Christmas Book Bargains


70899 NIGHT MAIL AND LINES FOR ALL SEASONS DVD by The National Library of Scotland


Three films which are treasures from the National Library of Scotland and the Royal Mail Film Archive. A Line For All Seasons (1980) sees Eddie McConnell in top form telling the story of the West Highland Line. West Of Inverness (1939) is an


eloquent short film about the problems faced by a rural community and its growing dependence on the outside world for provisions and goods. The Line To Skye (1973) is another gem from Eddie McConnell. It is incredible to think that the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh could ever have been considered for closure. The lasting appeal of Night Mail (1936), celebrating the Postal Special’s run from London to Scotland, is a classic of British documentary. Its realism and lyrical structure perfectly complemented by the verse of W. H. Auden and the music of Benjamin Britten. 78 minutes b/w and colour DVD. ONLY £18


70898 BRITAIN AT WAR: The First Days DVD


by the Royal Mail Film Library Three films directed by Harry Watt and Humphrey Jennings made in 1939 and 1940. The First Days (b/ w 23 minutes) shows many actual and some reconstructed scenes of air raid precautions, military training and the evacuations. The Front Line (b/w 6 minutes 1940) is set in


Dover, 15th September 1940 when for three months the town had been the frontier target for the Reich. Squadron 992 (1940, 26 minutes b/w) shows the importance of balloon barrage and an assignment to South Queensferry. ONLY £16


70897 30s BRITAIN: Volume Three DVD


by the Royal Mail Film Library The GPO classic collection contains eight short films ranging from seven to 19 minutes in length, the longest of which is The King’s Stamp, 1935 in black and white and colour directed by William Coldstream. Sequences show the designing, lithographing and printing of the King


George V Silver Jubilee stamp, with dramatised scenes about Rowland Hill and amusing reactions of the general public. The Fairy of the Phone is a 1936 13 minute black and white film which is a fanciful comedy, the script based on page six of the 1936 London Directory. News for the Navy, (11 minutes, 1937), sees Evelyn send a newspaper to her fiancé Bert Higgins AB, who has gone to sea in HMS Incredible. We follow the packet until it reaches Bert’s ship in Bermuda. N or NW is Len Lye’s first non-abstract film about a wrongly addressed letter of apology. Then follows Roadways (1937, 14 minutes), The Horsey Mail (1938, 8 minutes), Mony a Pickle, a comedy made for the Scottish Post Office Savings Bank (1939, 11 minutes), Nine for Six (silent, 1939, eight minutes) is about a football team sending a nine word telegram for sixpence. Restored for the first time on DVD. ONLY £16


70873 COUNT YOUR


BLESSINGS CD by George Formby


A top box office star of stage and screen until his career end in 1960, here are George Formby’s good humoured and witty songs, saucy, but not too saucy full of melody and


charm. As Max Miller used to say of himself ‘There’ll never be another’. Blackpool Prom, Get Crackin’, Under the Blasted Oak, Up in the Air and Down in the Dumps, I Wonder Who’s Under Her Balcony Now?, The Old Cane Bottom Chair, She’s Got Two of Everything, the ‘V’ Sign Song, a British Isles Medley including Auld Lang Syne and an American Medley including Camp Town Races and Oh Susannah are among the 26 tracks, playing time nearly 76 minutes. ONLY £4


66149 GUITAR MASTERCLASS CD by Andres Segovia


One of the greatest guitarists of all time, Andres Segovia was the ultimate ‘effective guitarist’ who opened doors for all those who followed. Our bargain priced CD features the music of J. S. Bach, Villa-Lobos, Tórroba, Sor, Rodrigo and Ponce. 11 tracks in total digitally remastered on 73 minute CD. ONLY £6


66907 WHAT IS LIFE? (FAVOURITES) CD by Kathleen Ferrier


22 tracks including Blow the Wind Southerly, Handel’s Largo, Art Thou Troubled?, Silent Night, The Keel Row, The Salley Gardens, Ma Bonnie Lad and several German songs by Schubert and Schumann, Bach and Mendelssohn. Includes an interview with Kathleen Ferrier in Montreal 1950 and the recordings were made between 1946 and 1950. With total playing time 78 minutes. ONLY £6


