www.bibliophilebooks.com 74802 WIZARD THINGS TO EARLY LEARNING
Children are natural mimics who act like their parents, despite every effort to teach them good manners.
- P. J. O’Rourke 74839 MARVEL SUPER
HEROES: 6 Colouring Books by Parragon
The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman and four other of the world’s favourite Super Heroes feature in six incredible colouring adventures. Colour in the super scenes and use your cool stickers. 50 colour stickers, four coloured pencils in a gift pack. £3.99 NOW £2.75
74670 MODERN STORY
BOOK: Book and Two CDs by Wallace Wadsworth Nine imaginative stories about trains, cars and other machinery with human personalities, this is a rediscovered classic from the 1930s, here reproduced in facsimile with full page colour illustrations and large print and with two accompanying CDs. They feature readings of all
nine stories which will delight children as they hear about a lazy automobile, a runaway elevator, a hungry steam shovel, the tractor that took a holiday and the plane that tried to fly to the sun. 112pp in very large softback. £14.49 NOW £6
74888 CHIMP AND ZEE: How Tall Are We? by Catherine
and Laurence Anholt Attractively presented in a box is a big colourful sturdy height chart to see how much you have grown with five ‘windows’ to insert photographs and a sheet of 55 colour stickers for marking names, dates
and easily stored in the pocket on the reverse of the height chart. 36" (915mm) tall by 10" (253mm) wide when extended, all different members of the family can keep track of how tall they are at a given time. £12.99 NOW £4.50
73233 MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL: Travel Activity Kit by Virginia Lee Burton
Along with the 60pp softback story book the kit also offers a 24 page activity booklet with puzzles, colouring, quizzes and much more, four Mary Anne postcards, two sheets of stickers, three double-ended non-toxic wax crayons (six colours) and a one hour audio CD with three stories: Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, Katy and the Big Snow and Maybelle the Cable Car. $12.99 NOW £3
MAKE AND DO by Rebecca Gilpin
Simple decorated paper cones will make a wizard, complete with wand, star stickers, ears, beard, face, hair and or course hat. Make a shining star wand by rolling paper and using gift ribbons and shiny gold paper, scrunched up paper, tin foil
and black tissue paper. By following the simple steps create spellbinding wizards, enchanted castles, a bubbling cauldron and warty toads, creepy cats and bouncing bats. With over 250 silver stickers to add that extra magic. Very large softback. £4.99 NOW £3
73169 YOU’RE IT! A Hop, Skip and Jump Through
Childhood Games by Katie Hewitt
Included here is all you need to play those wonderful, almost forgotten games of Hopscotch, Bulldog, Dodge Ball, Hide and Seek, What’s the Time Mr Wolf? Marbles, French Skipping, Rounders, and many
more. Have fun! 127 pocket-sized pages illustrated in colour with Top Ten Playground Rhymes. £5.99 NOW £1.50
72577 NOAH’S ARK: The Story of the Flood and After by E. Boyd Smith
The finest work of the noted children’s book illustrator of the early 20th century E. Boyd Smith recounts the timeless tale of Noah’s Ark and the aftermath of the Great Flood with delicately coloured full page illustrations. It is an unabridged facsimile republication of the 1918 original. Noah’s heart was heavy... ‘but the mammoth and the mastodon, and the dinotherium, and Palaeotherium, and the anoptherium, and the pterodactyl, and the
Archaeopteryx...refused to go in at all, in spite of Noah’s warnings’. Ages 9 to adult. Softback, 100pp. $15 NOW £3.50
73901 I WISH I KNEW THAT GEOGRAPHY by James Doyle
Take a journey along the ocean floor, learn how GPS works, where the Seven Wonders are, a rocky history of the Rocky Mountains, wonderful waterfalls, were to see cacti and the world’s oldest tree (Sweden), go to the desert, the Great Rift Valley, learn about fault lines, reading maps, pressure points and earth-shattering effects and how complicated our climate is. Ages 8+. 144pp.
£9.99 NOW £4.50
74323 POOH’S YUMMY COOKBOOK by Parragon and Disney Enterprises Based on the Winnie the Pooh works by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard, with wipe-clean pages, wonderful little stories and recipes for yummy treats to make and bake, here is the ideal mini bake off for youngsters. Perfect Pancakes, Fruit Smoothies, Carrot Cake Squares and Banana Cake are among the treats. With record space. Ages 5+. Colour. £8.99 NOW £4
73917 LONDON STAGE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT
Your play is delightful, and there’s nothing that can’t be fixed.
