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[[Category:Reference|*]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paul Jarvis1394159544|title=British Airways Colouring BookRecycling for Dummies|author=Sarah Winkler|rating=45|genre=CraftsLifestyle|summary=Over the past couple of years we've seen a lot 'Recycling one ton of colouring books: flowers, patterns, fantasy creatures, characters and settings from television shows, films and books and lots more, but I plastic cansave up to 16.3 barrels of oil.'t recollect that we've ever before had one which featured a  ''companyRecycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees from being cut down.'' If you send an apple core to landfill, it will take between 6 months and 2 years to decompose. Mind youA glass bottle will take up to 1 million years. As a just-post-WWII baby, British AirwaysI faced a dilemma: reducing, reusing and recycling is rather special; iconic and rather more long lasting than most passing celebritiespart of my DNA. It has NEVER throw away anything that might ''heritage'' and ''traditionpossibly''come in handy now or in the future. NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that would serve the purpose. The ''British Airways Colouring Book'' is based on exclusive posters, photographs Almost everything can be used one more time and artwork from any purchase must pass the companytest of 'Is this absolutely essential?'s archives and the 46 images allow the reader to recreate these as they wish. There's a bonus too: on On the facing page other hand, I suspected I was guilty of each image therewishcycling: assuming that something must be recyclable (toothpaste tubes - I's a potted historym looking at you) and dropping it in the kerbside bin. Yes, I passed could go searching on the book to someone with an interest in BA internet - and he found the book interesting and informative ''without'' even thinking of doing any colouringget conflicting advice - but what I needed was a recycling bible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144566612X</amazonuk>s

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Simon Rogers1913750353|title= Infographics: TechnologyBritannica's Word of the Day|author=Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Sue Macy|rating= 5|genre= ReferenceChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=As parents, we can often be bombarded with questions as our children start ''Britannica's Word of the Day'' has a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to Stretch Your Cranium and Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to discover the worldknow about this brilliant book. These questions soon become increasingly complex, especially It starts on January 1st with the latest technological advances. How do computers work? What's inside a smartphone? How can earth communicate with spacecraft? Thankfully we now have a handy'Razzmatazz'', illustrated guide tells you how to help us: pronounce it (''Infographics: Technologyraz-muh-TAZ''), gives you a definition and then includes the word in a sentence so that you know how it should be used. You also get an engaging and frequently amusing illustration too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783704489</amazonuk> I don't think I've ever encountered a word which uses the letter Z four times before!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Felicity Trotman (editor)suppl_stafl|title=WinterSupply Chain 20/20: A Clear View on the Local Multiplier Effect for Book for the SeasonLovers|author=Kim Staflund|rating=34.5|genre=AnthologiesReference|summary=This seasonal anthology contains a nice mixture of poetrySo, nature you've finished writing your book and travel pieces, you think the hard work is all done? You're convinced that all you need to do now is get it published and the money will start rolling in? Wrong and excerpts from longer works of fictionwrong again. Felicity Trotman, You presumably wrote the book because you wanted to - and you had a freelance editor and member of talent for delivering the written word. You knew your subject back to front. Now you're going to have to get to grips with the English Civil War Societybook supply chain, has arranged which even parts of the material into three sections: 'The Old Yearpublishing industry believe to be wrong but it's too difficult to change and no one wants to be the first to try. Then, when you 'Christmas, Sacred and Secular', and finally'The New Year'. This creates an appropriate sense have a copy of chronological progressionthe book in your hands, and also serves you're going to have to work out how to make Christmas the heart of the book. Blacksell it -and-white illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets a short paragraph of biography and backgroundbecause it ''is'' going to be down to you.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445664747</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author= Caroline TaggartFrederic Gros|title= Misadventures in the English LanguageA Philosophy of Walking|rating= 3.5|genre= ReferencePolitics and Society|summary=Misadventures I confess I picked this one up from the library in the English Language styles itself as my pre-lockdown forage of random stuff. Now I have to go out an examination of buy my own copy so that I can turn down the confusing bits of grammar, vocabulary pages I have marked and punctuationreturn to its varying wisdom when I need to. Some books draw you in slowly. This one had me in the first two pages, with some indication of which rules matter and which can be broken without dire consequences, though itwherein Gros explains why ''walking is not a sport's actually broader than this description makes it sound. It has chapters on: words and phrases borrowed from other languages, new usage and changes of meaning, common grammar and punctuation pitfalls, confusing spellings, dreadful jargon, and using unnecessary words that don't add anything to your sentence except length.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1782436472</amazonuk>1781688370

