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101 Interesting Facts on One Direction
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Are you a fan of One Direction? Have you followed the popular boyband from their very first performance on The X Factor to international stardom? Would you like to find out more about the 1D boys? If so, you there is no better way to get to know your favourite band than with 101 Interesting Facts About One Direction. Which member of One Direction was the first to suggest the name for the band? When and where was the premiere of 1D's 2013 film This Is Us held? What new product did One Direction launch in September 2013? Find out the answers inside this book, full of up to the minute information all about 1D. The book includes many personal details about each of the band members as well as facts about their past and current projects.Make sure that you are up to date on all the latest 1D news with this new book. If you love One Direction, you won't want to be without it.
Ronnie Biggs Quiz Book
￥24.43
Ronnie Biggs is widely known for his part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, his subsequent escape from prison, and notoriety as he lived as a fugitive around the globe with his family. Biggs' story has been well documented over the years but how much do you really know about the man behind the headlines? The Ronnie Biggs Quiz Book is your chance to gen up on all the facts. How old was Ronnie when he first appeared in court? On what date did Ronnie receive a 30 year sentence? Who was Ronnie's famous cellmate in Brazil? The answers to these questions and more can all be found in this fascinating new book. The 50th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery in 2013 has renewed interest in the gang who pulled of this audacious heist, and Ronnie Biggs in particular. Packed with information, this book will tell you everything you want to know about Ronnie Biggs, his life on the run and his part in one of the most talked about crimes of all time.
101 Quirky Observations on Classical Music
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Are you a fan of classical music? Can you name all the well-known composers, conductors and the compositions they are associated with? Or perhaps, you would like to learn more about them? If so, you are certain to enjoy the quotes and musical miscellany in 101 Quirky Observations on Classical Music. Who defined music as 'a science that would have us laugh and sing and dance'? Which composer said, 'the trombones are too sacred for frequent use'? What writer requested, 'please do not shoot the pianist, he is doing his best'? The answers to these questions and similar brain-teasers can all be found inside this book. With sections on composers, compositions, instruments, orchestras and their musicians, conductors, soloists and opera as well as much more classical music related trivia, this book has something for everyone. This book is a great way to find out more about classical music and those who have been involved in writing, playing and performing it through the years. This is a must-have for anyone who listens to, plays or appreciates classical music.
101 Interesting Facts on Britain's True Life Crimes
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Are you interested in true life crime? Would you like to find out more about some of the most highly publicised crimes ever committed in Great Britain? Are you curious about the UK's most notorious murderers, bank robbers, kidnappers, fraudsters and career criminals? If so, you won't want to be without 101 Interesting Facts on Britain's True Life Crimes? What event marked the start of the 'supergrass' era in the UK? Who were the Bridgewater Four and what crime were they convicted of? Can you name Britain's supposed wealthiest criminal, also known as 'Goldfinger'? Who was the 'Black Widow' and how did she come by her nickname? The answers can all be found inside Mike Gray's fascinating new true crime book. Discover the truth about more than 100 actual events that grabbed the headlines and shocked the UK including details of serial killers, gangsters, thieves, crimes of passion, those who were caught or got away and the falsely accused. It is all inside this compelling book, a must-have read for all true crime fans.
Playing Sherlock Holmes
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Playing Sherlock Holmes contains three verbatim interviews - with John Wood, Robert Stephens and Christopher Lee - about their very different experiences of appearing as Holmes on stage and screen. The interviews were conducted in 1974. At the time, John Wood was appearing on stage in an acclaimed revival of William Gillette's play Sherlock Holmes, a Royal Shakespeare Company production; Robert Stephens had recently completed The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes for film director Billy Wilder; and Christopher Lee - who had a role as Mycroft Holmes in that film - had earlier played the lead role in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace. The interviews have been transcribed from tapes held in the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection - Richard Lancelyn Green Bequest at Portsmouth Museum.
