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The Cartoon Century | |||
| Modern Britain through the Eyes of Its Cartoonists | Miscellaneous | |||
| Timothy S Benson | ||||
| Random House 2007 255 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1905211597 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| In the words of Timothy Benson, a political cartoon is 'a visual essay that sums up complicated events or situations in a few, simple, sketched black lines': this volume demonstrates the range and quality of such cartoons over the last century. It also offers a pictorial history of Britain, from a French view of 'La Perfide Albion' grabbing the world in 1900 to Blair and Bush crooning 'we did it our way' in Peter Shrank's comment on the military campaign in Iraq in 2006. | ||||
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar | |||
| Understanding Philosophy through Jokes | Miscellaneous | |||
| Thomas Cathcart; Daniel Klein | ||||
| Abrams 2007 200 pages | ||||
| Hardback 081091493X | ||||
| Published Price £9.95 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| What makes a riddle Machiavellian? Which blonde jokes rely on Zeno's paradox? Was Camus just pulling Sartre's leg? Harvard philosophy majors Cathcart and Klein demonstrate that jokes really can explain the meaning of it all, as they merge the world of Western philosophy with one-liners, shaggy dog stories, cartoons and even the odd limerick. | ||||
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Dear Blue Peter | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Biddy Baxter (Edited by) | ||||
| Short 2008 336 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 190602149X | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| Dogs, badges, sticky-back plastic, even that mishap with the elephant... Blue Peter has been part of British childhood for 50 years and from the outset children have written letters to the presenters. As the show celebrates its 50th anniversary, Biddy Baxter, the legendary editor who first used the Blue Peter badge to encourage children to write in, presents a selection from the vast correspondence (average 7,000 letters a week) from children (and 'big kids') offering ideas, pictures and stories. | ||||
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