso tops prints -- Looking at Art: Disharmony in the Concert: His two Concerts show Titian imitating- and then turning away from-Giorgione. by David Alan Brown -- Artful Traveler: Crouching tigress, hidden treasure: The Musée Cernuschi captures the essence of Chinese art in the heart of Paris. by Laurie Hurwitz -- Critics Pick: Slater Bradley: An operatic approach to emotional rescue. by Elisabeth Kley. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 297 x 210mm; spiral-bound at head. Produced at the September Press. Documentary film-maker and collector extraordinary, Jonathan Gili (1943-2004) was also a quirky small-press publisher who deployed his eye for design not only for books as grand as John Betjeman's Metro-Land (1977, with lithographs by Glynn Boyd Harte) but also for calendars for his sometime school-friend David Game's group of tutorial colleges, founded in 1974. Latterly, he used his own artful photographs; his early calendars deployed a talented team of illustrators. These drawings by Peter Brookes were reproduced from The Sunday Times, The Times, Radio Times and The Listener.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition with full number string sequence including the no. "1" on the priter's page. Fine in black boards with cream titles to spine. Orange front and rear endpapers and pastedowns. No annotations. Pages clean throughout. Spine tight. In a fine colour illustrated dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £16.99. Extremities of dustwrapper very slightly creased. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. 321 pages. 240 mm x 162 mm. ***'Six months after losing his wife and two young sons in a plane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. Then, watching television one night, he stumbles upon a lost film by Hector Mann, and finds himself enraptured. Mann was a comic genius of the silent cinema, his trademark a fluttering black moustache. One January morning in 1929, at the height of his fame, he walked out of his house and was never heard from again. Zimmer's fascination with Mann's work leads him to write an appreciative book. Then out of nowhere comes a letter from New Mexico, supposedly written by Mann's wife ("Hector has read your book and would like to meet you.") Could Hector Mann still be alive? Zimmer is torn between doubt and belief, until a strange woman appears on his doorstep one night and makes the decision for him, changing his life forever. Written with breathtaking urgency and precision, this stunning novel plunges the reader into a universe in which the comic and the tragic, the real and the imagined, the violent and the tender dissolve into one another. "The Book of Illusions" is Paul Auster's richest, most emotionally charged novel yet.' *** 'An elegant and enthralling new summit in Paul Auster's art.' - Jonathan Lethem. *** 'This artful and elegant novel may be Auster's best ever.' - Peter Carey [Quote and review quotes taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper]. ***First impression of the first UK edition, in the original dustwrapper, in collectable near fine condition. **For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - \*THE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH\*\*A THE TIMES BEST THRILLER FOR APRIL\*\*OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION IN A SEVEN-WAY AUCTION\*'Delightful' THE TIMES'Enthralling' THE SUNDAY TIMES'A serpentine thriller' SPECTATOR'A pure delight' NEIL GAIMAN'All the hallmarks of a modern classic' ADAM KAY'Two great masters join forces to explosive effect' RICHARD OSMAN'Huge fun - gripping and very clever. I didn't want it to end' PETER JAMES'A beautiful magic trick in itself - wonderful' DERREN BROWN'I absolutely loved every twist, every turn, every blockbusting cliffhanger' STEVEN MOFFATMeet Louis Warlock.Man about town, denizen of Soho's nightclubs and cabaret bars - and the most skilled magician of his time . . .As a boy, Ludvik Weinschenk fled Nazi Germany to England with a pack of playing cards and three tricks to his name. Twelve years later, in 1950s London, having risen through the ranks of concert parties, night clubs and variety theatres, Ludvik - or Louis Warlock as he is now known - is the most famous magician in Britain. But after his talent for deception attracts the attention of the British secret service, Louis is thrown into the perilous world of espionage and finds himself sent across Europe with a dangerous mission to fulfil. When