Fifth Harmony Quiz Book
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Are you a fan of American girl band Fifth Harmony? Have you followed the girls' success from auditioning as solo artists on The X Factor USA to the formation of Fifth Harmony and beyond? If you think you know all about Ally, Normani, Dinah, Lauren and Camilla, or would like to find out more about them, dip inside The Fifth Harmony Quiz Book. What song did Ally sing during her audition on The X Factor USA in 2012? When the group was formed by Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato, what was the band's original name? What award did Fifth Harmony win at the 'People's Choice Awards 2016'? The answers can all be found in this exciting new quiz book. With 100 questions and fascinating facts all about Fifth Harmony, including many personal details, you are certain to learn something new about this popular girl band. This is a must-have book for everyone who supported the girls on their The X Factor USA journey and who continue to enjoy the music of Fifth Harmony.
Masks and Faces
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Everyone on deck! All hands on deck! Fire! Fire! Bring the hose quick! As the steamship lurched in the heavy seas, Harry Braham grabbed what clothes he could and struggled with the other terrified passengers to climb the ladders. On deck, with the rain lashing down and the wind howling, he gripped the rails of the ship tightly, trying to stay upright. With horror he saw the flames leaping high in the hold and he thought his time had come.It was June 1891. A music-hall star famous for his comic songs and his ability to 'pull mugs', Harry - a seasoned traveler - was on his way from New York to his home in London, after a busy season appearing in a play by W H Crane. As the crew prepared the lifeboats, Harry looked back at his life - his apprenticeship with the Royal Christy Minstrels, his acclaimed tours of Australia and the USA, and his marriage to the vivacious but temperamental singer Lizzie Watson. Was this to be the end? In this well-researched and lively biography, full of fascinating social background, Janet Muir (Harry Braham's great-great-niece) brings to life the world of the Victorian music-hall and traces Harry's career from minstrelsy through to 'legitimate' theatre and finally to moving pictures, where he landed a part in D W Griffith's Birth of a Nation.
50 Quick Facts About Game of Thrones
￥9.71
Game of Thrones is the television and written world phenomenon that has come from the mind of George R.R. Martin and his series of books, A Song of Ice and Fire. This book contains trivia and many interesting facts about the lands of Westeros and Essos. From stories about the filming of the series, tales from behind the camera through to a little more background on the families and locations in the Game of Thrones world. This book is a must have for any fan of the tales of the Iron Throne.
Draw Across the Curriculum
￥147.05
Draw Across the Curriculum is a collection of 50 photocopiable art worksheets, designed to provide a handy cross-curricular drawing resource for the busy primary classroom teacher. Perfect for getting pupils to put pencil to paper, this collection of artsheets is brimming with humorous designs to copy and patterns to make.
Singularity
￥220.63
This volume represents the combination of two special issues of the Journal of Consciousness Studies on the topic of the technological singularity. Could artificial intelligence really out-think us, and what would be the likely repercussions if it could? Leading authors contribute to the debate, which takes the form of a target chapter by philosopher David Chalmers, plus commentaries from the likes of Daniel Dennett, Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, Ben Goertzel, Frank Tipler, among many others. Chalmers then responds to the commentators to round off the discussion.
Hospitable Universe
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This book argues that new developments in the sciences, in particular twentieth-century physics and twenty-first-century biology, suggest revising several pessimistic outlooks for the development of a scientific understanding of the relationship of humans with the universe - in particular, implications for the development of a natural religiousness. In the new vision a universe which is friendly to life and consciousness naturally emerges.
Ashley ＆ Cheryl Cole
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Ashley ＆ Cheryl Cole - Where Did It All Go Wrong? is a quick-read biography, focusing on Cheryl and Ashley's relationship, marriage and divorce. It looks at the parallels in their careers, the ups and downs, and investigates Ashley's alleged cheating with numerous women. Ultimately it asks the question 'Where Did It All Go Wrong' - could anything have been done to prevent the break-up, or was the marriage doomed from the beginning.
