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The
Whisky Companion
As
The Whisky Companion reveals, the proof of the liquid is in the
tasting. From eccentric smugglers to distinguished drinkers, this
informative and irreverent book is packed full of anecdotes, top-10
lists, notes, quotes, facts and stats relating to this wonderful amber
alcohol.
Author: Tom Quinn
Hardback – December 2005
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£9.99 |
| 160
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| ISBN:
1-84252-011-7 |
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The
Birdwatcher’s Companion
From the serious (why are vultures dying out in Asia?) to the bizarre
(the parrot that can read minds); the informative (why waxwings have
waxy wings) to the completely ridiculous (the avian footballing XI,
starring Bobby Moorhen and Jimmy Grebes), The
Birdwatcher’s Companion takes the reader through a
veritable aviary of notes, quotes, facts and stats.
Author: Malcolm Tait and Olive Tayler
Hardback – September 2005
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| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-833-0 |
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The Cook’s Companion
Whether your taste is for foie gras or fry-ups, this tasty compilation
of the wise, the weird and the faintly absurd will soon have you asking
for more. The Cook’s Companion is an
essential ingredient in any kitchen and is boiling over with foodie
facts, fiction, science, history and trivia.
Author: Jo Swinnerton
Hardback – August 2004 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-772-5 |
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The
Countryside Companion
From smocking to flocking, Lincoln Reds to flowerbeds, Suffolk Punch to
ploughman’s lunch, the countryside is crammed full of
history, folklore, wit, wisdom and customs. The Countryside
Companion is your introduction to them: whether
you’re a Lurcherman or an Archer’s fan,
there’s plenty to interest and amuse the seasoned countryman
and the curious townie alike.
Author: Malcolm Tait and Olive Tayler
Hardback – September 2005
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£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-918-3 |
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The Fishing Companion
From cod to rods,
halibut to turbot, this fascinating and unique book takes a whole new
angle on angling. Whether you’re a stickleback-chaser or a
marlin-hunter, you’ll soon be hooked on this fascinating
catch of fishy
notes, quotes, facts and stats. Don’t let this one get away. The
Fishing Companion doesn’t just contain fascinating
snippets
of information on fish; it also offers extracts from some of the finest
writing from the human world. Alan Sillitoe casts a line with Thoreau,
while Hemingway wades in with Aristotle.
Author: Lesley
Crawford
Hardback
– September 2005 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-919-1 |
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The
Gardener’s Companion
For anyone who has ever put on a pair of gloves, picked up a spade and
gone out in the garden in search of flowers, beauty and inspiration.
Packed with notes, quotes, facts and stats, The
Gardener’s Companion contains over 500 gardening
gobbets, botanical bemusements and horticultural ha-has.
Author: Vicky
Bamforth
Hardback
– August 2004
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| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-771-7 |
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The Golfer’s Companion
For those who
don’t know their foozle from their niblick, The
Golfer’s Companion is a fun, fascinating frolic
through 18 holes of golf miscellany. A tournament-sized cut packed full
of fascinating facts, tall stories and in-depth histories with jokes,
puzzles and trivia carried by the caddies. An indispensable addition to
anybody’s golf library.
Author:
Chris Martin
Hardback
– March 2005 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-834-9 |
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The History of Britain Companion
From King Harold to Elizabeth II, this fascinating and unique book
offers a view of the oddities, quirks, origins and stories behind the
history of Britain that has made the country what it is today.
Starting, quite literally at the beginning, the reader is taken on an
unorthodox tour through the lesser-known nuggets of British history. The
History of Britain Companion provides the reader with a
fascinating range of notes, quotes, facts and stats.
Author: Jo Swinnerton
Hardback – September 2005 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-914-0 |
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The Ideas Companion
This is a book that knows its IPs from its Qs. From the
patently
absurd to the copyrights and wrongs of literature and music, The
Ideas Companion is crammed full of notes and quotes, facts
and stats drawn from the extraordinary minds of commerce, inventors and
creators, and the ways they protect their ideas. Own this book, and
you’ll have your very own intellectual property.
