Scott Campbell (Scott C.) is a maker of paintings, illustrations, comics, childrens books, and videogames. At Double...
(05/07/12) Scott Campbell (Scott C.) is a maker of paintings, illustrations, comics, childrens books, and videogames. At Double Fine Productions, he art directed the critically acclaimed videogames Brutal Legend and Psychonauts. His paintings have been featured in galleries around the world, including Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, Galerie Arludik in Paris, and the London Miles Gallery. He lives and works in New York City. Jack Black is a comedian, actor, and musician who has starred in films including School of Rock, Tropic Thunder, and High Fidelity. He is also a founding member of the band Tenacious D, and has had roles on such television shows as The Office and Mr. Show. He lives in Los Angeles. See all Editorial ReviewsSee less
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FROM THE PUBLISHER: You are an ace starfighter pilot in the Galactic Space Force. Shot down over a mysterious planet,...
(05/05/12) FROM THE PUBLISHER: You are an ace starfighter pilot in the Galactic Space Force. Shot down over a mysterious planet, you have been taken captive by a ace of giant, superintelligent ants. However, the story is actually about your relationship with a young woman named Anne, and your struggles to cope with her alcoholism. Only with the right choices will you be able to save your relationship and discover the secret of the Ant-Warriors!What will you do? If you take the tunnel sloping upwards and escape while you can, turn to April 10, 2006. If you explore deeper and find out more about what the Ant-Warriors have hidden in their underground lair, turn to May 20, 2005.What happens next in the story? It all depends on the choices you make. How does the story end? Only you can find out! And the best part is that you can keep reading and rereading until you’ve had not many but one incredibly daring experience! NOT A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE – PRAISE FOR LOVE IS NOT CONSTANTLY … “Love’s...See less
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Ephraim Scott arrives home from school to find his mother passed out in the kitchen, after trying to kill herself with...
(04/07/12) Ephraim Scott arrives home from school to find his mother passed out in the kitchen, after trying to kill herself with alcohol and pills. But her reason for the attempt is what shocks Ephraim. She was told that Ephraim had been killed, his body identified at the morgue. His mother's purse contains the dead boy's personal effects which surprisingly holds his own library card and a strange coin. After receiving mysterious instructions to flip the coin and make a wish, Ephraim wishes that his mother never went to the hospital and that she was more mothering. The coin grows warm and seems to grant his wish, as he returns home to a drastically different mother. Then, the coin grants his wish that his crush would like him back. But the coin has changed other things too, and not all for the better. Ephraim is sixteen, with a geeky and somewhat annoying best friend. His crush is Jena who is pretty, smart and popular. While Ephraim is a relatable, good kid, the power of the coin quickly begins...See less
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Every teenager wants to fit in and be just like everybody else. So imagine how hard that is when your father runs a...
(03/24/12) Every teenager wants to fit in and be just like everybody else. So imagine how hard that is when your father runs a taxidermy business out of the family home, your mother runs the student cafeteria, and your sister has just been elected high school mascot, which means she walks the halls in a giant bird costume. But as Jenny Lawson grows up, falls in love, gets engaged in a way that is as disastrous as it is romantic and starts a family of her own, she learns that lifes most absurd and humiliating moments, the ones we wish we could pretend had never happened, are the very same moments that make us who we are. This is an often poignant, sometimes disturbing, but always hilarious book from a writer that dares to say your deepest and strangest thoughts out loud. Like laughter at a funeral, it is both highly irreverent and impossible to stop once youve started . . . See all Product DescriptionSee less
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For centuries it has been locked away Lost beneath the sea Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and...
(02/17/12) For centuries it has been locked away Lost beneath the sea Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight. But now magic is rising to the world once more. And a boy called Gavin, who thinks only that he is a city kid with parents who hate him, and knows only that he sees things no one else will believe, is boarding a train, alone, to Cornwall. No one will be there to meet him. See all Product DescriptionSee less
The popularity of second hand and vintage shopping reflects our interest in exploring more eco-friendly consuming and...
