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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - _______________From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes another story about Little Owl. and this time he does NOT want to make new friends!Little Owl doesn't want to play with Small Squirrel. No, no, NO!He wants to play with his bestest best toy, Hedge.Besides, friends are no fun, right Small Squirrel talks too much and eats all the cinnamon buns too.But what if this new friendship involves adventures with bears and ghosts and all sorts of exciting things It looks like Little Owl is in for the most fun day EVER!From the creators of Little Owl's Egg, Little Owl's First Day, Little Owl's Bedtime and Little Owl's Bathtime comes another gloriously heart-warming and imaginative story. Filled with Alison Brown's beautiful artwork, it's perfect for any little ones worried about making friends.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A timeless and comforting picture book debut about the power of music to transform hearts and minds. From a tiny window, way up high, came a delicate tune. A melody, a song, a sound so sweet . Day after day, the song drifts on to the breeze and through the town. It makes the old feel young and comforts the lonely. It fills the whole town with joy and kindness. No one knows who sings the song, but they know it is good. Until one day, the music stops. Can the town work together to save the song for everyone In a gorgeous, lyrical story, debut picture-book creator Lucy Morris celebrates the joy of music, the importance of community, and the beauty of simple kindnesses. Sometimes it's the smallest things that draw us together.Perfect for fans of The World Made a Rainbow, this beautiful picture book is one to read again and again.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Significantly more engaging and inspiring than the rival Rebel Girls' GUARDIAN'It's hard to imagine any group of primary-aged children who wouldn't be inspired' BOOKSELLER'An absolute must-have for every young person's bookshelf' HUFFINGTON POSTOver half of all the visual artists working today are women, but the paintings and sculptures shown in many galleries and museums tell a different story because they're usually the work of men.In this book Kate Pankhurst, descendent of Emmeline Pankhurst, tells the fascinating stories of some of history's most talented female artists. Express your feelings and find your identity through art with Frida Kahlo Run away to the circus and paint with Laura Knight Help bring talented artists into the spotlight with Peggy Guggenheim Challenge racism and segregation by creating powerful art with Faith RinggoldIncluding comic strips, family trees, maps and more, Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories is a celebration of just some of the women whose creativity and dreams have made a mark on the world. A fantastic gift for girls and boys alike!List of women featured: Amrita Sher-Gil, Elisabeth Le Brun, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Faith Ringgold, Frida Kahlo, Kathe Kollwitz, Dame Laura Knight and Peggy Guggenheim.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'There's nothing so rare as a fantasy that elicits genuine wonder and that uses marvellous things to enrich a child's appreciation of ordinary ones. Lev Grossman's novel The Silver Arrow is something special.' WALL STREET JOURNAL_____________Discover the magical, timeless children's adventure from Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians. Now a New York Times bestseller!When Kate is given a colossal steam train, the Silver Arrow, for her birthday, she can't believe her luck. After eleven years of waiting, adventure has finally found her!Soon the Silver Arrow is whisking Kate and her brother Tom to a magical station where their passengers stand ready to board. From the porcupine to the pangolin, each one is rare and wonderful. But these animals have been waiting a very long time too. Can Kate deliver them home . before it's too late _____________Lev Grossman's first children's book is a journey you'll never forget: a rip-roaring adventure from desert plains to snow-covered mountains and everything in between. Packed with exciting creatures from the indignant porcupine to the lost polar bear and the adorable baby pangolin, The Silver Arrow is a classic story about saving our endangered animals and the places they live.