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In Ford County, Missouri, a dying judge leaves his dissolute sons $3 million in used bank notes. (£6.99)

From this part Chippewa US author, the story of Father Damian’s greatest challenge when a colleague comes to the reservation considering Sister Leopolds for sainthood. (£6.99)

An English biographer sets out to write about the Rose Street Massacre of 1933, and interviews one of the few remaining survivors 50 years later. (£6.99)

A journal of his 2002 visit to the treasures, slums and refugee camps of Kenya. Author’s proceeds to charity. (£7.99)

With 350 colour illustrations, a learned approach to 26 classic stories and exploring their historical origins, cultural complexities and psychological effects.(£28.00)

From Cambridge University Press, an accessible introduction to astronomy. (£15.95)

From a practising architect (we’ve been asked for something like this so here it is!) (£19.95)

Now in paperback, the diaries of this remarkable Stuart noblewoman. She witnessed the funeral of Queen Elizabeth I, was active at court, survived a turbulent second marriage and finally managed to succeed to her father's lands in Westmorland and North Yorkshire, where her strong character is still remembered. With explanatory notes, family trees and illustrations. (£7.99)

Each with a stunning global image. For use when travelling, or if you wish you were. (£4.99)

A collection of essential trivia, uncommon knowledge and vital irrelevance. (£9.99)

New edition of this classic for beginning or established smallholders, covering the buildings, the land, cultivation and livestock from bees to exotic species. (£25.00)

NOVEMBER 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

Rumpole finds himself in the Primrose Path nursing home - or a hospice as he persists in describing it. Things aren't looking good for him - until he begins to sense there's something wrong with the place, and all his intelligence and formidable insight into human behaviour come to the fore again. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

A collection of short stories inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses from the prize-winning Yorkshire author. (£11.99 at The Book Case)

The Body and Other Stories - Hanif Kureishi
In The Body, a middle-aged man finds he can turn the clock back to a younger physical self, but things aren’t so easy ... (£11.00 at The Book Case)

In 1942 Sydney, Australia seems threatened with Japanese invasion.(£15.99 at The Book Case)

The war on drugs has been lost for want of courage to admit that the world is becoming a vast criminal network. A hilarious, heartbreaking and terrifying collection of interconnected stories. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

19th Inspector Wexford mystery. "Bizarre, isn't it? The teenagers are 15 and 13, the sitter's in her 30s, they can all swim and the house is miles above the floods". Yet their mother is sure her children are dead.

Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he's back in his own rough, tough past without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck. (£15.99 at The Book Case)

Ella Turner does her best to fit in to the small, close-knit community of Lisle-sur-Tarn. She even changes her name back to Tournier, and knocks the rust off her high school French. In vain. Isolated and lonely, she is drawn to investigate her Tournier ancestry. (£6.99)

Daniel Thayne, a young Englishman, finds himself trapped in Tokyo: working illegally in a ramshackle language school, his passport lost, he is hustled towards marriage with Keiko, his Japanese girlfriend. In the gloom of the rainy season, Daniel's life takes on a nightmarish quality. (£6.99)

A purgatorial ship is peopled with a diverse array of characters - a modern-day "Canterbury Tales". (£6.99)

From the author of "La Cucina", a novel about a servant girl whose bewitching aroma drives men mad! (£6.99)

Highly praised Hungarian novel about a young conformist honeymoon couple whose encounter in the 1930s with a dark and magical Italy threatens their harmony. (£6.99)

Reissue of the Norwegian classic about a girl longing to break out of her restricted and frozen home life. (£10.00)

V.I. Warshawski on a road that winds back more than 50 years into an intricate maze of wartime lies, heartbreaking secrets and harrowing retribution. (£6.99)

Political thriller ranging from the 1960s, through the rise of the New Left to the techno-surveillance culture of the present. (£7.99)

Anecdotal exploration of how artists throughout history have achieved certain colours. (£9.99)

Newly transcribed from the manuscripts, with previously unpublished material from almost 600 letters and journals. Acclaimed local author. (£25.00)

His first non-fiction book, telling the story of his parents’ lives. (£16.99)

From the ex-Chief Constable of Cleveland and West Yorkshire who went on to become New Labour's much-feted and summarily dismissed "Drugs Czar", his account of his abused and deprived childhood and four decades of public service. He deals with police brutality and corruption, the rise in terrorism, public disorder, drug abuse and criminality, discusses racism, sexism and political correctness and is unimpressed by politicians and civil servants. (£18.99)

His only autobiography, with an introduction by his wife Olivia. First published in 1980; he describes his upbringing, his first forays with the band, the hard life on the road before success, the extraordinary phenomenon of Beatlemania, his spiritual reawakening, and his passion for gardening. (£20.00)

In 72 prose poems Michael Rosen tells the story of a life, growing up with Jewish Communist parents in north London, strange trips to eastern Europe during the Cold War, and trainee days at the BBC. At the book's core is the tragic death of his 18-year-old son. (£7.99)

This volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we will come to the autobiography of this very private writer. (£15.99)

In 1932 the young political activist arrived in London from his native Trinidad and wrote a series of essays about his experiences for publication back home. This is their first publication as a collection. (£10.99)

28 women write their own personal stories which are accompanied by Elizabeth Handy's photographs. (£18.99)

The independent and micro brewery pubs, free houses and brew pubs of Britain from the Real Ale Research Team. (£10.99)

Epic history of the ancient city-state and its inhabitants, whose codes and values have shaped European ethics. Channel 4 tie-in. (£18.99)

The first translation in one volume. A unique and detailed portrait of 11th-century England and one of the most important books in English history. (£30.00)

On 8 February 1421 the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships, 500 foot long junks made from the finest teak and mahogany, were led by Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was "to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. Their journey would last over two years and circle the entire globe - but because of a shift in power, the records showing that these Chinese explorers pre-dated Columbus, Magellan and Cook in their achievements was lost until the author’s 15 years of research recovered the truth. (£20.00)

The Fever Trail: Malaria, the mosquito and the quest for quinine - Mark Honigsbaum (£7.99)

All four of Shackleton’s Polar expeditions, with extensive pictorial research. (£25.00)

Eyewitness accounts of history's greatest battles from Thermopylae to the Gulf war (£7.99).

I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue Anniversary Special (double cassettes, £10.99)

Reissue of the hilarious spoof recording the increasingly bemused thank-you letters of the recipient. (£8.99)

From the author of The Pooh Perplex and Unauthorised Freud. "A brilliant and savagely witty skewering of the combatants on all sides of the academic culture wars" says The Washington Post (£9.99)

The inspirational life story of Eileen Caddy, co-founder of the Findhorn Community in the north of Scotland. Now in her 80s, Eileen still lives within the Community and continues to be a source of inspiration and stability to the people drawn there as well as to millions around the world. (£9.95)

An essential read for all caught up in this rapidly changing world. Outling strategies to help us confidently cope with the ubiquitous feelings of tension, anxiety and trauma of modern living. (£7.99)

The author investigates what he believes to be the ‘hidden lineage of Jesus’. This family tree covers the lives of Christ’s descendants over the past 2000 years. Gardner must have spent many a wet afternoon at the offices of Births, Deaths and Marriages to research this family! (£8.99)

This is a moving and poetic memoir from the author of Secrets of the Talking Jaguar. It describes with eloquence his life with a Mayan community in Guatemala as well as presenting a powerful portrait of their vanishing culture. (£9.99)

This compelling and well researched work presents new case studies and shows extraordinary evidence of the telepathic connections between twins. It won’t surprise twins but will astound those of us who aren’t! (£8.99)

The absolute perfect book for this time of year. Soups of all kinds, yet all will heal your mind, your body and your soul. Relax and enjoy. (£10.99)

Her third collection, dark and based on figures from mythology, the Bible and true crime. (£7.95)

A collection of her essays in which she speaks out in defence of her principles and of the underprivileged, dispossessed and threatened. (£8.99)

The rise of the anti-globalization movement, with analysis of developments in local democracy, law enforcement, privatization laws, capital migrations, union behaviour, imarketing and summitry. (£8.99)

From Dorling Kindersley, the Essential Science series at £4.99 each, including Evolution, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Physics and The Restless Earth.

