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Book Promotion 2010
BOOK PROMOTION 2010
Today’s author works on a powerful computer, with a fast modem for Internet access.
Special computer programs such as Scrivener, Writers Café, Page Four, New Novelist and Screenwriter Version Six can handle script formats for motion pictures, theatre, television, novels, comic books and non-fiction books.
Amazingly they keep track of characters and plots. Some advise on the structure, scene order, suggest characters’ names, personality attributes and locations
When the book is written.
Manuscript lying on the desk, crisp and ready to be released on to the unsuspecting world, writers start sending copies to Literary Agents, still the key-people to get into mainstream retail publishing.
The reality for the typical author who, full of hope, at some considerable cost has sent out maybe a hundred copies of the manuscript to literary agents worldwide, is the depressing sound, over the next month or two, of rejection notes flopping on the doormat.
Year 2010. Publishing is changing, fast.
The modern author, in this new publishing era, does not even bother sending a manuscript to a Literary Agent.
Better to send it to a professional editor, who will comment on characterization, the plot, the start, the middle section, and the end. The author will then correct accordingly or ignore comments. Then it is the proofreader’s turn, to correct spelling and grammar mistakes, change bad sentences, cut out repetitions and generally give the book a professional feel.
Book being ready, the publishing phase, is the easiest of the whole process.
Several hundred different POD (Print On Demand) companies worldwide will take on the task, creating a cover and back cover, producing an ISBN number, providing all the necessary help to get the book ready with a nice, professional feel.
Yes, one single book can now be produced with full color cover and unlimited pages – removing the cost of having stock, which could easily end up in the author’s garden shed or garage, not being sold.
But the publishing revolution does not stop here
Here comes www.Book-Promotion.com
It’s a fact, that the general buying public are not aware of the new book published via POD so it is absolutely essential for the author to get visibility or awareness for the book.
There are some book publicists who work independently and are not bound to publishing houses. Among them is Book Promotion Limited, who works worldwide and who has successfully promoted hundreds of books.
Book-Promotion started some years ago from the idea by one man, who put a team of experts together to research how to create awareness for an unknown author and a new book.
A year was spent focusing on the publishing world and the struggle of new writers. Then gradually the team moved on to create a proper promotion campaign, called Book Promology, which today is sold in the UK, US, Canada, Australia to POD publishers, mainstream publishers and mostly to individual authors.
In end of 2008 the financial crises hit the book trade badly and maybe more than other sections, the promotion of new authors were hit badly. Sales slumped to hardly anything. In November 2009 this changed and the trade is now nearly back to normal.
One of the internal professional reviewers reads the book, decides on keywords, checks the synopsis and forwards the finished review to the author or publisher for comments.
Adding that to an interview with the author, a press release, a bio provided by the author, info on how to buy the book and a couple of pictures, the seven-page web site is ready. The site is focusing strongly on creating sales.
Advanced tag and keyword technology is used to attract the right people for that specific book.
Registration on hundreds of search engines is done and a Google Adwords campaign made ready.
The book promoted is placed on the two largest book price comparison sites, together with a registering on the eight most applicable social websites with an audience of many hundred millions. Social Media Marketing is now a growing factor and some author runs their own ‘shop’ creating a steady sale of books.
The company includes a three-month one-to-one support.
Cannes Film Festival and new books
An interesting ‘product’ from Book Promotion Ltd is the presentation of new books at the Cannes Film Festival. This campaign ensures that the new book is placed in the hands of selected film producers, interested in the subject of the book being promoted. The books are hand delivered one by one to film producers at the Festival. A serious way of Book Pitching. No guarantee can of course be given. All negotiations are between the author or publisher and the film company.
A list is produced, a few weeks after the Cannes Film Festival has finished, enabling the author to follow up, with personal letters to hear the view of the producers, should the author not have been informed by the film production company.
Nowadays, at the Cannes Film Festival books are also considered for DVD production or for Terrestrial television production, without having been made into a main film, creating thereby a much bigger and more dynamic opening for the new author’s book.
Book Promotion representative has presented books at the Film Festival for many years and knows the way round this very busy marketing place where last year nearly a thousand films was up for sale.
Latest news
Amazon has launched its wireless book reader called Kindle DX with a 9.7 screen. A very impressive hand held, thin computer, able to hold over 2.000 books. Sony Reader Tactile is also on the market. A simply beautiful product. Within days Apple is expected to launch it own version based on Ipod technology. Hewlett Packard’s reader is also anticipated within days.
These new Readers are expected to be a new and very exciting market place for new authors.
Electronic Readers has been launched without success eight years ago, but then they were clumsy, heavy and very restricted.
The amazing screen on these new Readers makes it easier to read, than from a normal white page and less tiresome for the eye. Even work in strong sunlight.
Now, in 2010 it’s all different and maybe time has come for changing the way we read books, documents, magazines and even newspapers.
About the Author
John Eide
www.Book-Promotion.com
itstudio@book-promotion.com
Book Promotion Ltd
2nd floor
145-157 St John Street
London EC1V 4PY
England
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FATAL COMIC BY KONG,CHERIE (DVD) $21.42 When Ying, a renowned comic book artist, is murdered in the same way as described in his latest comic, his son Tianxing vows to finish his fathers work and catch the killer. Soon life imitates art as Tianxing transforms himself into the comic books super hero protagonist, and fights against members of the triad group Scorpion and its leader Black Devil. Artist: KONG,CHERIE Genre: Foreign Video Other Rating: UN Release Date: 26SEP2006 |
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Comic Books 101 : The History, Methods and Madness $19.14 No Synopsis Available |
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1,000 Comic Books You Must Read $21.94 No Synopsis Available |
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The Captivating, Creative, Unusual History of Comic Books $29.92 No Synopsis Available |
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Comic Books By Rhoades, Shirrel/ Lee, Stan (FRW) $53.69 Author: Rhoades, Shirrel/ Lee, Stan (FRW) Subtitle: How the Industry Works Publication Date: 2007/11/01 Number of Pages: 406 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 1.00 Width: 7.00 Height: 9.75 |
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Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked $16.96 Taking the evolution of the comic book as its subject, this History Channel documentary stands out by merit of its comprehensive scope and insight. Beginning with the early days of 1930s vigilantes and the patriotic characters of the 1940s, the program reveals the current complexity and range found in the pages of contemporary graphic novels, and explores the ways that cultural climates and popular attitudes are reflected in comic books. All the heavyweights weigh in, including Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), Frank Miller (THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS), Stan Lee (SPIDER-MAN, THE SILVER SURFER), Kevin Smith (CHASING AMY), Will Eisner (THE SPIRIT), and others. Keith David, who voiced Spawn from the TV show, narrates the program, which is presented by Peta Wilson (LA FEMME NIKITA). In addition to the star-studded cast, however, the documentary has a lot to offer fans and neophytes alike, with analyses of the role of collecting in the comic book world, and the creation of such seminal entities as DC Comics and Marvel as well as characters like Dark Horse, the Incredible Hulk, and Wonder Women. Contextualizing the innovations and progress of the art form, this documentary is not just an important exploration of the graphic arts, but a fascinating look back at the shifting cultural concerns of a nation. |
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1951 Comic Debuts, including: Dennis The Menace (uk), Dennis The Menace (u.s.), Strange Tales, Mystery In Space, Ps, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly $11.41 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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1982 In British Television, including: Countdown (game Show), The Young Ones (tv Series), The Comic Strip, Channel 4 News, The Tube (tv Series), Brookside, ‘allo ‘allo!, Treasure Hunt (uk Game Show), Boys From The Blackstuff, Superted, X-bomber, Sbectel $16.41 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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A Million Little Pieces of Close to Home $20.38 How do you measure a cartoon’s popularity? Sure Close to Home is syndicated in nearly 700 daily and Sunday newspapers and is featured on a successful line of greeting cards, mugs, and calendars. A recent international licensing deal will bring Close to Home products to the UK, Ireland, and the European Union, too. But the true measure of a comic panel’s popularity is how often it is posted on a refrigerator, cubicle, break room bulletin board, or office door. By that standard, Close to Home wins the comic panel popularity contest hands down. Close to Home captures the humor in all facets of life. From home to hospitals, from classrooms to courtrooms, from boardrooms to backyardsthere’s a Close to Home panel that hits us where we live and work and play. A Million Little Pieces of Close to Home features hilarious panels first published in newspapers in the year 2000, the year of the Y2K scare that never materialized. Of course, that’s just the kind of thing you’d expect from a Close to Home world. |
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After You With The Pistol $1.01 A cult classic in the UK, After You with a Pistol is a deliciously nasty, highly entertaining comic masterpiece featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai. |
