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the centre of events is Agincourt, a slaughter ground designed to demonstrate God’s approval of Henry’s claim to authority on both sides of the Channel. 640pp, colour plates


£20 NOW £9


68936 WOMEN ALL ON FIRE: The Women of the English


Civil War by Alison Plowden Historian Alison Plowden reveals the untold story of the women of the English Civil War, featuring illustrations and personal accounts from both Royalist and Parliamentarian supporters. She shows how the conflict unfolded, how it affected the lives of women of all classes and how they coped with unfamiliar or frightening


responsibilities, loss and bereavement, divided families, exile and financial ruin. Included are the oyster wenches of London who laboured beside the men as trenches were dug around the city. 254pp in paperback, b/w plates.


£8.99 NOW £2.75


68865 DEFINING MOMENTS IN HISTORY edited by Bianca Jackson and Jonathan Morton This chunky 800pp softback bears the subtitle “Over a Century of the People, Discoveries, Disasters and Political and Cultural Events that Rocked the World”, and is the work of a team of over 80 historians, political commentators, activists, academics and journalists who have selected the 1,000 most important events of the 20th century. Divided into 11 chapters by decade (the final one is 2000-2007), each event is cited chronologically and classified as either a key cultural event, person, discovery or political event with a quick reference sidebar. 250 colour and b/w illus. £18.99 NOW £5.50


68963 EMPERORS OF ROME: Imperial Rome


from Julius Caesar to the Last Emperor by David Potter


This history of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire is packed with vivid accounts of the most celebrated and notorious Roman emperors including: Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Dimitian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Diocletian and Constantine. One murdered his mother, another fought as a gladiator, two were philosophers, another desperately wanted to be a God when he died, and yet another is revered as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church - but what did they all have in common? 255 large paperback pages, colour illus and glossary.


£12.76 NOW £4 68997 ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE


HELLENISTIC AGE by Peter Green The Hellenistic period’s featured a colourful tapestry of characters - incestuous and ruthless monarchs, glory- hunting warlords, philosophers, courtesans, libertines and dramatists to name but a few. Green’s history chronicles the years between the death of Alexander the Great, the world’s greatest conqueror, and Cleopatra, the world’s most legendary Queen. 234pp in paperback with maps and family trees. £8.99 NOW £2.50


70043 SECOND BOOK OF GENERAL IGNORANCE: Everything You Think You Know is Still Wrong: A Quite Interesting Book by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson


Did you know that, despite all the dashing illustrations in the history books, Vikings did not wear horned helmets? You may also be amazed to discover that there is no such thing as a fish. No, really. And we


were mortified to discover that, after years of wearing vertical stripes and convincing ourselves that it made us look slimmer, we had actually looked like the hippo. This erudite tome is for everyone who is proud to admit that s/he does not know everything, while at the same time getting one up on the people who think they do. 342 paperback pages with line drawings. £10.99 NOW £5


69012 THE NOBLE REVOLT: The Overthrow of Charles I by John Adamson


Using a mass of newly discovered evidence, this magnificent study comprehensively charts and re- evaluates the political upheaval that led to the overthrow of King Charles I. Traces the fortunes of a small group of English noblemen who risked their lives to challenge the rise of an authoritarian monarchy, and to create a new religious and political order in Britain. Unfortunately, their ambition and radicalism provoked a crisis that would see civil war ravage the Stuart realms. 742 paperback pages with colour and b/w plates, maps, list of abbreviations, family tree. £16.99 NOW £4


69013 PISTOLS AT DAWN: A History of Duelling by Richard Hopson


From the duel’s roots in medieval chivalric tournaments to the unforgiving code of honour in which death was preferable to shame, this fascinating history looks in depth at the challenge, the role of seconds, the age of the musketeers 1559-1660, the Grande Siècle, dynastic rivalries, duelling in the colonies, in Ireland, in the US, France, Germany and Russia, in Georgian and early Victorian England right through to duelling in the 20th century. Photos and other illus, 435pp in paperback. £10.99 NOW £2.50


69315 1066 AND RATHER MORE: A Walk


Through History by Huon Mallalieu The Norman Conquest in 1066 is the best known event in British history, but much of what we believe we know about it is debatable. King Harold had defeated the Norwegian Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire, and his army then had to march 260 miles from York to Hastings in 12 days. The exact route is uncertain but in 2006 the author decided to see if it could be done today. The speed of Harold’s march indicates that the Roman roads were still usable 800 years after they were built. From Waltham Abbey he follows the River Lea into London and finally outside Hastings he finds the long-lost ditch of Malfosse where the English briefly beat the Normans back. 239pp, genealogies.


£14.99 NOW £5.50


There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.