Author: Johnny Acton
Hardback – April 2005 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-835-7 |
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The Legal Companion
Whether you’re a politician or judge, lawyer or policeman,
criminal or ordinary law-abiding citizen, it is unlikely that you will
go through a day without being touched in some way by the law. The
strange and wonderful legal world across the globe and throughout the
ages is here, from ancient customs to the more bizarre modern ones.
Author: Johnny Acton
Hardback – April 2005
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£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-838-1 |
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The Literary Companion
Whether your Dickens is Charles or Monica, your Eliot George or TS,
your Stein Gertrude or Franken, this is the book for you. Discover a
full range of literary fact and fiction from Vita Sackville-West to
Rebecca East. No bookshelf should be without it.
Author: Emma Jones
Hardback – October 2004 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-798-9 |
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The
London Companion
From Edgware to Morden, Upminster to Ealing, no stone has been left
unturned to bring you this astonishing collection of facts, figures and
very tall stories about the incomparable city of London. All the world
is here, from prehistoric animals to Viking kings, medieval riots to
modern art.
Author: Jo Swinnerton
Hardback – August 2004
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| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-799-7 |
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The
Moviegoer’s Companion
Whether you love film noir or Matt LeBlanc, Gone with the Wind or
Reservoir Dogs, this is the book for you. Discover the strange and
wonderful world of movies in all their bizarre and glamorous glory with
this incomparable collection of fascinating film facts.
Author: Rhiannon Guy
Hardback – October 2004 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-797-0 |
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The Politics Companion
For politicians, abstainers and floating voters everywhere, this
collection of facts, figures and surprising stories from the world of
politics will explain a great deal about our leaders and what makes
then tick.
Author: Matthew Stadlen and Harry Glass
Hardback – August 2004 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-796-2 |
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The Sailing Companion
This book is for anyone who has been to sea – from a
passenger on a ferry to the captain of a racing yacht. It explores the
mystery and the magic involved in voyaging on the ocean, and laughs at
some of the silly things that sailors do. Cast off among these pages
and you’ll discover a treasure trove of nautical knowledge.
Author: Miles Kendall
Hardback – March 2005 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-839-X |
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The Shakespeare Companion
From Comedy to tragedy, Elsinore to Cawdor, the Globe theatre to outer
space, The Shakespeare Companion celebrates,
investigates and puzzles over Shakespeare’s strange turns,
dramatic scenes, mysterious settings, gripping interludes and curious
characters.
Author: Emma Jones and Rhiannon Guy
Hardback – September 2005 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-913-2 |
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The Traveller’s Companion
For travellers the world over, from avid adventurers to random roamers,
The Traveller’s Companion
is a must for the rucksack, suitcase or just those armchair moments
spent wishing you were there. It’s filled with useful tips
and less useful trivia, as well as the intriguing, confounding and
frankly jaw-dropping antics that travellers get up to.
Author: Georgina Newbery
Hardback – August 2004 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-773-3 |
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The Walker’s Companion
Whether you’re a rambler or an ambler, a hiker or a
nature-liker, The Walker’s Companion is
the perfect rucksack-filler. It’s packed with useful
– and slightly less useful – information on
everything about the wondrous world of walking, in all its magnificent
glory.
Author: Malcolm Tait
Hardback – September 2004 |
| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
Pages |
| ISBN:
1-86105-825-X |
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The
Wildlife Companion
For anyone who ever heard a bird sing, watched a moth flutter against
the light, or ambled through a bluebell wood, and wondered, just
momentarily, how such a diverse and beautiful natural world could
possibly have come about.
Author: Malcolm Tait
Hardback – August 2004
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| Price:
£9.99 |
| 160
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| ISBN:
1-86105-770-9 |
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