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A Brief Guide to Jeeves and Wooster by Nigel Cawthorne
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Category: New Music Books | Series: Brief Histories
This title is a comprehensive guide to P. G. Wodehouse's two best-loved comic characters, Bertram Wilbeforce Wooster and his valet ('Reggie') Jeeves, Bertie's friends and relatives and their world of sunshine, country houses and champagne. Although the stories may seem quintessentially English, they wer ...Show more
A Brief History Of Video Games: From Atari to Virtual Reality by Rich Stanton
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Category: New Entertainment | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
From the first wood-panelled Pong machines in California to the masterpieces of engineering that now sit in countless homes all over the world, A Brief History of Video Games reveals the vibrant history and culture of interactive entertainment. Above all, this is a book about the games - how the experie ...Show more
A Brief History of Tea by Roy Moxham
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Category: New History | Series: Brief Histories
Behind the wholesome image of the world's most popular drink lies a strangely murky and often violent past. When tea began to be imported into the West from China in the seventeenth century, its high price and heavy taxes made it an immediate target for smuggling and dispute at every level, culminating ...Show more
A Brief History of Video Games: From Atari to Virtual Reality by Rich Stanton
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Entertainment | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
'Stanton writes with terrific verve and precision . . . his understanding of the seductive pleasures of gaming takes us right to its heart.'Maria Bustillos, Times Literary Supplement 'The best overview book of the industry that I've read.'Andrew Liptak, io9 From the first wood-panelled Pong machines i ...Show more
A Brief History of Video Games - From Atari to Xbox One by Richard Stanton
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Category: New Entertainment | Series: Brief Histories
From the first wood-panelled Pong machines in California to the masterpieces of engineering that now sit in countless homes all over the world, A Brief History of Video Games reveals the vibrant history and culture of interactive entertainment. Above all, this is a book about the games - how the experie ...Show more
A Brief History of the Martial Arts: East Asian Fighting Styles, from Kung Fu to Ninjutsu by Jonathan Clements
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Category: New Sports & Recreation | Series: Brief Histories
Folk tales of the Shaolin Temple depict warrior monks with superhuman abilities. Today, dozens of East Asian fighting styles trace their roots back to the Buddhist brawlers of Shaolin, although any quest for the true story soon wanders into a labyrinth of forgeries, secret texts and modern retellings. T ...Show more
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