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71804 A CLASSICAL PRIMER: Ancient Knowledge for Modern Minds by Dan Crompton


They brought us central heating, concrete, the 12 month calendar, plumbing, heated swimming pools, cranes and, more crucially, pizza! Not to mention laws, a welfare system, philosophy and language and without ancient mythology and literature. The Greeks even managed to work out the circumference of the Earth. From Alpha to Omega here is the alphabet and basic grammar of both Greek and Latin, history in a nutshell from the Minoans to Herodotus and Josephus. Maps, 192pp. £9.99 NOW £4.50


71822 GEORGE WASHINGTON’S WAR IN


CARICATURE AND PRINT by Kenneth Baker


Americans revere their revolutionary War of Independence from 1776-1783. In the 1770s, London had a flourishing print trade and many of these prints in this book are overwhelmingly in favour of America. In contrast, the art of engraving had barely reached America. Kenneth Baker has used contemporary material to present this superb collection of images, many never before published. Here is a British officer paying American Indians to scalp the enemy, the Battle of Lexington 1775, The Battle of Princeton 1777, the death of General Sir Simon Fraser, the surrender at Saratoga, and viscously lampooning caricatures and engravings by the likes of John Kay. Here are representatives of all the major figures like General Johnnie Burgoyne, Lord Cornwallis, Lord Amherst, a British print of Benedict Arnold after his defection in 1780, General Charles Lee, Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene the pot bellied Warley hero. Each chapter takes us through the characters and main battles and events. 224pp, 9½” x 12". £25 NOW £10


71877 STONEHENGE: Biography of a Landscape


by Timothy Darvill Five bewhiskered Victorian gentlemen disport themselves at Stonehenge in the 1880s: they are members of the author’s family visiting a heritage site which is rapidly increasing in popularity, and in 1901 the Druids are dramatically ejected from Stonehenge by the police, resulting in a curse on the


local MP. In this comprehensive history Professor Darvill focuses on the history of Stonehenge as a feature in the landscape of Salisbury Plain for over 4000 years. Sections on the Ice Age, mound-builders, sacred circles and magical rings take us up to 2000 B.C. and the conclusion that there is very little if any intentional solar or lunar orientation in the early phases of Stonehenge. With the creation of the Double Bluestone Circle and the Avenue, however, there is a clear interest in the summer and winter solstices. 319pp, softback, photos. £19.99 NOW £5


71885 THE COMPANION TO CASTLES by Stephen Friar


The author has an encyclopedic knowledge of all aspects of castles, as well as the ability to place issues within a historical context and explain them succinctly and clearly for the non- specialist. An A-Z reference book from anarchy to zig-zag moulding, from quadrangular castles to shell keeps, and from garderobes and gargoyles to tournaments, this book must surely answer every castle- related question. 344 paperback pages illustrated in b/w and colour with maps, plans, diagrams, graphs, addresses and index of places. £16.99 NOW £5


72146 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING


PEOPLES SINCE 1900 by Andrew Roberts Inspired by Churchill’s History of the English-Speaking Peoples which ends in 1900, Andrew Roberts here specifically concentrates on the last 100 years or so. In that time there have been four major assaults upon the dominance of the Anglophone world - the Kaiser’s Germany, Axis aggression and Fascism, Soviet Communism and, more recently and ongoing, Islamic terrorism. Whether we in Britain like it or not, today it is the US which carries the flame and has the power in the movement we began some 400 years ago, and it is to the English-speaking world that it looks for its best, closest and most dependable allies. At a time when the “Special Relationship” has seldom needed one as much, in Andrew Roberts it has found an advocate of true Churchillian eloquence. 736pp paperback, b/w and colour photos.


£20 NOW £4.75


72218 THE ARABS: A History by Eugene Rogan


As the traveller moves across North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, the dialect, calligraphy, landscape, architecture and cuisine, as well as the type of government, are transformed in a constantly changing kaleidoscope. This volume shows how the story of the Arab world is one of colonisation, war and resistance, and traces the links between the tumultuous histories of the different regions, following them from the Ottoman conquests right up to today’s modern world. 701 paperback pages, photos in colour and b/w, maps. £12.99 NOW £5


