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[[Category:Reference|*]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Philip W Errington1394159544|title=J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography 1997 - 2013Recycling for Dummies|author=Sarah Winkler

|genre=ReferenceLifestyle|summary=Just occasionally it's necessary 'Recycling one ton of plastic can save up to begin by saying what a book ''isn't'': ''J16.K3 barrels of oil. Rowling: A Bibliography 1997 - 2013'' isn't the latest book ''by '' J K Rowling - she had no part in the writing Recycling one ton of the book and doesn't profit paper can save 17 trees from it financiallybeing cut down. It isn't' If you send an apple core to landfill, actually, ''about'' J K Rowling other than indirectlyit will take between 6 months and 2 years to decompose. It ''is'' A glass bottle will take up to 1 million years. As a book about her writingsjust-post-WWII baby, bibliographic details of each edition of ALL her books, pamphletsI faced a dilemma: reducing, reusing and contributions to published worksrecycling is part of my DNA. It is NEVER throw away anything that might ''notpossibly'' a book for come in handy now or in the reader who loved the [[J K Rowling's Harry Potter Books in Chronological Order|Harry Potter books]] and wishes future. NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that Rowling had written many more, but rather would serve the definitive text about the books which will purpose. Almost everything can be consulted by scholars, book dealers used one more time and collectors, auction houses and researchers. any purchase must pass the test of 'Is this absolutely essential?' The most obvious comparison for me is [[Stamps of On the World 2013 by Stanley Gibbons|Stamps 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 World by Stanley Gibbons]]kerbside bin. It is of that classYes, I could go searching on the internet - and get conflicting advice - but what I needed was a recycling bible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849669740</amazonuk>s

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kjartan Poskitt1913750353|title=Everyday Maths for Grown-Ups: Getting to Grips with Britannica's Word of the BasicsDay|author=Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Sue Macy

|genre=ReferenceChildren's Non-Fiction|summary=We ''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 maths - or so it says to know about this brilliant book. It starts on the back of January 1st with ''Everyday Maths for Grown UpsRazzmatazz'' and whilst , tells you could how to pronounce it (''existraz-muh-TAZ'' without a basic knowledge), life is going to be so much easier if gives you can check receipts, do a definition and then includes the calculations for word in a sentence so that spot of DIY or work out if the 'bargainyou know how it should be used. You also get an engaging and frequently amusing illustration too. I don' yout think I've been offered really is one. Kjartan Poskitt reckons that very few people are really confident with figures, but hopes that he can offer some help.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178243335X</amazonuk>ever encountered a word which uses the letter Z four times before!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Michelle Finlaysuppl_stafl|title=Everyday English for Grown-UpsSupply Chain 20/20: Getting to Grips with A Clear View on the BasicsLocal Multiplier Effect for Book Lovers|author=Kim Staflund|rating=4.5

|summary=It can seem a long time since we learned the nuts So, you've finished writing your book and bolts of you think the English language when we were at school. hard work is all done? At the time the niceties of colons and intricacies of apostrophes werenYou't really re convinced that relevant all you need to our lives do now is get it published and it's only when we miss out on a good job because our English isn't up to scratch or someone makes a scathing remark about our abuse of the language that we realise that we could do with an urgent money will start rolling in? Wrong and discreet brushupwrong again. Step forward ''Everyday English for Grown-ups'' You presumably wrote the book because you wanted to - and it's aimed at native and non-native English speakers.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782433341</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=June Andrews|title=Dementia: The One-Stop Guide: Practical advice you had a talent for families, professionals, and people living with dementia and Alzheimer's Disease|rating=5|genre=Reference|summary=Worldwide there are probably as many as 44delivering the written word.4 million people who suffer from dementia and many times that number of family, friends, carers and relatives who are affected by what is happening You knew your subject back to the suffererfront. ThereNow you's no curere going to have to get to grips with the book supply chain, which even parts of the publishing industry believe to be wrong but it's not terminal too difficult to change and the symptoms (memory loss would seem no one wants to be the most commonfirst to try. Then, but when you ''finally'' have a copy of the book in some cases there are hallucinationsyour hands, sexual or verbal disinhibition, not being able you're going to have to work things out, difficulty in learning something new, finding your way about, or coping with the normal symptoms of aging) affect everyone involved. If you talk how to people who are aging then sell it- because it ''s not uncommon for them to say that theyis'd rather have cancer than dementia as you're unlikely going to be an endless burden on other peopledown to you.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781251711</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Dee BlickFrederic Gros|title=The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Marketing a Bestselling Book - on a Shoestring BudgetA Philosophy of Walking

