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an origami version! And opposite these cats are beautifully crafted origami, collage and other handcrafted representations in a big bold picture book. $16.99 NOW £3
69205 HOW TO DRAW HELL BEASTS by Jim Pavelec
A master class in the drawings of the massive heads of the Hydra, the jagged teeth of the Giant Rat, the wicked curved claws of the Basilisk, blood-dripping fangs, putrefied decaying wounds, goblins and vampires. Discover tips on making your creatures even creepier with the skilful use of point-of-view, iconic and action poses, colour and shadow. Line art through to finished colour drawings, the kit includes a project book, drawing pad, eraser, three pencils, blending stump, sandpaper block and monster trading cards. Suit ages eight to adult.
£7.99 NOW £3
69212 LEARN TO PLAY THE CLARINET: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Instructional
Guide by Frank Cappelli Designed by an award-winning clarinet player and composer, this delightful guide will help young players through the first difficult stages of learning the instrument without hassle. From the very
beginning, it is packed with useful advice. The photos are very close-up and extremely clear, showing the reader how to put together the instrument so that, right from the first, the beginner will feel at home with it. 112 very large format pages illustrated in colour. £12.99 NOW £3
69213 LEARN TO PLAY THE TRUMPET: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Instructional Guide by Frank Cappelli
Playing trumpet is a fun, rewarding and moving experience - one that you will soon enjoy with the help of a carefully developed system, even if you have never read music before. Before you have finished, you will be able to read music and play songs that you and your friends will recognize. With practice, you can become the musician you have always dreamed of being. So get blowing! 112 very large format pages with colour photos. £12.99 NOW £3
69215 MASTER ENGINEER: Robots by Paul Beck
This outsize tome is sure to thrill eight-year-olds and over. Now, finally, the mechanicals, electricals and software needed to create a machine are with us, the first androids that can walk, talk or even play music like us. One day they could be our helpers, rescuers, helpers, even our friends. How about a 3’2" robot of your own? At the back are full instructions and 19 heavyweight card pieces that build into a rather fetching blue and silver robot. 40 pages, 12"×11¼”. $18.95 NOW £6.50
69839 HORRID HENRY’S FOOTBALL KIT GIFT PACK by Francesca Simon
Do you remember football cards from the petrol station? Well here is a chance today to collect a set of World Cup Snap Cards, two sets of identical cards with flags of each country. Beside the cards in the green foil folding gift pack are two brilliant Horrid Henry books; Horrid Henry’s Joke Book and Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend with warnings that the jokes are too grossed out for mum and dad and for slimy toad little brothers. The story book is utterly wicked with fiendish plot. Illus by Tony Ross. 96pp and 104pp respectively. £9.99 NOW £3.50
69887 FIRST NUMBERS: Pre-School by David and Penny Glover
Come complete with two marker pens, 60+ gold stars and sticker badges and best of all these very, very clever wipe-clean pages. The gold stars say I am the Best!, Superstar!, Gold Star Worker!, I’m a Star! and Easy Peasy! Help your child to trace the numbers by following the arrows through one to ten as you colour in the lighthouse blue, the cottage red and so on, drawing froggies, fish, socks, wellies and shooting stars and learning numbers along the way. Suit pre-schoolers ages 3+. 24 very large pages in softback. £4.99 NOW £2.50
70257 CHILDREN’S PICTURE ATLAS by Neil Morris
To boost knowledge in a most fun way and packed with essential facts, the maps in this special atlas show geographical features, capital cities, other noteworthy cities, areas where fruits or industries such as mining or fishing are located and symbols showing famous buildings and pictures of the people who live in each region. The Did You Know boxes give facts and figures and then there is More About - like cross country skiing, the Little Mermaid statue perched in the harbour in Copenhagen, 700 year old Norwegian stave churches made of wood and other fascinating facts along the way. Plus flags of the world. 48 huge pages and lovely appealing colour layout. £9.99 NOW £4
70275 SAM STARS AT SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE
by Pauline Francis and Jane Tattersfield Will Sam see Master Shakespeare? Sam thinks the Globe Theatre is the most magical place he has ever seen and he longs to work for England’s greatest writer. When he cheekily tries to act, Master Shakespeare gives him a job. Sam starts by playing Cobweb in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and other small parts, but Shakespeare says he is not ready for the role he wants most - the star-crossed lover Juliet. Then Sam gets a lucky break, but has he got what it takes to be the finest actor in England? Colour illus, 8½ x 10½”. £11.99 NOW £2.50
70318 TOTALLY BRILLIANT PUZZLE AND ACTIVITY BOOK
by Lisa Regan and Beccy Blake
Moonwalk - follow the arrows to guide the spaceman across the planet, without jumping on any craters. Fill in the missing numbers on the spaceship so that you count through the six times table. Find the names of amazing places and world records hidden across, down or diagonally on the letter grid. Dive into this puzzle book and crack codes in spy school, puzzle it out with a new picture Sudoku game and map your way to the pirate’s treasure. Amusing illus. 208 pages in very large softback.
£6.99 NOW £3
70276 THE BRONTËS: Scenes from the Childhood of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne
by Catherine Brighton The Brontë children Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne created and chronicled their own charmed universe in the remote parsonage at Haworth. Scene by scene, Catherine Brighton’s haunting
images, in colour and circular cameo frames, reveal the secret childhood of one of literature’s most unusual households. The muted tones of the watercolours complement the period and the powerful atmosphere. Slim softback 8½” x 10½” suit ages eight and up. £5.99 NOW £2
70286 FUNNY FACES MAD ART: With Marker by Salina Yoon
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Make a big smile on the big round face and add nose, mouth and eyes to the picture below. Simply wipe clean and start all over again if you want them to look more wonky or have earrings, a beard or moustache, add a badge, a hat, whiskers to the cat, floppy ears to the dog, googly eyes and a picture of themselves or anything you want. Fill in the pictures again and again on these few wipe clean pages and dry-erase marker pen. $6.99 NOW £2.75
70581 ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY BOOK: Old Testament Book and CD
by Seymour Loveland Even in these breathless times of ours, we should find time for this treasure trove of stories both on the book and CD, the stories of Joseph and Moses, Saul and Samuel, David and Jonathan, Solomon and Absalom and the rest, stories told
through thousands of years by boatmen on the Nile. 37 ageless tales of wonder recounted in simple terms beautifully illustrated in colour including such stories as Joseph Sold into Egypt, the Finding of Moses and How Jericho’s Walls Fell. With bonus CD recording of ten of the best known stories. 8" x 10½” softback, 126pp. £13.99 NOW £3.50
69800 120 GREAT HISTORY PROJECTS: Bring the Past into the Present with Hours of Creative Activity
70743 ROBERT ALTMAN: The Oral Biography by Mitchell Zuckoff
Visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man and Hollywood legend, Robert Altman comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography. Crew members, producers and stars have their say including Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty, Tim Robbins, Julieanne Moore, Paul Newman, Julie Christie, Elliott Gould, Martin Scorsese, Robin Williams, Cher and many others. From an all-American boyhood in Kansas City, a stint flying bombers in World War Two, and jobs ranging from dogs tattoo-entrepreneur to TV director, Robert Altman burst onto the scene in 1970 with the movie M*A*S*H. He produced masterpieces at an astonishing pace - McCabe and Mrs Miller, Thieves Like Us, The Long Goodbye, 3 Women and of course Nashville. Falling out with Hollywood, he reinvented himself with a new set of masterworks - The Player, Shortcuts and Gosford Park. Finally just before the release of his last of nearly 40 movies, A Prairie Home Companion, he received an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement. 560pp, roughcut pages, photos. 2009 US first edition. £25 NOW £6
70782 BEST MOVIE QUIZ BOOK EVER by The Puzzle House
Which detective film has been portrayed on screen over 200 times? In which Austrian city is The Third Man set? I Could Have Danced All Night comes from which movie musical? Pot Luck, Heroes and Villains, Marilyn Monroe, The 1960s, Best Actors, Weepies, Superstars, Sequels and Remakes, James Bond - you will find over 300 individual quizzes each containing 25 questions. The quizzes cover every aspect of the films and movie business from the studios to Westerns and come in three carefully graded levels of difficulty. 320pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3
by Rachel Halstead and Struan Reid The book includes invention and discovery projects which highlight technological breakthroughs, such as the Egyptian water-transporting shaduf and the Mayan codex. Children will love the chapter on fashion in which they can dress up in Roman togas, an Indian sari and a variety of terrifying masks. The cookery section demonstrates how to prepare delicious and authentic dishes from different cultures, including an Indian curry and Japanese rice balls and, in the study of skills and crafts, they are shown how to make realistic artefacts such as swords, shields and armour. Paperback, 256 pages 30x23mm, colour with maps. Suit ages 6+. £12.99 NOW £4.50
ENTERTAINMENT
At Christmas, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ makes me cry in exactly the same places every time, even though I know it’s coming.
