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WHOLPHIN NO. 7 by Hoff Brent ed
Category: Art | Series: Wholphin: DVD Magazine of Rare & Unseen Short Films
"Wholphin No. 7" is filled with unique and ponderable films designed to make viewers feel the way McSweeney's felt after learning that dolphins and whales sometimes, you know, do it. The issue includes short films, instructional videos, foreign sitcoms, scientific discoveries, animated shorts, and other ...Show more
WHOLPHIN NO 8 by Hoff Ben
Category: Fiction | Series: Wholphin: DVD Magazine of Rare & Unseen Short Films
"Wholphin" is a quarterly DVD magazine collecting unseen short films, documentaries, animation, and instructional videos. The first five issues featured gems from Errol Morris, Alexander Payne, Stephen Soderbergh, David O. Russell, Bob Odenkirk, Jessica Yu, Miranda July, and Dennis Hopper (surrounded by ...Show more
Walk into Danger (Slipstream Graphic) by David Orme
Category: Education | Series: Edge: Slipstream Short Fiction Level 1
Slipstream is a new generation of reading resources specifically designed for struggling and reluctant readers. Through exciting and carefully levelled texts, Slipstream enables readers to accelerate their reading experience. This illustrated story is part of Slipstream LEVEL 1. The 300-word text is lev ...Show more
War and Religion: a Very Short Introduction by Jolyon Mitchell; Joshua Rey
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Very Short Introductions Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history have been caused and motivated by religion. Much of the violence that fills our screens today springs from the same source. Yet some of the bravest pacifists ...Show more
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick
The fifth and final part of the complete collected stories shows Philip K. Dick at the very height of his outstanding powers. The twenty-five tales were written between 1963 and 1981, just a few months before he died, and include two stories which have been turned into box office smashes: the title stor ...Show more
Weather: A Very Short Introduction by Storm Dunlop
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Very Short Introductions
From deciding the best day for a picnic, to the devastating effects of hurricanes and typhoons, the weather impacts our lives on a daily basis. Although new techniques allow us to forecast the weather with increasing accuracy, most people do not realise the vast global movements and forces which result ...Show more
What IS Sex? by Alenka Zupancic
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Short Circuits Ser.
Why sexuality is at the point of a "short circuit" between ontology and epistemology. Consider sublimation--conventionally understood as a substitute satisfaction for missing sexual satisfaction. But what if, as Lacan claims, we can get exactly the same satisfaction that we get from sex from talking (o ...Show more
When I Saw the Animal by Bernard Cohen
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Short Fiction Ser.
Parked in by furious rich people, mid-divorce, a man misses his lunchtime gambling session. All the girls named Ella form a diagonal across the teacher's new classroom. Diseased cattle burn in fields around the country - it is a cameraman's role to frame the images for TV. A swagman jumps into a billabo ...Show more
Where are the Secret Seven? (Secret Seven Short Stories #4) by Enid Blyton
Category: Early Reader | Series: Secret Seven Colour Short Stories
When the Secret Seven visit a haunted house they discover it is not empty after all. Soon, they are trapped inside. How will they escape?
Wholphin: No. 9: DVD Magazine of Rare & Unseen Short Films by Brent Hoff
Category: Plays | Series: Wholphin: DVD Magazine of Rare & Unseen Short Films
"Wholphin" is a quarterly DVD magazine, lovingly encoded with the best short movies, documentaries, and uncategorizable films -- from rare Spike Jonze documentaries to Alexander Payne's first short feature. If it's good, rare, new, or unseen, it's on "Wholphin."
Will Shortz Presents Good Times Crosswords: 200 Easy New York Times Crossword Puzzles by Will Shortz
Category: Gifts | Series: Will Shortz Presents...
This book packs hours of solving into a portable paperback with a flashy, fun cover. So grab a pencil and enjoy 200 of easy to hard crossword puzzles, chosen from the newspaper. Features: * 200 easy to hard"New York Times" crosswords* Portable and perfect for solving on the go* Edited by the #1 man in A ...Show more
Will Shortz Presents Hard Sudoku : 200 Challenging Puzzles by Will Shortz
Category: Gifts | Series: Will Shortz Presents Hard Sudoku