73583 SCHUBERT LIEDER CD by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Here is the late great Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at the beginning of her recording career and Edwin Fischer at the end of his, making a magical partnership. The 18 tracks have a total playing time of over 73


minutes, tracks one to 12 with Edwin Fischer on piano, 13 and 14 with Carl Hudez, 15 and 16 with Gerald Moore and the final tracks 17 and 18 by Beethoven. They include Ah! Perfido Opus 65 (1954) with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan and Marzelline’s aria from Fidelio recorded in 1950 with the Vienna Philharmonia Orchestra. Super budget price. ONLY £6.50


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. 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. See the remarkable Falkirk Wheel and the feats of engineering of Brunel and Telford. Also 55 minutes running time. ONLY £7.50


71392 GRAHAM GREENE COLLECTION:


Four DVD Box Set by Studio Canal The Third Man, The Heart of the Matter, Brighton Rock and The Fallen Idol perfectly encapsulate the cinema of Graham Greene - tense, atmospheric and brilliantly performed. An influential film critic whose career began in the 1930s with stints at The Spectator and Night and Day, Graham Greene’s contribution to British cinema is possibly the greatest of any writer of his generation. It is for his dark and gritty collaborations with director Carol Reed that green is best known in cinema. The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949) are undisputed masterpieces. The Third Man stars Orson Welles, The Heart of the Matter stars Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough plays Pinkie in Brighton Rock and Philippe is played by Bobby Henrey in The Fallen Idol. Running time 100 minutes, 105 minutes, 89 minutes and 91 minutes respectively. B/w. First time sold at a bargain price. ONLY £14.50


71798 LYRIC AND COLORATURA ARIAS CD by Maria Callas


Playing time 73 minutes these recordings are from the 1950s when Maria Callas’s voice was at its finest condition. The intensity of ‘La Mamma Morta’, the pathos of ‘Poveri Fiori’, the sauciness of ‘Una Voce’, the breezy joy of ‘Mercé, Dilette Amiche’ are all here to be admired, but the plum is undoubtedly the haunting piece ‘L’Altra Notte’. This singing brings variety of feeling and so many different colours of tone to this repertory. Includes arias from La Wally, Lakmé, Louise, Il Barbiere and Andrea Chénier. ONLY £5


72071 BRAHMS HUNGARIAN DANCES CD by Alfred Brendel and Walter Klien Tracks one to 21 are Brahms’ Hungarian Dances. As Gramophone said, ‘their ensemble is impeccable…the music and performances are irresistible.’ Tracks 22 to 29 are Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances op. 46, ‘Splendidly stylish and alive.’ Total playing time 75 minutes and 39 seconds on CD. ONLY £5.50


72072 TALLIS: Spem in Alium CD by La Chappelle du Roi and Alistair Dixon Hear the voice and prayer, Oh Lord Give Thy Holy Spirit, Lamentations of Jeremiah I & II, O Sacrum Convivium, Salvatore Mundi and Blessed are Those That be Undefiled are the ten tracks, total playing time just under 80 minutes of these lamentations and motets. Close your eyes and drift away with this sublime, holy music.


ONLY £6


72401 THE ROYAL BOX: Three DVD Set by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush The Young Victoria, The King’s Speech and The Queen are the three much acclaimed films presented in a rather regal black and gold box set running time 100 minutes, 113 minutes and 98 minutes respectively, all in colour on DVD. Emily Blunt blossoms in her love affair with Albert (Rupert Friend) in The Young Victoria with special features of deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes features of the making plus a look at costumes and locations. Colin Firth plays Bertie who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life and is suddenly crowned King George VI. His wife Elizabeth, played by Helena Bonham Carter, seeks out the help of an eccentric speech therapist. With an outstanding performance from Helen Mirren, The Queen is an engrossing and intelligently witty portrait of our monarch’s darkest days in the weeks following the death of Princess Diana. Cast and crew biographies. £24.99 NOW £15


72392 ELIZABETH TAYLOR: Set of Three DVDs


Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof and Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison and others, these films won Academy Awards and Oscars. Cleopatra is a two disc set running time 248 minutes in colour, breathtaking in scope and grandeur. You are cordially invited to join George and Martha’s for an evening of fun and games in Ernest Lehman’s production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Cat on A Hot Tin Roof is another classic film


which needs no further


explanation. One off bargain price.