he comes face to face with a nemesis whose cunning rivals his own, Louis will need to use every trick in the book - or risk the most terrible consequences, both for the country and for himself.A highly entertaining, fiendishly clever thriller, The Warlock Effect offers a twist-filled, rollicking adventure - and a glimpse into the phenomenal mind of an extraordinary magician.MORE PRAISE FOR THE WARLOCK EFFECT:'A delicious confection from a pair of devilishly clever minds' STEVE PEMBERTON'A superb story of espionage and human endurance which casts its own vivid spell. In the stage magician Louis Warlock, Nyman and Dyson have created one of fiction's most complex and beguiling heroes' JAY RAYNER'Intriguing and completely original, this Cold War spy novel is just what every bookshelf needs' W.C. RYAN'The period atmosphere and the Cold War detail feel like a Le Carré but it's the characters you really care about. Exactly like some of the magic it describes, the odd sleight of hand or false deception wrapped around a terrific mystery.' IAN MOORE'Edge-of-your-seat stuff . . . Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, The Warlock Effect is a fiendish mix of history, humour and horror' SJ BENNETT'A thrilling and ingenious work of wonder. Twisting, evocative and hugely entertaining, The Warlock Effect delivers on every level' CHRIS WHITAKER'Spellbinding. Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman skillfully depict a shadowy world of magic and espionage in this gripping tale that is entertaining, heartfelt and as twisty as any artful stage magician's signature trick.' ADAM HAMDY'An adventure told with skill and wit and quite a lot up its sleeve. Sharp and scary and full of twists and turns.' DAVID QUANTICK.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 297 x 210mm; spiral-bound at head. Printed at the Stellar Press. Documentary film-maker and collector extraordinary, Jonathan Gili (1943-2004) was also a quirky small-press publisher who deployed his eye for design not only for books as grand as John Betjeman's Metro-Land (1977, with lithographs by Glynn Boyd Harte) but also for calendars for his sometime school-friend David Game's group of tutorial colleges, founded in 1974. Latterly, he used his own artful photographs; his early calendars deployed a talented team of illustrators. The six illustrators for this catalogue are each allotted two months: the youngest, Chloe Cheese (1952-), the oldest, Harold Jones (1904-1992) - best loved for Lavender's Blue.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. J. N. LeConte, Philip Hyde, William Menken, Cedric Wright, Arthur E. Harrison (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1954. June,1954 issue [Vol 39, No.6] of the Sierra Club Bulletin. Octavo, perfect-bound printed wrappers. Photographically illustrated, with artful drawings, a map, and even a song as well. Near Fine - very near fine, with a modestly darkened spine (scan) with a small wrinkle at its bottom being the only flaw. See scans. Very high grade example. 108 pp. + 32 unnumbered pages of illustrations, mostly photographic plates. The outstanding photo work is by J. N. LeConte, Philip Hyde, William Menken, Cedric Wright, and Arthur E. Harrison, in several impressive theme-aggregations. The articles - see scan of contents page - are by editor August Frugé, David R. Brower, Robert K. Cutter, Richard M. Emerson, A. Starker Leopold, Loye Miller, Ginny Hill Wood, Aileen R. Jaffa, Father John S. Duryea, Peter Fabrizius, Margaret Thal-Larsen, Arthur E. Harrison, Clifford V. Heimbucher, Charles Wilts, Hervey H. Voge, and Harriet T. Parsons . Also, a variety of regular departments. Please see all scans. l-sc2.

Condition: Sehr gut. xxiii, 373 S. Wife-Murder Deflected: How Stage Husbands' Prudence and Ingenuity Lead to Differing Outcomes DAVID J. HILDNER -- "Nada me digas": Silencing and Silence in Comedia Domestic Relationships SUSAN L. FISCHER -- Mencia as Tragic Hero in Calderones El médico de su honra KATRIXA M. HEIL -- We Too Suffer: Calderón's Honor Husbands EZRA ENGLING -- El médico de su honra: A Crisis of Interpretation WILLIAM R. BLUE -- Incest, Natural Law and Social Order in El castigo sin venganza MANUEL DELGADO -- Duelling (Dis)Honour in Mira de Amescua's La adúltera virtuosa GWYN E. CAMPBELL -- Ovid, Gender, and the Potential for Tragedy in Don Gil de las calzas verdes CHRISTOPHER WEIMER -- 'The Queen's Dreams: Lope's Representation of Queen Isabel I in El mejor mozo de España