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Agent Liberty Special $44.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Agent Liberty Special (January 1992) was a one-shot American comic book from DC Comics featuring the superhero Agent Liberty in his first solo adventure. It sold on newsstands for $2.00 ($2.50 Canadian and one pound UK). The title of the 48-page magazine (9 of those pages went to advertising) was “Disgrace”. Handling the writing assignment was creator Dan Jurgens. On the art side, Dusty Abell handled the pencils, Jackson Guice, Steve Mitchell and Brad Vancata the inks, Albert Deguzman the letters and Matt Hollingsworth the colors. |
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Ally Sloper $46.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alexander “Ally” Sloper is one of the earliest fictional comic strip characters. Red-nosed and blustery, an archetypal lazy schemer often found “sloping” through alleys to avoid his landlord and other creditors, he was created for the British magazine Judy, by writer and fledgling artist Charles H. Ross, and inked and later fully illustrated by his French wife Emilie de Tessier-a rare European-woman comics-artists of the time-under the pseudonym “Marie Duval” (or “Marie DuVal”; sources differ). The strips, which used text narrative beneath unbordered panels, premiered in the 14 August 1867 issue of Judy, a humour-magazine rival of the UK’s famous Punch. The arrival of the First World War in 1914 saw massive paper rationing, and in 1916 the Half Holiday comic ceased production. In the 2000s, Ally Sloper was revived in a theatre production. |
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Bracket $13.06 Continuing a project to bring the best in UK short fiction to readers around the world, Bracket is the latest in an acclaimed series of short story anthologies that includes Comma and Hyphen, Bringing together 20 of the UK’’s most innovative, fresh, and previously unpublished writers ranging from recent creative writing graduates to writers already established in other fields, the collection bristles with diverse voices, from the comic to the tragic and the ambiguous spaces in between. From the cliffs of Flamborough Head to high-rise, inner-city madness; from lost loves to the last days of civilization–the varied settings and scenarios in these stories captivate and unsettle in equal measure. These are stories written in the dark, spoken without much hope of being heard, but all the time striving for intimacy. |
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Bracket: A New Generation in Fiction $12.8 Continuing a project to bring the best in UK short fiction to readers around the world, Bracket is the latest in an acclaimed series of short story anthologies that includes Comma and Hyphen. Bringing together 20 of the UK’s most innovative, fresh, and previously unpublished writers ranging from recent creative writing graduates to writers already established in other fields, the collection bristles with diverse voices, from the comic to the tragic and the ambiguous spaces in between. From the cliffs of Flamborough Head to high-rise, inner-city madness; from lost loves to the last days of civilization—the varied settings and scenarios in these stories captivate and unsettle in equal measure. These are stories written in the dark, spoken without much hope of being heard, but all the time striving for intimacy. |
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British Comic Strips, including: Dennis The Menace (uk), If… (comic), Modesty Blaise, Andy Capp, The Perishers, Rupert Bear, Biffo The Bear, Beryl The Peril, Grimbledon Down, The Cloggies, Captain Star, Fishboy (comics), Kid Chameleon (comics), Ogri $19.91 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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British Comic Strips, including: Dennis The Menace (uk), Roger The Dodger, The Bash Street Kids, Pup Parade, Gnasher And Gnipper, Freddie Fear, Robbie Rebel, Ball Boy (beano), The Germs (comics), Rasher, Simply Smiffy, Minnie The Minx, Calamity James $34.75 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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Champers $14.18 This is the true life experience of a colourful character who was blamed for kidnapping a member of the Brit Boy Band ‘East 17′ back in 1999, Showered completely naked with all five ‘Spice Girls,’ Partied with porn stars Linzie Dawn Mackenzie and Suzie Wilden on a wild night out in Tenerife, Drank cocktails with S Club 7s sexy Rachel, Went on an all night bender with comic Lenny Henry, and befriended the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ‘Big Frank Bruno.’ After a booze and chemically fuelled night out in the mid ninteies, he found himself on the run from the UK police in Tenerife’s lively Playa de Las Americas, and some years later travelled through seven of Spains most notorious peniteciaries. Royal judge, Baltazar Garzon, who tried Chillean President ‘Pinochet.’ for war crimes in 1998 hand picked their case and suggested a term 14 years imprisonment each for the gang.Whilst on his torturous journey he decides to put pen to paper. His name is ‘Champers’ we think you’ll like him… |
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Characters Created by Herb Trimpe: Captain Britain $8.69 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Captain Britain (Brian Braddock), briefly known as Britannic, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe, he first appeared in Captain Britain Weekly, #1 (October 13, 1976). The character has been used in stories through the years by many people, most notably Chris Claremont, Alan Davis, and Alan Moore. The character was initially intended to be a British equivalent of Captain America. Endowed with extraordinary powers by the legendary magician Merlyn and his daughter Roma, Captain Britain was assigned to uphold the laws of Britain. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe and originally appeared in Captain Britain Weekly, a British anthology comic that also included reprinted material featuring other Marvel Comics characters (such as Nick Fury and the Fantastic Four). The first few issues of the comic were also promoted with free gifts, including a cardboard Captain Britain mask and a Captain Britain boomerang. Chris Claremont left the series after just ten issues, midway through the ‘Doctor Synne’ storyline, and has since stated that this was because his view of the character and series was very different to that of the editor. After the cancellation of his own series, Captain Britain appeared with the Black Knight in the “Otherworld Saga” which ran in Hulk Comic. Up to this point, the character had appeared exclusively in Marvel’s UK comics – although some established Marvel characters such as Captain America and the Black Knight appeared, Marvel’s American comics had not referenced these stories or acknowledged that Captain Britain was part of the same shared Marvel Universe. In 1978, though, Chris Claremont rev… More: |
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Combiners (Transformers) $31.4 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Constructicons, Combaticons, Transformers Technology, Devastator, Perceptor, Predacons, Aerialbots, Seacons, Gobots, Terrorcons, Protectobots, Menasor, Stunticons, Bruticus, Superion, Breast Force, Landfill, Technobots, Dinoforce, Ruination, Multiforce, Commandos, Monster Pretenders, Nexus Prime, Trainbots, Magnaboss, Tripledacus, Tripredacus, Squawkbox, Rail Racer, Omega Prime. Excerpt: The Aerialbots (called Airbots in Japan and Aérobots in France ) are a group of five Autobots that transform into airplanes and combine to form the giant robot Superion . They were introduced into the Transformers toyline in 1985 and sold as a Superion gift set, and then sold separately in 1986 in most department stores (e.g., Toys R’ Us, Sears, Kay-Bee Toys). Their archenemies are the Decepticon car team the Stunticons . Transformers: Generation 1 From Left to right: Fireflight, Skydive, Air Raid, Silverbolt, Slingshot Aerialbot members The five Aerialbots are: Marvel Comics The Aerialbots also appeared in the accompanying Transformers comic by Marvel, although they had a lesser role. They originally appeared in the UK Marvel Transformers comics in a very odd way – as part of a dream sequence. In previous stories, Optimus Prime had transferred part of the Matrix to Buster Witwicky . During a mission, Soundwave detected this and used one of Bombshell ’s cerebro-shells to tap into his mind. Buster’s vision showed the future of the Transformer race – the combiners. The Aerialbots and Protectobots battled the Stunticons and Combaticons in their various combined modes with Shockwave and Prime looking on. This set the wheels in motion for more combiner teams on both sides. They appeared in the main continuity in US issue #21, having been created by the power of the Matrix to |
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Comic Strips Started In The 1950s, including: Dennis The Menace (uk), Peanuts, Perry Mason, Dennis The Menace (u.s.), Gaston (comics), Beetle Bailey, Dondi, Andy Capp, The Perishers, Mafalda, Jules Feiffer, Beryl The Peril, Monica’s Gang, Judge Parker $19.83 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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Comics Anthologies: The Beano, Action Comics, Batman: Anarky, List of Transformers UK Comics, Batman Black and White, Tammy, Starblazer $21.62 New – Chapters: The Beano, Action Comics, Batman: Anarky, List of Transformers UK comics, Batman Black and White, Tammy, Starblazer, Mystery in Space, Lucha Libre, Escape, The Big Book Of, American Splendor, Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists, Flight, Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, The Beano Annual, Showcase, The Dandy, Wednesday Comics, Blazing Combat, Toon Books, Comic Book Tattoo, Zip Comics, Battle Picture Weekly, Albedo Anthropomorphics, Space Adventures, Toxic!, Funtime Comics, S |
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Comics Anthologies: The Beano, Action Comics, Batman: Anarky, List of Transformers UK Comics, Batman Black and White, Tammy, Starblazer $21.62 Used – Chapters: The Beano, Action Comics, Batman: Anarky, List of Transformers UK comics, Batman Black and White, Tammy, Starblazer, Mystery in Space, Lucha Libre, Escape, The Big Book Of, American Splendor, Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists, Flight, Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, The Beano Annual, Showcase, The Dandy, Wednesday Comics, Blazing Combat, Toon Books, Comic Book Tattoo, Zip Comics, Battle Picture Weekly, Albedo Anthropomorphics, Space Adventures, Toxic!, Funtime Comics, |