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'EVERYONE should read Eva Dolan' Mark BillinghamWhen the police are called to the report of a late-night shooting, they expect it to be drugs or gang-related. They don't expect to find a young student executed on his way home.Jordan Radley was an aspiring journalist: hard working, well-liked, dedicated. His first major story - looking at the fallout following the closure of a major local factory - had run recently and looked to be the first step in his longed-for career. Even after the story ran, Jordan continued to stay in contact with those he interviewed: he was on his way back from their social club the night he was murdered.But as the detectives quickly discover, not only was Jordan killed, but those responsible also broke into his house, taking his laptop and notes. What was he researching that might have led to his death And can this really be linked to another case - long ruled an accident - in the same area Or are the police being forced to prioritise those with the best connections rather than the ones that most need their help From the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award nominated author, Eva Dolan, this novel is perfect for fans of Susie Steiner, Sarah Hilary and Jane Casey.__________________________________________Praise for Eva Dolan:'Dolan is expert at the orchestration of tension' Guardian'Elegantly crafted, humane and thought-provoking. She's top drawer' Ian Rankin on This is How it Ends'A master of pace. [Dolan writes] richly imagined, cleverly plotted and socially aware stories' Independent'Dolan infuses old-fashioned police work with contemporary issues to paint a disturbing picture of our times' Daily Mail.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Frankie Piccione has returned to Westenbury after years of nursing her broken heart. Is she ready to take her place on the family board Or will the past come back and send her runnning again.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - SHORTLISTED FOR THE BARBELLION PRIZE 2021'A manifesto for recalibrating' DAILY MAIL'I can't think of many books where the reader feels so passionately on the side of the narrator' GUARDIAN'A profound redefinition of the very idea of vitality' FINANCIAL TIMESJosie George lives in a tiny terraced house in the urban West Midlands with her son. Since her early childhood, she has lived with the fluctuating and confusing challenge of disabling chronic illness.But Josie's world is surprising, intricate, dynamic. She has learned what to look for: the routines of her friends at the community centre; the neighbourhood birds in flight; the slow changes in the morning light, in her small garden, in her growing son, in herself.In January 2018, Josie sets out to tell the story of her still life, over the course of a year. As the seasons shift, and the tides of her body draw in and out, Josie begins to unfurl her history. And against a world which values progress and productivity above all else, Josie sets out a quietly radical alternative: to value and treasure life for life itself, with all its great and small miracles.'Full of kindness, A Still Life will make you a better person' CLARE MACKINTOSH'A Still Life is joy-lit: vivid, lovestruck, hopeful and wise' MELISSA HARRISON'Josie George is the kind of writer I strive to be . A tough, tender, beautiful book about existing in a body in the world' ELLA RISBRIDGER'Could not be more timely . An immensely talented writer' LINDA GRANT.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Lush, dark, utterly real and above all achingly romantic' RUTH WAREThrilling Regency romance, set against an Outlander-like background of passion and war, this will delight lovers of Poldark and Bridgerton.1819: Cornwall and St PetersburgHigh society England is awash with gossip and scandal. For Lady Hester, it's just typical that the wickedest gossip focuses on her beautiful, impossible husband Crow. Hester loves him fiercely, but the Earl of Lamorna has a wild past. Rumours of a child with his black hair and grey eyes wound Hester more than she'll admit.Crow's enemies also want him tried for treason, and soon Hester and their own daughter are in danger. There's nothing Hester won't do to protect their child. So when Countess Lieven drops her guard and says, 'Take your baby, Hester, and run,' Hester does exactly that.Meanwhile, Crow will do anything to save his family, even accepting a final mission that might end in losing them both for good.Praise for Katy Moran:'Passionate, smart and action-packed. Stuffed full of heart-pumping romance' SARAH HUGHES, Guardian'A wonderfully thrilling, sweeping romantic historical adventure that keeps you gripped until the last page' ROWAN COLEMAN'Badly behaved aristocrats, gloriously opinionated women and danger at every turn' iNews Best Books of 2019.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From bestselling author Dani Atkins, a new collection of three irresistible love stories, all linked by one very special dress.Suzanne is engaged to be married to the man of her dreams - except the lead up to her wedding is beginning to feel more like a nightmare. Can Suzanne uncover the truth about her fiancé ahead of her big day Bella's life was on track until the day of the hen party when everything changed. Now she must find the strength to rebuild her future - and decide who she wants to spend it with.Mandy's grandmother has fallen in love but her family don't approve. For her grandmother's dreams to come true, Mandy has a secret wedding to plan, and a very special dress to find.These are the three strangers whose stories are about to be woven together by one perfect wedding dress.Praise for Dani Atkins:'Emotionally intelligent, absorbingly rich. Atkins is a brilliant writer who has created wonderful characters' Daily Mail'Genuinely moving. Every character is immaculately thought out. Once you start reading it, you won't stop' Heat'What a gorgeously emotional and heart-warming read this is' LoveReading'A gorgeous story with a perfect ending' Faith Hogan'A captivating story which packs an emotional punch' Heidi Swain.