- Nicholas Lea
70988 THE ARCHER’S MISCELLANY: The First Official Trivia Collection from Britain’s Best-loved Radio
Drama by Joanna Toye The author has served in one capacity or another on the team of The Archers for the last 32 years, so you can guarantee that she is au fait with everything that goes on in Ambridge. Lovers of the programme will just adore this dip into the archives. With
this book they can enjoy the whos, whats, wheres and whys of the show’s past 60 years - leaving no source of info untapped. Here are the winners of the Flower and Produce Show, details of what happened at past Bonfire Nights and menus at The Bull. Here too are the animals of Ambridge, the order of illumination for the Christmas lights switch-on and the football team fixtures from the glory days of the 1970s. Readers can refresh their memories of who was in the cricket team in 2009 and re-live the fête in 1985, when Kate entered the fancy dress as Superwoman and Roy had buckskins made out of brown paper! 256 pages with line drawings and maps. £9.99 NOW £5
70733 HITCHCOCK
PIECE BY PIECE by Laurent Bouzereau Exclusive pictures and
removable memorabilia from the master’s archives and a foreword by Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell make this lavish production a most collectable item. In a career that spanned 60 years, Alfred Hitchcock made more than 50 feature length
films and hosted his own TV series, transforming the thriller genre in the 20th century. He started his career in the silent era in England and invented most of the techniques and vocabularies still in use by contemporary filmmakers. Psycho, Rear Window, North by Northwest, The Birds are testaments to the durability of his artistic vision. In very glamorous golden envelopes, the facsimile documents include a telegram from Hitchcock to producer David O. Selznick dated May 11th 1940 and handwritten notes in facsimile from the same year noting objectives - ‘Suspense’ and how the audience must play his part in providing maximum suspense, the springboard situation and examples from Jamaica Inn and Rebecca. This has been handwritten on Cunard White Star RMS Queen Mary notepaper and reproduced in exact facsimile. We counted ten such wallets, each with his unmistakable profile shaping the envelope. Another contains a 1976 storyboard for ‘Family Plot’ and another the document given to Hitchcock upon being knighted by the Queen in 1979. Photos, many rare and previously unseen. 176 large pages.
