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| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Fraternity of the Estranged: The Fight for Homosexual Rights in EnglandIf you send an apple core to landfill, 1891-1908 by Brian Anderson]]===it will take between 6 months and 2 years to decompose. A glass bottle will take up to 1 million years.

[[imageAs a just-post-WWII baby, I faced a dilemma:5starreducing, reusing and recycling is part of my DNA. NEVER throw away anything that might ''possibly'' come in handy now or in the future.jpg|link=Category NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that would serve the purpose. Almost everything can be used one more time and any purchase must pass the test of 'Is this absolutely essential?' On the other hand, I suspected I was guilty of wishcycling:assuming that something must be recyclable (toothpaste tubes - I'm looking at you) and dropping it in the kerbside bin. Yes, I could go searching on the internet - and get conflicting advice - but what I needed was a recycling bible.s}}{{{Frontpage|isbn=1913750353|title=Britannica's Word of the Day|author=Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Sue Macy|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=''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 know about this brilliant book. It starts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz'', tells you how to pronounce it (''raz-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. I don't think I've ever encountered a word which uses the letter Z four times before!}}} Star Reviews]] [[{{Frontpage|isbn=suppl_stafl|title=Supply Chain 20/20:Category:HistoryA Clear View on the Local Multiplier Effect for Book Lovers|author=Kim Staflund|rating=4.5|History]], [[:Category:genre=Reference|Reference]]summary=So, [[:Category:Biography|Biography]]you've finished writing your book and 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?

Originally passed in 1885, Wrong and wrong again. You presumably wrote the law that book because you wanted to - and you had made homosexual relations a crime remained in place talent for 82 yearsdelivering the written word. But during this time, restrictions on same-sex relationships did not go unchallenged You knew your subject back to front. Between 1891 and 1908, three books on Now you're going to have to get to grips with the nature of homosexuality appeared. They were written by two homosexual men: Edward Carpenter and John Addington Symondsbook supply chain, as well as the heterosexual Havelock Ellis. Exploring the margins which even parts of society and studying homosexuality was common on the European Continent, publishing industry believe to be wrong but barely talked about in the UK, so the publications of these men were hugely significant – contributing it's too difficult to the scientific understanding of homosexuality, change and beginning no one wants to be the struggle for recognition and equality, leading first to the milestone legalisation of same-sex relationships in 1967try. [[The Fraternity Then, when you ''finally'' have a copy of the Estranged: The Fight for Homosexual Rights book in Englandyour hands, 1891you're going to have to work out how to sell it -1908 by Brian Anderson|Full Review]]because it ''is'' going to be down to you.}}

<!-- Davidson -->{{Frontpage|author=Frederic Gros|title=A Philosophy of Walking|rating=5|-genre= Politics and Society| stylesummary=I confess I picked this one up from the library in my pre-lockdown forage of random stuff. Now I have to go out an buy my own copy so that I can turn down the pages I have marked and return to its varying wisdom when I need to. Some books draw you in slowly. This one had me in the first two pages, wherein Gros explains why ''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;walking is not a sport''.|isbn=1781688370}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1788037812[[image:1912242052.jpg|linktitle=httpThe Fraternity of the Estranged://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912242052/refThe Fight for Homosexual Rights in England, 1891-1908|author=nosim?tagBrian Anderson|rating=thebookbag-21]]5|genre=Biography| stylesummary=''verticalOriginally passed in 1885, the law that had made homosexual relations a crime remained in place for 82 years. 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Some say itbut when I suggest self-publishing they explain that they don's impossible – t have the big bucks required to go down that road with Author Solutions or Matador or their like. I then ask 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 they've considered Kindle and ''Breath''the answer is, but he could translate his own worksinevitably, and other equally complex pieces that they wouldn't know where to start. I can cross bordersempathise with that. It's Despite having used a market that has actually doubled in sales volume between 2000 and 2016 (thankscomputer for about thirty years, running most of my life ''Millennium Trilogy''). Novels, in particular, in translation, are – as the introduction here so smartly puts it – and''a privileged means of passing border postswebsite online, a sort of universal passport issued by that Utopian state, the Republic of LettersI''. We here at the 'Bag regularly try and give equal credit m still nervous when it comes to the translator, without whom we wouldn't be reading what we have in our handsstarting something new. But all that said, do we really need one of those list books about the subject? I got given a book the other year detailing 1001 places like someone to hold my hand as I go to before through it for the first time. That was why I die, and I might even then have missed out a zero. It would take as long as a fortnightwas very interested when 's holiday to wade through, and even though this is not as long as your typical Bolano housebrick, it's not a short thing. Should it take our time? [[The 100 Best Novels in Translation by Boyd Tonkin|Full Review]] <!