Search Results: Titles starting with D from Emily Green Books

Abacus This David Sedaris collection includes seven books and two CD sets. The set is in excellent condition, with most books never read. Whether you're a David Sedaris fan or looking to add a new collection to your library, this set is an excellent choice. The collection includes: Squirrel seeks chipmunk (hardback) Santaland diaries (paperback) When you are engulfed in flames (paperback) Barrel fever (paperback) Naked (paperback) Dress your family in corduroy and denim (paperback) Me talk pretty one day (paperback) Squirrel seeks chipmunk (3 CDs) When you are engulfed in flames (8 CDs). Soft cover. As New.

Orion, 2005 Stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, Inspector John Rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. When the social workers claim he is there for legitimate educational reasons, Rebus is faced with a dilemma - should he be outed to protect local kids or given a chance to start anew? As the locals begin a hate campaign Rebus gets a call from the past: the son of a friend has gone missing and no one else will make time to ask the right questions. And then a fragment of Scotland's criminal history is repatriated at the end of a life sentence for murder. Once more Rebus's cup of trouble runneth over and the ghosts of past misdeeds return to haunt Edinburgh's streets.. Soft cover. Fair.

Constable, 2012 About the book: Nostalgic, witty and filled with characters and situations that people of all ages will recognise, Dear Lupin is the entire correspondence of a Father to his only son, spanning nearly 25 years. Roger Mortimer's sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching, always generous letters to his son are packed with anecdotes and sharp observations, with a unique analogy for each and every scrape Charlie Mortimer got himself into. The trials and tribulations of his youth and early adulthood are received by his father with humour, understanding and a touch of resignation, making them the perfect reminder of when letters were common, but always special. A racing journalist himself, Roger Mortimer wrote for a living, yet still wrote more than 150 letters to his son as he left school, and lived in places such as South America, Africa, Weston-super-Mare and eventually London. These letters form a memoir of their relationship, and an affectionate portrait of a time gone by.. Hardcover. New.

Penguin, 1988 Garrett Mattingly's thrilling narrative sets out the background of the sixteenth-century European intrigue and religious unrest that gave rise to one of the world's most famous maritime crusades and the naval battles that decided its fate. In putting the naval campaign of 1588 back into the context of the first great international crisis of modern history, Mattingly builds up, like the movements of a symphony, a broad picture of how events of the time affected men's actions, plans and hopes. He brilliantly connects a series of scenes or episodes, shifting the point of focus from England to the continent and from courts to ships and cities. The feeling of tension mounts to a crescendo throughout Europe as the great drama of the Armada is approached. The battle itself and the aftermath are so vividly and poignantly described that they might be happening in our world today. 'A rare and wonderful book, as readable and exciting as a novel, amazingly fresh and stimulating in… Read More

Weldon Owen, 2004 Astronomy: the Definitive Guide is the perfect handbook for all who are interested in our place in the universe. Prepared under the direction of consultant editor Robert Burnham, the Guide includes hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and sky maps that bring to life the intriguing subject of astronomy. This guide is divided into two sections. The first section, Discovering The Universe, explains our changing understanding of Earth's place in the Universe, and provides an up-to-the-minute guide to astronomy today. It describes the main celestial bodies and explores the big questions raised by our evolving understanding of the universe. Also included is advice on selecting the most appropriate equipement for skywatching and tips on becoming a successful viewer. The second section, A Guide To Celestial Objects, is a field guide to the night sky. It includes hundreds of maps and photographs, with sections on the Sun, Moon and planets, stars, nebulas and galaxies, as well as… Read More

Brian Trodd, 1990 Explores the methods Degas employed in the creation of his pastels, his role in the history of the medium and in Impressionism, and his principal themes and subjects. Hardcover. Fine.

University of Chicago Press, 1988 Discusses the innovations Degas brought to the use of pastels, and analyses a selection of his pastel drawings. Soft cover. Fine.

University of Nebraska Press, 1993 This book has been kept in a plastic sleeve so is in perfect condition. Max Nordau was a famous writer, a practicing physician, a bourgeois examplar of enterprise and energy when his Degeneration appeared in Germany in 1892. He argued that the spirit of the times was characterized by enervation, exhaustion, hysteria, egotism, and inability to adjust or to act. Culture had degenerated, he said, and if criminals, prostitutes, anarchists, and lunatics were degenerates, so were the authors and artists of the era. Degeneration, and the controversy it aroused, served to define the fine de siècle. Its targets included Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Richard Wagner, Zola, and Walt Whitman. The book was enormously influential. Nordau anticipated Freud in describing art as a product of neurosis, and he set a precedent for psychological and sociological critiques of literature. You may wish to talk back to Degeneration, as George Bernard Shaw did, but you will be… Read More

Royal Historical Society, 1995 A selection from The Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-93) Camden Fifth Series Volume 4 (1994). Hardcover. Fine.

Century, 2011 For the past two years, Frank Skinner has written a weekly column for The Times. Without fail, he sat down and wracked his brain to think of something to write 900 words about. Dispatches from the Sofa is the brilliant result. Pondering such random topics as the potential demise of Margaret Thatcher, the love-hate relationship with your football club, the banking crisis and the evil phenomenon of Jedward, this is wit and wisdom, and a fine sense of the absurd, all rolled into one.. Hardcover. As New.

MIT Press, 1994 These essays by one of America's foremost historians of art and architecture range over theory and criticism, the search for connections between art and science in the Renaissance, and specific works of Renaissance architecture. The largest group of essays, dealing with the character of Renaissance architecture, are models of art historical scholarship in their direct approach to identifying the essentials of a building and the social and intellectual context in which they should be viewed. Another group of essays explores encounters between the traditions of artistic practice and early optics and color theory. The three essays that begin this collection bring to light the intellectual and moral concerns that underlie all of Ackerman's art historical work.. Soft cover. As New.

Focal Press, 1985 Soft cover. As New.

Studio Vista, 1989 About the book: This comprehensive guide to drawing demonstrates in step-by-step sequences the techniques used to create mixed media drawings.. Hardcover. As New.

Collins, 1988 Offers advice on how to make use of the functions of both sides of the brain to improve creativity and develop problem-solving abilities. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair.