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72710 EVERYTHING VAMPIRE BOOK: From Vlad the Impaler to the Vampire Lestat - a History of Vampires in Literature, Film and Legend by Barb Karg, Arjean Spaite and Rikh Sutherland
Vampires are amongst the most erotic and exotic creatures on the planet. They are an amalgam of dreams and nightmares, death and everlasting life. In their search for legends, blood symbolism, the un-dead and mythological deities, the authors found themselves back at the very dawn of man. The most notorious was the French nobleman Gilles de Rais, who slaughtered at least 50 young boys in an orgy of blood drinking, cannibalism and monstrous sexual perversions. Here are the best, and worst, vampire books, TV shows, literature and films and dozens of world-wide vampiric incarnations, from the Greek Lamia to the Indian Churel, and from the Caribbean Loogaroo to the West African Obayifo. 289 paperback pages 20.5cm by 23.5cm decorated in black, white and blood red. £9.99 NOW £4
NATURE
The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.
- Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
73059 HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY by Valérie Chansigaud Colourful, often graceful, sometimes melodious and usually easily observed, birds have always been a favourite subject for naturalists, and a source of wonder for all humanity. As this charming book reveals, ornithology is an ancient science, yet it also has great relevance in the modern
world, where environmental issues such as endangered species, habitat destruction, pollution and avian flu bring the study of birds into the everyday lives of millions of people. Starting with the very first steps in the study of birds, through the Middle Ages and then the blossoming of science, scientific expeditions and publishing during the Renaissance, and on to the founding work of John Ray and Francis Willoughby in the 17th century, this informative and artistically pleasing volume traces the rise of the Golden Age of ornithology in the 19th century and on into the present day. It is the fascinating story of a science that endlessly inspires human beings. 239 pages with more than 250 photographs, artworks and diagrams in colour and b/w, with detailed timeline of ornithological events. £17.99 NOW £6
72293 HEDGEROW HISTORY: Ecology,
History and Landscape Character by Gerry Barnes and Tom Williamson From the Scots pine rows of Breckland to the ancient earth and stone banks of the West Country, hedgerows are an essential component of regional landscape character. The authors ask why hedgerows vary across different parts of Britain, and investigate the ecological, economic and historical reasons for these variations. Drawing upon a unique computerised analysis of hedges in Norfolk, they explore how hedges came into existence, and how they have changed over time. The marked geographic variations in species content and diversity are pointed out, and the reasons for these differences are explored in depth. 152 paperback pages, colour photos, plans, maps and diagrams. £19 NOW £5
72172 COUNTRY LIVES REMEMBERED by Brian
Martin and Ruth Binney Here is an evocative look at the lives of 12 English countrymen spanning the period from
Edwardian England right through to today. Readers come to experience the working and home lives of Ernest Sharp the thatcher to George Ranger the farrier and from
John Furzey the beekeeper to Bill Thomson the hurdle maker. Through these stories, they can learn about rural traditions, and how these can best be celebrated and preserved for future generations. 207 pages, illus. £9.99 NOW £4.50
72203 NEW LIFE STORIES: More Stories from the Prize-Winning Radio 4 Series by David Attenborough
For nearly 60 years, David Attenborough has been unquestionably the best-liked and most influential naturalist. In a mind-boggling volume, he looks at birds, insects and other animals which demonstrate astonishing behaviour. Here too he investigates the work of other naturalists past and present and casts an eye backwards across 600 million years at the relics of plants and creatures that lived in very early times. You will be knocked out by photos of the tiny rufous humming bird, who escapes the cold of its home in Alaska by flying to Mexico - a round journey of 4,000 miles. 224 pages 20cm x 25.5cm illus in glorious colour and b/w. £20 NOW £7
71140 A NATURAL HISTORY OF OURSELVES by Hannah Holmes
Homo Sapiens is a strange mammal. It mates remarkably often, eats to the point of undermining its own health and marks its territory with doors, fences and garden gnomes. It thinks of itself as intelligent, complex and superior to animals in every other way but Hannah Holmes surveys the evidence using an illuminating mix of personal anecdote and scientific observation. 400pp, paperback. £8.99 NOW £2.25
72190 ILLUSTRATED WISE WORDS AND COUNTRY
WAYS by Ruth Binney Have you ever wondered why it is said that cows lying down in a field mean that rain is on its way? Whether cheese actually gives you nightmares? If eating crusts of bread really makes your hair grow? Here is a unique compilation of