66917 BETJEMAN READS BETJEMAN:


Favourite Poems CD by John Betjeman All the tracks are written and read by John Betjeman (recorded 1959) and here are on bargain priced CD, playing time over 70 minutes. Includes A Subaltern’s Love Song, How to Get on in Society, Business Women, False Security, Hunter Trials, North Coast Recollections, Seaside Golf, Sunday in Ireland, Beside the Seaside, Our Padre and more. 19 tracks plus bonus tracks recorded in 1952 and 1953 of poems by Betjeman read by Dylan Thomas. ONLY £6


68823 LET THERE BE MUSIC CD by Cape Welsh Choir


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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. ONLY £4


HUMOUR


71057 NAUGHTY WIT by Aubrey Malone Quips and quotes to make you blush from wicked writers and naughty comedians. Exceptionally cunning linguists provide risqué ripostes on the battle of the sexes and one night stands, pearls of wisdom on unholy unions and bitter divorces, useful misadventures, love at an old age and wise words from Mae West and Woody Alan. ‘Why do Essex girls wear panties? To


keep their ankles warm.’ - Nigel Reece. ‘I’ve had more hands under my dress than the Muppets.’ - Joan Rivers. ‘I like to wake up feeling a new man.’ - Jean Harlow. ‘It’s because I never smoked, drank or touched a girl - until I was 11 years old.’ - George Moore on the reasons for his longevity. Cartoon illus, 204pp. £9.99 NOW £3


71059 PARTY PIECES: From Do Come to Please Go


by Anne Harvey


What is the trick to getting rid of unwanted guests? How did Alan Melville’s party game annoy Sir Laurence and Lady Olivier? How do you prevent the mayhem created by a Little Sod? The answers to these and many other questions will be found in this lavishly illustrated anthology, which ranges from the 19th century to the present. The tortuous complications of seating


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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


69785 KATHLEEN FERRIER: A Centenary Tribute 4 CDs


‘No singer in this country has ever been more deeply loved, as much for the person she was as for the voice she uttered’ - Rupert Christiansen. With a total playing time of 298 minutes on four compact discs and beautifully boxed is this tribute to the great voice of Kathleen Ferrier. Featuring favourite tracks including Blow The Wind Southerly, O Rest In The Lord and Silent Night, Come You Not From Newcastle? and He Was Despised. CD three comprises Mahler’s ‘Das Lied Von Der Erde’ with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Bruno Walter, and Brahms’s ‘Alto Rhapsody’. Also Mahler’s ‘Kindertotenlieder’ and Brahms’s ‘Four Serious Songs’.


ONLY £10 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


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 £5.75


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 £5.50


HOW TO... 70978 HOW THE LAW


WORKS by Gary Slapper Subtitled ‘A Friendly Guide to the Legal System’, this explains the role of judges, lawyers, juries and parliament and unravelling the mechanisms behind criminal and civil law. Law affects everyone virtually all of the time governing everything in life and what happens to us after. It applies at the bottom of the ocean and in space and regulates the world


of science, employment, business and health - everything in fact from neighbour disputes to war. A very telling change in recent history is the way in which the law has permeated all parts of social life. Between 1997 and 2006, the legislature passed 365 Acts of Parliament and more than 32,000 Statutory Instruments. Law courts, as we shall see, can and do grow new law and prune old law having heard the arguments of lawyers. 374pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £4


69093 LOOK AFTER THE PENNIES by Tess Read


The advent of the Internet is giving us, the consumer, more and more opportunities to compare prices and get together to pool resources. Here are holidays on the cheap, cleaning your home, how to save money on your everyday travel, how to get the best for less in health and beauty, organise a dream wedding on a tiny budget and saving money without compromising feelings at a funeral. Plus getting cashback deals on the high street, house rental savings, debt management, and much more. 224pp in paperback. £5.99 NOW £2


