Books with author Ralph Steadman

Meet the little dot that lives inside your computer. When you have switched it off, he takes the opportunity to visit his friend, the Duchess of Amalfi. He whizzes through cyberspace to her place for tea. Sometimes he is full of ink and wobbly, and sometimes he isn’t. There are soldiers in white uniforms at the bottom of the hill, that he likes to cover in ink—and then he dances with them, because he is ashamed of himself. He’s pretty good at dancing—as long as he doesn’t wiggle he won’t make a single blot. Ralph Steadman is the award-winning illustrator of both adult and children’s books, including That’s My Dad, The Grapes of Ralph, America, and No Room to Swing a Cat.

During World War II, a British plowman discovered a hoard of Roman silver while plowing a field in the Suffolk countryside. Unaware of the treasure's value, he was cheated out of the fortune that should have been his by the man who hired him. The 34 pieces of silver were discovered after the war by the authorities and taken to the British Museum, where they reside today. Master storyteller Roald Dahl relates the unforgettable and true tale of the greatest treasure ever found in the British Isles.

In early 1970, artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for. At the Kentucky Derby, he met a former Hell's Angel, one Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson wrote later that "The rest of that day blurs into madness. The rest of that night, too. Steadman was lucky to get out of Louisville without serious injuries, and I was lucky to get out at all." Thus began a thirty-year friendship and a working relationship that gave birth to what became known as Gonzo Journalism. Few people knew Hunter S. Thompson as well as Ralph Steadman did. This no-holds-barred memoir tells of their unique collaboration, which documented the turbulent years of the civil-rights movement, the Nixon years, and Watergate. When Thompson committed suicide in 2005, it was the end of a friendship that was defined by both betrayal and understanding.