(01/19/12) The popularity of second hand and vintage shopping reflects our interest in exploring more eco-friendly consuming and also satisfies our ongoing fascination with objects that have a history. Add to that the fascinating secondhand culture of a city and you have a way of delving into both the past and present life around you while you shop for objects that you won't find in your average chain store or shopping mall.See less
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The final book by the late, great Willie Donaldson is an impressive line-up of nefarious and idiosyncratic characters...
(01/16/12) The final book by the late, great Willie Donaldson is an impressive line-up of nefarious and idiosyncratic characters past and present. Its encyclopedic entries provide an eyebrow-raising guide to the extraordinary lives of roguish Britons from Emma Hamilton to Ozzy Osbourne, Margaret 'Mother' Clap to the Duke of Edinburgh. See all Product DescriptionSee less
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No other country has an institution quite like the Japanese love hotel: Hotels where couples can rent heavily decorated...
(12/05/11) No other country has an institution quite like the Japanese love hotel: Hotels where couples can rent heavily decorated rooms by the hour for amorous liaisons, these spaces are steeped in fantasy; and rooms cater to diverse tastes through elaborate decor ranging from simulated subway cars to religious bondage, with much kink in between. These brash rooms are fascinating in themselves, but also present a window on to a very classified aspect of this society. In eighty revealing photographs, Misty Keasler creates an astonishing document of sex and romance, public and private space in Japan. It includes a foreword by best-selling author Natsuo Kirino, and an essay by photo curator Rod Slemmons - as well as passages from hotel guest books, which lend additional humor and context to these haunting room portraits.See less
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Brothers Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) were German academics and linguists who spent years collecting...
(11/27/11) Brothers Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) were German academics and linguists who spent years collecting popular fairy tales and folk tales. Their resulting compilation of over 200 stories Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children's and household tales) is one of the most famous collections of tales in the world, influencing generations of writers, artists, academics, composers, filmmakers, and animators. TASCHEN editor Noel Daniel graduated from Princeton University, and studied in Berlin on a Fulbright Scholarship. She received a master's in London and was the director of a photography art gallery before becoming a book editor. Her TASCHEN books include Magic 1400s-1950s (2009) and The Circus 1870-1950 (2008). Matthew R. Price has translated for leading theaters and publications in Germany and the US. A graduate of Princeton University, he studied in Berlin on a DAAD Fellowship, receiving his masters from the University of the Arts. After an early career producing theater, he...See less
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To truly appreciate this book, you have to fall into one of these three categories: ( 1) you are a teacher (preferably...
(08/13/11) To truly appreciate this book, you have to fall into one of these three categories: ( 1) you are a teacher (preferably of the English professorial persuasion); ( 2) you are a linguist, either by hobby or trade; or (3)you are a fanatical fan of languages and the development and fallout thereof. While I am indeed a casual linguist (2) and I enjoy a rousing history of words as the next gal (3)See less
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If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our...
(07/11/11) If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn moreSee less
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We are witnessing the emergence of a unified world economy, as exemplified by NAFTA and GATT, that will, in theory, make...
(07/11/11) We are witnessing the emergence of a unified world economy, as exemplified by NAFTA and GATT, that will, in theory, make goods available at cheaper prices, create new jobs throughout the world, raise standards of living, and benefit the average family. However, population growth and resource exploitation will also affect these potential benefits as patterns of consumption change. In stunning photographs and text, "Material World" demonstrates the present context for the emerging global economy, what it means to be 'statistically average', by displaying families in more than thirty nations outside their homes - with all their possessions in view. Among the 350 stunning images are those of a family in lush Samoa juxtaposed with a Kuwaiti family and the two Mercedes-Benzes parked outside their desert home; a family in Iceland posing with their treasured string instruments while a family in Sarajevo huddles outside their bullet-ridden apartment.This text describes what it means to be...See less
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I loved this book as a child, and it gave me a vision of the world in the future. Written in the early 1970s it...
