In August 1982, Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s first Fighting Fantasy gamebook was published by Penguin Books under their children’s imprint, Puffin Books. It was an innovative branching narrative fantasy adventure and had a simple game system and the intriguing title of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. What followed was nothing less than a publishing phenomenon. By the 40th anniversary of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, more than 20 million Fighting Fantasy gamebooks had been sold worldwide in over 30 languages.
Over the years, the one thing that the books, as well as the spin-off novels, role-playing games, comics, board games, miniature figurines, and video games all had in common was the incredible artwork which helped define Fighting Fantasy. From the heroes to the characters, to the settings, to the legions of terrifying monsters, the world of Fighting Fantasy was brought to life by a succession of hugely talented artists.
Who could fail to remember the multi-eyed Bloodbeast staring menacingly at the readers from the cover of Deathtrap Dungeon? Who didn’t feel a touch of nervous excitement when witnessing the Shape Changer’s transformation on the cover of The Forest of Doom? Who didn’t marvel at the beauty of the iconic covers of the four Sorcery! gamebooks? Who wouldn’t have felt threatened by the foul undead smashing through the door on the cover of Blood of the Zombies? And fast forward to today, who wouldn’t be intrigued by the Iron Giants destroying a village on the cover of Shadow of the Giants?
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The Art of Fighting Fantasy is a book which celebrates the incredible art of the brilliant and highly respected fantasy and science fiction artists who, over the years, worked with the Fighting Fantasy authors to bring their interactive adventures to life. Written by Fighting Fantasy co-creator Ian Livingstone and Fighting Fantasy historian Jonathan Green, The Art of Fighting Fantasy is a who’s who of fantasy art.
Includes artwork from: Chris Achilleos, Robert Ball, Malcolm Barter, Tazio Bettin, Brian Bolland, John Blanche, Jim Burns, Les Edwards, David Gallagher, Mel Grant, Leo Hartas, Tony Hough, Karl Kopinski, Alan Langford, Terry Oakes, Iain McCaig, Mike McCarthy, Martin McKenna, Ian Miller, Russ Nicholson, John Sibbick, Duncan Smith, Greg Staples, Gary Ward &amp; Edward Crosby.
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Packed with illustrations from four decades of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks and featuring fascinating insights into their work from the artists themselves, The Art of Fighting Fantasy is a collector’s item which is destined to take pride of place on the bookshelves of gamebook fans and lovers of fantasy art the world over.
We now have the pleasure of inviting you to immerse yourself in the glorious pictorial world of Fighting Fantasy.
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Magic Realms

A collection of essays, carefully and considerately put together to help you navigate life without being a massive tool.

Don’t Be a Dick will help you treat others better and, perhaps most importantly, it will also help you be less of a dick to yourself.

The world is overwhelming and fast paced and we’re forever being overloaded with information, adverts and things that beep for no discernable good reason. Given everything that is thrust at us daily, I don’t think it is a surprise that we’re all dicks to one another. This book is about slowing down, evaluating how we treat one another and putting more conscious thought into how we navigate life. Split into easily digestible and clearly marked chapters like “Don’t Make Boring Powerpoint Presentations” and “Don’t Take on Too Much” and “Don’t be a Racist”, you can read the book from cover-to-cover, or you can just go straight to the bit you need help with (“Don’t Send Unsolicited Dick Pics” is Chapter 23) and I can cure you JUST LIKE THAT.

If, like me, you have been a bit of a dick in the past, that’s OK. This book isn’t about shame or punishment, it’s about forgiveness and self love. It’s ok if you were a dick, but it ends now.

