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[[Category:Reference|*]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dr Sunil C Gebalanage1394159544|title=Beginner's Project Management Handbook: Art of Project DeliveryRecycling for Dummies|author=Sarah Winkler|rating=45|genre=ReferenceLifestyle|summary=In the last fifteen ''Recycling one ton of plastic can save up to 16.3 barrels of oil.'' ''Recycling 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. A glass bottle will take up to 1 million years . As a just-post-WWII baby, Ifaced a dilemma: reducing, reusing and recycling is part of my DNA. NEVER throw away anything that might 've project managed 'possibly'' come in handy now or in the future. NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that would serve the construction of an office purpose. Almost everything can be used one more time and any purchase must pass the extension test of a building. 'Is this absolutely essential?' On both occasions the other hand, I looked for a resource which would give me a framework within which to proceed, but whilst suspected I could find several volumes which dealt with individual parts was guilty of the project wishcycling: assuming that something must be recyclable (toothpaste tubes - I couldn't find any literature which put m looking at you) and dropping it all togetherin the kerbside bin. An additional problem was that Yes, I could go searching on the internet - and get conflicting advice - but what literature there I needed was out there was written with specific professionals in mind a recycling bible.s}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1913750353|title=Britannica's Word of the Day|author=Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and didnSue Macy|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary='t accommodate 'Britannica's Word of the generalistDay'' has a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to Stretch Your Cranium and Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to know about this brilliant book. It was starts on January 1st with relief for those following me that I discovered ''BeginnerRazzmatazz'', tells you how to pronounce it (''s Project Management Handbook: Art of Project Deliveryraz-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>1524665568</amazonuk> I don't think I've ever encountered a word which uses the letter Z four times before!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=DKsuppl_stafl|title=What's Where Supply Chain 20/20: A Clear View on Earth? Atlas: The World as You've Never Seen It Beforethe Local Multiplier Effect for Book Lovers|author=Kim Staflund

|summary=I dread to So, you've finished writing your book and you think how old the atlas we used when I was a child was, but at least we had one, and I didnhard work is all done? You't re convinced that all you need to go do now is get it published and the money will start rolling in? Wrong and wrong again. You presumably wrote the book because you wanted to school or - and you had a library talent for delivering the written word. You knew your subject back to check up on whatever bit of trivia I was seekingfront. INow you'm so old a lot re going to have to get to grips with the book supply chain, which even parts of things about it now would the publishing industry believe to be most redundant, wrong but if you choose it's too difficult to risk your arm change and buy an atlas for no one wants to be the family shelves that all generations will benefit fromfirst to try. Then, as opposed to relying on electronic and updateable sources when you ''finally'' have a copy of informationthe book in your hands, then this you're going to have to work out how to sell it - because it ''is the one '' going to be down to haveyou.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241228379</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author= Helen HollickFrederic Gros|title= Pirates: Truth and TaleA Philosophy of Walking|rating= 45|genre= HistoryPolitics and Society|summary=The eighteenth century lived I confess I picked this one up from the library in terror of the tramps my pre-lockdown forage of the seas – piratesrandom stuff. Pirates Now I have fascinated people ever since. It was a harsh life for those who went 'on to go out an buy my own copy so that I can turn down the account', constantly overshadowed by the threat of death – through violence, illness, shipwreck, or the hangman's noose. The lure of gold, the excitement of the chase pages I have marked and the freedom that life aboard a pirate ship offered were judged by some return to its varying wisdom when I need to be worth the risk. Helen Hollick explores both the fiction and fact of the Golden Age of piracy, and there are some surprises Some books draw you in store for those who think they know their Barbary Corsair from their boucanierslowly. Everyone has heard of Captain Morgan This one had me in the first two pages, but who recognises the name of the aristocratic Frenchman Daniel Montbars? He killed so many Spaniards he was known as wherein Gros explains why 'The Exterminator'. The fictional world of pirates, represented in novels and movies, is different from reality. What draws readers and viewers to these notorious hyenas of the high seas? What are the facts behind the fantasy?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445652153</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= D J Taylor|title= The Prose Factory|rating= 5|genre= Reference|summary= D J Taylor's exploration of writing, reading, publishing and critical reviews spans a century of literary history, discussing everything from Eliot-era modernists and Georgian traditionalists, to the impact of politics, creative writing degrees, reviewers and critics. It walking is not a deep and thorough exploration of the multi-complex influences on English literary life over the past century and the way these have shaped readerssport' preferences and reading habits. But don't be put off by thinking that this is a dusty, encyclopaedic tome – it is a large book at around 500 pages – but it is accessible and thoroughly readable. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0099556073</amazonuk>1781688370