|genre=ReferencePolitics and Society|summary=I've always thought that [http://nanowrimo.org/ NANOWRIMO] is a brilliant idea. The nights are longer, the weather uninspiring: what better time to get the first draft of your novel written with support confess I picked this one up from a lot of other people who are all trying to do the same thing? There is a downside for reviewers though: far too many people think that this is the end library in my pre-lockdown forage of their labours and the fledgling manuscript is uploaded onto Kindle and there's disappointment when the book is either not well received or doesn't sell - or sometimes bothrandom stuff. Knowing which book it is Now I have to go out an buy my own copy so that you I can turn down the pages I have in you is a great start - but after that you need a structured plan of action marked and sound advice as return to what you its varying wisdom when I need to do to turn your work into a bestseller.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910125040</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Julia Cresswell (Editor)|title=Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins|rating=4|genre=Reference|summary=Derived from the ''Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins'', the Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins tells the stories behind a thousand words, divided into a hundred themes from ''Adventure'' through to ''Writing'' by way of the rest of the alphabet Some books draw you in slowly. For each word within a theme we're told This one had me in which language the it originated and its original meaning - thus for ''Infant'' we find that it comes from the Latin ''in'' meaning first two pages, wherein Gros explains why ''walking is not'' and ''fari'' for ''speaking''. The two parts put together tell of someone who has not yet reached legal majority rather than a child who has not yet learned the value of the word 'Why?' In Italian ''infante'' means ''youth'' as well as ''foot soldiersport''. From this came ''infanteria'', which English adopted as ''infantry'' in the sixteenth century.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0199683638</amazonuk>1781688370

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Elizabeth Knowles (Editor)1788037812|title=Oxford Dictionary The Fraternity of Quotationsthe Estranged: The Fight for Homosexual Rights in England, 1891-1908|author=Brian Anderson

|genre=ReferenceBiography|summary=I have known people to be just a little snooty about Originally passed in 1885, the fact law that I have had made homosexual relations a copy of the current edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations on my bookshelf crime remained in place for over forty 82 years, suggesting that it was a book for people who hadn't read the original books. I long ago accepted that I would never have the But during this time to read all the books I (might) want , restrictions on same- or feel I ought - to read sex relationships did not go unchallenged. Between 1891 and I've found 1908, three books on the dictionary an invaluable work nature of reference homosexuality appeared. They were written by two homosexual men: Edward Carpenter and source John Addington Symonds, as well as the heterosexual Havelock Ellis. Exploring the margins of inspiration for half a century. Where else would you find over 20society and studying homosexuality was common on the European Continent,000 quotationsbut barely talked about in the UK, covering centuriesso the publications of these men were hugely significant – contributing to the scientific understanding of homosexuality, every subject, with wit, wisdom and food beginning the struggle for thought? Yes - I know they're probably all there on recognition and equality, leading to the internet milestone legalisation of same- somewhere, but I've got them in one volume on the shelf sex relationships in front of me1967.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0199668701</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Patrick Scrivenor1912242052|title=I Used to Know That: EnglishO Joy for me!|author=Keir Davidson|rating=53|genre=ReferenceArt|summary=I doubt that there can be anything more unnerving than reviewing a book written by someone who is an expert in written English. I've even worried about that ' Oh Joy for me!'' gives Coleridge credit for being ''the first sentence. But at school I loved English Grammar and person to walk the mountains alone, not because he had to for work, as a good deal of it has stuck. I'm conscious of being pedantic about mistakes other people make miner, quarryman, shepherd or pack- horse driver, but increasingly aware that there are gaps in my own knowledge which should be pluggedbecause he wanted to for pleasure and adventure. This book seemed like the ideal opportunityHis rapturous encounters with their natural beauty, and its literary consequences, but I'll confess that changed our view of the subtitle world'Stuff You Forgot From School' made me nervous I was going to be back to reading a school textbook.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782432566</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Chris Waring1072549271|title=I Used to Know ThatThe Simple Act of Self-Publishing With Amazon: MathsA Simple Step by Step Guide|author=Georgianne Landy-Kordis