and El niño inocente de La Guardia BARBARA F. WEISSBERGER -- Mirror Neurons and Mirror Metaphors: Cognitive Theory and Privanza in La adversa fortuna de don Alvaro de Luna BARBARA SIMERKA -- The Calderonian Aesthetic Experience: Plot, Character, Politics, and Primal Emotions in El alcalde de Zalamea (What Neuroscience and US Presidential Campaigns Might Tell Us about the Spanish Comedia) ROBERT M. JOHNSTON -- Gendered Gazing: Zayas and Caro Go Back to the Euture of the "Artful Brain and Body" CATHERINE CONNOR-SWIETLICKI -- Of Love and Labyrinths: Feminism and the Comedia EDWARD H. FRIEDMAN -- Woman, Learning, and Fear: Racial Mixing in Diego Ximénez de Enciso's Juan Latino BALTASAR FRA-MOLINERO -- Antona García: A Mujer Varonil for the 21st Century KATHLEEN REGAN -- "Más valéis vos, Antona": Worthy Wives in Lope, Tirso, and Cañizares SUSAN PAUN DE GARCÍA -- Tried and True: Leonor de la Cueva y Silva's Tirso Connection SHARON D. VOROS -- Actresses as Athletes and Acrobats BARBARA MUJICA -- Stages of Passing: Identity and Performance in the Comedia AMY R. WILLIAMSEN -- The Spanish Golden Age Entremés in English: Translating the Juan Rana Phenomenon PETER E. THOMPSON -- Three Productions of El condenado por desconfiado: The Devil's Polymorphism in Our Time MARYRICA ORTIZ LOTTMAN -- Adapting the Spanish Classics for 2Tl-Century Performance in English: Models for Analysis CATHERINE LARSON -- The Contours of Self-Representation: Why Call Himself Tirso de Molina? HENRY W. SULLIVAN -- Inquisitorial Pressures: Honour as Metaphor on the Boards ISAAC BENABU -- Staging the Fall in 16th-Century Spain: The Aucto del peccado de Adán RONALD E. SURTZ -- Baltasar Funes y Villalpando's El golfo de las sirenas: An Homage to Calderón ? KERRY WILKS -- The Transformation of a Baroque Zarzuela into an 18th -Century Opera: The Case of Salazar y Torres's Los juegos olímpicos THOMAS A. O'CONNOR -- Two Visions of Brotherhood: Calderón and Richard Strauss DONALD R. LARSON. ISBN 9781433130083 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 608 Fadengehefteter Originalpappband.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - An anthology of David Marr's powerful ruminations on art, religion, sex, censorship and the law, his unflinching profiles of party leaders and forensic accounts of social and political controversy.David Marr is the rarest of breeds: one of Australia's most unflinching, forensic reporters of political controversy, and one of its most subtle and eloquent biographers. In Marr's hands, those things we call reportage and commentary are elevated to artful and illuminating chronicles of our time.My Country collects his powerful reflections on religion, sex, censorship and the law; striking accounts of leaders, moralists and scandalmongers; elegant ruminations on the arts and the lives of artists. And some memorable new pieces.'David Marr is as brilliant a biographer and journalist as this country has produced.' -Peter Craven.

Softcover. Condition: gut. 1997. Diese Monographie umfaßt Bilder, die den Weltruhm des Photographen Peter Lindbergh in den vergangenen zwanzig Jahren begründet haben. Sie zeigt die großen Schauspielerinnen von Catherine Deneuve bis Sharon Stone, Sängerinnen von Tina Turner bis Madonna, Supermodels von Naomi Campbell bis Nadja Auermann sowie viele namenlose Schönheiten. Images of Women beginnt und endet mit einem Bild in der Mojave-Wüste -- ohne Menschen, ohne Frauen. Eine starke Landschaft als Einstimmung und Ausklang für die starken Frauen, die Peter Lindbergh entworfen hat und die hier in der ersten Retrospektive seines Werks der letzten 15 Jahre zusammengefasst sind. Peter Lindberghs Entwürfe zeigen Mode, sie sind Auftragsarbeiten der großen, berühmten Namen in der Modeindustrie, von Zeitschriften wie Vogue, Tatler, Harper's Bazaar oder Modehäusern wie Calvin Klein, Donna Karan und Giorgio Armani. Was ihre Faszination ausmacht, lässt den modischen Aspekt aber beinahe in Vergessenheit geraten: Es sind die Gesichter, die starken Persönlichkeiten seiner Modelle, die einen in den Bann ziehen. Die starken Schwarzweißkontraste, die jede Falte im Gesicht und jeden Faltenwurf des Kleiderstoffs überdeutlich machen, zeigen Schönheit wo man sie nicht erwartet, und richten die Aufmerksamkeit auf Ausschnitte, deren Harmonie und Ausdruck sonst übersehen werden. Den Schatten einer Tänzerin. Eine Hand im durchscheinenden Handschuh, der zarte Falten wirft, ein nackter Frauenkörper, die Blöße und die darüberliegenden