The classic tale of murder, mystery and romance, in a gorgeous new hardback VMC set of Daphne du Maurier novels.
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One of du Maurier's most popular novels, in a beautiful new hardback VMC set of Daphne du Maurier classics.
One of the most famous novels of the 20th century, available in a beautiful new hardback VMC set of Daphne du Maurier classics.
The characteristics of watercolour naturally complement botanical art and this beautiful book shows you how to make the most of this versatile medium. It starts by guiding you through the complexities of painting flowers, with advice on materials and colour mixing, using colour to achieve translucency and clarity, building confidence with step-by-step examples and the importance of observation and botancial accuracy. It then creates detailed and beautiful compositions for the more experienced botanical artist. This new book has ideas and tips on composition and how to include animal life and is structured by season to include a range of flowers and plants.
Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions
Daphne Zografos
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
2010
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This unique book provides an in-depth analysis of the different methods that have been proposed to protect traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) by using intellectual property rights.Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions examines the possibility of protecting TCEs with copyright laws on the one hand, and ‘origin related’ intellectual property rights, such as trademarks, certification marks, geographical indications and laws against misrepresentation on the other. In particular, it examines which rights are conceptually best suited for the protection of TCEs, and appear more appropriate to meet the range of concerns raised by the holders of that knowledge and policymakers in culturally-rich developing countries.Providing a range of case studies, this book will prove a stimulating read for academics, practitioners, international organisations and policymakers. It will also greatly benefit law or political sciences postgraduate students with an interest in intellectual property and traditional knowledge, TCEs, and development.
* A delightful and moving homage to the 'most beautiful house in Taormina, Sicily' and the colourful people of the local community by the modest, independent and generous woman who has inhabited it for over fifty years
WHY THINGS BURN is about as hard-hitting a book of poetry as you'll experience this year. In her own inimitable style, Daphne Gottlieb tackles sexuality, lesbianism, rape, modern urban living, and the author's Jewish heritage, with a sometimes kooky but always sophisticated view of life. Honed to perfection in her 'slam' spoken word performances, these 50 poems are by turns witty, shocking, warm and fierce. The book also includes photos of the author on stage.
Final Girl -- the last girl left alive in the syntax of the "slasher"-- traces the history of the femme fatale in a sequence of poems and stories that display the verve and wit readers have come to expect from Gottlieb. In Final Girl Gottlieb is the survivor, the one who remains to tell the story: what was done to others, what was done to her, what might yet be done to her.Sexy and tart, dark and comic, low-down and high-hearted poems such as Suture, Slash, Vamp, Bride of Reanimator and The Babysitter Gottlieb identifies and articulates the desires, fears, traumas, both personal and social, out of which pop culture is made...and then she feeds pop culture back to itself.Though the slasher flick is central, Gottlieb finds resonances in sources as disparate as the early American captivity narrative, queer and feminist film theory, and her own mother's death from breast cancer. Through such iconic American figures as Mary Rowlandson, Marilyn Monroe and Patty Hearst, Gottlieb delineates the ways in which we're betrayed by our cultural fantasies about abduction, gender, literature, pleasure, and transgression--and, in so doing, synthesizes the death and life of the American female.
Daphne Sleigh paints a vivid portrait of this controversial, colourful character whose dedication, dogged persistence and guerrilla tactics were instrumental in preserving Vancouver's history. Matthews had to force the concept of a city archives upon a reluctant city council, and, once he had succeeded, he guarded the institution ferociously until his death at age 92. Matthews was as noted for his fiery nature and stentorian voice as he was for his zeal for collecting and preserving artefacts. In addition to gathering copious historical objects and important early records, Matthews conducted hundreds of extensive interviews with Vancouver pioneers from disparate backgrounds.These he published in his series "Early Vancouver: Narratives of Pioneers of Vancouver, B.C.". Sleigh's compelling biography of the Major reveals that he had already lived an adventurous, action-packed life before taking up the heritage cause. "The Man Who Saved Vancouver" details his unique background and the unusual experiences that shaped the man, setting the stage for a remarkable future that would save the history of Vancouver.
When You're Ready For The Fairytale: What To Do While Waiting For The Prince
Daphne M. Hunter
Abm Publications
2016
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When memory is a search-and-rescue mission, the struggle through to morning is a struggle through mourningIn this poetic exploration of love and loss amplified by personal and sociopolitical passings, award-winning author Daphne Gottlieb declares an indictment of systems, from systems created to leave people dying in the streets ("the bullet teaches us how to dance") to the systematic erosion of memory due to dementia ("yahrzeit"). In the absence of any indoctrination around ritualizing death, Gottlieb was drawn to memorialize her experiences of the past through poems, including "my dog teaches me things," about the final lessons learned from her best friend, a chihuahua. What shines through in every poem is the exceptional moments that create love, how we survive the heartbreak of profound loss, and what we get to keep and carry with us always.
Love, Sex and Money: The Keys to Having a Successful Marriage
Daphne McKenzie McNish
Legacy Project, LLC
2021
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