The Paper Trail tells the story of how a simple Chinese product has for two millennia allowed knowledge, ideas & religions to spread at an unprecedented rate around the world. Alexander Monro traces this groundbreaking invention`s voyage, beginning with the Buddhist translators responsible for its spread across China & Japan, & follows it westward along the Silk Road, where it eventually became the surface of the Quran. Once paper reached Europe, it became indispensable to the scholars who manufactured the Renaissance & Reformation from their desks. As Monro uncovers, paper created a world in which free thinking could flourish, & brought disciplines from science to music into a new age. ...

A witty, personal & entertaining reflection on the history & meaning of paper during the (passing) era of its universal importance. Paper serves nearly every function of our lives. It is the technology with which we have made sense of the world. Yet the age of paper is ending. Ebooks now outsell their physical counterparts. Still, there are some uses of paper that seem unlikely to change
- Christmas won`t be Christmas without wrapped presents or crackers. & the language of paper
- documents, files & folders
- has survived digitisation. In Paper: An Elegy Ian Sansom builds a museum of paper & explores its paradox
- its vulnerability & durability. This book is a timely meditation on the very paper it`s printed on.



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Paper is one of the simplest & most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce & art. It has created civilisations, fostering the fomenting of revolutions & the stabilising of regimes. History`s greatest press run produced 6.5 billion copies of Mao zhu xi yu lu, "ations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Zedong) & Leonardo da Vinci left behind only 15 paintings but 4, 000 works on paper. Now, on the cusp of ”going paperless”-and amid speculation about the effects of a digitally dependent society-we`ve come to a world-historic juncture to examine what paper means to civilisation. Through tracing paper`s evolution, Mark Kurlansky challenges common assumptions about technology`s influence, affirming that paper is here to stay. Paper will be the history that guides us forward in the twenty-first century. ...

In this book, collage artist Ellen Giggenbach has brought together twenty of her favourite Christmas papercraft projects, including baubles, wall decorations & 3-D models, for you to make during the festive season. Each page is removable, with cut & fold guides & assembly instructions. Once you have made a model featuring Ellen Giggenbach`s illustrations, you can then try a plain paper version & add extra collage elements using the stickers provided. Get the papercrafting bug! ...

The pages in this book can be pulled out & transformed into beautiful Christmas cards, gift boxes & gift tags! Lovingly designed by collage artist & papercraft expert Ellen Giggenbach, each page is removable & features both ready-made stationery items & ones to decorate with the stickers provided. Featuring 20 cards, 20 gift tags & 7 gift boxes, it comes complete with fold guides & easy assembly instructions. Get & give the papercrafting bug this Christmas! ...

A set of two passport-sized notebooks inspired by famous cities from the ever-creative Paperways. Taking their inspiration for both the cover designs & the unusual paper inside, the notebooks are a mini celebration of top capitals. Each notebook features famous landmarks of the city they are dedicated on the cover & on every page within, together with a unique paper design. Each notebook has a different paper format inside & space for name & address details. Paperways is an iconic brand of cool & functional stationery hailing from South Korea. The combination of clever detail, unusual graphic patterns & brilliant functionality combine to make one of our very favourite stationery brands. ...

The Paperways Map Memopads are small desk pads perfect for keeping by the phone for messages, shopping, superior doodling or to-do lists. Available in eight designs featuring World, European or country maps laid out in grid squares. Easy to tear-off & made using 25% post-consumer recycled paper. Paperways is an iconic brand of cool & functional stationery hailing from South Korea. The combination of clever detail, unusual graphic patterns & brilliant functionality combine to make one of our very favourite stationery brands. ...

A hilarious collection of the many articles written by Stephen Fry for magazines, newspapers & radio. It

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Bring exploration & wonder to your desk with this beautiful Planetarium Paperweight! This paperweight is Approx. 8cm (3.25 inches) in diameter at its base. It is made from glass with a felt bottom to prevent sliding on or scratching your desk, & Approx. 4cm (1.5 inches) tall. Great gift for an astronomy teacher or someone who loves outer space! Comes packaged in a black gift box with foil print. ...

An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969, Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies, daring prison breaks & heroic adventure on shark-infested seas. Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Henri Charriere, nicknamed Papillon, was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break for freedom, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. He was recaptured & put into solitary confinement but his spirit remained untamed: over thirteen years he made nine incredible escapes, including from the notorious penal colony on Devil`s Isl&. This edition of Papillon, one of the greatest adventure stories ever told,

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