A photographic journey to discover the wildlife of England’s greatest county. In association with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. (£18.99)

New Rough Guides to Dublin, Europe, Portugal and I was going to say Indonesia.

Seychelles: Garden of Eden in the Indian Ocean - Sarah Carpin (Odyssey) (£14.95)

Guizhou Province: Costume and Culture in Remote China - Gina Corrigan (Odyssey) (£15.95)

Updated and re-illustrated classic now with jungle-proof rubber khaki cover! (£14.95)

Writing the Rails: Train Adventures by the World’s Best Loved Writers - Edward C Goodman (ed.) (£12.99)

Wide-ranging, challenging and entertaining book from India’s most famous foreign observer. (£17.99)

An testament to life as a shepherd in Strathmore in the Great Glen, before the flooding of the valley for a hydro-electric scheme forced him to abandon both the land and his way of life. (£6.99)

A chronicle of a life spent farming in the Scottish Highlands and a collection of stories which reflect the changes of both attitude and affluence which have revolutionized Highland life and dramatically affected its natural environment over the centuries, using the background to the Fraser clan chiefs as a central theme. (£6.99)

A collection of the best, including "Why is water wet?" and "Has anyone ever died of boredom?"

How to protect yourself and your family at home, outdoors, at work and while travelling. Written by a serving police officer and endorsed by the Metropolitan Police. (£12.99)

A celebration of the English language, tied in with the popular Radio 4 programme. (£12.99)

A vividly illustrated picture book with an unexpected twist. This mighty dragon had a deep, dark secret. (£4.99)

All the creatures ask their parent this question. The bullfrog’s mum is reluctant to tell her son the truth! (£4.99)

The king was in a hurry and blew his son a bedtime kiss. It flew out of the window and a knight was sent to fetch it back. What will he encounter there? (£5.99)

Once a single family lived here with servants in the loft and a cook in the cellar. Now each floor has a different address: Flats 1-6. (£3.99)

Adventure and danger follow Hermux Tantamoq the mouse as he uncovers a quest for the formula of eternal youth. (£4.99)

OCTOBER 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

A change of direction into environmental adventure, "equal parts Rider Haggard and Chico Buarque". (£11.99 at The Book Case)

The Prime Minister travels incognito round Britain accompanied by Jack Spratt, the policeman from the door of No. 10. Comic exploration of contemporary social and political mores. (£13.99 at The Book Case).

A return to the Middle Ages with a mixture of history, myth and invention. (£16.00 at The Book Case).

A young Arab mechanic helps Julie Summers when her car breaks down, but the developing cross-culture relationship in South Africa leads to complex problems. (£6.99)

Unsentimental, elegant and spare stories about love, from the author of The Reader. (£6.99)

Discovering a bronze statue to Red Dog in Western Australia, the author spent two weeks on his trail collecting stories about him. (£5.99)

New Hainish novel: on a world in which ancient beliefs and customs are banned, Sutty journeys deep into the countryside and discovers the Telling, the old faith of the Akans. (£5.99)

Sparkling and original first novel about love, fatherhood, librarians and Anglo-German relations. (£10.99)

Primary school teacher K loves Sumire, who thinks she may be lesbian - she’s in love with an older woman with a troubled past and a shock of long white hair. (£6.99)

Reissue of his first novel, set in post-war Hungary. It’s about two young men in a travelling basketball team. (£6.99)

Gender anxiety - Oliver and Barry have both been both married at one time to Andrea but their main problem is themselves . (£5.99)

The 13th Inspector Rebus book, which got to national No. 1 in hardback. (£6.99)

From the bestselling crime author. It’s hard to find someone who’s determined to stay hidden. (£6.99)

Six cassettes in a slipcase, running time 6 hours, Whose Body?, Unnatural Death, Clouds of Witness. (£22.50)

NON-FICTION

Spoof overview of contemporary art through Steadman’s alter ago, Gavin Twinge, last remnant of a 19th-century "domestic engineering" dynasty, founder of the Doodaa school, and pioneer of Barcode Art, Shredded Literature, Centrifugal Abstracts and the "Philosophy of French Plumbing". (£20.00)

A journey through the nation’s architecture and psyche from the 12th century to the present day. BBC. (£25.00)

Unflinching autobiography illuminating the literary world of the second half of the twentieth century. (£20.00)

In the sequel to "And When Did You Last See Your Father?", Blake Morrison uncovers the truth about his intriguing but mostly silent mother and finds that before becoming Kim Morrison she had been Agnes O'Shea. (£16.99)

Reissue of the classic account of the disintegration of a wealthy Ottoman family with the impact of the First World War. (£9.99)

Britain’s most popular organic gardener shows that gardening can be far less work without chemicals. (£19.99)

Major reference work covers over 1000 genera in outstanding colour photographs and authoritative, detailed text. (£50 each).

English cultural history from its roots in the Anglo-Saxon period. Entertaining and provocative sequel to London: the Biography. (£25.00)

Before insurance and modern science, cunning-folk played an important role, helping to find lost objects or advising how to escape from bad luck or attract a lover. This title shows how long their services were commonplace. (£19.95)

The author of The Triumph of the Moon looks at myths of Arthur, alternative histories of Glastonbury, the New Old Paganism and ritual nudity, among other things. (£25.00)

Uses first-hand contemporaneous accounts including less known sources to bring the period and its characters to life. Illustrated. (£18.99)

The reign of George III to the end of the 20th century taking in the wars against the French and the Victorian era. (£25.00)

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes - Jonathan Rose (£12.99)

"How a day of triumph became a day of despair at the turn of a wheel". The story of the fateful accident on the day of the opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway in 1830. (£14.99)

Unprecedented testimony from a lost generation, gleaned from thousands of interview tapes, in association with the Imperial War Museum. (£19.99)

Through the lives and marriages of four extraordinary women in different eras, explores what it means to be a "good wife", then and now. (£7.99)

The story of London since the 1930s told through the 28 streets, stations and utilities of the Monopoly board. (£12.00)

Double cassette of his humorous quest to Irish communities across the world. (£9.99)

The best of John O'Farrell's newspaper columns for "The Guardian" and "The Independent". Covers pet passports, Jeffrey Archer got sent to prison and George W. Bush in the title role.(£6.99)

Results of a year-long scientific search for the world’s funniest joke, in association with the British Association for the Advancement of Science! Will you agree with the outcome? (£5.99)

Discover Inner Peace with Shaun the Sheep, best friend of Wallace and Gromit. (£4.99)

A sheep’s guide to happiness. (What is it with the sheep this month?) (£4.99)

Readable and relevant guide from Oxford University Press to a wide range of fiction, with thirty essays on different genres. Recommended! (£9.99)

Short Film Scriptwriter’s Handbook
From the Short Film Bureau, complete with DVD of the final short films whose scripts are featured in the book. (£12.99)

The most secretive ‘religion’. This beautifully presented and lavishly illustrated book gives an in-depth investigation of witchcraft spanning three millennia. (£16.99)

A new title from the ‘body language’ guru, Pease takes a frank look at the differences between the sexes. (£7.99)

From the man who told us how to use our heads, Mind Mapping takes it one step further. This practical guide shows how easy it can be to get started on projects, to boost our memories and to save time. What more could a head want! (£6.99)

At last he’s back! It’s been a long time since we all read The Chariots of the Gods, however this time it’s different. This time he has irrefutable photographic proof that god was an alien! (£12.99)

Focusing on the four element medicine tradition, and rooted in the cycles of the planets. Keyes’ book describes a world where we, as human beings, are of the same fabric as the natural world itself and teaches us how to harmonize our own health and nourish body, mind and spirit. (£14.99)

This is the lastest collection from the Cranks series of cookery titles. It features over 250 simple and delicious vegetarian recipes. If you cook and if you eat, you must have it! (£14.99)

Sequel to "Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book" featuring 15-year-old Lady Angelica Cottington as she finds an annotated photo album which reveals fairy enchantments, wanton romance and bawdy trysts, casting some doubt on Lady Cottington's ancestry.

