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When Paul Renauld asked for help from Hercule Poirot andCaptain Hastings, little did he know he would not live tosee them. The detective duo reaches France, only to bewelcomed with the news of Renauld's murder. He had beenstabbed multiple times with a letter opener on a nearby golfcourse and left in a freshly dug grave.Poirot is perplexed to see the dead man wearing his son'sovercoat, with a passionate love letter in his pocket. His wifehad re...

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Prehistoric times beyond the mist of vedic India - the forgotten era of 'first wave' civilisations. Around 10500 B.C.E., with sea levels much lower than they are today, and mainland continents still largely covered with ice, the primary centres of Indian civilisation were dominated by two highly advanced nation states - Dev Lok and Daityan Empire. Spiritually-inclined Devas lived in harmony with nature, whereas Daityas believed in brute force ...

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Anything can be turned into a puppet, you just need to know how! Based on the principles taught by traditional Indian puppeteers, each puppet in this jolly book has been made from simple everyday material. It proves that once you know the basics, it is accidents, discoveries and a sense of humour which let you create a puppet.

Here's another book about Frida Kahlo, and this one doesn't feature even a single original painting. What it does contain are encounters with her- curious, moving, or just fun - from around the world. From Frida fashion dolls to little clay Friditas, all of us at some point have encountered the countless souvenirs, images and mementos that reinvent the great Mexican artist, and keep her alive in popular memory. Her own painting was steeped in ...

People from the Rathwa tribe in Gujarat create a ritual wall painting as a way of worshipping their gods Pithora and Pithori, depicted as horses. The creation of Pithora paintings is considered a form of worship, to keep away ill-luck and invite good fortune. To paint is to mirror - and honour - all that has been created in the universe. This sophisticated conception of the transformative power of art has been rendered into a deceptively simpl...

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More than ever in the past, now it is necessary to bring in the possibility of free, unstructured, and open ended play to children. We can create opportunities for other kinds of play - such as through the toys in this book, based on so-called folk toys, created by small-time artisans from all over India. A child who makes these toys needs to handle physical material intelligently - an important sense to restore in an increasingly virtual worl...

A retelling of traditional Gond tales about the tiger, illustrated with richly symbolic art that captures not only the mythic and iconic status of the great beast, but also a time, place, and relationship that is lost to modern readers. Full color.

Notizbuch mit handgedrucktem EinbandOne-of-a-kind nootebook, covered with recycled misprints from the floor of our screen-printing workshop. Each eclectic cover is an original. Stiched and bound by hand, every Flukebook is recycled, completely individual and beautiful.

For a traveller, a household kitchen in a strange land is usually a remote destination, but it is one that tells the 'truth' about food and everyday life, ' says Nao Saito, architect and designer from Japan. A kitchen is usually thought of as a particular arrangement of space. But a space is not just a fixed physical structure - it is also fluid, shaped by the way in which people use it. Keeping this connection in mind, Nao Saito set out to ex...

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Trace, flip and bring each animal in this book face to face with his or her twin... What happens next? That's entirely up to you! Draw your own story about the twins, using some of the shapes on the page. Or make up your own. An interactive drawing, painting and storytelling book that works at several levels with design, illustration and narrative.

Zany artist Koki Oguma loves to wander around his neighbourhood in Tokyo, watching people go about their business. Then he goes home with his head full of ideas, and starts to doodle. Sometimes his scribbles take on a life of their own, and he's not sure what they're meant to be. So he talks to them, to find out more, and see what they can be turned into. One day, for example, one of his scribbles turned into a terrific beard. Koki started tal...