accumulated sayings, mottos and adages, from gardening and kitchen tips to traditional health and beauty tricks. For more than half a century, the author has been collecting old proverbs and remedies, especially in the fields of gardening, cooking, health and natural history. 256 softback pages, illus. £7.99 NOW £3.50
72228 WISE WORDS AND COUNTRY WAYS: Weather Lore by Ruth Binney
Probably the best known of these is ‘Red Sky at Night, Shepherd’s Delight’ but there are many, many more fascinating old-fashioned proverbs, sayings and superstitions relating to the patterns of the weather which have influenced the lives of sailors, farmers, gardeners and people whose livelihoods and personal safety depended on what the elements might have in store. Combining old weather lore with new technological know-how. 208 pages, illus. £9.99 NOW £4
72210 A PRICKLY AFFAIR: My Life with Hedgehogs by Hugh Warwick
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Travelling through fields in Devon and right up to the islands of Scotland, the author visits hedgehog hospitals across Britain, experiences the International Hedgehog Olympic Games in the USA, and explores China on the trail of the rare species hughi, which has been recorded only 12 times in 100 years. 279 pages, line drawings. £14.99 NOW £5
72353 MONKEYS: A Captivating Look at These Fascinating Animals by Steve Parker
This investigation of the non-human primates is a joy to read and look at. The 13 families, divided broadly into apes, monkeys and lemurs, so endearing and compelling, but not only do they look like us, their social organisation and behaviour often mirrors our own too. Ranging in size from a silverback male gorilla weighing in at nearly 450lb to the diminutive pygmy mouse lemur which tips the scales at one ounce, here is a superbly succinct and well-presented portrait, which starts off by explaining the families, their evolutionary pathways and uniting features. The second section examines primate behaviour, including food and feeding, social life and courtship, breeding and care of young. The third section is arguably the most important, as it addresses the crucial topic of conservation. Over 100 species are currently on the brink of extinction. The quality and quantity of illustration here is quite astounding. 96pp, colour on every page, 9"×11". £12.99 NOW £6
72723 LIFE ON THE OLD
FARM by Tom Quinn We go back to a time when pubs were lit by candles and oil lamps, the dust rose in summer from the unmade roads and the gentle pace of life was dictated by the great plough horses that seemed to symbolise even now the vanished countryside. Our book looks at the life and work of farmers from all over Britain in a series of fascinating
reminiscences. Many had tied cottages and although they lived beneath the poverty line they had sufficient finances to fuel a local economy of shops, pubs, blacksmiths, wheelwrights and farriers, which have now all but disappeared. Many of the men who knew that horse-driven world before the age of the motor car were still alive in the 1980s when much of the research of this book was conducted. Will Constance was 92 when the author interviewed him, and as late as the mid 1960s recalled Norfolk villages where milk was still delivered by delivery vans pulled by horses. From Devon to Kent, North Wales to North Yorkshire here are buttonhooks and britches, shepherds and horsemen and even a musician of the field in this wonderfully nostalgic collection. 224pp with beautiful line art. £9.99 NOW £5
27086 CONCISE GRAY’S ANATOMY by Gray/Professor C.H. Leonard AMA, MD In this, the 16th edition of the book are to be found the essential elements of the magisterial 1200-page ‘Gray’s Anatomy’, but available in a concise and useable form. In clear reset text and using the original illustrations from ‘Gray’s Anatomy’, the classic genius of the original work is distilled and presented as ‘a Dissecting room Companion’. The classic compact guide to the human body. 304pp. Facsimile paperback. ONLY £3
70831 CAMPBELL’S WEATHER COMPENDIUM First we go back to a wealth of folklore and mythology and a thousand homely rhymes and maxims that are still current today. The names of scientists are preserved in the effects, processes and phenomena that they bequeathed to the world from Hadley cells to the Coriolis Effect and the splendidly named Madden-Julian oscillation. The language of weather is a delight and there are charmingly evocative terms like mackerel sky and mares’ tales, the categorisation of clouds to the dustbowls of the American prairies. Stats galore. 166pp. £9.99 NOW £4
72162 BIRD SPOTTING by John Holland Featuring 230 known species of British birds, superbly illustrated with watercolours by Rein Stuurman. The birds on the British List belong to 18 orders and the aim of the book is giving their portraits in pictures as well as words and not only giving their Order but also their Family. Enjoy seeing at close quarters the Red Grouse, the Little Grebe, the Capercaillie, the Manx Shearwater, the Ptarmigan, and the Water-Rail. One per page, 292pp with index (Latin names) and list of recorded bird songs. £6.99 NOW £3.25