Don't Be a Dick

Jim Moir (the artist formerly known as Vic Reeves) delivers another volume of his exquisite paintings of British birds.
In 2019, Unbound published Birds, a small but perfectly formed volume of Jim's fast-growing collection of bird paintings. Compact enough to slip inside the pocket of a cagoule, it quickly became a bestseller and continues to delight everyone who enjoys looking at and learning about our beaked and feathered fellow travellers.
<span data-mce-fragment="1" data-sheets-userformat='{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jim Moir (the artist formerly known as Vic Reeves) delivers another volume of his exquisite paintings of British birds. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;In 2019, Unbound published &lt;em&gt;Birds&lt;/em&gt;, a small but perfectly formed volume of Jim&amp;rsquo;s fast-growing collection of bird paintings. Compact enough to slip inside the pocket of a cagoule, it quickly became a bestseller and continues to delight everyone who enjoys looking at and learning about our beaked and feathered fellow travellers.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;In April this year, Jim and his wife Nancy hosted a new show on Sky Arts &amp;ndash; &lt;em&gt;Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir &lt;/em&gt;which got wonderful reviews and brought Jim&amp;rsquo;s bird paintings to a whole new audience. A second series has been announced for Spring 2024 and although these books aren&amp;rsquo;t official tie-ins, they are inspired the same generous spirit and are overflowing with Jim&amp;rsquo;s wonderful paintings.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;As Jim tells us: &lt;em&gt;When I started painting birds I did them in an exaggerated style, almost like caricatures. But I&amp;rsquo;ve gradually come to realise I get a real kick out of making them as realistic as I can. And I think I&amp;rsquo;m getting better and better at painting them.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;We think so too &amp;ndash; and this volume of another hundred &lt;em&gt;even better &lt;/em&gt;paintings is the proof.&lt;/p&gt;"}'>In April this year, Jim and his wife Nancy hosted a new show on Sky Arts – Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir which got wonderful reviews and brought Jim's bird paintings to a whole new audience. A second series has been announced for Spring 2024 and although these books aren't official tie-ins, they are inspired the same generous spirit and are overflowing with Jim's wonderful paintings.
<span data-mce-fragment="1" data-sheets-userformat='{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jim Moir (the artist formerly known as Vic Reeves) delivers another volume of his exquisite paintings of British birds. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;In 2019, Unbound published &lt;em&gt;Birds&lt;/em&gt;, a small but perfectly formed volume of Jim&amp;rsquo;s fast-growing collection of bird paintings. Compact enough to slip inside the pocket of a cagoule, it quickly became a bestseller and continues to delight everyone who enjoys looking at and learning about our beaked and feathered fellow travellers.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;In April this year, Jim and his wife Nancy hosted a new show on Sky Arts &amp;ndash; &lt;em&gt;Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir &lt;/em&gt;which got wonderful reviews and brought Jim&amp;rsquo;s bird paintings to a whole new audience. A second series has been announced for Spring 2024 and although these books aren&amp;rsquo;t official tie-ins, they are inspired the same generous spirit and are overflowing with Jim&amp;rsquo;s wonderful paintings.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;As Jim tells us: &lt;em&gt;When I started painting birds I did them in an exaggerated style, almost like caricatures. But I&amp;rsquo;ve gradually come to realise I get a real kick out of making them as realistic as I can. And I think I&amp;rsquo;m getting better and better at painting them.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;We think so too &amp;ndash; and this volume of another hundred &lt;em&gt;even better &lt;/em&gt;paintings is the proof.&lt;/p&gt;"}'>As Jim tells us: When I started painting birds I did them in an exaggerated style, almost like caricatures. But I've gradually come to realise I get a real kick out of making them as realistic as I can. And I think I'm getting better and better at painting them.
<span data-mce-fragment="1" data-sheets-userformat='{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}' data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jim Moir (the artist formerly known as Vic Reeves) delivers another volume of his exquisite paintings of British birds. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;In 2019, Unbound published &lt;em&gt;Birds&lt;/em&gt;, a small but perfectly formed volume of Jim&amp;rsquo;s fast-growing collection of bird paintings. Compact enough to slip inside the pocket of a cagoule, it quickly became a bestseller and continues to delight everyone who enjoys looking at and learning about our beaked and feathered fellow travellers.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;In April this year, Jim and his wife Nancy hosted a new show on Sky Arts &amp;ndash; &lt;em&gt;Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir &lt;/em&gt;which got wonderful reviews and brought Jim&amp;rsquo;s bird paintings to a whole new audience. A second series has been announced for Spring 2024 and although these books aren&amp;rsquo;t official tie-ins, they are inspired the same generous spirit and are overflowing with Jim&amp;rsquo;s wonderful paintings.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;As Jim tells us: &lt;em&gt;When I started painting birds I did them in an exaggerated style, almost like caricatures. But I&amp;rsquo;ve gradually come to realise I get a real kick out of making them as realistic as I can. And I think I&amp;rsquo;m getting better and better at painting them.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"&gt;We think so too &amp;ndash; and this volume of another hundred &lt;em&gt;even better &lt;/em&gt;paintings is the proof.&lt;/p&gt;"}'>We think so too – and this volume of another hundred even better paintings is the proof.

