Grandfather is on an expedition to the North Pole in search of the last polar bears. He is accompanied by Roo, a dog of character and strong views, and they carry all their equipment in a golf bag. Eccentric, poignant and comic, their story is told through a series of extraordinary letters.
For an art form that is barely a half-century old, rock and roll has a staggering number of artists, figures, and trivia. M. C. Strong has spent twelve years researching rock's history. The result is this indispensable volume. The Great Rock Discography offers detailed entries on more than 1,000 artists and bands spanning five decades. From ABBA to Zappa, each entry contains a complete discography with album track listings and Strong's pithy reviews and amusing recommendations. Collectors will be wowed by the sheer comprehensiveness of this volume: the catalog numbers for every album, single, and EP, the highest chart positions attained in the U.S. and the U.K., full band profiles complete with personnel, line-up changes, and solo projects, seventy caricatures of rock legends, and much more. Everyone from casual rock scholars to the most zealous gatherers of music trivia will crave this essential volume, now in its fourth revised and updated edition.
From the author of A Is for Armageddon, a surprising and witty guide to unlikely and unusual things to spot on your daily trudge through life Tired of the dull daily commute to the office, the tedious traipse to and from school? The time has come to open your eyes,for in the midst of those soulless sceneries and vacant vistas there lies a wealth of fascinating detail. This guide brings together the fun and frustrating, the maddening and the mundane, to offer you a list of unlikely things to spot on your daily trudge through life. So keep your eyes peeled: for whether it be a cat with a mustache, a hopelessly lost tourist, a pigeon with one foot, an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction, or the face of Jesus in your soup, the world is waiting to be spotted. Spotting a photobombing? This guide has a form to fill out the time, location, subject of the bomb, expression on the face of the bomber, and it awards varying points for being the photo's subject, witnessing the bombing from afar, taking the photo, and being the actual photobomber. Suddenly, there's nothing more exciting than taking notes on that bad tattoo, those owner/pet lookalikes, or that act of road rage.
Malgré ses 80 ans, Jake n'a pas peur de l'avenir, car un vieil indien lui a révélé le secret de l'immortalité : la recette d'un tord-boyau carabiné. À la mort de sa fille, Jake se bat pour avoir la garde de son petit-fils, car l'administration hésite à confier l'enfant à ce solitaire excentrique, porté sur le jeu et la bouteille. Mais le vieil homme arrive à ses fins et, malgré quelques divergences de caractère, le duo fonctionne bien. La vie s'écoule paisiblement, et mieux encore lorsque Titou découvre Canadèche, canard boulimique et sympathique, qui devient le compagnon préféré. Seule la présence d'un monstrueux sanglier, en lequel Pepe Jake voit la réincarnation de son vieil ami indien et Titou un ennemi, sème le trouble...
When the Christmas Rabbit makes his wish come true and brings him the beautiful red sled from the store window, Little Rabbit wants it all to himself until he learns that even the best gift is better when shared.
3D printing is no longer just a figment of your imagination. This remarkable technology is coming to the masses with the growing availability of 3D printers. 3D printers create 3-dimensional layered models and they allow users to create prototypes that use multiple materials and colors. This friendly-but-straightforward guide examines each type of 3D printing technology available today and gives artists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and hobbyists insight into the amazing things 3D printing has to offer. You'll discover methods for the creation of 3D printable objects using software, 3D scanners, and even photographs with the help of this timely For Dummies guide
So much to do, so little time, so best to start early. Full of things to make, achieve, learn (and some things you shouldn't learn) this is the perfect handbook for any child who wants to revel in being young and not-boring. Can you… Make an origami crane? Lie convincingly? Operate as a spy? Parents may need these skills (not origami) to wrest their child's copy from them and indulge in all the fun they should have had…
...and Some You Wish No One Had
Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention, from glass to underpants, the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting, of course, the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society, it will also distinguish the strokes of genius from discoveries of sheer chance, or millennia of evolution ...And reveal the real reason why Alfred Nobel had to establish a peace prize (tut, tut). Expand your knowledge of man's accomplishments in the most compelling - and irreverent - way possible.
101 amazing ways to make, learn or cheat your way to superhero brilliance. Utterly addictive, guaranteed to keep any 10+ child (or their parents) occupied at weekends, evenings or on holiday
Have you ever Milked a Cow? Made the Guinness Book of World Records? Done the Monopoly Board pub crawl? Joined the Mile-High Club? No? Then it's high time you reassessed your priorities. 101 Things To Do Before You Die is the definitive guide to everything you should do before it's too late...