69760 SAS SELF-DEFENSE HANDBOOK by Barry Davies


One of the most widely respected experts on the methods and training of the élite British Special Air Service reveals their self-defence techniques and advises readers, whether they are experienced martial artists or novices, on how use them. The book also teaches how to avoid physical attacks from humans and animals and how to handle those confrontations that cannot be avoided. Everything you could possibly need to know is covered, from the basics of protecting your body to


arrangements, Joyce Grenfell’s cousin Caroline (who sings) and Alan Ayckbourn’s Uncle Bernard with his puppet show are hilarious examples of the bane of parties, the Difficult Guest. Virginia Graham writes bitingly of the cocktail party and Ogden Nash of the couple nervously waiting for their party to begin. Includes selections from T. S. Eliot, Charles Dickens, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde and Helen Fielding. These potent pieces reveal the dark undertones that lurk beneath the bubbly. 186 pages with line drawings and details of authors and illustrators. £14.99 NOW £5


70960 BLACKNOSE THE


PIRATE by Malcolm McGookin Ivan the Terrible? Pah! Genghis Kahn? Huh! Attila the Who? Rifle through the pages of this pulsating little tome and meet a character who makes the average Victorian mill owner look like Mother Teresa of Calcutta. A squat maniacal despot with a crew of half, nay, quarter wits, Blacknose the Pirate and his chicken-hearted Bo’sun Bunty plunder and pillage the


Spanish Main, terrorise the Seven Seas, run afore the wind (always the best idea), then a quick spot of keel hauling and its home for cocoa and digestives. If you prefer your cartoon heroes wide-eyed, pink and fluffy, don’t read this. If you prefer something medium dry, take it. Great fun cartoons throughout, 120pp in paperback, 1991. £2.95 NOW £1


70961 A MAD MEDLEY OF


MILLIGAN by Spike Milligan Riotously funny, irreverent and rude, this collection of poems, nonsense rhymes and weirdly wonderful cartoons - not to mention a three-part epic historical tale revealing the truth about the Führer: Adolf Hitler, Dictator and Clown - is classic Milligan. From Joan of Arc and Quasimodo to the Harrods sale and jam, a whole host of bizarre characters and subjects populate the


eccentric world of Spike Milligan. 130pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


70964 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU GUIDE TO MODERN


BRITAIN by Nick Martin With tongue firmly wedged in cheek, Ian Hislop, Paul Merton and pals take a typically pompous and lampooning look at the UK, or is it Great Britain, the British Isles, GB, England? Here are national characteristics, a short history of the UK, how British society has changed, immigration, parents and children, education, health hazards


for young people, politics and the media, the British constitution and the monarchy, parliament, government spending, housing, transport and employment, knowing the law, church and the establishments right through to rubbish collections. Contains adult themes, lots of rudeness and silliness and even sillier photos to make you snigger. 192pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3


70071 LUCKY BUGGER’S CASEBOOK by Daniel Smith


Hear about the Japanese trader who made a fortune after a share price typo, the fight that landed Mel Gibson his first major film, the German novelist who lost his manuscript on a train only to find it wrapped around the fish supper he bought at the station and many more of history’s luckiest buggers who experienced unexpected good fortune. Dozens of anecdotes to enjoy. 212pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £3.50


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changing your lifestyle, keeping fit and ready, and using everyday objects like desktop items to protect yourself. Learn what motivates an attacker, how to defend against common attacks and weapons, what special precautions women should take, simple ways of protecting your home, what to do in medical emergencies and much more. 254 paperback pages illustrated with nearly 130 photos and drawings in colour with two appendices: Rape and Victim Support Contacts and Martial Arts Governing Bodies. $12.95 NOW £5


70028 FILMING ON A MICROBUDGET by Paul Hardy


In this new, revised and updated pocket essential classic, we discover that the most important thing is you, the filmmaker. Here is everything you need to know to put together a short film production from scripting, planning and casting through location-scouting, shooting and editing, digital and HD and distribution. Not forgetting storyboarding and shotlisting, scheduling, crewing, props, costumes and make-up, budgeting, precautions, camera and lighting, sound recording, music, sound editing and mixing and mastering. 318pp in illustrated paperback with clear headers. £6.99 NOW £2.75


70107 MARY ROSE’S 1001 COUNTRY


HOUSEHOLD HINTS by Mary Rose Quigg From painting a wall to removing red wine stains, from relieving insomnia to making perfect pastry every time, Mary Rose Quigg gives us heaps of sayings, proverbs and poems gathered together over many years by a country housewife and mother of five. Hundreds of time and money saving ideas with tips on cookery, needlework, home decorating, gardening and more. 128pp.