More Birds

A contemporary collection of essays that expose the harm which the white feminist movement has inflicted, and continues to inflict, upon Muslim women worldwide.
White liberal feminism has long treated Muslim women as both invisible – by actively excluding them from women’s liberation movements, and hypervisible – with the near-obsession of liberating or ‘saving’ them. Both of these harm Muslim women.
Although more people are waking up to the problematic nature of white feminism, it very rarely stretches to the conversations around just how closely intertwined white feminism and Islamophobia are.
In her debut book, Shahed Ezaydi presents an insightful analysis of the various myths that white feminism holds regarding Muslim women, including single-issue oppression, liberation politics, the inherent misogyny of Muslim men, and much more. Along her journey, Shahed discovers many Muslim women who are rejecting the notion of a white Western feminism, and instead are fighting for their liberation in their own way.

The Othered Woman: How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women

Tales Accursed is the second collection of classic supernatural stories selected by the artist Richard Wells. Each of the eighteen tales is accompanied by one of Richard’s striking lino-print illustrations. 
Richard’s previous anthology, Damnable Tales, has been acknowledged as a classic both in the UK and the US. Tales Accursedexplores similar territory: great stories by acknowledged masters of the genre like M. R. James, Shirley Jackson and Algernon Blackwood, alongside eerie tales by those less associated with the horror genre, like John Buchan, E. F. Benson and William Croft Dickinson.
What is it about these stories of the uncanny, many of them written over a century ago, that make them so appealing to contemporary readers? In his Introduction to Damnable Tales, the novelist Benjamin Myers offers a clue: ‘They take place in worlds we recognise as once-removed from our realities. These are the settings of our ancestors, and therefore are still carried somewhere deep within us now: remote villages and darkened lanes, lonely woodlands, obscure country houses and crumbling cemeteries. Places where the crepuscular light is eternally fading and in which the inanimate or the dormant is slowly stirring.’ Prepare, if you dare, to encounter a new collection, full of the old fears.

Tales Accursed

A joyful gift book celebrating the best-loved children's series of all time.
Masterfully compiled by Dan Postgate, Bagpuss: The Complete Scripts will contain facsimiles of all thirteen scripts with annotations by its original writer, Oliver Postgate.
It will also include an introduction from Dan, specially commissioned photographs of the characters from the show, archive behind-the-scenes photos from the Postgate-Firmin collection, lyrics from all of the songs, and contributions from its musicians, Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner.
Fans will be delighted to discover that Gabriel the Toad was based on a real toad that lived in the basement of Peter Firmin's flat and that the songs in the series were inspired by international folk music. Plus, our favourite fact yet, Bagpuss was originally meant to be a ginger marmalade cat, but due to a complete fluke, he ended up with his distinctly un-feline electric pink coat.

