A mesmerizing, continent-spanning survey of the most dynamic scenes in contemporary African photography, and an introduction to the creative figures who are making it happen. Africa State of Mind gathers together the work of an emergent generation of photographers from across Africa, including both the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa. It is both a summation of new photographic practice from the last decade and an exploration of how contemporary photographers from the continent are exploring ideas of 'Africanness' to reveal Africa to be a psychological space as much as a physical territory - a state of mind as much as a geographical place. Dispensing with the western colonial view of Africa in purely geographic or topographic terms, Ekow Eshun presents Africa State of Mind in four thematic parts: Hybrid Cities; Inner Landscapes; Zones of Freedom; and Myth and Memory. Each theme, introduced by a text by Eshun, presents selections of work by a new wave of African photographers who are looking both outward and inward: capturing life among the sprawling cities and multitudinous conurbations of the continent, turning the legacy of the continent's history into the source of resonant new myths and dreamscapes and exploring questions of gender, sexuality and identity. Each of the photographers seeks to capture the experience of what it means, and how it feels, to live in Africa today.

Why do cats purr? How much can you learn about a cat's mood from the direction it flicks its tail? How do cats show trust with their eyes? Why do cats rub against their owners' legs? Arranged in chapters covering physical characteristics, senses, lifecycle and behaviour, Cats features a huge range of breeds from all around the world. From Siamese to Russian Blue, Manx to American Bobtail, Burmese to Bombay, the book expertly explores and celebrates this most beloved pet. With fascinating captions on every page, even cat lovers will learn something new. Cats is a brilliant examination in 150 outstanding colour photographs.

At last...you were all waiting with 'bated breath' I know (my Boyle-Breath novels #1, 2, & 3 are all out now also)...here's my 3RD "WHOOP'S" collection of Apostrophe, Spelling, and other 'word' error slip-ups. Happily, it has got to the stage that (photographed) mistakes are being rectified by the perpetrators themselves (some have even spotted me, mobile in hand); and I have myself started to fix the odd (so far) fox's paw (see the all-too-brief 'Wrong +Fixed' input - Chapter 1) One hundred (plus) more mistooks caught in their prime bleakness for you, including the 'usual suspect' chapters of pure plain awful Ap and Sp errors; and 'abroad'...accidents Add a section of 'One Wrong One Right'; a section of 'Firm' headliners where they just don't seem to care about correctness anymore, and a compendium of my beloved 'Just Weird' cock-ups and we're laughing all the way...to the bank ('NOT ' says my Ed. also known as Edith my good wife). Laugh, cry, enjoy Buy?