Arranged by designer, this collection of typographic explorations reveals how nearly 120 of the world\'s leading designers and typographers continually strive to find ways of communicating through letters and words, and provides insights into their wo rk.

\'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life\' William Burroughs, legendary drug addict, founder member of the Beats and author of \"Naked Lunch\", relates with unflinching realism the addict\'s life: from initial heroin bliss to an unabated hunger for the needle, and the horrors of cold turkey and back again.

High school All-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. As Coach Rake\'s \'boys\' sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his

Based on the true story of conjoined Russian twins, Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep is a tale of survival and self-determination, innocence and lies. `We\'re waiting. I squeeze my eyes shut and dig my fingers into Masha\'s neck where I\'m holding her. She digs hers into mine. The curtains slowly open. I can\'t see anything because the spotlight is on us, bright

A new expanded edition of Tolkien\'s most famous, and most important essay, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Accompanied by a critical study of the history and writing of the text. J.R.R. Tolkien\'s \"On Fairy-stories\" is his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his views on the role

No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens has returned to another utterly irresistible branch on her beloved Cynster family tree Now that her sister Henrietta has discarded her spinster ways and become betrothed, it\'s finally Mary\'s chance for true love. She knows exactly who she wants - and it\'s not someone as wild, unmanageable and sinfully seductive as Ryder Cavanaugh. Ryder Cavanaugh,

What if everything in life could be reduced to a simple formula? What if numbers were able to tell us which partners we were best matched with - not just in terms of attractiveness, but for a long-term committed marriage? Or if they could say which films would be the biggest hits at the box office, and what changes could be made to those films to make them even more successful? Or even who out of us

Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idol and new deities . .

At the beginning of this stunning novel, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, is caught up in a devastating earthquake and never seen again by human eyes. This is her story, and that of Ormus Cama, the lover who finds, loses, seeks and again finds her, over and over, throughout his own extraordinary life in music. Their epic romance is narrated by ormus\'s childhood friend and Vina\'s sometime

You\'re in the army now, son.. New Year\'s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The Cold War is ending. Soon America won\'t have any enemies left. The army won\'t have anybody to fight. Things are going to change. Jack Reacher is the Military Police duty officer on a base in North Carolina when he takes a call reporting a dead soldier in a hot-sheets motel. Reacher tells the local cops to handle

Yann-Arthus Bertrand\'s photographic daybook features over 200 completely new photographs. Each image is accompanied on its facing page by a thoughtful and thorough explanatory text. The images reach across the continents, from the icebergs of Antarctica to the cotton fields of India to the olive plantations of Spain. All 12 chapters of the book open with a thoughtful introduction by one of several

The moving portrayal of life in the trenches in WW1, now a new film from the director of Suite Française, starring Sam Clafin, Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham and Asa Butterfield Set in the First World War, Journey\'s End is the story of a group of British officers on the front line, in a dugout in the trenches in France. Raleigh, a new eighteen-year-old officer fresh out of English public school, joins

\'The great French feminist writer we need to remember\' Guardian \'Violette Leduc\'s novels are works of genius and also a bit peculiar\' Deborah Levy, from the introduction An old woman lives alone in a tiny attic flat in Paris, counting out coffee beans every morning beneath the roar of the overhead metro. Starving, she spends her days walking around the city, each step a bid for recognition of

Tu veux ma mort, poisson, pensa le vieux. C\'est ton droit. Camarade, je n\'ai jamais rien vu de plus grand, ni de plus noble, ni de plus calme, ni de plus beau que toi. Allez, vas-y, tue-moi. Ça m\'est égal lequel de nous deux qui tue l\'autre. Qu\'est-ce que je raconte ? pensa-t-il. Voil que je déraille. Faut garder la tte froide. Garde la tte froide et endure ton mal comme un homme. Ou comme un

Choose your faction, pick your weapon, and prepare for an astonishing vision of the world of Azeroth like you\'ve never seen before! Built by best-selling paper engineer Matthew Reinhardt, the World of Warcraft Pop-Up Book brings the most well-loved locations of Warcraft to life, from the classic faction hubs of Ogrimmar and Stormwind, to the battle-scarred lands of Lordaeron and Teldrassil, and even

Lonely Planet: The world\'s leading travel guide publisher Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet Provence & Southeast France Road Trips, your passport to uniquely encountering this region by car. Featuring four amazing road trips, plus up-to-date advice on the destinations you\'ll visit along the way, explore the Mediterranean south\'s shimmering coast and rustic heart with your trusted

INTRODUCTION BY RODDY DOYLE \'He brought everyone down to earth, even the angels\' LEONARD COHEN Charles Bukowski is one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century. The autobiographical Ham on Rye is widely considered his finest novel. A classic of American literature, it offers powerful insight into his youth through the prism of his alter-ego Henry Chinaski, who grew up to be the legendary

Greg Salinger was just your typical merc for hire - killing those he deemed \"foolish\" for money. But that life is behind him now. Today, he\'s a psychiatrist, trying to help others. But now S.H.I.E.L.D. wants him to try to rehabilitate super villains. The catch? If these \"patients\" don\'t make enough progress, they\'re dead! Sounds like a job for Foolkiller! But when he finds himself alone with

Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan continue their Deadpool double act - and they\'re there for Wade Wilson\'s good times, bad times and downright ugly times! Things take a turn for the dark as the Merc with a Mouth is haunted by his Weapon X past. Can his brothers-in-arms Wolverine and Captain America help Deadpool through his most harrowing story ever? Better hope so, because he needs to be in good shape