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3 Current Affairs
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Advising The Posters of the Cold War The Power of Place What Next? The Other Householder on David Crowley Harm De Blij Chris Patten Ryszard Kapuscinski Protection Against This arresting collection The new ‘Flat Earthers’ Informed and balanced, A bittersweet treat for his Nuclear Attack of thought-provoking would have you believe the former MP, Governor legion of fans - the last Her Majesty’s Stationery Office propaganda from a that the world is now of Hong Kong and Kapuscinski. Appropriately not-too-distant era so interconnected that current Chancellor of he is ruminating on What do you do in the accompanies the major geography bears little the University of Oxford the role of the ‘other’ event of Nuclear War!? exhibition currently relation to how the world places the seemingly - the non-Western, This convenient handbook running at the Victoria and will develop. De Blij argues endless list of global non-American in society. will save lives…and raise Albert Museum. with reason, clarity and challenges in a context Having spent the majority smiles. ISBN: 9781851775453 Paperback conviction that this is where they become a little of his life as an ‘other’, ISBN: 9781851775422 Hardback RRP: £14.99 wishful and disrespectful less overwhelming. expect nothing less than RRP: £4.99 to the lives that most of the ISBN: 9780713998566 Hardback beautiful prose and Blackwell price: £10.99 world are currently living. RRP: £25 remarkable prescience. ISBN: 9780195367706 Hardback ISBN: 9781844673285 Paperback Blackwell price: £20 RRP: £14.99 RRP: £9.99 Blackwell price: £10.99
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Rising Powers, Shrinking Oilopoly Belching Out the Devil Paranoia Outliers The American Future Planet Marshall Goldman Mark Thomas Daniel Freeman, Jason Freeman Malcolm Gladwell Simon Schama Michael Klare A gripping tale of greed A humorous, thought- Paranoia is becoming ever The hugely successful and Schama knows America, having lived there The scarcity of oil has and corruption in Russia. provoking and often more prevalent – or is that entertaining author of The for half his life. Here he examines the Based on extensive alarming look behind just me? The causes, reality Tipping Point and Blink nation’s obsession with its own future, and become one of the most pressing geopolitical issues research and interviews, the façade of the world’s and its role in modern life gets to grips with the secret the dawning realisation that things have not including several with biggest brand. are astutely analysed here. of success. turned out the way they were intended. of our times. The world will change and Klare Vladimir Putin, Goldman ISBN: 9780091922931 Paperback ISBN: 9780199237500 Hardback ISBN: 9781846141218 ISBN: 9781847920003 Hardback delivers his insightful explains Russia’s return RRP: £11.99 RRP: £9.99 Published November Hardback RRP: £20 forecast on how. to economic and political power. RRP: £16.99 Blackwell price: £16 ISBN: 9781851686285 Paperback Blackwell price: £12.99 RRP: £10.99 ISBN: 9781851686469 Paperback RRP: £10.99
4 Biography
Kenneth Williams Unseen Tony Hancock Reporting America Ever, Dirk A Strange Eventful Wes Butters, Russell Davies John Fisher Alistair Cooke Ed. John Coldstream History Previously unseen material Most of us know A collection of some of Fortunately, the recipients Michael Holroyd from the papers left by something of Hancock’s the best writing from one of Bogarde’s letters A dramatic new biography Kenneth Williams plus life and it’s hard to hear of the country’s favourite treasured them, enabling which explores the tributes from friends this wonderful comic journalists. Focusing on John Coldstream to bring theatrical lives and and colleagues. A must without thinking of it. the changes and events together this fascinating loves of Ellen Terry and for all those enthralled This book explores the Cooke witnessed during his collection of hitherto Henry Irving. An epic by Williams’ previously turbulent life of a man years in America, and filled unpublished material. but intimate tale of two published diaries and regarded by many as one with forgotten articles and This collection opens up Victorian theatrical letters. of the greatest British private photographs. an intriguing insight to a dynasties. ISBN: 9780007280858 Hardback comics. ISBN: 9781846140471 Hardback much missed actor with acute observation and ISBN: 9780701179878 Hardback RRP: £20 ISBN: 9780007266777 Hardback RRP: £25 RRP: £25 RRP: £20 laser-like intelligence. Blackwell price: £16 Blackwell price: £20 ISBN: 9780297852414 Hardback Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £16 RRP: £25 Blackwell price: £20
In Tearing Haste The Pursuit of Laughter Why Do I Say These The Economist Book of Into Danger Ed. Charlotte Mosley Diana Mitford Things? Obituaries Kate Adie China Witness Deborah, Duchess of “Laughter doesn’t always Jonathan Ross Keith Colqhoun, Ann Wroe Why are certain people Xinran Devonshire and the mean cheerfulness,” wrote Fans of Ross’s many A selection of two hundred attracted to danger? Adie, The bestselling Chinese author provides a youngest of the six Mitford Diana Mitford. Whatever irreverent shows on radio obituaries that have no stranger to danger fascinating insight into the lives of China’s sisters, enjoyed a life-long you might think of their and television will love appeared in The Economist herself, travels the world older generation, who have lived through friendship with war hero politics and the unearned this memoir. The man can since 1995. Eclectic in style to try and answer this, war and revolution. and traveller Patrick Leigh privileges of their class, the write. and choice of obituary. meeting such people as ISBN: 9780701180393 Hardback Fermor. Their letters touch Mitford sisters chronicled Saddam Hussein’s food ISBN: 9780593060827 Hardback Not always what you RRP: £20 on world events as well as the mores of their social might expect. taster and Sir Richard their own extraordinary circles like few others. RRP: £18.99 Leakey along the way. ISBN: 9781846681073 Hardback Blackwell price: £16 lives. Blackwell price: £14.99 ISBN: 9781906142209 Hardback RRP: £20 ISBN: 9780340933213 Hardback ISBN: 9780719568589 Hardback RRP: £25 RRP: £20 RRP: £25 Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £16 Blackwell price: £20 5 History
Fighting for the Cross Babylon Millennium Pompeii The Enemy at the Gate Norman Housley Ed. I. L. Finkel, M.J. Seymour Tom Holland Mary Beard Andrew Wheatcroft The Crusades as they really A comprehensive history Popular history at its very Respected classicist The turning point of were for the fighting men. of the famed ancient city of best. Holland looks at the Mary Beard paints an nearly three hundred Contemporary accounts Babylon year 1000 as the pivotal amazingly vivid picture years of conflict between are used liberally to give ISBN: 9780714111704 Paperback point when Western of Roman life based on the Ottoman empire and a better sense of the range RRP: £25 civilisation began to drag evidence preserved from the Central European of pure emotions that the itself out of the Dark Ages. the destruction of Pompeii Kingdoms, the Siege of Crusaders experienced Blackwell price: £20 ISBN: 9780316732451 Hardback in AD 79. Vienna would prove from elation to boredom, RRP: £25 ISBN: 9781861975164 Hardback to alter the course fear to disillusionment. RRP: £25 of European history ISBN: 9780300118889 Hardback Blackwell price: £20 irrevocably. Blackwell price: £20 RRP: £25 ISBN: 9780224073646 Hardback Blackwell price: £20 RRP: £20 Blackwell price: £16
The Tyndale Bible Napoleon Bonaparte Henry The Hellfire Clubs Florence Nightingale Travelling Heroes William Tyndale Sir Walter Scott David Starkey Evelyn Lord Bostridge, Mark Robin Lane Fox William Tyndale was At last, available in a single A larger than life historian Myths surround this 18th Surprisingly this is the In his latest book, Robin Lane Fox follows branded a heretic and volume and newly edited writing about a larger than century phenomena – first major biography in the trail of particular ancient Greek travellers eventually burnt at the by Richard Michaelis, an life monarch. What could where high society met and fifty years of one our most East and West around the Mediterranean to stake for this translation in-depth study on the rise be better? untold acts of depravity iconic historical figures. reveal how these journeys shaped their ideas of the Bible. This facsimile and fall of the European ensued. Lord moves What we think we know is of their gods and heroes. ISBN: 9780007247714 Hardback edition from the British conqueror by Scotland’s RRP: £25 beyond the innuendo and scrutinised and fresh light ISBN: 9780713999808 Hardback Library is taken from one most famous historical scandal to give an accurate shone on the Lady of the RRP: £25 of the only two remaining novelist. Blackwell price: £20 portrait of the reality. Lamp. Blackwell price: £20 copies in existence. ISBN: 9781906142216 Hardback ISBN: 9780300116670 ISBN: 9780670874118 Hardback ISBN: 9780712350280 Hardback RRP: £20 Published November Hardback RRP: £25 RRP: £30 Blackwell price: £16 RRP: £19.99 Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £25 Blackwell price: £14.99 6 History