- Gertrude Lawrence
74306 DOCTOR WHO: SHADA: The Lost Adventure
by Douglas Adams by Gareth Roberts
Douglas worked at the BBC as script editor on Doctor Who, during the reign of the fourth doctor, aka Tom Baker. He also wrote three full scripts for the show, as well as an unfinished one, Shada. Gareth Roberts, scriptwriter for today’s Doctor Who, resolved to complete
Shada, as well as rewriting a few scenes to improve and update. And here it is! Aged five, Skagra decided that God did not exist. The Doctor’s old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired from Gallifrey to Cambridge University, taking with him a few keepsakes. Most are harmless, but one, a book entitled The Worshipful and Ancient law of Gallifrey, is most certainly not, and must never fall into the wrong hands. 415pp. £16.99 NOW £5.50
73912 SYBIL THORNDIKE: A
Star of Life by Jonathan Croall Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976) was one of the most remarkable women of the last century. Loved and admired as a leading actress, she was also an ardent feminist, socialist and pacifist. When young she toured Canada and the USA, playing over 100 Shakespearean parts, and during WWI she led the pioneering Old Vic Company whilst bringing up
four children. In the inter-war years she electrified the West End with The Trojan Women, Medea and, most famously, Saint Joan, which Shaw wrote especially or her. During WWII she and her husband Lewis Casson toured the country with morale-boosting productions, and afterwards toured the remains of devastated Europe with Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson. Later she and Casson toured the world with their celebrated poetry recitals. Reveals the intense, often violent nature of her relationship with her husband. 53 b/w photos, 584pp.
£25 NOW £5
20TH CENTURY by Robert Tanitch This vast encyclopedic volume is arranged into the ten decades of the last century, and chronologically within each chapter. Here is everything there is to know about the plays, players and theatres, from She Stoops to Conquer opening at the Waldorf on 9 January 1900 (“George Giddens was very funny as Tony Lumpkin”) to Othello at the Barbican on 16 December 1999 (“McCabe’s Iago was a corpulent, sneering, dirty- minded, sexually impotent creep”). Entries are enlivened by quotes from the most acerbic critics of their age, observing the triumphs and disasters at first hand. B/w illus, 330pp, 10"×13" with indexes of theatres, names and titles. £30 NOW £11
73997 TOUGH WITHOUT A GUN: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart by Stefan Kanfer
Although Humphrey Bogart died at the age of 57 more than half a century ago, his influence among actors and filmmakers and his enduring appeal for film lovers around the world remains as strong as ever. What is it about him - despite his unconventional looks and noticeable speech impediment - that has captured the collective imagination for so long? In this definitive biography, a recipient of many literary awards answers the apparently unfathomable question of why there can only ever be one Bogie. Born into a life of wealth and privilege in turn-of-the-century New York, Bogart was a troublemaker throughout his youth, being kicked out of prep school and running away, aged 19, to join the navy. After the financial crash of 1929, he went to Hollywood, slogging his way through more than 30 B- movies before his drinking buddy, John Huston, wrote him a part that would change everything. With High Sierra he finally broke through at the age of 40. Here are all the details of his chequered life, including lively accounts of behind-the-scenes fun and friendships and the great, romantic love story of Bogie and Lauren Bacall. 289 rough cut pages with archive b/w photos. $26.95 NOW £6
74393 MAN WHO SAVED BRITAIN by Simon Winder
In an insightful and above all entertaining exploration of post-War Britain under the palliative influence of the legendary Agent 007, the author recreates the nadirs and humiliations of fan-dom, revealing en route his encyclopedic knowledge of Bond’s martini-shaking, babe- pulling, gadget-filled world, while at the same time illuminating what Bond’s evolution says about the Conservative movement, sex, the monarchy, food, class and attitudes towards America. 302pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £3
73436 GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE LITTLE LOST LAMB
by Allia Zobel-Nolan Little ones will love this
indestructible book which tells the Bible story of the Parable of the Good Shepherd and follows a little lamb who leaves the flock, gets lost and is finally brought home by his loving master. The listener can interact by placing Little Lamb
through the openings on every page so that the Good Shepherd cannot see him. He might be in some tall grass or behind a tree. Little Lamb can be stored in the special holder. 12 very tough pages 27cm x 20.5cm, colour.