- Mark Twain


70605 501 DAYS OUT FOR KIDS IN THE UK AND IRELAND


A family outing that provides enjoyment for everyone, including the angst-ridden adults, is a rare jewel. This guide stands head and shoulders above the rest because it is based on the principle of single-trip diversity. If the kids are of different


ages and sexes they will want to do different things, and that is before you even start thinking about the adults. Most of the 501 days out described here include at least two contrasting activities and in many cases there are several levels of involvement within a single attraction. The Circle Line on London’s Underground provides a brilliant starting point, stopping at attractions which include the Houses of Parliament, Madam Tussaud’s and the Tower of London. In Cornwall you can visit Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station and the nearby National Seal Sanctuary, and in Dorset you can combine Corfe Castle with a Model Village and the beautiful Blue Pool, its colour caused by light refracted through clay deposits. Lake Vyrnwy near Welshpool houses a sculpture park and Children’s Puzzle Trail, while nearby is the Llanfair Steam Railway. A visit to Titanic’s Dock and Pump House in Belfast can be rounded off with Pirates’ Mini-Golf including a water rapid. Each activity is assessed for cost, amount of walking and access requirements. 444pp, colour photos and contact details with every day out. ONLY £5.50


70695 CHAMBERS CARD


GAMES FOR ONE by Peter Arnold


More than 60 great games of patience and solitary games collected in one book, each accompanied by a black, white and red illustration of the starting layout. King Albert was considered by expert Basil Dalton as the best single pack game, requiring a substantial injection of intelligence, and other


single-pack games include American Klondike and Eight Off which has the advantage of a one in two chance of winning. Herringbone is a very attractive patience game for those who like elaborate layouts. Saslic Law is a double-pack patience game which requires the eight Queens to be discarded. For each there is a tiny potted history and a glossary and lovely clear layout, handy hints and example games and easy-to-follow instructions. 168pp in large softback. £5.99 NOW £3


70512 ULTIMATE BOOK OF


SUDOKU AND KAKURO by Igloo Books


Whether you are a true expert in the art of Sudoku, or a novice keen to learn the ancient ways, this book will keep you thoroughly entertained. Though Sudoku has grown exponentially in popularity over the last decade, Kakuro is still a relative unknown. The book


takes you through the very basics, starting with the very handy ‘How to Solve a Sudoku Puzzle’, and goes into further detail on cross-referencing techniques and strategies. Puzzles start off easily, but increase in difficulty throughout the book, so you can choose whether to challenge yourself or to relax. Includes blank workout grids and testing grids for the harder level puzzles. Once you have completed the 276 Sudoku puzzles on offer, there are a further 182 Kakuro puzzles to get the grey cells working! ‘How to Solve a Kakuro Puzzle’ is explained, before beginning on the easiest level of difficulty and working through. As the book itself warns, however, BEWARE - THESE PUZZLES CAN BE ADDICTIVE. Large softback, spiral bound, 416 pages of large print puzzles, hints, tips and solutions. £9.99 NOW £4


70528 WHY YOU LOSE AT


CHESS: Second Edition by Tim Harding


To help you keep from making the same mistakes over and over, this updated chess classic shows you how to learn from your losses by recognising the warning signs as they develop and by analysing games gone wrong. Tim Harding offers expert analysis of each stage of the game - opening, middle and end game - along with insights into


why players lose from good positions as well as weak ones. He includes new material focussing on the change from traditional correspondence chess to forms of play based on e-mail and the Internet as well as the intricacies of computer chess and the ways in which practice with computers can benefit players from novice to grandmaster. He profiles his own most instructive loss as well as familiar losses by three International Masters, and an analysis of the famous 1997 man-meets-machine face off between Gary Kasparov and IBM’s chess- playing super computer, Deep Blue. 130pp in paperback with diagrams. £8.99 NOW £3


69788 PLAY DUPLICATE BRIDGE AT HOME by Rijk Van Der Krol


An ingenious and simple system which ensures many hours of real competitive bridge playing at home. You can immediately compare your scores with those of other partnerships. Your bidding and playing skills are important but not the cards you are dealt. You can review your bidding and playing to ascertain if you were in the best contract and the maximum possible tricks were won. All the games in this huge paperback have been composed to fully involve four players. 256 page paperback.