New CDs from Rough Guides include Arabesque, Hungary, Mexico, and Youusou Ndour & Etoile de Daka (£11.99 each)

All the greatest moves from your guitar heroes. Amaze your friends and thrill imaginary arenas. Genuine air guitar included! (£9.99)

Dog Listener: learning the language of your best friend - Jan Fennell (£7.99)

A diary of the comic actor’s trips to Peru tracking Paddington Bear's roots and more seriously, rescuing a young Spectacled bear, one of the world's endangered species. (£14.95)

40 of the greatest natural World Heritage sites, to mark the 30th anniversary of UNESCO and the WWF. Illustrated. (£19.99)

159 photographs of the earth taken by machines in space and collated by the German Space Centre. Sequel to Full Moon. (£30.00)

Small-format edition of the bestselling book featuring photographs from NASA’s 32,000 images from the Apollo missions.(£12.99)

I’m being offered a choice of title here, but the subtitle is "Why We Don’t Like Politicians". Humorous and controversial exploration. (£20.00)

Stupid White Men, and other sorry excuses for the state of the nation - Michael Moore

The author has been a hospital surgeon, a flying doctor, a ship's medical officer and a battlefield surgeon and has worked in places as diverse as Mozambique, Burma, America, Kurdistan, England and Eritrea. This book offers a vivid account of the various faces of medicine he has encountered. (£6.99)

From the BBC correspondent, an analysis of the ascendancy of neo-fascist parties worldwide. (£18.99)

Second edition examines the contradiction between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and US foreign policy. (£4.99)

It is easy to be cynical about a formal education ystem, but it is hard to be cynical enough. Sample definition: "AS level: n. an attempt to remedy the futility of examinations for those aged 16 and 18 by having one at 17 as well." (£4.99)

"The Changing Face of Britain". The British landscape is rapidly changing forever. Analyses causes, consequences and possible remedies. (£20.00)

The only comprehensive overview of coruption around the globe, from Transparency International. (£14.99)

"A shed is to a man what a handbag is to a woman" - a quirky study of over 40 men and their customised sheds around the UK. B&w photos. (£7.99)

Every summer weekend thousands of amateur cricketers don their whites and turn out. Funny account of a season from the Guardian columnist. (£7.99)

Odyssey Guides (well-written, nice colour photos) to Australia, New Zealand, Seychelles (£14.95 each)

"A guide to British bed and breakfast accommodation in fine buildings, with handsome furniture, real food, linen sheets, good coffee, and home-made bread and marmalade." (£14.99)

First UK edition of "Special Places to Stay", listing over 200 cottages, mills, converted barns and lofts. (£11.99)

Rough Guide Chronicles to China, India, France and others. Series of national histories. (£7.99 each)

Machu Picchu: a visual tour mediating ancestral time and sacred space - Hunt & Bock (£7.95)

"An anthology of worlds revealed by explorers through the ages". Bumper collection from many times and places with sections on Seas and Landfalls, Plains and Foothills, Hot Deserts, Cold Deserts, Forests and Mountains. (£25.00)

Reprint of 1953 account of a summer journey from its source at Dijon to the sea, on foot and via assorted craft. With over 50 wood engravings by the author. One of Signal Books’ "Lost and Found" classic travel writing series. (£10.99)

Whilst reading under his big oak tree, little pig discovers three new words - wish, change and friend. 3+ (£4.99)

This follows Angelina through a ballet class and encourages reader-participation. 3-7 (£3.99)

Beautifully illustrated version of the classic Christmas song. Perfect stocking filler. 3+ (£4.99)

A cross between ET and Stig of the Dump. A boy finds an alien on the beach and befriends him but his meddling sister becomes involved. 8+ (£4.99)

Pull back the photographic see-through pages to take you layer by layer into the heart and bones of the human body. 8+ (£7.99)

Sequel to The Breadwinner. Parvana travels alone across a war-ridden Afghanistan in an attempt to find her family. 9+ (£4.99)

Triss, a young squirrelmaid escapes a life of misery as a servant to the ruling ferret family when she sets off to find her way to the Abbey of Redwall. 9+ (£12.99)

The Very Hungry Lion (£12.99)
Hensparrow Turns Purple (£14.99)
You might want to keep these award-winning colourful adaptions of Indian folk tales for yourself! They’re silk-screened by hand on thick, high quality handmade paper. Hensparrow is accordion-style and can equally well be a wall-hanging. Hungry Lion is illustrated in the western Indian Warli style of folk painting, usually found on the walls of tribal houses. Produced in India. Adaptations by Gita Wolf.

More Fairies from Margaret Tarrant - this time Health, House, Insect, Orchard, Seed and Water Fairies. Medici are reissuing the 1930s fairy books collection, with poems by Marion St John Webb. (£4.99 each)

SEPTEMBER 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

Darkly witty novel set in modern London at the time of the World Trade Centre bombing.(£14.99 at The Book Case)

Frederica is working in television in London when tumultuous events in her home county of Yorkshire threaten to change her life. Religion, myth and fairy-tale mingle with science and technology. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

A recently divorced woman arrives in London to start a new life. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

Reworking of Dorian Gray during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. Funny existential tour around the hollow things of modernity. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

Set during the Trojan War, this novel’s characters have 21st-century values, which aren’t particularly heroic. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

PAPERBACK

Evocation of Dr Johnson’s final years, as he is torn between his strict morality and his undeclared passion for Mrs Thrale. Beryl Bainbridge will be taking part in one of the Halifax Library Readers’ Days in September. (£6.99)

Half a Life - V S Naipaul
Willy Chandran’s father married a low caste woman , and soon came to loathe the sight of her. Born of this unhappy union, Willy sets off to find a place in the world. (£7.99)

Sripathi just wanted an ordinary life and a happy family; now his only joy is his daughter Maya. Set in South India. "Anita Desai meets Joanna Trollope". (£6.99)

After 50 years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun, but something is seriously wrong in 21st-century America. International bestseller. £6.99)

The body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of the East Anglian coast. Adam Dalgleish investigates. A good one, and also to be shown on BBC TV. (£6.99)

Now in paperback, his satire on a society memorial service for a rather special masseur. (£3.99)

From the author of Like Water for Chocolate, a novel about a Mexican telegraph operator who in the name of peace and love mistranslates angry messages into respectful ones. (£6.99)

Set in early 19th-century Newfoundland, traces the expeditions ordered by the British Crown to establish contact between the native Beotuk Indians and the settler communities. (£10.99)

Zanzibar - Giles Foden
A marine biologist working on coral reef protection off Zanzibar becomes embroiled in a conspiracy of violence and political terror. From the author of Ladysmith and The Last King of Scotland. (£12.99)

Political sequel to his memoir Experience; with 100 pages on Stalin sandwiched between a personal beginning and ending. (£16.99)

