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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #46

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Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Machina Mundi – The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution, David Wootton (Allen Lane 2015)

• Wandering Wonders – Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World, Christian Sardet (The University of Chicago Press 2015)

• Love Buzz – A Buzz in the Meadow, Dave Goulson (Jonathan Cape 2014)

• Quake’s Progress – The Million Death Quake: The Science of Predicting Earth’s Deadliest Natural Disaster, Roger Musson (Palgrave Macmillan 2012)

• Sin after Cin – Gargoyle Girls from Beelzebub’s Ballsack: The Sickest, Sleaziest, Splanchnophagousest Slimefests in Scum Cinema, Dr Joan Jay Jefferson (TransToxic Texts 2016)

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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #45

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Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Plants on Paper – Drawing and Painting Plants, Christina Brodie (A & C Black 2006)

• Lewminiferous – Guide to Garden Wildlife, Richard Lewington (British Wildlife Publishing 2008)

• Old Gold – Puskás: Madrid, the Magyars and the Amazing Adventures of the World’s Greatest Goalscorer, György Szöllős (Freight Books 2015)

• Rosetta Rok – Rok 1984, George Orwell (MUZA SA, Warszawa 2001)

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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #44

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Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Lesser Letters – You’ve Had Your Time: Being the Second Part of the Confessions of Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess (Heinemann 1990)

• The Light of Day – SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police, Vox Day (Castalia House 2015)

• Sextual Keeling – Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans, David Barrie (William Collins 2014)

• Twy Defy the Eye – The World of Visual Illusions: Optical Tricks That Defy Belief!, Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber (Arcturus 2012)

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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #41

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Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Touring the Tower – Physics in Minutes: 200 key concepts explained in an instant, Giles Sparrow (Quercus 2014)

• Living with Rainbows – Miller’s Field Guide: Glass, Judith Miller (Octopus 2015)

• Men on the Margins – Edgelands: Journeys into England’s True Wilderness, Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts (Chivers 2011)

• Sward and Sorcery – Watership Down, Richard Adams (1972) (posted @ Overlord of the Über-Feral)

• Obscene Screen – Necro-Sluts from Satan’s Anus: Fifty Filthy Fester-Films to F*** You Up, Freak You Out and Feralize Your Fetidest Fantasies, Dr Joan Jay Jefferson (TransToxic Texts* 2015)

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(*TransToxic Texts is an infra-imprint of TransVisceral Books.)

Performativizing Papyrocentricity #40

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Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Humanist Hubris – The Wreck of Western Culture: Humanism Revisited, John Carroll (Scribe 2010)

• Paw is Less – The Plague Dogs, Richard Adams (Penguin 1977)

• I Like Bike – Fifty Bicycles That Changed the World, Alex Newson (Conran Octopus 2013)

• Morc is Less – The Weird Shadow Over Morecambe, Edmund Glasby (Linford 2013)

• Nekro-a-Kokoa – Comfort Corps: Cuddles, Calmatives and Cosy Cups of Cocoa in the Music of Korpse-Hump Kannibale, Dr Miriam B. Stimbers (University of Nebraska Press 2015)

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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #38

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Papyrocentric Performativity Presents:

• Nature by Numbers – 30-Second Elements: The 50 Most Significant Elements, Each Explained in Half a Minute, ed. Eric Scerri (Icon 2013)

• Fresh Flesh – The Complete Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Fish & River Creatures, Daniel Gilpin and Dr Jenny Schmid-Araya (Hermes House 2011)

• The Reich Stoff – Rocket and Jet Aircraft of the Third Reich, Terry C. Treadwell (Spellmount 2011)

• Past Masters – Justice for All: The Truth about Metallica, Joel McIver (Omnibus Press, revised edition 2014)

• Ant on E – Burgess on Waugh

• M.O.R. of Babylon – Sleazy Listening: Frottage, Fladge and Frenzied Fornication in the Music of the Carpenters, Dr Miriam B. Stimbers (University of Nebraska Press 2015)

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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #33

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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

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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

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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

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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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