Presents an illustrated history of Boilerplate, a turn-of-the-last century robot, and its colourful adventures around the world, including some with key historical figures.

When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumour about the watering hole drying up. One misunderstanding leads to another, with animals making their own hilarious assumptions. No one is hearing anything right! Chaos spreads and the animals are soon in an uproar from one end of the jungle to the other.

Written by a collaborative of leading thinkers across a diverse range of industries, this title demonstrates that the means for building a better future lie all around us. It offers answers to questions, such as: Why does buying locally produced food make sense? And what steps can we take to influence our workplace toward sustainability?

A collection of children's comics. It focuses on comic books, not strips, and contains humourous stories that are culled from the Golden Age of comic books, roughly the 1940s through the early 1960s, and organised into five categories: Kids, Funny Animals, Adventure, Fantasy, and Weird and Wacky.

It's difficult to imagine what Manhattan would have looked like to its explorers - before the skyscrapers, the crowded sidewalks and the busy intersections. Although the lush forests, rolling hills and streams have disappeared, this work aims to bring this wild island to life through text, maps, illustrations and computer visualisations.

Few events in recent memory have captivated the world's attention like that of Barack Obama's historic presidential campaign. This book showcases the well-known images of the campaign as well as less famous, but equally creative, pieces from around the globe.

A pop-up book story of life in a school for vampires! Welcome to Ms. Vampira's school, where timid souls are transformed into scary ghouls in the twinkling of a bat's eye.

Kamishibai (paper theatre) is a fascinating and nearly vanished Japanese art form that paved the way for modern-day comic books and is central to the phenomenon of manga. This book examines the origin of the modern manga phenomenon.

A reissue of author's whimsical portrait of Sally, the famous black Labrador, via his trademark woodcut prints. It illustrates the predicaments, pleasures, and appetites that make up a dog's life.

A 16-month calendar that is suitable for Crumb aficionados, comics fans and music lovers alike. It also includes 6 postcards.

Nico De Swert's fantastic floral arrangements are more likely to resemble the bustle of a haute couture evening gown, an art installation, or an abstract explosion of colours and textures than a mere bouquet.

The quintessential American artist Louis Armstrong was born in 1901 in New Orleans and died in 1971 in New York City, where he had lived for many years in a modest house in Queens. The house is now a museum in his honour. This work tells the story of Armstrong's life through his writings, scrapbooks and artworks.

Showcases the author's philosophy of living well with a multifaceted, luxurious design sense, giving the reader a touch of glamor to go along with the work's meticulous attention to comfort.

A 16-month, 2010 wall calendar that features William Wegman's artful photographs of puppies. It also includes a poster.

One night in the jungle, June is thrilled to see a shooting star, while August loves looking at the moon. Although they can't see each other in the dark, the two promise to meet again the next day, but when the next morning dawns, they face a terrible dilemma. How are June and August going to recognize each other?

Tells the story of one of the most popular religious figures in the world - the Virgin Mary. Beginning with biblical and apocryphal traditions concerning Mary's place among the Bible's other great women (Eve in particular), this title illustrates Mary's life with paintings from the early Christian period in Rome to the twentieth century.

Five unpopular students run a spy network from inside their elementary school. Working as a team, they become the latest members of an elite organization whose origins are shrouded in mystery and have included such members as Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Tubman and Bill Gates.

Details images of animals from around the world. This title collects studio portraits of 175 wild creatures from baby leopards to parrots, bears, and mandrills, depicting their subjects. It looks at the fragile wonders of the natural world. It is suitable for animal lovers, photography fans and those fascinated by the world around us.

Marilyn Monroe - with her hourglass curves and blonde waves - was destined to become a Hollywood icon and the archetype for 1950s fashion. This book features archival photographs and savvy fashion quips. It lets you 'Punch Out and Play' with each fabulously dressed Marilyn Monroe to create twelve paper dolls in different poses.

Offers different quizzes, advice, trivia, lists, as well as plenty of banter between Angela, Zoe and Maddie.