-- Fry -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Fry_Mythos.jpg|left|link=https://wwwSimple Act of Self Publishing With Amazon'' came across my desk.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718188721?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718188721]] }}| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece by Stephen Fry]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] The Greek Myths are, arguably, the greatest stories ever told. So old and influential they cast a shadow over western tales and traditions, yet remain relatable and readable millennia later. Here comedian, actor, television presenter, actor and author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to these special stories and recreates them with a wit, warmth and humanity that brings them into the modern age whilst still giving the honour and respect that such ancient and influential stories deserve. [[Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece by Stephen Fry|Full Review]] <!-- Higashida -->Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Higashida_Fall.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1444799088?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1444799088]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|=title==[[Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism by |author=Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell]]|rating===5[[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:Home and Family|Home and Family]] summary=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 rare glimpse into the workings of the autistic mind, as told from the unique perspective of a teenager with non-verbal autism. Naoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, or by tracing letters on the palm of a transcriber. Despite this slow and laborious method of writing, he has published several books in his native Japan, and manages to give public presentations to raise awareness of his condition. Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to Naoki as a young adult in his 20s and explains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book. 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No matter how in the modern world moves on, there's a still a part of everyone that twenty-first-century oil is vulnerable giving way to a good taleelectricity. From ghosts to werewolvesIt's cleaner, by way of wendigos more environmentally friendly and elves, author Aaron Mahnke delivers the reader legends from stations which we'd all over the worldrushed through as quickly as possible, keen to escape their grime, whilst examining how they've become part of our collective imaginationswere restored and became places to be admired, still striking fear into the hearts of many of us todaypossibly even lingered in. Simon Jenkins has chosen his hundred best railway stations. [[The World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke|Full Review]]}}<!-- Fowler -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Taylor_Owls| styletitle="widthOwls: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"A Guide to Every Species|author=Marianne Taylor[[image:Fowler_Forgotten.jpg|leftrating=5|linkgenre=https://wwwAnimals and Wildlife|summary=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 beckoning the reader to turn the pages and take a closer look inside.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1786484897?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1786484897]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"JVDK_ELO|title===[[The Book of Forgotten Authors Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Christopher Fowler]]==Song|author=John Van der Kiste [[image:5star.jpg|linkrating=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] ''Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder''. It makes people think you're dead4.5|genre=EntertainmentThere's truth |summary=My memories of pop music in that statementthe early sixties revolve around guitars and drums, you know, but there's a conundrum when sometimes the piano with only occasional excursions into strings and brass. Pop music rarely stands still and itwasn's applied t long before the basic instruments were seen as constraints and The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys began to authors. Shakespeare is dead: Dickens is deadexperiment, but we haven't buried what with other groups following where they've written: that lives on untilled.Amongst these groups was The Move and their lead guitarist and songwriter, Roy Wood.. when? Is it until fashion decrees that they should be no Wood wanted to develop the group's sound by adding more? Or is it, as in instruments but was prevented from achieving what he wanted by cost limitations and because the case rest of some childrenthe group didn'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, but whose works have disappeared, sometimes quite literallyt really share his enthusiasm. [[The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler|Full Review]]}}<!-- Hendrix -->{{Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hendrix_PBHell.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1594749817?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1594749817]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title===[[Paperbacks from Hell: A History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s by |author=Grady Hendrix]]==|rating= [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Horror|Horror]], [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] summary=Demonic possession, murderous babies, man-eating moths… for these books, no plot was too ludicrous, no cover art too appalling, no evil too despicable. Now horror author Grady Hendrix risks his soul and his sanity (not to mention the reader's!) to relate the true, untold story of a fascinating and often forgotten era in publishing.