£33.97 NOW £16


72390 GINGER ROGERS: Four DVD Set by Reader’s Digest


5th Avenue Girl, sees Ginger playing Mary Grey, tearful and unemployed wandering in Central Park where she meets and befriends millionaire Alfred Borden. She won her only Oscar as Kitty Foyle, the girl from the wrong side of the tracks who falls in love for a dashing young socialite. In Tom, Dick and Harry she stars in a sparkling comedy about a woman who just can’t say no to marriage proposals! Vivacious Lady brings together two of Hollywood’s best loved stars, James Stewart and Ginger, directed by the masterly George Stevens. Together for the first time are four of her signature performances in this four DVD box set from the late great Reader’s Digest. Limited stocks. £39.96 NOW £20


72391 PETER SELLERS COLLECTION: Four DVDs by Studio Canal


The four films in this box set are from the late 50s, early 60s period of Peter Sellers’ career before he became an international star as Inspector Clouseau. I’m Alright, Jack (1959) won him a BAFTA for Best Actor as a naive ex-soldier looking to get ahead in business who unwittingly ends up as a pawn in the machinations between management and trade unions. Only Two Can Play (1962) sees him as John Lewis, a bored librarian tempted by the wife of a local councillor - risky stuff in a small Welsh Valley town. Heaven’s Above! (1963), Sellers plays a socialist priest mistakenly sent to an upper crust parish. All in original black and white and now on DVD in limited stocks. £29.99 NOW £16


72395 BEST OF TOMMY COOPER BBC DVD by Tommy Cooper


For 30 years, this burly, gangly, seemingly incompetent magician dominated light entertainment TV and this compilation shows him at his very best, from his early TV show ‘It’s Magic’ to his Variety Show turns, and from his famous chat show appearances to performances in his own TV shows of the 1970s. Running time 47 minutes in colour and black and white on BBC DVD, 2004. £9.99 NOW £4.50


72397 BEST OF LES DAWSON DVD by Terry Ravenscroft, Barry Cryer, Andy Hamilton et al


A tribute to the scourge of mother-in-laws, the off-key piano player and all round rubber faced comic genius Les Dawson was a master of stand up comedy. His deadpan ‘Northern’ delivery, fishwife impersonations, comic monologues and unique talent had us all screaming for more. He has the audience in uncontrollable hysterics as we see him comparing Blankety Blank, Opportunity Knocks and on his own Les Dawson Show. Running time 85 minutes in colour and b/w on BBC DVD. £9.99 NOW £5


72404 THE FALL AND RISE OF REGINALD


PERRIN: BBC Five DVDs by David Nobbs The definitive collection of all 21 episodes from the three series of ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin’, as well as an array of additional features which are new to DVD including the post-Reggie series ‘The Legacy of Reginald Perrin’ (seven episodes) and a special 1982 Christmas sketch. From a terminally frustrated commuter who fakes his own suicide, to the boss of Grot, a shop selling useless junk, Reggie Perrin and his family and colleagues provide a hilarious satire on modern life. 840 minutes running time all in colour and produced by the BBC in five DVD disc box set, 1976. ONLY £16


72853 GUNPOWDER PLOT 1605 DVD: The History File


by Cromwell Productions The murder of the newly crowned James I was plotted in 1605 by a group of high-born soldiers of fortune, with Guy Fawkes being entrusted to light the fuse in the House of Commons’ cellar. Commemorated annually on 5th November, the plan to blow up the


Houses of Parliament will live forever as one of history’s most audacious acts of treason. After an 11th hour tip- off, the plotters were discovered, tortured and hung. Narrated by Peter Twist, the film is 55 minutes in length and covers anti-Catholic laws, Robert Cecil, Catholic plotters and the bloody end. With picture gallery. £9.99 NOW £4.75


72855 ANCIENT EGYPT: Lost Treasures of the


Ancient World DVD by Cromwell Productions Dr Dominic Montserratt of Warwick University introduces this 48 minute film which features new location footage, stylish period reconstructions, groundbreaking colour 3D graphics and animation sequences and interpretation and analysis by not only himself but also Egyptologists John Baines, Peter Clayton and Professor G. A. Gaballa of Cairo University. The programme visits, explores and restores such wonders as the temples at Al Karnak and Luxor, the temple at Abu Simbel and the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. With test your knowledge and ask the expert special features. £9.99 NOW £4.50


Why not buy gifts nice and early this year? HOW TO…


Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.