Becoming Queen Bomb, Book & Compass Tommy’s War The Battlefields of the Searching for Schindler Kate Williams Simon Winchester Thomas Livingstone First World War Thomas Keneally After last year’s acclaimed The striking life of Joseph The extraordinary diaries Peter Barton, Jeremy Barton This is the extraordinary biography of Emma Needham, scientist, of a mercantile book A sumptuous collection story behind the Booker Hamilton, Williams turns diplomat and Sinophile is keeper. Set in Glasgow of First World War winning ‘Schindler’s Ark’ her hand to a little-known told with all the panache before, during and after photographs. The scale and the Oscar winning woman who was to have and humanity that we have the First World War, and horror are represented ‘Schindler’s List’, and a massive impact on the come to expect from Simon Livingstone documents by stunning panoramic also what happened to future Queen Victoria. Winchester. his life with his family, shots; the human side Schindler and his wife after Intelligent and very ISBN: 9780670913787 Hardback news from the front and by poignant individual the war. readable. RRP: £20 the dramas they had to go photographs. ISBN: 9780340963258 Hardback through. ISBN: 9780091794798 Hardback ISBN: 9781845298845 Hardback RRP: £20 Blackwell price: £16 ISBN: 9780007280674 Hardback RRP: £20 RRP: £50 Blackwell price: £16 Blackwell price: £16 RRP: £20 Blackwell price: £16
World War Two Our Times The Ascent of Money Sissinghurst Books as History Laurence Rees A.N. Wilson Niall Ferguson Adam Nicolson David Pearson The Third Reich at War Accompanying a major Completing his trilogy A timely history of the Nicholson uncovers This extensively illustrated Richard J. Evans BBC series, award-winning (The Victorians and After crucial role money has remarkable new facts book explores books This completes the trilogy tracing the rise Laurence Rees returns with the Victorians being always played in world about Sissinghurst’s history from the Middle Ages to and fall of Hitler’s empire told by one of a new history of World the first two books) on events. Ferguson’s as a medieval manor and the present day to show the foremost experts on the history of the War II. Re-examining the Modern Britain, A.N. analysis is never less than great 16th century house. why they are interesting Third Reich. key decisions of Stalin, Wilson presents the social compelling. More than just a personal beyond their texts. As ISBN: 9780713997422 Hardback Churchill and Roosevelt, and political scene from ISBN: 9781846141065 Hardback biography of a family important instruments RRP: £30 Rees reveals a devastating the Coronation of Queen RRP: £25 home, this is the story for communicating and surprising picture of Elizabeth II through to the of taking an inheritance information and ideas, Blackwell price: £25 the Soviet leader. present day. Blackwell price: £20 and steering it in a new the book provides a ISBN: 9780563493358 Hardback ISBN: 9780091796716 Hardback direction. thought-provoking and RRP: £20 RRP: £25 ISBN: 9780007240548 Hardback approachable history. ISBN: 9780712349239 Hardback Blackwell price: £17 Blackwell price: £20 RRP: £20 Blackwell price: £16 RRP: £25 7 Blackwell price: £20 Natural History & Science
Leviathan A Sky Full of Starlings Fossil Detectives The Bedside Book of the The Making of Mr. Philip Hoare Stephen Moss Hermione Cockburn, Garden Gray’s Anatomy Whales have an undeniable A year in the life of Douglas Palmer Dr. D.G. Hessayon Ruth Richardson wow factor and have held ‘birder’ Stephen Moss Experience so much of This book tells the story of a place in humankind’s as chronicled through A really practical guide for the budding Fossil the joy and fulfilment of the remarkable beginnings imagination for centuries. the birds he saw. Wry, gardening – whether it is of the ‘Doctor’s Bible’, Hoare places our touching and humorous. Detective. It includes a regional gazetteer of trivia, history, gardening providing insight into fascination in context and ISBN: 9781845133535 Hardback highlights or extraordinary the lives of its creators, uncovers the true nature of the best fossil-hunting RRP: £12.99 sites, guidance on the plants from the comfort of and reflecting the crisis this magnificent beast. your own home. of changing attitudes, Blackwell price: £9.99 identification of fossils as ISBN: 9780007230136 Hardback well as some of the most ISBN: 9780903505697 Hardback medicine, class and RRP: £18.99 fascinating stories in this RRP: £12.99 the thirst for medical perennially popular field. knowledge in the mid-19th Blackwell price: £14.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 century. ISBN: 9781846075773 Paperback ISBN: 9780199552993 Hardback RRP: £16.99 RRP: £16.99 Blackwell price: £12.99 DARWIN Blackwell price: £12.99
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The Age of Wonder Evolutionary Writings On the Origin of Species The Beagle Letters Darwin’s Garden On Space and Time Richard Holmes Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Ed. Frederick Burkhardt Michael Boulter Ed. Shahn Majid Holmes earned an If you are coming to Irrefutably one of the most The voyage of the HMS Soon after his trip on The Leading physicists and cosmologists such as outstanding reputation Darwin for the first important science books of Beagle had an element of Beagle, Darwin moved Roger Penrose and John Polkinghorne shed for his biographies of time, this is an excellent all time, this new edition Boys Own ripping yarn to Down House in Kent. light on some of the enigmatic issues that still Shelley and Coleridge. volume to introduce includes a discussion of his to it. Relive it through the For the rest of his life he surround space and time. Here he turns his attention you to the man and his theories and early reader’s letters that Darwin wrote worked in the gardens ISBN: 9780521889261 Hardback to the tumultuous age achievements – not only responses to the initial and received throughout there, experimenting RRP: £13.99 of scientific discovery in his autobiography but also publication. the journey and formulating his Blackwell price: £11.99 the 18th century with excerpts from his other ISBN: 9780199219223 ISBN: 9780521898386 Hardback radical opinions. This is special attention given major works Published November Paperback RRP: £25 a fascinating account of to astronomer William ISBN: 9780199208630 one of the most significant RRP: £8.99 Blackwell price: £20 Herschel and chemist Published November Hardback gardens ever. Humphry Davy. RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9781845295998 Hardback ISBN: 9780007149520 Hardback RRP: £16.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 8 RRP: £25 Blackwell price: £12.99 Blackwell price: £20 Celebrate 150 years since the publication of Darwin’s “On the Origin of species” in 2009 Natural History & Science
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The Earth After Us The Atlas of the Real The Atom and the Apple 100 Essential Things You Professor Stewart’s Jan Zalasiewicz World Sébastien Balibar Didn’t Know You Didn’t Cabinet of Mathematical Suppose an alien Daniel Dorling, Mark Newman, Bite-sized chunks of Know Curiosities archaeologist visited the Anna Barford science that are made more John D. Barrow Ian Stewart Earth many years after the accessible to the general extinction of humankind. You will never look at reader through the author’s A gem of a book that A beautiful and eclectic What trace would we have the world in the same use of everyday life to help makes mathematics and collection of mathematical way again once you the nature of existence puzzles, games, facts left behind? Geologist illuminate his arguments. come to life with a and fun. Suited for the Zalasiewicz offers an have basked in this ISBN: 9780691131085 intriguing collection of staggering ‘facts per mathematical expert and enticing view that may Published November Hardback change your perception 366 cartograms that depict page’ ratio. Prepare to be novice alike. about our relationship with the world not by physical RRP: £17.95 dazzled! ISBN: 9781846680649 Paperback planet Earth. size but by a range of ISBN: 9781847920034 Hardback RRP: £10.99 ISBN: 9780199214976 Hardback demographic indicators RRP: £10 RRP: £14.99 ISBN: 9780500514252 Hardback RRP: £29.95 Blackwell price: £12.99 Blackwell price: £24.95
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Do Polar Bears Get Collins British Wildlife Consider the Birds Beechcombings Crow Country Lonely? Paul Sterry Colin Tudge Richard Mabey Mark Cocker Notes from Walnut Tree Farm New Scientist, Mick O’Hare One of the UK’s leading Our fascinating feathered Mabey’s beautiful and A celebration of the Roger Deakin Following on from the naturalists, Paul Sterry, friends are given centre lyrical history of the beech Norfolk countryside, step For fans of Wildwood and Waterlog the bestselling Why Don’t presents us with a stage by one of our tree since it reached Britain by step Cocker pieces astute observations on man and nature from Penguin’s Feet Freeze and comprehensive volume favourite science writers. 8,000 years ago. Covering together the complexities a much-missed writer and environmentalist. Does Anything Eat Wasps, covering Britain’s essential Read this and you will Europe as well as Britain of the birds’ inner lives, A fitting testimony to his life, work and another bumper selection wildlife. With over 3,500 think differently about and many other kinds the historical depth of the passions. of odd questions and odder beautiful photographs this birds, and never take them of tree other than beech; British relationship with will become the essential for granted again. we are presented with an the Corvids. ISBN: 9780241144206 Hardback answers from the pages of RRP: £20 The New Scientist, home reference guide. ISBN: 9781846140976 autobiography as well as ISBN: 9780099485087 Paperback history and natural history. ISBN: 9781846681301 Paperback ISBN: 9780007263530 Hardback Published November Hardback RRP: £8.99 Blackwell price: £16 RRP: £7.99 RRP: £29.99 RRP: £25 ISBN: 9781844139200 Paperback RRP: £8.99 Blackwell price: £14.99 Blackwell price: £20 half price 9 Art