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Comics Awards: Eagle Award $21.59 New – Chapters: Eagle Award. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 328. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Eagle Award is a series of awards for comic book titles and creators. They are awarded by UK fan voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK’s Eagle comic, the awards were set up by Mike Conroy, Nick Landau, Colin Campbell, |
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Comics From Northern Ireland: Comics Artists From Northern Ireland, Comics Writers From Northern Ireland, Garth Ennis, Malachy Coney $13.02 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Comics Artists From Northern Ireland, Comics Writers From Northern Ireland, Garth Ennis, Malachy Coney, John Mccrea, P. J. Holden, Andrew Luke, Will Simpson, Davy Francis. Excerpt: Andrew Luke Andrew Luke (born 6 December 1973) is a Northern Irish comics artist based in Belfast .He has contributed writings to Bugpowder , Borderline , and Comics Village , and has acted as a publisher, contributor and cartoonist since 1997.Biography First self-published the contentious Brookside: The Comic , following on from a debate with Paul Rainey and Pete Ashton in Comics International . This was to be the first of five A5 comics published over A5 months. The following works were an ongoing series called Bob’s , based around the interaction between characters in a bedsit of Luke’s hometown Bangor .Around this time he began submitting commentaries to Comics International on sociable comics festivals, and the episodic nature of comics. Although contributing to The Alchemist , GRIP Studios and other small press titles of the time, his interest in Bob’s and the act of creating comics waned. Inspired by Pete Ashton’s TRS – The Review Sheet, Luke created a replicate pamphlet TRS2 . These were A4, and on occasion A3 sheets folded over and containing 20-30 reviews of UK comics and zines. Between December 1999 and August 2002, twelve issues of TRS2 were published. Luke continued to contribute to the online version of the reviews listing set up by Ashton as a Bugpowder subsite.Around 2001, Luke was also asked to contribute a regular column to Tripwire Magazine and reviews to the newly launched Borderline . As well as his reviews for Comics International and ‘Line of Fire’ reviews for Silver Bullet Comics , these were cut short by a period of upheaval.Luke returned to creating small press |
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Cybertron: Vector Sigma, Iacon $10.28 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The comic-book incarnation of Cybertron is described in the first issue as being the size of Saturn, which would logically mean it possessed incredibly dense gravity, and yet it did not, possibly as a result of its hollow structure, honeycombed as it is by tunnels. However, in later depictions the art suggests Cybertron is much smaller, particularly during the attack by Unicron (detailed in On the Edge of Extinction in UK #319 to #322, US #75), where the scale differences between humans, individual Transformers and the planet-sized Unicron suggest Cybertron to be closer in size to the earths moon, as depicted in the cartoon continuity. Cybertron has a metallic surface, although whether this extends to the core is debatable: in The Legacy of Unicron (UK #146 to #151) and later in Primal Scream (UK #259 to 261, US #61) it is revealed to have originally been space junk, the composition of which is unknown. The atmosphere is breathable by carbon-based life, but liquid water is rare enough on the planet that its existence is in doubt. Cybertron previously orbited Alpha Centauri, but was later thrown out of orbit and sent wandering through the galaxy. Before the Big Bang, an older universe existed, which was destroyed – consumed – by the fallen deity, Unicron. In the void of nothingness left in the universe’s wake, Unicron slumbered, his work done… but Unicron had not been thorough enough, and tiny particles of the old universe that remained reacted with one another, birthing the current universe we know to day. When Unicron awoke, his task began again, as he consumed world after world, until the sentient core of the universe responded by creating a guardian to battle Unicron – the Lord of the Light, Primus. Unfortunately, Primus proved no physi… More: |
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Dan Abnett $71.99 Dan Abnett (born October 12, 1965) is a British comic book writer and novelist. He studied in St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Primarily Abnett has worked for 2000 AD and Marvel Comics (including their UK imprint) since the early 1990s, although he has also contributed to DC Comics titles. His Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 novels and graphic novels for Games Workshop’s Black Library now run to several dozen titles and have sold over 1,150,000 copies as of May 2008. In 2009 he will release his first original fiction novels through HarperCollins’ Angry Robot imprint |
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Dan Abnett Bibliography $65.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dan Abnett has been writing comics and novels since the mid-1980s. In comics he has worked on the biggest UK titles at 2000 AD and for Marvel UK, before for the largest American comic book published like DC Comics and Marvel Comics. Abnett has also worked for various medium-sized to small publishers too, like Dark Horse Comics. the Wildstorm imprint, Boom! Studios and Malibu Comics. He has also co- authored a number of titles and frequent collaborators include Andy Lanning and Ian Edginton. He has also written dozens of novels principally in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, as well as Warhammer Fantasy and Torchwood. |
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Dark Angel (Marvel Comics) $50.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dark Angel (Shevaun Haldane), originally Hell’s Angel, is a fictional superheroine from the Marvel Comics imprint Marvel UK. She first appeared in Hell’s Angel #1 (July 1992); the character and the comic book were both renamed to Dark Angel with issue #6 due to legal threats from the Hells Angels biker club. In the Middle Ages, the sorcerers who would become the Mys-Tech Board of Directors were granted immortality by the demon Mephisto in exchange for the continued sacrifice of mortal souls. One of these men, Ranaulph Haldane, had a daughter named Shevaun in the modern period. When Shevaun was 21 years old, Mephisto killed her father for betraying him. Shevaun then saw the Angel of Death arrive for her father. The angel placed a fragment of the universe itself within Shevaun, and gave her a suit of high-tech body armor to control her new power. She fought Mys-Tech’s agents and other techno-magical monsters across the Earth, in other dimensions, and in the afterlife. |
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Death Wreck $93.6 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Death Wreck is a fictional character who appears in the comic books published by the Marvel UK imprint of Marvel Comics. Created by Craig Houston and Stewart “Staz” Johnson, he first appeared in Death Wreck volume 1, #1 (January 1994). Death Wreck is a cyborg, a prototype built by A.I.M. scientist Doctor Evelyn Necker in 2018 as part of the Minion project. Constru |
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Dennis The Menace (Us) $9.43 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dennis the Menace, Dennis the Menace, Hank Ketcham, Dennis the Menace Strikes Again, Dennis the Menace. Excerpt: Dennis the Menace (released in the United Kingdom as Dennis to avoid confusion with an identically-named character ) is a 1993 live-action American family film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name.The film was directed by Nick Castle , written and produced by John Hughes , and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures , which released the film under its Family Entertainment banner. It concerns the misadventures of a mischievous child (Mason Gamble ) with a cowlick and a grin who wreaks havoc on his next-door neighbor, Mr. Wilson (Walter Matthau ), and usually helping out with his friends, Joey (Kellen Hathaway) and Margaret (Amy Sakasitz), and being followed everywhere by his dog, Ruff.The film premiered on June 25, 1993. It is known simply as Dennis in the UK to avoid confusion with an unrelated British comic strip, also called “Dennis the Menace ,” which debuted in 1951.A direct-to-video sequel called Dennis the Menace Strikes Again was also released. The film was followed by a Saturday morning cartoon series called The Incredible Dennis the Menace .This is not the first live-action Dennis the Menace film. The first live-action film to feature Dennis was Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter , which premiered on TV in 1987. The film involved Dennis and his friends and his dog continuing their penchants for mischief until they discover a dinosaur skeleton , which Dennis dubs as the “Dennissaurus”.Plot Dennis Mitchell is a five-year old boy who lives with his parents Henry and Alice, and is the bane of neighbor George Wilson’s existence. Because of Dennis’ trouble-making but unintentional behavior, his parents often struggle to find suitable |
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Dennis the Menace (Film) $58 Dennis the Menace (released in the United Kingdom as Dennis to avoid confusion with an identically-named character) is a 1993 live-action American family film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. The film was directed by Nick Castle, written and produced by John Hughes, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, which released the film under its Family Entertainment banner. It concerns the misadventures of a mischievous child (Mason Gamble) with a cowlick and a grin who wreaks havoc on his next-door neighbor, Mr. Wilson (Walter Matthau), and usually helping out with his friends, Joey (Kellen Hathaway) and Margaret (Amy Sakasitz), and being followed everywhere by his dog, Ruff. The film premiered on June 25, 1993. It is known simply as Dennis in the UK to avoid confusion with an unrelated British comic strip, also called “Dennis the Menace,” which debuted in 1951. A direct-to-video sequel called Dennis the Menace Strikes Again was also released. The film was followed by a Saturday morning cartoon series called The Incredible Dennis the Menace. |
