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The Country Life Pocket Book Of China

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The Country Life Pocket Book Of China

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Into this pocket-sized book are condensed the facts most needed by the collector of English pottery and porcelain. For ease of reference these have been divided into eight sections, with individual characteristics considered in separate detail and arranged alphabetically. The aim throughout has been to facilitate identification, and to give the beginner-collector the satisfaction of really knowing about his specimens-their fundamental substance and how they were produced, their all-important surface treatment, and their place in the general chronological development of style, shape and ornament. Collectors of pottery and porcelain have an unrivalled opportunity to observe the full range of materials and techniques developed over the centuries. Primitive processes directly traceable to the middle ages were still being applied in the 19th century, and many 18th century techniques remain the basis of manufacture and ornament to this day. Thus the beginner who wants to place any ceramic specimen has to decide what processes were involved, and the extent to which their successful accomplishment suggests long mastery of the required technique. Bernard Hughes provides this essential information, and over nine hundred illustrations by Therle Hughes support the text by showing general trends and makers' marks. The sections include an introductory chronological summary; definitions of common technical terms; an alphabetical catalogue of wares, ornament and glazes; a descriptive list of items for the collector, and a survey of the more important potters, their products and dates of working, including their symbols, initials and date letters; also an explanation of the registry of design symbols and official marks. This is not only an introduction to collecting for the beginner, but provides the information, in a compact form, needed for quick reference by the experienced collector. 11cm x 15cm

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Midnight In Manhattan

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Midnight In Manhattan

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26-year-old Rosalie Preston works as an advice columnist for Girl Talk magazine. When she breaks an ornament at the luxurious family home of one of her friends, Rosalie comes to the attention of Berglan Starker. Berglan is not only suave, sexy and much-married - he's the father of her best friend. Twenty-six-year-old Rosalie Preston works as an advice columnist for the romantically perplexed readership of GIRL TALK magazine. Her real passion is acting and with a group of friends, she spends her spare time working with a small theatre company in New York's trendy East Village. When Rosalie breaks an ornament at the luxurious family home of one of her friends, she comes to the attention of Berglan Starker. Berglan is not only suave, sexy and much-married; he's the father of Rosalie's best friend, Bella... Compelled by curiosity, a taste for adventure and a penchant for the alluring complimentary toiletries of New York's ritziest hotels, Rosalie finds herself drawn into living the life of the Manhattan mistress. But it's not just the secret dinners and the relentless pursuit of sexy-but-tasteful lingerie that makes her life difficult. Harbouring a guilty secret is much harder than Rosalie ever thought it would be . . .

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The Demon King

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The Demon King

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You save: £1.60 The first book in an epic fantasy series from debut author Cinda Williams Chima. Adventure, magic, war and ambition conspire to throw together an unlikely group of companions in a struggle to save their world. When 16-year-old Han Alister and his Clan friend Dancer encounter three underage wizards setting fire to the sacred mountain of Hanalea, he has no idea that this event will precipitate a cascade of disasters that will threaten everything he cares about. Han takes an amulet from one of the wizards, Micah Bayar, to prevent him from using it against them. Only later does he learn that it has an evil history - it once belonged to the Demon King, the wizard who nearly destroyed the world a millennium ago. And the Bayars will stop at nothing to get it back. Meanwhile, Princess Raisa ana'Marianna, the heir to the Gray Wolf throne of the Fells, has just spent three years of relative freedom with her father's family at Demonai Camp - riding, hunting, and working the famous Clan markets. Now court life in Fellsmarch pinches like a pair of too-small shoes. Wars are raging to the south, and threaten to spread into the high country.After a long period of quiet, the power of the Wizard Council is once again growing. The people of the Fells are starving and close to rebellion. Now more than ever, there's a need for a strong queen. But Raisa's mother Queen Marianna is weak and distracted by the handsome Gavan Bayar, High Wizard of the Fells. Raisa wants to be more than an ornament in a glittering cage. She aspires to be like Hanalea-the legendary warrior queen who killed the Demon King and saved the world. With the help of her friend, the cadet Amon Byrne, she navigates the treacherous Gray Wolf Court, hoping she can unravel the conspiracy coalescing around her before it's too late.

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