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24416 NATURE COLOURING BOOKS SERIES 1 This set of four outsize (11½”× 9") softbacks includes animals to colour, birds to colour, flowers to colour and countryside to colour. Each depicts a beautiful colour drawing on the left hand side and the black and white equivalent on the right for you to colour yourself, including two beautiful butterflies on lilac flowers, a harbour with boats, a bat by moonlight and an owl in woodland. Per set of four ONLY £2.50


68478 RICK SAMMON’S FIELD GUIDE TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Quick Lessons on


Making Great Pictures by Rick Sammon New York-based photographer Rick Sammon is the author of the bestselling Complete Guide to Digital Photography and runs regular workshops. He covers photographing animals and other wildlife scenes, shooting indoors and outside simultaneously, getting the best images from bright- and low- light surroundings, capturing the essence of high-energy cityscapes and tranquil landscapes, and the special complications thrown up when working in polar regions. With hundreds of the author’s own colour photos. Lessons, hints and tips. 278pp softback. £15.99 NOW £3


68939 100 GARDEN GAMES by Sidney Hedges First published in 1936. Badminton with heavy shuttles is very similar to the indoor game, and Squareball and Sword Tennis are both varieties of ball-and-racquet play, while juggling and plate spinning are suitable for one person. Bowls or its Italian equivalent Bocci are enjoyable team games and, if you want a real frolic, Balloon Goal is good for working off a lot of energy. Hours of fun can be had reading this manual from bygone days before you even venture into the garden. 128pp, diagrams. £5.99 NOW £1.50


69550 HOW SMART ARE YOU?: The Big Book of IQ Tests by Norman Sullivan and Philip Carter


Have you ever wondered where you sit on the IQ scale? This splendid selection of tests will enable you to explore and evaluate your IQ to find out whether you really are the genius you always thought you


were - or you could just enjoy doing the puzzles. Conveniently spiral bound, the book lies flat at your table to keep your hands free to do your workings and contains over 500 questions arranged into 24 complete self-scoring and self-timing tests (no cheating!). It allows you to test all areas of intellect with word problems, number problems, logic questions and entertaining visual puzzles between 15 and 90 minutes in length. 160pp softback. £7.95 NOW £4


69028 BOYD NORTON’S OUTDOOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY HANDBOOK: How to Shoot Like a Pro by Boyd Norton


In a carefully written master course on outdoor digital photography, an internationally renowned nature photographer shares his hard-won pro techniques gained in the field over many years. Brimming with ideas and clever tricks that he is eager to share. He shows how to experiment with lenses, how to compose a picture and how to create dynamic images. You are guided through the protection of your equipment outdoors, then interpreting the complexities of the computer, to the final glorious image. 208 large paperback pages. Colour photos.


£16.99 NOW £5 69798 WIN AT SCRABBLE


by Barry Grossman and Allan Simmons The Essential Scrabble Strategy section explains why the ‘S’ is so important, how best to use the blank tile, how to find seven and eight letter words to score a 50 point bonus and which types of words to learn to increase your Scrabble word power. It also includes a range of challenges to put your new-found knowledge to the test. The second section, ‘A-Z Guide to Scrabble Words’ gives a letter-by-letter introduction to some of the best words of the game. It helps you get out of trouble for example when you have a Q but not a U or blank tile. Illustrated with boards throughout, 633pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £4


ENTERTAINMENT CDs AND DVDs


HOME 70751 GERSHWIN


ORCHESTRAL WORKS CD Rhapsody in Blue Piano Concerto in F Eugene List (piano) Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson (conductor), An American in Paris Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati


(conductor). Idiomatic performances of three of Gershwin’s most popular orchestral works presented at super budget price. ‘Eugene List hammers out the piano part with tremendous skill and conviction, at times handling its bravura moments with very great brilliance indeed.’ - Gramophone of Concerto. Total playing time 61.45 on CD. ONLY £6


70752 BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO.3: Piano Variations CD


Brendel’s Beethovian credentials are displayed in this Regis release. The third piano concerto is coupled with four of his most popular sets of variations, including the Eroica, God


Save the King and Rule Britannia. Accompaniment is given by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Heinz wallberg. ‘Brendel plays with a mixture of heart and head that is most satisfying, to which he adds countless touches of pianism that delight...Brendel does nothing to startle; what he does do is far more important, he constantly throws light on the music by an interpretation that is clearly born of much thought ....and a deep understanding’. - Gramophone of Third Piano Concerto. Total playing time 79.02 on bargain price CD. ONLY £6


e-mail: orders@bibliophilebooks.com ONLY £4 66906 PETER SELLERS AND THE GOONS AND


FRIENDS CD by Peter Sellers and the Goons From the original LP ‘The Best of Sellers’ with music directed by Ron Goodwin and recorded in 1957 are great comedy classics like The Trumpet Volunteer, Balham - Gateway to the South, Party Political Speech, All the Things You Are, We Need the Money and many more. The second selection is from the Goons Unchained Melodies recorded in 1955-7 including the Ying Tong Song, Bloodnok’s Rock and Roll Call, A Russian Love Song and more performed by Spike Milligan and others. 14 tracks, playing time 64 minutes. ONLY £5