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For 312 years the rotstorm has blighted the ruins of the Ferron Empire.Born of an unholy war between gods themselves, it scours the land with acid mists and deadly lightning, spawning twisted monstrosities from its nightmarish depths.On the Stormwall, the men and women of the Stormguard maintain their vigil - eyes sharp, blade sharper - defending the Undal Protectorate from the worst of the rotstorm's corruption.But behind the stormfront, something is stirring, kindling the embers of an ancient conflict and a plan to kill a god.Will Stormguard steel be enough to meet the coming tempest \*\*\*Sergeant Floré Artollen patrols the wind-gnarled pines of Hookstone Forest for the Watch. But it wasn't always so.She spent years on the wall with the Stormguard, face to face with the bloodshed and horror of the rotstorm.With the storm now far beyond her western horizon, here she has a new life, a home, a husband and a daughter.But when roving lights descend from night skies, bright orbs of silver fire in the night, Floré's village is devastated, her husband mortally wounded and her daughter abducted.To get her back, Floré will have to take up her longsword and silvered dagger, don the guard's heavy metal plate gauntlets and step back into the storm.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE PAGE-TURNING NEW INSTALLMENT OF THE WORKING GIRLS SERIES FROM THE QUEEN OF URBAN CRIME. THE STRONGER SEX. Ruby has always been strong. Growing up with a feeble mother and an absent father, she is forced to fight the battles of her younger siblings. And when a childhood experience leaves her traumatised, her distrust of men turns to hatred.ON THE STREETS. With no safe place to call home, Ruby is desperate to fit in with the tough crowd. She spends her teenage years sleeping around and drinking in the park, and by the time she is sixteen, prostitution has become a way of life. But Ruby has ambitions, and she soon moves up the ladder to become the madam of her own brothel.THE BROTHEL. But being in charge of a brothel has its down sides, Ruby faces her worst nightmare when an enemy from the past comes back into her life, and gang intimidation threatens to ruin everything. Can she find a way to beat her tormentors And will she be strong enough to see it through Heather Burnside is back with this breath-taking, heart-racing series, perfect for all fans of Kimberley Chambers and Martina Cole.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A swashbuckling, sparkling world of a novel' Suzannah DunnThrilling Regency romance, set against an Outlander-like background of passion and war, this will delight lovers of Poldark and Bridgerton.1817 Cornwall and LondonIn a family scorched by scandal and scarred by war, Crow, the Earl of Lamorna, is as self-destructive as he is charismatic, and it will only take one spark to set his world aflame. So when Crow's young brother catches him in flagrante with their widowed stepmother, a lethal chain of events is set in motion.Heiress Hester Harewood is on the run from the men who shot her father. The last thing she needs is a complicated aristocrat offering her his protection. But who is more dangerous Those she is running from Or Crow himself For Crow is glamorous and unpredictable, yet capable of such tenderness that Hester's heart is in as much danger as her life.Game of Hearts was previously published as False Lights by K.J. Whittaker and on Kindle as Hester and Crow by Katy Moran.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - She's out of retirement - and out for revengeWhen Georgina Garrett wakes in the night to find intruders in her house, she knows she must do everything she can to keep her children safe.But just when she thinks the ordeal is over, she realises something is terribly wrong. She arrives at her crime-lord husband David Maynard's London house to find a bloodbath. Six of David's best men lie dead and he is nowhere to be found.Georgina may have walked away from the game but she's still the best player on the street. Now, she will stop at nothing to get her husband back and to make whoever took him pay for ever daring to set foot in her town.'Terrific - read it and be hooked!' - bestselling author Jessie Keane on TricksterReaders are loving RAVEN!'Fast moving, gritty and not for the faint hearted' 5\* Review'Another fantastic episode in the series' 5\* Review'Yet another amazing book by Sam Michaels' 5\* Review'Gritty, violent, edge-of-your-seat tension. The end - phew!' 5\* Review'This is a BRILLIANT book and Sam's fans will love it. Worthy of more than 5 stars!' 