- Josh Billings 72773 LIFE... GREAT


ADVICE, SIMPLY PUT Easy Ways to Get the Most Out of Life


edited by Peggy Northrop From how to read someone’s body language to how to make a good first impression yourself, from looking ten years younger in an instant to appearing more intelligent, and from eating with chopsticks to


recovering from a gaffe, here are numerous ways to bring success and contentment into what may have become a dreary existence. 173 life- affirming pages illustrated in colour. £9.99 NOW £3


71208 HOME COMFORTS by Cheryl Mendelson


Packing a suitcase to making a good fire, keeping surfaces free of bacteria, working with household help, insurance, electrical safety, fire, bedding, pets, caring for books, jewellery, china and crystal, ceramic tiles, rugs and carpets, vacuuming, removing stains from fabrics, safe food, serving meals and the organisation of housework through schedules will all help you save time and money. 884pp softback, illus. £16.99 NOW £2


71598 HOW TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING by Jonathan Bastable et al


A Reader’s Digest heavyweight compendium, an A-Z guide to 1001 practical skills and household solutions. From organising address labels on your PC, getting the measure of alcohol units (three for a large wine), how to work out cryptic crosswords, protect your identity, soothe indigestion, make a great mash, care for orchids, open an oyster, paint a watercolour, repair a zip, here are 1001 things to look up in an emergency to improve your home and garden, things to cook, make or play. Clear headers, colourful line drawings or photos. 384 pages.


ONLY £4 HUMOUR


No man feels like laughing when he bumps his funny bone.


- Mary Wilson Little


73274 BIGGER BOOK OF BORIS by Iain Dale


The broadcaster and publisher Iain Dale has kindly let us sell at a discount one of his top selling publications which celebrates Boris Johnson, who is big on fun, comedy, life and spirit. Featuring new cartoons by Hoby, here are the finest Boris-isms: ‘My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.’ Remarking on his hair being compared to the Olympic logo ‘My hair has yet to induce epilepsy and costs considerably less than £400,000 to design.’ ‘You should not underestimate my militant determination to increase cycling’. Boris Johnson’s appearances on ‘Have I Got News For You’ propelled him far beyond the political stratosphere. Maybe he is ‘a wise guy playing the fool to win.’ Dozens of funny lines and longer quotes, mini biog and bibliog., 186pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


73502 LES DAWSON’S JOKE BOOK by Tracy and


Charlotte Dawson It is over 20 years since Les Dawson died but rising young comedians often cite him as one of their comedy heroes. He is still revered by many as Britain’s greatest comedian, and clips of him are frequently to be found on TV and DVD. He was that rare person, a comedian who wrote all his own material. Not that he


needed it. He could make people laugh with a twitch of his face or a hitch of his bosom. Here is a poignant and affectionate, but above all hilarious, tribute to his talents by his second wife and his daughter, who reveal that not only was Les a good pianist but that writing was one of the great joys of his life. He would spend hours in his study composing new gags, honing old ones and putting together new materials for his shows. He left a cupboard full of fabulously funny material, some typed, some handwritten, and this gem of a book contains some of his finest gags, which cannot fail to bring a smile to the faces of all his many fans. 159 pages. £9.99 NOW £5


72839 CARTOONS OF WORLD


WAR II edited by Tony Husband A young woman with a baby hangs on to huge links in a chain labelled “Army”, “Navy”, “RAF”, and the caption is “There is no weak link”. This inspirational cartoon by Philip Zec was published in July 1944, when Hitler’s V2 missiles were causing fear and devastation in London. But the end of the war was in sight, and a Russian poster soon afterwards depicts Hitler suspended from a noose, while Illingworth’s drawing of Hitler as a glove puppet being manipulated by Himmler brilliantly suggests that the Fu?hrer is a spent force. Back in 1933 Hitler was a masked skeleton wielding a collection of


Home Entertainment 23 72015 BREADCRUMBS AND BANANA SKINS:


The Birth of Thrift by Jacqueline Percival


Old cookery books and books on housewifery skills are a unique source for clues of the domestic past. Starts with money and the housekeeping allowance, shopping, food prices and budgets looking at actual menus, how various items were cooked and how it was possible to save money in the kitchen by careful use of time, fuel and leftovers, shortages and hardship of everything from firewood to saucepans. Hundreds of ideas. 144pp in illus paperback. £7.99 NOW £2


72124 MRS DOLBY’S MEMORY MAGIC by Karen Dolby


Whatever it is you want to recall, be it poetry, speeches, shopping lists or birthdays, Karen Dolby will show you how. Language, spelling, general knowledge, history, maths, science, sport, geography, astronomy - absolutely anything - Karen shows us a variety of proven techniques so you can discover which one works for you. Here are techniques employed by memory experts, how actors remember their lines, the actual electro-mechanics of how the brain stores memories. Illus. 273pp.


