This set of cards & its accompanying book form a lively art-exhibition game for children aged eight & over. Each card represents a work of art. As well as key information, such as artist & date, the cards also use symbols & colours to indicate which Movement & Theme the work represents. There are twelve Movements Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Surrealism & Pop Art & six Themes People, Places, Objects, Animals, Story & Religion. The main card game resembles Rummy, & the aim is to be the first to put on a show (i.e. collect three & four of a kind). The game encourages children to become familiar with great art works & movements from the last five centuries, & helps them recognize the styles & themes that paintings share. The cards show reproductions of over fifty major works of art, & children collect these cards in the game to curate their own art show. The book supports the game by providing further information on the artworks & artists, answers to questions on the cards & alternative games to play. ...

Follow Steve Bloom as he travels across continents taking photographs. Find out how big-cat predators survive in tough conditions; how they live, grow up, hunt & have babies. Blooms in-the-field account makes a compelling narrative in the same way that the voiceover on a natural-history television programme is both informative & pacy. The photographs are full of drama. They are sharp & clear, & bring the subject to life for children. At the back of the book there is a brief section on how to take photographs of animals in the wild. Here, children will also find helpful tips about taking photographs of animals at home. ...

Children will love discovering all about London with this stunning box set. My Big London Play Set

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What`s the longest bike in the world? Who cycled down a volcano at 107 mph? How did the penny-farthing get its name? What is a peloton? Packed full of these & other fascinating cycle facts, My Book of Bike Activities is practically spinning with colourful puzzles to solve practical tips on mending a puncture & pages of cycle-friendly activities. This is a perfect activity book to entertain young cyclists
- girls & boys
- when they`re not out enjoying themselves on their bikes.

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My Book of Birds is packed full of stunning illustrations & incredible facts. From majestic golden eagles & snowy owls to brilliant ...

My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense & generous hearted story about two friends, Elena & Lila. Ferrante`s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation & a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighbourhood, a city & a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her two protagonists. ...

What do ` Abu Sindi`, ` Timothy Sean Mc Cormack`, ` Saro`, & ` Commander Avo` all have in common? They were all aliases for Monte Melkonian. But who was Monte Melkonian? In his native California he was once a kid in cut-off jeans, playing baseball & eating snow cones. Europe denounced him as an international terrorist. His adopted homeland of Armenia decorated him as a national hero who led a force of 4000 men to victory in the Armenian enclave of Mountainous Karabagh in Azerbaijan. Why Armenia? Why adopt the cause of a remote corner of the Caucasus whose peoples had scattered throughout the world after the early twentieth century Ottoman genocides? Markar Melkonian spent seven years unravelling the mystery of his brother`s road: a journey which began in his ancestors` town in Turkey & leading to a blood-splattered square in Tehran, the Kurdish mountains, the bomb-pocked streets of Beirut, & finally, to the windswept heights of Mountainous Karabagh. Monte`s life embodied the agony & the follies bedevelling the end of the Cold War & the unravelling of the Soviet Union. Yet, who really was this man? A terrorist or a hero?” My Brother`s Road” is not just the story of a long journey & a short life, it is an attempt to understand what happens when one man decides that terrible actions speak louder than words. ...

Rosetta Costantino grew up in Calabria-the beautiful, mountainous region at the tip of Italy`s ”boot”-her father, a shepherd & wine maker, & her mother his tireless assistant. When her family emigrated to California, they recreated Calabria on their property, cooking with aubergines, tomatoes & peppers from their garden, fresh ricotta made from scratch & pasta fashioned by h&. A frugal people, Calabrians are master preservers, transforming figs into jam, canning tuna in oil & sun-drying peppers. The first cookbook of a little-known region, My Calabria celebrates the richness of the landscape & the allure of its cuisine. This is a cookbook for our time: a reminder of how ingenious & resourceful cooks can create a gorgeous local cuisine. ...

There is no world leader as beloved (or loooved) as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Dynamic, smart, charismatic, compassionate, & sometimes sassy, he has quickly emerged as not only a dominant politician, but as a model-like role model to millions around the globe. This laugh-out-loud tribute to the head (and heart) of the Canadian government is filled with photos of Trudeau. Delivering speeches in finely tailored suits to boxing shirtless, from looking dashing while running the government to looking sexy while running in short shorts, & charming everyone from constituents to royalty with his sparkling eyes, wit, & smile. This book collects all the photos that prove he puts the prime in prime minister. Accompanied by the author s sweetly off-kilter thoughts about Trudeau s many remarkable physical & intellectual assets, philosophies, & actions, as well as her quirky observances about Canadian culture, this is the book for anyone who s ever thought O, Canada!. ...

No matter how much of a cat lover you are, you have to admit those loving feelings can feel pretty one-way. Whether it`s in the form of treasure hunts around the house with small dead animals as the `treasure`, biffing your face for attention in the middle of the night, or the endless indecision about being inside or outside, cats
- a lot of the time
- are dicks. Thankfully, we can laugh about it, because thankfully (as this book shows) we are far from alone. Featuring over 100 photos of cats in all sorts of interesting predicaments, MY CAT IS A DICK shows that even when they`re playing up, cats have an excellent sense of humour. It just often comes at human expense.

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