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70129 COTSWOLDS AT WAR by June Lewis-Jones


Villagers recount their own local part in the Invasion Plan and the precautions taken against the threat of enemy landings, bomb damage and injury to civilians. Elaborate measures protected Tewkesbury Abbey and Gloucester Cathedral, where over 60 tons of sand were used to lag the tomb of Edward II. As the war went on, too, an increasing military presence was felt as the RAF took over airfields in hitherto quiet rural districts and US forces became integrated into local life. Here also are descriptions of the role of the Home Guard. Contemporary records show the use of Intelligence, including the role of the National Pigeon Service. 255 paperback pages, illus. £14.99 NOW £5


68813 EDWIN’S LETTERS: A


Fragment of Life 1940-43 edited by David A. Thomas Killed at the age of just 21 with six other airmen, Edwin Thomas formed the crew of a Halifax bomber. His early ambition was to be a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, but he never attained it. His rank was Sergeant Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. But in the end neither rank nor brevet mattered - death for Edwin and his friends was the


common denominator. Edwin’s letters are full of life and humour, relating quite simply the trivia of a young man’s thoughts and feelings during wartime service. Cigarettes are more important than culture - sweets, rations, clothing coupons, pay-day and postal order allowances loom large as do cinema and popular music, dances and programmes on the wireless. 144pp, illus. £14.99 NOW £3


69267 LETTERS FROM


NORMANDY by John Mercer


The author was called up in 1944 and, after nine months of square- bashing, vehicle training, Morse code and line laying, he became a gunner and was sent to Normandy. The next year saw him skirmishing in Belgium and suffering in waterlogged Holland. He would spend hundreds of hours glued to


the radio, waiting for a signal to fire. During the assault on Le Havre, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. After transferring to the 7th Division, he was one of the first British troops to enter Berlin and the Reich Chancellery. His letters to his widowed mother tell his gripping story. 121 pages with b/w archive photos. £20 NOW £5


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celebrated of which is most probably éclair: ‘a cake, long in shape but short in duration, with cream filling and usually chocolate icing.’ Within these pages you will find a whole alphabetful of amusing definitions, notable and quotable definitions by famous wits, and a wealth of new funnies by the contributors to the Gigglossary. With a wealth of examples from history plus original material. 138pp with charming illus. £9.99 NOW £4.50


69549 BARTLETT’S WORDS TO LIVE BY: Advice and Inspiration for Everyday Life


by John Bartlett, edited by Justin Kaplan, In 1855, a Massachusetts bookseller self-published a small collection of prose and verse quotations. Since then, his work has been continuously expanded to reflect the ever- changing cultural climate, and people such as the esteemed Sir Winston Churchill have looked to Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations for wisdom, inspiration and fun. Now, here is an elegant new collection of the best advice ever given, from such varied sources as the Bible, Jane Austen, John F. Kennedy, Woody Allen, William Shakespeare and Martin Luther King. From Adversity to Youth and from Love to Science. 278 pages. £14.99 NOW £4


69056 SCREENWRITING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY by Pat Silver-Lasky


Takes the reader through the basics of screenwriting and beyond - constructing a scene, characters versus characterisation, writing your screenplay, writing for an international audience, genres from sci-fi to romantic comedy, how comedies translate in the international market, translating a novel into a script, writing for TV and comedy, minimalism and anti-structure, the card system, lateral thinking and breaking the rules, marketing and the marketplace in the 21st century and procedures for getting a script accepted in the UK and the USA. 137pp in softback. £12.99 NOW £2.50


69821 A CERTAIN JE NE SAIS QUOI: Words


We Pinched from Other Languages by Chloe Rhodes


In the days of the British empire new vocabulary came in from all over the globe. The Yiddish word for food is nosh which has become thoroughly Anglicised, and where drink is concerned lager is a perennial favourite, deriving from the German for "storehouse" and perhaps reflecting the quantities required in places like Bavaria. Wearing dungarees (Hindi) might be a faux pas on a social occasion, and pyjamas (Persian) would be regarded as outré unless specified on the invitation, in which case they would be de rigueur. 200 fascinating examples. 176pp. £9.99 NOW £4