68817 HEAVENLY CLASSICS


CD by Rainbow Productions Ode to Joy, Ave Maria, Adoro Te Devote, Mass in B Minor Gloria, Locus Iste, Stabat Mater, Cavalleris Rusticana: Intermezzo, Magnificat, Messiah and Hallelujah Chorus are among the celestial and quite simply


beautiful orchestral pieces performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Brotherhood of St. Gregory and the Sisters of Mercy Choir, the Vienna Orchestra and Chorus, the Munich State Orchestra and others. Bargain CD. ONLY £4


66988 IT’S THAT MAN AGAIN CD by Tommy Handley


The British comedian was most famous for the BBC Radio programme ITMA. Here are 20 tracks including The Sizzle of the Sausage, Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay, Bananas are Coming Back Again, Ee-By-Gum!, What Are You Going to Do About Mary?, Sweet Sars’parilla, Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors and medleys entitled Let’s All Join in the Chorus. Come on, let’s sing along! A digitally enhanced archive recording on bargain CD.


ONLY 85p 67745 HOFFNUNG MUSIC FESTIVAL


CONCERT CD by Gerard Hoffnung Performed at the Royal Festival Hall on 13th November 1956 and at the Oxford Union in December 4th 1958, the CD includes The Bricklayer’s Lament. Summed up in the pages of Gramophone as ‘artist, wit, raconteur and tuba player’, Hoffnung was born in Berlin in 1925 and fled to Britain with the rise of Hitler. His early career was as a freelance cartoonist for such magazines as Punch, Tatler and Lillput. He transferred his humour into the exacting world of a concert hall - a daring move at which he succeeded - testament to his talents as both a musician and as an organiser of other musicians. Total playing time 74 minutes. ONLY £6


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70753 HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR: The Best of Tony Hancock 2CDs


Two CDs of classic radio and television sketches by one of the 20th century’s funniest men. Accompanied by a stellar cast (Sidney James, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams), Tony Hancock entertains for over 150 minutes. CD 1 The Wild Man of the Woods, A Sunday Afternoon at Home and The East Cheam Drama Festival and CD 2 contains The Publicity Photograph, The Secret Life of Anthony Hancock, The Blood Donor and The Radio Ham. Available at a super budget price. ONLY £7


70750 MOZART PIANO


SONATAS 10,11,12 & 14 CD With Maria João Pires on piano. Sonata No.10 in C Major KV 330, Sonata No.11 in A Major KV 331, Sonata No.12 in F Major KV 332 and Sonata No.14 in C Minor KV 457. “...tasteful and cleanly


articulated...” - Gramophone. Total playing time 76.06 on bargain CD. ONLY £6


66155 HOT CLUB DE FRANCE: Swing In Paris CD


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by Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grappelli One of the classic jazz groups of all time, born in the smoky cafes of Paris while the peace of Europe was danced away, we are thrilled to have this carefully remastered bargain priced CD of the quintet of the Hot Club de France. Playing time 76 minutes, the 25 tracks include Sweet Georgia Brown, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Limehouse Blues, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), China Boy, Moon Glow, You’re Driving Me Crazy and Honeysuckle Rose among them. ONLY £6


70200 SCENIC JOURNEYS ON BRITISH AND IRISH


WATERWAYS: 3 DVD Set by Reader’s Digest


We begin our journey with the DVD entitled Wales and the South and witness the remarkable Severn Bore. Discover the waterway history of Bath and Gloucester and the engineering feats of the Pontcysyllte aqueduct known as


‘The River in the Sky’. Cruise down the gentle and poetic Avon before moving on to the Thames, enjoy punting boats along the banks of Oxford’s rivers. Running time 55 minutes in colour footage. The second DVD is entitled Midlands and the North where we discover the beauty of the Lake District. York beckons and tells of its Viking past, we learn how Manchester or ‘Cottonopolis’ grew in the 19th century and our journey finishes in Newcastle. 55 minute colour film. The third and last DVD is entitled Scotland and Ireland, Lough Neagh, 18 miles long and more than 70 miles around its perimeter, its beauty legendary. See the remarkable Falkirk Wheel and the feats of engineering of Brunel and Telford. Also 55 minutes running time. Bargain set of three.


ONLY £7.50 68823 LET THERE BE MUSIC


CD by Cape Welsh Choir Mae Hem Wlad Fy Nhadau, Take Me Home, Va Pensiero, Fantasia on Welsh Airs, We’ll Keep a Welcome, The Song of the Jolly Roger, The Rhythm of Life, Morte Criste and Cwm Rhondda are


among the 19 tracks sung so beautifully on this bargain CD.


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