DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Brittany will lead you straight to the best attractions Brittany has to offer. Packed with detailed maps, this guide encompasses every facet of Brittany\'s unique appeal, from its rich cultural heritage, historic towns and villages, to its gorgeous landscapes, superb coastline, great food and abundant wildlife. This fully updated and expanded guide provides comprehensive

If only you knew then what you know now...Imagine if you could go back ten years and meet your younger self - would you recognise her? And what advice would you give? Wear sunscreen! Back away from those PVC trousers? DON\'T give that idiot your phone number? Lemon juice won\'t bleach your hair - it just attracts wasps...He\'s the one - don\'t let him go! For Charlotte Merryweather, there\'s no need

In Photography After Frank, former New York Times writer and picture editor Philip Gefter narrates the tale of contemporary photography, beginning at the pivotal moment when Robert Frank commenced his seminal works of the 1950s. Along the way, he connects the dots of photography\'s evolution into what it is today, forging links between its episodes to reveal unsuspected leaps. Gefter takes Frank\'s

A unique anthology for crime aficionados - seven of the world\'s most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation. A manipulative murderer who stalked the streets of Paris; a young wife who poisoned her eccentric husband; a bank cashier\'s mysterious suicide; a brutal double murder in New Zealand...Seven of the world\'s greatest crime

Infill -- Urban land is an increasingly precious commodity, particularly in the centers of major cities. Every spare corner of land is in demand, however small, inaccessible, or awkwardly shaped. For architects the challenge is to optimize these sites while simultaneously negotiating the web of planning regulations to create homes suited to today\'s lifestyles. Infill profiles 39 innovative and imaginative

A young woman leaves her home, summoned to the emperor\'s court and a husband she barely knows. On the other side of the world, a famous scholar is sent to find and collect the mysterious beasts of legend in the unknown lands of the East. He takes with him an interpreter, Venn, famous for his special gift with language. The two groups of travellers are destined to cross paths, revealing the secret

This is a collection of 45 Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan\'s premier fanzine. \"Fruits\" was established in 1994, by photographer Shoich Aoki, initially as a project to document the growing explosion in street fashion within the suburbs of Tokyo. The magazine has since grown to cult status and is now avidly followed by thousands of Japanese teenagers who also use the magazine as an opportunity

A century ago, scientists theorised that a habitable planet existed in a nearby solar system. Today, ten astronauts will leave a dying Earth to find it. Four are decorated veterans of the 20th century\'s space-race. And six are teenagers, graduates of the exclusive Dalton Academy, who\'ve been in training for this mission for most of their lives. It will take the team twenty-three years to reach Terra-Two.

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, its owners - mother, son and daughter - struggling to keep pace. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a

A major new anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki MurakamiThis fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable examples being written today. Curated by Jay Rubin (who has himself freshly translated several of the stories) and introduced by Haruki Murakami, this is a book

After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian capital - from greed, murder and nihilism to passion, vanity and love. Mocked for his childlike naivety yet valued for his openness and understanding, Prince

Spartacus returns to Thrace, ready to settle down after a decade away. But a new king has usurped the throne. Treacherous and violent, he immediately seizes Spartacus and sells him to a Roman slave trader looking for new gladiators. The odyssey has begun which will see Spartacus become one of the greatest legends of history.

The nude has always particularly captivated artists and viewers, with the depiction of the human body a classic exercise in all forms of fine art. This fascination in no way waned with the arrival of a new art form – photography. In fact, it has undoubtedly contributed both to the exploration of human anatomy and morphology as well as to the collective erotic imagination. Taken from the end of the

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Au village des Bastides Blanches, on hait ceux de Crespin. C\'est pourquoi lorsque Jean Cadoret, le Bossu, s\'installe la ferme des Romarins, on ne lui parle pas de la source cachée. Ce qui facilite les manuvres des Soubevran, le Papet et son neveu Ugolin. qui veulent lui racheter son domaine bas prix... Jean de Florette (1962), premier volume de L\'Eau des collines, marque, trente ans aprs Pirouettes,

Des faits le plus minutieusement reconstitués, il ne dégageait rien, sinon que la découverte des deux charretiers de Dizy était pour ainsi dire impossible. Le dimanche - c\'était le 4 avril -, la pluie s\'était mise tomber verse ds trois heures de l\'aprs-midi. A ce moment, il y avait dans le port, au-dessus de l\'écluse 14, qui fait la jonction entre la Marne et le canal latéral. deux péniches moteur

P. I. Louis Kincaid has never liked working for the rich. Despite the blinding white of the Palm Beach pavement and the gleaming metal of the Bentleys at the curbside, it\'s clear to him that the creepy cleanliness only runs so deep. When the headless body of a male escort is found in the aptly named Devil\'s Garden, Louis\'s client is in the frame. Determined to clear his name, Louis is forced to

It has been six years since the end of the Covenant War ...and yet on the planet Carrow, a world on the edge of the Joint Occupation Zone, a decisive new battle suddenly erupts. Human colonists and the alien Sangheili have already been living a tension-filled coexistence in this place, with Unified Earth Government envoy Melody Azikiwe attempting to broker a lasting peace between their two species.

As a young colt, Black Beauty has a carefree life, looked after by an attentive mother and a kindly master. But when a boy throws stones at the horses just for fun, it shows him that not all people treat animals well. “There are bad, cruel men,” warns his mother, “who never ought to have a horse or dog to call their own”. Black Beauty discovers the truth of those words as he passes from owner to owner,