Bagpuss: The Complete Scripts

Modernism Beyond Metro-Land continues the work of Joshua Abbott’s first book, A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land, in mapping and documenting the art deco, modernist and brutalist buildings of London’s suburbs. Taking in the eastern and southern boroughs, the guide will feature art deco cinemas, modernist tube stations, brutalist office blocks, stunning post war houses and much more. It will include the work of renowned architects and designers such as Charles Holden, Richard Rogers, Wells Coates and Owen Luder, as well as more contemporary designers such as Peter Barber.
The guide will cover 12 London boroughs from Waltham Forest in the north east to Kingston upon Thames in the south west as well as a portion of Surrey. Each section will feature a map, descriptions of each building and colour photographs. It will also feature extended sections on areas of interest like Croydon town centre, the Central Line stations of Charles Holden and the self built houses of Walter Segal. As well as exploring the architectural history of the suburbs, the book will examine how this area has changed from the start of the 20th century, when much of it was part of the neighbouring counties, Essex, Kent and Surrey. The expansion of the capital's road, tube and rail network allowed people to commute to London from further away, creating new housing estates and kickstarting the growth of suburbia. New architectural styles from Europe and America like Art Deco and Modernism were imported to sit alongside more traditional building forms. Modernism Beyond Metro-Land will give centre stage to suburbia's most radical architecture of the last 100 years.
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The story of mixed-race Britain, told through entertaining interviews and archival research
In 2011, a story broke: over the past ten years, the number of mixed-race people in Britain had doubled into the seven-figures.
The ever-forgetful media squawked as if mixed-race Brits were a new phenomenon. But mixed-race people have lived in Britain for hundreds of years. This fascinating history matters, yet is rarely told. It’s about one of the fastest-growing groups of people in the UK, yet we rarely hear from them as a group. It's time to change that.
With the latest census data about to be published, there couldn't be a better time to share this collection of voices, stories and memories from mixed-race people of different ages and backgrounds. Some of the their stories are challenging to read and others are tinged with sadness, but collectively, this collection is celebration of diversity, mixed heritage and everyday family life.

Everyone Everywhere: Mixed Race Family Stories

"The hound book would always have been a celebration of my beautiful companion, Ivy, a Bedlington Whippet cross, an elegant goddess of a hound. Now it has become more than that. She died a few weeks ago so the drawings, and then the paintings are made from memories, from photographs. Someone once said that grief is love with nowhere left to go. I am pouring my grief into this celebration of her life. To have shared some of my days with her has been a privilege. And I guess this book is for anyone who has ever loved and lost, for in spite of the pain of loss, the joy of life remains greater and creative grieving really helps the soul to come to terms with the loss."
An Accordion Book doesn’t open, it unfolds.
One side is filled with beautiful watercolour images of an animal: sometimes in motion, sometimes at rest. The other is filled with text – poems, descriptions, invocations – inspired by the same animal.
Together they work as spells to summon the animal’s spirit.
Jackie Morris has painted these beautiful hounds with her favourite sumi stick on clayboard.
Fox and Otter were the first two Accordions in a series that now includes these absolutely stunning sequels: Hare and Hound.

Accordion Books: Hound

Gigantium is a unique science fiction verse novel told through three intertwining stories.
In a near future, an extraterrestrial race overruns the largest cities on earth, stripping them of their commodities and harnessing their communications systems. Nicknamed 'Blues' the aliens rule through fear and intimidation leading to mass civil unrest and a strong-armed resistance movement that sees the world on the brink of all-out war. On the outskirts of one city, a group of civilians attempts to establish some normality away from the fighting. 
We follow Papa, a horticulturist, and his son Jacob who tend to the gardens that provide fruit and vegetables for families in the area, whilst also curating his seed bank, which could be the key to their ultimate survival. There is Max, a rescuer who heads into the city each day to tend to victims of the atrocities. And as the fighting gets closer we join Maya who with her family must take the perilous journey across the city to reach the safety of the resistance camps.

Gigantium

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Introducing craftivism: being creative as an act of protest, solidarity and advocacy.
It sometimes feels like the only way to create change is to stand up and fight for the world we want to see. To march under giant banners and shout to have our voices heard. But if there’s time for the loud, there’s also time for the quiet. If there’s time for the fast, there’s also need for the slow.
The Craftivist Collective helps to make a world where everyone feels seen, heard and valued. It's their hope that anyone from anywhere can use our unique Gentle Protest approach to craftivism (craft + activism) in a way that offers solutions, provokes thought and inspires action.
The Craftivist Collective Handbook is going to be a beautiful, hardback book of 20 craftivism projects and tools to help you on your journey as a positive and effective changemaker. Each project explains ‘How To’ create these ethical craftivism projects and just as importantly ‘Why To’ so that you can fulfil the potential of your campaign with both a strong strategy and mindful process.
Each project will be accompanied by wise words from Neuroscientist Dr Daniel Glaser as well as case studies and quotes from diverse craftivists around the world who have used our projects to create real positive change. Much of this handbook can be shaped or adapted for the issues you care about locally, nationally or internationally.