Third in the autobiographical series from the BBC’s World Affairs Editor, this one concentrates on the mechanics of news gathering and reporting. (£20.00)

An exploration of Irish identity from the author of Between Extremes. (£16.99)

Now in paperback, the authorised biography of Britain’s most popular playwright. (£8.99)

The author was 24 when she was first hospitalised with anorexia nervosa. In this book she relives the experience and tries to explain her mindset. (£5.99)

Recipes and a celebration of British ingredients and suppliers who put quality and taste over profit. (£20.00)

With startling new evidence, the history of the bloodiest insurrection in the history of the British Empire, in which innocents on both sides suffered. (£20.00)

Mini-edition of the award-winning visual history of the twentieth century. (£9.95)

Famously useful to Sherlock Holmes and Carruthers of the Sands, a reminder of the days when the railways were run rather better. (£25.00)

The fruit of a lifetime’s experience by the great Shakespeare scholar. (£30.00)

How pre-war women writers reinvented themselves as authors in the face of current preconceptions about feminine creativity. (£7.99)

The relation between language, mind and brain; integrates current linguistic reseach into neuroscience. (£13.95)

Another one! This one has a foreword by Prince Charles and 400 colour pix. (30.00)

300+ photographs of everything from unseen galaxies to microscopic organisms. (£29.95)

From the author of Were You Still Up for Portillo?, an investigation into why British rain is getting wetter. (£5.99)

Feminine Gospels - Carol Ann Duffy
New collection from the acclaimed contemporary poet celebrates, elegises and eroticises the female condition. (£12.99)

The first comprehensive analysis of landownership in Britain since the nineteenth century, with a list of the top 500 landowners. (£14.99)

Playing to the Gallery - Simon Hoggart
New collection of the Guardian correspondent’s comments on the drama and farce of the Mother of Parliaments. (£7.99)

Pearls of wisdom from Dave Podmore, cricketer ordinaire of the Guardian and Radio 4. (£6.99)

In China, objects used for sitting are not always elegant, or even comfortable. But each one is an individual. 140 colour plates. (£17.50)

New Lonely Planet Guides to Bangkok and New Zealand, amongst others.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Meg up the Creek by Helen Nicholl
It's ten years since we had a new Meg book. Canoeing doesn't seem to be a good idea for the accident prone trio Meg, Mog and Owl. (£4.99)

Cinderella's Bum by Nicholas Allen
Remember the Queen's knickers? This is a message about loving yourself whatever your shape especially the size of your bottom. Hardback (£7.99)

Tie a bow book by Stephen Cartwright
A hands-on activity using a variety of ribbons, laces and cords. (£4.99)

Even More Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
A further selection of curious concoctions and delumptious dishes. (£7.99)

Armada by Jim Eldridge & Crimea by Bryan Perrett
What a way to learn history! Fictional personalised accounts. This time both narrators are boys. (£4.99 each)

Sabriel by Garth Nix
First in a trilogy. One of the year's most talked about and eagerly anticipated books. Sabriel is an 18 year old necromancer who, after a cryptic message from her father, returns across the Wall into the Old Kingdom, a world fraught with peril and filled with deadly spirits. Hardback (£12.99)

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Paperback fantasy fiction in which moving cities trawl the globe in an adventure story with endless moral conundrums. (£6.99)

Otto and the flying twins by Charlotte Haptie
Otto discovers that his family are of a magical underclass known as the magicos who have been driven to their hidden valley by humans. Hardback (£10.99)

Sabrina Fludde by Pauline Fisk
Another magical tale . As the story unravels, it twists, turns and surprises the readers becoming a fantastic tale of one girl's life that spans centuries. (£5.99)

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
A powerful novel set in a mythical feudal Japanese land, both beautiful and cruel. Hardback (£12.99)

AUGUST 2002

FICTION

The Poet Game - Salar Abdoh
Told from the point of view of the terrorist, a thriller set in the shadowy world of Islamic radicalism in the aftermath of September 11th. Author was born in Iran and now lives in New York. (£10.99)

NON-FICTION

ANNUAL REFERENCE WORKS

ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

FOOD AND DRINK

HEALTH

Age Power: Natural Aging Revolution - Lesllie Kenton
Slowing the process through diet, exercise and attitude. (£10.99)

The Natural Pharmacist series, including Arthritis, Cholesterol, Vitamins & Supplements (£4.99-£5.99)

Gas and Air - ed. Jill Dawson
Anthology of tales of pregnancy and birth and beyond from contributors including Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle and Peter Carey (£7.99)

HISTORY

MBS

NATURE, FARMING AND PETS

PHILOSOPHY

POETRY

Universal Home Doctor - Simon Armitage
Poems that range from the rain forests of South America to the deserts of Western Australia set against the landscape of the human body. First new collection for five years. (£12.99)

Collected Poems - Sylvia Plath
All her mature poetry from 1956 to 1963. Won 1981 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. New edition. (£16.99)

Selected Poems - Sylvia Plath
New edition of selection made by Ted Hughes. (£8.99) Mosquito: the story of man’s deadliest foe - Andrew Spielman & Michael D’Antonio (£7.99) Simple Guide to Dog Training - Tom Philbin From TFH, the pet specialists, all you need for a well-trained and well-adjusted dog. (£11.95)

POLITICS

SCIENCE

SPORT

SPORT It’s Not Cricket - Simon Rae
A History of Skullduggery, Sharp Practice and Downright Cheating in the Noble Game. (£7.99)

TRAVEL

MUSIC

DIARIES AND CALENDARS

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The Loudest Roar - Thomas Taylor
About a noisy little tiger - from the Harry Potter cover creator. 3+ (£4.99)

Big Sneeze - Ruth Brown
A farmer sneezes and starts a chain reaction! 3-5 (£4.99)

Mr Gumpy’s Motorcar - John Burningham
The car gets stuck in the mud - and in the end, everyone has to help push. Old favourite. 5-7 (£5.99)

Good News, Bad News - Colin McNaughton
A boy has a scary walk to the dentist! 5-7 (£4.99)

Friendly Matches - Allan Ahlberg
Football poems; his first collection since "Please Mrs Butler" and "I Heard It in the Playground". 8-9 (£4.99 )

Cold Heart of Summer - Alan Gibbons
Debbie’s worried that the house her Dad is renovating is haunted. For reluctant readers 13-16. (£4.50)

JULY 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

That which does not kill you - Christian Thompson
Debut thriller set in Bradford from ex-Hebden Bridge man. “Action-packed, witty and sharply observed” with a wise-cracking kung fu PI! (£15.99 at The Book Case)

PAPERBACK

Austerlitz - W G Sebald
When five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to Wales through a Kindertransport, his foster parents erase all knowledge of his identity. A true life story told as fiction. (£6.99)

Sweetest Dream - Doris Lessing
The ‘60s and their legacy. (£7.99)

Back When We Were Grown-Ups - Anne Tyler
Recently-widowed 53-year-old Rebecca wonders if she’s an impostor in her own life. (£6.99)

Dead Funny - Ben Elton
Funny whodunnit based on Big Brother. (£6.99)

By the Sea - Gurnah Abdulrazak
Salah Omar arrives at Gatwick from Zanzibar, a refugee from paradise, and a story begins to unravel. (£6.99)

Adam and Eve and Pinch Me - Ruth Rendell
Five women, unknown to each other, vanishings and a handsome sponger. Dark and complex thriller. (£6.99)

199 Steps - Michel Faber
Thriller, romance and ghost story involving an archaeological dig at Whitby Abbey. (£6.99)

Clubland - Kevin Sampson
Hard-hitting story of Thatcher’s Other Children in Liverpool. (£10.00)

