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70937 THIS MAN AND MUSIC by Anthony Burgess


Anthony Burgess explores the meaning of music, the intention of the composer, the process of composition and the relationship between literature and music. 192 page paperback with musical scores. £11.50 WAS £2 NOW £1


70588 HANGING ON: Diaries 1960-1963 by Frances Partridge


With intelligence and tenderness, Frances Partridge describes her friends in the Bloomsbury Group - Dora Carrington, Lytton Strachey and her beloved husband Ralph. 186pp in paperback, photos. £9.99 WAS £2.25 NOW £1.10


70947 LA DOLCE VITA: 60s Lifestyle In Rome by The Scala Group


Fellini and his icons, Americans in Rome and the paparazzi snapping away at the rich and the beautiful - Bridget Bardot, Sophia Loren and Paul Newman, Gina Lollobrigida, Jayne Mansfield. Full page b/w still on every page. 511 page heavyweight tome. 11½” x 12". £30 WAS £10 NOW £5


68750 THE GARDEN BOOK by Phaidon Press A-Z of 500 of the world’s most influential garden makers, designers, patrons and owners and their gardens. Shows innovation creativity at its height in Ancient China and Japan, Renaissance Italy, 17th century France and Holland, 18th century Britain and the USA in the 20th century. Colour photos, 512pp, 10" x 11". £29.95 WAS £13.50 NOW £6.75


70566 PURPLE RONNIE’S LITTLE GUIDE TO GIRLS by Purple Ronnie


A mini book of poems about girlie girls, posh girls, sex goddesses. Fun line art cartoons by Giles Andreae. £2.99 WAS 50p NOW 25p


70567 PURPLE RONNIE’S LITTLE GUIDE TO MEN by Purple Ronnie


Poems about gadget men, sport man, girly men, macho men - cartoons by Giles Andreae in this mini book. £2.99 WAS 50p NOW 25p


69807 ARTHUR MILLER: 1962-2005 by Christopher Bigsby Discloses previously unknown facts. 1962 saw the death of his second wife Marilyn Monroe and his marriage to Inge Morath who was to transform him both as a person and as a writer. He still had ahead of him 18 plays, five films, a novella and stories. 589 pages. Colour photos. £30 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


70834 ULTIMATE BOOK OF NAUGHTY GRAFFITI by Greg Knight


Anagrams, limericks, strange reports and quirky happenings, insulting graffiti and abuse in the gents, ladies, office notice boards etc. 225pp in paperback. £6.99 WAS £2 NOW 50p


70716 PANDORA IN THE CONGO by Albert Sánchez Piñol


1914. Tommy Thomson, a ghost writer, is asked by a friend to take over his job of finishing a plot. When the friend dies suddenly, Tommy discovers a chain of writers leading back to the original author and, strangely, all of them have died. 441 paperback pages. £8.99 WAS £1.25 NOW 60p


70304 PRIVATE DIARIES OF CATHERINE


DENEUVE by Catherine Deneuve & Polly Mclean The actress takes us behind the scenes in 7 previously unpublished diaries that she kept while filming abroad, such films as The April Fools, Tristana and Indochine. 198pp, paperback. Photos, filmography. $14.95 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


71130 GOD AND GOLD: Britain, America and


the Making of the Modern World by Walter Russell Mead


For 400 years, Britain, America and their Allies have dominated the world both militarily and economically. Mead sheds new light on the current political, economic and cultural climate and suggests where we might be heading. 449pp in paperback. £10.99 WAS £1.95 NOW 95p


70962 THE PERFECT EGG: And Other Secrets by Aldo Buzzi


From Apicius to Michel Guérard, Alexandre Dumas to Carlo Emilio Gadda. Recipes, curiosities, secrets of cookery, personal anecdotes, quotes on the profound pleasures of food. 150 pages, drawings. £9.99 WAS £1 NOW 50p


70039 MISSIONARY AND THE LIBERTINE by Ian Buruma


In his examination of the relationship between Asia and the West, Buruma evokes literary criticism, political commentary, meditations on the ephemera of popular culture and biographies of eccentric colonists to refute the notion that an absolute division between East and West exists. 308pp, paperback. £5.99 WAS £1.25 NOW 60p


69339 GOOD GARDENS GUIDE edited by Peter King and Katherine Lambert Subtitled ‘The Essential Independent Guide to the 1200 Best Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands’. From Sissinghurst Castle, Kent to the relatively unknown Townley Park, Lancashire. 565 paperback pages, 240 colour photos, maps. £15.99 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


69452 VENUS SCHOOL MISTRESS by Anon Blending flagellation with verse, drama and philosophy - a collection of fiction blending humour and grim fun. 159 page paperback facsimile reprint. £4.99 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