WORDS


Words are but pictures of our thoughts. - John Dryden


70544 IMMORTAL WORDS: History’s Most Memorable Quotations and the Stories Behind Them


selected by Terry Breverton One of the many things that impresses us about this volume is that not only are the quotations arranged chronologically so that the reader can follow the progress of thought through the ages, but also there is an alphabetical index of


authors to help you settle any arguments about who said what. Each entry is accompanied by contextual info giving the circumstances in which it was said or written, a brief biography of the author and, in most cases, a picture of him or her. Sometimes the quotation speaks for itself and so the explanation is correspondingly short. The book is leavened by humorous quips to balance statements about the darker side of humankind’s nature, and the selection is both thought-provoking and inspirational. It is also uplifting to realise that so many of the phrases that still inspire us today, for instance: ‘A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step’, were coined by people as long ago as 600 BC but are still relevant. 383 pages with 370 quotations illustrated in b/w. £9.99 NOW £6.50


70730 CHAMBERS


GIGGLOSSARY: A Lexicon of Laughter edited by Vicky


Aldus and Morven Dooner The lexicographer was defined by Samuel Johnson as ‘A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge.’ This may be true, but there has been a long tradition of these harmless drudges injecting the


occasional humorous definition into the weighty content of the English dictionary. The practice was started by none other than the formidable Dr Johnson himself in his Dictionary of 1755. Ever since its first edition in 1901, the Chambers Dictionary has upheld this tradition by including a smattering of witty entries, the most


69868 TO BE OR NOT TO BE... by Liz Evers Ah, Shakespeare! The Bard of Avon. How much do we really know about him? With 38 plays and over 150 sonnets and other poems, it is no wonder we sometimes forget things we really should know. In our little treasure trove you will find the often surprising phrases that are part of our everyday speech like ‘It’s all Greek to me’, ‘To the manor born’, ‘Gild the Lily’, ‘Lead on, Macduff’, ‘It’s all Greek to me’ and many other quotes and misquotes. Here are all the plays’ essential plot lines and an index of famous lines and characters. 192 prettily decorated pages with dedication page. £9.99 NOW £3.75


70261 FIRST TIME FRENCH DICTIONARY by Collins


William Collins’ dream of knowledge for all began with the publication of his first book in 1819. A self-educated mill worker, he not only enriched millions of lives, but also founded a flourishing publishing house. To this day, Collins books stay true to this spirit. In an exceptionally clear and multicoloured layout, each word is defined firstly in French and then in the second section in English with colour coded words and translations and illustrations throughout. Little fact boxes in green or phrases in amber and language tips like comédien does not mean comedian. What’s the date today? On ést le combien aujuord’hui? With line art plus a super colour section on Ma ville, à la maison, ma chambre, au parc, à la plage and more. Full page colour illus. Large print, 628 page softback. Suit ages 8 to adult. £8.99 NOW £4.50


70262 FIRST TIME SPANISH DICTIONARY by Collins


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Here is the easiest way to start learning Spanish. In an exceptionally clear and multicoloured layout, each word is defined firstly in Spanish and then in the second section in English with colour coded words and translations and illustrations throughout. Key stages are highlighted making it an easy and fun way to learn new vocabulary and its usage. Little fact boxes in green or phrases in amber like Happy Christmas, Happy Birthday and language tips like adding ‘al’ before the name of a game, for example, to play hangman ‘jugar al ahorcado’. Fantastic too for revision, 624 page chunky softback. Suit ages eight to adult. £8.99 NOW £4.50