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Cold War Modern Thornton, Temple of A Lust For Window Sills World Architecture Britain at Play Ed. David Crowley, Jane Pavitt Flora Harry Mount Will Pryce W Heath Robinson Published to accompany Werner Dressendorfer A witty and engrossing This magnificent global Almost 200 pages of classic the major exhibition at the The Temple of Flora by look at the often survey celebrates the finest inventions and surreal V&A, this is a ground- Robert John Thornton overlooked architecture of examples of architecture solutions to problems we breaking study of the is one of the finest ever England. As much social from over 2000 years of didn’t know we had, this visual culture surrounding achievements in botanical history as architectural civilization. With over snapshot of Robinson’s the Cold War. It explains art. This large scale primer, this book provides 350 stunning photographs take on the British the key role art and design facsimile contains all the answer to questions and an insightful text, The character is a delight. played in representing the 35 plates, beautifully you never knew you had. Masterworks explores over ISBN: 9780715638149 Hardback dominant political and reproduced from the ISBN: 9781408700907 Hardback eighty iconic buildings. RRP: £21.99 social ideas of the age. original, presented in a ISBN: 9780500342480 RRP: £12.99 Blackwell price: £17.99 ISBN: 9781851775439 Hardback sumptuous folio. Blackwell price: £10.99 Published November Hardback RRP: £35 ISBN: 9783822852736 Hardback RRP: £36 Blackwell price: £30 RRP: £80 Blackwell price: £30 Blackwell price: £65
The History of British Art Monsters The Best of Punch Living Africa Spirit of the Wild Magnum Magnum David Bindman, Tim Ayres, Chris Stephens Gerald Scarfe Cartoons Steve Bloom Steve Bloom Ed. Brigitte Lardinois The definitive history of British art, from Helen Walasek the 7th century to the present day. Three Gerald Scarfe, Britain’s This remarkable A new gift edition of A new edition of the beautifully illustrated volumes, presented in most controversial satirical Punch cartoons are famous book documents the the classic photography hugely acclaimed Magnum a luxurious slipcase, trace the remarkable artist, is famous for his for their wit, artistry and extraordinary wildlife, the book by Steve Bloom. Magnum which sold out story of British visual culture through the witty political cartoons. their quintessentially breathtaking landscapes Over 50 unforgettable instantly on publication ages. This is an essential resource for both This new book, which British character. At more and the diversity of images showing wildlife last year. This magnificent specialists and enthusiasts. accompanies a major than 600 pages, this is the people of Africa. in all its splendour, by photographic testament to exhibition at the Houses of the definitive collection of Throughout this work, one of the most brilliant the 20th century contains ISBN: 9781854378033 Hardback Parliament, brings together Bloom’s passion for the photographers of the living over 400 superb images RRP: £70 cartoons from the greatest 50 years of his exuberant humour magazine of all. continent where he grew world at work today. and represents fantastic political drawings. up is evident. value. ISBN: 9781853756795 Hardback ISBN: 9780500514375 ISBN: 9781408700853 Hardback RRP: £30 ISBN: 9780500514276 Published November Hardback ISBN: 9780500543665 Hardback RRP: £40 Published November Hardback RRP: £9.99 RRP: £35 Blackwell price: £25 Blackwell price: £35 RRP: £35 Blackwell price: £30 10 Blackwell price: £30 Literature and Music
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Magic Moments Curiosities of Literature Why Not Catch-21? John Milton The Original Frankenstein John Sutherland John Sutherland Gary Dexter Gordon Campbell, Thomas Mary Shelley Following his largely For lovers of literature The title origins of 50 N. Corns The published version childhood memoir, The and trivia, an anthology iconic books are explored of Frankenstein differs Boy Who Loved Books, of fascinating, if largely in this fascinating look at The first biography of substantially from the John Sutherland considers useless, information a little-known aspect of Milton based on original original manuscript held the books (and a few films, about books and their literary history. Perfect research for 40 years, in The Bodleian Library. songs and other things) authors. Perfect for bedtime reading. taking into account recent Robinson has teased out developments in 17th which have shaped his life making small talk in ISBN: 9780711229259 Paperback Percy Shelley’s amendments, and which will strike a bookshops and libraries. century historiography isolating them from the story RRP: £7.99 and challenging some of chord with many readers. ISBN: 9781905211975 Hardback in Mary Shelley’s hand. Both the more commonly held texts - with and without ISBN: 9781846680786 Hardback RRP: £12.99 views on Milton to reveal a RRP: £10.99 Percy’s interventions - are Blackwell price: £9.99 complex literary genius. presented in this edition. ISBN: 9780199289844 Hardback ISBN: 9781851243969 Hardback RRP: £25 RRP: £14.99 Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £11.99
Handel The Treasures of Mozart’s Operas The Rest is Noise The Triumph of Music Jonathan Keates Beethoven Mary Hunter Alex Ross Tim Blanning Soul of the Age Now fully-updated and John Suchet From The Marriage of Already a classic, New This scholarly tome Jonathan Bate expanded, and brimming Including removable Figaro to Mitridate, Re Yorker music critic Ross’s examines why music Acclaimed biographer of Jonathan Clare and with fascinating historical facsimile documents and di Ponto, this thought- riveting tour through the has progressed from its Shakespeare scholar, Jonathan Bate examines context, this detailed a CD of extracts from his provoking survey not only landscape of 20th century subordinate status in the the Elizabethan beliefs and obsessions, private biography shows that most famous works, this includes commentaries on music has been one of the early modern period to passions and political intrigues that shaped and there’s more to Handel lavishly-illustrated volume Mozart’s operatic output, non-fiction highlights of its present position of informed William Shakespeare’s mind. than just Messiah! but also explores how the the year. supremacy among the provides the perfect ISBN: 9780670914821 Hardback ISBN: 9780224082020 Hardback works are staged in opera ISBN: 9781841154756 Hardback creative arts. introduction to the life and RRP: £25 RRP: £25 works of Beethoven. houses today. RRP: £20 ISBN: 9781846141782 ISBN: 9780300118339 Hardback Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £20 ISBN: 9780233002163 Hardback Published December Hardback RRP: £35 RRP: £25 RRP: £25 Blackwell price: £30 Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £20 11 CDs
A Christmas Festival Bach: Cantatas Essential Carols Classic Christmas Carols Nativitas John Rutter Sir John Eliot Gardiner Kings College Choir, Cambridge Kings College Choir, Cambridge The Choir of New College, Oxford Released on the composer’s The latest album in John This two disc set is a This disc is a perfect This ‘Celebration of Peace own label, Collegium, A Eliot Gardiner’s Bach collection of thirty nine of companion to the Kings at Christmas’ is a beautiful Christmas Festival includes Pilgrimage, this album the best loved Christmas College Essential Carols collection of some of the over a dozen of John features cantatas for New Carols and captures the and presents some less more restful Christmas Rutter’s new compositions Year’s Day and for the sound of the Kings College well known but stunningly carols. The voices of the in premiere recordings, as Sunday after New Year. Choir at its very best. performed Christmas New College Choir are well as his own favourite This original instrument EAN: 028947566557 CD choral music. captured here at their seasonal works by other interpretation brings this RRP: £10 EAN: 5099951508623 CD sonorous best. composers. music to its joyful best. RRP: £15 EAN: 0825646179428 CD EAN: 0040888013327 CD EAN: 0843183015023 CD RRP: £6 RRP: £15 RRP: £15
Handel: Messiah The Sixteen, Harry Christophers Traditional & Modern Heavenly Harmonies Bach: The Well-Tempered Threshold Of Night Monteverdi: L’Orfeo This is a stunning new recording of Handel’s Carols Stile Antico Clavier Tarik O’Regan La Venexiana Messiah, the most popular oratorio ever written. Richard Wigmore of the Telegraph The Choir of New College, This recording of music Angela Hewitt Threshold of Night Gramophone Award said “this inspiriting new performance Oxford by William Byrd and Angela Hewitt has, in presents a selection of winning recording of what becomes a first choice” A new re-issue of favourite Thomas Tallis has gained recent years, become the new works for voices and is generally acknowledged EAN: 0828021606229 CD carols from the Choir of massive critical acclaim pre eminent interpreter of strings by Tarik O’Regan, to be the first ‘real opera’, RRP: £18 New College Oxford with since it’s release in March Bach on the piano. This Written since O’Regan’s in a performance which Edward Higginbottom. and is notable for its new critically acclaimed 2004 move to New York, attempts to recreate the “staggeringly beautiful these compositions reflect conditions at the first EAN: 5055031399512 CD recording has raised the singing” (Sunday Times). bar yet again. the cultural plurality of performance. Luxuriously RRP: £6 EAN: 0093046746360 CD today’s urban environment. produced in book-form in EAN: 0034571142913 CD a limited edition. RRP: £15 RRP: £22 EAN: 0093046749064 CD RRP: £12 EAN: 8424562109131 CD RRP: £22 12 CDs
