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Collected Poems 1 review
John Betjeman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006
A very English poet
I tried very hard to build up some enthusiasm for this collection. Betjeman has long been one of the most loved and popular of English poets. But I found the light verse too light, and the precise description of English landscape uncorrelated with some higher moral and spiritual vision as for ...
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Derby Days: Fifty Years of the Epsom Classic
Stewart Peters
Tempus, 2004
Complete with photographs of its runners and riders, this title provides a history of the Epsom Derby over the last 50 years.
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The Diesel Shunter
C.J. Marsden
OPC Railprint, 2003
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The Secret Universe of Names12 reviews
Roy Feinson
Overlook Hardcover, 2004
It's About Time!
+ Great resource!
+ More insightful than other name books
+ Much more accurate than I thought it would be!
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Why Do Buses Come in Threes? 10 reviews
Rob Eastaway, Jeremy Wyndham
Wiley, 2000
Fascinating book
+ Buses actually come in pairs...
+ For the rational being
+ Amazing little book on mathematics of daily life. Superb!
+ An excellent reminder about why maths is fun
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Castles: England + Scotland + Ireland + Wales3 reviews
Plantagenet Fry
David & Charles, 2005
What a Terrific Book
+ Castles
+ very good for the price
Firstly what a wonderful name for an author of such a book, secondly what a wonderful book he has written. The British Isles is littered with castles of varying sizes and in various states of repair, or disrepair as the case may be. This book attempts to give you a guided tour of some of the best ...
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Mr Nastase: The Autobiography 7 reviews
Ilie Nastase
HarperCollins UK, 2005
Win or loose Nasty had more fun!
+ A Tennis Legend
+ For Tennis Fans of all Ages
+ What a life!
+ Nasty is back!
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Teach Yourself Quick Fix HTML (Teach Yourself Quick Fix Computing)
Mac Bride
Teach Yourself Books, 2003
Are you stuck at your screen with nowhere to turn? Can't find the answer to a simple question? Quick Fix will provide all the shortcuts and tricks your computer won't give you...and help you out of that tricky situation. Each of these handy reference guides contains: Page-by-pages explanations of key functions and answers to common questions; step-by-step instructions; and tips and tricks for ...
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Encyclopedia of Whisky
Michael Jackson
Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 2005
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Aquatic Ape Hypothesis (Condor Indep Voices)8 reviews
Elaine Morgan
Souvenir Press Ltd, 1999
An excellent exposition of the Aquatic Ape Theory
+ Thinking outside the academic feudalist dogmas...
+ Like this book.
+ Go Swimming with Elaine Morgan!
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Blue Diesel Days
Paul Shannon
Ian Allan Ltd, 2007
Rail Blue existed alongside steam for more than four years; indeed many of the specials which were operated in the run up to the final demise of steam traction in August 1968, often included coaching stock painted in this livery. In this follow-up to the widely acclaimed "Green Diesel Days", the author portrays through some 170 colour illustrations, the railways as they existed in the period from ...
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GWR Then and Now
Laurence Waters
Ian Allan Ltd, 1994
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Best-Loved Poems2 reviews
Little, Brown Book Group, 2002
Poetry to warm the cockles of your heart
+ great book of poetry!
What an ABSOLUTE gem of a book! I just got it today and I can't believe I haven't come across it before!
Beautifully illustrated with gold trimmed pages, and arranged into nine thematic sections that cover many subjects including war, youth, love and life etc.
I sat with my mom and read out ...
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The Authorized Biography of Vincent O'Brien1 review
Jacqueline O'Brien
Bantam Press, 2005
Great read
Very enjoyable read. I had heard the name 'Vincent O'Brien' before, but when I read about what he has achieved I was stunned. He's won everything. Some of the greatest horses were found and trained by him, and I had no idea it was him that did it. Buy this, and once you have read it you will agree ...
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Mother Country: A Memoir
Jeremy Harding
Faber & Faber, 2006
This is a hugely moving and affecting literary memoir of adoption, a family mystery, and the need to belong. When Jeremy Harding was a child, his mother Maureen told him he was adopted. She described his natural parents as a Scandinavian sailor and a 'little Irish girl' who worked at Woolworth's. It was only later, as Harding set out to look for traces of his birth mother, that he began to ...
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CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web (Pocket Reference)7 reviews
Eric Meyer
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007
Great little helper
+ Excellent Reference
+ Excellent Pocket-sized Reference Tool
+ Great reference: perfect if it had illustrations
+ best cheat sheet out there
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Mince Pie for Starters: A Racing Life
John Oaksey
Headline Book Publishing, 2004
John Oaksey has seen it all in racing, as a jockey, commentator and newspaper reporter. After a lifetime devoted to the sport he recalls the splendid characters, horses and races that have made horseracing the great passion of his life, a passion that he is so brilliantly able to convey to others. One of the most respected and loved people in the sport, partly due to his work with the Injured ...
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation543 reviews
Lynne Truss
Gotham, 2006
An ode to an endangered species: Punctuation
+ It gets folks fired up, doesn't it?
This book is not a grammar or style guide. This is rather a book by someone who is passionate about language, in general, and punctuation, in particular. If you see a signboard of a shop advertising "CD's, Video's, DVD's, and Book's", and if you see another one declaring "No Dogs Please" and both ...
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Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted ...13 reviews
New Scientist
Free Press, 2006
Very Interesting reading
+ EDUCATIONAL
+ Interesting collection of facts
+ Fun, but limited
+ Very Hungry Birds (and More !)
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Making the Running
Ian Balding
Headline Book Publishing, 2005
The image of the Derby winner with his leg in plaster was broadcast around the world. Alongside Mill Reef stood a baby-faced man who had won the Arc, the King George, the Eclipse, and now the Derby. He trained for the Queen and Queen Mother; and Lester Piggott, Willie Carson, and Frankie Dettori all rode for him—but where had he come from and how had he got there? Ian Balding's story is one ...
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