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explains how the five Chinese elements affect every one of us. By combining your sign and element the book offers a character analysis, matching you up with all the other signs to show how you might get along in business, family life and love. This fun-to-read, yet serious guide describes each animal sign’s individual characteristics, special capabilities and particular health problems. This updated edition includes the author’s new 12-year forecasts for each sign. 589 paperback pages with author’s note, The Chinese Calendar Pre-1900, The Chinese Calendar and Compatibilities. £10.99 NOW £3


69947 GREAT ORIGAMI BOOK


by Zulal Ayture-Scheele Very glossy paper and colour photos on every page with very simple instructions on how to create sparklingly beautiful snowflakes to hang in a window at


Christmastime, a special folded letter, a letter holder, a lady


figurine, an aeroplane, a basket for gift giving, a cowboy hat, paper birds, a cow, a dragon, a pansy, a pig, a sail boat, basic boxes and more. 40 projects featured, perfect for decorations for parties, gift packaging, Christmas trees and doll houses and they take only minutes to make. Gloriously colour-filled 80 large page softback.


£9.99 NOW £3.50 69792 CUPCAKES


From the Australian Women’s Weekly Every recipe has been triple tested to guarantee success first time and every time, and the variety of occasions on which you can make these delicious looking and tasting cakes are multiple. Most of all, we loved the delicate and delightful Lily and Lace White Wedding cakes, the spicy Christmas Tree cakes and the gorgeously coloured ‘Jewelettes’. 128 softback pages with superb colour photos. £7.99 NOW £3


69870 TOSSERS AND ARSEBLOWERS: An Alternative Romp Through


Europe by J. R. Daeschner The tossers of the title are from Switzerland, providing the author with extraordinary spectacles of aggressive cowfighting as he tours the continent in search of unusual customs. We Brits are by no means the only nation to claim St George as a patron, and the author visits a former priest who has turned his


Gaudí-inspired apartment in Barcelona into a shrine to the saint. And what about the arseblowing? Ah yes, you have to go to the Dordogne for that, where on the feast of Soufflaculs people go round with bellows putting the wind up their friends and neighbours. 386pp, paperback, colour photos.


£8.99 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


69902 50 YEARS OF CORONATION STREET: The


(Very) Unofficial Story by Sean Egan


To enable him to write this peerless, fascinating account of how Coronation Street became the most successful drama in the history of television, the author was granted access to the show’s creators, producers, directors, writers and actors. With their help, he has produced the most comprehensive


history of Corrie ever, taking the reader through the show’s tortuous genesis, its backstage crises and its ultimate triumphant ascendancy. Here are the programme’s moving marriages, unforgettable deaths and exciting story lines as well as profiles of some of the Street’s most famous residents: Ena Sharples, Annie Walker, Mike Baldwin, Hilda Ogden and many more. 314 pages.


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71247 POLDARK: Series One


Volume One DVD by Winston Graham and Maurice Barry


Starring the late Angharad Rees as Demelza, Robin Ellis as Ross Poldark and Jill Townsend as Elizabeth Poldark, welcome back to Cornwall. The year is 1780 and the political and social atmosphere is as stormy as the sea that pounds


the rocky shores. Into this landscape, Captain Ross Poldark returns from the American War to take up his inheritance and take up with his beloved Elizabeth. But with false reports of his death having reached Cornwall ahead of him, what will he find? And what of the young urchin Demelza, the new housekeeper at Nampara? Can she console the heartbroken Ross? And just who is the father of her unborn child? All this aside, Ross must turn his mind to matters of business if he is to keep his mind, his income and his home. There is a huge lode of


copper down there but to get at it he must sell shares in the mines. Can he keep them away from his arch enemy Warleggan? Contains parts one and two of the classic drama series, running time 5 hours 57 minutes in colour on DVD.


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69668 THE ROYAL WEDDING 1947 CD


by Pearl and Pavilion Records The royal wedding of their Royal Highnesses Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh recorded and broadcast from Westminster Abbey 1947, playing time 67 minutes. The survival of this recording, made


direct on to acetate discs, is something of a miracle. Originally made at huge expense for a wealthy client, it has been restored to offer a wonderfully romantic memory. Opens with a Richard Dimbleby two minute 30 speech, the Fanfare - the Bridal Procession (Bax), the first hymn - Praise My Soul the King of Heaven, the Marriage Service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Psalm 67, prayers, the address, The Lord is my Shepherd, the Blessing, the National Anthem, the signing of the register, the Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and outside the Abbey. With the trumpeters of the Royal Military School of music playing the Fanfares and the choirs augmented for the wedding. A keepsake to treasure or this would make a lovely gift.


