Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The journal of strange phenomena.
Moose
Author: Kevin Jackson
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 186189628X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Its hooves were supposedly a cure for epilepsy; it is the mascot of the Seattle Mariners baseball team and the clothing company Abercrombie & Fitch; and its meat is a delicacy. The moose is a fascinating but elusive animal of the north, and its little-known natural history is the focus of Kevin Jackson’s engaging new book. Moose explains moose’s biological history and describes its natural environments around the world, including Canada, New England, Alaska, and Scandinavia, where the moose is the national animal of Sweden and Norway. Jackson considers why the moose is really an elk and an elk is a wapiti, and he also looks at the controversy behind the naming of the Irish Elk. Moose explores the animal’s role in human history since the Stone Age, including the “alces” in Julius Caesar’s history of the Gallic Wars and its influence on figures such as poet Ted Hughes and Theodore Roosevelt and his Bull Moose Party. The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, a 150-foot statue being built in Sweden, and colorful moose lore all appear in this wide-ranging study, making this an essential read for naturalists and moose lovers alike.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 186189628X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Its hooves were supposedly a cure for epilepsy; it is the mascot of the Seattle Mariners baseball team and the clothing company Abercrombie & Fitch; and its meat is a delicacy. The moose is a fascinating but elusive animal of the north, and its little-known natural history is the focus of Kevin Jackson’s engaging new book. Moose explains moose’s biological history and describes its natural environments around the world, including Canada, New England, Alaska, and Scandinavia, where the moose is the national animal of Sweden and Norway. Jackson considers why the moose is really an elk and an elk is a wapiti, and he also looks at the controversy behind the naming of the Irish Elk. Moose explores the animal’s role in human history since the Stone Age, including the “alces” in Julius Caesar’s history of the Gallic Wars and its influence on figures such as poet Ted Hughes and Theodore Roosevelt and his Bull Moose Party. The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, a 150-foot statue being built in Sweden, and colorful moose lore all appear in this wide-ranging study, making this an essential read for naturalists and moose lovers alike.
Phenomenomix
Author: Hunt Emerson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861662906
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Vampires, Ghosts, Faeries, UFOs, Werewolves, Folk Beliefs, Miracles, Mystery Smells, Unknown Animals, Megaliths, Saints, Weird Cults, Weird Deaths, Weird Feet, Rains of Blood, Fishes and Stones... The mysterious and bizarre world that exists around us, whether we believe in it or not. Hunt Emerson's pages about these phenomena have been a regular feature in Fortean Times magazine for many years. Hallucinatory and hilarious, digressive and daft, many of these stories have some sort of documentary evidence. Equally as many are made up by Emerson himself.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861662906
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Vampires, Ghosts, Faeries, UFOs, Werewolves, Folk Beliefs, Miracles, Mystery Smells, Unknown Animals, Megaliths, Saints, Weird Cults, Weird Deaths, Weird Feet, Rains of Blood, Fishes and Stones... The mysterious and bizarre world that exists around us, whether we believe in it or not. Hunt Emerson's pages about these phenomena have been a regular feature in Fortean Times magazine for many years. Hallucinatory and hilarious, digressive and daft, many of these stories have some sort of documentary evidence. Equally as many are made up by Emerson himself.
Calculus Cat
Author: Hunt Emerson
Publisher: Fanfare
ISBN: 9780861662388
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Calculus Cat's home life is locked in an in-tense, argumentative relationship with his TV set, which bedevils him with commercials for Skweeky Weets-the world's most asinine breakfast cere-al. His job' is no better. He is forced to run thought the streets sporting his famous grin as The Public shout abuse and throw rubbish. His world is graphic, black and white, jagged, full in, weird, speedy and loud-everything a comic should be!'
Publisher: Fanfare
ISBN: 9780861662388
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Calculus Cat's home life is locked in an in-tense, argumentative relationship with his TV set, which bedevils him with commercials for Skweeky Weets-the world's most asinine breakfast cere-al. His job' is no better. He is forced to run thought the streets sporting his famous grin as The Public shout abuse and throw rubbish. His world is graphic, black and white, jagged, full in, weird, speedy and loud-everything a comic should be!'
Lives of the Great Occultists
Author: KEVIN. EMERSON JACKSON (HUNT.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861662845
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Since the dawn of humanity, there have been individuals who want to mess around with Hidden Powers - with the Occult. Some were Mystics, some were Scientists, some were Charlatans. Some were Powerful, some were Wretched. All were pretty bonkers. Kevin Jackson and Hunt Emerson have made over 100 pages of comics dealing with the Lives of the Great Occultists. Over 40 Occultists in all, including Faust, Giordano Bruno, Strindberg, Isobel Gowdie, Kircher, William Blake, PL Travers, WB Yeats, Jack Parsons, and - repeatedly - Aleister Crowley. The comics are factual, and very funny.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861662845
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Since the dawn of humanity, there have been individuals who want to mess around with Hidden Powers - with the Occult. Some were Mystics, some were Scientists, some were Charlatans. Some were Powerful, some were Wretched. All were pretty bonkers. Kevin Jackson and Hunt Emerson have made over 100 pages of comics dealing with the Lives of the Great Occultists. Over 40 Occultists in all, including Faust, Giordano Bruno, Strindberg, Isobel Gowdie, Kircher, William Blake, PL Travers, WB Yeats, Jack Parsons, and - repeatedly - Aleister Crowley. The comics are factual, and very funny.
Casanova's Last Stand
Author: Hunt Emerson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861661091
Category : Erotic comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Casanova, the great lover and adventurer, is 73 and nearing the end of his life. He vows to make one last grand seduction, and devises a precarious plan to that end. Needless to say, in the cartoon hands of Hunt Emerson, the whole thing goes disastrously and hilariously wrong. As the narrative unfolds Casanova reflects on his past exploits.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861661091
Category : Erotic comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Casanova, the great lover and adventurer, is 73 and nearing the end of his life. He vows to make one last grand seduction, and devises a precarious plan to that end. Needless to say, in the cartoon hands of Hunt Emerson, the whole thing goes disastrously and hilariously wrong. As the narrative unfolds Casanova reflects on his past exploits.