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Bluffer Media Limited
The ''Bluffer's Guide'' book series is a collection of humorous pocket-sized guidebooks written by experts. There are over 40 titles currently published by Haynes Publishing. Authors include Francis Coleman (ballet and opera), André Launay (antiques), Peter Clayton (jazz), Ross Leckie (the Classics), and Thomas V. Morris Thomas V. Morris (born 1952), is an American philosopher. He is a former professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He is a founder of the Morris Institute for Human Values, and author of several books. He is also a busines ... (philosophy). {{nonfiction-book-stub Book series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Series
A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher. Publishers' reprint series Reprint series of public domain fiction (and sometimes nonfiction) books appeared as early as the 18th century, with the series ''The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill'' (founded by British publisher John Bell in 1777). In 1841 the German Tauchnitz publishing firm launched the ''Collection of British and American Authors'', a reprint series of inexpensive paperbound editions of both public domain and copyrighted fiction and nonfiction works. This book series was unique for paying living authors of the works published even though copyright protection did not exist between nations in the 19th century. Later British reprint series were to include the ''Routledge's Railway Librar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haynes Publishing
The Haynes Owner's Workshop Manuals (commonly known as Haynes Manuals) are a series of practical manuals from the British publisher Haynes Publishing Group. The series primarily focuses upon the maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles, covering a wide range of makes and models (300 models of car and 130 models of motorcycle); the manuals are aimed mainly at DIY enthusiasts rather than professional garage mechanics, as they lack the depth of coverage on particular vehicles or problems. The series includes a range of 'practical lifestyle' manuals in the same style for a range of topics, including domestic appliances and personal computers, digital photography, model railways, sport, animal care, men, babies, sex, and women. They also now publish the Bluffer's Guides collection. Additionally, Haynes have released manuals based on popular fictional series including ''Star Trek'' and '' Thomas and Friends''. History The Haynes manuals are named after John Harold Haynes (1938& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Coleman
Francis Coleman (12 January 192410 April 2008) was a conductor and television producer and director. Early life and education Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Coleman began working in an office at the age of fourteen while studying music at evening classes.Edward Joffe, "Obituary: Francis Coleman", ''Stage Screen and Radio'', July/August 2008 He continued his musical education at McGill University, the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec and then the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, before conducting under Pierre Monteux.Philip Purser,Obituary: Francis Coleman, ''The Guardian'', 17 June 2008 Career In Canada Coleman conducted a range of ensembles, including the Royal Canadian Air Force band, and was appointed the first musical director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. This led him to become the editor of ''Dance Magazine''. He also conducted concerts broadcast for CBC Radio, and it was this which attracted him to work on CBFT, the first televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Launay
André Joseph Launay was a novelist, essayist, humourist and dramatist of French descent who wrote in English under the pen names André Launay, Drew Launay, Andrew Laurance and Drew Lamark. He was the author of family dramas, psychic thrillers, humour and travel books published in the United Kingdom and in the US. Launay lived in Nerja, in the south of Spain until his death; He had three children: record producer Nick Launay, film director Matthew Launay, artist and illustrator Melissa Launay, and four grandchildren; Lee, Lana, Nicolas & Samuel. Fiction *The New Shining White Murder' *A Corpse in Camera' *Death and Still Life' *The Scream' *''The Premonition'' *''The Link'' *''The Unborn'' *''Catacomb'' *''Ouija'' *''The Black Hotel'' *''The Girl with a Peppermint Taste'' *''The Innocence Has Gone, Daddy'' *''The Snake Orchards'' *''The Medusa Horror'' *''The Latchkey Children'' (hard & paperback) *''The Harlequin’s Son'' (hard & paperback) *''Seance'' *She Modelled Her Coffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Clayton
Peter James Clayton (25 June 1927 – 10 August 1991) was an English jazz presenter on BBC Radio, jazz critic, and author. From October 1968 until his death in August 1991, Clayton presented jazz recordings, interviews, studio performances, and live performances on BBC Radio 1, 2, and 3, as well as the BBC World Service. He co-authored several books about music and jazz with Peter Gammond and was a frequent contributor to jazz magazines. Early life The son of a railway clerk, Clayton was educated at Aske's School in South London. One day in 1942, "when I should have been doing my homework", he recalled hearing "broadcaster Spike Hughes playing jazz on the wireless and contracted chronic Boogie Woogie, an incurable condition whose twinges flair flair up even now in certain phases of the moon." After leaving school in 1945, he served three years in the RAF, serving mainly in Iraq and Kuwait. After demobilisation in 1948, Clayton was employed for a short while as a catering assis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Leckie
Peter Ross Leckie (born 6 May 1957) is a Scottish writer of historical novels, best known for his ''Carthage'' trilogy. Biography Leckie attended Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School and Fettes College. He studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was also President of the Junior Common Room. He met Vera Wülfing, a student of languages from Germany, and they married in 1979. They moved to Scotland in 1981. The couple had four children. In 1995 Leckie married Sophie Drinkall, and they had six children. They divorced in 2019. Works Carthage Trilogy # ''Hannibal'' (also as ''Hannibal: A novel'') # ''Scipio Africanus'' (also as ''Scipio: A novel'') # ''Carthage'' Non-fiction * ''The Bluffer's Guide to The Classics'' * ''Grampian Grampian ( gd, Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas V
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
