Performativizing Papyrocentricity #33

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Wattir an Wirds – The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn & Other Stories, John Buchan (Penguin Books 2009)

• Caveat Lector – Will This Do? The First Fifty Years of Auberon Waugh, Auberon Waugh (Century 1991)


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #32

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• At the Margins of Mapness – Mapping the World: The Story of Cartography, Beau Riffenburgh (Carlton Books 2011, 2014)

• Vivid Viral – Flora: An Artistic Voyage through the World of Plants, Sandra Knapp (Natural History Museum 2014)

• Auto Motive – Dream Cars: The Hot 100, Sam Philip (BBC Books 2014)


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #31

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Nor Severn Shore – The Poems of A.E. Housman, edited by Archie Burnett (Clarendon Press 1997) (posted @ Overlord of the Über-Feral)

• Knight and Clay – The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code and the Uncovering of a Lost Civilisation, Margalit Fox (Profile Books 2013)

• Goal God Guide – The Secret Footballer’s Guide to the Modern Game: Tips and Tactics from the Ultimate Insider, The Secret Footballer (Guardian Books 2014)


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #30

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Ai Luv Yew – The Bonsai Bible: The Definitive Guide to Choosing and Growing Bonsai, Peter Chan (Hamlyn 2014)

• Starway to Heaven – Guide to the Pyramids of Egypt, Alberto Siliotti, preface by Zahi Hawass (White Star Publishers 2000)

• Escape and Essence – The Wooden Horse, Eric Williams (Pen & Sword 2013)

• Aspects of the Annihilator – Sub-Machine Gun: The development of sub-machine guns and their ammunition from World War I to the present day, Maxim Popenker and Anthony G. Williams (Crowood Press 2011)

• Northanger Abyss – Jane in Blood: Castration, Clitoridolatry and Communal Cannibalism in the Novels of Jane Austen, Dr Miriam B. Stimbers (University of Nebraska Press 2014)


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #29

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Sky Story – The Cloud Book: How to Understand the Skies, Richard Hamblyn (David & Charles 2008)

• Wine Words – The Oxford Companion to Wine, ed. Janice Robinson (Oxford University Press 2006)

• Nu Worlds – Numericon, Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas (Quercus Editions 2014)

• Thalassobiblion – Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide, introduction by Fabien Cousteau (Dorling Kindersley 2014) (posted @ Overlord of the Über-Feral)


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #28

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Himmelangst – No Empty Chairs: The Short and Heroic Lives of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War, Ian Mackersey (Phoenix 2012)

• Arioch’n’Roll – The White Stuff: Archetype, Anomie and Allegorical Albinism in the Music of Hawkwind, 1972-81, Dr Miriam B. Stimbers (University of Nebraska Press 1996)

• Jewels in the Skull – The Art Book, Phaidon (Second edition 2012) (posted @ Overlord of the Über-Feral)


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #27

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Sex/Dream Metaphors – Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews with J.G. Ballard, edited by Simon Sellars and Dan O’Hara (Fourth Estate 2014)

• DNAncient – Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes, Svante Pääbo (Basic Books 2014)

• The Cult of Cthulhu – H.P. Lovecraft: The Classic Horror Stories, edited by Roger Luckhurst (Oxford University Press 2013)

• Rauc’ and Role – Mortality, Christopher Hitchens (Atlantic Books 2012)

• #BooksThatShouldNotBe — Tip-top Transgressive Texts…


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #25

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Colouring the Chameleon – Olivier, Philip Ziegler (MacLehose Press 2013)

• Paper-Deep – Treasure Island (1883) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1885), Robert Louis Stevenson

• Fins and Fangs – The Fresh and Salt Water Fishes of the World, Edward C. Migdalski and George S. Fichter, illustrated by Norman Weaver (1977) (posted @ Overlord of the Über-Feral)


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #24

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Mud Feud – Trench: A History of Trench Warfare on the Western Front, Stephen Bull (Osprey Publishing 2010)

• Sycamores and Satan – Danger UXB: The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams, James Owen (Abacus 2010; paperback 2011)

• Four to Three – Nailed to History: The Story of Manic Street Preachers, Martin Power (Omnibus Press 2010)

• Blue is the Killer — Eye Bogglers: A Mesmerizing Mass of Amazing Illusions, Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber (Carlton Books 2011; paperback 2013) (posted @ Overlord of the Über-Feral)


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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #23

Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Face Paint – A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits, Laura Cumming (HarperPress 2009; paperback 2010)

• The Aesthetics of Animals – Life: Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour, Martha Holmes and Michael Gunton (BBC Books 2009)

• Less Light, More Night – The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artifical Light, Paul Bogard (Fourth Estate 2013)

• The Power of Babel – Clark Ashton Smith, Huysmans, Maupassant


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