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Dave Haslett and Geoff Nelder1788037812|title= How To Win Short Story CompetitionsThe Fraternity of the Estranged: The Fight for Homosexual Rights in England, 1891-1908|author=Brian Anderson|rating= 3.5|genre= ReferenceBiography|summary= This guide to what is Originally passed in 1885, the law that had made homosexual relations a crime remained in place for many writers the first step 82 years. But during this time, restrictions on their path to glory (or same-sex relationships did not) is only available go unchallenged. Between 1891 and 1908, three books on the nature of homosexuality appeared. They were written by two homosexual men: Edward Carpenter and John Addington Symonds, as a Kindle download or well as a PDF direct from the publisher's websiteheterosexual Havelock Ellis. It is not issued Exploring the margins of society and studying homosexuality was common on the European Continent, but barely talked about in print format. Given the low price on AmazonUK, so the publications of these men were hugely significant – contributing to the scientific understanding of homosexuality, it feels like a worthwhile investment and beginning the struggle for anyone interested recognition and equality, leading to the milestone legalisation of same-sex relationships in taking this route to enhance their writing profile1967.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B0083YRFI0</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Alexandra Coghlan1912242052|title= Carols from King's: The Stories of our Favourite Carols from King's CollegeO Joy for me!|author=Keir Davidson|rating= 4.53|genre= ReferenceArt|summary=The exquisite sound of a lone chorister singing ''Once in Royal David's City'Oh Joy for me!' amid the chapel of King's College, Cambridge, marks the start of the Christmas festivities gives Coleridge credit for millions of people round the globe. Broadcast at 3pm on Chrismas Eve, being ''A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols'' provides a precious moment of tranquility amongst the bustle of the festive season. Here author Alexandra Coghlan takes the reader on a journey through the fascinating history of carols, from the very first - sung by the angels person to walk the shepherds at Bethlehem - to anecdotes from contemporary King's choristersmountains alone, and shows them how carols have evolved from pagan songs not because he had to become one of our nation's most sacred treasures. Accompanied by lyrics and music and compiled in conjunction with Radio 4 and King's College Chapelfor work, ''Carols from King's'' is the official companion for fans of Christmas and carols alike. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785940945</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Dave Haslett and Kate Haslett|title= The Date-A-Base Book 2017|rating= 4|genre= Reference|summary=So here's as a question for you: how do you go about reviewing a list - especially a list that runs to 3miner,800 entries and 544 pages? Noquarryman, I'm not sure eithershepherd or pack-horse driver, but I'm going because he wanted to give it a go.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B01C4TZ4FA</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Nev Schulman|title= In Real Life: Love, Lies & Identity in the Digital Age|rating= 4|genre= Reference|summary= Nev (it's pronounced Neev) is a man who knows about the darker side of online dating. Known for his documentary ''Catfish'' – a film which showed an online flirtation going sour, Nev then began making a tv show of the same name, travelling America to offer advice to those in online relationships, pleasure and possibly being catfished (which means being lured into a relationship by someone adopting a fictional online persona)adventure. Now the go-to expert in online relationships for millenials, a generation who have never known a world without Facebook, Twitter, Instagram His rapturous encounters with their natural beauty, and other online places where interactions can form. Hereits literary consequences, he takes his investigation to the page – exploring relationships in the era changed our view of social media, delving deeply into the complexities of dating in a digital age, and continuing the dialogue his show has begun about how we interact with each other online – as well as sharing insights from his own storyworld''. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473608066</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Neil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kate Clarke and M W Oldridge1072549271|title=The Simple Act of Self-Publishing With Amazon: ASimple Step by Step Guide|author=Georgianne Landy-Z of Victorian Crime Kordis