69084 QUILTING WITH THE MUPPETS:


Fifteen Fun and Creative Patterns by Barbara Konzak Kuhn and Lauren Attinello All your favourite Muppet characters to appliqué as quilt blocks, including Kermit, Miss Piggy, Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and Cookie Monster. With diagrams, templates, step-by- step instructions. 112 large pages, colour. £21.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


70970 LOCAL HEROES: How Loch Fyne Oysters Embraced Employee Ownership and Business Success by David Erdal


Begins 1970s and recounts the colourful birth and journey to employee-ownership. Erdal illustrates the economics, social and environmental benefits of the model for small and large businesses alike. 246pp, paperback. £9.99 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


66258 LAND OF MARVELS by Barry Unsworth 1914. Archaeologist John Somerville is excavating the ruins of Tell Erdek to discover the secrets of ancient Mesopotamia. He is in a race against the beginning of WWI and the advances which are covering the region with bridges and railways. 287pp, paperback. £12.99 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


70205 TALES FROM THE COUNTRY


MATCHMAKER by Patricia Warren Patricia brings to life the stories of love and romance that she has helped to create since she founded the Farmers’ and Country Bureau in the Peak District over 20 years ago. 248pp in paperback. £7.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


71118 BRIGHT PARTICULAR STARS: A Gallery of Glorious British Eccentrics by David McKie


The history of England’s towns has frequently been enlivened by individuals who were wealthy, eccentric, desperate to do good or just plain mad. A fascinating chapter on Spitalfields. 353pp. £25 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


69820 CASSANDRA’S SISTER by Veronica Bennett


Jane Austen despairs of ever finding a Mr Darcy of her own but handsome Tom Lefroy enters her quiet life. Can the happy ending Jane wrote for her characters be heard in real life? 233pp, paperback. £6.99 WAS £1.75 NOW 85p


71062 RAWDON BROWN AND THE ANGLO- VENETIAN RELATIONSHIP edited by Ralph Griffith and John Law Rawdon Brown (1806-1883) is an undeservedly neglected antiquarian and historian who introduced the libraries and archives of Venice to British and other historians. Woodcuts, plates. £16 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


70303 SPONGEBOB SPOOKYPANTS by Lauryn Silverhardt


It was Halloween, SpongeBob and Patrick are going trick-or-treating. But Patrick did not know what costume to wear - SpongeBob had an idea... Carry handle cutaway board book, colour. £5.99 WAS £1.25 NOW 60p


69856 SIGNALS OF DISTRESS by Jim Crace 1836 and Aymer Smith is making the voyage from his London home to coastal Wherrytown, he becomes embroiled with the American crew of the Belle, torn from their ship by a fierce storm and left stranded. A Dickensian cast of characters. 296pp in paperback. £7.99 WAS £1.75 NOW 85p


70387 WHAT’S A POLITE WORD FOR ‘DRIED-


UP OLD HAG’?: Birthday Card by Anne Taintor Young lady sits at a big old fashioned IBM typewriter and says the slogan ‘What’s A Polite Word For ‘Dried-Up Old Hag’? Inside reads ‘Let’s not mince words: have a very happy birthday.’ Five large cards with envelopes. WAS £2 NOW £1


67937 A DEAD MAN IN ATHENS by Michael Pearce


Athens 1912 and the country is on the brink of war. The new Greek Prime Minister wants to form a new nation, not such a great idea - let sleeping dogs lie. Not to mention cats, such as the one poisoned in Salonica rumours start, one being that this was a sighting shot for the ex-Sultan himself. Seymour of the CID is sent out to investigate. 221pp in paperback. $14 WAS £2 NOW £1


69449 WHERE KINGCUPS GREW: A


Westcountry Childhood by Lewis Wilshire Wilshire’s personal selection of stories about his childhood on the outskirts of Bristol. Meet eccentric relations and childhood companions. Sepia photos. 192pp, paperback. £9.95 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


69233 SILENT WORLD OF NICHOLAS QUINN / SERVICE OF ALL THE DEAD: Omnibus Edition 2 Books in One Inspector Morse Mysteries by Colin Dexter


In the first novel, the newly appointed member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate was deaf, provincial and gifted. His murder proves to be the start of a formidably labyrinthine case for Chief Inspector Morse. In the second volume, Morse is alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St Frideswide’s. 324 pages, paperback. £7.99 WAS £2.25 NOW £1.10


70177 DENIAL by Peter James When actress Gloria Lamark takes her own life, her devoted son Thomas is broken hearted. How could her psychiatrist have failed to save such a special person whom Thomas loved in such a very special way? Dr Tennent had a lesson to learn and a very painful one. 498pp in paperback.