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John Van der Kiste1788037812|title=A Beatles MiscellanyThe Fraternity of the Estranged: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Beatles but Were Afraid to AskThe Fight for Homosexual Rights in England, 1891-1908|author=Brian Anderson

|genre=ReferenceBiography|summary=You might have thought Originally passed in 1885, the law that just about everything which could be said about the Beatles had been said made homosexual relations a crime remained in place for 82 years. But during this time, restrictions on same-sex relationships did not go unchallenged. Between 1891 and certainly there's been no shortage 1908, three books on the nature of books about what went wronghomosexuality appeared. They were written by two homosexual men: Edward Carpenter and John Addington Symonds, what happened to as well as the heterosexual Havelock Ellis. Exploring the money margins of society and even what went right. But what I've never seen before is a 'miscellany' - all those little facts which are studying homosexuality was common on the European Continent, but barely talked about in the UK, so hard the publications of these men were hugely significant – contributing to track down the scientific understanding of homosexuality, and this is where historian John Van der Kiste comes into his own: he's a man with an eye beginning the struggle for detail recognition and equality, leading to the ability to bring everything together into a very readable whole. It's a wonderful collection milestone legalisation of the small factssame-sex relationships in 1967.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781555826</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Paul Jarvis1912242052|title=British Airways Colouring BookO Joy for me!|author=Keir Davidson|rating=43|genre=CraftsArt|summary=Over the past couple of years we've seen a lot of colouring books: flowers, patterns, fantasy creatures, characters and settings from television shows, films and books and lots more, but I can't recollect that we've ever before had one which featured a ''company''. Mind you, British Airways, is rather special; iconic and rather more long lasting than most passing celebrities. It has ''heritage'' and ''tradition'Oh Joy for me!'. The 'gives Coleridge credit for being 'British Airways Colouring Book'' is based on exclusive posters, photographs and artwork from the company's archives and first person to walk the 46 images allow the reader mountains alone, not because he had to recreate these for work, as they wish. There's a bonus too: on the facing page of each image there's a potted historyminer, quarryman, shepherd or pack-horse driver, but because he wanted to for pleasure and adventure. I passed the book to someone His rapturous encounters with an interest in BA their natural beauty, and he found its literary consequences, changed our view of the book interesting and informative ''withoutworld'' even thinking of doing any colouring.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144566612X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Simon Rogers1072549271|title= InfographicsThe Simple Act of Self-Publishing With Amazon: TechnologyA Simple Step by Step Guide|author=Georgianne Landy-Kordis|rating= 4.5|genre= ReferenceBusiness and Finance|summary=As parents, we can often I frequently meet authors who are struggling to be bombarded with questions as our children start to discover published by the world. These questions soon become increasingly complextraditional houses, especially but when I suggest self-publishing they explain that they don't have the big 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 latest technological advancesanswer is, inevitably, that they wouldn't know where to start. How do computers work? What's inside a smartphone? How I can earth communicate empathise with spacecraft? Thankfully we now have that. Despite having used a computer for about thirty years, running most of my life ''and'' a handywebsite online, illustrated guide I'm still nervous when it comes to starting something new. I like someone to help us: hold my hand as I go through it for the first time. That was why I was very interested when ''Infographics: TechnologyThe Simple Act of Self Publishing With Amazon''came across my desk...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783704489</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Felicity Trotman (editor)Higashida_Fall|title=WinterFall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Book for Young Man's Voice From the SeasonSilence of Autism|author=Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell|rating=3.5|genre=AnthologiesHome and Family|summary=This seasonal anthology contains Naoki Higashida was only 13 years old when he wrote the international best-seller ''The Reason I Jump''. The book was popular because it gave a nice mixture rare glimpse into the workings of poetrythe autistic mind, nature and travel pieces, and excerpts as told from longer works the unique perspective of fictiona teenager with non-verbal autism. Felicity TrotmanNaoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, or by tracing letters on the palm of a freelance editor transcriber. Despite this slow and member laborious method of the English Civil War Societywriting, he has arranged the material into three sections: 'The Old Year', 'Christmas, Sacred published several books in his native Japan and Secular', and 'The New Year'. This creates an appropriate sense of chronological progression, and