The History of Rock in Fifty Guitars
by
Bruce Wexler
The History Press
Trade Paperback
From the
publisher's website:
Popular music in the 1920s called out for a guitar sound that was more dominant. Early experiments with steel cones or resonators, Hawaiian electric guitars and the first Electric Spanish style 6-string guitar in 1936 made musicians suddenly realise that it was possible to produce notes that could be amplified to any desired volume and this gave birth to the new less restrained style of playing. Finally the guitar could take the lead part and as rock music evolved the guitar was a natural choice of instrument. This stunning book traces the development of the instrument and the artists who achieved fame with it over seven decades, from Bill Haley to Jimi Hendrix.
Disgraceful Archaeology: Or Things You Shouldn't Know about the History of Mankind
by
Dr. Paul Bahn &
Bill Tidy
History Press
Trade Paperback
From the
publisher website:
The
book that all archaeology buffs have secretly been yearning for! This
unique blend of text, anecdote and cartoon reveals, and revels in, those
aspects of the past that have been ignored, glossed over or even
suppressed – the bawdy, the scatological and the downright bizarre.
Our ancestors were not always serious, downtrodden and fearful
creatures. They were human like ourselves and shared our earthy sense of
humour that is based on bodily functions, bawdiness and slapstick. So
it’s time to take the fig leaf off the past and have a long, hard look
at the real past – the world that would have had the Victorians
reaching for their smelling salts. So if you want to know what your
average Egyptian slave thought of pharaoh, or a Roman legionary thought
of his commander, you will find the answer in Disgraceful Archaeology –
in hilarious graphic detail!
Paul Bahn is the bestselling author of Bluff Your Way in Archaeology. In his more sober moments he is co-author (with Prof Colin Renfrew) of Archaeology: Theories, Methods & Practice and the author or co-author of many other bestselling books on archaeology. Bill Tidy (whose brainchild this book is) has a worldwide reputation as Britain’s most versatile cartoonist.
by Bruce Wexler
