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Internet Hornswoggling - Various Writers 'Hornswoggling' - to treat or trick; to bamboozle. The internet has many virtues: it can entertain, it's the greatest repository of information to which mankind has yet had easy access, it allows instant communication between far-flung places. Yet, like so many things that man has devised to make his life easier or better, it has its dark side. Not all of its information is wholly reliable, but this is at worst an inconvenience. Of far more significance is the fact that the world wide web is a happy hunting ground for fraudsters. We at Deunant Books exist only because of the internet and have taken every possible step to ensure that our customers get what they pay for and pay only for what they get, but others are not as fastidious. This compilation shows just what lengths internet fraudsters will go to in order to part the gullible from their money. When you've read some of these tales you'll be convinced that anyone falling for any of them must have been hit pretty hard with the stupid stick, but ask yourself this - would these crooks bother if it didn't sometimes work? (about 20,000 words) Price: £2.50 Quantity:

Tyres And Tarmac - Various Writers Many of us love our cars, don't we? They may be expensive, thirsty polluters of the environment, but we still love them. In this book a lot of people tell us which particular car makes them excited and explain why. You might have heard of some of the contributors, even if it's just because they're writers with books elsewhere on the Deunant site, while others will be completely unknown to you. Yet they all have one thing in common - an engine and some bodywork has got them excited enough to want to contribute to this book, even if their particular choice distinguished itself only by its spectacular failings. You, as a reader, can contribute to this book if you feel you'd like to - just tell us about your particular favourite, or the one you love to hate, and it'll be included in the next updating. Don't worry if somebody else has already written about your choice; different perspectives are welcome! (about 28,000 words) Price: £3.00 Quantity:

Big Screen Classics - Various Writers What makes any film a classic? That's a question that has an infinite number of answers; what one person might regard as a classic of the motion picture industry could be seen by another as a gigantic waste of celluloid. The answer advanced here is that a film becomes a classic when somebody wants to watch it again and again over a period of years. So, by that definition, a film made yesterday can't be a classic. It might become one, but it's got to be around for a few years, or even a few decades, to secure that elevated status. It doesn't have to be a good film to become a classic. Some of the films talked about in this book are truly awful and have secured their status simply because they are so bad that you just have to watch them from time to time to remind yourself how bad they were. Making a film like that is an art form of a sort and the truly terrible are, in the eyes of some, as fascinating as the truly great. So, to get in this book, a film needs to have been around for long enough, to be either very, very good or so bad that it becomes good by the back door, and it needs somebody to suggest it to us and tell us why it deserves its place. You are sure to enjoy these testimonials and the sometimes tongue-in-cheek comments: it could lead to many happy hours of inspired film viewing! (about 26,000 words) Price: £3.00 Quantity:

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