|genre=ReferenceBusiness and Finance|summary=Maths teacher Chris Waring starts this book with the basics and gradually works his (and our) way through I frequently meet authors who are struggling to about be published by the level of GCSE. It's only 192 pagestraditional houses, so you canbut when I suggest self-publishing they explain that they don't expect it have the big bucks required to be exhaustive but go down that road with Author Solutions or Matador or their like. I then ask if they've considered Kindle and the great thing answer is , inevitably, that it isnthey wouldn't know where to start. I can empathise with that. Despite having used a computer for about thirty years, running most of my life ''exhaustingand''a website online, I'm still nervous when it comes to starting something new. Waring explains concepts clearly and with humour but most importantly he shows why the subject is important and how it can be applied I like someone to life, covering such subjects hold my hand as winning - or failing to win - I go through it for the lottery and the chances of being dealt a royal flush at pokerfirst time. ItThat was why I was very interested when 's not just the examples which are new - it's a major improvement on the The Simple Act of Self Publishing With Amazon'you will learn this because I'm telling you that you have to' approach which blighted the subject for so many of uscame across my desk...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782432558</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Orin HargravesHigashida_Fall|title=ItFall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Been Said Before: A Guide to Voice From the Use Silence of Autism|author=Naoki Higashida and Abuse of ClichesDavid Mitchell|rating=45|genre=ReferenceHome and Family|summary=I donNaoki Higashida was only 13 years old when he wrote the international best-seller 't usually start a review by telling you what a book 'The Reason I Jump'isn't'', but in this case . The book was popular because it's important. This isn't gave a light-hearted look at rare glimpse into the workings of the subjectautistic mind, such as we found in [[Cliches: Avoid Them Like told from the Plague by Nigel Fountain]] and which - laughing and blushing in equal measure unique perspective of a teenager with non- we shelved under 'trivia'verbal autism. This book will be shelved under 'reference': it's Naoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, or by tracing letters on the palm of a rigorous look at the problem with the clichés divided not by subject mattertranscriber. Despite this slow and laborious method of writing, but grammatically he has published several books in his native Japan and with an introduction manages to give public presentations to each section which gives all the information you need raise awareness of his condition. Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to help Naoki as a young adult in making judgements about your own his 20s and explains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing. This isn't a his first book to ''amuse'' you, but to help you to improve your use of words.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0199315736</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=William PoundstoneJenkins_100|title=How to Predict the Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost EveryoneBritain's 100 Best Railway Stations|author=Simon Jenkins|rating=45|genre=ReferenceArt|summary=William Poundstone believes that we are all in In the business of predictingmid-twentieth century, whether it be the railway was something as minor as playing rock, paper, scissors to pay a bar bill though which harked back to anticipating how the housing or stock markets are going to move. Now, I'm not particularly competitive - if whatever it is means ''that'' much to someone else then I'd rather let them have it - so this book didn't appeal to me on the basis of doing better than someone elseVictorian age with trains being supplanted by cars and planes, but I steam was interested in how it might be possible to predict what is going to happen. Sobeing replaced by oil, care to predict how it stacked up?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780744072</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=The Economist|title=Pocket World even then and in Figures 2015|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=There are people who don't understand the joy of raw data: no accompanying analysis (or spin) twenty- just a collection of figures relevant first-century oil is giving way to a particular circumstanceelectricity. If youIt're one of those people then this book will mean little to yous cleaner, but if you want a pocket (wellmore environmentally friendly and the stations which we'd all rushed through as quickly as possible, certainly handbag or briefcase) work of reference then this book will be a treasure. I once gave a copy keen to a diplomat escape their grime, were restored and he kept his wife awake until the early hours as he came across another gem which she had became places to know without delaybe admired, possibly even lingered in. The 2015 edition is the twenty fourth in the series - and diplomatic (and similar) spouses everywhere should prepare themselves for the onslaughtSimon Jenkins has chosen his hundred best railway stations.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781252734</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Taylor_Owls|title=The BeeOwls: A Natural History Guide to Every Species|author=Noah Wilson-RichMarianne Taylor