|genre=True CrimeBusiness and Finance|summary= Victorian crime has never ceased I frequently meet authors who are struggling to cast its spell. Is it because such terrible goingsbe published by the traditional houses, but when I suggest self-on took place sufficiently long ago publishing they explain that they do not disgust us in don't have the same way as equally dreadful events frombig bucks required to go down that road with Author Solutions or Matador or their like. I then ask if they've considered Kindle and the answer is, sayinevitably, the last few days of which we read from todaythat they wouldn's papers or online coverage? Whatever the reasont know where to start. I can empathise with that. Despite having used a computer for about thirty years, there is an endless fascination with murders and other major transgressions running most of the law from the era of gas lamps my life ''and swirling fog – true Victorian melodrama'' a website online, misbehaviour and horror from real life writ largeI'm still nervous when it comes to starting something new. It is amply catered I like someone to hold my hand as I go through it for in this title, the joint work first time. That was why I was very interested when ''The Simple Act of four authorsSelf Publishing With Amazon'' came across my desk...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445647869</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Alexandra HarrisHigashida_Fall|title= WeatherlandFall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: Writers A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism|author=Naoki Higashida and artists under English skiesDavid Mitchell|rating= 4.5|genre= ReferenceHome and Family|summary=The story of English culture over a thousand Naoki Higashida was only 13 years can be told as old when he wrote the story of changing ideas about the weather. A sweeping panorama, international best-seller ''WeatherlandThe Reason I Jump'' explores how writers and artists, looking up at . The book was popular because it gave a rare glimpse into the same skies and walking in workings of the brisk airautistic mind, have felt very different thingsas told from the unique perspective of a teenager with non-verbal autism. A journey through centuries and culturesNaoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, Harris walks or by tracing letters on the reader through misty moor palm of a transcriber. Despite this slow and foggy fenlaborious method of writing, lays with them on bright sunlit beaches, treks with them he has published several books in his native Japan and manages to give public presentations to stormy summits, and introduces them raise awareness of his condition. Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to Naoki as a fascinating cast of writers, artists young adult in his 20s and cultural figures along the wayexplains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0500292655</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Hugh JefferiesJenkins_100|title=Great Britain Concise Catalogue 2016's 100 Best Railway Stations|author=Simon Jenkins

|genre=ReferenceArt|summary=It's difficult to believe that it's the 30th anniversary of the first publication of ''Great Britain Concise'', but this is In the thirtymid-first editiontwentieth century, with just under 500 pages and over three and a half thousand illustrations. It feels almost painful to look back to the days when the choice railway was between the ''Collect British Stamps'' series something which never pretended (or pretends) harked back to be more than a checklist (but got many people off to a sound start - myself included) and the specialised series, which is beyond the purse of many amateur collectors. ''Great Britain Concise'' sits comfortably between the two extremes Victorian age with an affordable cover price.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0852599722</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Robert Kershaw|title= 24 Hours at the Somme|rating= 5|genre= Reference|summary=''They came past one trains being supplanted by one...walking lumps of claycars and planes, with torn clothingbut steam was being replaced by oil, hollow cheeks even then and sunken eyes...There was a dreadful weariness, but a wildness burning in their fevered eyes, showing what this appalling hand the twenty-first-century oil is giving way to hand fighting had cost them. Utterly unforgivable for me..electricity.It'' So goes the description of the mens cleaner, more environmentally friendly and the stations which we''ghostsd all rushed through as quickly as possible, keen to escape their grime,'' at the end of the first day of the Somme. July 1 2016 will mark 100 years since this most bloody of battles took place. It was supposed were restored and became places to be the optimistic 'Big Push' that would end the Great Waradmired, but by sunset of the first day the British casualties numbered 57,470possibly even lingered in. The battle would rage until November that year, with the total number of casualties on all sides exceeding one millionSimon Jenkins has chosen his hundred best railway stations.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0753555476</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David CrystalTaylor_Owls|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean PronunciationOwls: A Guide to Every Species|author=Marianne Taylor