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Derry Musical Groups: The Divine Comedy $9.91 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Divine Comedy are a chamber pop band from Northern Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon. Formed in 1989, Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation bar drums. To date, nine studio albums have been released under the Divine Comedy name. The group achieved their greatest commercial success in the years 1996-99, during which they had nine singles that made the UK Top 40, including the top ten hit National Express. The tenth Divine Comedy album, Bang Goes the Knighthood, is scheduled for release on 31 May 2010. Neil Hannon has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs – Timewatch (1991); Europop (1992) – were to follow, with newly-recruited member John Allen handling lead vocals on some tracks. After the commercial failure of the Europop EP, this line-up soon fell apart. Hannon, however, was not deterred in his efforts and re-appeared in 1993 with Liberation. Featuring a fairly diverse musical outlook that goes from the tongue-in-cheek synth pop of ‘Europop’ (nearly unrecognisable from the previously-released version) to the classical stylings of ‘Timewatching’, it is also characterised by a plethora of literary references: ‘Bernice Bobs Her Hair’ recalls a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald; ‘Three Sisters’ draws upon a play by Anton Chekov; and ‘Lucy’ is essentially three William Wordsworth poems abridged to music. This led to a degree of critical acclaim, but commercial success still proved elusive. Indeed, it was only some min… More: |
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Digitek (Comics) $92.4 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Digitek (Jonathan Bryant) is a fictional character appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Digitek #1 (Dec. 1992), the first issue of a limited series published by Marvel UK. The strip was also published in Marvel UK’s weekly anthology title Overkill. The character was created by writers John Tomlinson & Andy Lanning and artis |
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Don Lawrence $47.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Donald Southam Lawrence was a British comic book artist and author. Lawrence is best known for his comic strips The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire in the British weeklies Ranger and Look and Learn and the Storm series, first published in the Dutch weekly Eppo and subsequently in album form. Famous for his realistic and detailed style, he was an inspiration for later highly influentual UK comic- book artists like Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons and Chris Weston |
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Dreamwave Productions Titles: Transformers, Transformers: Generation One, List of Minor Transformers Comics, Warlands $10.28 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. The first series was produced by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spin-off miniseries. This was followed by a second volume entitled Transformers: Generation 2, which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. The second major series was produced by Dreamwave Productions from 2002 to 2004 with multiple limited series as well, and within multiple story continuities, until the company became bankrupt in 2005. The third series is currently being produced by IDW Publishing starting with an issue #0 in October 2005 and a regular series starting in January 2006. There are also several limited series being produced by IDW as well. In addition to these three main publishers, there have also been several other smaller publishers with varying degrees of success. Please see List of minor Transformers comics for more information. The Transformers comic by Marvel was the first and arguably the best known Transformers comic. Although it was originally intended to be a 4-issue limited series, it expanded into an ongoing series, which ran for 80 issues before being cancelled. The final cover read “80 in a 4 issue limited series”. Issues #156 were written by Bob Budiansky, with Marvel UK writer Simon Furman taking over for the remainder of the comic. The comic did not attempt to follow the show and some elements and characters were completely absent. Most notably was the absence of characters from season 3 like Ultra Magnus, Springer, Arcee, Metroplex and the Quintessons (with the exception of a stand alone issue which adapted “The Big Broadcast of 2006″). The comic started much the same as t… More: |
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Evelyn Waugh $360 Popular English comic novelist. Key themes: Catholicism and decline of the aristocracy. Writings include: Sword of Honour, Brideshead Revisited, Black Mischief. Volume covers the period 1926-1980. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk. |
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Films Associated With The Beatles (Study Guide) $14.13 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Across the Universe, the Beatles Anthology, Yellow Submarine, a Hard Day’s Night, Let It Be, Help!, Two of Us, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles in Film, Nowhere Boy, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Birth of the Beatles, the Hours and Times, All This and World War Ii, Backbeat, I Met the Walrus, the Beatles Videos, All Together Now, the Beatles: the First U.s. Visit, Imagine: John Lennon, Imagine, the Beatles at Shea Stadium, Help. Excerpt: A Hard Day’s Night item theatrical poster item Directed by: Richard Lester item Produced by: Walter Shenson item Written by: Alun Owen item Starring: The Beatles item Music by: The Beatles George Martin item Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor item Editing by: John Jympson item Distributed by: United Artists item Release date(s): 6 July 1964 (UK) 11 August 1964 (US) item Running time: 87 minutes item Country: United Kingdom item Language: English. item Budget: ~£ 200,000 ( ~ $ 500,000) item Gross revenue: ~£2,500,000 ( ~ $6,165,000) item Followed by: Help! A Hard Day’s Night is a 1964 British comedy film written by Alun Owen starring The Beatles John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr during the height of Beatlemania . It was directed by Richard Lester and originally released by United Artists . The film was made in the style of a mock documentary , describing a couple of days in the lives of the group. It was successful both financially and critically; it was rated by Time magazine as one of the all-time great 100 films. British critic Leslie Halliwell described it as a “comic fantasia with music; an enormous commercial success with the director trying every cinematic gag in the book” and awarded it a full |
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Films Directed By Edgar Wright (Study Guide) $9.61 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. The three had previously worked together on the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead as well as the television series Spaced. The film was directed by Wright and produced by Nira Park, and follows two police officers attempting to solve a series of mysterious deaths in a small village. Over a hundred action films were used as inspiration for developing the script, which Wright and Pegg worked on together. Filming took place over eleven weeks in early 2006, and featured an extensive cast along with various uncredited cameos. Visual effects were developed by ten artists to expand on or add explosive, gore, and gunfire scenes. Prior to the film’s release it was promoted on video blogs during the production as well as at a San Diego Comic-Con panel. Debuting on 14 February 2007 in the United Kingdom and 20 April in the United States, Hot Fuzz received mostly positive reviews, earning a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 81/100 from Metacritic. The total international box office gross reached $80,573,774 before its home media release. Shortly after the film’s release, two different soundtracks were released in the UK and US. The film is referred to as the second in Wright, Pegg, and Frost’s “Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy”, with Shaun of the Dead being the first, and The World’s End as the third. Nicholas Angel (Pegg), an extremely dedicated police officer in London’s Metropolitan Police Service, performs his duties so well that he is accused of making his colleagues look bad. As a result, his superiors transfer him to crime-free Sandford, a village in rural Gloucestershire. Once there, he immediately arrests a large group of underag… More: |
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Fishboy (Comics) $92.4 New – Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Fishboy: Denizen of the Deep was a black and white comic strip appearing in the British comic book Buster between 1968 and 1975, written by Scott Goodall and drawn by John Stokes and others. As with most UK comic books, neither the writer nor artists were credited. The title character is a British boy who was abandoned on a desert island as a baby and survived as |
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Fowlers End $16.72 An amazing comic novel by Kersh (Night and The City). It’s the tale of a young man who enters the peculiar underworld of Cockney Theatre, and quickly finds himself wrapped up in scams, treachery, nitro-glycerine and midgets. This bawdy, rollicking novel, featuring in Sam Yudenow the most fittingly peculiar dialogue since Sheridan’s Mrs. Malaprop graced the stage, is the last to be written by Kersh. Published in 1957, only a year after The Ginger Man’s runaway success in London, the work may have suffered by its release from a mainstream UK publisher. (Where were the censors?) So to guarantee success this time around, when we print Fowlers End, we’re going to go the extra mile and make sure to have ads in the back for some of the most spectular Olympia titles. Kersh deserves no less. |
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George Khoury (Author) $73.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Khoury is a writer and interviewer in the field of comic books. Khoury’s most notable works focus on UK comic book writer Alan Moore. Khoury is based in New Jersey. Khoury attended Saint Peter’s College in New Jersey, where he wrote for the school paper and was a member of the Zeta Eta chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity. During his senior year, he applied – and was accepted for – an autumn internship at Marvel Comics, with editor Ralph Macchio, and Macchio’s assistant Matt Idelson. During the course of his five-month internship, Khoury recalled ” he only money I ever made at Marvel was $45 that Sir Michael Higgins gave me for assisting him on a lettering job,” but that he was proud of the reader reaction to “stories that we’d pieced together mere weeks before.” In January 1996, he helped “prep ‘Captain America’ #451,” including placing word balloons “with Mark Waid’s approval.” |