|summary=Bees have been making a bit I feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of a media splash of latepiercing orange eyes are staring right at me, due to heightened concern about locking me into their declining numbers and general welfaregaze. Governments have been urged to do more to protect these important creatures, In contrast with a recent EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides hailed as a 'victory for bees'. There is no doubt that these prolific pollinators are a vital part the hardness of our ecosystemthe 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 human fascination with bees goes back reader to our ancient historyturn the pages and take a closer look inside... But just why do we find these hardworking insects so fascinating?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401075</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alannah MooreJVDK_ELO|title=Create Your Own Online Store (using WordPress) in a WeekendElectric Light Orchestra: Song by Song|author=John Van der Kiste

|genre=Business and FinanceEntertainment|summary=I've run a website for over eight years now but I've always shied away from any inclusion My memories of e-commerce on pop music in the site. It seemed like too large a subjectearly sixties revolve around guitars and drums, too much complexity sometimes the piano with only occasional excursions into strings and choice brass. Pop music rarely stands still and it wasn't long before the possibility of problems which could go disastrously wrongbasic 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. I first encountered Alannah Moore when I read [[Amongst these groups was The Creative PersonMove and their lead guitarist and songwriter, Roy Wood. Wood wanted to develop the group's Website Builder sound by Alannah Moore|The Creative Person's Website Builder]] and adding more instruments but was impressed prevented from achieving what he wanted by cost limitations and because the way that she approached her subject, so when I had rest of the opportunity to see how to create an online store in a weekend, I jumped at the chancegroup didn't really share his enthusiasm.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781571430</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Dan WaddellHendrix_PBHell|title=Who Do You Think You Are?Paperbacks from Hell: The Genealogy HandbookA History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s|author=Grady Hendrix

|genre=ReferenceHorror|summary=The celebrity genealogy programme ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The makersDemonic possession, murderous babies, man-eating moths… for these books, Wall to Wall Mediano plot was too ludicrous, were fortunate enough to ride the ripple of family tree fascinationno cover art too appalling, helping to turn it into the hobbyist tidal wave that remains todayno evil too despicable. For those Now horror author Grady Hendrix risks his soul and his sanity (not familiar with to mention the format, each episode allows us to accompany a household name as they discover secrets, scandals and surprises about an ancestor or two. Thus we aren't only entertained; wereader're encouraged s!) to delve into our own pastsrelate the true, BBC TV publications acting as tutor untold story of a fascinating and motivator via this handy little reference guideoften forgotten era in publishing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849908249</amazonuk>}}

{{newreviewRead the synapse-shattering story summaries!<br>|author=Michael Fogden, Marianne Taylor and Sheri L Williamson|title=Hummingbirds: A LifeSee the horrific hand-Size Guide to Every Speciespainted cover imagery!<br>|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=I've always been fascinated by hummingbirds And learn the true- delicatelife tales of the writers, colourfulartists, beautifully and brilliantly adapted to extract nectar from flowers. Perhaps most of all for me it's their acrobatic flight - the ability to hover and manoeuvre which has me hooked: I could watch them for hours, amazed that birds whose weight can only meaningfully publishers who gleefully violated every literary law but one – never be given in ounces can do so muchboring. I was drawn to this book as soon as I saw it, for a number of reasons.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782400893</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Browne_Many|title=Top 10 The Many Faces of Everything 2015Coincidence|author=Paul TerryLaurence Browne|rating=43.5|genre=Children's Non-FictionPopular Science|summary=The Top 10 Browne does not mislead with this choice of Everything 2015 is, as the title implies, a compilation of 'top ten' lists covering ; he does without a wide variety of topics including the natural world, pop culture, sport and technology. The style of doubt explore the book will appeal to its target audience of pre-teens with its use many faces of bright colours, vibrant images, fun facts, puzzles and quizzescoincidence.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0600628868</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Stanley Gibbons1903385679|title=Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2014The 100 Best Novels in Translation|author=Boyd Tonkin|rating=3.5

