A guide to good-quality thatching, describing in words and pictures how to achieve the maximum possible roof-life using either cultivated or naturally-occurring materials. Reviews the advantages and limitations of thatch as a roofing technique.[...]

This guide focuses on "The Great Gatsby", it includes a linking narrative which puts the critical extracts in context, highlights the important concepts, explains shifts in critical thinking, and looks to the writer's place in the canon. It is part of a series designed for students.[...]

For the first time Nicolas Winding Refn, writer, producer and director of the PUSHER films, BRONSON, VALHALLA RISING, DRIVE, ONLY GOD FORGIVES and THE NEON DEMON, trawls through his unique collection of rare American film posters to unfold ways the viewer validates and actualises the presentation of[...]

Paris, 1774. Commissioner Le Floch's stormy love affair with socialite Julie de Lasterieux has run its course but before Nicolas can formally end the relationship, Julie is found murdered in her bed, a victim of poisoning. For now, he retains the confidence of even the King, who sends him on a secre[...]

In art as in life, things aren't always what they appear to be. With the invention of photography almost two centuries ago, the subjective eye of the artist had a new rival, and one that ostensibly depicted the world as it actually was. Today we know better, particularly now, in the age of digital i[...]

In these pages written over half a century ago, Nicolas Corte gives you incontrovertible proof that Satan exists, that he and his legions of devils assault you daily, and that by means of relentless attacks overwhelming and subtle they intend to corrupt you, damn you, and drag you into Hell along wi[...]

Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier, has been an active Artistic Director and Concept Designer for the gaming industry for over 15 years. In Structura 2, he delights us with what he has been imagining for the last three years since the release of his first best selling book, Structura. This visually stunning b[...]

Mon premier a un papa qui lui ach?te tout ce qu'il veut. Mon deuxi?me est le chouchou de la ma?tresse. Mon troisi?me est le plus costaud. Le papa de mon quatri?me est agent de police. Mon cinqui?me est le dernier de la classe. Mon sixi?me, qui est tr?s gros, aime manger. Mon tout est la plus chouett[...]

Le g?nie et l'humour de Semp? et de Goscinny sont toujours au rendez-vous !.