also serves manages to give public presentations to make Christmas the heart raise awareness of the bookhis condition. Black-and-white illustrations – maps, photographs and engravings – are interspersed throughout, and each author gets Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to Naoki as a short paragraph of biography young adult in his 20s and backgroundexplains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445664747</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Caroline TaggartJenkins_100|title= Misadventures in the English LanguageBritain's 100 Best Railway Stations|author=Simon Jenkins|rating= 3.5|genre= ReferenceArt|summary=Misadventures in In the mid-twentieth century, the English Language styles itself as an examination of railway was something which harked back to the confusing bits of grammarVictorian age with trains being supplanted by cars and planes, vocabulary and punctuationbut steam was being replaced by oil, with some indication of which rules matter even then and which can be broken without dire consequences, though itin the twenty-first-century oil is giving way to electricity. It's actually broader than this description makes it sound. It has chapters on: words and phrases borrowed from other languagescleaner, new usage more environmentally friendly and changes of meaningthe stations which we'd all rushed through as quickly as possible, common grammar and punctuation pitfalls, confusing spellings, dreadful jargonkeen to escape their grime, were restored and using unnecessary words that don't add anything became places to your sentence except lengthbe admired, possibly even lingered in. Simon Jenkins has chosen his hundred best railway stations.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782436472</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Dave Haslett and Geoff NelderTaylor_Owls|title= How To Win Short Story CompetitionsOwls: A Guide to Every Species|author=Marianne Taylor|rating= 3.5|genre= ReferenceAnimals and Wildlife|summary= This guide to what I feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of piercing orange eyes are staring right at me, locking me into their gaze. In contrast with the hardness of the deep-amber eyes, soft grey feathers fan out into the surrounding area, intricate, detailed and beautiful. An enigma; harsh and gentle at the same time, the owl is for many writers beckoning the first step on their path reader to glory (or not) is only available as turn the pages and take a Kindle download or as a PDF direct from the publisher's websitecloser look inside. It is not issued in print format. Given the low price on Amazon, it feels like a worthwhile investment for anyone interested in taking this route to enhance their writing profile.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B0083YRFI0</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Alexandra CoghlanJVDK_ELO|title= Carols from King'sElectric Light Orchestra: The Stories of our Favourite Carols from King's CollegeSong by Song|author=John Van der Kiste|rating= 4.5|genre= ReferenceEntertainment|summary=The exquisite sound My memories of a lone chorister singing ''Once pop music in Royal David's City'' amid the chapel of King's College, Cambridgeearly sixties revolve around guitars and drums, marks sometimes the start of the Christmas festivities for millions of people round the globepiano with only occasional excursions into strings and brass. Broadcast at 3pm on Chrismas Eve, ''A Festival of Nine Lessons Pop music rarely stands still and Carols'it wasn' provides a precious moment of tranquility amongst t long before the bustle of the festive seasonbasic instruments were seen as constraints and The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys began to experiment, with other groups following where they led. Here author Alexandra Coghlan takes the reader on a journey through the fascinating history of carolsAmongst these groups was The Move and their lead guitarist and songwriter, from the very first - sung by the angels Roy Wood. Wood wanted to develop the shepherds at Bethlehem - to anecdotes from contemporary Kinggroup's choristers, and shows them how carols have evolved sound by adding more instruments but was prevented from pagan songs to become one of our nation's most sacred treasures. Accompanied achieving what he wanted by lyrics and music and compiled in conjunction with Radio 4 cost limitations and King's College Chapel, ''Carols from King's'' is because the official companion for fans rest of Christmas and carols alikethe group didn't really share his enthusiasm. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785940945</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Dave Haslett and Kate HaslettHendrix_PBHell|title= The Date-Paperbacks from Hell: A-Base Book 2017History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s|author=Grady Hendrix|rating= 4.5|genre= ReferenceHorror|summary=So here's a question Demonic possession, murderous babies, man-eating moths… for you: how do you go about reviewing a list - especially a list that runs to 3these books, no plot was too ludicrous, no cover art too appalling,800 entries no evil too despicable. Now horror author Grady Hendrix risks his soul and 544 pages? No, I'm his sanity (not sure either, but Ito mention the reader'm going s!) to give it relate the true, untold story of a gofascinating and often forgotten era in publishing.|amazonuk=Read the synapse-shattering story summaries!<amazonukbr>B01C4TZ4FASee the horrific hand-painted cover imagery!</amazonukbr>And learn the true-life tales of the writers, artists, and publishers who gleefully violated every literary law but one – never be boring.