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Performativizing Papyrocentricity #73

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Papyrocentric Performativity Presents…

• Hod is G-d – Playmaker: My Autobiography, Glenn Hoddle with Jacob Steinberg (HarperCollins 2021)

• The Wheel Deal – Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier, Jon Day (Notting Hill Editions 2015)

• Manc Wanc – From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson, Paul Morley (Faber & Faber 2021)

• Goyles, Goyles, Goyles… – I, Gargoyle: Toxic True Tales of Fetid Freaks, Wild-Eyed Weirdos and Kore Kounter-Kultural Kooks Who Insidiously Identify as Human Gargoyles…, edited by David Kerekes and Norman Nekrophile (Visceral Visions, forthcoming)

• Sneaky McCready – The Deceiver, Frederick Forsyth (1991)

• Shake’s Peer – Shakespeare, Bill Bryson (William Collins 2017)

• Winged Words – The Last Enemy, Richard Hillary (1942)

• The Cult of Ult – 1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey with the World’s Most Extreme Fans, James Montague (Ebury Press 2021)

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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 #24

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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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