Just Still Breathing
￥39.14
This book is a collection of jokes, wonderfully illustrated by Mike Payne, the original creator of Tatty Teddy. Mike's unique view of the world is shown in a humorous manner, with more than forty hilarious cartoons. Cheeky (but never rude), this book is sure to bring a smile to your face.
Life After Kes
￥39.14
Life After Kes examines the history and legacy of the 1969 award-winning British film, Kes, about a boy's (Billy Casper) relationship with a kestrel. This fascinating book not only pays homage to the vision and extraordinary talent involved both in front and behind the camera but also looks at subsequent changes in the educational system, posing some important questions. Are we any better off today? Have schools and teaching staff moved forward over the last few decades? Have successive government's learnt anything from the mistakes of the past? Life After Kes explores the lives of the cast and production team since the making of the film including David (Dai) Bradley who played the lead role and examines why the legacy of Billy Casper and the national perception of Kes cast a shadow over South Yorkshire. Does Casper's ghost still haunt this ex-mining community and is director Ken Loach's gritty northern drama as relevant today as it was then? This book is a must-have for all film fans, anyone who enjoyed Kes and all those with an interest in British social history.
Ultimate Boy Band Quiz Book
￥39.14
Are you up to date with current boy bands? Can you tell One Direction from Union J or what makes Take That different from JLS and The Wanted? If you know all there is to know about the aforementioned groups, or would like to find out more, The Ultimate Boy Band Quiz Book is definitely for you. Which boy band's members were appointed ambassadors for Pokemon during 2011? Which boy band recorded a cover version of a 1977 Bee Gees song? Which group supported Britney Spears in concert in Manchester? Find out the answers to these questions and many more inside this quiz book. With so many facts about your favourite boy bands brought together in one exciting book, you can't help but learn something new. Featuring One Direction, Take That, The Wanted, Union J and JLS, this book will appeal to music lovers of all ages. Whether you are a long-time fan of Take That or secretly dance around the kitchen to the sounds of One Direction, this book has something for everyone. Download it to your eReader and enjoy at your leisure.
What is a Wommett?
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Mick Abrahams first rose to fame as a guitarist during the 1960s and was a founder member of Jethro Tull, although his time with the band was to prove short lived owing to the vividly contrasting musical styles of himself and Ian Anderson. In his autobiography What is a Wommett Mick finally puts the record straight about this parting of the ways and the events that have shaped the man and his music since that time up to the present day. Perhaps best known for his time with Blodwyn Pig, the band he formed after leaving Tull, Abrahams has continued to delight fans with his own brand of blues, jazz and rock on highly acclaimed albums spanning several decades. With a fitting foreword by radio presenter and champion of great music, Bob Harris, this autobiography provides a fascinating insight into the character of an upbeat man who hasn't allowed anything to keep him down for long. Packed with anecdotes and stories about Mick's life in and out of the spotlight, this book is a must have for his fans and anyone who remembers the excitement of the emerging new musical talent of the sixties.
Life as a Chelsea Headhunter
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Optical illusions are the stuff of magic - harmless entertainment conjured up to both enthral and amaze, aren't they? Well, maybe not, as it's not quite so amusing if the 'stunt' takes the form of an episode of the BBC's 'groundbreaking' documentary series MacIntyre Undercover on organised football hooliganism, the wizardry is conducted by unscrupulous investigative journalists posing as big-time drug dealers, and as a result the unwitting participant in the trick, avid Chelsea supporter Jason Marriner, is charged with conspiracy to commit violent disorder and affray, together with his friend Andy Frain, and Jason ends up with a six-year jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit. This is Jason's chance to put the record straight, present the facts from his own perspective and challenge the reader, who may well have been one of the 7.4 million documentary viewers, to decide whether the programme actually revealed the 'ugly face of football violence', or indeed showed him plotting or committing any violence whatsoever, or whether the original 344 hours' worth of footage, secretly filmed over a period of 18 months, were distorted beyond recognition by cutting, editing and stitching together clips from the original sequences to achieve the programme's aim at any cost. Jason would be the first to admit that in the past he had been a 'nuisance' on the terraces, but this was the late 1990s and, with a wife, children and his own business, he had done a lot of growing up and moving on. Fortunately, he had also developed the strength of character needed to survive in prison with humour, dignity and determination, and he shares his insights of life behind bars as he tried to work with the system, despite the knock-backs, in order to make it work for him in return. 'Good will always follow bad' is Jason's admirable philosophy about his experiences, but this shocking real-life story serves as a warning to all: this could so easily happen to you.