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Great British Comics $19.99 Read by millions, British comics are world-famous. And for more than a quarter of a century, Britain’s writers and artists have had a significant influence on the American comic-book scene, revitalizing standards from Batman to X-Men and originating uniquely British characters of their own, such as Modesty Blaise and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Now, in a feast of cartoon graphics, Great British Comics celebrates the UK’s comic heroes, offering an invaluable resource for enthusiasts and collectors. Divided into themed chapters, and ranging from the 1920s to the 1990s, it charts the careers of all the familiar favorites. Featuring lively, informative text, Great British Comics is copiously illustrated with comic book covers, pages, and annuals, as well as toys, collectibles, and memorabilia. Paul Gravett, who has curated numerous exhibitions of comic art, is also the author of Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics and Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know. |
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Great British Comics $23.27 Read by millions, British comics are world-famous. And for more than a quarter of a century, Britain’’s writers and artists have had a significant influence on the American comic-book scene, revitalizing standards from Batman to X-Men and originating uniquely British characters of their own, such as Modesty Blaise and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Now, in a feast of cartoon graphics, Great British Comics celebrates the UK’’s comic heroes, offering an invaluable resource for enthusiasts and collectors. Divided into themed chapters, and ranging from the 1920s to the 1990s, it charts the careers of all the familiar favorites. Featuring lively, informative text, Great British Comics is copiously illustrated with comic book covers, pages, and annuals, as well as toys, collectibles, and memorabilia. Paul Gravett, who has curated numerous exhibitions of comic art, is also the author of Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics and Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know. |
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Gullibility Factor $11.45 Play script.”"An original and comic production… highly watchable”"Edinburgh Evening News.”"Covers everything from the brutish bouncer you see on a Saturday night to those banal and all-too-familiar upper class yuppies…”" The Scotsman. Produced by Random Cactus and The Wireless Theatre Company the show can be downloaded fromwww.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk |
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Hivaids in the United Kingdom: Aids-Related Deaths in the United Kingdom, Kenny Everett, Nicky Crane $9.05 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Aids-Related Deaths in the United Kingdom, Kenny Everett, Nicky Crane, Uk Coalition of People Living With Hiv and Aids, Tainted Blood Scandal, Ensuring Positive Futures. Excerpt: Kenny Everett (born Maurice James Christopher Cole in Crosby, Merseyside; 25 December 1944 4 April 1995) was an English comedian, radio DJ and television entertainer. He is best known for his career as a radio DJ and for the Kenny Everett television shows. Everett attended the local secondary modern school, St Bede’s Secondary Modern, which is now part of Sacred Heart Catholic College. He attended a junior seminary at Stillington near York with an Italian missionary order, the Verona Fathers. After schooling he worked in a bakery and in the advertising department of The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph. Having revealed a natural comic and broadcasting talent, he began a career in entertainment. He adopted his stage name from film-star Edward Everett Horton, a childhood hero. Everett’s first break (as Maurice Cole) came when he sent a tape to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1962. The BBC gave him an interview and offered him a job as a presenter on the Light Programme, the forerunner to BBC Radio 2. He declined, however, in favour of the less constrained world of pirate radio, where he began his career as a DJ for Radio London. He teamed up with Dave Cash for the Kenny |
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Jack Said $15.95 JACK SAID is the prequel comic for the JACK SAYS film which stars Simon Phillips, Rita Ramnani, Aurelie Amblard, Daniel Roberts with Rula Lenska, Mike Reid and Eric Cantona. Visit the movie site at: www.jacksays.co.uk for more details. |
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Jack Said $0.99 JACK SAID is the prequel comic for the JACK SAYS film which stars Simon Phillips, Rita Ramnani, Aurelie Amblard, Daniel Roberts with Rula Lenska, Mike Reid and Eric Cantona. Visit the movie site at: jacksays.co.uk for more details. |
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Japanese Comics: Japanese Comic Strips, Japanese Comics Artists, Japanese Comics Writers, Manga, Masamune Shirow, Katsuhiro Otomo, Kia Asamiya $26.9 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Japanese Comic Strips, Japanese Comics Artists, Japanese Comics Writers, Manga, Masamune Shirow, Katsuhiro Otomo, Kia Asamiya, Rumiko Takahashi, List of Manga Licensed in English, History of Manga, Manga Outside Japan, Yoshitaka Amano, Manga de Dokuha, Choju-Jinbutsu-Giga, Styles and Themes of Hayao Miyazaki, Charisma Man, Stan Sakai, Shigeru Sugiura, Kazuo Koike, Hokusai Manga, Motofumi Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Kyoto International Manga Museum, Goseki Kojima, Kirara. Excerpt: This is a list of notable manga that have been licensed in English, listed by their English title. This list does not cover anime, light novels, djinshi, manhwa, manhua, manga-influenced comics, or manga only released in Japan in bilingual Japanese-English editions. When English-language licenses for a series are held by publishers in different regions, this is distinguished by the following abbreviations: NA for North America, UK for the United Kingdom, SG for Singapore, HK for Hong Kong, and Aus/NZ for Australia and New Zealand. Where only one publisher has licensed a series, the region is not indicated. … More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13630262 |
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Jesus Invades George: An Alternative History $27.88 JESUS INVADES GEORGE is a grand satirical vision that employs the same comic voice as The Dice Man to answer the simple question: What would have happened if George Bush had awakened one morning in early 2007 and found he’d become possessed by Jesus?The answer is plenty. When Jesus forces George to start talking about withdrawing all American forces from the Middle East, the men who have made George desperately begin plotting to stop him. In this hilarious history you will also learn:Why Karl believed that his Policy of Eternal War would mean Republican governments ’til death do us part. How George, in Sadr City with only a single body guard, survived many assassination attempts, only to be nearly done in by a pizza. What happened when Jesus and George made love to Laura. How George, in the Holy Land, almost walked on water. What happened when Laura hired the world’s foremost exorcist to rid George of the Terrible Spirit possessing him. How Hillary and Barack suddenly found they were to the right of George on just about every issue and didn’t know how to deal with it. And finally, what happened when Dick and Don rallied the establishment to save the nation from the Christian terrorist George.And how the 2008 election turned out and the world lived happily ever after. Or not. LUKE RHINEHART has published three other books with Authorhouse: WHIM, WHITE WIND, BLACK RIDER, and NAKED BEFORE THE WORLD. All are available from either authorhouse.com or authorhouse.co.uk. |
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Kevin Allen (Actor) $43.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kevin Allen is a Welsh-born screenwriter, film director and film producer, and actor. In 1997, he directed and wrote the cult Welsh black comedy feature Twin Town. He also directed the feature films The Big Tease and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, and he directed hit UK TV series Benidorm. He is the younger brother of comedian Keith Allen, uncle of pop singer Lily Allen .Allen first came to national prominence in 1990 when he documented an England fan’s eye view of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy with his camcorder for the BBC. Kevin’s first acting roles came by way of The Comic Strip and progressed to the BBC sitcom The Thin Blue Line and many other theatre and TV roles. He also wrote and directed several documentaries for the BBC in the 1990s.Allen and author Pat McCabe are organizers of the Flatlake Festival held annually in Ireland. |
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Knights of Pendragon $44.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Knights of Pendragon was a superhero team published by the Marvel Comics imprint Marvel UK in a self-titled comic from 1990 to 1993, and in the anthology title Overkill. It was written by Dan Abnett and John Tomlinson with art by Gary Erskine. Pendragon is an alternate name for King Arthur. The comic was created during a period of attempted expansion by Marvel UK, trying to build on the critical success of Captain Britain. Knights of Pendragon was initially a highly political and environmental comic, its themes borrowing heavily from British folklore and the growing New Age and neopagan subcultures. Later issues dropped or downplayed these elements and the series became a more standard superhero title. The comic was printed in Scangloss – an environmentally friendly paper using half the trees and minimum whitening bleach. |
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Lists Of Songs By Reality Television Contestants $10.37 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pop Idol is a British television talent show that ran for two series, in 2001 and 2003. The show was produced for ITV in a reality television format and aimed to unearth a previously undiscovered singer who could become an international success. Will Young was the winner of the first series and was awarded with a £1 million music recording contract. Young became the most successful contestant with a series of top-five hits, including his debut single “Anything Is Possible” / “Evergreen”, which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart in 2002 and broke chart sales figure records. During the next seven years he recorded two further number-one singles (“Light My Fire” and “Leave Right Now”), while two of his four albums were number-one in the UK Albums Chart. In the second series, Michelle McManus emerged victorious. Her debut single “All This Time” charted at number one in January 2003. Her second single, “The Meaning of Love”, charted at a peak of number 16 and an album of the same name reached number three in the UK Albums Chart. A number of artists who did not win either series of Pop Idol have also had success in the British charts. Gareth Gates, who finished as the runner-up behind Young in the first series, scored a number-one hit with a cover of “Unchained Melody” in March 2002, replacing Young’s debut single at the top of the charts. Gates’ subsequent releases “Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)” and the double A-side “The Long and Winding Road” / “Suspicious Minds” both reached the top of the charts in 2002. After “What My Heart Wants to Say” ended this run of number-one singles, Gates was joined by The Kumars to record the Comic Relief single for 2003, “Spirit in the Sky”. He achieved several more top-20 hits in 2003. After three yea… More: |