£30 NOW £12.50
70809 JULIE CHRISTIE: The Biography by Tim Ewbank and Stafford Hildred After winning Best Actress Oscar in 1965 for her portrayal of an amoral London fashion model in ‘Darling’, Julie Christie has poured herself out in a succession of romantic roles. This insightful biography charts the remarkable life of the tea planter’s daughter born in India, the troubled Sussex schoolgirl who turned into the striking young woman who unforgettably sashayed to stardom in ‘Billy Liar’. She became The Face of 1965, made the mini skirt notorious and was courted by Hollywood’s most eligible men, including Warren Beatty. At the very height of her fame she walked away from the glamour, wealth and attention to embrace a simpler life in Wales. 262 pages. Colour and b/w photos. £18.99 NOW £4
70304 PRIVATE DIARIES OF
CATHERINE DENEUVE by Catherine Deneuve and Polly Mclean
The elegant, sensual and beautiful actress turns out to be an impressive writer, although intriguingly remote. Catherine Deneuve is regarded as one of the grandes dames of French cinema. Here she takes the reader behind the scenes in a collection of seven previously unpublished diaries that
she kept while filming abroad. She charts the shooting of such films as The April Fools, Tristana, Indochine which was an adventure, a journey in which she was completely bowled over by Vietnam and had her jewellery box raided by a thieving magpie, and Dancer in the Dark. Make up, dinners, hotels, the Cannes Film Festival and much more. 198pp in paperback with photos and filmography. $14.95 NOW £2.75
69066 CECIL B. DEMILLE AND THE GOLDEN CALF by Simon Louvish
Here is the story of one of Hollywood’s most enduring legends, remembered - and often reviled - for his grandiose biblical sagas such as Samson and Delilah and his version of The Ten Commandments with its cast of tens of thousands. The author reveals the character of DeMille through his work. Most of his 70 films were silent and remain unknown even to avid fans. He was an unsung auteur, a master of increasingly bizarre narratives, with tales of adultery and divorce, hedonism and sin, reflecting an age in which modernity, the consumer society and the pursuit of money made the USA a battlefield of clashing values and temptations. He will probably remain a pervasive puzzle. 507 pages, illus and list of plays and films. £25 NOW £4
69067 CHAPLIN: The Tramp’s Odyssey by Simon Louvish
The hat, the moustache, the cane. Sharp, fast, full of unexpected detail, this impressive biography succeeds in demystifying Charlie Chaplin while leaving the Tramp’s mechanistic mystique largely intact. Louvish looks at Chaplin afresh, summing up the roots of comedy and its appeal to audiences everywhere who revelled in the clown’s raw energy, his ceaseless struggle against adversity, and his capacity to represent our own hopes, fears, dreams, foibles and inner demons. 412pp in paperback, illus and cartoons. £9.99 NOW £2
69077 MINGHELLA ON MINGHELLA edited by Timothy Bricknell
Antony Minghella grew up above his Italian parent’s café on the Isle of Wight. His prize-winning plays appeared in the theatre, on radio and television. His debut feature film which he wrote and directed, ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’ was a huge surprise hit with audiences everywhere. Each of his subsequent movies saw him grow in ambition, from the epic scope of The English Patient to the lustre of The Talented Mr Ripley and his monumental adaptation of Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain starring Nicole Kidman. In his own words here is how he likes to cast the characters alone and how he interprets the books like The English Patient. 178pp, many photos. £12.99 NOW £3
69404 BAMBI VS. GODZILLA by David Mamet
Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? What happens in a pitch meeting? How is the screenplay like a personal ad? What makes a great chase scene and why are so many producers listed in a movie’s credits? Mamet provides hilarious, surprising and bracingly forthright answers to these and other questions from concept to script to screen. Great and rotten acting, film noir and he- men, storytelling and techniques, begging letters, helpful hints of screenwriting, Jews in show business, victim and villains and much more. 250pp in paperback. £11.99 NOW £2
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69609 LETTING GO by Robert Lindsay Equally at home on stage and screen and has given outstanding performances in comedies, drama and musicals, Robert Lindsay is probably best-known to us from his TV appearances as Wolfie Smith, Tooting’s answer to Che Guevara and, more recently, as the put-upon father in the award-winning My Family. Lindsay’s acting developed through appearances on both, taking him from London to Broadway and back (Me and My Girl), with a brief flirtation with Hollywood thrown in. Here he lifts the lid on his busy life and what makes him tick, describing the lasting influences of his childhood and family. 293 pages, photos. £18.99 NOW £5
70728 BING CROSBY: A
Pocketful of Dreams by Gary Giddins
Subtitled The Early Years 1903- 1940. A pioneering jazz vocalist, Bing Crosby lent his style to every kind of pop music from Tin Pan Alley, spiritual songs and blues, to Western ballads, Hawaiian reveries and Irish lullabies. With his nonpareil mastery of the microphone, he led the way in