70864 VANISHING ANIMALS by Gianfranco Bologna et al
Published by Italian luxury book publishers White Star in partnership with the Italian World Wildlife Fund, this is an absolutely stunning book. The purpose of the book is to show us exactly what we will be losing if we do not act, and soon. It does so by taking the continents - Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania - plus the world’s seas and oceans, then examines the plight of the most endangered species in each. The standard of photography is quite breathtaking. Brown and polar bear cubs at play, a wolf sinking its bloodied maw into its unfortunate prey, a mother and baby gorilla in the pouring rain, indescribably cute snow leopard cubs, young Indian elephants at their ablutions and a particularly terrifying shot of a great white shark in full-on attack mode are just a few of the highlights of the amazing gallery on show, accompanied by the latest data and research. 304pp, top quality paper, over 250 colour photos, many full or double page spreads, 11" × 13½”. £30 NOW £13
71108 TREES IN THE LANDSCAPE by Graham Stuart Thomas
Spending much of his working life with the National Trust, Graham Stuart Thomas had particular admiration for the work of the early 19th century gardener Humphry Repton and he reproduces the pair of prints used by Repton to illustrate the difference between a park and a garden. A view of hills across a meadow in nearby Church Stretton is given interest by well-placed Lombardy poplars, whereas the lake at Blickling Hall in Norfolk lacks foreground interest. The centrepiece of this work is a list of trees and shrubs, giving Latin name, date of introduction and native habitat and height. The book concludes with a gazetteer of “some parks and landscapes”, quoting landscape poets. 200pp, 130 photos.
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71535 THE WHALE: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare
Following in the footsteps of Ishmael, Moby Dick’s narrator/protagonist, Hoare explores the troubled history of the man-whale relationship as he visits such famed whale locations as New Bedford, Nantucket, the Azores and both Poles, and others less celebrated, such as Hull, and traces the whale’s cultural history, from Jonah to Free Willy. There are quite hellish descriptions of the butchering and rendering down of whales in the age of sail, the London whales, descriptions of whales ancient and modern. Photos, woodcuts, drawings and maps. Whale lore, literature, zoology, history and personal opinion. 452pp. $27.99 NOW £5
72200 MOST AMAZING BIRDS TO SEE IN BRITAIN: Reader’s Digest edited by Marion Paull
More than 100 eye-catching species featured. From the delicate avocet to the powerful white-tailed eagle, here dramatic images combine with vivid descriptions and fascinating facts. Both a practical identification guide and an absorbing armchair read, this book features engaging descriptions of the life cycles of each species, details of appearance, size and nesting and feeding habits, clear artworks for easy identification and a list of places where some of the rarer species can be observed. 256 large softback pages. Websites, distribution maps and calendar charts.
£14.99 NOW £5.50 NEW AGE AND OCCULT
A spirit that was once a man could hardly feel stranger or lonelier, going unrecognised among mankind, than I feel.
- Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
72310 TURN ON TUNE IN DROP OUT by Timothy Leary
The Pied Piper of psychedelia charmed youth worldwide with his mantra ‘Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out’. Written during the psychedelic era, Timothy Leary is here at his best, beckoning with humour and irreverence, a visionary of individual empowerment, personal responsibility and spiritual awakening. He looks at starting your own religion, education as an addictive process, soul session, Buddha as a drop-out, God’s secret agent, a homage to Huxley, the molecular revolution, neurological politics and more. Psychologist, Harvard professor, psychedelic researcher, lecturer, social dissident, freedom fighter, prisoner, exile, trickster, Timothy Leary was a prophet of the global cyberculture. 151pp in paperback. £10.99 NOW £5
71353 CANNABIS
COOKBOOK: Get Baked! by Tim Pilcher
High in polyunsaturated oils and essential fatty acids and the wonder oil GLA known to protect against arthritis. Hemp seeds and oil lend themselves to hundreds of tempting recipes and readymade meals. Delicious recipes for Chocolate Chip
Cookies, Moroccan Majoun made of dried fruit, spices, honey and nuts, Fudge, Ice Cream, Falafels, Curry, Naughty Cheese Nuggets and Really Wild Mushroom Sauté for meals that are both unforgettable and hard to recall. 128pp in large softback, colour photos, step-by- step diagrams.