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Nev SchulmanBrowne_Many|title= In Real Life: Love, Lies & Identity in the Digital AgeThe Many Faces of Coincidence|author=Laurence Browne|rating= 43.5|genre= ReferencePopular Science|summary= Nev (it's pronounced Neev) is a man who knows about the darker side Browne does not mislead with this choice 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, and possibly being catfished (which means being lured into title; he does without a relationship by someone adopting a fictional online persona). Now the go-to expert in online relationships for millenials, a generation who have never known a world without Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other online places where interactions can form. Here, he takes his investigation to the page – exploring relationships in doubt explore the era many faces 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 storycoincidence. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473608066</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Neil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kate Clarke and M W Oldridge1903385679|title=The A-Z of Victorian Crime 100 Best Novels in Translation|author=Boyd Tonkin|rating=43.5|genre=True CrimeReference|summary= Victorian crime has Consider, if you will, translated fiction. Some say it's impossible – that if a book was so good in one tongue it could never ceased to cast its spellsurvive being put into another. Samuel Beckett must have laboured over ever syllable and ''Breath'', but he could translate his own works, and other equally complex pieces can cross borders. Is it because such terrible goings-on took place sufficiently long ago It's a market that they do not disgust us has actually doubled in sales volume between 2000 and 2016 (thanks, ''Millennium Trilogy''). Novels, in particular, in translation, are – as the same way as equally dreadful events fromintroduction here so smartly puts it – ''a privileged means of passing border posts, saya sort of universal passport issued by that Utopian state, the last few days Republic of which Letters''. We here at the 'Bag regularly try and give equal credit to the translator, without whom we read from todaywouldn's papers or online coverage? Whatever the reasont be reading what we have in our hands. But all that said, there is an endless fascination with murders and other major transgressions do we really need one of those list books about the law from subject? I got given a book the era of gas lamps and swirling fog – true Victorian melodramaother year detailing 1001 places to go to before I die, misbehaviour and horror from real life writ largeI might even then have missed out a zero. It would take as long as a fortnight's holiday to wade through, and even though this is amply catered for in this titlenot as long as your typical Bolano housebrick, the joint work of four authorsit's not a short thing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445647869</amazonuk>Should it take our time?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Alexandra HarrisFry_Mythos|title= WeatherlandMythos: Writers and artists under English skies|rating= 4.5|genre= Reference|summary=The story A Retelling of English culture over a thousand years can be told as the story of changing ideas about the weather. A sweeping panorama, ''Weatherland'' explores how writers and artists, looking up at the same skies and walking in the brisk air, have felt very different things. A journey through centuries and cultures, Harris walks the reader through misty moor and foggy fen, lays with them on bright sunlit beaches, treks with them to stormy summits, and introduces them to a fascinating cast Myths of writers, artists and cultural figures along the way.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0500292655</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewAncient Greece|author=Hugh Jefferies|title=Great Britain Concise Catalogue 2016Stephen Fry

|summary=It's difficult to believe that it's the 30th anniversary of the first publication of ''Great Britain Concise''The Greek Myths are, arguably, but this is the thirty-first edition, with just under 500 pages greatest stories ever told. So old and influential they cast a shadow over three western tales and a half thousand illustrationstraditions, yet remain relatable and readable millennia later. It feels almost painful Here comedian, actor, television presenter, actor and author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to look back to the days when the choice was between the ''Collect British Stamps'' series which never pretended (or pretends) to be more than these special stories and recreates them with a checklist (but got many people off to a sound start - myself included) wit, warmth and humanity that brings them into the specialised series, which is beyond modern age whilst still giving the purse of many amateur collectors. ''Great Britain Concise'' sits comfortably between the two extremes with an affordable cover pricehonour and respect that such ancient and influential stories deserve.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0852599722</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Robert KershawMahnke_Lore|title= 24 Hours at the SommeThe World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures|author=Aaron Mahnke|rating= 4.5|genre= Reference|summary=''They came past one by one...walking lumps of clayEvery country, with torn clothingevery town, hollow cheeks and sunken eyes...There was every village has a dreadful weariness, but folktale – a wildness burning in their fevered eyes, showing what this appalling hand to hand fighting had cost themstory passed down through generations that often focuses on the dark and unexplained. Utterly unforgivable for me...'' So goes No matter how the description of the menmodern world moves on, the there''ghosts,'' at the end s a still a part of the first day of the Sommeeveryone that is vulnerable to a good tale. July 1 2016 will mark 100 years since this most bloody of battles took place. It was supposed From ghosts to be the optimistic 'Big Push' that would end the Great Warwerewolves, but by sunset way of wendigos and elves, author Aaron Mahnke delivers the first day reader legends from all over the British casualties numbered 57world,470. The battle would rage until November that yearwhilst examining how they've become part of our collective imaginations, with still striking fear into the total number hearts of casualties on all sides exceeding one millionmany of us today.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0753555476</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David CrystalFowler_Forgotten|title=The Oxford Dictionary Book of Original Shakespearean PronunciationForgotten Authors|author=Christopher Fowler

