This wanderlust-inspired desk d Ecor assembles in mere minutes without glue or scissors! Two die-cut cards containing full-colour punch-out pieces are enclosed in a flat-pack envelope. Fully assembled, the pieces make a colourful 7-inch globe on a st&, inviting paper craft lovers & fans of vintage d Ecor to travel the world on a moment`s notice--no passport required! ...

Paper London is a celebration of 20 iconic features that make the city special. From The Shard to Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey to the Tate Modern, & a contemporary double-decker bus to a vintage phone box, you’ll find everything that says ‘ London’ to you here in minature, easy-to-make paper form, along with a guide to where you can find the originals in the city itself. With just a ruler & some glue, you’ll soon be constructing your own metropolitan masterpiece. ...

Meet the robots who dare to enter the Paper Robots battle arena! Each with its own individual character, the models are easy to pop-out, fold & glue. From Funk the disco dancer, to Astro the hero, the characters are accompanied by 36 game cards for children to enjoy with their friends. Simple instructions make the construction easy, & a fresh, punchy design will grab the readers` attention from the moment they flip open the book. Packed with personality, this is an exciting activity book for imaginative children. ...

In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist & intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world`s second-largest economy via a thoughtful & wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society. Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China`s great transformation is taking place, from Beijing`s Silicon district to a cruise down the Three Gorges; he profiles China`s dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei & Chen Guangcheng; & explores lesser-known stories of scandals that rocked China but which most people outside that country did not hear about
- & which shed troubling light on China`s dark heart. Xu Zhiyuan understands his homeland in a way no foreign correspondent ever could. PAPER TIGER is a unique insider`s view of China that is measured & brave, ambitious in scope & deeply personal.
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In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist & intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world`s second-largest economy via a thoughtful & wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society. Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China`s great transformation is taking place, from Beijing`s Silicon district to a cruise down the Three Gorges; he profiles China`s dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei & Chen Guangcheng; & explores lesser-known stories of scandals that rocked China but which most people outside that country did not hear about
- & which shed troubling light on China`s dark heart. Xu Zhiyuan understands his homeland in a way no foreign correspondent ever could. PAPER TIGER is a unique insider`s view of China that is measured & brave, ambitious in scope & deeply personal.
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Special edition slipcase edition of John Green`s Paper Towns, with pop-up paper town. From the bestselling author of The Fault in our Stars. Quentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window & summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo doesn`t come to school & a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance.. .and they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery
- culminating in another awesome road trip across America
- he becomes less sure of who & what he is looking for. Masterfully written by John Green, this is a thoughtful, insightful & hilarious coming-of-age story.

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The Paper Trail tells the story of how a simple Chinese product has for two millennia allowed knowledge, ideas & religions to spread at an unprecedented rate around the world. Alexander Monro traces this groundbreaking invention`s voyage, beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for its spread across China & Japan, & follows it westward along the Silk Road, where it eventually became the surface of the Quran. Once paper reached Europe, it became indispensable to the scholars who manufactured the Renaissance & Reformation from their desks. As Monro uncovers, paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, & brought disciplines from science to music into a new age. ...

A witty, personal & entertaining reflection on the history & meaning of paper during the (passing) era of its universal importance. Paper serves nearly every function of our lives. It is the technology with which we have made sense of the world. Yet the age of paper is ending. Ebooks now outsell their physical counterparts. Still, there are some uses of paper that seem unlikely to change
- Christmas won`t be Christmas without wrapped presents or crackers. & the language of paper
- documents, files & folders
- has survived digitisation. In Paper: An Elegy Ian Sansom builds a museum of paper & explores its paradox
- its vulnerability & durability. This book is a timely meditation on the very paper it`s printed on.



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Paper is one of the simplest & most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce & art. It has created civilisations, fostering the fomenting of revolutions & the stabilising of regimes. History`s greatest press run produced 6.5 billion copies of Mao zhu xi yu lu, "ations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Zedong) & Leonardo da Vinci left behind only 15 paintings but 4, 000 works on paper. Now, on the cusp of ”going paperless”-and amid speculation about the effects of a digitally dependent society-we`ve come to a world-historic juncture to examine what paper means to civilisation. Through tracing paper`s evolution, Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology`s influence, affirming that paper is here to stay. Paper will be the history that guides us forward in the twenty-first century. ...

In this book, collage artist Ellen Giggenbach has brought together twenty of her favourite Christmas papercraft projects, including baubles, wall decorations & 3-D models, for you to make during the festive season. Each page is removable, with cut & fold guides & assembly instructions. Once you have made a model featuring Ellen Giggenbach`s illustrations, you can then try a plain paper version & add extra collage elements using the stickers provided. Get the papercrafting bug! ...