The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures
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This book was the winner of the Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year. Anyone can be a success, but...
Ye Berlyn Tapestrie: John Hassall's Satirical First World War Panorama
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The horror of the First World War brought out a characteristic response in a group of English...
A Gentleman's Bedside Book: Entertainment for the Last Fifteen Minutes of the Day
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Have you ever found that once you are between the sheets Madame Bovary is too heavy, magazines are...
Odd-shaped Balls: Mischief-makers, Miscreants and Mad-hatters of Rugby
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Rugby is not a game for those who think that centres are what you find in a box of Black Magic or...
The British Constitution
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In the latter part of the nineteenth century Walter Bagehot wrote a classic account of the British...
A Smile in the Mind: Witty Thinking in Graphic Design
Beryl McAlhone, David Stuart, Greg Quinton and Nick Asbury
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Forty years of "witty thinking" from over 500 designers, including hundreds of visual examples and...
A Long Way from Home
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Growing up in Barbados in humble surroundings as a devout Christian, Una was the oldest of ten...
Andrew Crosse and the Mite Who Shocked the World: The Life and Work of an Electrical Pioneer
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The fascinating story of one of the early gentleman scientists who helped lay the foundations for...
Animal Magic: A Brother's Story
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'Your brother looked healthy, happy, natural. But everything else about him is extremely odd. Not...
Arrazat's Aubergines: Inside a Languedoc Kitchen
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In the sequel to Virgile's Vineyard, Patrick Moon explores the world of Languedoc food and cuisine....