Missa Benedicta; Handel: As Steals The Versailles - 200 Years of Tudor Church Music Tudor Church Music Antiennes Votives Morn Music Volume One Volume Two Nicholas Ludford Mark Padmore The Tallis Scholars The Tallis Scholars This is another award Mark Padmore’s singing Thoroughly researched, Peter Philips and the Tallis These two sets of CDs winning recording of Handel is beautiful and carefully put together, Scholars have earned a give a generous survey from director Edward heartfelt, his vocal never beautifully played reputation for thrilling of English Tudor Higginbottom and the overstretched and the and recorded, this is a recordings of English Church music. “Of all New College Choir of balance with the English fascinating and hugely choral music of the the polyphony we have Oxford. Ludford is little Concert shows a mutual enjoyable musical journey renaissance, and these two recorded, this early English known today but was understanding honed on through 17th and 18th recordings show them at style with its dazzling high considered one of the most the concert platform. century French musical their best. treble parts and luminous innovative composers in EAN: 0093046742225 CD culture. EAN: 0755138120921 CD sonorities is, for me, as early Tudor England. RRP: £16 EAN: 5425008376523 CD RRP: £15 good as it gets.”(Peter EAN: 3383510002069 CD RRP: £60 Philips) RRP: £16 EAN: 0755138121027 CD RRP: £15
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 4 Bellini: La Sonnambula Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Handel: Operas Handel: Oratorios Gustav Mahler: Paul Lewis Symphony No. 5 Cecilia Bertoli Murray Perahia René Jacobs René Jacobs This three disc set is the final instalment of Two of today’s greatest This year classical fans Beautifully packaged set of Another in the series of David Zinman, Zurich Paul Lewis’s award winning recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas. This set, operatic stars, Cecilia have been spoilt for first three of Handel’s greatest luxury boxes produced Tonnhalle Orchestra Bartoli and Juan-Diego class interpretations of operas, Rinaldo, Giulio for the Harmonia Mundi comprising sonatas no 5,6,15,19,30 and 31 Florez, together for the Beethoven’s piano works. Cesare and Flavio. These 250th Handel Anniversary This is the latest in David deservedly won the Gramophone Award for first time in this the most Here Murray Perahia recordings are amongst the celebrations. This features Zinman’s revelatory Record of the Year 2008. complete recording yet performs these sonatas finest available versions the oratorios Saul and The Mahler symphony cycle EAN: 0794881868322 CD of Bellini’s bel canto with his usual measured of these operas, and were Messiah. and is the best so far. RRP: £25 masterpiece. One of the panache and brilliance. previously only available at EAN: 0794881893126 CD This clearly detailed and opera events of 2008. EAN: 0886973264621 CD full price. RRP: £25 insightful interpretation EAN: 0028947810841 CD RRP: £15 EAN: 0794881893027 CD sheds new light on this RRP: £26 RRP: £35 masterpiece and is a must for Mahler fans. EAN: 886973145029 CD RRP: £15 13 Fiction
The Red House Mystery The Widows of Eastwick Doors Open The Comfort of Saturdays Firmin A.A. Milne John Updike Ian Rankin Alexander McCall Smith Sam Savage A classic mystery written The long-awaited sequel to Rankin’s first standalone This is the fifth instalment The delightful novel of before Pooh and Piglet, this The Witches of Eastwick thriller since finishing his in the Sunday Philosophy Firmin, a lonely rat that is Milne’s only detective is finally here. Alexandra, Rebus series. A chance is Club series. Isabel, the learns to read. A dark, story. Secret passages, a Jane and Sukie, now given to a man to commit reluctant sleuth, is drawn comic, adult tale of mysterious valet, uninvited widows, decide to quit the perfect crime. Will he into a case of miscarriage unrequited love, the power guests and a puzzling travelling and head back get away with it? Set in of justice toward a doctor. of books and life-affirming murder make for a perfect, to Eastwick. Unfortunately Edinburgh this refreshing Surely she has enough lessons. Written with gentle witty whodunit. for them there are still crime caper will leave any to do with a new born humour and tenderness, ISBN: 9780099521266 people there who haven’t Rankin fan wanting more. son, the deli, Eddie and a Firmin will surely find a Published November Hardback forgotten what happened ISBN: 9780752890708 Hardback mysterious composer? way into your heart. last time... RRP: £10 RRP: £18.99 ISBN: 9781408700655 Hardback ISBN: 9780297854586 Hardback ISBN: 9780241144275 Hardback RRP: £17.99 RRP: £10.99 Blackwell price: £8 Blackwell price: £13.99 RRP: £18.99 Blackwell price: £14.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 Blackwell price: £13.99
A Most Wanted Man Indignation John Le Carré Fine Just the Way it is Philip Roth The Act of Love From A to X Man in the Dark The master does it again. A superb thriller Annie Proulx Howard Jacobson John Berger Paul Auster about the troublesome mixture of politics Roth’s twenty-ninth book and religion and how some people can give An excellent new collection tells the story of a young Jacobson’s new novel tells From A to X is a powerful Another slender and up so much in the cause of justice. of short stories from the man’s education in life’s the story of Felix Quinn - a exploration of how delicate novella from Pulitzer Prize winning terrifying chances and man who discovers early humanity affirms itself Auster. Our hero, an ISBN: 9780340977064 Hardback bizarre obstructions. It’s RRP: £18.99 author of The Shipping on in his marriage that in struggle: imagining ageing author, cannot sleep News and Brokeback a story of inexperience, the thing he most desires a community which, - so he plots out a novel, Blackwell price: £13.99 Mountain. Fine Just The intellectual resistance, is watching his wife in besieged by economic and whose hero must kill the Way It Is marks Proulx’s sexual discovery and error. the arms of other men. military imperialism, finds creator of his world... And signals a departure return to the Wyoming of Shocking, perverse, and transcendent hope in the ISBN: 9780571240760 Hardback Brokeback Mountain and from the haunted ultimately, very moving. pain, vulnerability and narratives of old age and RRP: £14.99 its familiar cast of hardy, ISBN: 9780224086097 Hardback sorrow of daily existence. unsentimental prairie folk. experience of his most Blackwell price: £11.99 recent novels. RRP: £17.99 ISBN: 9781844672882 Hardback ISBN: 9780007269730 Hardback Blackwell price: £14.99 RRP: £12.99 RRP: £14.99 ISBN: 9780224085137 Hardback RRP: £16.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 14 Blackwell price: £11.99 Blackwell price: £12.99 Fiction
The Casebook of Victor Bones of the Hills Liver The Private Patient All Our Worldly Goods Frankenstein Conn Iggulden Will Self P.D. James Irène Némirovsky Peter Ackroyd The third in the Conqueror A new collection of four A journalist has thoughts Spanning the Edwardian The terrifyingly prolific series following the epic short stories from a of beginning a new life period to Nazi occupied novelist, historian and story of Ghenghis Khan. master wordsmith. Each after a facial operation France; this is a fascinating bon viveur returns with a Through compelling story features a liver, in and convalescing at a story of family life new take on the birth of storytelling Iggulden various states of decay and beautiful Dorset manor. encompassing heartbreak Frankenstein – the man, weaves the tale of Khan’s disease and moves from However, she was never and drama when lovers the myth and the creation. ambition, power and a Soho drinking club to a to leave Cheverell Manor Pierre and Agnes marry The histories of London, exhilarating conquests. subterranean Kensington alive. Inspector Dalgliesh is much against his parents’ Shelley and Frankenstein ISBN: 9780007201785 Hardback flat to Zurich. called in and his problems wishes provoking a himself are combined to RRP: £18.99 ISBN: 9780670889976 Hardback only escalate when he is long-standing family feud chilling effect. RRP: £18.99 confronted with another affecting each generation. Blackwell price: £14.99 death to complicate his ISBN: 9780701182137 Hardback ISBN: 9780701182953 Hardback Blackwell price: £13.99 investigation. This is RRP: £16.99 RRP: £16.99 a wonderful treat for Blackwell price: £12.99 Dalgliesh fans. Blackwell price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780571242443 Hardback RRP: £18.99 Blackwell price: £13.99 SIGNED A Partisan’s Daughter Enchantress of Florence Louis De Bernières Salman Rushdie ISBN: 9781846552243 Hardback ISBN: 9780224086028 Hardback £100 £100
