Feel that your life has gone down the pan? Well heres your chance to swap it for a better one!" When these tempting words appear on the computer screen Jiggy Mc Cue just cant resist. He hits F for Flush &... Oh dear. He really shouldnt have done that. Because the life he gets in place of his own is a very embarrassing one
- for a boy. Another loo-ny adventure with The Three Musketeers! " Fast paced action & irrverent humour... Michael Lawrence has a very quirky talent given full rein here.." Publishing News Starred Choice (The Poltergoose & The Killer Underpants)"
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The DK Eyewitness Tokyo Travel Guide" will lead you straight to the best attractions the worlds largest metropolis has to offer. From the looming skyscrapers neon-bathed streets & flashing video screens of the labyrinthine Shinjuku district to the traditional shrine complex of Meiji Jingu this guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs with comprehensive listings of the best hotels restaurants shops & nightlife for all budgets. Its fully illustrated & covers all the major areas of the city plus youll find 3D cutaways & floorplans of all the must-see sites & reliable street maps. " The DK Eyewitness Tokyo Travel Guide" explores the culture history & architecture not missing the best in entertainment shopping tours & scenic walks in this fascinating city. "DK Eyewitness Tokyo Travel Guide" shows you what others only tell you." ...

Yoking past & future Tokyo dazzles with its traditional culture & passion for everything new. From architecture to cuisine this is a capital of superlatives. Timothy Hornyak Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book Full Color Pull-out City Map 125 of the city s best restaurants 67 museums & galleries 20 soothing hot springs 2 places to see sumo 19-page color map section Feature coverage of top sights Range of planning tools In-depth background ...

Wallpaper* City Guides not only suggest where to stay eat & drink but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up & coming areas landmark buildings in an Architour design centres & the best shops to buy items unique to that city. Wallpaper* City Guides present travellers with a fast-track ticket to the chosen location. The edited guides offer the best most exciting & the most beautiful of that particular city. As well as looking beautiful the guides are expertly designed with function as a priority & have tabbed sections so that readers can easily find the information they are looking for. The guides include rate & currency information maps & a colour-coding system to help you navigate the different parts of the city. They are the ultimate combination of form & function. ...

In 1945 as part of the Occupation forces sent to postwar Japan Nick Zappetti a native of Italian East Harlem entered a world as strange as any he had ever known. In postwar Tokyo however he realised there were certain opportunities. He had a failed stint as a professional wrestler & participated in a fumbled (but famous) diamond heist. He was deported but managed to return with the assistance of the Mafia. Then Nick opened a pizza joint in what would be the centre of Tokyos nightlife & became the king of Roppongi & Mafia boss of Tokyo " & the intimate of some of Japans most notorious underworld figures as well as many of its political & business leaders. Following Zappettis rising & falling fortunes & his love-hate relationship with his adopted country Robert Whiting show us the sinister (and sometimes ridiculous) goings-on among Tokyos traditional criminal gangs as they developed from local racketeers & gamblers into lynchpins of international finance politics & corruption. Here is a fresh perspective on postwar Japan & how it went from being a defeated nation to an economic player with a little help from some less than diplomatic friends." ...

This book is set in August 1946. One year on from surrender & Tokyo lies broken & bleeding at the feet of its American victors. Against this extraordinary historical backdrop Tokyo Year Zero" opens with the discovery of the bodies of two young women in Shiba Park. Against his wishes Detective Minami is assigned to the case & as he gets drawn ever deeper into these complex & horrific murders he realises that his own past & secrets are indelibly linked to those of the dead women & their killer." ...

Acclaimed as the best book about Tolkien this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkiens wartime experiences & their impact on his life & his writing of The Hobbit & The Lord of The Rings. To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939! by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead." So J.R.R. Tolkien responded to critics who saw The Lord of the Rings as a reaction to the Second World War. Tolkien & the Great War tells for the first time the full story of how he embarked on the creation of Middle-earth in his youth as the world around him was plunged into catastrophe. This biography reveals the horror & heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme & introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology to life. It shows how after two of these brilliant young men were killed Tolkien pursued the dream they had all shared by launching his epic of good & evil. John Garth argues that the foundation of tragic experience in the First World War is the key to Middle-earths enduring power. Tolkien used his mythic imagination not to escape from reality but to reflect & transform the cataclysm of his generatuion. While his contemporaries surrendered to disillusionment he kept enchantment alive reshaping an entire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day. This is the first substantially new biography of Tolkien since 1977 meticulously researched & distilled from his personal wartime papers & a multitude of other sources." ...

The official Tolkien calendar this year containing 13 paintings inspired by The Lord of the Rings & featuring many previously unseen works of art. The Official Tolkien Calendar has become an established publishing event eagerly looked forward to by Tolkien fans the world over; there is much demand for the annual calendar with Tolkien calendars from the past 30 years becoming collectors items. This years continues in that tradition & is the perfect Christmas gift for lovers of fine fantasy art. The Tolkien Calendar 2012 features 13 paintings by the Dutch artist Cor Blok. Cor Blok is the only artist still living ever to have met JRR Tolkien & the only artist whose paintings Tolkien admired enough to purchase some of his work. The paintings are inspired by Tolkiens classic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings & were completed during the early 1960s when the young artist was attempting to create a Bayeux tapestry approach to illustrating this monumental book. Many of this paintings included here have never been seen before. This delightful collection of scenes takes the reader on a unique journey through the beauty & drama of Middle-earth. It represents a truly charming addition to the series of official calendars by a gifted artist & promises to be a memorable calendar for fans. ...

Aspiring writers & Tolkien fans everywhere will be inspired by this fantastical journal. Harkening back to a time of quills & parchment in the magical world of Middle-Earth A Tolkien Journal is the preferred means for a Halfling to record his thoughts & adventures. Now available to humans & with amazing half-tone illustrations on nearly every page "A Tolkien Journal" is the perfect enchantment for your writings & musings." ...