£6.99 NOW £2.50
73412 HOW TO DRAW HORRIBLE SCIENCE by Tony de Saulles
Here is how to become a Horrible artist, a step-by-step guide to drawing faces, body bits, creatures, sound effects, colour, light and shade, speech and lettering, perspective, cropping, humour, cartoon strips, stories, animation, greetings cards and much more. Colour, spiral-bound and utterly hilarious. 96pp, 9½”×11". £12.99 NOW £4
73451 OLLY AND ME 1.2.3 by Shirley Hughes Learning to count is fun and really easy with Katie and her little brother Olly. They count each other, their cat, their friend Norah’s cat and her four kittens, their dog Buster, the little girls who do ballet, Grandma and Grandpa, their hats and their bricks. On the way, they discover that having five fingers on each hand is very useful. 24 pages 27cm by 22cm, colour, FREE counting wall frieze.
£10.99 NOW £3.50
73527 KINGS AND QUEENS OF THE BIBLE by Mary Hoffman
Young readers can meet, for the first time, the all- powerful Rameses II of Egypt, the Israelite kings David and Solomon, the fabulous, jewel-laden Queen of Sheba, the treacherous Phoenician Queen Jezebel, Belshazzar of Babylon and Queen Esther of Persia. After many generations of exile, the Israelites followed their leader, Moses, who led them through the desert for 40 years in search of their Promised Land. King David was one of the good kings, who was selected by God himself to be the ruler of the Jews. Retold in modern language. 37 pages 26cm x 25.5cm, colour. £11.99 NOW £3
73051 10,000 ZOMBIES: Create More Than 10,000 Zombies and 10,000 Stories by Alexander Cox
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The split-page format divides the figures at the neck and waist, so that Zombie heads, torsos and legs can be chopped and changed at will. Flip the top and you have a ghoul with his eye hanging out. Lift the middle and reveal its skeleton body and bloody stomach. Every time you turn a page a new story is revealed, since the text is completely interchangeable. You can do this 10,000 times. Spiral-bound. £10.99 NOW £3.50
BOOKS FOR BOYS & GIRLS - See page 4 for a special selection 74332 101 BEST TV CRIME SERIES: Bad
Guys, Spies and Private Eyes by Mark Timlin
Classics from Z-Cars, Hill Street Blues, The Professionals, The Bill, Juliet Bravo, A Man Called Ironside, A Touch of Frost, Taggart, Hazell, to Johnny Staccato from the late 1950s to the more recent 55 Degrees North and lots more. Packed with info, website links and curious facts, here is nostalgia aplenty, sharp opinions. Indexed. 160pp in paperback. £9.99 NOW £3.50
72392 ELIZABETH TAYLOR: Set of Three
DVDs ** LESS THAN £2.70 A FILM!! ** 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 £8
74338 DOCTOR WHO: The Episode Guide by Mark Campbell
Now officially the most popular drama on television, Doctor Who was cancelled in 1989 and resurrected in 2005. The book is a newly updated edition of this bestselling independent guide and puts all 11 Doctors right up to Matt Smith under the microscope. Gives a précis, observations and verdict for each together with a full cast list and finally marks out of ten. Ten out of ten is given for the four-parter, season 12, no.76 The Ark in Space broadcast January to February 1975. Full credits for writers, music etc. 223pp. £12.99 NOW £5
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 £14
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74387 JOANNA LUMLEY: Absolutely by Joanna Lumley ‘Would I do it all again? Absolutely!’ These are the words that finish Joanna’s endearing autobiography. Here are iconic images of herself travelling around in the heat and dust of the Far East, Tibet and India, magazines in which she appeared as a model, publicity stills, reviews of her work as a young actress in Swinging 60s London, on the stage and screen - a lifetime’s treasure trove of souvenirs. She is beautiful and intelligent, dedicated to her work, and energetic in pursuit of the causes about which she feels passionate. Cast as an early Bond girl, playing successful roles on TV - Purdey in The New Avengers and Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous which defined their different eras - doing major stage and film work, presenting a TV series, and having a long and happy marriage to internationally- renowned musician Stephen Barlow. But her life has not been effortless at all. She often struggled in near penury, was a single mother in less forgiving times. 271 paperback pages 26.5cm x 18.5cm, colour and b/w. £16.99 NOW £6
73217 CLASSIC BRITISH MOVIES: Bookazine and Six Replica Postcards
