This book is a revised & enlarged version of the original maquette for Josef Koudelkas book Cikani (Czech for Gypsies) prepared by Koudelka & graphic designer Milan Kopriva in 1968 & intended for publication in Prague in 1970. However Koudelka left Czechoslovakia in 1970 & the book was never published in that original form. Koudelkas stark images depict the poverty & clannishness of Gypsy life but he does not present their situation as a social problem that should somehow be fixed. Instead he shows the Gypsies as perpetual outsiders & their lives as a primal mix of glee & wonder sorrow & mystery. This extended version of the seminal Gitans la fin du voyage consists of 109 photographs taken between 1962 & 1971 in what was Czechoslovakia (Bohemia Moravia & Slovakia) Romania Hungary France & Spain. Sociologist Will Guy author of the text that accompanied the first publication of Gypsies has contributed an updated essay tracing the migration of the Roma from their original homeland in northern India to their current status one that continues to be contested internationally. ...

This is the 44th edition of the leading price guide in antiques that continues to feature actual prices in 700 categories & more than 2 500 full-colour photographs. Kovels Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide" is the most thorough colourful & complete price guide available from the most trusted well-known name writing on the subject today. This book features up-to-the-minute well-organized & wide-ranging information including more tips marks logos information & photographs
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Includes:: an exclusive report on the previous years record-setting prices."


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Now a major motion picture. Set within a world of sorcery & wizardry much like an 18th Century Harry Potter Krabat tells the story of a 14-year-old beggar boy lured to a mysterious mill by a series of frightening dreams & apparitions. He becomes an apprentice to the master of the watermill where he joins the eleven other young journeymen who work there. Much to his surprise Krabat soon discovers that the mill is actually a school of black magic & he is expected to learn much more than just a normal millers trade. Krabat studies hard & becomes the masters star pupil but when he falls for a local village girl the depth of the masters evil & the darker secrets of the mill begin to reveal themselves. One by one his fellow classmates perish from mysterious unexplained accidents & Krabat realises he must use all of the dark magic skills he has learned to secure his escape. Now a major motion picture starring David Kross (The Reader War Horse). ...

In the realm of Gwildor the Mistress of the Beasts is under a curse & her ferocious Beasts are destroying the l&. Tom vows to break the spell but when deadly Krabb ambushes his boat it looks like the Quest may already be over... Don't miss HAWKITE ARROW OF THE AIR
- ROKK THE WALKING MOUNTAIN
- KOLDO THE ARCTIC WARRIOR
- TREMA THE EARTH LORD
- AMICTUS THE BUG QUEEN



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Hand finished these eye-catching invitations are a great way to let your friends know about the special occasion. On Kraft background the foiled Party lettering is die cut for a 3D finish to give them that extra special touch. Pack of 8 invitations with green envelopes. Comes packaged in a clear box to protect the 3d lettering. ...

A ferocious Two-Headed Demon has stolen Avantia's most precious treasure: the Cup of Life. Tom must get it back or the kingdom will be destroyed by evil Wizard Malvel. But unknown to Tom Kragos & Kildor have a deadly secret power that puts him in terrible danger... ...

Simon Winchesters brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat Darwin to the discovery of evolution; of Samuel Morse his code & how rubber allowed the world to talk; of Alfred Wegener the crack-pot German explorer & father of geology. In breathtaking detail he describes how one island & its inhabitants were blasted out of existence & how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm whose echoes are still felt to this day. ...

Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect & perfectly preserved giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly & impossibly disappears? For curator Billy Harrow its the start of a headlong pitch into a London of warring cults surreal magic apostates & assassins. It might just be that the creature hes been preserving is more than a biological rarity: there are those who are sure its a god
- A god that someone is hoping will end the world.
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It started with fireballs raining down from the sky & crashing into the oceans' deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously & later 'sea tanks' emerged from the deeps to claim people. For journalists Mike & Phyllis Watson what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helpless they watch as humanity struggles to survive now that water
- one of the compounds upon which life depends
- is turned against them. Finally sea levels begin their inexorable rise. The Kraken Wakes" is a brilliant novel of how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction & ultimately asks what we are prepared to do in order to survive."

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No more struggling against the wind to fold back the extra large city map you picked up at the tourist office. The unique Everyman Map Guide" series cleverly combines maps & text in an easy-to-use format listing the best sights restaurants & shops alongside fold-out maps of exceptional clarity. Each guide divides the city into sections & devotes two double pages to each of them. Sections are colour coded & a small area map at the bottom of the page tells you where you are within the city & within the guide. There are also 4 pages of useful information about the city at the front of the book & a 4-page city-wide hotel section at the back; plus a street index & thematic index. Stylish clever & practical a Map Guide is the indispensable pocket companion to your week end or short break away." ...