Headbooks: headlong expeditions into the half-known. A blend of the factual and fantastical, the lyrical and the visual \u2013 and fully customisable, with scrapbook and do-it-yourself pages.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n
The bat is a liminal thing, and goes by many cultural aliases: aviation expert, clandestine committee member, victim of superstition, delicate contraption, beautiful mishap, miniature aristocrat, occultist, conjuror, ninja. Up close, they are expressive and bizarre. At a distance, they sit at the juncture of real and unreal, animal and phantasm.\r\n \r\n
Battalion<\/em> is your alternative, unregistered guide to the bat \u2013 a live, writhy cave colony of findings, fixations and sonic experiments. Add your own inky skitterings to the mix, bring it on your evening flit. Take after its denizens: open your mouth and listen to the sky.\r\n\r\n\r\nColony<\/h2>\r\n\r\n
Sofia Amina, Katt Beatson, James Coghill, SJ Fowler, Matthew Haigh, Cliff Hammett, Daniel Holden, Holly Hopkins, Priyam Jancosko, Chris Kerr, L. Kiew, Amy Kinsman, Beatrix Kinsman, Julia Lewis, Yvonne Litschel, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Agnes Marton, Ceri May, Nick Murray, Suzanne Olivante, Abigail Parry, Alex Stevens, Claire Tr\u00e9vien, Tori Truslow, Mike Weston, Nell Wilson.\r\n\r\n
Battalion<\/em> is the fourth book in the Headbooks<\/em> series. If you prefer your science less natural and more uncanny, check out No, Robot, No!<\/a><\/em>, our interactive guide to AI and robotics.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"edited by Kirsten Irving and Jon Stone<\/span>\r\n\r\n
Bats! Incredible creatures from story and science, flitting between bird and beast, fable and fact, fear and fascination. Sidekick Books presents Battalion<\/em>, your interactive guidebook to these enigmatic, intricate animals. Filled with art, essay and riddle, Battalion<\/em> is a colourful cavalcade of pipistrelles and fruit bats, gadabouts and gods.\r\n\r\n
148pp, ISBN 9781909560000\r\n\r\nPlease note: Due to customs issues, we can no longer ship directly to Europe. European friends, please order from our distributors at Inpress<\/a> or through your local bookshop.<\/strong>","protected":false},"featured_media":3072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[879,878,820,880],"product_tag":[818,822,823,814,812],"class_list":{"0":"post-3071","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-birds-beasts","7":"product_cat-games-play","8":"product_cat-headbooks-books","9":"product_cat-illustrated-anthologies","10":"product_tag-illustrations","11":"product_tag-interactive","12":"product_tag-mythology","13":"product_tag-poetry","14":"product_tag-wildlife","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3071"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3071"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}