£10.45 NOW £5 70992 ESSENTIAL POEMS


FOR BRITAIN by Daisy Goodwin


Under ‘A Green and Pleasant Land’ we find To Autumn by John Keats and Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath. ‘Under Love in a Cold Climate’, This English Woman by Stevie Smith and In a Bath Tea Shop by Sir John Betjeman. Under ‘Queen and


Country’ Buckingham Palace by A. A. Milne and so on with headers like Tooth and Nail, Upstairs Downstairs, Christmas and Easter and Mad Dogs and Englishman. With autobiographies and packed with old favourites, this is a witty reflection on what it means to be British today - from bad teeth, public transport and weather to our glorious countryside, sense of humour and stiff upper lip. Old and new poems including the top three entries shortlisted for the BBC ‘s Poem for Britain competition. 190pp.


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71001 WILLIAM & CATHERINE


by David Elliot Cohen Little girls dream of being a princess and for one lucky young lady her dream has come true. On 29th April 2011, Catherine Middleton and Prince William celebrated their nuptials at Westminster Abbey, the first wedding of a future British king to a commoner in more than 350


years. Through more than 200 spectacular colour photos, this special volume recounts the couple’s wildly different childhoods, their romance and engagement, university days, parties and public appearances, family life, Kates school photos and on the catwalk at Edinburgh University where William paid £200 for a front row seat, his military service, snow birds on skiing holidays, charity work, on the polo field, as a chopper pilot, and at last, the engagement and a spectacular wedding. Beautiful colour photographs capture each stage of this romance which has captured our hearts. Then we were rewarded with The Kisses on Buckingham Palace’s balcony and worldwide celebrations. 224 large pages. £20 NOW £6


71063 REMEMBERING BOB


MONKHOUSE: Two CDs by The BBC Archive Enjoy an exclusive insight into the mind of a comedy genius as Bob Monkhouse looks back on his extensive career in showbusiness. With clips from classic comedies like


The Saturday Show and Bob Says Opportunity Knocks, reminiscences from his most famous radio and TV performances and examples of his work as a comedy writer. One of the best gagsters in the business, he had audiences hooting at his amazing verbal dexterity for over 50 years. Running time two hours on two CD, this recording was previously released as ‘Bob Monkhouse at the Beeb’.


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71076 A GARDEN IN VENICE by Frederic Eden and Marie- Thérèse Weal


In 1884 Frederic Eden was ordered to Venice for his health and in spite of the fabled beauty of the canal- bound city he missed the greenery, and above all the gardens, of the English countryside he had left. Floating down the Giudecca canal one day he suddenly ordered his


boatman to land and find him a garden. Reluctant at first, the man found a tiny square of garden fringed with euonymus and cypress trees in the angles of the hedge. Arbours of jessamine and honeysuckle had been overturned, together with vases and statuary. The vines were mostly on the ground but the artichokes were flourishing mightily. Having reached a price with the owner, Eden set about transforming his plot, and this book, first published in 1903, recounts his struggles with the intractable land in order to produce a place of beauty and fruitfulness. Venetian pergolas are bound together with bands of osier, and Eden accepts them as part of his project, introducing mulberries, oleanders, Japanese kaki and pomegranates. Ideas came from Hampton Court and the Alhambra. Standard, pillar and climbing roses “revel in Venice air” and hundreds of varieties blossom in May to Christmas. 135pp, plus epilogue, black and white photos, numerous drawings. £25 NOW £6.50


25504 COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED LEWIS


CARROLL illustrated by John Tenniel Inspired by the insatiable Victorian appetite for party games, tricks and conundrums, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) wrote many works of humorous, witty, whimsical and nonsensical verse. The Hunting of


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the Snark as well as dozens of other verses, stories, acrostics and puzzles are all included in this omnibus volume. Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, university lecturer, academic author, gifted pioneer of portrait photography and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses. With an introduction by Alexander Woollcott, this is a facsimile reprint by Wordsworth. 1232 pages with index of first lines. Paperback. ONLY £7


71092 LIMPOPO ACADEMY


OF PRIVATE DETECTION by Alexander McCall Smith Mma Ramotswe, normally a sound and peaceful sleeper, finds her slumbers disturbed by a dream of a tall man beneath an acacia tree. Now in the first flush of married bliss, she has to admit that untoward things are occurring around the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, not least with the


construction of her new home. At Speedy Motors, the irreproachable Fanwell finds himself in trouble with the law and even more dramatically Mma Potokwani, defender of Botswana’s weak and downtrodden, disappears from her post at the orphan farm. Into all this steps the tall stranger of Mma Ramotswe’s dream, revealed as none other than Mr Clovis Andersen, author of ‘The Principals of Private Detection’ and keeper of a surprising secret. From the totally addictive series. 261pp.