And learn the true-life tales of the writers, artists, and publishers who gleefully violated every literary law but one – never be boring. [[Paperbacks from Hell: A History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s by Grady Hendrix|Full Review]] <!-- Jenkins -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jenkins_100.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/024197898X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=024197898X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:Art|Art]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] In the mid twentieth century the railway was something which harked back to the Victorian age with trains being supplanted by cars and planes, but steam was being replaced by oil, even then and in the twenty-first century oil is giving way to electricity. It's cleaner, more environmentally friendly and the stations which we'd all rushed through as quickly as possible, keen to escape their grime, were restored and became places to be admired, possibly even lingered in. Simon Jenkins has chosen his hundred best railway stations. [[Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins|Full Review]] <!-- Taylor -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Taylor Owls.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178240404X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178240404X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]]Frontpage 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 beckoning the reader to turn the pages and take a closer look inside... [[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor|Full Review]] <!-- Browne -->|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Browne_Many.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1845409159/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title===[[The Many Faces of Coincidence by |author=Laurence Browne]]==|rating= [[image:3.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Popular Science|Popular Science]] summary=Browne does not mislead with this choice of title; he does without a doubt explore the many faces of coincidence. [[The Many Faces of Coincidence by Laurence Browne|Full Review]] <!-- jvdk -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:JVDK_ELO.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781556008/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Song by John Van der Kiste]]===}}[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Entertainment|Entertainment]] 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 basic instruments were seens as constraints and The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys began to experiment, with other groups following where they led. Amongst these groups was The Move and their lead guitarist and songwriter, Roy Wood. Wood wanted to develop the group's sound by adding more instruments but was prevented from achieving what he wanted by cost limitations and because the rest of the group didn't really share his enthusiasm. [[Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Song by John Van der Kiste|Full Review]] <!-- Angell -->|-Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|1903385679[[image:Angell_Triang.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445664577/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] The 100 Best Novels in Translation| styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|Boyd Tonkin===[[Tri-ang Collectables by Dave Angell]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] A guide to the trains produced by the Tri-ang company from its inception until the company became Hornby. A very personal guide to the collecting of model trains. [[Tri-ang Collectables by Dave Angell|Full Review]] <!-- Chase -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Chase_Orchids.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co3.uk/dp/1782404031/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Book of Orchids: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world by Mark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz and Tom Mirenda]]===Reference[[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] One in seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid: there are 26Consider,000 species in 749 genera. They flourish in remarkable habitats such as deserts and the Arctic circleif you will, in fact all areas but the most inhospitabletranslated fiction. ThereSome say it's impossible – that if a wide range of colours, shapes and scents: they're dramatic, delicate and ingenious book was so good in the ways that they've developed not just to one tongue it could never survive but to thrivebeing put into another. Tom Mirenda describes them as ''masters of manipulation'' Samuel Beckett must have laboured over ever syllable and ''famous for lying and cheating their way to their many evolutionary successesBreath'', yet but he could translate his love of them is as obvious as his respect for the insight they give us into the processes which shaped our worldown works, and other equally complex pieces can cross borders. He hopes that understanding how It's a market that has come about will inspire us to conserve what we have. [[The Book of Orchids: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world by Mark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz actually doubled in sales volume between 2000 and Tom Mirenda|Full Review]] <!-- Edwards -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Edwards_Story.