Philip Dodd

Charlie Watts

The Rolling Stones

Dora Loewenstein

According to the Rolling Stones

Pam Cook

A Sight and Sound Reader

Women and Film

Willie Daly

Willie Daly has helped hundreds of couples find love in his long career as 'the horse whisperer of matchmaking'. Now he reveals the secret to finding true love, and shares the story of his life bringing people together in love and marriage.

The Heart-warming True Story of the Man who Brought Love to Ireland

The Last Matchmaker

With his unique blend of intuition, quiet wisdom and a small drop of cunning, Irish matchmaker Willie Daly reveals the secret to finding true love, and shares the story of a life spent bringing people together in love and marriage. The path to love can be heart-warming, hilarious, sometimes hair-raising—and Willie is the perfect guide. For those still looking for romance, he also has some hard-earned, practical advice. Rich with characters, humor, drama and—of course—Guinness, Willie Daly regales us with some of his funniest and most touching matchmaking stories.

The Heartwarming True Story of the Man Who Brought Love to Ireland

A wonderfully entertaining and idiosyncratic tour of the lives of those whose names have become part of the language, from Joseph Guillotin to Joseph B. Frisbie.

How Jules Leotard, Adolphe Sax, Roy Jacuzzi and Co. Found Their Way Into the Dictionary

The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium

How did the Texas cattle rancher Samuel A. Maverick end up contributing his name to the language? What is the connection between a rather unflattering item of clothing and the French trapeze artist Jules L otard? Which filling did the Earl of Sandwich opt for when he made his great culinary invention? And was there really a Sir Oswald Binge whose week-long feasts were notorious for their excess? THE REVEREND GUPPY'S AQAURIUM answers these and many other questions drawn from the remoter corners of the English language, exploring the lives of an extraordinarily diverse range of people who happen to have one thing in common: by chance or deliberately, they have left their names deeply embedded in the language and consciousness of future generations. Each figure has something to tell us about a particular moment of history, or a discovery or invention, whether it's L szl Bir and his pioneering writing implement, or Merc d s Jellinek, who lent her name to a certain make of car, or tienne de Silhouette who, having fallen from grace at the French court, spent much of the later part of his life mournfully cutting out paper shapes. Not to mention the Reverend Robert Lechmere Guppy, fish-discoverer extraordinary. Each life in THE REVEREND GUPPY'S AQUARIUM is quirky and often bizarre. Few of them would merit a footnote, let alone an entry, in the history books. But they all reveal that the prospect of immortality is only a fluke away. In an age of instant 15-minute celebrity, that's a reassuring thought.

Encounters with Heroes of the English Language, from the Earl of Sandwich to Joseph P. Frisbie

'The Book of Rock' pays tribute to those artists whose music has provided a soundtrack for the growing pains of three generations. It is a gallery of 500 saints, sinners and martyrs of rock and pop history. Here democracy is everything: guitar heroes rub shoulders with tortured geniuses, and the flamboyant masters of showmanship receive the same treatment as reclusive poets. Together they provide a fresh, provocative guide to the icons of rock and pop, the most influential singers and musicians from around the globe. •••NEW CHART ENTRIES!! Now in a more-easy-to-handle format, this new edition is fully updated with fantastic new, varied and talented acts from across the musical spectrum, including Eminem, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Streets, David Gray, Avril Lavigne, The Darkness, Franz Ferdinand, Dido and Coldplay.

500 Acts from ABC to ZZ Top

The Book of Rock

Ben Donald

The Book Of Islands is an exhilarating journey to some of the most extraordinary and isolated places on earth. From tropical paradises such as Mauritius and Bali, to prison islands like Alcatraz and Robben Island, from the far-flung snowy Kerguelen in Antarctica and Tierra del Fuego at the tip of Latin America to islands in the middle of cities the Ile St-Louis in Paris and Manhattan and those that are cities in their own right, like Venice and Singapore each island has a unique and very distinct character. Included here are places of refuge, escape, exile and mystery the unblinking primitive statues of Easter Island and the dragons of Komodo; islands that have been sanctuaries and monasteries; the homes of hermits, mutineers, emperors and artists; the sites of battles, vendettas and revolutions. Some of the islands featured are under desperate threat from the forces of global warming: rising sea levels and an increase in severe weather conditions. Unless things change dramatically, many of these unique and diverse mini cultures will simply disappear. The Book of Islands presents what could be a last chance to celebrate these diverse and extraordinary places.

The Book of Islands

First Published in 1981. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A Collection of Essays

Walter Pater: an Imaginative Sense of Fact

On the planet Ankor, Klubbe the turkle lives as a hermit. A marine mishap inspires him to be an inventor. His inventions and explorations change his life, his entire planet. Turkles are close cousins of turtles. Unlike them, they have yellow golden skin and back shells, walk on their hind legs, have the gift of language, and the ability to create their own culture. The life of Klubbe may read like a light-hearted science fiction story, but it actually happened to him. Princess Corka thinks his invention is sublime. Ubbtosh, the pyramid priest, promises to guide him to the core of the cosmos. In space, there are no sign posts, he finds, but there are other beings. And on Ankor, there are mysteries to be solved. Is the Great Glom more than a myth? And what about the Great Archy Eopta?

Klubbe the Turkle and the Golden Star Coracle

Nick Mason

“Ho riso così tante volte, che mia moglie ha pensato che avessi la sindrome di Tourette” ALAN PARKER I Pink Floyd sono una delle band più creative, apprezzate e durature di tutti i tempi. In qualità di unico membro ad aver fatto parte della band per 50 anni di esistenza, questa è la testimonianza profonda ed autoironica di Nick Mason sui molti alti e bassi dei Pink Floyd, dalla loro nascita nel movimento underground degli anni ‘60 al massiccio successo mondiale di The Dark Side of The Moon e le spaccature e le pressioni che seguirono. In un nuovo capitolo, Nick Mason riflette sugli anni successivi alla performance finale della band nel Live 8 nel 2005, un periodo di perdite significative, enormi progressi digitali e l’ascesa dei social media. I Pink Floyd sono sopravvissuti a tutto ciò con disinvoltura, pronti - finalmente - ad accettare ed abbracciare la loro eredità con la mostra epocale Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains del Victoria & Albert Museum nel 2017. “Squisitamente inglese come un Pimm’s e un colpo di sole in un mite giorno d’estate” Q MAGAZINE “Con ogni probabilità Mason avrebbe potuto vantare una carriera di gran successo come scrittore ... un umorismo pungente ed originale” GUARDIAN “Un’aggiunta sapiente ed arguta allo standard delle biografie rock” IAN RANKIN

la prima autobiografia dei Pink Floyd

Inside Out

First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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