Deaf Sentence David Lodge Home ISBN: 9781846552304 Hardback Marilynne Robinson The Beacon £100 The White Tiger This autumn’s premier literary novel, Susan Hill Aravind Adiga Robinson’s eagerly anticipated follow-up A story of a family torn This stunning, Man Booker to the Pulitzer Prize winning Gilead. Home inside out when one of winning, debut novel from takes up the story of the wayward son Jack the brothers publishes A new series of highly collectable, beautifully produced limited editions from Blackwell. Aravind Adiga; reveals who, after decades away, returns reluctantly his misery memoir which Only 100 copies have been produced of each title, all of which are signed by the the cravings of the rich home. results in the family being author on a limitation page and numbered. The books themselves have been printed on and the desperate plight ISBN: 9781844085491 Hardback dragged into the media 100gsm Cream Matt paper, producing a clear and luxurious text. Sewn bindings, cloth of the poor. This is an RRP: £16.99 spotlight. But is he really quarter-binding and a bookmark combine to create a book that will last a lifetime. unsentimental and satirical Blackwell price: £13.99 telling the truth? Housed in a handsome cloth-covered slipcase, this volume is a glorious addition to any look at modern globalised ISBN: 9780701183400 Hardback shelf. India. RRP: £10 ISBN: 9781843547204 Hardback Blackwell price: £8 blackwell collectors library RRP: £12.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 15
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Brideshead Revisited The Return of Sherlock Little Dorrit Dirk Gently The Long Thomas Hardy Evelyn Waugh Holmes Collection Charles Dickens Dark Tea-time of the Soul Complete and unabridged The ultimate Charles Ryder, Arthur Conan Doyle This full Radio 4 Douglas Adams reading of Thomas Hardy’s Jeremy Irons, reads this 12 classics stories are dramatisation brings us Series two of Douglas classic, vividly bought to complete and unabridged included in this great Dickens’ evocative Victorian Adams’ great detective life by the acclaimed actor version of Waugh’s collection with Clive London. Brilliantly Dirk Gently. Taken from Peter Firth. Running time: Brideshead Revisited. Irons’ Merrison starring as Holmes interpreting Dickens’ work the full dramatisation 14 hours. sombre tones perfectly and Michael Williams to convey the full sense as featured on Radio 4. ISBN: 9781408406762 CD capture Charles’ loss of as Watson. 12 hours of of humility and social Running time: 3 hours. RRP: £30 innocence and love for Julia classic sleuthing will get indictment ,that runs so and Sebastian’s descent. richly throughout the novel. ISBN: 9781405687553 you through the long winter Published November CD Blackwell price: £25 Running time: 14 hours evenings! Running Time: Running time: 5 hours. RRP: £15.99 ISBN: 9781408400944 CD 12 hours. ISBN: 9781408409558 CD RRP: £25 ISBN: 9781408400319 CD RRP: £20 Blackwell price: £13.99 Blackwell price: £20 RRP: £45 Blackwell price: £16 Blackwell price: £35
Alistair Cooke’s Letters America Empire of Noel Coward: An Audio Summoned by Bells Talking Heads Alan Bennett: The Diaries from America Liberty Biography John Betjeman Alan Bennett Alan Bennett Alistair Cooke David Reynolds Sheridan Morley The late great Poet Laureate reads his classic poetic autobiography. Spanning his Slipcase, containing the 4 glorious hours of Bennett Corresponding with the The first volume of the Sir Laurence Olivier, Lord childhood in Highgate, though his years at complete collection of reading from his best 2008 election and the collected episodes of David Mountbatten and Joyce Oxford to his early career. Running time: Bennett’s magnificent selling diaries! As you centenary of Cooke’s Reynolds landmark series Carey are just some of 2 hours. monologues. Read by would expect they include birth; this collection of from Radio 4. Exploring the voices heard playing either the dramatist all of his trademark ‘letters’ from five of the the paradoxes of America’s tribute to the theatre great. ISBN: 9781408400739 CD himself or one of Britain’s humour, dry wit and deep US Presidential Elections history through the voices Extracts of interviews with RRP: £12.99 leading actors and pathos. Running time: 4 he witnessed offer the of those who were there. Coward are linked into Blackwell price: £10.99 actresses including Patricia hours. expected wisdom and wit Running time: 6 hours. the tributes by Sheridan Routledge and Thora Hird. ISBN: 9781405688734 CD and are, of course, deeply ISBN: 9781405677806 Morley. Running time: Running time: 6 hours. RRP: £20 informative. Running Published November CD 3 hours. ISBN: 9781405688741 CD Time: 1 hour. ISBN: 9781408400746 CD Blackwell price: £16 RRP: £25 RRP: £25 ISBN: 9781408409534 CD RRP: £15.99 Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £20 RRP: £8.99 Blackwell price: £13.99 18 Blackwell price: £6.99 Humphrey Lyttelton
Last Chorus Lyttelton’s Britain The Doings of Hamish I’m Sorry I Haven’t a I’m Sorry I Haven’t Humphrey Lyttelton Humphrey Lyttelton, and Dougal Clue: Chairman Humph a Clue: Humph in Wonderland A collection of writings, Iain Pattinson Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer photographs and Don’t even think about Stephen Fry presents a letters from the full and If, like all right-thinking people, you are in reading this if you haven’t fitting tribute to the much The “I’m Sorry I Haven’t fascinating life of Humph had your tea. If you have loved Chairman - very fine jazzman and mourning for Chairman a Clue” team present their Humph, then this book though then tuck into ISBN: 9781408426012 unique take on “Alice in chairman of the funniest this as well. You won’t will provide at least a little Published November CD Wonderland” in this BBC programme the BBC ever regret it. has - or will - produce. We solace. Treat yourself or RRP: £8.99 Radio 4 special. are still in mourning. someone you love (so long ISBN: 9781848090231 Hardback ISBN: 9781408426005 as they love Humph quite RRP: £16.99 Published November CD ISBN: 9781906217181 Hardback a lot). RRP: £18.99 Blackwell price: £13.99 RRP: £8.99 ISBN: 9781848091078 Hardback Blackwell price: £15.99 RRP: £14.99 Blackwell price: £11.99
I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue I’m Sorry I Haven’t Hamish and Dougal, Hamish and Dougal, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue a Clue: Mornington You’ll Have Had Your You’ll Have Had Your Clue (v.1) (v. 10) Crescent Tea Tea (Series 2) Choose from a selection of classic episodes from the “antidote to panel games”, The first collection of The latest collection featuring all the classic games from This is the most definitive Graeme Garden and Barry Another helping from the ISIHAC with the original available from the ISIHAC Mornington Crescent to the new definitions and complete guide ever Cryer play the two elderly spin off duo with regular line-up, including Willie team. from the Uxbridge Dictionary. Of course produced on one of Scotsman, Hamish and guests Alison Steadman Rushton. ISBN: 9781405677738 CD there are the sweet sweet tones of Jeremy radio’s most popular and Dougal, that originally and Jeremy Hardy. ISBN: 9780563536796 CD RRP: £12.99 Hardy’s singing and all presented and made enigmatic games! featured in I’m Sorry I ISBN: 9780563510598 CD RRP: £12.99 unforgettable by the great Humph! ISBN: 9781846071959 CD Haven’t A Clue. RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9780563529705 CD RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9780563496984 CD RRP: £12.99 RRP: £8.99
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Maps of My Life Little People in the City QI Advanced Banter How to Avoid Huge Ships In Fact Guy Browning Slinkachu Stephen Fry, John Lloyd, Joel Rickett Prospect, Tom Nuttall “Travel” memoir from Surreal humour with a John Mitchinson A celebration of the A great Christmas fact the popular Guardian touch of melancholy, barmy side of publishing, book to astound friends columnist, mining his Slinkachu is a street-artist Far more than just a book featuring the winners and and family. Did you eccentric and peripatetic who leaves little hand- of witty quotations, this runners up of the Oddest know that peanuts are an upbringing - peopled with painted people in the is an attempt to separate Book Title of the Year ingredient of dynamite? unforgettable relatives, bustling city to fend for the wheat from the chaff. Prize, this book offers us Or that Lauren Bacall friends and, heaven forbid, themselves. Must be seen Succinct, considered and such delights as People and Shimon Perez are first a few non-friends. Plus to be appreciated. targeted, this selection Who Don’t Know They cousins? All this and much of musings on many maps. ISBN: 9780752226644 Hardback are Dead and Greek Rural more. subjects will enlighten and Postmen. ISBN: 9780224082723 Hardback RRP: £10 entertain. ISBN: 9781848090026 Hardback RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9781845133214 Hardback RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9780571233724 Hardback RRP: £9.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 RRP: £14.99 Blackwell price: £11.99