|genre=ReferenceAnimals and Wildlife|summary=Language changesI feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of piercing orange eyes are staring right at me, not only in locking me into their gaze. In contrast with the hardness of the way that it's writtendeep-amber eyes, but also in soft grey feathers fan out into the way that it's ''pronounced''surrounding area, intricate, detailed and beautiful. I've seen changes over my lifetime An enigma; harsh and even more substantial changes have occurred in gentle at the four hundred years since Shakespeare died. For someone watching or reading a play same time, the differences are not usually material: we can generally understand what owl is being said, but occasionally we're going beckoning the reader to miss jokes which rely on turn the pages and take a certain pronunciation, or the fine nuances of what is being saidcloser look inside. What's required is a dictionary of the original pronunciation and that's exactly what David Crystal has provided. I'm only surprised that it's taken so long for such a book to appear.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0199668426</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Andrew DicksonJVDK_ELO|title= Worlds ElsewhereElectric Light Orchestra: Song by Song|author=John Van der Kiste|rating= 4.5|genre= ReferenceEntertainment|summary=From My memories of pop music in the early sixties revolve around guitars and drums, sometimes the piano with only occasional excursions into strings and brass. Pop music rarely stands still and it wasn't long before the sixteenth-century Baltic basic instruments were seen as constraints and The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys began to the American Revolutionexperiment, with other groups following where they led. Amongst these groups was The Move and their lead guitarist and songwriter, from colonial India Roy Wood. Wood wanted to develop the skyscrapers of modern-day Shanghai, Shakespearegroup's plays appear at sound by adding more instruments but was prevented from achieving what he wanted by cost limitations and because the most fascinating rest of times in the most unexpected of places. But what is it about Shakespeare – a man who never once left England, which has made him an icon across the globe? Travelling across four continents, six countries and 400 years, group didn''Worlds Elsewhere'' attempts to understand Shakespeare in t really share his role as an international phenomenonenthusiasm.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099578956</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Graeme DonaldHendrix_PBHell|title=Words Paperbacks from Hell: A History of a FeatherHorror Fiction from the '70s and '80s|author=Grady Hendrix|rating=4.5|genre=ReferenceHorror|summary= Words of a Feather. The title alone suggests an engaging read about languageDemonic possession, murderous babies, and the book certainly delivers. It pairs seemingly unrelated wordsman-eating moths… for these books, digs up their etymological roots and reveals their common ancestry. The English languageno plot was too ludicrous, of courseno cover art too appalling, provides rich pickings indeed for a book of this type no evil too despicable. Now horror author Grady Hendrix risks his soul and it is fascinating his sanity (not to see mention the hidden meaning behind common and not-so-common words. Some connections are fairly obvious once you read them. For example, the link between reader''grotto'' and ''grotesque'' is easy s!) to grasp: relate the word ''grotesque'' derives from unpleasant figures depicted in murals true, untold story of a fascinating and often forgotten era in Ancient Roman ''grottoes''publishing. Other connections are just extraordinary, like  Read the sosynapse-crazyshattering story summaries!<br>See the horrific hand-youpainted cover imagery!<br>And learn the true-couldn't-make-it-up connection between ''furnace'' and ''fornicate''. These two words date back to Ancient Rome when prostitutes took over life tales of the city's abandoned baking domes. And some connections are more than a little tenuouswriters, seemingly just a collection of words banded togetherartists, as is the case with the ''insult'' and ''salmon'' pairingpublishers who gleefully violated every literary law but one – never be boring. One of my personal favourites: the Italian word ''schiavo'' for ''slave'' was used to summon or dismiss a slave; this word became corrupted to ''ciao'', a word the more well-heeled among us use instead of ''goodbye''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178418814X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Stephen HickmanBrowne_Many|title= The Art Many Faces of Stephen HickmanCoincidence|author=Laurence Browne|rating= 43.5|genre= FantasyPopular Science|summary= Stephen Hickman has been Browne does not mislead with this choice of title; he does without a well known artist in doubt explore the Fantasy and Science Fiction worlds for a number many faces of years now, having created covers for authors such as Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, and Larry Niven. His paintings are vibrant, kinetic, sometimes scary, often sensual, traditional, and yet moderncoincidence. ''The Art of Stephen Hickman'' collects hundreds of these paintings, and the artist himself provides an intriguing commentary alongside which offers a fascinating glimpse into the artistic process. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783298456</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John Sutherland1903385679|title=How Good is Your Grammar?The 100 Best Novels in Translation|author=Boyd Tonkin|rating=3.5

