Superstar writer Geoff Johns takes on the Avengers They can defeat any super villain - but can the Avengers govern the world? When the capital cities of every country on Earth vanish, the foundering nations turn to the only organization capable of helping them: the Avengers Then: His memories stol[...]
From the creative group at DC Entertainment comes The Green Lantern, certain to be the hit of Summer 2011. The Art of The Green Lantern is the ultimate companion book to the movie, showcasing production ephemera including: storyboard art, character sketches, concept art, and still photos from the mo[...]
As a child Geoff Dyer spent long hours making and blotchily painting model fighter planes. So as an adult, naturally he jumped at the chance to spend a week onboard the aircraft carrier the USS "George H.W. Bush." Part deft travelogue, part unerring social observation, and part finely honed comedy, [...]
In The Republic of Men, Geoff Read explores the intersection of gender bias and the eight most important political parties in interwar France, breaking new scholarly ground in profound ways. The first to compare gender discourse across the political spectrum in a national context and trace the origi[...]
'If the model is the exhibitionist then I am the voyeur'. In photographer Richard Kern's latest book he explores the world as a voyeur. Through his series of carefully constructed vignettes, Kern's girls seemingly unaware of the camera, dress and undress for a camera shooting through the window or d[...]
Architecture is more than what makes up our built environment; it is a way of thinking about the world-and beyond. This is the lesson author Geoff Manaugh, creator of the popular website BLDGBLOG, entertainingly communicates in this tour-de-force of architectural speculation and futuristic critique.[...]
Children at War is an authoritative guide to the literature for young readers concerning war in the twentieth century - especially the two world wars. The authors discuss literature of all kinds - novels, autobiographies, comics, story-papers and picture-books. Inthe process they provide the definit[...]
Up to ten per cent of the population is believed to suffer from some form of dyspraxia. This practical guide provides teachers with tips and techniques for teaching students with dyspraxia. It is a useful reading for those who work with young people. It contains chapters on cures and adolescence.[...]
Provides one hundred ideas on how to support and develop learning with children suffering from ADHD. This book contains lists covering the school age ranges with ideas from developing effective strategies to helping the child in the classroom to encouraging the progression of individual skills such [...]
A practical guide which gives useful advice on: understanding dyspraxia and its consequences; developing effective relationships with dyspraxic children; and, working with others, including Teachers, SENCOs and parents. Each chapter provides Teaching Assistants with a range of activities to learn fr[...]
Humans started domesticating farm livestock over 10,000 years ago. For much of this time, livestock have been changed genetically by subjective means. In the past 50 years, the application of scientific methods to animal breeding has led to major improvements in the output, cost and quality of anima[...]
Stop working for the man - break free and make sure you're getting paid what you're worth Stop slogging away 9 - 5 for a set salary (plus the overtime you inevitably do and don't get any credit for). Abandon the day job and go it alone. Start doing what you want to do, when you want to do it.[...]
Dyer was a talented young writer and determined to write a study of D.H.Lawrence. But when he sat down to write the book, he found himself distracted by ...everything! Welcome to the world of Dyer! Gripped by indecision at every turn, he agonises over where to settle down to write, whether or not he[...]
'In the race to be first in describing the lost generation of the 1980s, Geoff Dyer in The Colour of Memory leads past the winning post. 'We're not lost,' one of his hero's friend's says, 'we're virtually extinct'. It is a small world in Brixton that Dyer commemorates, of council flat and instant wa[...]
Head bowed, rifle on his back, a soldier is silhouetted against the going down of the sun, looking at the grave of a dead comrade, remembering him. A photograph from the war, is also a photograph of the way the war will be remembered. It is a photograph of the future, of the future's view of the p[...]
'A copy ... ought to be on everybody's Desert Island' Independent
Includes studied meditations on photographers (Robert Capa, William Gedney, Cartier-Bresson), painters (Bonnard, Gauguin), musicians (Coltrane, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), and close critical engagements with writers including Camus, Michael Ondaatje and Martin Amis.[...]
'A beautifully composed rave generation rhapsody ... dripping with eroticism.' Sunday Times
' A screamingly funny genre-defying feat ... sublime.' Maggie O'Farrell, Daily Telegraph
"Light Metals 2009" presents the most up-to-date information on the state of primary aluminum science and technology. It's a great mix of practical applied technology and hard science, which is of invaluable benefit to the global aluminum industry as it strives to cut costs and increase profitabilit[...]
One of the few real self-protection guides on the market today, this book will teach you first and foremost how to avoid violent situations. But should you find yourself in one, it will also show you how to control yourself and your emotions so you can function on a physical level to defend yourself[...]
When Liza and Jeremy run to their mother during a scary storm, she comforts them by telling them about the Invisible String, which connects people who love each other no matter where they are and means that they are never alone.[...]