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69299 HAND ME UPS: Recrafting Kids’ Clothes by Lorine Mason


Ideas for revamping old clothes so that you can enlarge your child’s wardrobe in an inexpensive way using colourful panels and fabric paint, reshaping and resizing. 128pp, softback, colour photos. £12.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


69407 DIARY OF AN INVALID: Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health 1817-1819 by Henry Matthews


Born in 1879, a colourful account of the author’s travels through Portugal, Italy, Switzerland and France, his ‘wild goose chase after health’. A fantastic insight into an English gentleman abroad in the early 20th century. 381pp in paperback.


£12 WAS £1.75 NOW 85p 69454 KNOW THE GAME: TENNIS: 4th Edition


by Charles Applewhaite and Anne Pankhurst Pointers for warming up, the ready position, the service, the backhand and forehand drive, Eastern forehand, semi-Western forehand and more. 48 page softback. £4.99 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


69496 PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO: Mint Tea,


Tarneeb and Tales of the City by Hugh Miles Arabic women tell their stories about what it means to be a young Muslim woman, dating, dieting, divorcing, the frustrations, fashions and fallibilities. 279pp, paperback. £8.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


70055 SOULMATES by Sonali Fernando Online matchmaking is lucrative from a business point of view with nearly 1,000 dating websites in the UK alone. Here hilarious and edifying, touching and toe-curlingly embarrassing stories. 252pp, paperback. £8.99 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


69585 SLAVERY: Antiquity and its Legacy by Page duBois


The author juxtaposes the modern experience of economic or sexual bondage gained from extensive travel and interviews, with the slavery of antiquity, as described in the writings of Aristotle and Plautus amongst others. The parallels between ancient notions of enslavement and liberation and to what is going on right now are striking and appalling. 154pp OUP paperback. $24.95 WAS £3.50 NOW £1.75


69774 ANTOINE’S ALPHABET: Watteau and his World by Jed Perl


An investigation of the relationship between art and life of Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). A-Z by topic, it seesaws between 18th century Paris and contemporary Manhattan and all times and places in between, always with Watteau as the fulcrum. Helen of Troy to New York’s Irish pubs. Slightly imperfect. 44 b/w illus, 207pp first edition (2008).


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69588 TROUBLED WATERS: The Changing Fortunes of Whales and Dolphins by Sarah Lazarus


Modern whaling versus conservation movements, the effects of fishing, climate change, water quality, dolphins in captivity, claims for the “intelligence” of cetaceans and the extinction of the great whales. Colour plates. 210pp. £12.99 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


69712 CHILLS AND THRILLS by Lena Tabori and Natasha Tabori Fried The magical, eerie and uncanny world around us - the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Curse of the Screaming Skull, the Monkey’s Paw, ghost stories, Bram Stoker’s The Judge’s House (in full), love spells. Antique colour artworks from spell books. 224pp in square softback. £12.99 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


69754 CHAPTER OF KINGS by Mr Collins A facsimile of the original edition published in 1988, first published 1888. An irreverent and beautifully illus overview, one line from each ruler from Caesar we go through Willy the Conqueror, Red Billy his son, Henry 1st, Stephen, Richard Coeur de Lion (famed Magna- Charta we gained from John, which Henry the Third put his seal upon). Dates and reigns. 37pp. £4.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


71133 HELIGAN WILD by Colin Howlett The author run the official weather station at the Heligan restoration project. His daily observations draw us to the homes of the many beautiful birds like a small flock of long-tailed tits, mistlethrush, herons and swallows. Colour illus. 128pp, paperback. £7.99 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


70036 LOST AND LEFT BEHIND: Stories from


the Age of Extinctions by Terry Glavin The author sets off in pursuit of the very things we are losing. Along the way, he encounters some of the world’s wonderful, rare occurrences: a mysterious Sino-Tibetan song-language, a Malayan tiger. 335 pages, drawings. £12.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


70269 MILITARY HISTORY QUIZ BOOK by Osprey Publishing


To begin, we are asked in which battle did the Irish King Brian Boru die? Clontars, Boyne, Glen Mama or Sulchoid? Includes US and worldwide coverage of all the major campaigns with answers. 232pp, illus paperback. £6.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


68272 WHITE TIGER by Aravind Adiga Meet Balram Halwai - servant, philosopher, entrepreneur and murderer. His big chance comes when a rich landlord hires him as a chauffeur. Balram is dazzled by Delhi and his re-education begins. 321 pages. £12.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


70395 THE ARABIAN NIGHTS: The Voyages of


Sinbad the Sailor and Other Stories edited by Andrew Lang


Includes The Adventures of Sinbad and Aladdin, full of wonder and exotic charm. A Persian king Shahryar, begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the next morning, before she has a chance to dishonour him. 347 page paperback. £6.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


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69535 TALK TO THE TAIL by Tom Cox Hilarious moggy adventures. Six stories of eccentric and charismatic cats. Will Tom give in to temptation and get a dog, a goat or even more cats? 243pp. £12.99 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


