Best known for a string of 1980s pop soul classics such as ‘Private Eyes’, ‘Maneater’, and ‘Out Of Touch’, Daryl Hall & John Oates are far more than the much-caricatured image of the tall blonde one and the short one with the moustache. Through peaks and troughs of the preceding decade, their Philly soul sound twisted and turned, with forays into psychedelic rock with Todd Rundgren and an embracing of new wave-style tunes as the 1970s progressed. Their records are full of luscious harmonie...

Highly-regarded when it first appeared, in 2004, Hawkwind: Sonic Assassins relates the long and twisting history of one of the most iconic British rock bands. From founder and ever present leader Dave Brock's early days busking the streets of London and mixing with the movers and shakers of the embryonic blues rock scene of the 1960s, through his conversion to psychedelic soundscapes and the establishment of a band that would come to define its own spacerock genre, this is the story of Haw...

"To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and The Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions." Mike ScottStrange Boat charts the twisting and meandering journey of Mike Scott, describing the literary and spiritual references that inform his songwriting and exploring the multitude of locations and cultures in which The Waterboys have assembled and reflected in their recordings.From his early forays ...

Huw Lloyd-Langton, that much-loved and distinctive lead guitarist, might be best known for his multiple stints with Hawkwind - playing on their eponymous 1970 debut LP and returning for Live Seventy-Nine and Levitation, before staying with the Hawks through the 1980s, and making many guest appearances with them thereafter - and through his membership of 70s 'supergroup' Widowmaker - but there is so much more to his journey through a life shared in the music world with his soulmate and wife...

Singer/Songwriter/Performance Artist Bridget Wishart (Hawkwind, Hippy Slags, Demented Stoats, Spirits Burning) and Music Journalist Ian Abrahams (Hawkwind – Sonic Assassins, Strange Boat – Mike Scott & The Waterboys, Record Collector, R2, Vive Le Rock) announce the publication of their 'talking heads' book on the British free festival scene of the 70s, 80s and early 90s, Festivalized.Festivalized surveys the history of the free festivals through the stories and viewpoints of those ...

"A diverse and thoughtful array of 16 stories written around the theme of endangered species—be they human or animal, mythical or alien." — Publishers WeeklyIn this poignant yet uplifting anthology about extinction, science fiction stories draw you into compelling, adventurous, and even humorous tales that will make you think about the future of animals, humanity, and the world around us. You'll find bugs and buffalo, humans and aliens, creatures that have ...

O. ZEGNA RATA, L’acheminement vers la parole, ou l’éducation de Gargantua; I.R. MORRISON, Rabelais contre Machiavel dans Gargantua; P. GILMAN and A.C. KELLER, Why Rabelais wrote Gargantua after Pantagruel?; E. McPHAIL, Rabelais’s Allegory of Prudence; L.K. DONALDSON-EVANS, The Peregrina-tions of Pantagruel: Rabelais and the Travel Literature of the Renaissance; N. FRELICK, “J’ouis-sens”: Thaumaste dans le Pantagruel de Rabelais et le “sujet-supposé-savoir”; P. GILMAN and A.C. KELLER, “Et f...

Summarises latest research on IWM principles and methodsAssesses current challenges facing herbicide useDetailed review of the range of cultural, physical and biological methods of control available for IWM.

A collection of horror stories set in shadowy caverns, crypts, and other undesirable hollows.Contents:Far Below by Robert Barbour Johnson (Weird Tales, June-July 1939)The story of dreadful creatures burrowing up into the New York subway.The Creeper in the Crypt by Robert Bloch (Weird Tales, July 1937)An unusual case of kidnapping in witch-haunted Arkham.The Secret in the Tom...

Olivier POT, Ronsard et Panurge à Ganabim ; Richard M. BERRONG, Non est solum sophista quis loquitur. Further Thoughts on Rabelais's Presentation of Linguistic Mastery in Gargantua ; Tonino TORNITORE, Parole gelate prima e dopo Rabelais : fortuna di un topos ; Cathleen M. BAUSCHATZ, "Une description du jeu de paulme soubz obscures parolles": the Portrayal of Reading in Pantagruel and Gargantua ; Peter L. GILMAN and Abraham C. KELLER, Who is Pantagruel ? ; John LEWIS, Rabelais and the Disci...

Enhancing Learning with Effective Practical Science begins with an exploration of the reasons why practical work is often less effective than it could be. It provides 72 full and clear lesson guides for effective practical lessons in biology, chemistry and physics for students aged between 11 and 16. Each lesson guide presents the practical work to be undertaken, the apparatus and materials required and the ideas to be explored. Health and safety issues are also covered.Es...