|summary=When I began collecting GB stamps back Consider, if you will, translated fiction. Some say it's impossible – that if a book was so good in the early seventies one tongue it could never survive being put into another. Samuel Beckett must have laboured over ever syllable and ''Collect British StampsBreath'' was my bible , but he could translate his own works, and I eagerly awaited each new editionother equally complex pieces can cross borders. After It's a while I came to realise market that I needed has actually doubled in sales volume between 2000 and 2016 (thanks, ''Millennium Trilogy''). Novels, in particular, in translation, are – as the introduction here so smartly puts it – ''a privileged means of passing border posts, a little more depthsort of universal passport issued by that Utopian state, but not to the level provided by Republic of Letters''. We here at the [[Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue 2013: Commonwealth 'Bag regularly try and Empire Stamps 1840 - 1970 by Hugh Jefferies|Specialised Catalogue Series]] not least because I was still at give equal credit to the stage translator, without whom we wouldn't be reading what we have in our hands. But all that said, do we really need one of spending the money on stamps rather than those list books about them. There is something the subject? I got given a book the other year detailing 1001 places to go to fill the gap though before I die, and that's the Great Britain Concise catalogueI might even then have missed out a zero. Itwould take as long as a fortnight's designed holiday to meet the needs of the dedicated amateur rather than the specialist or the casual collector wade through, and treads even though this is not as long as your typical Bolano housebrick, it's not a very fine line between providing too much detail and too little information with eleganceshort thing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0852599145</amazonuk>Should it take our time?

 {{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=John SutherlandFry_Mythos|title=How to be Well ReadMythos: A guide to 500 great novels and a handful Retelling of the Myths of literary curiositiesAncient Greece|author=Stephen Fry

|summary=Being well read is rather like having good manners: it's something that we all aspire to but there's always The Greek Myths are, arguably, the greatest stories ever told. So old and influential they cast a nagging doubt that there's something lacking in what we've achievedshadow over western tales and traditions, yet remain relatable and readable millennia later. That isHere comedian, of courseactor, why a book with the title ''How television presenter, actor and author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to be Well Read'' pulled me in so successfully these special stories and recreates them with its promise of being a guide to five hundred great novels wit, warmth and a handful of literary curiosities. Was I going to find humanity that ultimate list of books which I would have to read to ensure brings them into the modern age whilst still giving the honour and respect that I could think of myself as well read? No - I was going to find something far more useful such ancient and interestinginfluential stories deserve.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847946402</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Mahnke_Lore|title=A Sting in the TaleThe World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures|author=Dave GoulsonAaron Mahnke|rating=4.5

|summary=It seems Every country, every town, every village has a folktale – a story passed down through generations that Dave Goulson, founder of often focuses on the incredibly successful Bumblebee Conservation Trust, did not always have natural aptitude for helping wildlife if his early recollections are anything to go bydark and unexplained. Despite boundless enthusiasm and a passion for No matter how the natural modern worldmoves on, his childhood efforts to give nature there's a still a helping hand quite frequently ended in some sort part of gory aftermath. For example, there was the incident with the drowned bumblebees, in which a young Goulson unwisely decided everyone that is vulnerable to dry the bedraggled victims out on the hotplate of the electric cooker. Then there was the time he accidentally dropped a live electrical heater into his aquarium, frying the poor fish instantlygood tale. I could go on From ghosts to mention the beheading werewolves, by way of the footless quailwendigos and elves, author Aaron Mahnke delivers the snake wrapped in sticky tape and reader legends from all over the countless taxidermy experimentsworld, but alaswhilst examining how they've become part of our collective imaginations, time does not permit. Suffice to say that despite this unpromising start in life, things did eventually improve..still striking fear into the hearts of many of us today.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099575124</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Fowler_Forgotten|title=ColorstrologyThe Book of Forgotten Authors|author=Michele BernhardtChristopher Fowler|rating=45

|summary=First impressions of this book left me slightly worried that I would have little to go on to write any kind of helpful review; it was basically a little book of colour swatches, resembling something of a home décor paint guide. Flicking through, I saw that each page represented a day, allowing ''Absence doesn't make the reader to refer to their birthday to gain information relating to their character, rather like a horoscopeheart grow fonder''. So all I had to go on was, effectively, a painting guide to star signs. With this is mind (and with fairly low expectations) I began reading from the beginning, refraining from jumping straight in to analyse my birthday characteristicsIt makes people think you're dead.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594746915</amazonuk>}}