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0712356967/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books 2016 (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin Edwards]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] Itthanks, 's easy to be confused by the various 'agesMillennium Trilogy' of crime writing: if you've an interest ). Novels, in particular, in the genre you'll almost certainly have heard of the Golden Age of Crimetranslation, generally acknowledged are – as being the period between the first and second world wars. introduction here so smartly puts it – 'Classic Crime' on the other hand extends the time frame at either end and covers books published in the first half a privileged means of the twentieth century. Throughout my adult life there's been just one genre passing border posts, a sort of books which has fascinated me, and universal passport issued by that's crimeUtopian state, so I could hardly resist the chance Republic of reading Letters''The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books. We here at the '' particularly as Bag regularly try and give equal credit to the authortranslator, Martin Edwards is an accomplished author within the crime genre and an acknowledged expert on the subject. [[The Story of Classic Crime without whom we wouldn't be reading what we have in 100 Books (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin Edwards|Full Review]] <!-- DK -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:DK_Childrensour hands.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241286972/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Children's Illustrated Thesaurus by DK]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]]But all that said, [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] One do we really need one of those list books about the subject? I got given a book the most valuable literary skills which children can learn is how other year detailing 1001 places to go to use reference books. As before I die, and I might even then have missed out a child every question which I began with ''how do you spellzero...?'' It would be answered with ''EXACTLY take as long as it says in the dictionary''. This was fine, but the familya fortnight's Collins Little Gem Dictionary didn't encourage explorationholiday to wade through, and even though this is not least because the font was small and difficult to read. Fortunately those times have now changed and reference book for children are now much more inviting. Not every book comes with a set of instructions but as long as your typical Bolano housebrick, it's worth studying the ''How to...'' section, not least because similar systems are used in other reference booksa short thing. [[Children's Illustrated Thesaurus by DK|Full Review]]Should it take our time?}}<!-- DK -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Fry_Mythos| styletitle="widthMythos: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece[[image:DK_1st.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/024118875X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Stephen Fry| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"5|genre===[[First Science Encyclopedia by Dorling Kindersley]]===Reference[[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]]The Greek Myths are, arguably, [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] I wasn't introduced to 'science' until I was eleven the greatest stories ever told. So old and influential they cast a shadow over western tales and went on to senior school: I wasn't alone in thistraditions, but it really was too lateyet remain relatable and readable millennia later. ThankfullyHere comedian, actor, times have changed television presenter, actor and children at primary school are getting author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to grips these special stories and recreates them with plants and animalsa wit, atoms warmth and molecules and even outer space from a very young humanity that brings them into the modern age. What's needed is a good, basic reference book which will introduce all whilst still giving the subjects honour and give a good grounding. It needs to be something which would sit proudly in the classroom library respect that such ancient and comfortably on a child's bookshelfinfluential stories deserve. ''The First Science Encyclopedia'' would do both well. [[First Science Encyclopedia by Dorling Kindersley|Full Review]]}}<!-- Osborne -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Mahnke_Lore| styletitle="widthThe World of Lore, Volume 1: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Monstrous Creatures|author=Aaron Mahnke[[image:Osborne_Cambridge.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co4.uk/dp/1316504808/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|Reference===[[The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature (1945–2010) by Deirdre Osborne (Editor)]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] This literary companion offers fifteen essays addressing the contribution of black and Asian authors to the British literary canon since 1945. It covers not just fictionEvery country, but also poetryevery town, plays and performance works. It sits as every village has a folktale – a kind of joyful cuckoo in the nest, interrupting the usual narratives of literary waves and movements in Britain story passed down through generations that take little notice of any perspective other than often focuses on the dominant white - dark and posh! - direction of travelunexplained. ItNo matter how the modern world moves on, there's a disparatestill a part of everyone that is vulnerable to a good tale. From ghosts to werewolves, varied collection by way of essayswendigos and elves, covering spoken word performance poetryauthor Aaron Mahnke delivers the reader legends from all over the world, black British urban fiction, LGBTQ writing, liberationist writing and much more. I was really happy to see childrenwhilst examining how they's authors such as Malorie Blackmanve become part of our collective imaginations, Jamila Gavin and Catherine Johnson discussed and respectedstill striking fear into the hearts of many of us today. 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