Richard Horne Books

For an art form that is barely a half-century old, rock and roll has a staggering number of artists, figures, and trivia. M. C. Strong has spent twelve years researching rock's history. The result is this indispensable volume. The Great Rock Discography offers detailed entries on more than 1,000 artists and bands spanning five decades. From ABBA to Zappa, each entry contains a complete discography with album track listings and Strong's pithy reviews and amusing recommendations. Collectors will be wowed by the sheer comprehensiveness of this volume: the catalog numbers for every album, single, and EP, the highest chart positions attained in the U.S. and the U.K., full band profiles complete with personnel, line-up changes, and solo projects, seventy caricatures of rock legends, and much more. For less than the price of three CDs, fans can own a fabulous reference tool and a great read. Everyone from casual rock scholars to the most zealous gatherers of music trivia will crave this essential volume, now in its fourth revised and updated edition.

Grandfather is on an expedition to the North Pole in search of the last polar bears. He is accompanied by Roo, a dog of character and strong views, and they carry all their equipment in a golf bag. Eccentric, poignant and comic, their story is told through a series of extraordinary letters.

Life of Pi meets Aesop's Fables - a modern-day fable for adults

When the Christmas Rabbit makes his wish come true and brings him the beautiful red sled from the store window, Little Rabbit wants it all to himself until he learns that even the best gift is better when shared.

3D printing is no longer just a figment of your imagination. This remarkable technology is coming to the masses with the growing availability of 3D printers. 3D printers create 3-dimensional layered models and they allow users to create prototypes that use multiple materials and colors. This friendly-but-straightforward guide examines each type of 3D printing technology available today and gives artists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and hobbyists insight into the amazing things 3D printing has to offer. You'll discover methods for the creation of 3D printable objects using software, 3D scanners, and even photographs with the help of this timely For Dummies guide

There is nothing worse than being boring, except for being old and boring! This exciting new book will help teens discover 101 ways to live life to its fullest before it's too late. The interactive format contains fill-in pages, checklists, and adhesive stars to place on each page when the suggested task has been completed. Both entertaining and educational, this book suggests trying some of the following: * #26 Help Save the Planet * #36 Start a Blog * #7 Prepare Yourself for Fame * #30 Make a Movie * #39 Be a Genius * #14 See a Ghost * #69 Make a Scene in Public * #74 Become a Spy So, what are you waiting for? Get going and get this perfect gift for a teen in your life!

Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention, from glass to underpants, the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting, of course, the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society, it will also distinguish the strokes of genius from discoveries of sheer chance, or millennia of evolution ...And reveal the real reason why Alfred Nobel had to establish a peace prize (tut, tut). Expand your knowledge of man's accomplishments in the most compelling - and irreverent - way possible.

101 amazing ways to make, learn or cheat your way to superhero brilliance. Utterly addictive, guaranteed to keep any 10+ child (or their parents) occupied at weekends, evenings or on holiday

Have you ever Milked a Cow? Made the Guinness Book of World Records? Done the Monopoly Board pub crawl? Joined the Mile-High Club? No? Then it's high time you reassessed your priorities. 101 Things To Do Before You Die is the definitive guide to everything you should do before it's too late...

Doomsday. Judgement Day. Day of Reckoning. Apocalypse... As the man with the sandwich board says, 'The end of the world is nigh!' Whether it be an Act of God, a natural event, or as the result of a man made disaster, never has the threat of annihilation been more pressing than right now. A IS FOR ARMAGEDDON is a brilliantly funny, thoroughly factual and stunningly illustrated guide to disaster - from the rise of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, animal zoonosis and erupting super volcanoes to animal flatulence, obesity and World War III, from economic collapse and the gulf stream collapse, to genetic modification and the collapse of causality - accompanied by a critical time line for when we might expect to die - now, soon, later, or too late... it's already started. A veritable panoply of impending doom, this catalogue of disasters will inform and delight in equal measure. Just don't read it before bedtime!