72265 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH


EMPIRE by Lawrence James A penetrating portrait of the British, spanning four centuries and six continents, this magnificent survey looks at the imperial existence and its legacy. With 17 superb maps including the British Empire and Mandate, the Caribbean and the West Indies in the 18th century, 17th century settlement in North America, India, China, the Nile Valley and East Africa among them, here are the brilliant commanders and statesman like Pitt, Wolfe, Rodney, Nelson and Wellington who did their duty according to lofty principals and were respected accordingly. The history begins in 1600, looks at British Sea Power 1689-1815, the American War of Independence, ‘New Imperialism’ 1880-1902, India 1815-1905, First World War, Colonialist on the Rampage, 1959-80 and Unfinished Business 1979-98. 714pp, paperback, plates. £15.99 NOW £6


71872 PLAGUE: Black Death and Pestilence in Europe by William Naphy


and Andrew Spicer Conveying the horror of the disease, here is the definitive account of the greatest catastrophe in human history which wiped out nearly half of Europe’s population. The Black Death first hit Europe in 1347. This horrific disease ripped


through towns, villages and families as people succumbed to a painful, drawn-out death as pustules, abscesses and boils erupted over their bodies. For over 300 years, Europeans were stalked by death. In this end, this mysterious disease. Illuminated manuscript art, the Nuremberg Chronicles and contemporary broadsheets plus facsimile of records, pen and ink drawings and woodcuts. 222pp in paperback. £10.99 NOW £3.50


72373 LIBERTY’S EXILES: The Loss of America And the Remaking of the British Empire by Maya Jasanoff


In November 1783, British forces pulled out of New York City, ending the American War of Independence. 60,000 loyalists decided to take their chances as refugees, and set sail for other parts of the British Empire. Here the award-winning historian tells the remarkable story of their journeys to Britain, Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone and India. She delivers a gripping depiction of the evacuation of Charleston and Savannah as well as the fraught withdrawal from New York and delivers history on a grand canvas. Plates, some colour, 460pp in paperback. £10.99 NOW £4


HOME ENTERTAINMENT CDs and DVDs


73604 BRIDESHEAD REVISITED COLLECTOR’S


EDITION DVD by Evelyn Waugh


Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Ryder, a disillusioned army captain who is moved to reflect on his languid days in the enchanted castle that was Brideshead, home of the aristocratic Marchmain family whose acquaintance Charles made in the


company of an Oxford classmate, the charming wild- child Sebastian. Anthony Andrews co-stars as the doomed Sebastian who takes Charles under his wing. Diana Quick stars as Julia in the distinguished ensemble cast including Laurence Olivier and Claire Bloom and John Gielgud as Charles’s estranged father. Grand locations and a haunting musical score. 663 minutes, all 11 episodes on ITV DVD. £39.99 NOW £12


73453 A QUEEN IS CROWNED DVD narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier


Filmed in full Technicolor, here is the official record of the Queen’s Coronation on 2nd June 1953 when Her Majesty was crowned at Westminster Abbey. All the pageantry, colour and sounds of that extraordinary day were vividly captured to create this spectacular


record of the event. An Oscar-nominated and BAFTA award winner, this film ‘A Queen Is Crowned’ remains one of the finest films of an historical event ever made. Now it has been beautifully restored from the original film elements for this colour DVD release. 80 minutes. ONLY £3.50


73489 YES, MILORD! Three


CDs by Memory Lane Charming souvenirs from the age of elegance. Disc one is entitled Enchanted Evenings, disc two Carefree Times…Reflective Times and disc three, An Age of Charm. The 65


tracks in total include I Dream of Jeannie by Mantovani and His Orchestra, The Last Rose of Summer by Deanna Durbin, Old Comrades by The Eastman Wind Ensemble, The Band Played On by The Jesters, Fame and Glory by The Welsh Guards Band, Roses of Picardy by Richard Tauber, The Stately Homes of England by Noel Coward, Everything Stops for Tea by Jack Hulbert, Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries by Jack Hylton and Someday I’ll Find You from Private Lives by Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward included. With accompanying notes and beautifully presented this would make a wonderfully nostalgic gift or take you back in time as you recline and drift away, with your toes tapping. ONLY £5


73442 THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL YEARS: Jukebox Gems: Three


CDs by Reader’s Digest Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, The Crickets, Paul Anka, Connie Francis, Bobby Vee, The Everly


Brothers, Neil Sedaka, Fats Domino, The Champs, Bill Haley, Little Richard and Carl Perkins are just some of the 22 performers on the first disc alone entitled Great Balls of Fire. Disc two is entitled Shakin’ All Over and starts with Move It by Cliff Richard and the Drifters and ends with Rock Island Line by Lonnie Donegan. Disc three is entitled Twist and Shout and begins with Oh Boy! by The Crickets, Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl and ends with On The Rebound by Floyd Cramer. With accompanying booklet, 65 tracks to get your fingers clickin’ and your hips swayin’, even after all these years. Bargain price. ONLY £6


72810 BOOST YOUR IQ: HOBBIES


There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.


