Merciless details, a magically intense light, and a challenge for the model to sit still for two minutes: revered photorealist Chuck Close feels that early 19th-century daguerrotype is the most intimate, least falsified form of dialog. With poet Bob Holman he has created a series of poems cum artist portraits featuring Cindy Sherman, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Kiki Smith, and others. English edition.
<b><i>A Little in Love</i> is the most charming romantic comedy you'll read this year, from a hugely talented author, perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley, Phillipa Ashley and Cressida McLaughlin.</b><br>
The richly atmospheric new Strafford and Quirke murder mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow.<br />
He had seen drowned people.<br />
A sight not to be forgotten. 1950s, rural Ireland. A loner comes across a mysteriously empty car in a field. Knowing he shouldn't approach, but unable to hold back, he soon finds himself embroiled in a troubling missing person's case, as a husband claims his wife may have thrown herself into the sea. Called in from Dublin to investigate is Detective Inspector Strafford, who soon turns to his old ally - the flawed but brilliant pathologist Quirke - a man he is linked to in increasingly complicated ways.
In a small Cotswold country town, Beth, Lindy and Rachel are looking for new beginnings.So they set up in business, organising stylish and perfectly affordable vintage weddings.Soon they are busy arranging other people's Big Days.What none of them know is that their own romances lie waiting, just around the corner