(04/27/11) I loved this book as a child, and it gave me a vision of the world in the future. Written in the early 1970s it attempted to forecast what the world would be like in 2010. (The title has been changed to 2011) Remarkably accurate in some respects. 'Skype' is there, and 'Amazon', in form if not in name. Not so accurate are the fashions, and the prospects of more leisure time. Public transport policy never went in the direction suggested here, (unfortunately) and the suggested method of transporting goods across the country is quite weird. I still love the style of illustration, but I had forgotten that the text was for primary school children. I think Geoffrey Hoyle's future would have been preferable to how the world really turned out, even if it meant wearing jump-suits!See less
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"Compulsive reading, a one-sitting sprint... a triumph." --maxdunbar.wordpress.com, March 2009 `...absolutely riveting.'...
(04/15/11) "Compulsive reading, a one-sitting sprint... a triumph." --maxdunbar.wordpress.com, March 2009 `...absolutely riveting.' -- Daily Express A bleak, scabrous and over-the-top satire on the excesses of the Cool Britannia period of the 1990s. --IndependentSee less
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Book title: The Record Books : Volume 1, Subtitle: Well-loved albums / well-thumbed tomes, By: Christophe Gowans,...
(04/12/11) Book title: The Record Books : Volume 1, Subtitle: Well-loved albums / well-thumbed tomes, By: Christophe Gowans, Category: Humor, Book Description: A playful collection of popular musical albums re-packaged as well-worn books... , Humour, Humor, Art, Design, MusicSee less
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How come a brand of rotting fish entrails from the first century AD still has a promotion running? Can graphics make a...
(01/12/11) How come a brand of rotting fish entrails from the first century AD still has a promotion running? Can graphics make a car go faster, or put a ball in the net? Has Mandeville wet himself? Why is Aristide Bruant the best client ever? Is gender bending ok for brands? Can bad taste make for a good design? What's a Trogon anyway? Do we want to be delighted by a cash machine? ...And is everything looking a bit familiar? The jkr Design Gazette offers observations and opinion on brands using design to create competitive advantage. The game of getting noticed and chosen never changes, but this anthology explores how the rules are being rewritten.See less
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In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare...
(01/10/11) In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls--Tuan Kirie--grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet...from itself.See less
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Apathy and Other Small Victories: Amazon.co.uk: Paul Neilan: Books
(08/07/10) Apathy and Other Small Victories: Amazon.co.uk: Paul Neilan: BooksSee less
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According to futurist Kurzweil (The Singularity is Near) and homeopathic medical doctor Grossman (The Baby Boomer's...
(06/25/10) According to futurist Kurzweil (The Singularity is Near) and homeopathic medical doctor Grossman (The Baby Boomer's Guide to Living Forever), medicine is transforming into an information technology, which by its nature advances at an exponential rate. Thus, those interested in "radical life extension" must make it their immediate goal to live through the next 20 or so years, in order to see advances like DNA reprogramming and submicroscopic, cell-repairing robots. This "guide to Bridge One" outlines nine areas: talking with your doctor, relaxation, assessment, nutrition, supplementation, calorie reduction, exercise, new technologies, and detoxification. Familiar common-sense health advice abounds, but is practical and thorough; along with one to five cups of green tea each day, the authors provide low-cal recipes like Ginger Turkey Burgers and Herbed Zucchini. A detailed exercise routine for aerobic and weight training is also included. Kurzweil and Grossman, who last explored this...See less
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In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs...
(04/25/10) In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs fizzle. He's awfully grumpy. Plus, he's been dead for about sixty years. When a renegade necromancer wrenches him from eternal slumber and into a world gone terribly, bizarrely wrong, all Jim wants is to find a way to die properly, once and for all. On his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish. But he's up against tough odds: angry mobs of adventurers, a body falling apart at the seams and a team of programmers racing a deadline to hammer out the last few bugs in their AI. Mogworld is the debut novel from video-game icon Yahtzee Croshaw (Zero Punctuation). Mogworld is a comic fantasy novel in the tradition of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, with a video-game twist: the main character is a minor character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.See less
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'Mankind clearly peaked about 40 years ago. It's been downhill ever since. For all this talk of our dazzling modern age,...