{{newreview|title=The Autistic Brain |author=Temple Grandin and Richard Panek|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=Temple Grandin is a lady of many labels: professor of animal scienceThere's truth in that statement, bestselling authoryou know, consultant, activist, engineer, public speaker and subject of an award-winning biopic. She also happens to be autistic, a label she earned at a very early age back in the days before the majority of people knew what autism was. She describes the timing of her diagnosis as fortuitous; only a few years later and the accepted ‘treatment’ for autistic children was removal from their parents and life in an institution.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846044499</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Neil Davey|title=The Blufferbut there's Guide to Chocolate (Bluffera conundrum when it's Guides)|rating=4|genre=Cookery|summary=I've always been a little bit nervous about the ''Bluffer'' series, on the basis that I would be sure applied to come out with a clever-sounding phrase, only to be found out when someone asked the follow-up questionauthors. BetterShakespeare is dead: Dickens is dead, I thought to stay silent and appear ignorant than to open my mouth and prove myself a fool. But then ''The Bluffer's Guide to Chocolate'' came my way and I couldnbut we haven't resist - any more than Iburied what they've ever been able to resist chocolatewritten: that lives on until..|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909937045</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|title=The Fun Stuff and Other Essays|author=James Wood|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=The ''Fun Stuff and Other Essays'' provideswhen? Is it until fashion decrees that they should be no more? Or is it, as in the title suggests, a panoramic sampling case of James Wood’s critical writing. A popular and oft-quoted writer, the essays collected here offer stimulating insights into Wood’s chosen subjects.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224097113</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|title=Winter|author=Adam Gopnik|rating=4|genre=Reference|summary=In this collection of five essays, each one offering a unique and fascinating perspective some children's authors that they are on the season of winter, Adam Gopnik takes the reader on a captivating journey, exploring history, art and society, life support through ''Romantic Winter'', ''Radical Winter'', ''Recuperative Winter'', ''Recreational Winter'' licensing deals and ''Remembering Winter''. In each essay, Gopnik focuses on one or two central themes, whilst also touching on surrounding ideas. For example, in Romantic Winter his central topics are art and poetry, however, issues such as changing societyastute marketing? Christopher Fowler has unearthed (exhumed?) ninety-nine authors who were once hugely popular, technologybut whose works have disappeared, sex and culture are also explored, in relation to these pivotal notions. He also includes two sections featuring collections of artwork to illustrate his viewpoints, which add a charming, individual touch to this booksometimes quite literally.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780874472</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alannah MooreAngell_Triang|title=The Creative Person's Website BuilderTri-ang Collectables|author=Dave Angell|rating=43.5

|summary=Creating a website is not difficult. Although some technical knowledge is a help A guide to the trains produced by the Tri- as is familiarity with your computer - you would be surprised at the speed with which you can have your own website and ang company from its inception until the sense of achievement which this will give youcompany became Hornby. If you're running a big business then you might want to go to a web designer but it is possible to have a site for A very little in the way of expenditure. I know - we've done it and we've grown our little baby into a business. I was lucky personal guide to have the expertise of our first tech guy when we built Bookbag, but Alanah Moore has produced a book which could give you a reasonable start and a great deal collecting of inspirationmodel trains.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781571066</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Chase_Orchids|title=Telling Lies for Fun and ProfitThe Book of Orchids: A Manual for Fiction Writerslife-size guide to six hundred species from around the world|author=Lawrence BlockMark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz and Tom Mirenda

|summary=If I was going to write a list of authors I admire - wellOne in seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid: there are 26, I wouldn't begin it now000 species in 749 genera. There are so many that I'd still be doing it at They flourish in remarkable habitats such as deserts and the end of November. But if I did take it upon myself to write a listArctic circle, in fact, Lawrence Block would probably be on top of itall areas but the most inhospitable. Hugely prolific and vastly varied when it comes to thrillers and crime stories, he There's someone who seems able to turn his hand to so many different types a wide range of novel or short story with excellent results every time. He's created my two favourite crime-solverscolours, alcoholic ex-cop Matt Scudder shapes and gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarrscents: they're dramatic, delicate and ingenious in the contrast between the grittiness of the former series and the cosiness of the latter would place him high on my list of favourites even without his other workways that they've developed not just to survive but to thrive. Throw in the comic capers Tom Mirenda describes them as ''masters of Evan Tanner, whose sleep-centre was destroyed by shrapnel manipulation'' and now works ''famous for a mysterious department going across the world lying and stirring up trouble, and stamp-collecting assassin Keller, and youcheating their way to their many evolutionary successes've got four excellent series of novels. Then there's the short stories, which feature all yet his love of these characters and many others, often rivalling Roald Dahl them is as obvious as his respect for darkness and clever plot twiststhe insight they give us into the processes which shaped our world. He hopes that understanding how that has come about will inspire us to conserve what we have.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0688132286</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Stanley GibbonsEdwards_Story|title=Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2013The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books (British Library Crime Classics)|author=Martin Edwards

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