All Families - Douglas Coupland
Of Sarah’s three children, one is manic-depressive, one has AIDS and one was shot in the stomach by his father. She’s just off on a NASA Space Shuttle mission. (£5.99)

Antelope Wife - Louise Erdrich
Past and present combine in a story influenced by Chippewa legend. (£6.99) Dead Funny - Ben Elton Funny whodunnit based on Big Brother. (£6.99)

Abortion - Richard Brautigan
A reclusive young man works in a San Francisco library for unpublishable books. Gorgeous Vida isn’t comfortable in her body; she brings in a manuscript about it. Then there’s a trip to Tijuana. (£6.99)

Miracle Life of Edgar Mint - Brady Udall
A mailman’s jeep accidently runs over the head of half-Apache 7-year-old orphan Edgar Presley Mint, and that’s just the beginning of it! (£6.99)

Isobel’s Wedding - Sheila O’Flanagan
Feel-good Irish bestseller, and one of The Guardian’s top 50. (£5.99)

Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde
Literary detective Thursday Next is busy saving the world and meeting the Flopsy Bunnies when she discovers her new husband drowned at the age of two. (£6.99)

Fall of Light - Niall Williams
In bleak 19th-century Ireland, the Foley family is scattered by the father’s bitterness. (£6.99)

Little Green Man - Simon Armitage
Funny, touching, alarming account of male friendship and rivalry from local author. (£6.99)

Twelve Bar Blues - Patrick Neate
Epic tale of jazz and juju, Whitbread Novel of the Year winner. (£6.99)

At Swim Two Boys - Jamie O’Neil
Two boys make a pact in Dublin just before Easter 1915. (£7.99)

World is Not Enough - Zoe Oldenbourg
UK edition of first volume of historical trilogy about the Crusades, culminating in Destiny of Fire about the Cathar movement in 12th-century France. (£8.99)

From Hesperus, reissues of European classics including Victor Hugo’s Last Day of a Condemned Man, Flaubert’s Diary of a Madman, Chekhov’s Story of a Nobody and von Eichendorff’s Life of a Good for Nothing. Cheery selection! (£5.99 each)

LATE ADDITIONS:

The Bohran Makers - John B Keane, (£7.99)(reissue)

Heinrich Boll - Absent without Leave, and
The Clown, 7.99 each

Timothy Mo - An Insular Possession, (8.99) and
Redundancy of Courage (£7.99) (reissue)

NON-FICTION

ANIMALS

Good Dog Behaviour - Gwen Bailey (£5.99)
In association with The Blue Cross.
How Your Horse Works - Susan McBane (£12.99)
Holistic approach to equine health and well-being.
Talking with Animals - Charlotte Uhlenbroek (£18.99)
BBC1 tie-in on animal communication within and between species.

ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Lovers and Other Strangers - Jack Vettriano (£14.99)
Free Wheeling Homes - David Pearson (£10.99)
From Gaia, colour illustrated
The Movie Book (£5.95)

BIOGRAPHY

Billy - Pamela Stephenson (£6.99)
The story of one of Britain’s most successful stand-up comedians, and Whitbread Book of the Year. Road to McCarthy - Peter McCarthy (£17.99)
Just too late for his appearance in Hebden Bridge, the sequel to McCarthy’s Bar.
Calendar Girl - Tricia Stewart (£7.99)
Miss October of the celebrated Alternative WI calendar tells all!
Straight Face - Nigel Hawthorne (£18.99)
Autobiography of the late well-loved actor.
Rough Guide to Elvis - Paul Simpson (£6.99)

CALENDARS AND DIARIES

The 2003 torrent begins in earnest with Gary Larsen, We'moon, the Royal Horticultural Society, Babar, Walking, Astrology, Witches, The Tate Gallery, Lady Cottington, Flower Fairies and more!

HISTORY

Foreign Field - Ben MacIntyre (£7.99)
Four young British soldiers were trapped behind enemy lines in 1914 and took shelter in Villeret. An untold true story of romance, survival and murder.
Extraordinary Voyage of Pythean the Greek - Bary Cunliffe (£6.99)
A recreation of the expedition that set out from southern France in 320BC to explore the region now known as northern Europe.
The Map that Changed the World - Simon Winchester (£6.99)
The story of farmer’s son William Smith who went on become the father of modern geology.
Who Killed Kit Marlowe? - M J Trow (£7.99)
It Ain’t Necessarily So - Matthew Sturgis (£7.99)
What truth lies behind some of the most familiar Bible stories?
3000 Degrees - Sean Flynn (£10.99)
A deadly fire and the men who fought it: a true account of a terrible warehouse fire in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1999.

HUMOUR

Better to Have Loafed and Lost - James Thurber

MIND-BODY-SPIRIT

The New Leaders - Daniel Goleman (£12.99)
From the author of Emotional Intelligence, a blueprint for transforming leadership in individuals, teams and organisations.
Psychology for Dummies (£14.99)
Old Girls Book of Spells - Cal Garrison (£12.99)
The real meaning of menopause, sex, car keys and other important stuff about magic.

POETRY

Residues - R S Thomas (£7.95)
The much-admired Welsh poet’s final collection.

POLITICS

Globalisation and Its Discontents - Joseph Stiglitz (£16.99)
Economics Nobel Prize-winner argues that globalisation has been grossly mishandled by the West.
Information Feudalism - Peter Drahos (£12.00)
Information ownership is now dominated by the multinationals.
End of the Peace Process - Edward W Said (£9.99)
Updated edition of a seminal work on the Middle East.
The Good Women of China - Xinran Xue (£14.99)
Result of a daily radio phone-in programme that ran for seven years, with stories from Chinese women of rape, abuse, the loss of children, and the suppression of emotion.
Twenty Ads that Shook the World - James B Twitchell (£9.99)
The ads of the 20th century that most shaped our buying decisions, culture and global language.
Holy War Inc. - Peter L Bergen (£7.99)
“Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden”, from the journalist who conducted the first TV interview with him.

SCIENCE

What Just Happened - James Gleick (£12.99)
A chronicle of the technology of the last decade.

SPORT & OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

A Corner of a Foreign Field - Ramachandra Guha (£20.00)
“The Indian History of a British Sport” (cricket).
Flame of Adventure - Simon Yates (£7.99)
Now in paperback. The “other” climber in Touching the Void looks at the role of adventure in our lives as he tells of his mountaineering expeditions.
Celebrated Captain Barclay - Peter Radford (£7.99)
In 1809, Captain Robert Barclay undertook to walk 1000 miles in 1000 hours for 1000 guineas. Six weeks later, on the point of collapse, he completed his challenge and became one of the most famous sporting figures of Regency times.
Diesels in the Pennines, £14.99
Bikers: Legend, Legacy, and Life - Gary Charles, 9.99

TRAVEL

Moonshine, Monster Catfish & Other Southern Comforts - Burkhard Bilger (£6.99)
Affectionate and erudite celebration of the folk traditions of the American South - where it was titled “Noodling for Flatheads”.
Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich (£8.99)
An odyssey through the underbelly of working America.
Back on the Road - Ernesto Che Guevara (£6.99)
Sequel to Motorcycle Diaries. In 1953 the recently-graduated Che Guevara set out to explore Latin America. (£12.99)
Take Me With You - Brad Newsham (£6.99)
The 22-year-old author travelling through Afghanistan swore that when he was rich he would invite someone from his travels to visit him in America. Fourteen years on he’s working in San Francisco as a taxi driver, and it’s time to fulfil his promise.
Picador Book of Journeys ed. Robyn Davidson (£8.99)

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Fix-it Duck by Jez Alborough. £4.99.
A D.I.Y. adventure that gets out of hand. A picture book in rhyming text to share.

Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter by Francesca Simon. £3.99.
Henry battles with Rabid Rebecca, the babysitter from hell. 6+.

The Cooking Book by Jane Bull. £5.99.
A Dorling Kindersley book to help children get interested in cooking. Wacky recipes alongside basics for beginners. 5-8 yrs.

The Day my Bum went Psycho by Andy Griffiths. £4.99.
This concerns Zack Freeman and his runaway bottom, that absconds to join the great bum rebellion. Barefaced cheek?? For 7-11s.

‘WOW’ Bind-up; Discoveries, Inventions, Ideas and Events that changed the world. By Philip Ardagh. £4.99.
Four books in one to help 9-11 year olds with remembering historical facts.

A Series of unfortunate events: The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snickett. £5.99
The sixth title in this series of humorous mystery adventures.

Hunters of the Dusk by Darren Shan. £3.99.
The first book in the Hunters trilogy that continues the saga of Darren Shan for readers aged 10+.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. £4.99.
A girl who doesn’t quite fit in with the rest of her school. A lyrical and beautiful book for 11+.

Who is Jesse Flood? by Malachy Doyle. £5.99.
A coming of age teen novel from the author of Georgie, in which Jesse is coming to terms with himself and how he fits (or otherwise) into the world. A funny, sad and unpatronising read for young teenagers.

JUNE 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

Gould’s Book of Fish - Richard Flanagan
Convict William Gould, imprisoned in Van Diemen’s Land, unwisely falls in love with an aboriginal woman and is commissioned to paint a book of fish. A bestseller in Australia. Printed in six different coloured inks. (£14.99 at The Book Case.)

After Nature - W G Sebald
A prose poem on the conflict between man and nature from the late author of Austerlitz, published in Germany in 1988 and translated by Michael Hamburger (£11.99 at The Book Case)

Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer
A young man travels to the Ukraine to search for the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Debut novel, written from a variety of perspectives. (£12.99 at The Book Case)

PAPERBACK

Falling Angels - Tracy Chevalier
Two cemetery-visiting families are unwillingly linked when their two girls meet behind the tombstones - and even more unsuitably - become involved in the life of the gravedigger's muddied son.From the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. (£6.99)

Siege - Helen Dunmore
Orange Prize shortlisted novel about the siege of Leningrad and the Levin family’s struggle to survive. (£6.99)

Fourth Hand - John Irving
A New York television journalist reporting from India has his left hand eaten by a lion live on TV. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the reporter her husband's hand, that is, after her husband dies. (£6.99)

On Green Dolphin Street - Sebastian Faulks
As the Eisenhower years end and 1960 ushers in John F. Kennedy. Mary van der Linden confronts the terror of the Cold War - a dark background to her carefree existence in Washington. (£6.99)

Yeats is Dead - ed. Joseph O’Connor
The best-selling "serial" novel by 15 of the biggest talents in Irish writing; in aid of Amnesty International. (£6.99)

Devil & Miss Prym - Paulo Coelho
A stranger arrives in a small mountain village, carrying a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He strikes up a friendship with Miss Prym. (£6.99)

Nineteen Twenty One - Adam Thorpe
During the freakishly hot summer of that year, a young writer is holed up in the Chilterns trying to write the first great novel of the War. From the author of Ulverton. (£6.99)

Oxygen - Andrew Miller
Booker-shortlisted novel about people facing a test of courage, not necessarily the one foreseen. There are certain coloured pills, a revolver, and a child who cannot be trusted. (£6.99)

Pobby and Dingan - Ben Rice
A New South Wales opal miner’s daughter, Kellyanne, has two imaginary friends, Pobby and Dingan. When they vanish the same day that her father is accused of ratting, Kellyanne fades with grief, and her brother discovers he must start to believe in Pobby and Dingan too. Shortlisted for John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. (£6.99)

Clara - Janice Galloway
Based on the life of Clara Schumann, this novel considers the place of love in a life of increasing isolation and alienation. Clara, herself a celebrated pianist, composer and teacher, was the wife of Robert Schumann, and cared for him through a series of crippling mental illnesses. (£9.00 at The Book Case)

Wild Ginger - Anchee Min
The intense love story of two young Chinese women. Maple and Wild Ginger, against the brutal backdrop of the Cultural Revolution. (£9.99)

Stone Carvers - Jane Urquhart
A good-natured Bavarian priest goes to the wilds of Canada to set up a new parish. Joseph Becker creates a crucifix. and many decades later his granddaughter Klara who carries on Joseph's skills (£6.99)

My Summer of Love - Helen Cross
Troublesome teenage girls in a hot summer in Yorkshire, 1984. (£6.99)

Future Homemakers of America - Laurie Graham
The overpaid and overfed girls of USAF Drampton invade the Fens in 1953, and some are looking for excitement. (£6.99)

Looking for Andrew McCarthy - Jenny Colgan
‘80s child Ellie sets out at 30 to search for the coolest Brat Packer. (£6.99)

Dream Catcher - Stephen King
Four hunters in the woods of Maine encounter a disoriented, incoherent stranger who drags them into a terrifying struggle with a creature from another world. (£6.99)

Isle of Dogs - Patricia Cornwell
An island of the coast of Virginia declares UDI - posing extra headaches for new Superintendent of the Virginia State Police, Judy Hammer. (£6.99)

Body in the Bath House - Lindsey Davis
In AD75, a pair of terrible bath house contractors not only take months to complete the contract - they also leave a nasty smell behind. (£5.99)

Eagle’s Conquest - Simon Scarrow
When Centurion Macro arrives on British soil as one of Emperor Claudius's invasion force in AD 43, he faces the toughest campaign of his career. Sequel to Under the Eagle (£5.99)

_NON-FICTION

ART & CRAFT

Song of the Earth - ed. Mel Gooding
A showcase of the work of six important land artists including Chris Drury and Richard Long. (£32.00)

Landscapes - William Cheung
From Thames & Hudson, a guide to landscape photography. (£16.95)

How to be an Artist (so that’s how it’s done . . .) - Bill Drummond
About his purchase for £20,000 and attempted disposal of a work by Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Long. A photographic record of his odyssey from Southampton to Scotland trying to find a buyer. (£15.00)

Cane, Rush & Willow - Hilary Burns
Preparation, techniques and projects, illustrated (£14.99)

Traditional Papercutting - S. Schlapfer-Geiser
Traditional European/Jewish silhouette papercutting (Scherenschnitte) dates back hundred of years; you just need a sharp pair of scissors! (£12.95)

BIOGRAPHY

Forget You Had a Daughter -: doing time in the Bangkok Hilton - Sandra Gregory with Michael Tierney
An account of her experiences by the Halifax woman jailed for seven years for heroin-smuggling. She now campaigns to prevent young people repeating her mistake. (£16.99)

Backing into the Limelight - Alexander Games
Biography of Alan Bennett (£7.99)

Song Flung Up to Heaven - Maya Angelou
Final volume in the bestselling autobiography which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. (£12.99)

A House Unlocked - Penelope Lively
The author explores her family history through the Somerset house bought by her grandparents in 1923. (£6.99)

Chewing the Cud - an unexpected life from farmyard to Hollywood - Dick King-Smith.
The autobiography of the popular children’s author, from his apprenticeship on a farm before World War II, through his war experiences to the 14 years he spent on Woodlands Farm before it failed and he became a teacher and writer. (£5.99)

The Search for Roots: a personal anthology - Primo Levi
The only one of his books published in his lifetime. (£7.99)

Can You Tell What It Is Yet? - Rolf Harris
Autobiography of the legendary Australian entertainer, who’s now been with us for 50 years. (£6.99)

HEALTH

First Aid Manual
Eighth edition of the manual authorised by the Red Cross and St. John’s Ambulance. (£11.99)