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Maid Marian and her Merry Men $66 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a UK children’s television series created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell. It began in 1989 on BBC One and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a partially-musical comic retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an incompetent ex-tailor. The programme was much appreciated by children and adults alike, and has been likened to Blackadder, not only for its historical setting and the presence of Tony Robinson (as well as early, uncredited, script editing work being undertaken by Richard Curtis), but also for its comic style. It is far more surreal than Blackadder, however, and drops even more (deliberate) anachronisms. Like many British children’s programmes, there is a lot of social commentary sneakily inserted, as well as witty asides about the Royal family, buses running on time, etc. |
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Marvel Comics Planets: Cybertron $9.62 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The comic-book incarnation of Cybertron is described in the first issue as being the size of Saturn, which would logically mean it possessed incredibly dense gravity, and yet it did not, possibly as a result of its hollow structure, honeycombed as it is by tunnels. However, in later depictions the art suggests Cybertron is much smaller, particularly during the attack by Unicron (detailed in On the Edge of Extinction in UK #319 to #322, US #75), where the scale differences between humans, individual Transformers and the planet-sized Unicron suggest Cybertron to be closer in size to the earths moon, as depicted in the cartoon continuity. Cybertron has a metallic surface, although whether this extends to the core is debatable: in The Legacy of Unicron (UK #146 to #151) and later in Primal Scream (UK #259 to 261, US #61) it is revealed to have originally been space junk, the composition of which is unknown. The atmosphere is breathable by carbon-based life, but liquid water is rare enough on the planet that its existence is in doubt. Cybertron previously orbited Alpha Centauri, but was later thrown out of orbit and sent wandering through the galaxy. Before the Big Bang, an older universe existed, which was destroyed – consumed – by the fallen deity, Unicron. In the void of nothingness left in the universe’s wake, Unicron slumbered, his work done… but Unicron had not been thorough enough, and tiny particles of the old universe that remained reacted with one another, birthing the current universe we know to day. When Unicron awoke, his task began again, as he consumed world after world, until the sentient core of the universe responded by creating a guardian to battle Unicron – the Lord of the Light, Primus. Unfortunately, Primus proved no physi… More: |
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Marvel UK $45 Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comic market, though it later did produce original material by British creators such as Alan Moore, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon and Grant Morrison. |
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Mobile Telephone Broadcasting, including: Nunet, Mobisode, Dvb-h, Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, Mobile Television, Daniel Tibbets, Mobile Comic, Dvb-sh, Atsc-m/h, Oma Bcast, Comedy Time, Mobitv, 3 Mobile Tv (uk), Nmtv $13.09 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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Nancy Lam $38 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Following writeups in the London culinary press, Nancy’s cooking show was one of the launch programmes on Channel 5 in 1997. Since then, she has been a regular guest on various cookery shows, including Daily Cooks, Market Kitchen and This Morning. She has also taken part in Trust Me – I’m A Holiday Rep, Big Brother’s Big Mouth, Hole in the Wall, Saturday Night Takeaway and Let’s Dance for Comic Relief. Nancy also made a guest appearance in Big Brother 2010 (UK) to cook Thai food for the five remaining housemates. In an episode of Celebrity Total Wipeout broadcast 18 September 2010, Nancy was supposed to take part but had to pull out and spectate. |
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Nelly Songs: Dilemma, Call on Me, Hot in Herre, Body on Me, Party People, Stepped on My J’z, Nasty Girl, Country Grammar, My Place $20.96 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dilemma, Call on Me, Hot in Herre, Body on Me, Party People, Stepped on My J’z, Nasty Girl, Country Grammar, My Place, Tilt Ya Head Back, Shake Ya Tailfeather, 5000 Ones, Ride Wit Me, Grillz, Wadsyaname, Girlfriend, Over and Over, Pimp Juice, Work It, Batter Up, Flap Your Wings, ‘n’ Dey Say, Air Force Ones, E.i., Errtime, Iz U, Get It Poppin’, Warrior, Number 1, Heart of a Champion, Tip Drill. Excerpt: “‘n’ Dey Say” “‘ N’ Dey Say ” is the third and final single by Nelly , released in 2005, from the album Suit . In the UK it came up to number 6 in the chart, but 64 in the U.S chart. The song uses a musical sample of “True ” by Spandau Ballet . Music Video The video directed by Chris Robinson presents comparison of different lifestyles while putting an accent on their similarities (like war is equal with street gang rivalries in the civil life). It is brought into effect with a comic like city background with strong strokes that seems like a merge of a photo and a drawing. This “in-between” feeling is realized by masking the background with a non life-like orange pattern. Using Bluescreen technology to separate the actors/artists from the background the performers remain realistic and stand out from the whole picture. The casting includes Gabriel Casseus (from Lockdown ) as the patron of a homeless and Faune A. Chambers (from White Chicks ) as the mourning widow and the St. Lunatics as cameos. Charts Chart (2005): Peak position References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at “5000 Ones” item Nelly singles chronology item “Wadsyaname ” (2007): ” 5000 Ones ” (2007): “Party People ” (2008) item T.I. singles chronology item “Hurt ” (2007): ” 5000 Ones ” (2007): “For a Minute ” (2008… |
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People Associated With the Discworld Series: Terry Pratchett, Josh Kirby, Stephen Briggs, Clarecraft, Vadim Jean, Paul Kidby, Trevor Truran $10.37 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948), more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett’s first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett was the UK’s best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his young adult novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. Pratchett was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) “for services to literature” in 1998. He was in addition knighted in the 2009 New Year Honours. In December 2007, Pratchett publicly announced that he was suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, subsequently making a substantial public donation to the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, and filming a programme chronicling his experiences with the disease for the BBC. Pratchett was born in 1948 in Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, England, the only child of David and Eileen Pratchett, of Hay-on-Wye. His family moved to Bridgwater, Somerset briefly in 1957, following which he passed his eleven plus exam in 1959, earning him a place in John Hampden Grammar School. Pratchett described himself as a “non-descript student”, and in his Who’s Who entry, credits his education to the Beaconsfield Public Library. His early interests included astronomy; h… More: |
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People By Role $47.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Characters by Role in the Narrative Structure, Diplomats by Role, Organized Crime Members by Role, Political Office-Holders by Role, Spies by Role, Stock Character, Pentito, Protagonist, Author Surrogate, Nuncio, Audience Surrogate, Ambassador, Resident, Labor Spies, High Commissioner, Consul, Mary Sue, Agricultural Attaché, Secretary of State, Fictional Fictional Character, Atomic Spies, Drug Lord, Thief in Law, Sleeper Agent, Agent-General, Caporegime, Double Agent, Undercover, Consigliere, Non-Official Cover, Made Man, Public Enemy, Capo Di Tutti Capi, Gangster, Agent Provocateur, Chargé D’affaires, Crime Boss, Dragoman, Military Attaché, Resident Commissioner, Composite Character, Gun Moll, Katsa, Generic Character, Stay-Behind, Underboss, Apocrisiarius, Soldato, Dramatis Personæ, Informant, Sayanim, Papal Legate, Mole, Covert Agent, Comic Relief, Zips, Defection, Science Attaché, Minister of Inland Revenue, Queen’s Messenger, Ministers Deputies, Intelligence Officer, Political Boss, Diplomatic Courier, Agent of Influence, Trade Commissioner, Capo Crimine, Capodecina, Scene Stealer, Head of Mission, Resident Spy, Permanent Representative, Air Attaché, Iraqi Commercial Attaché Uk, Bagman, Gag Character, Deputy Chief of Mission, Field Agent, Bodlim, High Representative, Resident Representative, Conseiller Chargé Des Investissements, Dangle, Spymaster, Walk-In Agent, Sympathetic Character. Excerpt: Labor spies are persons recruited or employed for the purpose of gathering intelligence, committing sabotage, sowing dissent, or engaging in other similar activities, typically within the context of an employer/labor organization relationship. Some of the statistics cited by researchers suggest that, historically, trade |
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Post-Apocalyptic Comics: V for Vendetta, Judge Dredd, Jeremiah, Tank Girl, 7 Seeds, Violence Jack, Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko $35.06 Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: V for Vendetta, Judge Dredd, Jeremiah, Tank Girl, 7 Seeds, Violence Jack, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō, Fist of the North Star, Desert Punk, Y: The Last Man, Deathlok, Killraven, Give Me Liberty, Kamandi, The Walking Dead, World’s End, DMZ, Hercules, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, List of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters, OMAC, Singularity 7, Atomic Knight, Eden: It’s an Endless World!, Agharta, 28 Days Later: The Aftermath, Apocalypse Zero, Sweet Tooth, Wasteland, Crossed, Just a Pilgrim, Xenozoic Tales, Doomsday + 1, Therefore Repent!, Deathstroke: Journey’s End, Car Warriors, Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold, Kabu no Isaki, Scout, The Punisher: The End, Hulk: The End, Hombre, The Last American, Sabre, Apocalypse Nerd, AXA, The Resistance, Ex-Mutants, The Tower King, Deadenders, Mighty Samson, Skreemer, Simon du Fleuve, Minus Eighty,. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Judge Joe Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine’s longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977). Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner. Dredd and his fellow Judges are empowered to arrest, sentence and even execute criminals on the spot. He was created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, although editor Pat Mills also deserves some credit for his early development. Judge Dredd is amongst the UK’s best known home-grown comic characters. So great is the character’s reputation that his name is sometimes invoked over similar issues to those explored by the comic series, such as the police state, authoritarianism and the rule |