|summary=In the preface of Consider, if you will, translated fiction. Some say it's impossible – that if a book was so good in one tongue it could never survive being put into another. Samuel Beckett must have laboured over ever syllable and ''How Good is Your Grammar?Breath'', John Sutherland suggests but he could translate his own works, and other equally complex pieces can cross borders. It's a market that the abolition of grammar schools has actually doubled in the 1960s coincided with a general decline sales volume between 2000 and 2016 (thanks, ''Millennium Trilogy''). Novels, in grammatical standards particular, in translation, are – as the decades introduction here so smartly puts it – ''a privileged means of passing border posts, a sort of universal passport issued by that followed. In our modern age Utopian state, the Republic of Letters''text-speak. We here at the ' Bag regularly try and emoticonsgive equal credit to the translator, the need for grammatical correctness seems to without whom we wouldn't be rather low on reading what we have in our agenda, maybe even regarded as irrelevant by somehands. Is this gradual erosion an inevitable part of the evolution of communicationBut all that said, or will certain rules always remain an intrinsic part do we really need one of those list books about the fabric of languagesubject? Only time will tellI got given a book the other year detailing 1001 places to go to before I die, but for those wishing and I might even then have missed out a zero. It would take as long as a fortnight's holiday to brush up on their grammar skillswade through, Sutherland has compiled 100 quiz questions that he claims are the and even though this is not as long as your typical Bolano housebrick, it''ultimate test'' for his readerss not a short thing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780722575</amazonuk>Should it take our time?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Lucy AdlingtonFry_Mythos|title= Stitches in TimeMythos: The Story A Retelling of the Clothes We Wear Myths of Ancient Greece|author=Stephen Fry|rating=45|genre= HistoryReference|summary=''Stitches in Time'' is a lively history of clothing. Riffling through the wardrobes of years gone byThe Greek Myths are, arguably, costume historian Lucy Adlington reveals the greatest stories underneath the clothes we wear in this tour of the history of fashion, ranging from ancient times to the present dayever told. With beautiful illustrations So old and influential they cast a shadow over western tales and full colour photographstraditions, ''Stitches in Time'' is a reminder of how the way we dress is inextricably bound up with considerations of aestheticsyet remain relatable and readable millennia later. Here comedian, sexactor, gendertelevision presenter, class actor and lifestyle – author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to these special stories and recreates them with a wit, warmth and offers humanity that brings them into the reader modern age whilst still giving the chance to appreciate the extraordinary qualities of the clothing we wear, honour and respect that such ancient and the rich history it has ledinfluential stories deserve. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847947263</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Jody RevensonMahnke_Lore|title= Harry PotterThe World of Lore, Volume 1: The Character VaultMonstrous Creatures|author=Aaron Mahnke|rating= 4.5|genre= EntertainmentReference|summary= Unlock new information about your favourite characters from Every country, every town, every village has a folktale – a story passed down through generations that often focuses on the Harry Potter film seriesdark and unexplained. This coffeetable book profiles No matter how the modern world moves on, there's a still a part of everyone that is vulnerable to a goodtale. From ghosts to werewolves, badby way of wendigos and elves, and everything in between – author Aaron Mahnke delivers the reader legends from Harry and Ron to Voldemort and Umbridge. Hugely detailed and filled with beautiful illustrationsall over the world, imageswhilst examining how they've become part of our collective imaginations, and never before seen glimpses still striking fear into the design process – this book will answer your questions about character design in the Harry Potter serieshearts of many of us today.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0062407449</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve SilbermanFowler_Forgotten|title=Neurotribes: The Legacy Book of Autism and How to Think Smarter about People Who Think DifferentlyForgotten Authors|author=Christopher Fowler

|summary=''NeurotribesAbsence doesn't make the heart grow fonder'' is is an ambitious book. It aims to challenge the widely-held perception that autism is a disability, or a developmental delay. One of my favourite quotes from the book is this: ''One way to understand neurodiversity is to makes people think in terms of you'human operating systems' instead of diagnostic labelsre dead... Just because a computer is not running Windows doesn't mean that it's broken.''