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The Mighty Book of Boosh Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding You’re Only Young Dear Customer Services I Used to Know That Remember, Remember My Grammar and I (Or Featuring all the surreal wildly creative Twice! Terry Ravenscroft Caroline Taggart (The Fifth of November) Should That be ‘Me’?) humour we’ve come to expect from The Mighty Boosh - touring the country now! Quentin Blake Combining his trademark A light-hearted and Judy Parkinson Caroline Taggart, J. A. Wines ISBN: 9781847673220 Hardback For many years Blake has humour with a sly nod informative reminder A history of Britain in Taking you on a witty RRP: £19.99 been entertaining children at the megalomania of of all the things that we bitesized chunks. Like all tour of the English but for the first time he has global corporations, giving learnt in school but have the best stories it is one of language, through a Blackwell price: £15.99 illustrated a humane and everyone who’s ever had since become relegated to blood, death, love, sex and veritable minefield of rules extremely funny book for a reason to dislike the big the backs of our minds; betrayal, yet also a tale of and conditions for the his own generation. Perfect companies a big laugh at featuring hundreds of courage, honour, pride, grammatically unaware, for those who are sixty their expense! important snippets of skill, invention, endurance and highlighting the or over. ISBN: 9781843172963 Paperback wisdom, facts, theories, and, sometimes, just pure common pitfalls that every RRP: £6.99 equations, phrases, rules luck! English language user ISBN: 9781842708569 Hardback and sayings. RRP: £9.99 ISBN: 9781843173199 Hardback faces. ISBN: 9781843173090 Hardback RRP: £9.99 ISBN: 9781843173106 Hardback RRP: £9.99 RRP: £9.99 20 Food & Drink
Venezia Nigella Christmas Cooking for Friends What to Eat Now Ripailles Tessa Kiros Nigella Lawson Gordon Ramsay Valentine Warner Stéphane Reynard Tessa Kiros shows the The ultimate glittering Gordon shares the dishes Warner serves up some Ripailles is gorgeously magic and the charm of gift for oneself or for that he loves to cook (and delicious-looking recipes designed and is bursting the famous Italian city of family and friends. 150 eat) when he’s off duty for autumn and winter with full-colour Venice. She embroiders easy-to-follow recipes and with his family in his latest using seasonal British photographs and unique the recipes of this city reassuring advice about cookbook with over 100 produce. He charts the illustrations. Beautifully of canals, bridges and planning and cooking recipes. With the emphasis growth of his favourite written recipes which carnivals with her own ahead for the big day of on simplicity for stunning foods from tiny seeds explore the roots of French unique colours and festive eating. This book results, the majority of the to fully grown foods. cuisine. More than just a threads. will surely become a recipes are short and easy Accompanies the BBC TV cookbook - it’s a treasure ISBN: 9781741962413 perennial favourite. to cook. series. to keep and adore. Published January ’09 Hardback ISBN: 9780701183226 Hardback ISBN: 9780007267033 Hardback ISBN: 9781845334505 Hardback ISBN: 9781741962345 Hardback RRP: £25 RRP: £25 RRP: £25 RRP: £20 RRP: £25 Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £20 Blackwell price: £16 Blackwell price: £20
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The Full English Cassoulet The Clatter of Forks and Cooking in a Bedsitter Roman Cookery Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Curry Richard Mabey Spoons Wine Book 2009 Katharine Whitehorn Mark Grant Vivek Singh Food memoir, meditation on food and Richard Corrigan From 1961 this book Our images of Roman Hugh Johnson The Executive Chef practical cookbook using local ingredients, Cookbook, memoir and accompanied a generation culinary life may be all With more than 6,000 of London’s famous written by the celebrated naturalist and paean to the pleasures of of young people as they orgies and banquets, but wines and information Cinnamon Club presents author of the classic book Food for Free. traditional British and Irish took their first steps to this book shows another on growers, regions and a selection of favourite ISBN: 9780701182533 Hardback food by Richard Corrigan, freedom from the family side – the everyday recipes vintages, this is the best recipes, both classic and RRP: £16.99 home. No “getting on the and ingredients used by an contemporary. Mouth- owner and head chef at the and most up-to-date Blackwell price: £12.99 Michelin starred Lindsay housing ladder” then - a average citizen, updated concise book for wine watering. House in Soho. bedsit was all we aspired for modern kitchens. enthusiasts everywhere. ISBN: 9781904573883 Hardback to and this was required ISBN: 9781897959602 Paperback RRP: £20 ISBN: 9780007248902 Hardback reading. ISBN: 9781845334208 Hardback RRP: £25 RRP: £9.99 RRP: £9.99 ISBN: 9781844085682 Paperback Blackwell price: £17 Blackwell price: £20 RRP: £8.99 21 Travel & Transport
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I Never Knew That About The Roads to Santiago Stephen Fry in America Flightless First Ascent the English Derry Brabbs Stephen Fry Stephen Venables Christopher Winn The stunning architecture Accompanying the TV An inspirational anthology Chronicling the adventures The English in all their and environment of the series, Fry journeys of 26 real-life stories from of the very first pioneers bizarre, quirky glory that pilgrim city of Santiago de across America in his Lonely Planet, which gives of rock-climbing and will entertain, delight and Compostela are shown in London Taxicab, meeting ideas for travelling the mountaineering, Venables enlighten. Cheese rolling all their magnificence in locals, visiting landmarks world by any means other relays the stories of anyone? this wonderful illustrated and bringing to life the than flying. A must for triumph and adversity volume from renowned eccentricities and diversity travellers concerned about which paved the way ISBN: 9780091926731 Hardback landscape photographer of a land and its people. their carbon footprint. for future generations of RRP: £9.99 Derry Brabs. ISBN: 9780007266340 Hardback ISBN: 9781741790757 Paperback climbers. Illustrated with ISBN: 9780711227064 Hardback RRP: £20 RRP: £7.99 stunning contemporary RRP: £30 photography. Blackwell price: £16 ISBN: 9781844035960 Hardback Blackwell price: £25 RRP: £25 Blackwell price: £22
Connemara Tim Robinson On Holiday Ghost Train to the McKie’s Gazetteer The Duchesses Morris Minor The folklore, nature and geography of this Paul Atterbury Eastern Star David McKie Andrew Roden Martin Wainwright unique part of Ireland are further explored in the second volume of the author’s trilogy. Using predominantly Paul Theroux A collection of stories Steam trains have made Enjoy this history of one As with the first volume the empathy, amateur photographs Paul Theroux once again of the localities and a bit of a comeback this of Britain’s best-loved cars, connectedness and brilliant writing style from family albums sets out on a railway landmarks of Britain, the year – dads and granddads the ‘Moggy’. Strange to shine through alongside postcards, journey through the East, highlights of a lifetime will go misty-eyed at the recollect that it served as ISBN: 9781844881550 Hardback publicity material and a travelling overland through exploring the byways evocative names from the the car of choice for the RRP: £20 range of ephemera from Eastern Europe - an of the country’s hidden greatest steam locomotives Police many years ago... the Edwardian era to absorbing and beautifully history. ever to have graced this ISBN: 9781845133788 Hardback Blackwell price: £16 the 1970s, On Holiday written follow-up to The ISBN: 9781843546542 Hardback land. RRP: £12.99 explores every aspect of Great Railway Bazaar. RRP: £30 ISBN: 9781845133696 holidays in days gone by. Blackwell price: £9.99 ISBN: 9780241142530 Hardback Blackwell price: £25 Published January ’09 Hardback ISBN: 9780749558048 Hardback RRP: £20 RRP: £14.99 RRP: £19.99 Blackwell price: £16 Blackwell price: £11.99 22 Blackwell price: £16.99 Children’s Classics & Collections
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A Bear Called Paddington Bambert’s Book of Hansel and Gretel How the Whale Became The Wonderful World of Michael Bond Missing Stories Michael Morpurgo, Ted Hughes Winnie-the-Pooh This exquisite, full Reinhardt Jung, Emma Chichester Clark Ted Hughes’ creation colour edition celebrates Emma Chichester Clark myths are brought together Bestselling author Michael Beautiful novelty book Paddington’s 50th Chichester-Clark’s in this beautiful edition featuring the much loved Anniversary. Together with Morpurgo produces an with magical illustrations sumptuous illustrations unforgettable retelling bear and his friends from previously unpublished bring to life the tale by Jackie Morris. A book the Hundred Acre Wood. artwork by the original of this classic fairy tale. to cherish. of Bambert, a lonely Celebrated illustrator With intricate pop-ups and illustrator, this is a storyteller who one ISBN: 9781845079284 Paperback lively illustrations, this is a wonderful addition to any Emma Chichester-Clark day sets his stories free adds a haunting beauty to RRP: £9.99 great gift for collectors and bookshelf. new fans alike. attached to balloons. All this new edition Blackwell price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780007282418 but one returns with tales ISBN: 9781405241892 Hardback ISBN: 9781406304176 Hardback RRP: £14.99 of their own - but what has RRP: £12.99 RRP: £17.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 happened to the missing story? half price Blackwell price: £13.99 ISBN: 9781405236409 Hardback RRP: £9.99 Blackwell price: £7.99