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Psylocke $70.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Psylocke (Elizabeth “Betsy” Braddock, sometimes spelled as Elisabeth) is a fictional character depicted in comic books published by Marvel Comics, most notably those comics featuring the superhero team the X-Men. The character has also appeared in licensed adaptations. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe, she first appeared in the UK comic book Captain Britain #8 (Dec. 1976), by the Marvel imprint Marvel UK. She was initially a supporting character in the adventures of her fraternal twin brother, Captain Britain, briefly substituting for him in the role. Later, she became the mutant superheroine Psylocke. Originally presented as a precognitive in the pages of Captain Britain and then as a telepath, the character was eventually written as unexplainedly acquiring the telekinesis of Jean Grey. Psylocke later possesses both telepathy and telekinesis. |
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Publishing Companies Of Denmark $8.59 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Book Publishing Companies of Denmark, Comic Book Publishing Companies of Denmark, Magazine Publishing Companies of Denmark, Newspaper Companies of Denmark, Egmont Publishing, Gyldendal, Zmag, Det Berlingske Officin, Aarhus University Press, Jp/politikens Hus, Fyens Stiftstidende A/s, Aschehoug. Excerpt: The Egmont Group is a publishing corporation founded and rooted in Denmark. Until 1992 kit was known as Gutenberghus. The business area of Egmont has traditionally been magazine publishing but has over the years evolved to comprise media generally. Since 1948 Egmont has produced and published a local Scandinavian version of Donald Duck magazine, featuring all the well known Disney Characters, from Mickey Mouse to Little Hiawatha under license from Disney. From the late 80’s the Egmont Group used the close connection with Disney to expanded their Scandinavian focus to a global focus, being the producer of Disney for the new Eastern European market, as well as for the Chinese market. Egmont has a number of local country branches: China, Sweden, Bulgaria, Austria, Romania, Denmark, Czech Republic, Israel, Russia, Switzerland, Lithuania, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Germany, India, Hong Kong, Norway, Poland, Taiwan, UK, Turkey, Hungary. In 2008 they acquired the minority stake in magazine publisher Hjemmet Mortensen which they did not already hold, from Orkla ASA. EgmontUK publishes books and magazines for children in the United Kingdom, for example Toxic. They also own the Fleetway archive from 1970 onwards. EgmontUK is divided into divisions: Press is Egmonts author and illustrator led list. It includes fiction novels, picture books, novelty books, illustrated books, fantasy adventures and Egmonts own Banana books (for five to nine year … More: |
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Russell Peters $36 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Peters began performing in Toronto, Ontario in 1989. He has since also performed in the United States, UK, Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Denmark, South Africa, the Caribbean, Vietnam, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden, India, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, and Trinidad among other places. He has been nominated for four Gemini Awards, the Canadian television awards. He has also been nominated for Best Male Comic at the Canadian Comedy Awards.Peters has been featured at such shows as Montreal’s Just for Laughs (Juste Pour Rire) Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and the Edinburgh Festival. He hosted the Canada Day Comedy Festival 2006. |
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School Mathematics Project $45.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The School Mathematics Project is a developer of mathematics textbooks for secondary schools, based in Southampton in the UK. Now generally known as SMP, it began as a research project inspired by a 1961 conference chaired by Bryan Thwaites at the University of Southampton, which itself was precipitated by calls to reform mathematics teaching in the wake of the Sputnik launch by the Soviet Union, the same circumstances which prompted the wider New Math movement. It maintains close ties with the Collaborative Group for Research in Mathematics Education at the university. The SMP is now a registered charity, and continues to publish textbooks in association with Cambridge University Press for GCSE and both AQA and Edexcel A-level exams. It also publishes a popular educational comic called “Mathematical Mike and his Dog Dingle.” The computer paper tape motif on early educational material reads “THE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS PROJECT DIRECTED BY BRYAN THWAITES”. |
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Songs Written by Lionel Bart: Living Doll, as Long as He Needs Me, I’d Do Anything, Where Is Love?, Consider Yourself, Food, Glorious Food $8.87 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Living Doll, as Long as He Needs Me, I’d Do Anything, Where Is Love?, Consider Yourself, Food, Glorious Food, Oliver!, You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two, Oom-Pah-Pah. Excerpt: “Living Doll” is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still The Drifters) in 1959. It has topped the UK charts twice; in its original version and a new version recorded in 1986 in aid of Comic Relief. The song was originally recorded in 1959 by Cliff Richard and the Drifters and produced by Norrie Paramor. It peaked at #1 on the UK singles chart for six weeks from July 1959, selling over a million copies in the process. The song won Bart an Ivor Novello Award for best song. It was Richard’s first US hit single reaching #30 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is featured in the film Serious Charge and was also released on the Serious Charge 7″ EP (Columbia SEG 7895). The song is performed by Cliff Richard (vocals), Hank Marvin (guitar), Bruce Welch (guitar), Jet Harris (bass) and Tony Meehan (drums). In 1986, 27 years after the first release, alternative comedy group The Young Ones approached Richard to record a comic version of “Living Doll” for the Comic Relief charity. Despite the apparent contrast between the anarchic comedians and the clean cut Richard, he agreed and their version again topped the UK singles chart, for three weeks from March 1986. Shadows guitarist Hank Marvin was reunited with Richard on this recording for the first time since 1975. The pairing was not entirely surprising as one of The Young Ones characters – Rick – is a devoted Cliff Richard fan – which led to many jokes about Richard being made during the show’s run, and both the name of the show and the opening theme were based on another of Richard’s man… More: |
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Terry Pratchett $55 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948), more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett’s first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett was the UK’s best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his young adult novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. |
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The Apprentice (UK TV Series): The Apprentice, Alan Sugar, Karren Brady, Comic Relief Does the Apprentice, Adrian Chiles $23.6 Source Wikipedia,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Books LLC, Wiki Series |
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The Best of Wallace & Gromit $12.95 Wallace & Gromit, stars of their very own Oscar-winning, blockbuster movie, return for more exciting comic-strip extravaganzas… and this time they’ve brought Shaun the Sheep and the dastardly Feathers McGraw! In the first of four incredible adventures, Gromit is kidnapped by Feathers, forcing Wallace to rob a bank! There’s more inventions madness in the next tale when Wallace’s creations go haywire; our heroes get mixed up in the hunt for a UFO; and finally there’s mind swap mayhem as Shaun and Gromit accidentally exchange brains! Wallace & Gromit have featured in four films which are adored by all ages, and are amongst the UK’s best-loved characters, appealing to children and adults alike. |
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The Book of Shrigley $24.95 Pop artist David Shrigley’’s work is immediate, sometimes rude, and very funny, like a psychotic version of Matt Groening’’s ”Life in Hell” cartoons ( The Guardian ). His darkly brilliant, addictively hilarious scrawls from the subconscious have already made him a star in the UK, with a growing legion of fans around the globe. The Book of Shrigley is the most extensive and the first widely available showcase of his edgy but accessible off-kilter vision. Here are bad-tempered pets, strange attractions, work, S-E-X, knitting, wrestling, and a host of other everyday activities, dangers, and amusements laid bare in Shrigley’’s urgently illustrated panels and wickedly mischievous punch lines. Made up of almost entirely new work and bursting with color and unsettlingly funny truths, The Book of Shrigley is the ideal introduction to this comic genius and the book fans have been waiting for. |
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The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show $57.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show is an animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. It aired Saturday mornings on the CBS network from 1983 to 1985. In the 1990s, it re-aired on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon (under the title You’re on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown during 1997). In Canada, it aired on YTV. It re-aired with the Charlie Brown specials on the UK channel, Boomerang in 2002, but was named and advertised as “Snoopy” for short. |
