Jeff Vandermeer founder of genre "New Weird" brings all the weirdos together to update the chapbooks and pocket guides of Thackeray T. Lambshead's discredited diseases.An all star cast of authors such as; Neil Gainman, Alan Moore, Cory Doctorow. to name a few and some of my favorites Brian Evenson, ...
A book about the place my grandmother was born, and contains lots of details on my great great grandfather who was a big oyster farmer in his time.
An odd, but very engaging and satisfying little book. In this picture book biography we are treated to a child's perspective (ten year old assistant Giacomo) of the great Leonardo da Vinci. This technique was used to great effect in The Extraordinary Mark Twain. And so I guess it's a more common...
Oliver, the ILL librarian, was amused by the title.Eccentric and discredited, but not much fun to sit and read straight through.
Tale of Leonardo and his 10 year old servant, Giacomo. The text flows beautifully, including quotations, drawings and biographical information. Illustrations are magnificent and large. Like Giacomo, young readers will be inspired by Leonardo's curiosity and passion.
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