Craftivist Collective Handbook

The D'Ancey LaGuarde Reader is a glorious homage to the best-selling romance writer - D'Ancey LaGuarde, the creation of Alice Fraser and famously broadcast every week to millions of listeners of the trans-global satirical podcast - The Bugle. 
D’Ancey LaGuarde is a legend in the world of romance. A natural storyteller with a background in psychology they became a self-publishing phenomenon, dominating the supernatural romance period thriller market with millions of copies sold worldwide. Their most popular titles include The Highlands Laird’s Christmas Miracle, We Made It One Night, Three’s a Crowd, They Came From Above, The Femme Falcon, A Cowboy Called Home and the classic, Little Red Riding Werewolf. 
The D'Ancey LaGuarde Reader will offer an exclusive glimpse inside their glamorous world – excerpts from their best books, their favourite book jacket designs, writing tips from themselves and other romance writers, fashion tips – including the ever-vexing question: ‘what to wear when writing?’.
Readers can also expect delectable answers to their most tricky romance questions, annotated lists of their top book recommendations (outside of their own books of course), and a fiendishly difficult D’Ancey LaGuarde quiz.
The book will be a constant source of solace and encouragement for the D’Ancey’s many fans worldwide and small enough to slip inside a Louis Vuitton clutch bag...

The D'Ancey LaGuarde Reader

A new book by the creator of social media smash hit @manwhohasitall whose work exposes the ridiculousness of gender stereotypes one tweet and Facebook post at a time.
'I resist the natural urge to grab my male employees by the testicles because I have a husband, son and father. Otherwise I would.' Claire, CEO
The tweets and posts are funny because they are true. But behind the jokes about penis steaming and crazy cat gentlemen lie deeper, darker messages about language, power and control. Followers often say @manwhohasitall is too close to the bone. This book penetrates the flesh further, exposing a new layer of feminist discomfort and joy.
'Here, have a scented candle and stop moaning.'
This is the message from society to the Woman Who Does Too Much. If you are stressed because you are doing all of the things, and your husband is doing none of the things, light a scented candle called Calm and have a long soak in the bath. That’ll fix it. The candle is called ‘Calm’ instead of ‘Calm Down Dear’ because it is not a political candle, it is not gaslighting you directly. But indirectly, these ubiquitous products are instructing women to be calm and quiet. As if a rectangle of wax in a glass jar can melt away the dizzying mental load carried by women, especially mothers. Where are the products that reflect how women really feel? Where is the reed diffuser called ‘Resentment’ or the room spray called ‘Really Fucking Tired’?

Flipping Patriarchy!

Comedy is a game that all humans play. There are big social prizes if you win, but it is easy to end up with custard pie on your face... or worse.
Comedy can soothe our pain, vent our anger, make us feel less alone and provide the answer to life’s most difficult questions, such as, ‘What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?’* It’s a social glue but it can also be divisive, and the joke is on us if we don’t understand how it works.
So, what are the rules? How does comedy do its magic and why does it matter? Join professional comedy writer Joel Morris on a hilarious journey into the hidden world of shared laughter where he reveals the mechanisms that make jokes work and what comedy can teach us about ourselves. Offering astute analysis of everything from stand-up to slapstick and sitcom to spoof, Morris examines comedic patterns, rhythms and dynamics to uncover the algorithms that secretly underpin comedy.
Packed with gags and examples of comedy at its best – plus some invaluable tips on how to master that b’dum tish timing – Be Funny or Die is a fascinating investigation into how our species has developed and mastered this essential art form where laughter is the universal language and only the funniest survive.
*Cliff.

Be Funny or Die: How Comedy Works and Why It Matters

Have your kids ever shaved the dog? Or decided pants are optional? Don’t worry, you are not alone. Parenting is hard and this mummy is f*cking tired. 

Inspired by the story of a beloved caterpillar, The Very F*cking Tired Mummy is an all-too-relatable tale of the frustration, exhaustion and sometimes unexpected joy of parenthood.