This refreshing approach underpins the whole of this ground-breaking workThere's truth in that statement, you know, which is essentially but there's a potted-history of autism from the distant past conundrum when it's applied to the present dayauthors. It will fascinate and enlighten anyone with an interest in the subjectShakespeare is dead: Dickens is dead, or who but we haven't buried what they've written: that lives on until... when? Is it until fashion decrees that they should be no more? Or is affectedit, directly or indirectly, by as in the condition. For autistic peoplecase of some children's authors that they are on life support through licensing deals and astute marketing? Christopher Fowler has unearthed (exhumed?) ninety-nine authors who were once hugely popular, this book represents their roots; their cultural historybut whose works have disappeared, and illustrates how far the autistic community have come over the past few decadessometimes quite literally.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1760113638</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Mary McDonagh MurphyAngell_Triang|title= Scout, Atticus and BooTri-ang Collectables|author=Dave Angell|rating= 43.5|genre= Reference|summary= First published in 1960, ‘’To Kill a Mockingbird’’ is not only a beloved classic, but a touchstone in literary and social historyA guide to the trains produced by the Tri-ang company from its inception until the company became Hornby. ‘’Scout, Atticus & Boo’’ commorates A very personal guide to the fifty years plus since ‘’To Kill a Mockingbird’’ was published, and discusses its impact with contributions from Oprah Winfrey, James Patterson, Adriana Trigiani and Wally Lamb amongst others – particularly Alice Finch Lee, Harper Lee’s older sister who passed away last yearcollecting of model trains. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>178475305X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Stanley GibbonsChase_Orchids|title=Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2015The Book of Orchids: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world|author=Mark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz and Tom Mirenda

|summary=The thirtieth edition of the Stanley Gibbons Concise Stamp catalogue lives up to expectations once againOne in seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid: there are 26,000 species in 749 genera. It's been extensively updated They flourish in remarkable habitats such as deserts and prices have been revised in line with the current marketArctic circle, leading to thousands of price increases (particularly in varietiesfact, errorsall areas but the most inhospitable. There's a wide range of colours, Machinsshapes and scents: they're dramatic, Post & Go stamps delicate and booklets), which will please you - or ingenious in the ways that they've developed not - depending on whether you're a seller or a buyerjust to survive but to thrive. ItTom Mirenda describes them as 's pitched at that sector 'masters of the market which has outgrown manipulation'' and ''Collect British Stampsfamous for lying and cheating their way to their many evolutionary successes'', but not yet graduated to the [[Stamps his love of them is as obvious as his respect for the World 2011 by Stanley Gibbons|Stamps of insight they give us into the World series]]processes which shaped our world. The cover price of £34.95 is reasonable when you see the amount of work - and technology - which He hopes that understanding how that has gone into the creation of the bookcome about will inspire us to conserve what we have.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0852599447</amazonuk>

{{newreviewplainFrontpage|isbn=Edwards_Story|title=National Geographic Kids Infopedia 2016The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books (British Library Crime Classics)|author=Martin Edwards|rating=4.5

