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Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers' Tales

By: Spike Webb

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Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers' Tales

By: Spike Webb

Never have so many famous drummers been gathered together in one place! Drummer and writer Spike Webb has spent more than three years meeting fellow drummers in bars, clubs and cafes, shooting the breeze for a couple of hours and extracting anecdote after anecdote for posterity. This is truly a labour of love - and somebody had to do it. In this book you'll meet drummers like Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Don Powell (Slade), Adam Facek (Babyshambles), Steve White (Paul Weller), Topper Headon (The Clash), Woody (Madness) and world-class session players like Toto's drummer Simon Phillips. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant but always entertaining, it's the ultimate insight into what it really means to be a drummer and an explanation, at last, for what really makes someone do a 20-minute solo. You'll be asking for an encore!

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Kings Road Publishing

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1857829972

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9781857829976

Milligan's Meaning of Life

An Autobiography of Sorts

By: Spike Milligan

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Milligan's Meaning of Life

An Autobiography of Sorts

By: Spike Milligan

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Penguin UK

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0670920789

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9780670920785

Mussolini

His Part in My Downfall

By: Spike Milligan

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Mussolini

His Part in My Downfall

By: Spike Milligan

VOLUME FOUR OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2 'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail 'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times ______________ A voice is calling across the land, 'Bombardier Milligan.' 'Bombadier Milligan is dead,' I replied in a disguised voice. The voice replied, 'Then he's going to miss his breakfast.' The fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ('The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured'). After a bout of Sandfly Fever, from which he soon recovers ('I'm ready to be killed again'), our plucky hero is piddled on by a farm dog ('Mussolini's revenge?') before forging his way inland towards the enemy and the sound of guns ('We're getting near civilisation'), where matters suddenly take a dark turn ('I was not really me any more') . . . ______________ 'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express 'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese 'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard 'A totally original comedy writer' Michael Palin 'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' Guardian

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355

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Penguin UK

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0241966183

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9780241966181

The Riddle of the Image

The Secret Science of Medieval Art

By: Spike Bucklow

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The Riddle of the Image

The Secret Science of Medieval Art

By: Spike Bucklow

From monumental church mosaics to fresco wall-paintings, the medieval period produced some of the most impressive art in history. But how, in a world without the array of technology and access to materials that we now have, did artists produce such incredible works, often on an unbelievably large scale? In The Riddle of the Image, research scientist and art restorer Spike Bucklow discovers the actual materials and methods that lie behind the production of historical paintings. Examining the science of the tools and resources, as well as the techniques of medieval artists, Bucklow adds new layers to our understanding and appreciation of paintings in particular and medieval art more generally. He uses case studies—including The Wilton Diptych, one of the most popular paintings in the National Gallery in London and the altarpiece in front of which English monarchs were crowned for centuries—and analyses of these works, presenting previously unpublished technical details that shed new light on the mysteries of medieval artists. The first account to examine this subject in depth for a general audience, The Riddle of the Image is a beautifully illustrated look at the production of medieval paintings.

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Reaktion Books

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1780233272

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9781780233277

The Only Way Was Essex

Tough Times and simple pleasures: growing up in an Essex village in the 1920s

By: Spike Mays

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The Only Way Was Essex

Tough Times and simple pleasures: growing up in an Essex village in the 1920s

By: Spike Mays

In a remote corner of rural Essex, when ploughs were drawn by heavy horses and children walked shoeless to school, young Spike Mays lived with his family in a two-up, two-down cottage, where there was no electricity, no bathroom, no running water and just a shared privy in the back yard. Beset by poverty, this was an England in the shadow of the Great War. In this bittersweet memoir Mays recreates the village, its travelling parson, local poacher and even the local drunkard. And in the bustling backstairs world of the squire's house where Spike served his apprenticeship we see a more privileged side to life. This warm and nostalgic portrait of a very different Essex opens a door to a distant past.

