Aims to expose technology, spotlight existing prototypes and reveal drawing-board plans. This book helps you learn which technologies are available, who made them, and where to find them. It also helps you learn how to build, buy, or steal the technology which is not public.
A colourful collection of the world's quirkiest household brands - from Puke playing cards to Hardon tea.
How can Santa know who's been naughty and nice? How can he make it to every house on Christmas Eve? This book uses science and technology to overturn the assumption that Santa can't be real. It presents a portrait of Santa and the miracles he makes happen every year.
Daily Affirmations with a Rock and Roll Survivor. The definitive guide to Keithism, the religious wisdom inspired by the one true prophet of our time: Keith Richards. Not merely a compendium of wisdom, this book is also a complete guide to the inner workings of a complex and inspired belief system, and the true life of a man sanctified by fame. This book reminds us to learn from our mistakes, let our instincts lead us, and above all, do what Keith has done better than anyone - survive.
Mullets, quiffs, bouffes and flicks are just some of the atrocities to have emerged from barbers' shops since the 1970s - indeed many barbers' shops still proudly display such images. This is a collection of the best and worst of such gems, culled from windows of hairdressers across the land.
Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.