- Mark Twain


71800 BACK TO BASICS: The Education You Wish You’d


Had by Caroline Taggart Here is a book aimed to fill in some of the gaps particularly in science and geography, but also maths, history and the mysteries of French irregular verbs. Clouds and volcanoes, the Wall Street Crash, the first Opium War, why different countries have different voltages, why you should snip the bases off


the stems of cut flowers, basic algebra and geometry, compound interest, a glossary of literary terms - it is a super refresher course. 192pp. £9.99 NOW £3.50


71806 THE I USED TO KNOW THAT


ACTIVITY BOOK by Caroline Taggart Pythagoras is in here, so are adjectives and adverbs, famous fiction, the difference between an atoll and an archipelago, Venn Diagram fun, name that town in geography, Roman numerals, the Sine Rule, putting monarchs in chronological order, Shakespeare summaries, classic heroines and bags more fun we thought we had left behind in our school days. 224pp in paperback, diagrams. £9.99 NOW £3.50


70791 COMPLETE BOOK OF INTELLIGENCE TESTS


edited by Bremner, Carter, Russell, Fulton Produced by Mensa, this selection of tests not only assesses intelligence but helps to develop it. The tests in this book are visual-cognitive, numerical, logical and verbal-linguistic and each individual will be stronger in some sections than others. The introduction outlines basic principles of critical and organised thinking. 400pp, paperback.


£7.99 NOW £2.50 71009 OBSESSED WITH MARVEL: Test Your


Knowledge of the Marvel Universe by Peter Sanderson


Designed to be used by one player or two, it comprises a whopping 2,500 questions about the Marvel universe, plus an electronic quiz module. Players are asked to choose an answer from A, B, C or D buttons. The module can then store the number of questions correctly answered and is capable of saving the total even after the module has been turned off. Subjects include The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, The Avengers, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, Marvel Knights, Horror Heroes, Cosmic Characters and Marvel Time. 320 pages in sepia/white, battery-operated Question and Answer Module. $29.95 NOW £3


73441 JOSÉ CARRERAS: The Collection: Four CDs by José Carreras and Reader’s Digest


All time favourite pieces from La Bohème, Carmen, Tosca and Madame Butterfly including Nessun


Dorma and Una Furtiva Lagrima are among the 14 tracks on the first CD. The second CD Inspirational Treasures begins with Ave Maria and includes Rossini’s Domine Deus. The third CD encapsulates romantic magic and includes As Time Goes By and The Way We Were among 17 tracks. The fourth CD has another 17 tracks beginning with Grenada and O Sole Mio and ending with Goodbye (aptly). Incredible value for money this is liquidated stock, never to be repeated at this price. ONLY £6


73420 ALL-TIME COUNTRY FAVOURITES LEGENDS: Three CDs


by Reader’s Digest We begin with the wonderful Johnny Cash and his Ring of Fire, Glen Campbell with Galveston, and


Patsy Cline with I Fall to Pieces among the 22 tracks on the first CD. The second includes Annie’s Song by John Denver, Sunday Sunrise by Brenda Lee and The Ballad of Davey Crocket by Tennessee Ernie Ford. The last CD entitled Bright Lights Big City begins with Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson, Lone Star State of Mind by Nanci Griffith, Recall a Gypsy Woman by Don Williams and Angel of the Morning by Juice Newton. 66 tracks for all cowboys, cowgirls and cowhides to get you jiggin’ and rememberin’. Great value for three CDs. ONLY £6


73438 GREAT RIVER JOURNEYS OF THE


WORLD: Four DVDs by Reader’s Digest Romantic Rivers is the first DVD directed by Alain Dayan in the footsteps of the Dutch and Flemish masters travelling deep into the heart of eternal Russia to stop at Moscow’s Red Square. From the banks of the Volga, admire Kizhi, a monumental wooden church constructed without screws or nails. We navigate the beautiful Danube from Vienna to Budapest and finally admire Melk Abbey, a masterpiece of Austrian Baroque architecture. Rivers of the Sun is the second DVD as we meander along the sun-drenched Douro to the majestic cities of the Italian Renaissance from the River Po. We visit Cremona and its Bell Tower, Mantua with frescoes by Mantegna and then to Venice and the gondoliers of the Grand Canal. Finally we set sail from Paris to Honsleur along the magnificent Seine. In the third DVD entitled Magical Rivers we head for the Americas and navigate the St Lawrence in the company


MENSA by Carlton Books MENSA has put together this series of puzzles to challenge your thinking and help exercise your brain. The tests begin on an easy plane and gradually rise to a more difficult one. They measure speed and accuracy of thought and you can check the answers when the time is up, total up the correct answers and see how well you did


on the results table. 222 page paperback with one test per page.