Your Baby from Birth to 6 Months; Your Baby from 6-12 Months; Your Baby from 1-2 Years; Your Baby from 2-3 Years
A new series sponsored by Johnson’s exploring the physical, development and behavioural milestones of babies: . (£5.99 each)

Out of It - Stuart Walton
The western history of intoxication - how and why.(£6.99)

HISTORY

Napoleon & Wellington - Andrew Roberts (£9.99)

Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History - Erna Paris
Exploration of the myths invented to camouflage shameful periods of history. (£9.99)

Little Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs - Lesley & Roy Adkins (£5.99)

LITERATURE

Guardian Book of Literary Profiles - ed. Annalena McAfee (£14.99)

52 Ways of Looking at a Poem - Ruth Padel (£12.99)

Irresistible Rise of Harry Potter - Andrew Blake
"Kid-lit in a globalised world" is the subtitle of this exploration of the HP phenomenon and what it means for us and the world. (£12.00)

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT

What would Buddha do? - Franz Metcalf
101 answers to life’s daily dilemmas. (£7.99)

Pooh & the Psychologists - John Tyerman Williams.
An addition to The Wisdom of Pooh series! (£7.99)

POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Why do People Hate America? - Ziauddin Sardar; Merryl Wyn Davies.
An objective look at the charge sheet against American primarily through non-Western eyes. (£6.99)

The World is Not For Sale - Jose Bove
From the anti-capitalist French farmer, an examination of the "Farmers against Junkfood" campaign. (£8.00)

Losing Control: global security in the 21st century - Paul Rogers
A call for radical rethinking of western perceptions of security from the Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University. (£13.99)

Bushmen of Southern Africa - Sandy Gall
"The slaughter of the innocent". Nearly exterminated but reprieved by the Mandela government, this book tells the story of their culture and courage. (£12.50)

The Trial of Henry Kissinger - Christopher Hitchens
Damning indictment of a man whose ambitions have, it is alleged, resulted in individual murders and indiscriminate slaughter. (£8.00)

Coffee with Pleasure - Just Java and World Trade - Laure Waridel (£10.99)

The Rivals - James Naughtie
"The intimate story of a political marriage". An analysis of the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from the well-known journalist. (£7.99)

SCIENCE

How to Build a time Machine - Paul Davies
The bestselling look at time travel. (£6.99)

SPORT

Botham’s Century - Ian Botham
100 colourful portraits of cricketing characters. (£7.99)

Michael Parkinson on Football (£6.99)

French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France - Tim Moore
Hilarious account of his attempt to cycle the route of the 2000 French bicycle race. (£7.99)

Neutral Buoyancy - By Tim Ecott
A celebration of scuba diving - an "engaging mix of personal odyssey and hard science" - TLS. (£6.99)

Voyage for Madmen - Peter Nicholls
Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year. The story of the 1967-8 Golden Globe round-the-world yacht race. Only one of the nine contestants returned. (£8.99)

TRAVEL

From Dorling Kindersley’s Travel Top 10 series, quick reference guides to Barcelona, Hong Kong, Rome (£6.99 ea.)

New Lonely Planet guides to Venice (condensed: £5.99), Brittany (£9.99) among others.

A new Rough Guide to Cyprus, among others.

Travels with a Tangerine - Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Ibn Nattutah was the greatest traveller of the pre-mechanical age, journeying for 29 years. The author follows the first stage of his journey, from Tangier to Constantinople and also compares the the contemporary Muslim world with the past. (£7.99)

Parrot in the Pepper Tree By Chris Stewart.
Prequel and sequel to the popular Driving Over Lemons (£7.99)

Bon Appetit - Peter Mayle
A gastronomic tour of France from the author of Year in Provence. (£6.99)

Route 66 AD: On the Trail of the Ancient Roman Tourists - Tony Perrotet
The Australian travel-writer and his girlfriend explore Italy, Greece, Turkey and Egypt with the aid of an ancient Roman travel guide. (£9.99)

Black Earth City - Charlotte Hobson
The author spent her gap year in the darkest recesses of provincial Russia. Granta Books. (£7.99)

Sea Room - Adam Nicholson
A portrait of the Shiants in the Outer Hebrides and their wildlife, from the author who inherited his father’s islands. (£6.99)

South - Ernest Shackleton
Epic firsthand account of the Endurance expedition with a selection of Frank Hurley’s famous photographs. (£6.99)

Complete SAS Guide to Safe Travel - Nick Cameron (£9.99)

Grand Unions: Canals
Comings & Goings: Gateways
Two colour illustrated books by Peter Ashley in association with English Heritage concentrating on places of interest. (£5.99 each)

STATIONERY

Tolkien Calendar 2003: The Two Towers (£9.99)

Tolkien Diary 2003: The Two Towers (£9.99)

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

MAY 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

Unless - Carol Shields
Reta Winters’ eldest daughter suddenly withdraws from the world to sit on a street corner with a sign around her neck bearing one word, "GOODNESS". Pulitzer and Orange Prize-winning author. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

Cold Water - Gwendoline Riley
A 20-year-old girl working nights in a Manchester dive bar daydreams about escaping to Cornwall but soon finds herself compelled to confront her romantic preoccupations for better or worse. A Guardian Best First Novelist choice. (£9.00 at The Book Case)

Meet Babar and his Family - Laurent de Brunhoff
Revival of the popular French elephant. Babar and his family enjoy a variety of activities during each season of the year.(£6.95)

PAPERBACK

Atonement - Ian McEwan
Now in paperback, the Booker shortlisted novel, acclaimed as his finest to date. (£7.99)

Hotel World - Ali Smith
Booker and Orange short-listed novel about five characters, one of whom is dead, during one night in a hotel. (£6.99)

Thinks - David Lodge
Witty and elegant exploration of love and deception. (£6.99)

Instances of the Number 3 - Sally Vickers
From the author of Miss Garnett’s Angel. Peter Hansome's death in a car crash precipitates all sorts of relationships between those he leaves behind. Not that he has entirely left. (£6.99)

Simon Silber: The works for solo piano - Christopher Miller
A witty first novel written as the liner notes of a boxed set of musical recordings.The biographer of recently deceased modernist composer Simon Silber might have had more than a little to do with the composer's early death. (£9.99)

Prince of the Clouds - Gianni Riotta
In post-war Sicily, Colonel Carlo Terzo is caught between rebel peasants and a murderous private army. (£6.99)

After the Quake - Haruki Murakami
The economy was booming. People had more money than they knew what to do with. And then the earthquake struck. (£9.99)
Sputnik Sweetheart by this popular Japanese novelist goes into £6.99 edition.

Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
No. 26 in the hugely popular series. (£6.99)

One for My Baby - Tony Parsons
Now in paperback, the bestseller about Alfie whose world is collapsing around him. (£6.99)

Once - James Herbert
Thom Kindred finds out that fairytales of elves, wicked witches and goblins are all too true. (£6.99)

Upstairs in the Tent - Cynthia Rogerson
Wry contemporary perspective on Highland life. Super cover, intriguing title. (£6.99)

Kalahari Typing School for Men - A McCall Smith
We haven’t stocked this crime series before but another eye-catching title. Following on from "Morality for Beautiful Girls" we find Precious Ramotswe - founder of Botswana's only detective agency - now running her business from the garage of her fiance. (£8.99)

Bend in the River/Mimic Men/Guerrillas - V. S. Naipaul
Reissues of these classic novels of colonialism by the Nobel prizewinning author. (£6.99 ea.)