(04/12/10) 'Mankind clearly peaked about 40 years ago. It's been downhill ever since. For all this talk of our dazzling modern age, the two biggest advances of the past decade are Wi-Fi and Nando's. That's the best we can do'. In his latest laugh-out-loud collection of misanthropic scribblings, hideous Q-list celebrity failure Charlie Brooker tackles everything from the misery of nightclubs to the death of Michael Jackson, making room for Sir Alan Sugar, potato crisps, global financial meltdown, conspiracy theories and Hole in the Wall along the way. The collapse of civilisation has never felt this funny (unless you're a sociopath, in which case it's been an uninterrupted laugh riot since the days of the Somme). This book is guaranteed to brighten your life, put a spring in your step, and lie to you on its back cover. See all Product DescriptionSee less
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The Sun newspaper asked if Chris Morris's July 2001 Brass Eye Special on paedophilia was 'the sickest TV ever?' It was...
(04/02/10) The Sun newspaper asked if Chris Morris's July 2001 Brass Eye Special on paedophilia was 'the sickest TV ever?' It was certainly the most controversial, though his uncompromising style of comedy meant he was rarely far from trouble. Morris first came to national prominence at the heart of a group of virtually unknown comedians brought together by Armando Iannucci. This book follows them from their 1991 news satire On the Hour, which transferred from radio to television where it was reinvented as the equally successful The Day Today. It became impossible to watch bulletins without thinking of Morris's Paxmanesque anchor character chastising a reporter -- 'Peter! You've lost the news!' -- or authoritatively delivering nonsense headlines: 'Sacked chimney worker pumps boss full of mayonnaise.' Meanwhile co-star Steve Coogan created a lasting anti-hero in Alan Partridge, imbued with a horrible life all of his own. But Morris himself was always the most compelling character of all. Drawing...See less
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New! Receive e-mail when new posts are made. Click the "Track it!" button on any discussion page.
(04/01/10) New! Receive e-mail when new posts are made. Click the "Track it!" button on any discussion page.See less
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Order Now and get a FREE Commemorative Poster - an $11.99 value! Commemorate the death of print with The Onion's...
(12/06/09) Order Now and get a FREE Commemorative Poster - an $11.99 value! Commemorate the death of print with The Onion's brand-new hardcover book, Our Front Pages: 21 Years of Greatness, Virtue, and Moral Rectitude from America's Finest News Source . The follow-up to the hugely successful Our Dumb World and Our Dumb Century, Our Front Pages captures the best faces of the face of The Onion. You can now browse the strikingly beautiful cover pages in full color in book form for the first time, and trace each pitiful year's best headlines. You too, will realize what generations yet unborn will someday realize in turn: The Onion is not merely the chronicle of America. The Onion is America. Oversized, coffee-table style Hardcover book.See less
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Advertising is Pollution"" or so says a popular bumper sticker. so what does that make stickers? In 1994 while working...
(12/06/09) Advertising is Pollution"" or so says a popular bumper sticker. so what does that make stickers? In 1994 while working the swing shift at the Kinko's in Menlo Park, CA Srini Kumar made a name for himself as one of the most popular sticker artists in the world. People everywhere have cracked up at the witty wonder of his one-man rebellion. The big books of subversive stickers now makes these cult favourite slogans available to the general public in a collectible format.See less
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Each week, the writers of The A.V. Club issue a slightly slanted pop-culture list filled with challenging opinions (Is...