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Boxen Brian Wildsmith’s Tiger Who Came to Tea The World of Rupert My Naughty Little Sister We Are All Born Free C. S. Lewis, W. H. Lewis Favourite Fables Pop Up Dorothy Edwards Amnesty International Boxen is an imaginary land created by Brian Wildsmith Judith Kerr This collector’s album of Beautifully illustrated by This wonderful book C.S. Lewis and his brother as children. A This edition, containing This classic story about classic Rupert stories will Shirley Hughes and with celebrates the 60th beautifully presented classic gift for fans of five of the most treasured Sophie’s unexpected and appeal to long time fans as a biography of Dorothy anniversary of the signing this enchanting author, marks the centenary fables of La Fontaine, very hungry dinner guest well as children who are Edwards, this treasury of the Declaration of of the very first Boxen manuscript. is really brought to life is retold in a fantastic pop new to Rupert. It contains contains a selection of Human Rights - each ISBN: 9780007260751 Hardback by Brian Wildsmith’s up format with original traditional illustrations by stories about the funny article is illustrated by RRP: £16.99 Alfred Bestall. and mischievous naughty the likes of Axel Scheffler, beautiful and expressive illustrations and text - 40 Blackwell price: £12.99 illustrations. years on and it’s still a ISBN: 9781405240246 Hardback little sister! Debi Gliori and Satoshi Kitamura with a foreword ISBN: 9780192755490 Paperback favourite! RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9781405242288 Hardback RRP: £19.99 by David Tenant and John RRP: £14.99 ISBN: 9780007275441 Hardback Blackwell price: £9.99 Boyne. RRP: £14.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 Blackwell price: £14.99 ISBN: 9781845076504 Hardback half price RRP: £12.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 23 CHILDREN’S PAPERBACKS OF THE YEAR
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Green Science Dynamo Green Science Windmill Cosmic Rocket Cosmic Jet Racer Robut Duck Torch Generator Cause cosmic commotion! Bring out the jet racer in Construct your very own Turn a simple toy motor Build this amazing wind Shoot this rocket up to your little scientist and duck. Fun to build and into a generator that generator and learn about 50 feet in the air using have cosmic competitions! easy to assemble - this kit converts hand motion renewable energy. Watch common household (Age 7+) is a hands-on way to grasp into electrical energy and the LED glow as it is ingredients. (Age 14+) ISBN: 4893156032348 the skills of basic robotics. powers a light bulb. No powered by free energy ISBN: 4893156032355 RRP: £10 Requires 2 x AA batteries battery - no pollution! from the wind. No RRP: £10 (not included). (Age 8+) (Age 8+) batteries required! Help ISBN: 4893156039071 ISBN: 4893156032638 save the planet by recycling RRP: £12 RRP: £10 a plastic bottle to support your wind generator. (Age 8+) ISBN: 4893156032676 RRP: £10
Green Science Soda Can Robug Rumer Godden Electric Plane Launcher Buzz Wire System Finger Print Kit Top Secret Intruder Alarm Gold Mining Recycle a soda can and turn it into a cool robotic buzzing bag! (Ages 8+) ISBN: 4893156032669 Published November Blow them away with the Test your skills under This detective’s kit contains Learn the science of Dig and excavate natural RRP: £10 Electric Plane Launcher, pressure and learn how to all you need to find and connecting an electric pyrite nuggets, nicknamed a cool gift that shoots complete an electric circuit. record fingerprints just like circuit by constructing ‘Fool’s Gold’. Study planes at an astonishing (Age 8+) a professional. (Age 8+) your own door buzzer; them with a magnifying 50 kilometres an hour! ISBN: 4893156032324 ISBN: 4893156032485 with the added benefit of glass, mount them on the (Age 14+) RRP: £10 RRP: £10 stopping intruders getting certificate of authenticity ISBN: 4893156039064 into your room... It’s cool or put them inside a RRP: £12 and fun! (Age 8+) treasure pouch and send as ISBN: 4893156032461 a gift. It’s a fun geological RRP: £10 excavation kit. (Age 8+) ISBN: 4893156032591 RRP: £10 28 Picture Books
Gruffalo Pop-up Theatre Miki The Foggy Foggy Forest Peanut The Star-Faced Crocodile Book Stephen Mackey Nick Sharratt David Lucas David Melling Julia Donaldson A brand new talent from If you stumble into the Reminiscent of the story The star-faced crocodile One of the bestselling the fine art world, Stephen Foggy, Foggy Forest you of Chicken Licken, Peanut and the bear with the picture books of all time Mackey’s lavishly rich will find all your favourite tells the story of a tiny banjo teach us about is given a new dimension illustrations tell the story fairytale characters. monkey, terrified of the friendship and living in in this pop-up theatre of three friends’ survival From a fairy queen on a world around him. This harmony with nature. book. Children can act out in a land far, far away. A trampoline to the three is a magical story about Beautiful watercolour the story on the specially beautiful book to treasure bears on picnic chairs, this bravery and the value of illustrations in Melling’s crafted stage or create their and enjoy time and time is a terrific book to read friendship. distinctive style bring that own Gruffalo story. again. aloud to young children. ISBN: 9781406310283 Hardback added touch of magic. ISBN: 9780230531796 ISBN: 9780340950647 Hardback ISBN: 9781406303377 Hardback RRP: £10.99 ISBN: 9780340930465 Hardback Published November RRP: £10.99 RRP: £8.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 RRP: £10.99 RRP: £15.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 Blackwell price: £6.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 Blackwell price: £10.99
The Great Paper Caper The Arrival Stick Man The Story Blanket The Baby in the Hat Commander Nova’s Pop- Oliver Jeffers up Alien Space Station Shaun Tan Julia Donaldson Ferida Wolff, Harriet May Savitz Allan Ahlberg, André Amstutz Something is amiss in the forest and it’s up Effortlessly talented Cracking fun from the A beautiful and lyrical tale What could be more Steve Cox to the quirky forest inhabitants to get to the Shaun Tan brings us Donaldson/Scheffler team, about sharing with others enchanting than a romance Do not miss this brilliant bottom of the mystery. A hilarious whodunit another classic, the story Stick Man tries desperately which tells the story of that begins when a baby interactive spaceship and from a hugely talented author and illustrator. of a refugee. Told with to make his way home. Babba Zarrah, the village girl falls into a hat? Follow book that will enchant ISBN: 9780007182299 Hardback no words, just stunning Tackling an over-friendly storyteller, and what she the boy that saves her as he children of all ages. Nick RRP: £11.99 illustrations, this tale is dog, nest-building birds does with her treasured becomes a man. Nova will take you on a Blackwell price: £9.99 both relevant and moving and a fearsome fire - it’s a story blanket when she ISBN: 9780744581362 Hardback cosmic adventure! by the author of The Lost long journey back to the learns the villagers are in RRP: £10.99 Thing and The Red Tree. family tree. need of new clothes. ISBN: 9781405091022 RRP: £14.99 ISBN: 9780340969939 Hardback ISBN: 9781407106175 Hardback ISBN: 9781842706947 Hardback Blackwell price: £8.99 RRP: £14.99 RRP: £10.99 RRP: £10.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 Blackwell price: £11.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 29 Young Fiction
Ottoline Goes to School Little Leap Forward Madame Pamplemousse The Lying Carpet The Boy in the Dress Chris Riddell Guo Yue, Clare Farrow and Her Incredible David Lucas David Walliams The second imaginative A haunting tale of growing Edibles A witty and enduring story Co-creator of Little Britain, and funny story of up in China brought Rupert Kingfisher on the virtue of truth and Walliam’s debut children’s Ottoline, a young girl who together with beautiful Young Madeleine is standing up for what you novel is a witty and leads a very unusual life watercolour illustrations. miserable working for believe in told in a playful charming story about what with her hairy friend Mr This book conveys a rich her ghastly uncle in his way through the distinctive happens when an ordinary Munroe. Together they tapestry of Chinese culture horrible restaurant until and eccentric characters - a boy does something embark on a big adventure to a new audience. she comes across Madame marble statue and a tiger extraordinary. Illustrated at the Alice B Smoth ISBN: 9781846861130 Hardback Pamplemouse and her skin rug. throughout by the artistic School for the Differently RRP: £9.99 wonderful shop. A ISBN: 9781842704417 Hardback genius that is Quentin Gifted. culinary fairytale of food, RRP: £9.99 Blake. ISBN: 9781405050586 Hardback Blackwell price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780007279036 Hardback friendship and magic. Blackwell price: £7.99 RRP: £8.99 ISBN: 9780747592310 Hardback RRP: £12.99 RRP: £6.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 Blackwell price: £4.99