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71121 CARNIVAL IN VENICE by Gerald Hoberman With a satin bound gold embossed cover and quality glossy pages, here are photographs celebrating the art of the mask together with an essay by Gregory Dowling from the


University of Venice. Each year, ten days before Lent, merrymakers of all ages brave the icy midwinter weather to converge on Venice, masked and mantled in innovative and imaginative fancy dress. Some exquisite examples are handed down from generation to generation in this kaleidoscope of European sophistication, finery and fun. With their real identities concealed, they readily pose for photographs and most participants deem it an honour and a privilege to be selected to be photographed incognito. World renowned master photographer Gerald Hoberman has produced this extraordinary portfolio showcasing the Venice carnival and he has an incisive eye for detail and the subtleties of colour, texture and humanity. Glossy colour photos on every page of this elegant landscape small hardback. £18.95 NOW £6


71141 PAPER NEW YORK:


Build Your Own Big Apple by Kell Black


From a teeny-weeny hotdog cart, a Central Park horse and carriage and a taxi cab to the Chrysler and Empire State Building, the


Woolworth building, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and the Statue of Liberty, the Flatiron building to Rockefeller Center Ice Rink with its statue and silhouettes of three couples skating, here are no less than 20 die-cut paper models ready to press out and build. There are simple instructions for each, a map guide and fact sheet for all the original landmarks. It is a unique gift for all architects and enthusiasts or a lasting city souvenir at your fingertips. Photograph them and send us the results please!


£10.99 NOW £5.50 71149 THE WILD WEST


POP-UP BOOK by Anton Radevsky


Many of us love collecting pop-up books because the paper


engineering is so clever and creative and this is no exception, a US first edition. The Wild West era is brought to life through vivid artwork, maps and stunning three-


dimensional illustrations. We are introduced to the explorers, trappers, traders and pioneers who blazed trails through the Rocky Mountains, the Native Americans who farmed and hunted in the region, the lawmen and outlaws who battled at gunpoint to win the West. The striking pop-up illustrations include a real tepee, a Boomtown saloon, hotel, general store and blacksmith shop, a holster and a pistol, a line up of six mounted cavalry soldiers in full uniform and a cowboy on horseback herding six steers. As a bonus there are free standing action figures including a stage coach and four horses, a covered wagon drawn by two oxen, a steam engine with a passenger and coal cars and a cowboy in full regalia complete with horse and saddle. Beautifully designed and engineered, all in colour and with flaps and things to lift and create all the way through. Suit ages eight to adult.


£16.99 NOW £6.50 70376 LIFE


by Keith Richards and James Fox


Probably Dartford’s most famous son, Keith Richards was born during an air raid on 18 December 1943 - perhaps it was an omen. As well as being one of the most successful musician/songwriters ever, he is a modern medical miracle how he has lived to tell this story with his staggering intake of narcotics, both legal and otherwise, and the


physical demands that decades of relentless touring with The Rolling Stones, probably the biggest rock’n’roll band in the world must impose, makes for an enthralling read. What makes this memoir so much more than a vaguely- recalled tale of extreme excess are the moments when Richards recalls the suffocating drabness of postwar suburbia, and how his and Mick Jagger’s escape from it was the listening to and replication of imported rock’n’roll and raw blues, how a particular chord progression works and why, and how he loves his guitars with an ardour approaching the erotic are all revealed. Now almost 70, he is still appearing in the planet’s highest grossing shows. 32 page collection of colour and b/w photos, 564pp.