(11/21/09) Each week, the writers of The A.V. Club issue a slightly slanted pop-culture list filled with challenging opinions (Is David Bowie's "Young Americans" nearly ruined by saxophone?) and fascinating facts. Exploring 24 great films too painful to watch twice, 14 tragic movie-masturbation scenes, 18 songs about crappy cities, and much more, Inventory combines a massive helping of new lists created especially for the book with a few favorites first seen at avclub.com and in the pages of The A.V. Club's sister publication, The Onion. But wait! There's more: John Hodgman offers a set of minutely detailed (and probably fictional) character actors. Patton Oswalt waxes ecstatic about the "quiet film revolutions" that changed cinema in small but exciting ways. Amy Sedaris lists 50 things that make her laugh. "Weird Al" Yankovic examines the noises of Mad magazine's Don Martin. Plus lists from Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Ben Garant, Tom Lennon, Andrew W.K., Tim and Eric, Daniel Handler, and Zach...See less
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"How to Worry Friends and Inconvenience People" is from the writer of the successful and popular blog. The perfect gift...
(11/14/09) "How to Worry Friends and Inconvenience People" is from the writer of the successful and popular blog. The perfect gift for those who have a surreal sense of humour, the book's suggestions include measuring the difficulty of games and puzzles in units of the cubic rube, impressing future employers by demonstrating how well you can ride an imaginary horse, and hiding bubble wrap under your doormat to surprise guests. It is featured in the "Times" and on numerous blogs including geek newsletter NTK. See all Product DescriptionSee less
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From Publishers Weekly Checking in on a friend's brother at Ivenwald, a Washington-based fundamentalist group living...
(07/20/09) From Publishers Weekly Checking in on a friend's brother at Ivenwald, a Washington-based fundamentalist group living communally in Arlington, Va., religion and journalism scholar Sharlet finds a sect whose members refer to Manhattan's Ground Zero as "the ruins of secularism"; intrigued, Sharlet accepts on a whim an invitation to stay at Ivenwald. He's shocked to find himself in the stronghold of a widespread "invisible" network, organized into cells much like Ivenwald, and populated by elite, politically ambitious fundamentalists; Sharlet is present when a leader tells a dozen men living there, "You guys are here to learn how to rule the world." As it turns out, the Family was established in 1935 to oppose FDR's New Deal and the spread of trade unions; since then, it has organized well-attended weekly prayer meetings for members of Congress and annual National Prayer Breakfasts attended by every president since Eisenhower. Further, the Family's international reach ("almost impossible...See less
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Review 'Astonishingly readable' Daily Telegraph'Perceptive, amusing and intelligent' Times'No one writes about language...
(07/20/09) Review 'Astonishingly readable' Daily Telegraph'Perceptive, amusing and intelligent' Times'No one writes about language as clearly as Steven Pinker, and this is his best book yet' Financial Times'Immensely readable and stimulating. Pinker is a master at making complex ideas palatable' Independent'Awesome ... Pinker writes lucidly and elegantly, and leavens the text with scores of perfectly judged anecdotes, jokes, cartoons and illustrations' Daily Mail David Crystal, Financial Times 'No one writes about language as clearly as Steven Pinker, and this is his best book yet' See all Product DescriptionSee less
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Amazon.co.uk Review In 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik and the ensuing space race. Three years later, Gene Kranz...
(07/20/09) Amazon.co.uk Review In 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik and the ensuing space race. Three years later, Gene Kranz left his aircraft testing job to join NASA and champion the American cause. What he found was an embryonic department run by whizz kids (such as himself), sharp engineers and technicians who had to create the Mercury mission rules and procedures from the ground up. As he says, "Since there were no books written on the actual methodology of space flight, we had to write them as we went along". Kranz was part of the mission control team that, in January 1961, launched a chimpanzee into space and successfully retrieved him and made Alan Shepard the first American in space in May 1961. Just two months later they launched Gus Grissom for a space orbit, John Glenn orbited Earth three times in February 1962, and in May 1963 Gordon Cooper completed the final Project Mercury launch with 22 Earth orbits. And through them all, and the many Apollo missions that followed, Gene Kranz...See less
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