29434 ADVANCED LEARNERS’ DICTIONARY


by Martin H. Manser and Nigel D. Turton Combines the elements of thesaurus, usage guide, lexicon and historical survey in one volume. As well as the usual features of a dictionary, this book includes expository panels, which present a point of usage, the history of a word, the area of vocabulary or the nuances of a definition. The surprising origins of words and phrases such as “Beefeaters” “between the devil and the deep blue sea” and the disease named after a shepherd in an Italian poem. 864pp. Paperback. ONLY £4


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60529 RUSSIAN INTERPRETER by Michael Frayn


Raya is a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon is with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a visiting British businessman who speaks no Russian. They need an interpreter which is how Paul Manning is diverted from writing his thesis at Moscow University to become involved in all the deceptions of love and East-West relations. 191pp, paperback.


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70380 MRS WOOLF AND THE SERVANTS: An Intimate History of Domestic Life in Bloomsbury by Alison Light


Hailed by the Observer as ‘a scintillating meeting of biography, social history and literary criticism’ this brilliant book works on many levels. Like thousands of other British households, Woolf’s ménage relied on live-in domestics for the most intimate of daily tasks. Throughout her childhood and adult life the ‘room of her own’ she so valued was cleaned, heated and supplied with meals by a series of cooks and maids. These servants were hardly noticed by the Bloomsbury intellectuals and, indeed, by historians, but now Alison Light gives them depth and dignity. By so doing, she adds revealing nuances to the reader’s picture of Woolf, both as a woman and a writer. Here is her diary entry about one servant: ‘She is in a state of nature, untrained, uneducated, to me almost incredibly without the power of analysis or logic, so that one sees a human mind wriggling undressed’. This careless remark tells the reader as much about Woolf as it does about the maid. Also captured is the fascinating period of British history, primarily between the wars, when modern oil stoves were creeping into kitchens to replace coal, and young women were starting to dream of working in hat shops rather than mansions. This compelling account reveals how, despite the conscious efforts of the Bloomsbury set to leave their Victorian past behind them and adopt a liberal outlook, their homes were nevertheless divided into the completely different worlds of ‘us’ and ‘them’. 376 pages with illustrations in b/w. $30 NOW £7


68943 DOUGLAS HAIG: Architect of Victory by Walter Reid


Haig was the man most responsible for delivering victory in 1918, yet his reputation is that of a butcher who sent millions to their deaths. On the outbreak of WWI he was given command of a section of the British Expeditionary Force and in 1915, following the disastrous defeat at Loos, he joined Kitchener and the King to challenge the authority of Sir John French, the British Commander in Chief. Haig assumed command during the most tragic part of the war, and is often blamed for the high number of casualties at the Battle of the Somme. 555pp, paperback, photos. £10.99 NOW £3.50


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69516 A FAIR MAIDEN by Joyce Carol Oates


15 year old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbour with her two summer babysitting charges when she is approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first he seems harmless and even pleasant. His beautiful home, the fine art in his study, the lavish gifts to her - Mr Kidder’s life couldn’t be more different from Katya’s drab working class existence back home in South Jersey, or more enticing. Posing for Mr Kidder’s new painting isn’t the light-hearted endeavour it once was. 231pp. £15.99 NOW £5


70151 FOUR MEALS FOR FOURPENCE by Grace Foakes


‘Behind and around these tenement buildings were narrow, mean little streets and alleyways, with small drab houses, mostly with underground kitchens, where people lived in semi-darkness for most of their lives. Three or four families occupied one house, sharing the kitchen with its one cold water tap. Sometimes the tap was in the yard outside.’ Mostly dockers with large families and small incomes, this was the world into which Grace Foakes was born in Wapping in the early 1900s. With a child’s clear eye, she describes the sights, sounds and smells of the old East End of London. Hop picking, the Beano Club, schooldays and wellington boots, pinafores on Sunday, special breakfast on Christmas day right through to courtship and marriage, having her beautiful daughter Kathleen and moving out to the new council estate in Dagenham where everything was clean and colourful and the grey grim streets were left behind. 281pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


