my cool bike celebrates a love affair with bikes and bike culture. The bicycle is the most popular form of transport on the planet. Cycling is simply ideal for many things and we are now at the dawn of a new golden age of this versatile machine. This book will appeal to all who have taken up cycling for sport, fun, health and... read more
| Author: | Matthew Inman |
When The Oatmeal.com posted his comic My Dog: The Paradox, which is a loving ode to his dog, Rambo, the comic took off in a blaze of retweets (15,000+) and Facebook likes (586,000+) and was shared over 25,000 times on Facebook within days. The Oatmeal.com now presents this endearing tribute as a very special hardcover gift bo... read more
| Author: | Mr Bingo |
"Gorgeous and funny! Like a labrador doing stand-up". (Noel Fielding). For fans of "The Bunny Suicides", "Simon's Cat" and "101 Uses of a Dead Cat" comes the hilariously offensive "Hate Mail" by Mr Bingo. Mr Bingo loves post. In April 2011 he launched a service on his website, where, for a small payment, he would send his cus... read more
| Author: | Nina Katchadourian |
In her 'Sorted Book' series of photographs, conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian selects and stacks groupings of two, three, four, or five books so that the titles on their spines can be read as sentences forming whimsical, witty and poignant poems and narratives from the text found there. At once illuminating and thought-pro... read more
| Author: | Frank Miniter |
From tying a tourniquet to tying a bowtie, "The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide" teaches guys the skills, attitudes, and philosophies they need to be the ultimate man and is the essential guide for every red-blooded male. Do you know how to fight off an alligator? Throw a four-seam fastball? Mix the perfect martini? How about B... read more
| Author: | Rod L. Evans |
Welcome to the Weird and Wonderful World of Words! Tyrannosaurus Lex is your guide to the intriguing world of logology--the pursuit of word puzzles or puzzling words--featuring: - A wealth of witty anagrams, palindromes, and puns - Clever paraprosdokians: sentences with surprising endings ("I've had a perfectly wonderful ev... read more
| Author: | Anne Taintor |
This new collection of vintage-with-a-twist work by Anne Taintor offers up a fresh serving of Anne's signature hilarious commentary on the joys, challenges, and cocktail hours of motherhood. From the fundamentals (WOW! I get to give birth AND change diapers!) to putting food on the table (you see them as pies . . . I see them... read more
| Author: | Michael Leunig |
From the vast repertoire created by Michael Leunig since 1965 comes this inspired selection of his most universal and timeless pieces. Such is his prophetic insight that many of them are more relevant today - and funnier and more ironic - than when they were first published. This beautiful, colour-filled hardback includes som... read more
| Author: | Emma Gritt |
50 insightful entries examining the self-proclaimed urban elite. Skinny jeans? Check. Charity-shop clothing? Check. Non-essential prescription glasses? Check. Beanie balanced artfully on the back of your skull? Check. These items have become the uniform for a new breed of young people - hipsters - determined to take over ... read more
| Author: | Susannah Fullerton |
In 2013 Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice turns 200. Again and again in polls conducted around the world, it is regularly chosen as the favourite novel of all time. Read and studied from Cheltenham to China, there are Jane Austen Societies from Boston to Buenos Aires, dedicated to sharing the delights of Jane Austen's masterp... read more
Use over 100 reusable stickers to dress up four different Eurovision contestants (26 different full outfits). Recreate classic costumes, or mix and match the outrageous hairstyles, glitter jumpsuits, gothic capes, platform shoes and sequinned miniskirts of the hallowed Eurovision stage to construct your own spectacular outfit... read more
| Author: | Rufus Butler Seder |
Like "Star Wars" before it, "The Wizard of Oz" is a marriage of phenomenal Scanimation - four books, four instant "New York Times" bestsellers, over 4.5 million copies in print - and one of the most beloved movies of all time. It also continues to be a vital icon: Warner Bros' 2009 release of the "70th Anniversary Ultimate Co... read more
| Author: | David Astle |
Puzzles and Words is a medley of puzzles and surprising word stories in one pocket-sized volume from Australia's best-known wordsmith, David Astle. There are over 170 original brain teasers from anagrams to word pyramids to keep all levels and ages challenged and amused. Accompanying these are some 200 of David's entertaining... read more
| Author: | Mary-Jane Butters |
MaryJane Butters' go-to guide for putting glamour into camping
"Glamping, or glamour camping, one of the MaryJane's pet concepts, is about the juxtaposition of rugged and really pretty, grit and glam, diesel and absolutely darling."-The New York Times.
Glamping-unleashing your inner wild while wearing a pair of fi... read more
| Author: | Keri Smith |
Keri Smith's wildly popular interactive journals-Wreck This Journal, This Is Not a Book, and Mess-are now available in one boxed set.Smith invites you to reimagine what a book can be (a secret message, a recording device, an instrument). Poke holes in the pages. Paint them with coffee. Bring the book in the shower. ... read more
| Author: | Robert Merrett |
Doodle a day in one of the world's greatest cities. Imagine your perfect day in Paris, what would you do? Would you visit the Louvre to check out the Mona Lisa or spend an afternoon shopping along the rue Saint-Honore? How about a stroll around Montmartre, imagining yourself enjoying absinthe with Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. ... read more
| Author: | Abbi Jacobson |
Includes: Broadway, Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, City Bakery, Greenwich Village, High Line, Rockefeller Plaza, Statue of Liberty and Times Square
| Author: | Jeffery Brown |
In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader, Sith Lord and leader of the Galactic Empire, now faces the trials, joys and mood swings of raising his rebellious teenage daughter; Princess Leia. Smart and sweetly funny illustrations by artist Jeffrey Brown give classic Star Wars mom... read more