Here we follow the journey of one mummy over the course of a week, taking everything life throws at her with a side of wine, coffee, chocolate from last Christmas, the kids’ leftover lunch and even the occasional dog treat.

It will comfort anyone for whom eight hours of sleep seems like a distant memory, and serve as a welcome reminder that sometimes, just sometimes, we all need a break…

The Very F*cking Tired Mummy: A Parody

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Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations… but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada’s murder mystery?
In 1934, the Observer’s cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.
The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible – through logic and intelligent reading – to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers.
Dare you take it on?
Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted. 
'If James Joyce and Agatha Christie had a literary love child, this would be it' Daily Telegraph

Cain's Jawbone: A Novel Problem

A valuable companion to the popular music podcast, A Word in Your Attic
For those for whom pop trivia is far from a trivial matter, each episode of A Word in Your Attic contains real gems.
Who knew, for instance, that Marc Bolan was inspired to form the duo Tyrannosaurus Rex after seeing Ravi Shankar wow 3000 people in Luxembourg?
Or that John Lydon’s first concert was Cliff Richard and The Shadows and that he has a soft spot for the Bee Gees?
Or that Roxy Music were ushered on to the roster of Island Records after a meeting with Bryan Ferry at the Golden Egg on Fleet Street?
Or indeed that Clare Grogan of Altered Images was discovered while working, almost Human League 'Don’t You Want Me'-style, as a waitress in the Spaghetti Factory restaurant in Glasgow. And that she never saw Gregory’s Girl, the 1981 film that helped make her a cover star of Just Seventeen, until some thirty years after its original release? 
Combining transcripts, extracts, and anecdotes from its knowledgeable hosts and interlocutors, this expansive gift book takes us through the series's ultimate highlights.

A Word in Your Attic: The Official Companion

The printed version of the surprisingly successful Twitter/X account. This book celebrates everything that was great about the 80s and 90s, well one thing that was great, ok, that some people thought was great.
Bringing together the very best of nearly two years of TV listings such as 'FILM: RAMBO NUMBER 5; Stallone takes on 90s pop act Lou Bega' and 'ONE-NIL: Prequel to The Equalizer' or 'DICK AND DOM IN DA CARE HOME: Last in the series', it’s a book absolutely guaranteed (legal, check we can say that) to make anyone (again, check please) laugh out loud whether they’re enjoying it alone at home with a Twix, alongside a busload of fellow convicts, or sitting bored, listening to confessions from churchgoers.
Plus, like the third Star Trek reboot film that isn’t that well known so is probably a bad reference to use, the book will go beyond just listings to include many other features, that definitely haven’t been requested by the publishers to help flesh out the page count and make it more visually appealing to justify the suggested retail price (their words).
So, enjoy the genius (our words) of CEEFAUX without the need for a computer, smartphone, and internet connection with this entirely analogue version of a thing that is digital that parodies a thing that was analogue in the first place. Oh, also it will make you a better, kinder lover (one more legal check please).
'Brilliantly funny' The Poke

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First edition hardback: royal format (234mm x 156mm), 18 full-page lino-print illustrations, two-colour printing, illustrated endpapers.

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A limited edition lino-cut A4 print based on Eleanor Scott's 1929 story 'Celui-la’. Signed, numbered and hand printed on lotka paper. LIMITED TO 20.

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A limited edition lino-cut A4 print based on Margery Lawrence's 1925 story 'Morag-of-the-Cave'. Signed, numbered and hand printed on lotka paper. LIMITED TO 20.

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A limited edition lino-cut A4 print based on A. C. Benson's 1903 story 'The Hill of Trouble'. . Signed, numbered and hand printed on lotka paper. LIMITED TO 20.

Limited Edition Print – The Hill of Trouble

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When Douglas Adams died in 2001, he left behind 60 boxes full of notebooks, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches and even poems. In 42, compiled by Douglas’s long-time collaborator Kevin Jon Davies, hundreds of these personal artefacts appear in print for the very first time.

The book, a Sunday Times #1 bestseller, is available now in time for Christmas.

42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams

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