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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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The Pinkerton Casebook | |||
| Adventures of the Original Private Eye | Miscellaneous | |||
| Allan Pinkerton | ||||
| Mercat 2007 216 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1841831166 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| Glasgow-born Alan Pinkerton (1819-1884), protector of Abraham Lincoln and Wild West law enforcer, was also founder of the world's first detective agency and the original private eye; but less well-known is his prolific crime writing. Ostensibly based on his own exploits and intended as promotional material for his agency, Pinkerton's stories of fraudsters and thieves are presented here, along with a biographical introduction from vintage crime expert Bruce Durie. | ||||
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Beowulf | |||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Michael Morpurgo | ||||
| Candlewick 2006 92 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0763632066 | ||||
| Published Price £12.10 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| 'Hear and listen well, and I will tell you a tale that has been told for a thousand years and more...' so begins Michael Morpurgo's energetic new telling of England's most time-honoured epic. In exciting prose, with vivid illustrations by Michael Foreman, Beowulf sets off again to do battle with the monstrous Grendel, his mother the Sea Hag and the Death-Dragon of the Deep. | ||||
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The Moon Book | |||
| A Lunar Pop-Up Celebration | Miscellaneous | |||
| Arlene Seymour | ||||
| Universe 2002 14 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0789306441 | ||||
| Published Price $22.50 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| Including a 'moon ball' that jumps out of the book into 3-D, a moving diagram showing a lunar and solar eclipse, and a sneak-peek at a prospective space-hotel, this sophisticated children's pop-up book is in equal parts charming and informative. Simple and accessible commentary takes readers from Copernicus' hypothesis that the Earth was not the motionless centre of the Cosmos up to Neil Armstrong's moon landing in 1969, with moon folklore, myth and legend along the way. | ||||
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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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More Than Just a Game | |||
| Football v Apartheid | Miscellaneous | |||
| Chuck Korr; Marvin Close | ||||
| Collins 2008 318 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0007278799 | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| Described by Desmond Tutu as adding 'a compelling dimension to our understanding of the struggle against apartheid', this is the story of how the political prisoners of South Africa's infamous Robben Island turned football into an active force in their struggle for freedom. For nearly 20 years, despite torture, regular beatings and backbreaking labour, these men defied all odds and played organized league football - with strict adherence to FIFA rules - in one of the most brutal places on earth. | ||||
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