Images of the Universe is a special collection of essays written to celebrate astronomy & the centenary of the British Astronomical Association. Colin Ronan opens the book with a fascinating account of the developments over the last hundred years. For the first time in history astronomers can detect radiation emanating from the Universe across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Space probes have visited the planets & various missions have beamed back to Earth historically & scientifically important images, many of which appear in this book. Astronomy is a science where the amateur & the professional interact constructively. This book is a testament to this relationship. The work of amateurs is presented alongside that of the professional & in each chapter the future discoveries are anticipated. Each planet is explored & beautifully illustrated. The stars, birth place of the elements are examined. Paul Murdin, gives an account of the brightest supernova to be seen from earth since 1604. Iain Nicolson, explores G2 the single dwarf called the Sun. Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest look at the Milky Way, the hazy band of light that is the edge on view of our galaxy. Malcolm Longair looks beyond our own galaxy into the deep sky. Paul Davies gives an account of the first one second of the existence of our expanding Universe. How did it all happen? Martin Rees, the cosmologist, speculates on the origin of the Universe. ...

Following the international success of Animorphia, which sold in 10 territories before the book was completed, comes Imagimorphia, a strange & amazing colouring & doodling challenge from talented artist Kerby Rosanes. Kerby`s unique & ground-breaking black-&-white-line style lends the book wide cross-over appeal & will attract fans of all ages. Animals & people are formed from weird & wonderful objects. The intricate compositions are filled with mind-boggling detail & there are objects hidden throughout the book to find. ...

Record all of your fun thoughts in these cool Imaginary Animal Blank Notebooks. Featuring a variety of quirky imaginary animals & creatures from artist Carla Sonheim, author of How to Draw & Paint Imaginary Animals, these journals are ideal for recording memories, favorite"es, lists, phone numbers, or creating your own imaginary animals! ...

Inspired by the surreal accounts of the explorer & `man of a million lies` Marco Polo, Imaginary Cities charts the metropolis & the imagination, & the symbiosis therein. A work of creative nonfiction, the book roams through space, time & possibility, mapping cities of sound, melancholia & the afterlife, where time runs backwards or which float among the clouds. In doing so, Imaginary Cities seeks to move beyond the cliches of psychogeography & hauntology, to not simply revisit the urban past, or our relationship with it, but to invade & reinvent it. Following in the lineage of Borges, Calvino, Chris Marker & Kenneth White, the book examines the city from global macrocosm to the microcosm of its inhabitants` perspectives. It proceeds through opium dreams, sea voyages, the hallucinations of prisoners, nocturnal decadence, impossible Soviet skyscrapers, marauding golems, subterranean civilisations, apocalyptic prophecies & the work of architectural visionaries such as Antonio Sant` Elia, Archigram & Buckminster Fuller. It rethinks the ideas of utopias & dystopias, urban exploration, alienation & resistance. It claims that the Situationists lacked ambition when they suggested, ” Beneath the paving stones, the beach.” Instead, beneath the paving stones, we may just be able to discern the entire universe. Imaginary Cities demonstrates that each city dreamt up by artists, writers, architects & lunatics has a real-life equivalent & that the great Marco Polo was no liar. Imaginary Cities need not simply exist in fiction or the mind. We already inhabit them. ...

An extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children`s Laureate, Eoin Colfer, & picture book superstar, Oliver Jeffers! Sometimes, with a little electricity, or luck, or even magic, an imaginary friend might appear when you need one. An imaginary friend like Fred... Fred floated like a feather in the wind until a lonely little boy wished for him & found a friendship like no other. The perfect chemistry between Eoin Colfer`s text & Oliver Jeffer`s artwork make for a dazzlingly original colour gift book. ...

An exquisite, small format gift edition of this extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children`s Laureate, Eoin Colfer, & picture book superstar Oliver Jeffers! Sometimes, with a little electricity, or luck, or even magic, an imaginary friend might appear when you need one. An imaginary friend like Fred... Fred floated like a feather in the wind until a lonely little boy wished for him & found a friendship like no other. The perfect chemistry between Eoin Colfer`s text & Oliver Jeffer`s artwork make for a dazzlingly original colour gift book. ...

Join one little pigeon on her mission to spread the word of peace around the world. Set to the lyrics the iconic song Imagine, this book brings John Lennon`s enduring message of peace & tolerance to a new generation.A royalty from every copy sold will go to charity Amnesty International. ...

` Never have we all, child & grown-up child, needed this more, the words & the song in our hearts, lifting our spirits, giving us hope, & determination too to find the road to understanding, conciliation & peace.`
- Michael Morpurgo `lovely to read to your child during these troubled times`
- Children`s Book of the Week, the Sun Join one little pigeon on her mission to spread the word of peace around the world. Set to the lyrics the iconic song Imagine, this book brings John Lennon`s enduring message of peace & tolerance to a new generation. A royalty from every copy sold will go to charity Amnesty International.

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A unique portrait of Turkey`s legendary city, through the eyes of world-renowned photographers (Ara Guler, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Henri Cartier-Bresson), & their young colleagues (Ali Taptik, Ahmet Polat, Bieke Depoorter) & a strong group of visual artists. Imagine Instanbul shows the artistic fascination for Turkey`s most legendary city. Throughout the book, the photographs of Istanbul will take your breath away, & the key figure is the great Ara Guler, ` The Eye of Istanbul`. He is joined by other contemporary photographers, but also actors, film directors, musicians & visual artists, with both existing & new work. ...

Poetry was Louis de Bernieres` first literary love & Imagining Alexandria is his debut poetry collection. Here the author of the much-loved Captain Corelli`s Mandolin returns us to the vivid Mediterranean landscape of his fiction. De Bernieres was introduced to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983, & since then he has always travelled with a book of Cavafy`s poetry in his pocket. Not surprisingly, his own poems about the distant past, the erotic & the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet. Beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Donald Sammut, this is a collection rich in sensuality, nostalgia, & music. ...