Thierry Mugler, Galaxy Glamour: An absolute treat for the fashionista in your life

Thierry Mugler, Galaxy Glamour

Daniele Bott

[Thames & Hudson Ltd]

Doris Lessing: The Diaries of Jane Somers

The Diaries of Jane Somers, first published pseudonymously and separately as The Diary of a Good Neighbour and If The Old Could, appear here in one volume for the first time under Doris Lessing's name, together with a new preface by the author. While marking a return to the most realistic subject matter of Doris Lessing's early fiction, they are also a provocative new departure.

At the centre of both novels is attractive, intelligent magazine editor Jane Somers, whose wry perception informs and animates every page. Jane was an ambitious journalist concerned with success, clothes and comfort when her life changed. Her husband died, then her mother. Suddenly understanding her real inadequacy, Jane becomes deeply committed to the very old and deprived, making particular friends with one old woman, Maudie, whose life has been all struggle and poverty.

The Diaries of Jane Somers

Doris May Lessing

[Harper Collins Publishers]

Art, Style and Glamour in the Crazy Years: Paris Between the Wars

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Paris Between the Wars

Vincent Bouvet

[Thames & Hudson]

Inspire yourself and others: The Tao of Motivation

“You cannot motivate someone unless you are able to deliver praise for something which they have done (or for a skill which they have) in an utterly convincing way.

For some reason, most people expect that a statement like “You did that really well” will be followed by “…but here`s how to do it better”. For this and other reasons, many people will not accept the initial statement alone as genuine. At the very best, they`ll feel that you`re holding back some criticism. The table opposite suggests some approaches which you may want to adopt, to counteract this syndrome.

Of course, there are times – especially in the environment of work – where you may also want to suggest ways for the person to improve their performance. *Nevertheless, you should be careful to deliver enough unadulterated praise.

If you are trying to sustain your own motivation (rather than someone else’s), then you will clearly need to find your own ways to convince yourself of your abilities.”

In this bestselling classic Max Landsberg provides practical techniques for making your work and life more rewarding through the habit of Motivation.

Succinct and engaging, this book offers you advice on the under-taught habits that help you to motivate yourself and others, so you can:

• Feel and picture the success you want
• Tap into your personal energies
• Come to relish “taking the plunge”
• Look at setbacks and success objectively
• Build your confidence, step by step

The Tao of Motivation
Max Landsberg
[Profile Books]

The Sense of an Ending wins The 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction

Julian Barnes is named the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Sense of an Ending, published by Jonathan Cape.

Barnes' first novel for six years, The Sense of an Ending went straight into the bestseller list on publication. It is the story of a seemingly ordinary man who, when revisiting his past in later life, discovers that the memories he holds are less than perfect. Laced with trademark precision, dexterity and insight, this is the work of one of the world's most distinguished writers. At the time of the shortlist announcement, 2011 judge Gaby Wood commented: ‘that the tragedy trapped in this mundane life should be so moving, and so keenly felt by the character that he can only confront it half-blindly and in fragments, is the mark of a truly masterful novel.

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Masters of Cinema

An essential introduction to one of the world’s greatest directors...

Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, David Lynch, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodóvar, Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Woody Allen…

MASTERS OF CINEMA

[Phaidon]

Vasko Popa: Complete Poems 1953-1987

The she-wolf lies

In heaven’s foothills

Her body a live coal

Is overgrown with grass

And covered with sun-pollen

The mountains in her breast

Rise menacing

And fall forgiving

Through her veins rivers howl

In her eyes lakes flash

In her measureless heart

Metallic ores melt from love

On the sevenfold fire

Wolves play over her back

And live in her crystal womb

To their first and from their final howl

“Popa’s imaginative journey resembles a Universe passing through a Universe. It has been one of the most exciting things in modern poetry, to watch this journey being made.” - Ted Hughes

Vasko Popa: Complete Poems

Anne Pennington, Francis R. Jones

[Anvil]