Rihanna Quiz Book
￥24.43
Are you a Rihanna fan? Do you know the lyrics to all of her songs? Can you name her albums? From releasing her debut album at the age of 17 to becoming one of the best selling artists of all time, Rihanna is one of the biggest success stories in recent pop history. But how much do you really know about your favourite star? Find out in this fascinating quiz book. Where did Rihanna grow up? How did she get started in the music business? What was the name of the person who discovered her? The answers to all of these questions and more can be found in this book. Brim full of interesting facts that cover all aspects of the multi-talented singer-songwriter's life, from her early successes to chart topping hits including many personal details such as her nickname, favourite colour and the names of her best friends, you are certain to learn something new about the international singing sensation in The Rihanna Quiz Book. There is only one Rihanna and this is the must-have quiz book for all of her fans.
Official Carry On Facts, Figures ＆ Statistics
￥73.48
Little did anyone know, back in 1958 when the first Carry On film, Carry on Sergeant, was produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas, that 50 years and 31 films later Carry On would have become such a well-loved British comedy institution, and one that continues to have people rolling in the aisles. And what better way to celebrate Carry On's 50th anniversary in 2008 than to dazzle Carry On fans with this incredibly well-researched treasure trove of information, including technical data about each film, interesting facts about every member of the Carry On team and every conceivable statistic that you could ever imagine. With forewords by Carry On cameraman Alan Hume and actor Jack Douglas, and peppered with photographs and actors' anecdotes and memories, this book is an absolute must for every Carry On aficionado.
On The Buses
￥68.57
On The Buses was a classic British situation comedy, created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, which ran for seven series from 1969 to 1973, and introduced a host of much-loved memorable characters. The series followed the ups and downs of life on the buses as portrayed by two work shy-busmen, Stan Butler (played by Reg Varney) and his mate Jack Harper (Bob Grant) as they invented new scams to wind up their long suffering boss, inspector Cyril Blakey Blake (Stephen Lewis). This book tells the whole 'On The Buses' story from its inception through to the three spin-off feature films it spawned. It includes details of cast, crew, locations and the many famous faces and catch phrases which made-up one of the most popular sitcoms ever to appear on our TV screens. On The Buses aired in an era where entertainment was unrestrained by politically correct rules but hilarious scripts and quality acting guaranteed the series a legion of loyal fans around the globe. This book is a must have for anyone interested in learning more about On The Buses an example of British sitcom at its best.
Straight From The Force's Mouth
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Everyone has heard of Darth Vader, the infamous Star Wars villain we all love to fear, created by George Lucas and brought to life by Dave Prowse MBE, but people may not be so familiar with the story of the multi-talented man behind the mask. It required someone exceptional to turn a helmeted costume into the principal character in the highest grossing film series in cinema history - that someone was Dave Prowse. The towering, physical presence of the 6ft 7"e; bodybuilder was ideally suited to personify the intimidating Darth Vader. Straight from the Force's Mouth takes us behind the scenes of Star Wars and documents how this extraordinary man took on the role of the menacing central character to creating one of the most iconic villains in cinema history. In this book of memoirs, Dave shares his journey from disadvantaged child and poor student to champion weightlifter and international film star. The Dave Prowse story is one of determination and hard work and in this honest account he explains how he overcame the many setbacks in his life to achieve success and global recognition. This book is a must have for Star Wars fans of all ages and will appeal to anyone who enjoys a truly inspirational and motivating real life story.