Narben nur mit den Händen bedeckt, übergeschlagene Beine, ein Auge, ein Mund. Dass der Bauch Nadja Auermann, die Hand Kristen McMenamy, die Beine Tina Turner und das alte Gesicht Gertrude Blom gehören, scheint da auf einmal an Bedeutung zu verlieren und nebensächlich zu werden. Die Umgebungen, in denen die Fotografien stattfinden, machen einen wichtigen Teil ihrer Wirkung aus: Wüste, Meer, Großstadt, Maschinen. Im sachkundigen einleitenden Essay schreibt der britische Schriftsteller und Fotohistoriker Martin Harrison: "Die Konfrontation von Mensch und Natur auf Lindberghs Fotografien geschieht nicht zufällig, sie hat ihre direkte Ursache in seiner Herkunft. Er (.) ist auf dem Bauernhof eines Onkels im Schatten der Fördertürme von Duisburg aufgewachsen (.) ein Zentrum der Schwerindustrie (.) Die Attraktion der Industriekulisse ist ein wiederkehrendes Thema." Die Familie verbrachte ihre Sommerferien an rauhen Nordseestränden, die einen so bleibenden Eindruck bei ihm hinterließen, dass "solche vom Wind zerzausten Küsten (.) zu bevorzugten Aufnahmeorten" wurden. Und so schaffen es Peter Lindberghs Motive, die Frauen, die wenigen Männer, die Dinge, Häuser oder Straßenschluchten, uns auch ohne glattes Lächeln mit ihrer Schönheit zu beglücken. Peter Lindbergh, der in Paris lebende deutsche Weltstar der zeitgenössischen Modephotographie, wird am 23. November dieses Jahres 70 Jahre alt. Wir feiern dieses Ereignis mit einem dritten großen Bildband seiner Photographien von schönen, starken und kreativen Frauen. Schauspielerinnen, Models und Socialites aus vielen Ländern der westlichen Welt versammeln sich vor Lindberghs Kamera zu einem Panoptikum der Frauenphotographie in all ihren Spielarten: Portrait, Mode, Tanz und Akt. In seiner unverkennbaren Handschrift, die zwischen der Sprache des Ausdruckstanzes der 20er Jahre und dem samtenen, elegischen Schwarzweiß des film noir changiert, die jede Bewegung des Körpers und der Seele registriert und manchmal auch die dunkle Tinte der Melancholie nicht scheut, hat Peter Lindbergh sie alle in betörende photographische Bilder gesetzt. Der spanische Buchdesigner Juan Gatti gab den 175 Frauenphotos, die in den letzten zehn Jahren entstanden sind, eine Buchform, die den Rhythmus und die Komposition der einzelnen Bilder kunstvoll zu inszenieren und damit noch zu steigern weiß. Es treten in diesem Buch etwa siebzig Frauen und einige Männer auf: Christiane Arp, Nadja Auermann, Monica Bellucci, Juliette Binoche, Sofia Coppola, David Cronenberg, Pascal Gregory, Nina Hoss, Milla Jovovich, Ciara Mastroianni, Charlotte Rampling, Tilda Swinton, Amber Valetta, Donata Wenders und Kate Winslet, um nur einige zu nennen. Kein Make up ist schwieriger als das nackt wirkende. Von Silke Samel am 17. November 2007 Format: Gebundene Ausgabe . und deshalb arbeiten selbstredend nur die Allerbesten der Branche (Make up, Haare, Kostüme) an den Sets, an denen Peter Lindbergh seine Models, Tänzer, Schauspieler/-innen fotografiert. Alle Aufnahmen sind in s/w, was die Natürlichkeit unterstreicht, deren sich der weltberühmte Fotograf bezichtigt. Die Makellosigkeit und expressionistische Darstellungsweise jedoch lassen vermuten, dass hinter dieser Natürlichkeit ein Corps von Helfern, fantastisches Licht und viel Know-how sowie sehr viel Arbeit steckt. Portraits, Aktaufnahmen, Bewegungsstudien, akrobatische Tanzposen, Spiel, Stilleben, Dialoge. in jedes Bild kann man sich versenken. Wir geniessen Schönheit, Dramatik, die Lust an der Verkleidung oder an einer anderen Rolle - jede Inszenierung ist genauestens durchdacht und hochästhetisch. Ein prachtvolles Bilder-Buch. Peter Lindbergh's impression of women is a respectful and complimentary one. He sees them as well-grounded in character first, rather than as artful silhouettes. His work often grittily outlines women's substantial personalities by showing them operating independently within the urban and industrial manliness of modern society. The volume contains female nudity that would probably earn the work an "R" rating if it were a motion picture. This volume contains 189 Novatone plates that provide the definitive collection of Mr. Lindbergh's fashion and portrait work. The pages are large and the images well reproduced. The main problem with the book is that center creases devaste many images, which should have been fold-outs. The introduction by Martin Harrison is quite well done, and well worth your time and attention. ". . . [I]t is evident his models enjoy being photo.