A practical introduction to typography this book analyses the basic principles & applications of type. From measuring type & classifying typefaces to organising text on a page & understanding grid systems the author covers everything that the beginning student of graphic design needs to know. In addition he

Includes:: a brief history of typography numerous examples to illustrate the points raised & a series of useful exercises to help readers put basic principles into practice. Engagingly written this book is an invaluable resource for all students of graphic design & typography.

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Wild defiant & startlingly inventive The Slits were ahead of their time. Although they created some unique hybrids
- dub reggae
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Selected by the world's most knowledgeable & well-connected graphic design commentator Steven Heller this survey gets into the minds of designers who create typefaces word-images & logos through their private sketchbooks. Arranged by designer it reveals how nearly 120 of the world's leading designers & typographers continually strive to find new & exciting ways of communicating through letters & words & provides fascinating insights into their work. Aimed at all those who use type whether by hand or on screen this revealing compendium stresses the importance of good typography at a time when reading habits are changing & celebrates a craft that has endured for centuries. ...

Kirsty & Rachel are excited to be entering a charity fashion show where children get to show off their own designs. Unfortunately Jack Frost thinks everyone in the world should dress like him & steals the Fashion Fairies seven magical items to put his naughty plan into action! Everyone is starting to make their costumes for the fashion show auditions but without Tyra the Dress Designer Fairys magic tape measure nothing fits. Kirsty & Rachel need to find it soon or nobodys outfit will be good enough to enter. ...

Charles I waged civil wars that cost one in ten Englishmen their lives. But in 1649 parliament was hard put to find a lawyer with the skill & daring to prosecute a King who was above the law: in the end the man they briefed was the radical barrister John Cooke. Cooke was a plebeian son of a poor farmer but he had the courage to bring the Kings trial to its dramatic conclusion: the English republic. Cromwell appointed him as a reforming Chief Justice in Ireland but in 1660 he was dragged back to the Old Bailey tried & brutally executed. John Cooke was the bravest of barristers who risked his own life to make tyranny a crime. He originated the right to silence the cab rank rule of advocacy & the duty to act free-of-charge for the poor. He conducted the first trial of a Head of State for waging war on his own people
- a forerunner of the prosecutions of Pinochet Miloevic & Saddam Hussein & a lasting inspiration to the modern world.
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Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big & scary so when a placid duckbill dinosaurs egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out hes so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed.. . ...

Kineas the Athenian cavalry commander has come a long way since being dismissed from the army of Alexander & vengefully exiled by his own city. Together his mercenary force & their Scythian allies have defeated a mighty Macedonian army at the Ford of the River God & his adopted city of Olbia is now free once more. But his destiny will not allow him to enjoy the fruits of victory for long. Far to the east at the farthest edge of the Sea of Grass Alexander is threatening to crush the Scythian hordes once & for all. The Lady Srayanka of the Cruel Hands the Scythian warrior-princess who spurned a king's love to be at Kineas's side is pledged to take her tribe east to help stop 'the monster'
- & Kineas knows he has no choice but to follow even if it means embracing the violent death in battle that he has seen prefigured in countless dreams. But long before he can confront the might of Alexander's army alongside his beloved Srayanka he must undertake an epic journey of breathtaking daring...
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Glory. Death. Well-born Athenian cavalry officer Kineas fought shoulder to shoulder with Alexander in his epic battles against the Persian hordes. But on his return from the east to his native city he finds not glory but shame
- & exile. With nothing to his name but his military skills Kineas agrees to lead a band of veterans to the city of Olbia where the Tyrant is offering good money to train the city's elite cavalry. But soon Kineas & his men find they have stumbled into a deadly maze of intrigue & conspiracy as the Tyrant plots to use them as pawns in the increasingly complex power games between his own citizens & the dread military might of Macedon. Caught between his duty to the Tyrant his loyalty to his men & a forbidden love affair with a charismatic Scythian noblewoman Kineas must call on all his Athenian guile his flair on the battlefield & even
- he is convinced
- the intervention of the gods to survive.


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Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare's Macbeth & then turns it up 'till the knob comes off. It's all there
- a wicked duke & duchess
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Liam O' Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance
- to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history... Hunted by cyborg assassins from the future the Time Riders" must abandon New York & go on the run. They escape to Victorian London & the streets where Jack the Ripper roams. But before they can establish their new base they make their most shattering discovery yet
- & it will change everything... Book six in the bestselling " Time Riders series" by Alex Scarrow. Victorian London's " Jack the Ripper" get a time-travel makeover! Perfect for fans of Doctor Who & Sherlock Holmes. " Time Riders" (Book 1) won the Red House Book Award older readers category & was Penguin UK's first ever number one on the i Bookstore."

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