69090 I USED TO KNOW THAT: Geography by Will Williams


Coasts, tectonics, climate and weather - world population and settlement, tourism and development, the subject of geography is brought alive principally by showing us how wide ranging it is. Everything from volcanic eruptions to eco-tourism is here, and it is all geography! This is an holistic discipline encompassing science, economics and sociology, geographical sub-disciplines like geology, geomorphology and tectonics and others too numerous to mention. 192pp, diagrams. £9.99 NOW £4.50


69988 HOW TO DRAW PEOPLE by Susie Hodge


Everyone can learn to draw well - a drawing is only a series of marks but first you must become accustomed to looking objectively. Most of us draw what we remember, not what we actually see and there is a gap between looking and drawing where our subconscious takes over. Secondly, you must become familiar with your materials' capabilities and your drawing technique will improve considerably. You may prefer to dip in and out of the book and all the demonstrations have valuable hints, tips and information on various ways of drawing figures with pencils, graphite sticks, white chalk, charcoal, conté crayons, pastel pencils or inks. Line drawings, hatched tone, line undertones is followed with the very basics of anatomy and structure, clothing and movement. Colour photos plus line art throughout these 80 very large softback pages. £9.99 NOW £3.50


Give your brain an intense workout.


70803 CODEWORDS by House of Puzzles More than 125 great code- cracking puzzles in an exciting compendium. Codewords are a variant of crosswords where you use logic and observation to fill in the numbered grid. If you have never attempted a codeword puzzle before, you should read the How to Solve section before diving in. Hours of challenging fun for the die-hard decrypter or


newcomers to this wonderful world of codewords. Give your brain an intense workout. 222pp in paperback.


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70805 WORD PUZZLES by House of Puzzles Over 200 superb puzzles to challenge your logic and word power. Word puzzles have a long and glorious tradition in all literate societies. Some of the earliest ones found for this book date back to the ancient Greeks who were very fond of their riddles. To be found here is everything from antonym challenges and analogy through


to crafty ciphers to decode. Several of the puzzle types owe their birth to Lewis Carroll who for example invented the symbolic logic tangle. If there is a puzzle type that you find tricky, try not to skip it. These encounters are your best opportunities to develop your puzzling skills. Stick with it and you may find that what was baffling suddenly becomes clear. Happy puzzling! For every level of ability. 224pp in paperback.


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70804 KILLER SUDOKU by House of Puzzles Like regular Sudoku, Killer puzzles are played on a grid of nine by nine cells. This grid is divided into rows, columns and also squares of nine that are known as nonets. Collectively, these rows, columns and nonets are referred to as houses. Because of their similarities, each one contains the digits from one to nine once and once only. Added together, these


numbers come to 45. That fact is a useful tool. Unlike regular Sudoku puzzles, Killer puzzles are further broken down into dotted regions of two or more cells known as cages. Cages cannot contain the same number twice. The numbers in each cage add up to the cage total. In Killer Sudoku you don’t get any shown numbers in the grid to start off, but that cage totals give you all the information you need to solve the puzzle. Remember each house must total 45. Now get cracking with these brilliant brainteasers! 224pp in paperback. £5.99 NOW £2.50


70826 WORLD CLASS PUZZLES


by Erwin Brecher


150 riddles, paradoxes and brain teasers from around the world to improve your lateral thinking and keep your grey matter fit. The collection has been selected to concentrate on material that requires a great deal of inspirational thinking but a minimum of mathematical expertise, catering in


part to the many puzzle fans who have an inborn aversion to all things mathematical! These are exercises to enjoy and you will be rewarded with a profound sense of achievement with every puzzle you crack. Here are general puzzles, fallacies and paradoxes, visuo- spatial tests and it includes the Monte Carlo Racing Rally Riddle, the British Prison Paradox and the Swiss Smugglers’ puzzle. With solutions, 160pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £2.50


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