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		Fierce Friends
		Artists and Animals, 1750-1900		Art Natural History
		Louise Lippincott; Andreas Bluhm
		Merrell 2005  160 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1858943000  280x240mm		Qty
		Published Price £29.95		Our Price £7.99
	Beginning in 1738 with The Ostrich Hunt by Carle Vanloo and ending in 1907 with the creation of 'Dippy', the Carnegie Institute's diplodocus, the Fierce Friends exhibition used artistic depictions to explore changing attitudes to animals over the period of the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution and, crucially, Darwin's work on evolution. As well as paintings, the catalogue presents works in media as diverse as taxidermy and book illustration, each with a full commentary on its significance in art and what it tells us of contemporary relationships between man and beast. Foreword by Desmond Morris.

		This Little Britain
		How One Small Country Built the Modern World		British Isles History
		Harry Bingham
		Fourth Estate 2007  362 pages
		Hardback    0007258488		Qty
		Published Price £12.99		Our Price £4.99
	Harry Bingham offers an antidote to the British self-denigration of today: to those who bemoan the effects of modern multiculturalism he points out that 'the Viking version of multiculturalism generally involved a sword in the belly', and he offers a light-hearted and, above all, positive survey of British culture that emphasizes the things we did first, the things we did best and the British 'oddities which spread across the world - everything from football to the rule of law'.

		A Cotswold Christmas
				British Isles History
		June Lewis-Jones
		Tempus 2006  192 pages
		Paperback  Illustrated  0752439758		Qty
		Published Price £9.99		Our Price £3.99
	'Will ee let the Mummers in?' asks the Spirit of Christmas at the start of the Fairford Mumming Play. The whole script appears in this varied collection of Cotswolds carols and customs, stories, poetry, folklore and reminiscences, and seasonal recipes, including a local catering establishment's wartime Christmas Dinner for 400 Persons (85 pounds of pork at one shilling and sixpence a pound and 60 pints of gravy).

		The Chambers Dictionary
		10th edition		Reference
		Ian Brookes     (Edited by)
		Chambers 2007  1839 pages
		Hardback    0550101853  268x175mm		Qty
		Published Price £35.00		Our Price £12.99
	Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary was first published in 1901 and quickly secured the trust of its users with its comprehensive coverage of English, while also delighting them with archaic and unusual words and a sprinkling of humorous and playful definitions. Over 100 years later, its direct successor remains the dictionary of choice for professional writers, crossword puzzle enthusiasts and everyone with a love of words. This 10th edition includes over 500 new words and meanings. Foreword by Melvyn Bragg.

		The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton
				Biography Crafts & Hobbies
		Kathryn Hughes
		Fourth Estate 2005  525 pages
		Hardback    1841153737		Qty
		Published Price £20.00		Our Price £6.99
	When Isabella Mary Beeton, nee Mayson (1836-65) died in childbirth, the publishing phenomenon of Mrs Beeton remained very much alive. She was to become a household name, although many assumed she was a publisher's ploy - a made up person. Kathryn Hughes, with unprecedented access to Beeton's letters and diaries, reconstructs the life story of the young woman whose death and life were previously so obscured, and she also examines how, almost from the moment of Isabella's death, 'Mrs Beeton' became a potent commercial and cultural force.

		All Gong and No Dinner
		1001 Homely Phases and Curious Domestic Sayings		Reference
		Nigel Rees
		Collins 2007  414 pages
		Hardback    0007249357		Qty
		Published Price £12.99		Our Price £4.99
	'Hang the expense - throw the cat another kipper', 'put another dog on the bed'... such homely phrases and family sayings are the stuff of this wonderfully entertaining compendium. A by-product of the BBC radio show Quote... Unquote, they are arranged by themes such as bed and sex ('how's your father?), personal characteristics ('all mouth and trousers') and time ('heavens, eleven o'clock and not a whore in the house dressed'), with explanations of origins and meanings - although these are not always obvious, as in 'I should cocoa!'.

 

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