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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Small Softcover with color and black and white illustrations throughout. Index, Further Reading. 191 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A deeply moving story about hope and friendship in one of the darkest times in history. Eitan and his best friend Rivka live in a place where children laugh, dogs bark, and neighbours chat. But no one can leave, and once you go through the gates, you never come back? This story takes place in Vilnius in Lithuania ? but it could have happened anywhere in Europe during World War II, when Jews were forced into ghettos and suffered greatly in the hands of the Nazis. Conveying the horrors of the Holocaust in a sensitive but powerful way, Marius Marcinkevicius?s tale tells the story of two children who experience the horror of separation and Nazi persecution, only to find each other again thanks to a pebble, which becomes a symbol of endurance and survival. Inga Dagile?s illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to this story about true friendship, fear ? and hope. Dagile, Inga (illustrator). …

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Hardback. Condition: Good. In this delightful follow-up to How to Light Your Dragon, readers see how fun life with a pet dragon can be. In five short, amusing stories full of colourful illustrations, the child and dragon playact as firefighters, doctors, and even Christmas trees! But living with a dragon is anything but normal; when they get tired and need to nap, dragons snore and little sparks come out of their nose that attract fireflies. Pure magic and wonder.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Designed by the internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano and developed by Irvine Sellar, The Shard is one of the worlds most striking skyscrapers and is now, at 310m, the tallest building in Western Europe. This guide sets The Shard in the context of Southwark, before outlining the design principles and construction story of the building. …

Hardback. Condition: Good. You probably know the feeling. You?re playing happily by yourself in the park, when you?re suddenly told, ?Go and say hello to that little boy over there!? But what if you don?t want to say hello? What if the little boy isn?t really a little boy at all? What? what if he?s a MONSTER in disguise? Welcome to a weird and wonderful ?what if?? story where saying hello can lead to all sorts of surprising adventures. Shearring, Maisie Paradise (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A country endowed with an artistic patrimony perhaps unmatched anywhere in the world, China is an extraordinary powerhouse of creativity. The land itself has always been a fruitful starting point, providing abundant raw materials, while festivals corresponding to the ancient lunar calendar still enable local artisans to display and sell their decorative work. Among the items covered in this book are: lacquered boxes with gold and silver inlay; carved and scented boxwood fans; porcelain vases wrapped in finely woven bamboo; glistening silver earrings in the shape of fish; gold brocade children's shoes; and painted clay animals representing the signs of the Zodiac. Achievements in textiles, jewellery, lacquer, ceramics, bamboo, wood and paper are examined, the historical and cultural background defined, and advice on collecting given.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. From prehistoric statues to modern resonance imaging, the human body - idealized or abused, naked or clothed, beautiful or distorted, male or female, young or old, black or white, still or moving - has been a continual source of inspiration for artists and scientists alike. Touching upon the whole human condition, these representations express a range of emotions - fear, love, hatred - and often excite strong passions. Whether intended as works of art or medical illustrations, political acts or erotic displays, advertising gimmicks or documentary evidence, these images celebrate the human form in its many guises.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This picturebook has humour and heart zinging colours fun and bold and stylish splendid Sunday Times, Childrens Book of the Week.

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Quirky stories, interactive activities and off-the-wall infographics serve to answer young brainiacs' urgent questions about the climate and weather. What?s the difference between the climate and weather? How do we know global warming is real? The answers to these and many more pressing questions are explored in this book through memorable stories, infographic data dumps, and by engineering a solar oven from a pizza box, among other hands-on activities. Aimed at young brainiacs who want to know how many cow farts make up the Earth?s atmosphere, and how to whip up a homemade storm. Russell, Harriet (illustrator).…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Quirky stories, interactive activities and off-the-wall infographics serve to answer young brainiacs' urgent questions about the climate and weather. What?s the difference between the climate and weather? How do we know global warming is real? The answers to these and many more pressing questions are explored in this book through memorable stories, infographic data dumps, and by engineering a solar oven from a pizza box, among other hands-on activities. Aimed at young brainiacs who want to know how many cow farts make up the Earth?s atmosphere, and how to whip up a homemade storm. Russell, Harriet (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Uncover the bodys secrets in this delightful, interactive book for children aged 4+.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Supremely successful at the beginning of his life; lonely, bankrupt and virtually ignored at its end, Rembrandt produced some of the most powerful and psychologically penetrating works in the whole of world art.Poverty, illness, the deaths of his wife, children and devoted mistress ? nothing deflected him from his inner vision and his unique handling of light: which would change the course of painting for ever.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Back with a vengeance, collage superstar Cold War Steve goes viral, casting a scathing view on the past year on Plague Island.

Paperback. Condition: Good. John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ornette Coleman - some of the names that brought jazz out of the age of bebop and into the present. As the medium matured in the Forties, Fifties and Sixties, an intense flowering of new styles spawned almost as many forms - free jazz, West Coast cool, hard bop, modal jazz, fusion - as musicians. All these strains come together to demonstrate that, with all the variety, one constant remains: jazz, the vibrant, living art form, is thriving. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A timely re-examination of our ideas about work and its relationship to our social and personal lives.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. For too long the Neanderthals have been seen as dim-witted evolutionary dead-enders who looked and behaved completely differently from us, but their story has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and advances in scientific techniques. This book takes a look at the whole story of the Neanderthals.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Since 1945, design and designers have been moved centre-stage by the demands of manufacturing companies and a consumer society. Dormer questions orthodoxies, defines the contexts within which designers work, and covers such activities as industrial and product design, graphics and textiles. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The Third Edition features new images, from the early years of Western Europe's encounter with America's native peoples to the twenty-first century's prioritization of sustainable architecture.