|summary=Annuals. They are not what they used It's easy to be. As a childconfused by the various 'ages' of crime writing: if you have an interest in the genre you'll almost certainly have heard of the Golden Age of Crime, I remember snuggling into a chair with my 1983 “Crackerjack” annual and generally acknowledged as being completely immersed by the facts, stories, jokes period between the first and activities insidesecond world wars. Maybe I'm getting oldClassic Crime' on the other hand extends the time frame at either end and covers books published in the first half of the twentieth century. Throughout my adult life, but many of todaythere's annuals seem to be little more than a few flimsy sheets been just one genre of colouring paper books which has fascinated me, and posters sandwiched inside a hard cover. Ifthat's crime, so I could hardly resist the chance of reading ''The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books'' particularly as a parentthe author, you are aching to buy your children something with a little more substance Martin Edwards is an accomplished author within the crime genre and quality, then an acknowledged expert on the National Geographic Infopedia 2016 may be just what you are looking forsubject.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1426322445</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= David and Ben CrystalDK_Childrens|title= Oxford Children's Illustrated Shakespeare DictionaryThesaurus|author=DK

|summary= David Crystal, renowned linguist, writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster has collaborated with his son Ben, Shakespearean actor, author, director and producer to create an eye catching, exquisitely detailed, carefully colour coded and incisive reference guide. It is extensive and meticulously researched- a fusion One of the Crystals’ Shakespearean knowledge, linguistic skill and theatrical enthusiasm. Lavishly illustrated by Kate Bellamy, who favours a bright, attractive primary colour palette, this dictionary most valuable literary skills which children can learn is a treasure trove for any student of Shakespearehow to use reference books. This would be As a five star review but for a minor quibble- it is missing an index of characters child every question which would have been useful for pupils assigned character studies as they could have cross referenced the explanatory entries I began with quotes or themes''how do you spell. It also only concentrates on Shakespeare’s twelve most performed plays so it is not an exhaustive treatment of his work.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192737503</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewplain|title=The Economist Style Guide: 11th Edition|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=If you don?'t 'would be answered with 'write'' what you mean, how will people EXACTLY as it says in the dictionary''know'' what you mean?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781253129</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jen Green and Wesley Robins|title=Oceans in 30 Seconds|rating=5|genre=Popular Science|summary=Oceans in 30 Seconds is the latest book in the innovative series from Ivy Press, which aims to give an informative and entertaining overview of a given subject in bite-sized chunks. Each given subject has its own two-page spread This was fine, with a concise description on but the leftfamily's Collins Little Gem Dictionary didn't encourage exploration, covering all of not least because the main points, font was small and a colourful illustration on the right hand page, complete with extra snippets of informationdifficult to read. Each chapter also has a handy 3-second sum up Fortunately, which further condenses the main idea of the chapter into a single sentence.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178240239X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Daniel Hahn|title=The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature|rating=5|genre=Reference|summary=When I was a child, some sixty those times have now changed and more years ago, there were not many books reference book for children or, indeed, are now much money to buy what was availablemore inviting. Forty years ago, when my daughter was Not every book comes with a child there were more and the libraries were relatively well stocked. But in the last thirty years childrenset of instructions but it's books have flourished. Iworth studying the 'm no great fan of [[J K Rowling's Harry Potter Books in Chronological Order|Harry Potter]] but even the most hardened cynic would have How to admit that the wizard has brought a lot of children to reading - and to enjoying it too. In the same period we've seen books tackling ''difficult'..' subjects become mainstream and the rise of young adult fiction. From near-famine we've moved to feastsection, but what we need now is guidancenot least because similar systems are used in other reference books.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0199695148</amazonuk>