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The Guardian, including: If… (comic), The Observer, Guardian Media Group, Trader Media Group, San Serriffe, Scott Trust, Guardian Award, Second Class Male/time To Go, Guardian.co.uk, Notes & Queries, Guardian First Book Award, Country Diary, The Fiver $13.5 Hephaestus Books,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Hephaestus Books |
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The Transformers (Marvel Comics) $75.99 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Transformers was an 80-issue American comic book series published by Marvel Comics telling the story of the Transformers. Originally scheduled as a four issue mini-series, it spawned a mythology that would inform other versions of the saga. It also had a UK sister title that spliced in original stories into the continuity, running for 332 issues. |
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The Veronicas Songs: 4ever, Everything I’m Not, Take Me on the Floor, Hook Me Up, This Love, When It All Falls Apart, Popular, Leave Me Alone $10.75 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 4ever, Everything I’m Not, Take Me on the Floor, Hook Me Up, This Love, When It All Falls Apart, Popular, Leave Me Alone, Revolution. Excerpt: “4ever” item The Veronicas U.S. singles chronology item “Take Me on the Floor ” (2009): ” 4ever ” (re-release) (2009): item The Veronicas U.K. singles chronology item “Untouched ” (2009): ” 4ever ” (2009): “Everything I’m Not ” (2009/2010) item Alternate covers item Digital Cover item Alternate covers item UK/Re-release Cover item Alternate covers item US/Re-release Cover ” 4ever ” is a pop rock song written and produced by Max Martin and Lukasz Gottwald for The Veronicas first album The Secret Life of… (2005). It was released as the albums first single in Australia on August 15, 2005 as a CD single . The song reached number two on the ARIA Charts and number seven in New Zealand. In the U.S. , the single was promoted early in 2006 by Archie Comics through a mention in issue #167 of the group’s namesake Veronica’s comic, which featured a guest appearance and cover picture of The Veronicas and a card containing a code that could be used to download an MP3 version of the song free. It was also featured on the first episode of the third season of the MTV series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County . The song was released as promo for the 2008 Ashley Tisdale ’s movie Picture This! . Similarly, it was also used in the film She’s the Man . “4ever” was released as The Veronicas second UK single in late Summer 2009. The track was included on the UK version of the album Hook Me Up which was released shortly afterwards. The song debuted on the UK singles chart at number 197 on September 28, 2009, and moved up one hundred and eighty places to a new peak of 17 the following week. It is being re-released in the US as the |
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Titan Entertainment Group: Titan Books, Titan Magazines, John Freeman, Forbidden Planet, Nick Landau $8.87 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: John Freeman is a British writer/editor/designer known for his work with Marvel UK, and on Doctor Who Magazine and The Really Heavy Greatcoat. Freeman began his media career editing the Lancaster University student newspaper Scan in 1981. Freeman’s first professionally published comics work was The Science Service, drawn by Rian Hughes, which Knockabout reprinted in 2007 as part of a larger collection of work by Hughes titled Yesterday’s Tomorrows. After university Freeman launched On the Beat, a listings magazine for Lancaster, England, which eventually morphed into Off the Beat (not to be confused with the a cappella group at the University of Pennsylvania). After Freeman left Lancaster to work for Marvel UK in 1988, Off the Beat was run by a co-operative, until Freeman returned in 1993, where he took up the editorial reins of the title, turning it into a monthly free publication. While working for Marvel UK between 1988 and 1993, Freeman designed and then edited Doctor Who Magazine, and comics titles such as Death’s Head II, Warheads, Overkill, and others. Freeman became group editor on Marvel UK’s superhero range while Paul Neary was editor-in-chief at the company. The titles were set in the existing Marvel Universe Marvel’s U.S. editors were expected to approve submitted plotlines (some, such as Bobbi Chase were more responsive than others). The first of these, Death’s Head II, written by Dan Abnett and initially drawn by Liam Sharp, was a recreation of Simon Furman’s cyborg bounty hunter (who first appeared in the Transformers comic). As well as editing some of the Marvel UK titles, Freeman also wrote issues of Warheads and Motormouth and Killpower. He also wrote Shadow Riders, with Brian Williamson, and Gene Dogs, dra… More: |
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Transformers $10.19 ROBOTS AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE! Never-before-collected – and never-before-published in the US, this reprint of the extremely hard-to-find Transformers UK comic material collects the Target: 2006 storyline from Transformers (UK) #78-88, which relates directly to the events of the DVD smash-hit Transformers: The Movie! Ultra Magnus, Autobot leader in 2006, is torn between two missions – to help his fellow autobots in a last-ditch strike, or to help rescue a vanished Optimus Prime – and to confront Galvatron, who has returned in time to 1986, with deadly plans for the future! Add Megatron, Starscream, and a cast of thousands into the mix – and you’ve got a recipe for all-out Transformers action! |
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Transformers $20.16 GALVATRON’S BACK – AND THIS TIME, HE’S REALLY MAD! Continuing Titan’s bestselling Transformers collections, this never-before-collected reprint of the extremely hard-to-find Transformers UK comic material collects the Fallen Angel storyline, which relates directly to the events of the DVD smash-hit Transformers: The Movie! Galvatron has yet again managed to jump back into Earth’s past – but it looks like this time his circuits are really fried, as he initiates a plan to harness an explosion of unimaginable destructive power, and make himself a god! Now, it will take the combined power of the Dinobots, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime and the Decepticons to stop him and save Earth – not to mention a certain crazy bounty hunter from the future – named Death’s Head, yes? |
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UK Comics – Comic Titles: 2000 Ad, A1, Aargh, a Slice of Life, Action, Alec, Alice in Sunderland, Battle Picture Library, Battle Picture Weekly, $19.99 Source Wikia,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Books LLC, Wiki Series |
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Wallace & Gromit the Bootiful Game $8.95 From the Publisher: More all-new comic strip adventures from the Oscar-winning, animated superstars Wallace & Gromit as they turn their hand tosoccer! When Wallace takes over the running of a local soccer club, he uses all his inventive skills to set it on the road to cup glory. But all is not as it seems at Growther AFC, and soon Wallace and Gromit s dreams of success are hobbled by foul play and outright sabotage! Someone get the referee! Wallace & Gromit have featured in three films which are adored by all ages A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave and are now amongst the UK s best-loved characters, appealing to children and adults alike. |
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Wikiproject Television: Unaired Television Programs, Wikiproject Star Trek, Wikiproject the Apprentice Uk, Star Trek: Phase Ii $26.16 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Unaired Television Programs, Wikiproject Star Trek, Wikiproject the Apprentice Uk, Star Trek: Phase Ii, List of Television Series Canceled Before Airing an Episode, Buffy the Animated Series, Bruce Wayne, Defiant Class Starship, Garbage Pail Kids, Planet Relief, Cartoonstitute, Eight Days a Week, Millennium Live, Welcome to the Neighborhood, Robotech 3000, Men of Crisis: the Harvey Wallinger Story, Fearless, Roman’s Empire, Snip, Transylvania, Misconceptions, Bad Dads, Apo 923. Excerpt: The Apprentice is a BAFTA award-winning British reality television series in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a £100,000-a-year job as an apprentice to the British business magnate Lord Sugar (previously known as “Sir Alan Sugar”). Winners have gone on to work at Amstrad, an electronics manufacturing company founded by Sugar (but since sold to BSkyB), or one of Sugar’s other companies, Viglen, Amsprop or Amshold. The Apprentice, billed as a “job interview from hell”, is very similar in format to the American series of the same name, which stars entrepreneur Donald Trump. The first and second series aired on BBC Two in 2005 and 2006 respectively and the third series ran on BBC One in early 2007, the success of which led the BBC to commission two more series. The fourth series began in March 2008 and the fifth began in March 2009. A sixth series has been commissioned. The programme has spawned three spin-offs, The Apprentice: You’re Fired! (a studio-based programme which acts as a companion to the regular series), plus celebrity versions for Comic Relief and Sport Relief. Occasional 60-minute special episodes, often concentrating on particular candidates and their stories, also air. Apprentice-related merchand… More: |
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Worlds Within A World $24.98 This book is about the varied life experiences of Geoffrey Ralph Wood born in rural Hertfordshire UK in 1926. Each chapter is complete in itself recounting a time period or theme. There is a rich mix of romance, grief, humour, hope and faith. He received no formal schooling from before the age of eleven but had the confidence to make life work whatever the obstacle. A simple quiet faith exploded into a vibrant spirituality by an out-of-this-world visionary experience at the age of sixty-six, which is the climax of Geoff’s story. Geoff was the youngest child of four born into a farming community. Life was tragically disrupted aged four, when his parent’s marriage ended. The family, of two boys and two girls, was divided and he moved with his mother and eldest sister to urban Newport S Wales. There were many changes of address.Farm life – horses – romance – employment situations – comic episodes – air-raids and three impressionable years in the army are remembered. In midlife his life totally collapsed; he lost his wife, home and employment. But he fought back with a natural faith and sense of optimism to rebuild his life in a brand new beginning. No children came but in 1993 aged sixty-six years old, after moving from N Wales to N Shropshire, he had a fantastic unsought for visionary experience that wonderfully and totally changed his life. Prior to this he had no religious background. He retired with his second wife Dorothy to Ellesmere Shropshire.This book is written to inspire hope and faith, with much human interest and a laugh or two! |