£9.99 NOW £3.75 72212 READER’S DIGEST HOME SAFETY AND


SECURITY DIY MANUAL by Reader’s Digest


Electrical, gas, water safety, fire, poisons, safety outdoors, a room by room safety check takes us through our houses and helps us keep our property more secure and in good condition. With a detailed look at door and window locks and catches, choosing a burglar alarm and CCTV systems, security lights, and keeping your property safe from bogus callers, car crime, identity theft and online threats. Spiral bound, 128 large pages with colour photos and diagrams throughout. £9.99 NOW £4


72462 HOW TO MAKE PAPER PLANES by Nick Robinson


The Swift, the Needle Dart, the Lock Glider, the Hawk and the Star Fighter are some of the 23 models ranging from a simple glider to more complex twin plane designs. With advice and information on paper choice, folding tips and flying techniques, the step-by-step instructions and illustrations show you how to hold your plane for the most effective launch. A most hugely enjoyable area of origami for hours of easy fun. 160pp, colour illus, paperback.


£6.99 NOW £2.25


scythes in the shape of a swastika, while the right-wing German magazine Simplicissimus portrayed Churchill as Falstaff. Once the war was under way, the cartoonist’s art was an important weapon, and the French version of “Careless talk costs lives” is a masterpiece of poster design. In 1942 three men in evening dress are passing round the after-dinner port saying “Shall we join the ladies?”, and meanwhile the ladies in question are on the roof, firewatching in fur coats with shovels and sand buckets. In 1945 a gaggle of identically pinstriped city gents leave the demobilization centre saying “I don’t care if I never see another uniform”. A superbly entertaining and thought-provoking collection. 192pp, softback, 200 cartoons selected and introduced by our friend the cartoonist Tony Husband. £9.99 NOW £5


73640 COULD DO BETTER by Norman McGreevy More mangled attempts to get to grips with our mother tongue from school children who have struggled with the pitfalls of the English language, especially in the classroom and the exam hall. This brilliantly entertaining book is full of hilarious howlers on religion, history and the rest, surreal spelling errors,


grammatical catastrophes and cringeworthy malapropisms. A cyclone is a man riding a bicycle. A fissure is a man who sells fish. Homer tells us that Greek semen ruled the Agean. France was torn apart by noble fractions. A ruminating animal is one that chews its cubs. Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar. Cartoons, 150pp in paperback.


£5.99 NOW £2.75 73609 COMIC BOOK


COVERS by Sandra Forty New 2013 publication, first time discounted, with 82 full page colour plates of comic book covers like Batman, Dennis the Menace, The Green Mask, Jackie Robinson, Jo-Jo Congo King, Planet Comics, Slave Girl Comics, Sweethearts, Wonder


Woman, X-Men, Women in Love, Western Thrillers and more, all in glorious colour. Semi-clad busty females in danger, to monster fantasies and all-negro comics, here is the ‘golden age’ of the comic book from 1938, with the creation of the first and archetypal super hero, Superman, pioneered by Detective Comics, better known as DC. Captain America and the Green Lantern quickly made previous heroes of crime, cowboy and romance genres look dated. By providing inexpensive and colourful entertainment, they kept up Americans’ spirit amid wartime hardship and were widely collected there and in the UK as investments post-war. Colour. ONLY £5


72552 QUEEN’S COUNSEL OFFICIAL LAWYERS’ HANDBOOK


by Daniel R. White and Alex Williams Both White and Williams have escaped from the legal profession and made good in the real world, White with his best-selling “official handbooks” and Williams with his long-running series of legal cartoon strips for The Times newspaper. There are so many ill-gotten gains to be snatched in the legal profession that you would be ill- advised to leave it. For example, the divorcing couple who imagine they will be splitting their assets 50/50 are


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