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Hello Tilly Polly Dunbar Mr Gum and the Dancing Alien Invasion! Little Plum The Battle for Christmas Stone Goblins Introducing a series of loveable characters, Bear Michael Morpurgo Rumer Godden Jeremy Strong Tommy Donbavand Polly Dunbar has written and illustrated a delightful story to entertain young readers. Andy Stanton A charming series of When Gem moves into The Can Ellie and Max save This is the first in a great ISBN: 9781406309065 Hardback Mr. Gum returns in the adventures for younger House Next Door, Nona Christmas for the world new series from David RRP: £9.99 fifth shamelessly hilarious readers, featuring a family and Belinda think she’s - or will they be arrested Melling. Saggypant and book. It’s a rollicker! It’s of all sorts of animals that stuck up and vow to have for being mince spies? This Seapage are stone goblins, Blackwell price: £6.99 a frolicker! It’s a funtime live in the farmyard behind nothing to do with her. is the first book in a new but unfortunately not very sun-time yollicker! the tumble-down barn on But the beautiful Japanese series about the Cosmic good at collecting stones… Mudpuddle Farm! doll in her window soon Pyjamas. They’re magical ISBN: 9780340930489 Paperback ISBN: 9781405241793 Paperback attracts their attention… and they’re dangerous. You RRP: £5.99 ISBN: 9780007275137 Paperback RRP: £3.99 RRP: £4.99 ISBN: 9780330452137 have been warned! Published November Paperback ISBN: 9780141324630 Paperback RRP: £4.99 RRP: £4.99
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Hazel’s Phantasmagoria The Graveyard Book A Finder’s Magic Leander Deeny Kaspar Prince of Cats Pip: The Story of Olive Neil Gaiman Philippa Pearce Hazel’s holiday at her Michael Morpurgo Kim Kane A wildly imaginative and Published posthumously, terrifying Aunt’s home Multi award-winning Olive just doesn’t seem gripping novel about a this is a beautiful and turns into a nightmare - a author Michael Morpurgo to fit in at school and life young boy called Bod. gentle story by the author living nightmare. With a is back with a thoroughly at home isn’t easy either Brought up by ghosts and of Tom’s Midnight Garden. band of mixed-up animals, entertaining adventure until Pip comes along ghouls having escaped the Bringing to life many Hazel helps conjure up featuring Kaspar, the only and changes everything. clutches of a dastardly wonderful creatures from frightening dreams of cat to survive the sinking This is a spirited and murderer, can Bod the countryside who the unknown. You’ll be of the Titanic. warm-hearted story about continue to hide forever? together help a young boy dreaming long after you learning to be yourself. turn the last page...... ISBN: 9780007266999 Hardback ISBN: 9780747569015 Hardback called Till find his beloved RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9780385613309 Hardback RRP: £12.99 dog Bess. ISBN: 9781847244239 Hardback RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9781406309225 Hardback RRP: £9.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 Blackwell price: £10.99 RRP: £9.99 Blackwell price: £6.99 Blackwell price: £7.99
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Artemis Fowl and the The Savage Cookie Cosmic By Royal Command Time Paradox David Almond Jacqueline Wilson Frank Cottrell Boyce Charlie Higson Oath Breaker Eoin Colfer Blue is writing a story Focussing on the trials This story centres on a Set to be the most exciting Michelle Paver The sixth in the series sees about the Savage. Soon and tribulations of Beauty quirky 11 year old called Young Bond adventure Jan Torak returns in his latest quest Artemis forced to travel the Savage becomes real Cookson, a plain, timid Liam who desperately yet - James is forced to flee to eliminate the terrifying Soul Eaters. back in time to face his as the story gets a life of girl with a controlling wants to compete with to Austria when he finds Venturing back to the deep forest, Torak younger, evil self to save a its own. Blue starts to father. She and her mother the big boys at school. An himself in the middle of a finally discover the true meaning of his creature from extinction wonder where he ends and decide to break free and immensely enjoyable story, deadly war of secrets and quest. Another terrific story from Michelle that is his mother’s only the Savage begins. David start a new life at the appealing to any reader lies - can James save his Paver. hope of survival from a life McKean’s amazing artwork seaside. Another winning looking for something a country from a deadly plot ISBN: 9781842551745 Hardback perfectly complements this story from the nation’s little different. to unleash bloodshed and threatening illness… RRP: £9.99 part-novel part-comic. favourite author. ISBN: 9781405054645 Hardback mayhem? ISBN: 9780141383330 Hardback Blackwell price: £7.99 RRP: £12.99 ISBN: 9781406308150 Hardback ISBN: 9780385613972 Hardback RRP: £9.99 ISBN: 9780141384511 Hardback RRP: £7.99 RRP: £12.99 RRP: £12.99 Blackwell price: £10.99 Blackwell price: £6.99 Blackwell price: £10.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 31 Young Adult Fiction
The Kiss of Death Necropolis Bloodchild Brisingr Once Upon a Time in the Marcus Sedgwick Anthony Horowitz Tim Bowler Christopher Paolini North A gripping, thrilling and Anthony Horowitz returns When a boy wakes up in The long awaited Philip Pullman gothic story set against the with his eagerly anticipated a deserted lane he has no third instalment of the This is the second book in backdrop of 18th century fourth book in The Power idea if he is alive or dead Inheritance Cycle sees a Trilogy where Pullman Venice, a city inhabited by of Five series. The world or of the terrifying ordeal dragon rider Eragon face introduces characters from cruel and devious vampires is about to be taken over ahead of him as he battles unimaginable challenges. his Dark Materials. In this and dark, hidden secrets. by pure evil and only five with his memory. A tense The perfect gift for fans book, Pullman narrates ISBN: 9781842551851 Hardback children stand a chance and powerful psychological of this immensely popular the story of Lee Scoresby’s RRP: £9.99 of saving it. A brilliant, thriller. series. first adventure as a balloon adventurous read! ISBN: 9780192719805 Hardback ISBN: 9780385607919 Hardback pilot as a young man. Blackwell price: £7.99 ISBN: 9781844286225 Hardback RRP: £12.99 RRP: £16.99 ISBN: 9780385614320 Hardback RRP: £12.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 Blackwell price: £12.99 RRP: £9.99 Blackwell price: £9.99 Blackwell price: £7.99
Nation Double Cross Traitor Game Sovay Bog Child Breaking Dawn Terry Pratchett Malorie Blackman B. R. Collins Celia Rees Siobhan Dowd Stephenie Meyer After a huge storm Mau The forth in the series tells When Michael believes Set in England during the A stunningly dark tale The eagerly awaited fourth novel in the is the last survivor of the story of Callie and Francis has betrayed him French Revolution, Sovay, about a troubled boy series that has an ever-growing worldwide his nation. He thinks he Tobey. Tobey does his best and their created world of hell-bent on revenge, called Fergus. After following. Curl up on a dark winters night to is alone until he meets to avoid the gangs in his Evgard he refuses to help becomes a highway robber finding a body whilst up a discover the fate of Bella and Edward. Daphne. Other survivors neighbourhood in order to Francis when he becomes to test her unfaithful mountain, Fergus discovers ISBN: 9781905654284 Hardback begin to emerge and preserve a better future for the victim of attack. Can fiancee. Will she be able to his life is crumbling before RRP: £12.99 together they start to forge himself and Callie - but can their friendship survive? resist the lure of corruption his very eyes. A mysterious Blackwell price: £10.99 a new Nation. one job really ruin it all? And what will happen in and evil and if so - to what and provocative novel for ISBN: 9780385613705 Hardback ISBN: 9780385615518 Published Evgard now the friends are cost? mature readers. RRP: £16.99 November Hardback at war? ISBN: 9780747592006 Hardback ISBN: 9780385614269 Hardback ISBN: 9780747594383 Hardback Blackwell price: £12.99 RRP: £12.99 RRP: £10.99 RRP: £10.99 RRP: £10.99 Blackwell price: £10.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 Blackwell price: £8.99 32 Blackwell price: £8.99 Children’s Reference
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Moon Landing Pop Up My Brilliant Body The Book of Big Excuses Wow! The Visual 10 Things I Can Do To Richard Platt, David Hawcock Guy MacDonald Tracey Turner Encyclopedia of Help My World To commemorate the 40th A terrific book crammed Hilarious and inventive, Everything Melanie Walsh anniversary of the moon full of unknown and great for those moments An important and landing, this stunning bizarre facts about the when you can’t think of A traditional encyclopedia timely book for pre- pop-up books bring to life human body. It also offers anything more original with a 21st century twist; school children, this the remarkable moment some very handy tips for ‘than the dog ate my this substantial book offers quirky introduction to in history for a new readers young and old! homework’. Amuse your the best of both worlds. environmental topics such generation. ISBN: 9781905158911 Hardback family and friends for Stunning visuals are as conservation and energy ISBN: 9781406315271 RRP: £7.99 hours. combined with bite-sized does so with a light and Published November Hardback ISBN: 9780340970553 Hardback facts and figures covering a playful touch. RRP: £14.99 RRP: £6.99 cool one million topics. ISBN: 9781406310863 Hardback half price ISBN: 9781405322485 Hardback RRP: £9.99 RRP: £19.99 Blackwell price: £15.99
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