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` by David Shrigley
Category: unmapped
Features 220 drawings from the artist David Shrigley.
by Jill Barton & Joyce Dunbar
Category: Picture Books
Good puss, bad puss? Jekyll or Hyde? You decide. This incredible picture book beautifully portrays the multifaceted nature of cats. Is she the dozy, lazy, snoozy puss, so 'saintly, quaintly serene', or is she the scourge of the mouse, fearless and tearless, the war-torn, love-worn street fighter? W ...Show more
[...] by Fady Joudah
Category: Poetry
From one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers, an urgent and essential collection of poems illuminating the visionary presence of Palestinians. Fady Joudah's powerful sixth collection of poems opens with, "I am unfinished business," articulating the ongoing pathos of the Palestinian people. A re ...Show more
"Grateful Dead": The Long, Strange Trip in Stories, Photos, and Memorabilia by Ben Fong-Torres
Category: Fiction
Grateful Dead fans are legendary for their Dead-ication to the band and its enduring legacy of freewheeling musical exploration. "The Grateful Dead Scrapbook" collects a trove of rare removable memorabilia and evocative images culled from the Grateful Dead Archives at the University of Santa Cruz, inclu ...Show more
#1960Now : Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests by Sheila Pree Bright
Category: Photography
The fight for equality continues, from 1960 to now. Combining portraits of past and present social justice activists with documentary images from recent protests throughout the United States, #1960Now sheds light on the parallels between the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the Black Lives Matter movemen ...Show more
'Young Man - You'll Never Die' - A World War II Fighter Pilot in North Africa, Burma and Malaya by Merton Navdler
Category: Military
Merton Naydler joined the RAF at the age of nineteen and served for the next six years until May 1946. He flew Spitfires and Hurricanes during a tour of duty that took him to North Africa, Burma and Malaya. This well written and extremely entertaining memoir portrays wartime life in the desert environme ...Show more
0.4 by Mike Lancaster
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction | Series: 0.4
It's a brave new world. 'My name is Kyle Straker. And I don't exist anymore.' So begins the story of Kyle Straker, recorded on to old audio tapes. You might think these tapes are a hoax. But perhaps they contain the history of a past world...If what the tapes say are true, it means that everything we th ...Show more
0-60 in 120 Years - A Timeline of British Motoring by Keith Ray
Category: Technology and Transport
Throughout the last 120 years, since the pioneers of the motorcar, there have been milestones, setbacks, and world-class engagements in transportation. British motoring, in particular, held the world stage on numerous occasions in terms of car design, innovation, and outstanding sporting achievement. He ...Show more