5\* Review.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With swashbuckling, super-fast paced action and own voices queer romance, The Battalion of the Dead return in a dazzling new adventure, set amid the opulence and squalor of 18th-century London and Paris.1794, London: where luxury and squalor rub shoulders and men of science conspire to raise the dead and make monsters.From the glamorous excesses of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens to the city's seedy underbelly, Camille continues her search for Olympe de l'Aubespine - the girl born of magic and mayhem.But with half the battalion trapped in Paris and a new enemy lying in wait in London, time is running out. Camille must decide how much she's willing to risk. To get what you want, how far is too far Perfect for fans of Netflix's Shadow and Bone series.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Get one - or get left behind.Val and Julie just want what's best for their kids, David and Sophie. So when David comes home from school begging for a new brain implant to help with his studies, they're torn. Julie grew up poor and knows what it's like to be the only kid in school without the new technology, but Val is terrified by the risks and the implications.Soon, everyone at Julie's work has the implant and she's struggling to keep pace. It's clear that she'll have to get one too if she's not to be left behind.Before long, Val and Sophie are the only two in the family without the device, and part of an ever-shrinking minority in their town. With government subsidies and no apparent downside, why would anyone refuse But Sophie can't shake the feeling that something sinister is going on behind the scenes and she's going to do whatever it takes to find out - even if it pits her against a powerful tech company and the people she loves most.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Thrilling Regency romance, set against an Outlander-like background of passion and war, this will delight lovers of Poldark and Bridgerton.1825 Cornwall and FranceClemency Arwenack never dreamed she would be appointed lady-in-waiting to the notorious, headstrong Princess Royal, heir apparent to the English throne. In fact it's the last thing she wants. But Clemency dares not refuse, while her scheming godmother is threatening to expose her deepest secret.Worse still, Clemency's childhood friend, the Hon Lieutenant Colonel Kit Helford is now captain of the royal guard, charged with escorting the Princess Royal to France. If anyone can see through Clemency's web of deceit, it's Kit - just as wild and handsome as he's always been. And just as much trouble.The third novel in the Bridgerton-style Regency world of Katy Moran's wild and dissolute Lamorna family. Welcome to Kit and Clemency's story.'Passionate, smart and action-packed' Sarah Hughes, Guardian'Lush, dark, utterly real and achingly romantic' Ruth Ware'An absolute joy of a book. From the wild beauty of Cornwall to the breathless danger of a teetering peace treaty at Fontainebleau, Katy Moran whisks us on a desperately exhilarating dance through scandal, intrigue and treachery. Like all the best balls, I didn't want it to end' Holly Hepburn.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -_______________From the author of the bestselling No Matter What comes another story about Little Owl. and this time he does NOT want to make new friends!Little Owl doesn't want to play with Small Squirrel. No, no, NO!He wants to play with his bestest best toy, Hedge.Besides, friends are no fun, right Small Squirrel talks too much and eats all the cinnamon buns too.But what if this new friendship involves adventures with bears and ghosts and all sorts of exciting things It looks like Little Owl is in for the most fun day EVER!From the creators of Little Owl's Egg, Little Owl's First Day, Little Owl's Bedtime and Little Owl's Bathtime comes another gloriously heart-warming and imaginative story. Filled with Alison Brown's beautiful artwork, it's perfect for any little ones worried about making friends.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Joseph enlists with a temp agency and starts to pick up casual shifts in the fish processing plants and abattoirs of Brittany. A novel in verse that captures the mundane, the beautiful and the strange, in poignant contrast with the blood and sweat of the factory floor.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Rodríguez, Irene Cano (illustrator). Neuware - This study explains how the armies of North and South Vietnam, newly equipped with the most modern Soviet and US tanks and weaponry, fought the decisive armored battles of the Easter Offensive.Wearied by years of fighting against Viet Cong guerillas and North Vietnamese regulars, the United States had almost completely withdrawn its forces from Vietnam by early 1972. Determined to halt the expansion and improvement of South Vietnamese forces under the U.S. 