£9.99 NOW £2.25
72231 ARADIA GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES by C. G. Leland
Charles Godfrey Leland was this folklorist who spent much of the 1890s in Florence researching. Aradia is one of the stories he discovered. Daughter of the Goddess Diana, Aradia came down to earth, established magic and then returned to heaven. Within this tale are
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given the ‘spells of the holy-stone’, and the gospel to be ‘chanted or pronounced at the witch-meetings’. The ‘missing link between ancient and modern witchcraft’, Aradia catches the spirit of ‘la vecchia religione’ (the old religion) like no other text. 134pp facsimile reprint paperback of the 1899 original. £7.99 NOW £4
72234 THE HAND AND ITS MYSTERIES by Karma
Studied by eminent philosophers like Plato, Aristotle and the sages of Egypt, palmistry is one of the most ancient and universal forms of divination. With all 23 original plates plus much line art showing the palm. First published in 1924, the subtitle is ‘An Old Occult Science Explained and Illustrated’ in two books: one, Cheiromancy and two, Ancient Palmistry. In this cult classic, the author provides a reliable system of reading the palm based on ancient methods and practical experience. 254 page facsimile reprinted paperback. £7.99 NOW £3
23895 WORDSWORTH DICTIONARY OF DREAMS
by Gustavus Hindman Miller Miller’s Dictionary of Dreams first appeared in 1909, ten years after Sigmund Freud’s pioneering work The Interpretation of Dreams, and is therefore an historical work on dream analysis first published at the time of a quantum leap in human consciousness. 10,000 entries cover Bananas to Cauliflowers, Garbage to Gravy, Measles to
Mustard, and Virgins to Zebras. The text is supplemented with a 40 page Preface and there is a 17 page Index. 300pp. Paperback. ONLY £4
72335 FACE READING: Secrets of the Chinese Masters by Simon Brown
The shape of our faces and the appearance of its distinctive features can reveal a great deal about our personalities and our state of health. Chinese medicine takes account of how chi moves through the body and in so doing takes on many forms. Master practitioners define five of these forms and name them after the five natural elements; wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Over thousands of years they have developed a guide to how these elements are revealed on the face and in the character, and what bestselling author Simon Brown does here is to use your intuition, observation and the guide of the masters to put together a guide to that person. 144pp softback. $14.95 NOW £3.50
31850 THE COMPLETE PROPHECIES OF
NOSTRADAMUS edited by Ned Halley Who was Nostradamus, and what faith should we place in his predictions? This book gives objective answers. It reveals that Michel de Notredame, a 16th century French doctor, was more Renaissance man than arcane magician - and that his prognostications can be compellingly astute. In this Millennium Edition all of Nostradamus’s cryptic short verses appear in the original French, with new translations. Uncanny prophecies such as those of the French Revolution and the rise of Hitler are examined in detail. Here too are interpretations of the many verses believed to augur future events. 288pp. Paperback. ONLY £4
65626 IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We Die by Anthony Peake Do you occasionally have that strange feeling known as déjà vu? Do you ever have a strong feeling that actions you are about to take are the right, or wrong, things to do? All these perceptions may be everyday clues to your immortality. Using the latest findings of neurology, quantum physics and consciousness studies, Anthony Peake suggests that we never die. His is an innovative and provocative argument. 416pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3.50
70314 LABYRINTH OF TIME: The Illusion of Past, Present and Future by Anthony Peake
It is possible that some of us can ‘remember’ an event that is yet to take place in this world but has already been experienced in another. Drawing on a remarkable breadth of philosophy, quantum physics, theology, cosmology, neurology, psychiatry and popular culture, to explore the relationship between consciousness and our subjective experiences of time, the author sets out an amazing theory that could change forever the way you view your life. 336 paperback pages. £9.99 NOW £4
71409 AN A TO Z OF THE OCCULT by Simon Cox and Mark Foster This A-Z takes the broad definition of the word and covers the writings of William Blake, Nostradamus, Pythagoras, the I Ching, Gnosticism, Druidism and Taoism which are freely available for anyone to read. At a more secret level they delve into writings such as the Kabbalah and Tarot, as well as movements like The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Rosicrucianism and the Roman Mystery cults. Additionally we look at Necromancy, Ouija, Satanism, Shamanism, Vampires and Voodoo. 50 entries. 239pp, colour photos. £12.99 NOW £3.50
71555 DISCOVER YOUR PSYCHIC POWERS by Tara Ward
Subtitled ‘A Practical Guide to Psychic Development and Spiritual Growth’, the book looks at karma and reincarnation, cosmic earth and plant energy, human energy including feeling an aura, the chakras, creating your own space with happy time and candles, breathing and relaxation, tuning in, connecting with another person, giving an auric reading, psychometry including hand massage, flower reading, self healing using crystals, pendulums and dousing, crystal balls, tarot cards, the runes, palmistry and more. Spiral bound softback, 383pp.
£9.99 NOW £3.50
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