£5.99 NOW £2.50


71865 NAPOLEONIC WARGAMING by Neil Thomas


The magnificent uniforms of the Napoleonic period are irresistible to wargamers, and there is also the appeal of pitting highly colourful historical figures against each other. The author gives a detailed historical analysis of the factors leading to the French revolution and the Rise of Napoleon, including ideologies such as the cult of sensibility. Strategies and manoeuvres of the war itself are considered in the second section, including Napoleonic tactics and formations such as the Assault Column, with Marshal Saxe’s classic assaults analysed in diagrammatic form. Units and Formations, Retreats, Small Arms and Artillery fire are among the numerous topics covered. The final section covers Thomas’s own rules of Napoleonic wargaming. Diagrams and colour photos. 160pp, softback. £16.99 NOW £5


72322 PLAY BETTER CHESS


by Rosalyn Katz and David Lawrence Katz If you are ready to go beyond the basics, open this book and consider the strengths and weaknesses of each piece. For the book to work best for you, you need to know how to move the pieces, check, mate and draw, and read and write your games. Have your chess board handy to follow the big diagrams. 96pp. £11.99 NOW £3


72967 PRACTICAL MANUAL OF CAMPING, HIKING & WILDERNESS TECHNIQUES How to Live Outside in Complete Comfort, Enjoyment and Safety by Peter G. Drake


Subtitled ‘How to Live Outside in Complete Comfort, Enjoyment and Safety’. During the preparation stage, potential hazards have to be thought through and budgets, insurance, medical preparations and personal fitness have to be addressed. Then there is basic equipment, and this volume will help you to prepare and pack your kit. The section on navigation teaches the essential skills used in correctly navigating with a map and compass, and shows you how to read natural signposts such as the sun and stars, in case you are lost. Hints are given about how to cope with extremes of climate and weather, and dangerous wildlife and vegetation and there is plenty of know-how about dealing with common first-aid problems. 256 softback pages packed with colour photos, including step-by-step sequences for key techniques and list of useful contacts. £14.99 NOW £4.50


of whales, meet the Warao Indians in the Orinoco delta and sail to discover the highest waterfall in the world. We rub shoulders with the small communities whose home is the mighty Amazon, wander the colourful market of Belém, visit the island of Marajó and see the largest estuary in the world. The fourth CD is entitled Mythical Rivers. Along the Tibetan Yang Tse River, we pass through the lochs of the famous Three Gorges Dam, admire the monastery of the Holy Mountain, travel along the Mekong River and its floating markets and discover Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat. Our cruise of a lifetime ends in the holy waters of the Nile, bathed on the light of the rising sun. A fantastic four DVD set at a bargain price for the first time. ONLY £12


73482 VOICES FROM THE


VALLEYS: Three CDs by Reader’s Digest


Bridge Over Troubled Water, She, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Nessun Dorma, My Way, Land of Hope and Glory, all appear on the 19 tracks


on the first CD. CD two has 18 tracks including Les Miserables and The Lord’s Prayer. The third CD includes four tracks out of the 20 sung in Welsh plus an African Prayer, a Bandit’s Chorus and Comrades in Arms among them. With sleeve notes and beautiful cover design of a Welsh castle and green valleys and accompanying booklet, these voices are sure to raise your spirits. ONLY £6


73581 EARLY MOZART


RECORDINGS: 3 CDs by Sir Colin Davis ‘In Mozart you find a fantastic balance between the elements that make up music and make up a human being.’ - Sir Colin Davis.


One of the most impressive interpreters of Mozart’s music, according to Gramophone Magazine, here are symphonies 33, 34, 36, 39 and 40, Serenata Notturna, overtures, oboe concerto, Eine kleine Nachtmusic, and three German dances presented over three digitally enhanced CDs. ONLY £10


73582 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 CD by The Vienna


Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Herbert von Karajan, here is the Tragic Overture and St. Anthony Variations on a theme by Haydn, Opus 56 performed by the


Philharmonia Orchestra. The six tracks have total playing time 77 minutes on digitally mastered CD. ONLY £6.50


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