|summary=Language changes, not only in ''Absence doesn't make the way that itheart grow fonder''. It makes people think you're dead. There's writtentruth in that statement, you know, but also in the way that there's a conundrum when it's ''pronounced''applied to authors. I've seen changes over my lifetime and even more substantial changes have occurred in the four hundred years since Shakespeare died. For someone watching or reading a play the differences are not usually materialis dead: we can generally understand what Dickens is being saiddead, but occasionally wehaven're going to miss jokes which rely t buried what they've written: that lives on a certain pronunciationuntil... when? Is it until fashion decrees that they should be no more? Or is it, or as in the fine nuances case of what is being said. Whatsome children's required is a dictionary of the original pronunciation authors that they are on life support through licensing deals and that's exactly what David Crystal astute marketing? Christopher Fowler has providedunearthed (exhumed?) ninety-nine authors who were once hugely popular, but whose works have disappeared, sometimes quite literally. I'm only surprised that it's taken so long for such a book to appear.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0199668426</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Andrew DicksonAngell_Triang|title= Worlds Elsewhere|rating= 4|genre= Reference|summary=From the sixteenth-century Baltic to the American Revolution, from colonial India to the skyscrapers of modernTri-day Shanghai, Shakespeare's plays appear at the most fascinating 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, ''Worlds Elsewhere'' attempts to understand Shakespeare in his role as an international phenomenon.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099578956</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewang Collectables|author=Graeme Donald|title=Words of a FeatherDave Angell|rating=43.5

|summary= Words of a Feather. The title alone suggests an engaging read about language, and A guide to the book certainly delivers. It pairs seemingly unrelated words, digs up their etymological roots and reveals their common ancestry. The English language, of course, provides rich pickings indeed for a book of this type and it is fascinating to see trains produced by the hidden meaning behind common and notTri-so-common words. Some connections are fairly obvious once you read them. For example, the link between ''grotto'' and ''grotesque'' is easy to grasp: the word ''grotesque'' derives ang company from unpleasant figures depicted in murals in Ancient Roman ''grottoes''. Other connections are just extraordinary, like its inception until the so-crazy-you-couldn't-make-it-up connection between ''furnace'' and ''fornicate''company became Hornby. These two words date back to Ancient Rome when prostitutes took over the city's abandoned baking domes. And some connections are more than a little tenuous, seemingly just a collection of words banded together, as is the case with the ''insult'' and ''salmon'' pairing. One of my A very personal favourites: the Italian word ''schiavo'' for ''slave'' was used to summon or dismiss a slave; this word became corrupted guide to ''ciao'', a word the more well-heeled among us use instead collecting of ''goodbye''model trains.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178418814X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Stephen HickmanChase_Orchids|title= The Art Book of Stephen HickmanOrchids: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world|ratingauthor= 4|genre= Fantasy|summary= Stephen Hickman has been a well known artist in the Fantasy and Science Fiction worlds for a number 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 modern. ''The Art of Stephen Hickman'' collects hundreds of these paintingsMark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz and the artist himself provides an intriguing commentary alongside which offers a fascinating glimpse into the artistic process. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783298456</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=John Sutherland|title=How Good is Your Grammar?Tom Mirenda|rating=35

|summary=In the preface of ''How Good One in seven flowering plants on earth is Your Grammar?''an orchid: there are 26, John Sutherland suggests that the abolition of grammar schools 000 species in the 1960s coincided with a general decline 749 genera. They flourish in grammatical standards in the decades that followed. In our modern age of 'text-speak' remarkable habitats such as deserts and emoticons, the need for grammatical correctness seems to be rather low on our agendaArctic circle, maybe even regarded as irrelevant by some. Is this gradual erosion an inevitable part of the evolution of communication, or will certain rules always remain an intrinsic part of the fabric of language? Only time will tellin fact, all areas but for those wishing to brush up on their grammar skills, Sutherland has compiled 100 quiz questions that he claims are the ''ultimate test'' for his readersmost inhospitable.