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Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, Mar. 3-May 30, 2011.

Covers every aspect and angle of writing great characters for fiction, film and TV, for the beginner and advanced writer alike.

Seven stories of desperation and death from a master of crime fiction Sterling Associates recruited Satcher in the killing fields of Iraq. A marine who learned the brutalities and frustrations of war in Fallujah, Satcher was ideal for Sterling, a shadowy corporation whose business is to kill for America when the CIA can't. He comes to Guatemala, the deadliest nation in the Americas, to kidnap a Sinaloan cartel member and turn him against his ...

Raymond "Strong” Carlisle made his mark as an ace sideman to the biggest names in R&B., Now he lies in the mud outside his home, shot dead from behind. He's the first official casualty in a dirty war for control of Rio Mirada: a low-rent "city in transition” at the northernmost point of the San Francisco Bay, beset by drug dealers, arsonists, squatters, and restless developers. And now a murderer.In Rio Mirada, the truth is in short supply. Wh...

This 1998 collection is a specialised study to deal with the important question of Lewis's aggression.

A stylish and witty picture book, illustrated by David Roberts, who collaborated with Julia Donaldson for "The Troll" and "Tyrannosaurus Drip", and who is also behind the "Dirty Bertie" books. Ages: 3+

Paintings of a "kept woman" sitting in her lover's lap, of the Lady of Shalott, of Merlin the magician, of an explosive, abstract pattern--some rendered in meticulous detail, others only sketched--appear side by side in David Peters Corbett's book on English art. The sharp differences in style and in subject matter are striking and significant, but they are not presented in any of the usual ways. They are not seen as markers of a progressive d...

Paintings of a "kept woman" sitting in her lover's lap, of the Lady of Shalott, of Merlin the magician, of an explosive, abstract pattern--some rendered in meticulous detail, others only sketched--appear side by side in David Peters Corbett's book on English art. The sharp differences in style and in subject matter are striking and significant, but they are not presented in any of the usual ways. They are not seen as markers of a progressive d...

A distinguished line-up of scholars from America and the UK consider the complex history of artistic relations between Britain and the USA, covering the years from the colonial period to the 1960s. The book presents a series of significant essays on artists including Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Frederic Church, Georgia O'Keeffe and David Hockney, and addresses subjects such as the First World War, Pop Art, the Camden Town Group and A...

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Author's critically reviewed, widely praised backlist of four novels and a story collection is available in ebook format from MysteriousPress.com/Open Road.Corbett's work has been called "the best in contemporary crime fiction" (Washington Post), selected as New York Times Notable Book (Done for a Dime), and "Top Ten Mysteries and Thrillers of 2007 (Washington Post), and nominated for an Edgar Award (Blood of Paradise)For readers of Robert Sto...

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In 1656, a Spanish ship sinks under less than usual circumstances, and certainly not where treasure hunters of today expect. Where is the final resting place of the Maravilla, along with the gold, silver, and emeralds her hold contains? A Florida antique dealer, Ted Brewer, quite by accident finds a sketch with the necessary clues to the old ship's location. Unfortunately for him there is another who realizes Brewer is holding the key to a v...

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