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70578 PRIMITIVE ART by Franz Boas


Unabridged republication of this definitive analysis for art historians and anthropologists since its initial publication in 1927. The book covers the formal element in art, representative art, symbolism, style, literature, music and dance in a 115 page study focussing on the art of North America’s North Pacific Coast. With a new introduction by the expert on Native American art and


culture Aldona Jonaitis, the book has more than 300 photos, drawings and diagrams. The illustrations include examples of Indian embroidery, Palaeolithic paintings, woven blankets, wing and tail designs, totem poles, hats, cutlery, painted boxes, earthenware, baskets and many other primitive objects and motifs. 377pp in paperback. £20.99 NOW £7


70684 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL SQUARES OF THE WORLD


edited by Manfred Leier This collection of 100 great squares from around the world will evoke nostalgic memories of old holidays and ideas for new ones. Italy has a high concentration of famous squares, notably the Piazza Navona in Rome dominated by Bernini’s spectacular Baroque fountains and


the Piazza San Marco in Venice with its towering campanile. The Acropolis of Athens may challenge our definition of a square but was certainly at the heart of the city, while Madrid’s Plaza Mayor is an impressive Baroque collection of uniform arcades. Rothenburg on the Tauber embodies the Middle Ages, and Wenceslas Square in Prague elegantly combines Art Nouveau with older buildings. Shanghai’s People’s Square and New York’s Times Square offer a modern vision from very different political perspectives, while Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center and Chicago’s Water Tower Place are other examples of breathtaking 20th century design. 208pp, colour photography. ONLY £6


68937 WORLD CITIES:


YESTERDAY AND TODAY by Michael Swift Alexandria, Amsterdam, Antwerp...Warsaw, Washington, York - 57 great cities of the world are described by means of old maps and new satellite photographs in this


sumptuous cartographical paradise. Rome gave the grid pattern to many ancient cities, and the pattern was copied in the New World at the end of the medieval period. The Industrial Revolution and development of railways and canals resulted in the urban sprawl of industrial regions which we see today, with a steady move from the land to the city. Each of the world cities discussed in this book starts with a brief history, accompanied by a satellite image showing all or a significant portion of the city. Superimposed on the satellite image are coloured areas showing the extent of the historic maps which are then reproduced on subsequent pages. 256pp, large landscape format, 250 colour reproductions. £25 NOW £7


69987 THE HOLY LAND: Lithographs by David Roberts


R.A. and Enrico Lavagno In just two years from 1838-39, the Scottish artist David Roberts accomplished one of the most memorable journeys of the 19th


century in the course of his visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Sinai and the Holy Land. He immortalised two parallel worlds - that of the Bible that has long disappeared, and the other a world undergoing a painful transition. This slim and beautiful volume contains invaluable lithographs of the Holy Land, 81 in total, like the Fountain of Cana, the Church of the Enunciation in Nazareth, the Shrine of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Immersion of the Pilgrims in the Jordan River, the Greek Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre, the Mosque of Omar (Dome of the Rock) on the ancient site of the Temple, the entrance to the Citadel of Jerusalem, the Tower of David, Hebron, Gaza and much more, peopled with Arab figures, rainbows and camels, this is a superb artistic record of the 1830s world. Glamorous large Italian publication, 64pp, colour. £14.99 NOW £6


70334 BUILD YOUR OWN PAPER ROBOTS: 100s of Mecha Model Designs on CD to Print Out and Assemble


by Julius Perdana, Josh Buczynski et al The beauty of these designs is that, if your model gets damaged in battle, you can easily and quickly print out a replacement, so your fun is never ending. The book contains 14 amazing mecha models to colour, print and build, with simple step-by-step instructions on how to assemble them. The CD contains ready-to-print PDF colour templates, plus plain line art templates that can be coloured in any standard image-editing package, allowing for as many variants of the models as you can make. There is a huge variety of robot styles to suit all skill levels. Articulated joints mean the robots are poseable, and the templates include a Mecha Cityscape and a Cyber Port to pose them in. The designs are customisable with standard image-editing programmes. 96 pages 21.5 cm x 28.5 cm in colour, INCLUDING FREE CD.


$18.95 NOW £6


69466 FRANK GEHRY IN POP-UP by Jinny Johnson and Roland Lewis Frank Gehry was born in Toronto in 1929 and is one of the most innovative architects in the world today. Experience five of his most extraordinary architectural creations in 3D. Here is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, Norton House, Venice Beach, California, The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Experience Music Project in Seattle and the New Customhouse in Dusseldorf. Discover the inspirations behind Gehry’s light and lively designs in a three- dimensional way including his use of titanium-cladding and get a look into his personal history and lifeworks. Unique details and structural features are highlighted by many colourful and extensive photographs. 48 huge pages, 12" square. £16.99 NOW £8.50


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