Vampires Anthony head investigates vampires from historical fiction through to tarrying modern day realism. Vampires have been with us since the dawn of time & we all know about them, familiar to us since childhood as standard characters of fiction & guaranteed box-office attractions. But what exactly are these blood-sucking creatures, & why & how do they instil such fear? Zombies Anthony Head asks what is a zombie? Is it a human being not fully a live yet not completely dead, or a creator simply of book & popular films? Do they really exist & if so where do you start looking for them? Join him on his journey to Haiti where zombisn & voodooism are the accepted norm as he attempts to find the answers ...

'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the young. Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink of a new world. ...

The beauty of the remote Arctic Europe landscape has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. Blending travel writing, history & mythology, the author offers a portrait of the northern fringes of Europe. His journey begins in the Shetland Isles, takes him to the Faroes, Icel&, Greenl&, Svalbard & on to Lapl&. ...

Can you tell fact from fiction? Put your knowledge to the test with this True or False Game!


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Dozens of further filthy animal facts & falsehoods: the follow-through to the international bestselling sensation Does it Fart?

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Tom Beland is a California cartoonist who is now living on the island of Puerto Rico, with the woman of his dreams he met at a bus stop a year ago in Disney World. It hasn't been easy, since his freelance clients haven't paid him in months, while demanding more work from him. But all that is going to change as Beland demands restitution, or else. ...

I wos a secrit shy & tungtied emptyheded thing. I wos tort to read & rite & spell by my tenda littl muther & by Mr Mc Caufrey the butcha & by Missus Malone & her gosts. So I am not cleva, so please forgiv my folts & my mistayks. I am the won that glares into your harts & that prowls insyde yor deepist dremes. ...

Chosen by Paul Auster out of 4000 stories submitted to his radio programme on National Public Radio, these 180 stories provide an illuminating portrait of America in the 20th century. The selection requirement of the stories was that they should be true & not previously published. ...

The small village of Litton nestles in the rolling countryside of the Peak District amid green fields & blue skies. Situated close to Tideswell, it is the idyllic retreat for those wanting to get away from the pressures of life. Yet do those that visit realise the hardship & death that abounded there almost 200 years ago? ...

I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy & I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable. &, as anyone who knows me will testify, I'm extremely sensitive. I have lifelong patterns of behaviour that have caused me difficulty
- patterns tough to break. Like everyone, I have talents, but with those talents have come challenges. This book is about meeting the challenges that face all of us. For more than three decades, I've struggled with yo-yo dieting. Some of my battles with weight have been very public. But most of it has been internal. Even at my thinnest, when my body was being praised, I wasn't happy with what I saw or how I felt about myself. Infused with stories from fans & friends, Janet offers a candid look into the causes & circumstances behind some of her well-documented weight issues. Far more than a celebrity fitness manifesto, this book is a searingly honest account of the most tumultuous times of her life
- from being taunted as a young girl to her internal battles with her beauty & femininity & her desire to fit in. It has taken Janet most of her adult life to come to terms with who she is. True You illuminates the path Janet took in learning how to love herself & finally break free of the attitudes that brought her down.

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