'Vietnamization' program, North Vietnam launched a major fourteen-division attack in March 1972 against the South that became known as the 'Easter Offensive.' Hanoi's assault was spearheaded by 1,200 tanks and was counteracted on the opposite side by Saigon's newly equipped armored force using U.S. medium tanks. The result was ferocious fighting between major Cold War-era U.S. and Soviet tanks and mechanized equipment, pitting M-48 medium and M-41 light tanks against their T- 54 and PT-76 rivals in a variety of combat environments ranging from dense jungle to urban terrain. Both sides employed cutting-edge weaponry for the first time, including the U.S. TOW and Soviet 9M14 Malyutk wire-guided anti-tank missiles.This volume examines the tanks, armored forces, and weapons that clashed in this little-known campaign in detail, using after-action reports from the battlefield and other primary sources to analyze the technical and organizational factors that shaped the outcome. Despite the ARVN's defensive success in October 1972, North Vietnam massively expanded its armor forces over the next two years while U.S. support waned. This imbalance with key strategic misjudgments by the South Vietnamese President led to the stunning defeat of the South in 1975 when T54 tanks crashed through the fence surrounding the Presidential palace and took Saigon on April 30, 1975.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - SHORTLISTED FOR THE HEALTH & WELLBEING AWARDS 2022'Anna is THE go-to on all things dating and relationships. There is just no one with better knowledge, balanced wisdom and experience than her.'Katie Piper''Whether you are single, dating or in it for the long haul, tips and solutions for all the common dating and relationship problems are here.'Louise Pentland''Straight-up, professional and practical advice. where has this book been all my life! 'Dr Ranj Singh'Anna manages to balance speaking openly about matters of the heart without preaching. It's a 21st century bible for anyone - singles, couples, throuples - looking for love.'Anna Whitehouse'A brilliant bible for anyone at any stage of their relationship.'Lucie CaveFrom Celebs Go Dating's relationship expert Anna Williamson comes the must-read guide to navigating love.Whether you're fed up of the single life, wanting to dip your toe into the dating world, or perhaps you're a marriage or long-term relationship veteran, Anna shares advice, tips and techniques for all your dating and relationship needs: Boosting confidence and building self-esteem. How to go from seeing each other to being with each other. Feeling empowered - identifying and setting boundaries. From bicker to barney - arguing dos and don'ts. Three's a crowd Baby-proofing your relationship. Saying and doing things better by communicating effectively. Tackling the tricky topics - from sex and intimacy to dividing the household chores.This is your personal pocket guide to help steer you into the right love lane.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dido is the only girl ever to have raced to victory at the Circus Maximus, Rome's greatest sporting arena. Now she and her beloved horse, Porcellus, are in hiding, and Emperor Caligula has put a price on their heads.Can she outwit the emperor and his bounty hunters And will a shocking family secret stop her in her tracks, or spur her on to make a daring return, helped by a one-eyed mare with a heart as brave as her own Horses, history, mystery, thrilling entertainment and sensational storytelling race neck and neck through the second pulse-pounding adventure in Annelise Gray's 9 + series set in Ancient Rome.'I loved this adventure - full of brilliant horses, and a determined heroine following her dreams against all the odds. Looking forward to discovering what's in store for them next' Pippa Funnell, MBE, three-time Equestrian Olympic medalist.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Shumate, Johnny (illustrator). Neuware - The Bolsheviks' seizure of power in Russia in late 1917 was swiftly followed by the establishment of the Cheka, the secret police of the new Soviet state. The Cheka was central to the Bolsheviks' elimination of political dissent during the Russian Civil War (1917-22). In 1922 the Soviet state-security organs became the GPU and then the OGPU (1923-34) before coalescing into the NKVD. After it played a central role in the Great Terror (1936-38), which saw the widespread repression of many different groups and the imprisonment and execution of prominent figures, the NKVD had its heyday during the Great Patriotic War (1941-45). During the conflict the organization deployed full military divisions, frontier troop units and internal security forces and ran the hated GULAG forced-labour camp system. By 1946, the power of the NKVD was so great that even Stalin saw it as a threat and it was broken up into multiple organizations, notably the MVD and the MGB - the forerunners of the KGB. In this book, the history and organization of these feared organizations are assessed, accompanied by photographs and colour artwork depicting their evolving appearance.