70402 THE CASE OF THE MAN WHO DIED LAUGHING by Tarquin Hall


In central Delhi, the Hindu goddess Kali appears and plunges a sword into the chest of a prominent Indian scientist who dies in a fit of giggles. Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator, sets out to prove who really killed Dr Suresh Jha. 309pp. Paperback. $15 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


70419 THE NAKED MAN: A Study of the Male Body by Desmond Morris


Desmond Morris examines biological features of the male anatomy and describes the many ways they have been modified, suppressed or exaggerated. Scientific facts, anecdotes and thought-provoking conclusions. 280pp. $25.99 WAS £5 NOW £2.50


70429 TO FETCH A THIEF by Spencer Quinn Chet the dog - companion and partner to PI Bernie Little. An old-fashioned travelling circus comes to town. Peanuts, the headlining pachyderm has gone missing along with her trainer. Stranger still, no one saw them leave. Bernie and Chet are hired. 307pp. £15.99 WAS £2.75 NOW £1.35


70455 CHAPMAN’S CAR COMPENDIUM: The Essential Book of Car Facts and Trivia by Giles Chapman


Here are lists, anecdotes, league tables and trivia, things which have made the author laugh and other issues he has found galling. Queries like What is the difference between nerf bars and wheelie bars? 188pp. £9.95 WAS £2.25 NOW £1.10


70500 THE RESCUE MAN by Anthony Quinn 1939, historian Tom Baines is at work on a study of Liverpool’s architectural past. If war should come, will the buildings and streets that he documents survive? Richard Tanqueray and his wife Bella befriend him, and together they work against the clock. 311pp in paperback. £11.99 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


70558 SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE by William Blake


Blake (1757-1827) was born and raised in London. This edition contains some of Blake’s best loved poems in the original illuminated manuscript form. Colour illus, 64pp. WAS £3 NOW £1.50


70590 JOYCE WETHERED: The Great Lady of Golf by Basil Ashton Tinkler


Joyce Wethered regarded golf as just a delightful and challenging game. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 eliminated her father’s fortune and led to her need to fend for herself. She turned professional, toured the US and Canada and broke numerous course records. 256 paperback pages, illus.


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70689 FOUNDRIES AND ROLLING MILLS: Memories of Industrial Britain by Fred Dibnah and David Hall Part-memoir, part gazetteer. Lists 200 places which celebrate Britain’s industrial heritage, organised by region, opening times, contact details and maps. 208pp. £14.99 WAS £3.75 NOW £1.85


70740 LIFE AND MUSIC OF OSCAR PETERSON by Reva Marin


Oscar Peterson from Montreal’s poor immigrant neighbourhood of St. Henri to his dazzling debut at Carnegie Hall. Recording 200 albums, teaching and performing with Ella Fitzgerald, Art Tatum, Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington. 160pp, paperback. B/w photos. $12.95 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


70790 THE COLD WAR EXPERIENCE by Norman Friedman


Aims to recreate the Cold War experience as vividly as possible with succinct accounts of the major incidents backed up by archive photos and four wallets of document facsimiles. 60pp, fully illustrated in colour. £19.99 WAS £4.50 NOW £2.25


70892 THE FRANK FAMILY THAT SURVIVED by Gordon F. Sander


This is the inspiring and heart-breaking odyssey of another German-Jewish family. They, unlike Anne Frank, whose diary was posthumously published, and the 102,000 Dutch Jews who were betrayed or discovered, miraculously outlived the Nazi purge. This moving book documents their thousand-day long ordeal. 298 pages, photos. Paperback. WAS £4 NOW £2


71010 CAMP Z: The Secret Life of Rudolf Hess by Stephen McGinty


In 1941, Rudolf Hess, then the Deputy Fuehrer of the German Reich, parachuted over Renfrewshire in Scotland on a mission to meet the Duke of Hamilton. After being held briefly in the Tower of London, he was transferred to Mytchett Place near Aldershot under the codename Z. Churchill’s instructions were that Hess should be strictly isolated and every effort made to prise any information out of him that might help to change the course of WW2. 336 pages, photos and plans. £18.99 WAS £5 NOW £2.50


71034 TRAVELS WITH A TYPEWRITER by Michael Frayn


Before Michael Frayn hit the jackpot with plays such as the West End hit Noises Off, he was a journalist. A collection of 14 pieces from the 60s and 70s. Frayn recreates a vanished era in dispatches from Soviet Moscow and Iron Curtain Berlin, and he finds that Paris and Cambridge are reluctant to enter the 1960s. 281pp. £15.99 WAS £3.75 NOW £1.85


71125 EMPIRES AND BARBARIANS by Peter Heather


The Roman Empire was politically and economically sophisticated. Fast forward 1,000 years and Mediterranean cultural patterns spread. Charts the developments which changed Western Eurasia forever and tells the birth of Europe and development. 734pp, paperback, photos.


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