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178

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Abacus

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0349001103

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9780349001104

Connected Leadership

It’s Just a Click Away

By: Spike Cook

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Connected Leadership

It’s Just a Click Away

By: Spike Cook

You’re at the top—but never alone! Take the leap and connect with other educators and leaders through social media. Educators learn to transform relationships with their students, staff, parents, and with the overall community in this simple guide to social media. With real-life examples from K12 educators who’ve integrated social media technology and education, this guide helps educators to harness the power of connectedness and change the way you lead. Jump in and you’ll learn how to: Develop a personal learning network Tell your school’s story through blogging Use connections to transform your leadership

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Corwin Press

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1483371697

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9781483371696

Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline

A Collection of the Greatest Red Raider Stories Ever Told

By: Spike Dykes

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Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline

A Collection of the Greatest Red Raider Stories Ever Told

By: Spike Dykes

Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline will examine the games, stories, and players that have enriched the Red Raiders’ 79-year history. College football fans will get an inside look, as told by the school’s all-time most winningest coach, at one of the nation’s highest-scoring and most-dangerous dark-horse programs, along with a glance back at the players and coaches who helped build the Red Raiders’ successful tradition. Texas Tech legends Donny Anderson, who scored a touchdown for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II, and E. J. Holub, Texas Tech’s first consensus Division I-A All-American, will be profiled, along with more recent stars, like the record-setting Kliff Kingsbury and B. J. Symons and All-Americans Tracy Saul, Byron Hanspard, and Zach Thomas.

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198

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Simon and Schuster

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1613216297

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9781613216293

Rock and Roll Comics: Led Zeppelin

By: Spike Steffenhagen,Jay Allen Sanford,Scott Pentzer,David Neer,Marshall Ross

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Rock and Roll Comics: Led Zeppelin

By: Spike Steffenhagen,Jay Allen Sanford,Scott Pentzer,David Neer,Marshall Ross

The Led Zeppelin saga is one of the wildest in rock history, and this graphic novel pulls no punches in dramatizing the backstage, behind-the-scenes story. From their early days as the New Yardbirds on through their rise to superstardom (and controversy), all five issues of the original Rock 'N' Roll Comics series are collected in one rockin' volume. The collection also includes update material, bringing the saga up to 2010.

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Bluewater Productions

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1616239395

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9781616239398

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Volume 2

By: Spike Chunsoft,Kuroki Q

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Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Volume 2

By: Spike Chunsoft,Kuroki Q

Beautiful white sand? Check! Refreshing ocean waves? Check! Bloody body in the beach house? Check...?! Hajime and his classmates strive to overcome the despair of having now lost two classmates as they explore the buildings of the newly opened 2nd Island. Hajime learns a little about each of his classmates and the tropical paradise that is their prison. Now everyone is determined to prevent another murder from happening--everyone except Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, that is... Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is an alternate version of the events told in the manga Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair. That series told the story through the eyes of "Ultimate Lucky Student" Nagito Komaeda; now Goodbye Despair gives you the perspective of his arch-rival in the desperate classroom murder game, Hajime Hinata!

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506713602

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9781506713601

Red

The Art and Science of a Colour

By: Spike Bucklow

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Red

The Art and Science of a Colour

By: Spike Bucklow

Blood, rust, lava, wine—the flush of passion and the glow of approaching night—no color arrests our attention more than the color red. Today it is the flag of danger and seduction, of spirit and revolution, but throughout nearly all of human history it has held a special place in our aesthetics. In this book, Spike Bucklow brings us into the heart of this fiery hue to better understand the unique powers it has had over us. Bucklow takes us from a thirty-four-thousand-year-old shaman burial dress to the iPhone screen, exploring the myriad of purposes we have put red to as well as the materials from which we have looked to harvest it. And we have looked for it everywhere, from insects to tree resin to tar to excitable gasses. Bucklow also details how our pursuit of the color drove medieval alchemy and modern chemistry alike, and he shows us red’s many symbolic uses, its association with earth, blood, and fire, its coloring of caves and the throne rooms of goddesses, as well as national flags, fire trucks, power grids, and stoplights. The result is a material and cultural history that makes one see this color afresh, beating with vibrancy, a crucial part of the human visual world.

