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Beyond the Surface takes you on a journey from the earth's deepest recesses to its highest peaks, applauding the achievements of those who have explored its limits throughout centuries. From Empedocles to Edmund Hillary; from the cave paintings of Lascaux to the "human fish" of Ljubljana, learn what lies Beyond the Surface in this beautiful concertina.

24 artists and comic creators each deal with a tale of creation over the course of seven pages. Readers will be familiar with cosmic farts, oversized bearded men creating the universe in a week, cataclysmic divorces, giants with irritable bowel syndrome, master carpenters and galactic seeds - now is the time to turn the reins over to another bunch of creative people to come up with more ludicrous answers to that timeless question: where did this all come from?

Across twenty pages of this intricately illustrated concertina book, Kellie Strom's fantastical seascape boils with monstrous sea beasts and sailors in peril. Inspired by tales of mythical creatures attacking ancient mariners, Strom has created the ultimate showdown between sailors and creatures from the deep.

Nick White's use of vintage magazines and found material to create surreal and humorous imagery evokes a nostalgia for the golden years of printed ephemera. Portraits of fictitious characters and graphical records of bizarre conversations fill this full-colour book. On each page White skilfully recounts surreal and playful anecdotes in his unique style of layered painted patterns and carefully selected paper cut-outs. His work, sometimes childlike in its optimism and at other times very sophisticated, is aesthetically engrossing and entertaining in equal measure.

Telling the story of the rise and fall of the dinosaurs and the subsequent evolution of the mammals, this book will provide a beautiful frieze for an arty design enthusiast as well as an excellent gift for a child or young adult.