Barmy Biogs: Potty Painters, Writers & other Barmy Artists

Author: Adam Sutherland
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Category: Children's, Art
Age Group: 9+
Book Format: Paperback

Discover all about the fascinating lives of some of the most unusual, quirky and eccentric characters in world history! Learn about the horror story writer who was afraid of the dark, find out why one famous artist paid workers to dig up a corpse, and how one of Britain's most famous authors managed to publish 80 books without writing a single word. Peppered with Crackpot Quiz questions and Mad, Bad and Truly Sticky Endings features this book is enthralling, entertaining and educational all at the same time!

Table Of Contents
1: Rivera - Tall tales

2: van Gogh - Who needs ears anyway?

3: Byron - Animal magic

4: Dickens - An obsession with death

5: Dickinson - The writer who never left the house

6: Eliot - The writer who loved practical jokes

7: Carroll - The word inventor

8: Twain - The first stand-up comedian

9: Christie - The writer who never wrote a single word

10: da Vinci - The painter who was obsessed with the war

11: Wilde - The man who dressed as a woman

12: Tolkien - The writer who thought he was a Hobbit

13: Fitzgerald - The writer who hated his feet
About Adam Sutherland
Adam Sutherland is an award-winning journalist and non-fiction writer with over 20 years` experience in the industry. He has written for publications including The Observer, Wired and Esquire magazines, and has won the PPA Specialist Writer of the Year Award for his coverage of sport, and a BSME award for Young Writer of the Year. He started his writing career covering bands and music for style magazines The Face, i-D and Arena, but more recently has expanded to cover film, new media and business. He has written a series of business titles for young adults on companies such as Nike, Google and Facebook, and biographies of rapper Jay-Z and Apple founder Steve Jobs.

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SKU BK-9780750283786
Barcode # 9780750283786
Brand Hachette Children's Group
Artist / Author Adam Sutherland
Shipping Weight 0.1000kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 19.560m
Assembled Height 1.020m
Assembled Width 12.700m
Type Paperback

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