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Reaktion Books

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1780236247

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9781780236247

Where Have All the Bullets Gone?

By: Spike Milligan

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Where Have All the Bullets Gone?

By: Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies since they first appeared. 'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express 'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail 'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, 'I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate.' The fifth volume of Spike Milligan's unsurpassed account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends - including one Gunner Harry Secombe - that help carry him through to his first stage appearances ... 'That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man' Stephen Fry 'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese 'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard 'Manifestly a genius, a comic surrealist genius and had no equal' Terry Wogan 'A totally original comedy writer' Michael Palin 'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' Guardian Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success as on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories.

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288

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Penguin UK

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0241966191

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9780241966198

Goodbye Soldier

By: Spike Milligan

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Goodbye Soldier

By: Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies since they first appeared. 'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express 'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail 'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times 'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.' 'I'm Spike, sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.' 'Yeser, I know.' The sixth volume of Spike Milligan's off-the-wall account of his part in World War Two sees our hero doing very little soldiering. Because it's 1946. Rather, he is now part of the Bill Hall Trio - a 'Combined Services Entertainment' inflicted on unsuspecting soldiers across Italy and Austria - and is largely preoccupied with the unbearably beautiful ballerina, Ms Toni Fontana ('Arghhhhhhhhh!). But he must enjoy it while he can before he is demobbed and sent home to Catford - so he does ... 'That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently. A great man' Stephen Fry 'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese 'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard 'Manifestly a genius, a comic surrealist genius and had no equal' Terry Wogan 'A totally original comedy writer' Michael Palin 'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' Guardian Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success as on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories.

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0241966205

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9780241966204

Spike Lee

Interviews

By: Spike Lee

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Spike Lee

Interviews

By: Spike Lee

Since his first feature movie, She's Gotta Have It (1986), gave him critical and commercial success, Spike Lee has challenged audiences with one controversial film after another. Lee has made a broad range of movies, including documentaries (4 Little Girls), musicals (School Daze), crime dramas (Clockers), biopics (Malcolm X).

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578064708

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9781578064700

Spike Dykes's Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline

By: Spike Dykes

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Spike Dykes's Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline

By: Spike Dykes

Spike Dykes's Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline will examine the games, stories, and players that have made up the Red Raiders' 79-year history. College football fans will get an inside look, as told by the school's all-time winningest coach, at one of the nation's highest-scoring and most dangerous dark-horse programs. along with a glance back at the players and coaches that helped build the Red Raiders' successful tradition. Texas Tech legends Donny Anderson, who scored a touchdown for the Green Bay Packers in the 1968 Super Bowl, and E.J. Holub, Texas Tech's first consensus Division I-A All-American, will be examined, along with more recent stars, like the record-setting Kliff Kingsbury and B.J. Symons and All-Americans Byron Hanspard and Zach Thomas, the Red Raiders' last two first-team All-Americans.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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158261265X

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9781582612652

Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers' Tales

By: Spike Webb

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Book's by Spike Webb

Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers' Tales

Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers' Tales

Milligan's Meaning of Life

Milligan's Meaning of Life

Mussolini

Mussolini

The Riddle of the Image

The Riddle of the Image

The Only Way Was Essex

The Only Way Was Essex

Connected Leadership

Connected Leadership

Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline

Tales from the Texas Tech Red Raiders Sideline

Rock and Roll Comics: Led Zeppelin

Rock and Roll Comics: Led Zeppelin

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Volume 2

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Volume 2

Red

Red

Where Have All the Bullets Gone?

Where Have All the Bullets Gone?

Goodbye Soldier

Goodbye Soldier

Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Spike Dykes's Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline

Spike Dykes's Tales from the Texas Tech Sideline

Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers' Tales

Mad, Bad and Dangerous - The Book of Drummers' Tales

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