They say every cat has nine lives, and Jim the dysfunctional cat is no exception. Steven Appleby's new book tells the story of one very challenged cat and of the trials and tribulations of living with him. Based on many years spent observing and despairing at the real Jim, the book concentrates on each of Jim's lives in nine gruesome chapters. It also explores the unfathomable nature of cats in general and the trauma of sharing your life with them. Cat lovers will be charmed. Cat haters will have all their suspicions confirmed. WARNING! Jim is not a cat for the squeamish or those of a weak constitution.

A is for Anticipation, B is for Baby and C is the for Catatonic State soon to befall the exhausted parents. Whether you want to remember what it was like to be a child, or are trying to forget the experience of being a parent, you'll find the full wonder of childhood laid out within these pages. Relive the sleepless nights spent with a screaming one-year-old... dwell again on those battles of will at the dinner table, and rediscover the psychological trauma of potty training For anyone who was once a child, a parent, or is planning to be either, this book is for you.

Machinese whispers are familiar English poems, quotations, proverbs, nursery rhymes, jokes and speeches rendered to and from other languages via Internet translation programs. This book features the resulting travesties, leading the reader into agreeable musings on the delicacy of language and the limits of the machine.

"A book based on a soundtrack score that has not yet been composed for a feature film that does not yet exist." Pixies frontman Black Francis has approached writing his first book as he would do a song: with inventiveness and originality. The Good Inn tells the story of an eighteen-year-old known only as Soldier Boy who, after escaping a devastating explosion at the French port of Toulon, sets out on a bizarre journey across France. Navigating his way past homicidal gypsies, combative soldiers and porn-peddling peasants, he takes refuge at The Good Inn - and promptly finds himself centre stage in the making of the world's first narrative pornographic movie. Unique and vividly imagined, The Good Inn is a touchingly comic story that brings turn-of-the-century France to life.

From the creator of the cult-classic Captain Star TV cartoon series: the first collection of comic strips tracing the strange but illustrious career of Captain Jim Star - the greatest hero any world has ever known - from its surreal beginnings to its improbable middle. Witness his triumphs, learn from his words of wisdom, and meet his crew on the Boiling Hell, Navigator Black, Officer Scarlette, and Atomic Engine Stoker "Limbs" Jones. Steven Appleby is also the creator of the comic strip and film series "Small Birds Singing," and the BBC radio series "Normal Life." One of Britain's best loved cartoonists, his work has appeared in newspapers and magazines internationally, and he has written and illustrated numerous books.

From "Britain's most loved comics artist" comes a superhero epic like no other―an ordinary man gains superpowers by donning women’s clothing, saving London and maybe even himself.

August Crimp can fly, but only when he wears women’s clothes. Soaring above a gorgeous, lush vista of London, he is Dragman, catching falling persons, lost souls, and the odd stranded cat. After he’s rejected by the superhero establishment, where masked men chase endorsement deals rather than criminals, August quietly packs up his dress and cosmetics and retreats to normalcy ― a wife and son who know nothing of his exploits or inclinations.

When a technological innovation allows people to sell their souls, they do so in droves, turning empty, cruel, and hopeless, driven to throw themselves off planes. August is terrified of being outed, but feels compelled to bring back Dragman when Cherry, his young neighbor, begs him to save her parents. Can Dragman take down the forces behind this dreadful new black market? Can August embrace Dragman and step out of the shadows?

The debut graphic novel from British cartoon phenomenon Steven Appleby, Dragman is at once a work of artistic brilliance, sly wit, and poignant humanity, a meditation on identity, morality, and desire, delivered with levity and grace.