establishing American pop as modern, swinging and cool. He holds the record for the most number one singles, the most singles to hit the charts and the most popular song (White Christmas) of all time in the US. Here is Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, Hollywood, his courtship of the beautiful and tragic Dixie Lee, his triumph as a sportsman who created the first celebrity Pro-Am golf tournament and the man who helped build the Dell Mar Race Track. With discography, filmography, many movie stills and b/ w photos. 728pp in US first edition. $30 NOW £6
69772 HOME: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews
‘When Walt [Disney] appeared in my dressing room, he exuded natural charm and friendliness. After the formalities, he told me and Tony about a combination live action/animated film that he was planning to make, based on the Mary Poppins books by P. L. Travers. I was familiar with the title, but had never read the books.’ Shame on you, Julie! Fast paced, full of fun and vitality like the lady herself, this is showbiz biography at its very best. 340pp in paperback with 32 pages of b/w photos. £8.99 NOW £2
70034 JOSEPH P. KENNEDY’S HOLLYWOOD YEARS: The First and Only Outsider to Fleece
Hollywood by Cari Beauchamp Patriarch of the all-powerful Kennedy clan, before his family could dominate American politics Joe Kennedy had first to make his fortune, and this compelling, star-studded volume is the first book to tell the full story of how he did it, and what happened afterwards. From 1926 to 1930 his high-octane blend of finance, mergers and uncompromising business dealing saw him simultaneously running three movie studios ruining the careers of two of Hollywood’s most sensational stars, one of them his mistress, Gloria Swanson. During his time in the film industry he produced over 100 films, and the author writes about these, the stars he made and ruined and the Hollywood titans he charmed, cajoled and battled. Family photos, movie stills and publicity shots. 506pp. £25 NOW £6
70165 I MUST COLLECT MYSELF: Choice Cuts
from a Long Shelf-Life by Maureen Lipman As might be expected from the talented Miss Lipman, this endearing volume of monologues, a selection of her best Guardian newspaper columns, stories, reminiscences and jokes, is warm-hearted, clever and amusing. She muses on the London bombings, gets angry with road hogs, prays for lost chickens in Notre Dame, grieves for her late husband, admires Aung San Suu Kyi’s steadfastness and falls for a snowy owl. In between all this, she gives us the inside story of playing an alien in Doctor Who, describes a night of cabaret to raise money for a statue of Spike Milligan in East Finchley and recounts various eccentric romantic adventures. We are also introduced to her yodelling, bark-less dog, the Bishop of Rangoon and Sheila, the unintentionally smutty art tutor. 350pp. £18.99 NOW £6.50
70239 PANTOMIME LIFE OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI: Laughter, Madness and the Story
of Britain’s Greatest Comedian by Andrew McConnell Stott
“I make you laugh at night but am Grim-All-Day”. Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837) completely transformed the role of the clown in the theatre, becoming the first celebrity comedian with his white make-up and outrageously coloured costumes. As he got older the sheer physicality of his performances took their toll on his body and left him disabled and in constant pain. Here is not only the definitive biography of Grimaldi, but also a highly nuanced portrait of Georgian theatre, from the frequent riots which occurred in Drury Lane to the spectacular excesses of its arch-rival Sadler’s Wells. Colour and b/w plates. 433pp. £20 NOW £5.75
70287 FURIOUS LOVE
by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger This New York Times bestseller is subtitled ‘Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century’. He was a tough guy Welshman, softened by the affections of a breathtakingly beautiful woman. She was a modern-day Cleopatra, madly in love with her own Mark Antony. For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty, and their fiery romance, often called ‘the marriage of the century’, was the most notorious, publicised and celebrated love affair of its day. Here is their 13 year saga, their ten year marriage followed by divorce, a remarriage and a final divorce. Name- dropping and film recollections galore, 500 page softback with photos. Remainder mark. $16.99 NOW £5.50
70473 HALFWAY TO HOLLYWOOD: Diaries 1980-1988 by Michael Palin
Covering the bulk of the 1980s, it was a period when writing and acting took over his life and included the last Python film, Meaning of Life, and culminated in his winning a BAFTA for his role as the stammering, chip- abused Ken Pile in the much-loved and hilarious Fish Called Wanda. There were a further five films in between, and many TV films, TV shows and books. The book ends as Michael makes his final preparations for the documentary which was to change his life and launch a whole new period of his career, Around the World in 80 Days. 621pp, colour photos. Paperback. £14.99 NOW £5
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