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In Adventures in Stationery, James Ward presents the history of numerous items of stationery, integrated with his personal opinions and current trends.Some of the topics discussed include the invention of the ballpoint pen by László Bíró, [1] the development of the Pritt glue stick, the design of the paperclip, the shape of Stabilo highlighters, [2] the possible uses of Blu-Tack, and urban ...
Some time later, the owner of the cash—a former pencil maker named Mr. Finch—arrives to claim it. Mr. Finch spent fifty years of his life making pencils, which he hated, to support his dream of opening an ice cream parlor. After losing the money, he feared he'd have to return to pencil-making.
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This Book Is Not Good for You If You're Reading This, It's Too Late is the sequel to The Name of this Book is Secret in The Secret Series by Raphael Simon, writing as Pseudonymous Bosch . [ 1 ] It was released in October 2008 and features the same characters as the first book.
It was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial (the last containing Parts 19 and 20) from 1847 to 1848, carrying the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society, which reflects both its satirisation of early 19th-century British society and the many illustrations drawn by Thackeray to accompany the text.
[2] Booklist said the book is "utterly charming (and more than a little surreal) [and] winsome in text and art". [3] School Library Journal in their review wrote: "The true charm of the book lies in its tongue-in-cheek presentation and lively watercolor illustrations. Muth has created a multiracial, multigenerational array of friends and family ...
The Subtle Knife is a young-adult fantasy novel published in 1997 and the second book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The novel continues the adventures of Lyra Belacqua (now known as Lyra Silvertongue) recounted in the first novel, Northern Lights, as she investigates the mysterious phenomenon of Dust.
A pencil sharpener (or pencil pointer, or in Ireland a parer or topper [1]) is a tool for sharpening a pencil's writing point by shaving away its worn surface. Pencil sharpeners may be operated manually or by an electric motor. It is common for many sharpeners to have a casing around them, which can be removed for emptying the pencil shavings ...