£9.95 NOW £2.50


70516 IN THE WARDROBE: WI Practical Know-how


Our illuminating Women’s Institute little book guides you through the secrets of organising and caring for your clothes as well as creating the perfect wardrobe for any occasion. With fun accompanying quotes and decorative illustrations and fab hints like using citrus peel or bicarb of soda in shoes overnight to refresh them, how to polish leather handbags, treat stains, repair buttons and more. Would make a pretty gift book. 96pp in softback. £6.99 NOW £2.50


27150 WORDSWORTH BOOK OF HUMOROUS


QUOTATIONS edited by Connie Robertson From Oscar Wilde’s witty observation in Lady Windermere’s Fan that “I can resist everything except temptation”, to Zsa Zsa Gabor’s admission that “I know nothing about sex, because I was always married”, and by way of Woody Allen’s numerous bon mots, to the anonymous definition of psychiatry as being “the care of the id by the odd.” They will provide the reader with much to ponder long after the book has been put aside. Arranged alphabetically by author and indexed by keyword for ease of use. 256pp. Paperback. ONLY £3


69927 THAT’S LIFE: Quotes and Quips on


Being Human by Crombie Jardine Publishing ‘I intend to live forever, or die trying.’ - Groucho Marx. No doubt you will be seeing a great number of these pithy aphorisms and witty quotes in future editions of Bibliophile under our subject headers as we have thoroughly enjoyed browsing this one and pausing for thought. From Marcus Aurelius to Aldous Huxley here are comedians, philosophers, religious people, entertainers and politicians (index of names with dates provided) and, as usual, Oscar Wilde has the winning number of entries. 160pp. £7.99 NOW £2.75


70024 CONFESSIONS OF A COUNTRY BOY by Keith Skipper


Here is a real Norfolk dumpling who knows where to pour the gravy of common sense in the way he writes and talks and feels about his home county of Norfolk. This is Skipper in his richest vein, sharp and witty, occasionally disrespectful, always affectionate, the last person to take himself or anyone else seriously. Keith Skipper writes with an acute ear for dialogue long- remembered and an artist’s eye for a Norfolk landscape or just as likely, farmyard or playground. He is ‘the irresistible purveyor of earthy Norfolk culture.’ Big full page illus with fun captions in 174 page softback. £9.99 NOW £3.50


70025 DO SHEEP SHRINK IN THE RAIN? by 82ASK


You can text any question to 82275 or 82ASK the Internet company and get a truthful answer to absolutely any question you ask within minutes. Now they have committed many of their favourites to a natty little paperback. What is the oldest language in the world? What is the largest animal you can knock out with one punch? Which country has the most beautiful girls? When were contact lenses invented? How many trees are there in the whole world? Does llama dung have any odour? And why can’t cows walk downstairs? No, they are not Daleks in disguise! 243pp. £7.99 NOW £3


70157 A SURREY STATE OF AFFAIRS by Ceri Radford


Constance Harding’s comfortable corner of the Home Counties is her own little piece of heaven. Her time is spent party planning and dreaming of the hat aisles at John Lewis. But she is about to learn that her perfect home conceals scandals that would make the vicar blush. Her Lithuanian housekeeper’s underwear keeps appearing in her husband’s study, her parrot has gained a troubling new vocabulary and her daughter is turning into a gap-year strumpet. As her family falls apart, Constance embarks on an extraordinary journey. From tripping in Ibiza to riding with a handsome Argentinean gaucho whose only words in English are Britney and Spears, Constance discovers a wider world she thought it was too late to find. 305pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £2


70163 100 OF THE BEST CURSES AND INSULTS IN SPANISH


by Rachel Perez and Antonio Martinez Alongside the book is a small black box which has on it recorded 24 foul phrases, insults and things you hear in the street and never in your textbook. There are 45 situations like someone in Portugal can’t hear you, loco


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