by Compendium Publishing Beginning with The Lady Vanishes, The Third Man and Henry V, Brief Encounter, Lawrence of Arabia, Gandhi and ending with Slumdog Millionaire and In the Loop, this 64 page very large colourful softback gives a description of the main characters and actors from dozens
of classic films, where it was filmed, running time, release date, screenplay writer and a brief précis. Also slotted inside the attractive card wallet are six oversized postcards of Trainspotting, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Clockwork Orange, Daniel Craig as James Bond, Christopher Lee as Dracula and Julie Christie and Terence Stamp in Far From the Madding Crowd. £9.99 NOW £2.25
72527 HELLO GORGEOUS: Becoming Barbra Streisand by William J. Mann
Born in Brooklyn in 1943, Barbra Streisand’s early life was driven by a desire to please the father she never knew. Her first success was at the Roundtable in East Fiftieth Street, a well-known gay hangout where she learned acting technique from the old pro Mabel Mercer. Her bisexual lover Darren Barré had persuaded her to start singing. With The Jack Paar Show she started to get national TV exposure, and the role of Miss Marmelstein in I Can Get It for You Wholesale brought her together with Elliott Gould. The scene was now set for her great role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. 566pp, photos.
£25 NOW £4
73607 CHARLIE CHAPLIN by Kathryn Dixon Charlie Chaplin (1887-1977) left England for Hollywood and the brand new medium of moving pictures, commencing work at Keystone Studios in 1913. He adapted quickly and by 1916 was commanding the largest salary ever offered to a motion picture star, a staggering $670,000 p.a. He went on to enjoy a long and prosperous acting and directing career and married four times. Chaplin left for London in 1952. Film stills, publicity shots, photos. 96pp, 6¼” square. ONLY £2.75
72544 TALES I NEVER TOLD by Michael Winner
Film director and food journalist, Winner denies any gastronomic expertise, and the food stories tend to feature a gaggle of hungry luvvies. His idol Orson Welles insisted on a full hour’s lunch break, Winner is a stickler for punctuality, and this makes him walk out of Nigella’s TV show before it has even started. He hangs around impatiently for the Esther Rantzen show and then has a hammer and tongs battle on air. 306pp, photos. £16.99 NOW £5
72607 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: Ian Fleming
and James Bond by Ben MacIntyre Ian Fleming experienced first-hand almost every aspect of the legend he created: a harsh boarding school with no father figure, a lifetime’s cast of extraordinary characters, a playboy lifestyle and enjoyment of the finer things in life, an obsession with plots and gadgets, working in naval intelligence and, crucially, an immersion in the politics of the Cold War, the background to all the Bond books. Sometimes we observe more subtle parallels in women, food and drink, pastimes, military prowess, villains, plots, gadgets, guns and other gizmos. B/w photos and film stills. 236pp, paperback. £8.99 NOW £2.50
72871 COLIN FIRTH: The Biography by Alison Maloney
When offered the part of the dashing Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Colin Firth was 34, and considered himself past the age of the romantic lead. But his smouldering performance, and that iconic lake scene, set him on a path that would make him a heart throb and national treasure, to star in Bridget Jones’s Diary, Mamma Mia! and A Single Man. We look at the inside story of his rift with Rupert Everett, his playful rivalry with Hugh Grant, his years in the wilderness with Meg Tilly and the moment when he fell in love with his stunning Italian wife, Livia. 256pp, paperback, colour. £12.99 NOW £5
72525 GRETA GARBO: Divine Star by David Bret
In the male-orientated studio system, Greta Garbo wielded a power no other actress has ever possessed before or since. This is the first biography to investigate fully the two so-called missing periods in her life - the first during the late 1920s, forcing MGM to employ a lookalike to conceal what was almost certainly a pregnancy, and the second during World War Two when Garbo was employed by British Intelligence to track down Nazi sympathisers. It also analyses in detail the original, uncensored copies of her films. Her true affections lay with the gay, Sapphic and Scandinavian members of her very intimate inner circle. Photos. £20 NOW £6
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