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Tooby, Adam (illustrator). Neuware - An expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in just 39 days, and revolutionized the world's ideas about modern air power.Operation Desert Storm took just over six weeks to destroy Saddam Hussein's war machine: a 39-day air campaign followed by a four-day ground assault. It shattered what had been the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force, and overturned conventional military assumptions about the effectiveness and value of air power.In this book, Richard P. Hallion, one of the world's foremost experts on air warfare, explains why Desert Storm was a revolutionary victory, a war won with no single climatic battle. Instead, victory came thanks largely to a rigorously planned air campaign. It began with an opening night that smashed Iraq's advanced air defense system, and allowed systematic follow-on strikes to savage its military infrastructure and field capabilities. When the Coalition tanks finally rolled into Iraq, it was less an assault than an occupation.The rapid victory in Desert Storm, which surprised many observers, led to widespread military reform as the world saw the new capabilities of precision air power, and it ushered in today's era of high-tech air warfare.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Rescued from the Liverpool docks as a child, Heathcliff is adopted by the Earnshaws and taken to live at Wuthering Heights. He finds a kindred spirit in Catherine Earnshaw and a fierce love ignites. When forced apart, a brutal chain of events is unleashed.'.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - People find me. When it's dark.1863. An asylum.A woman locked in a windowless cell, with no memory as to who she is, or how she arrived there.When spiritualist medium Mrs Lyall requires a new assistant, this nameless woman seems the perfect candidate.But as the woman's past begins to reveal itself, so do new powers neither are prepared for.Alistair McDowall's haunting new play The Glow was the 2018 Pinter Commission, an award given annually by Lady Antonia Fraser to support a new commission at the Royal Court Theatre.This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Royal Court Theatre in January 2022.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Monologues are an essential part of every actor's toolkit. Actors need them for drama school entry, training, showcases and when auditioning for roles in the industry.Edited by Dee Cannon, author of the bestselling In-Depth Acting, this book showcases selected monologues from some of the finest modern plays by some of today's leading contemporary playwrights.The monologues contain a diverse range of quirky and memorable characters that cross cultural and historical boundaries, and comes in a brand new format, with a notes page next to each speech, acting as an actor's workbook as well as a monologue resource.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Amusing, charming, stimulating, urbane' - THE TIMES'Revelatory' - GUARDIAN'Restores Clive Bell vividly to life' - Lucasta Miller______________Clive Bell is perhaps better known today for being a Bloomsbury socialite and the husband of artist Vanessa Bell, sister to Virginia Woolf. Yet Bell was a highly important figure in his own right: an internationally renowned art critic who defended daring new forms of expression at a time when Britain was closed off to all things foreign. His groundbreaking book Art brazenly subverted the narratives of art history and cemented his status as the great interpreter of modern art. Bell was also an ardent pacifist and a touchstone for the Wildean values of individual freedoms, and his is a story that leads us into an extraordinary world of intertwined lives, loves and sexualities.For decades, Bell has been an obscure figure, refracted through the wealth of writing on Bloomsbury, but here Mark Hussey brings him to the fore, drawing on personal letters, archives and Bell's own extensive writing. Complete with a cast of famous characters, including Lytton Strachey, T. S. Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau, Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism is a fascinating portrait of a man who became one of the pioneering voices in art of his era.Reclaiming Bell's stature among the makers of modernism, Hussey has given us a biography to muse and marvel over - a snapshot of a time and of a man who revelled in and encouraged the shock of the new.'A book of real substance written with style and panache, copious fresh information and many insights' - Julian Bell.