"Carlsen sees a world of wonder hiding in plain sight and may just change how you look at the world around you." —TODAY ShowA simple walk around the block set journalist Spike Carlsen, bestselling author of A Splintered History of Wood, off to investigate everything he could about everything we take for granted in our normal life—from manhole covers and recycling bins to bike lanes and stoplights.In this celebration of the seemingly mundane, Carlsen opens our...

Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' Guardian______________'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a trav...

"With The Good Stuff Cookbook, Spike Mendelsohn applies his limitless imagination to classic American comfort food" (Tom Colicchio, chef and owner of Crafted Hospitality)."Spike knows how to bring the fun to bun." —Rachael RayOne of the most popular contestants ever on the hit television show Top Chef, Spike Mendelsohn is now one of the hottest celebrity chefs on the scene. His restaurant in Washington, DC, Good Stuff Eatery, has been a re...

In a world without wood, we might not be here at all. Without wood, we wouldn't have had the fire, heat, and shelter that allowed us to expand into the colder regions of the planet. If civilization somehow did develop, our daily lives still would be vastly different: there would be no violins, baseball bats, chopsticks, or wine corks. The book you are now holding wouldn't exist.At the same time, many of us are removed from the world where wood is shaped and celebrated every day. Th...

The Ship Captain’s Medical Guide is intended primarily for use onvessels where there is no medical professional, such as a doctor,on board. It provides assistance and direction for crew memberswhen it becomes necessary for them to assess and treat traumaand medical illness. Ships and fishing vessels which carryCategory A or Category B stores are required also to carry acopy of the guide.This new guide, the 24th edition, continues to k...

Dr. Tiffany Vance's world is built on a single principle: information must be protected. Her life's work, the Silicon Archives, is a digital fortress—impenetrable, orderly, and absolute.But someone just picked the lock.The vandal is Julian 'Jax' Thorne, a brilliant, anti-establishment hacker who sees her fortress as a cage and its data as something that yearns to be free. He didn't come to steal; he came with a warning. A shadowy conspiracy is exploiting th...

This lavishly illustrated monograph is the definitive publication on the internationally renowned Canadian artist Marcel Dzama. Characterized by an immediately recognizable cast of fanciful and frightening characters, Dzama’s work draws from a diverse range of influences, including Dada and Marcel Duchamp. While the artist is best known for his delicate psychosexual drawings, his work also includes sculpture, painting, and film. More than 500 color images from the late 1990s through the pr...

the Ship Captain’s Medical Guide is intended primarily for use on vessels where there is no medical professional, such as a doctor, on board. It provides assistance and direction for crew members when it becomes necessary for them to assess and treat trauma and medical illness.For the 23rd edition, the guide has been comprehensively rewritten, with the aim of reflecting current best medical practice, applying this to the maritime environment. The new guide also incorporates advance...

Spike Bucklow sets out to unravel the myths behind the pigments, like dragonsblood, which is said to be a mixture of elephant and dragon blood. Examining both the medieval palette and the often cloak-and-dagger science that created it, he uncovers the secret recipes behind the luxurious colours we are familiar with today. Driven by an overriding passion for art, Spike Bucklow's aim is to restore value to colour.

"[This] marvelous biography peels back layer upon layer of previous myth to render a startling new portrait of the countess. . . . Absorbing." — Publishers WeeklyTuscan Countess is a fast-paced and colorful exploration of the life of Matilda of Canossa (c. 1046–1115), a woman who loved a pope and was loved by him, successfully defied the Holy Roman Emperor, and changed the map of Europe. Matilda of Canossa, the "Great Countess," was a remarkable w...

When David left his home in Beavers Bluffs, Nebraska to take up the all-expenses-paid Arnold Shuttlebottom Scholarship to major in European History at the University of Yorkshire in Sheffield, England (he was the only applicant!), little did he realise what awaited him.What did await him were the stunningly beautiful Samantha, the chain-smoking, private school-educated Paul, the vivacious Pam, the gargantuan Lard-Arse, the nymphomaniac Cathy and the bed-wetting lunatic Brain-Dead.

'How'zit, Sir!' simply had to be written. It contains a collection of anecdotes that should be enjoyed by anyone who has had anything to do with childhood, puberty, adolescence, adulthood and geriatrics - it therefore follows that there should be something for everybody in this book. Ninety-nine percent of what is written here is true; all the characters really do bear a resemblance to persons you might know or have known or who might be similar to someone you know. The experiences in this...