Michael imprint: 765 books
The Forties
Good Times Just Around the Corner
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Told largely in the words of people who lived through this extraordinary time, The Forties: Good Times Just Around the Corner is a vividly remembered account of the most important decade of the twentieth century. With original photographs and memorabilia of every kind, this is a book for anyone interested...
Brian and Me
Life on - and off - The Archers
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Since 1975 Charles Collingwood has also been known as Brian Aldridge - 'the JR of Ambridge' - the upper-class charmer with more than a dash of naughty wickedness. Charles' alter-ego has kept him pretty busy, from affairs and illegitimate children, to ventures into the sausage business. His long-suffering...
The Invisible Cut
How Editors Make Movie Magic
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
The book reveals how the editor like a magician manipulates his audience by using sleight of hand and seduces them by anticipating their needs and desires. Only then can he create those invisible cuts that grab them and keep them on the edge of their seat
Getting it Done: The Ultimate Production Assistnat Guide
The Ultimate Production Assistant Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Only a fool would enter a film set without having first read this production manual. There is no faster way up the ladder than being prepared and no faster way out the door than by screwing up. This manual was created by a working PA as a tutorial for those starting out, or a reference guide for seasoned filmmakers.
The Loo Companion
Are You Sitting Comfortably?
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
Pull up a seat and take a pit stop with this amusing toilet book. The Loo Companion is a hilarious and entertaining addition to any bathroom, guaranteed to expand your mind and make you laugh whenever nature calls. This book contains pages of trivia, news stories, historic references, quotes, anecdotes,...
The O Level Book
Genuine Exam Questions From Yesteryear
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
"The O Level Book" encourages you to dust off your slide rules and get your thinking caps on to see who will come out top in your family!
The Church in the Modern World
Gaudium et Spes Then and Now
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Gaudium et Spes, Vatican II’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, marked fundamental shifts in ethical methodology, in how we do ethics in the Catholic tradition, and in how we think about ethical and ecclesial issues in the Catholic Church in the modern world.
On the...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
When the basic conceptions of the world held by whole generations in the West are formed by popular culture, and in particular by the music that serves as its soundtrack, can theology remain unchanged? The authors of the essays in this important volume insist that the answer is no.
These gifted...
Lost Britain
An A-Z of forgotten landmarks and lost traditions
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
From vanished villages and bygone businesses to abandoned architecture, forgotten pastimes and projects put on hold, Lost Britain tells the intriguing story of Britain’s buildings, counties, transport, languages, roads and rivers that have been forgotten over the centuries. The book shines a light...
Roman Woman
Everyday Life in Hadrian's Britain
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Roman Britain is vividly portrayed in this fascinating and authentically detailed story about a year in the life of an ordinary woman and her family. The year is AD 133. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome and all its vast empire, including Britannia. The greater part of that island has long been under imperial...
An Unkindness of Ravens
A Book of Collective Nouns
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
A beautifully packaged, highly enjoyable collection that showcases the most unusual and interesting collective nouns in the English language—from the author of A Certain "Je Ne Sois Quoi"
Why are geese in a gaggle? Are crows really murderous? And what makes lions so proud?...
Where's the Llama?
A Whole Llotta Llamas to Search and Find
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2018
FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF THE BESTSELLING WHERE'S THE UNICORN?, GET READY FOR A WHOLE LLOTTA LLAMA DRAMA! Word has reached the Andes that everyone’s going bananas over llamas! Intrigued, an intrepid herd of fun-loving llamas have decided to ‘alpaca’ their bags and embark on an incredible round-the-world...
by Les Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Les Dawson is at his funniest in this, his last book, which he described as: 'A record of an era so lusty and physical that it makes the reader want to wear a truss.' Within these pages the devoted reader will find the real Quasimodo ('a dwarf whose sword was so swift it could sever a trout's eyebrows...
by Adam Hart-Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
This work presents 100 stories of weird and wonderful inventions, full-blown and well-developed disasters of what seemed to be brilliant inventions that fell at the first fence, or sometimes the second, like the first steam-powered submarine, still lying on the sea bed off North Wales.