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780722575</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Lucy Adlington|title= Stitches in Time: The Story of the Clothes We Wear |rating=4|genre= History|summary=''Stitches in Time There'' is s a lively history wide range of clothing. Riffling through the wardrobes of years gone bycolours, shapes and scents: they're dramatic, costume historian Lucy Adlington reveals the stories underneath the clothes we wear delicate and ingenious in this tour of the history of fashion, ranging from ancient times ways that they've developed not just to survive but to the present daythrive. With beautiful illustrations and full colour photographs, Tom Mirenda describes them as ''Stitches in Timemasters of manipulation'' is a reminder of how the way we dress is inextricably bound up with considerations of aesthetics, sex, gender, class and lifestyle – ''famous for lying and offers the reader the chance cheating their way to appreciate the extraordinary qualities their many evolutionary successes'', yet his love of them is as obvious as his respect for the clothing we wear, and insight they give us into the rich history it processes which shaped our world. He hopes that understanding how that has led. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847947263</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Jody Revenson|title= Harry Potter: The Character Vault|rating= 4|genre= Entertainment|summary= Unlock new information come about your favourite characters from the Harry Potter film series. This coffeetable book profiles the good, bad, and everything in between – from Harry and Ron will inspire us to Voldemort and Umbridge. Hugely detailed and filled with beautiful illustrations, images, and never before seen glimpses into the design process – this book will answer your questions about character design in the Harry Potter seriesconserve what we have.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0062407449</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve SilbermanEdwards_Story|title=Neurotribes: The Legacy Story of Autism and How to Think Smarter about People Who Think DifferentlyClassic Crime in 100 Books (British Library Crime Classics)|author=Martin Edwards

|summary=It's easy to be confused by the various 'Neurotribesages'of crime writing: if you have an interest in the genre you' is is an ambitious book. It aims to challenge ll almost certainly have heard of the widely-held perception that autism is a disabilityGolden Age of Crime, or a developmental delaygenerally acknowledged as being the period between the first and second world wars. One of my favourite quotes from the book is this: 'Classic Crime'One way to understand neurodiversity is to think on the other hand extends the time frame at either end and covers books published in terms the first half of the twentieth century. Throughout my adult life, there'human operating systemss been just one genre of books which has fascinated me, and that' instead s crime, so I could hardly resist the chance of diagnostic labels... Just because a computer is not running Windows doesnreading 't mean that it's broken.The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books'' This refreshing approach underpins particularly as the whole of this ground-breaking workauthor, which Martin Edwards is essentially a potted-history of autism from an accomplished author within the distant past to the present day. It will fascinate crime genre and enlighten anyone with an interest in acknowledged expert on the subject, or who is affected, directly or indirectly, by the condition. For autistic people, this book represents their roots; their cultural history, and illustrates how far the autistic community have come over the past few decades.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1760113638</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Mary McDonagh MurphyDK_Childrens|title= Scout, Atticus and Boo|rating= 4.5|genre= Reference|summary= First published in 1960, ‘’To Kill a Mockingbird’’ is not only a beloved classic, but a touchstone in literary and social history. ‘’Scout, Atticus & Boo’’ commorates 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 year. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>178475305X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewChildren's Illustrated Thesaurus|author=Stanley Gibbons|title=Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2015DK|rating=4.5

|summary=The thirtieth edition One of the Stanley Gibbons Concise Stamp catalogue lives up most valuable literary skills which children can learn is how to expectations once againuse reference books. ItAs a child every question which I began with 's been extensively updated and prices have been revised 'how do you spell...?'' would be answered with ''EXACTLY as it says in line with the current marketdictionary''. This was fine, but the family's Collins Little Gem Dictionary didn't encourage exploration, leading not least because the font was small and difficult to thousands of price increases (particularly in varietiesread. Fortunately, errors, Machins, Post & Go stamps those times have now changed and booklets), which will please you - or not - depending on whether you're a seller or a buyerreference book for children are now much more inviting. ItNot every book comes with a set of instructions but it's pitched at that sector of worth studying the market which has outgrown ''Collect British StampsHow to...''section, but not yet graduated to the [[Stamps of the World 2011 by Stanley Gibbons|Stamps of the World series]]. The cover price of £34.95 is reasonable when you see the amount of work - and technology - which has gone into the creation of the bookleast because similar systems are used in other reference books.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0852599447</amazonuk>