Hy Brasil - Margaret Elphinstone
A young Englishwoman fraudulently wins a writing competition, and is sent by her editor to write a travel book on the near-mythical island of Hy Brasil. From the author of the excellent Islanders. (£9.99)

NON-FICTION

ART, CRAFT & PHOTOGRAPHY

David Hockney on Art
An artistic journey where anything is possible. Now in paperback. (£19.99)

Lands of Europe Seen from the Sky - Christian Briade
Aerial views from Finland to Andalusia. (£30.00)

Lost: lost and found pet posters from around the world - Ian Phillips
Unusual and entertaining book which is just what it says!

Writers on Artists - Karen Wright
In association with Modern Painters, a diverse collection of essays on art from the likes of Will Self, Julian Barnes and German Greer. Colour illustrations. (£25.00)

Twin Towers Remembered - Camilo Jose Vergara
A collection of photographs of the World Trade Center taken over thirty years and shots of the tragedy (£13.95)

Celtic Woodcraft - Glenda Bennett
20 Celtic designs from the Guild of Master Craftsmen for woodworkers at all levels. (£14.95)

BIOGRAPHY

One Voice: My Life in Song - Christy Moore (£12.99)
Ireland’s greatest musical folk hero’s autobiography.

Frank Skinner - Frank Skinner
The popular comedian’s autobiography now in paperback (£6.99)

Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby
Reissue of this extraordinary book by a stroke-paralysed French editor. (£6.99)

Vatch’s Thai Street Food - Vatcharin Bhumichitr
Key street dishes from food stalls all over Thailand. (£14.99)

GARDENING

Green Wood for the Garden - Alan Bridgewater
15 projects, including trellises, benches, and a living willow arch. (£12.99)

HISTORY

Marie Antoinette - Antonia Fraser
Now in paperback, this bestselling life of the legendary queen. Colour plates. (£8.99)

Erasmus and Age of Reformation - Johan Huizinga
Classic biography of the complex, withdrawn 16th-century humanist, first published 1924. (£12.99)

NOTA BENE SERIES:
Passchendaele - the untold story - Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson
What really happened. (£9.99)
Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair - John Bossy
Treachery and intrigue in Elizabethan London. Who was the spy in the French embassy in London? (£8.99)
Under the Molehill - John Bossy
Sequel to the above; Catholic and anti-Catholic machinations in Elizabethan London. (£7.99)

MIND BODY SPIRIT

Embracing Uncertainty: Say "no" to worry and "yes" to peace of mind - Susan Jeffers.
We all have fear of the unknown - but life is exhilarating because of, not in spite of, the uncertainty. (£10.00)

Twelve Wild Swans: a journey to the realm of magic, healing and action - Starhawk (£12.99)

POLITICS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

The World We’re In - Will Hutton
The global picture in the wake of the September 11th atrocities. (£17.99)

SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

Emergence - Steven Johnson
The connected lives of ants, brains, cities and software, now in paperback. (£6.99)

Seven Daughters of Eve - Bryan Sykes
Almost everyone of European descent can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women. A gripping scientific adventure story. (£6.99)

Knowledge is Power: Francis Bacon and the Method of Science - John Henry (£9.99)

A Little Knowledge: What Archimedes really meant and 80 other key ideas explained - Michael Macrone.
From Greek philosophy to contemporary economics, physics and architecture. (£7.99)

Moon - David Whitehouse
The biography of our nearest neighbour through the ages. (£6.99)

What Killed Jane Austen - Leavessley Biro
Stories of famous patients, quacks and charlatans. (£5.99)

SPORT

TRAVEL

Among Muslims; meetings at the frontier of Pakistan - Kathleen Jamie
Her time living alone amongst the Shia and Ismaeli Muslims in the volatile borderlands of Kashmir. (£6.99)

Eight Men and a Duck: an improbable voyage by reed boat to Easter Island - Nick Thorpe (£12.99)

An Area of Darkness - V S Naipaul
Classic account of his travels in India. (£7.99)

John Murray Travel Classics:
The Lycian Shore - Freya Stark (£8.99)
The Enchanted Mountains: a quest in the Pyrenees - Robin Fedden (£7.99)
Forgotten Kingdom - eight years in Likiang - Peter Goullart (£9.99)
Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalucia - Penelope Chetwode (£8.99)

THEATRE AND CINEMA

Man Who - Peter Brook
The great theatre director uses Oliver Sacks’s neurological study as a basis for a new theatre form. (£8.99)

Mi Revalueshionary Fren - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Poems from over three decades. The poet will be visiting Hebden Bridge. (£6.99)

Getting the Buggers to Write - Sue Cowley
From the author of Getting the Buggers to Behave, a practical guide to developing children’s writing in the classroom. (£12.99)

Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 10th edition (£18.99)
Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories - Glynnis Chantrell (£16.99)
Collins-Robert French Dictionary, 6th edition, updated (£24.99)

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

I Want a Sister - Tony Ross
4th book in the Little Princess series, now a boardbook. Brothers are smelly and rough and have the wrong toys. (£4.99)

I’m Not Your Friend - Sam McBratney
A little fox is cross with his mother when she calls him in. From the author of Guess How Much I Love You. (£4.99)

I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed - Lauren Child
A funny bed-time story from the award-winning author and illustrator. (3+) (£4.99)

The Sandcastle - M P Robertson
Sam loves building sandcastles but they always get washed away. Then one night the gulls call him down to the beach, and he finds his castle towering over his head. A magical adventure, with colour pictures, for 3-7 year-olds.

Toro! Toro! - Michael Morpurgo
The drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War. (9-11) (£3.99)

Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson (9-11)
Smarties and Whitbread prizewinner about an orphaned English 13-year-old sent to stay with distant relatives up the Amazon - where she meets a boy who lives with the Indians ...

The Wind on Fire trilogy by William Nicholson started with The Wind Singer about Kestrel’s rebellion against the repressive regime of Amaranth. In May, the second book, Slaves of the Mastery, will go into paperback at £5.99, and the conclusion, Firesong, comes out in hardback at £9.99. (10+)

For fans of Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea Quartet there’s a sequel: The Other Wind (hardback, £9.99).

APRIL 2002

HARDBACK

Shelter of Stones - Jean Auel
Twelve years in the writing, the long-awaited fifth instalment in her “Earth’s Children” series, which began with Clan of the Cave Bear. (£16.99 at The Book Case)

Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry
A new novel set in Bombay from the author of Booker-shortlisted Such a Long Journey and A Fine Balance. 79-year-old widower Nariman finds his stepchildren over-protective. (£14.99 at The Book Case)

The Impressionist - Hari Kunzru
About a boy, half-Indian, half-English, born in Agra, embarking on a search for home. A riotous comic epic set in colonial India, England and Africa. (£11.99 at The Book Case)

Border Crossing - Pat Barker
Child psychologist Tom Seymour saves from drowning a young man he once helped to imprison for murder; now Danny has some questions. (£6.99)

How to be Good - Nick Hornby
Dr Katie Carr thinks she’s earned her affair until her husband suddenly becomes maddeningly good. (£6.99)

Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks
The villagers of Eyam, Derbyshire, now in paperback. (£6.99)

Someone to Watch over Me - Paul Wilson
Ancient manuscripts fall from the sky onto Heslop, Lancashire - they seem to be responses to the townspeople’s collective pain and bewilderment ... (£6.99)

Sea-Glass - Anita Shreve
A biographer interviews an elderly survivor of the Rose Street Massacre of 1933 but the story is still hard to tell. (£11.99 at The Book Case.)

Stupid Cupid - Arabella Weir
When you lose something you want it more than when you had it. From the author of Does My Bum Look Big in This? (£6.99)

Element of Water - Stevie Davies
Booker long-listed story of two childhood friends in pre-war Germany who are caught up in Nazism; thirteen years later their children meet. (£6.99)

Glue - Irvine Welsh
Four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, trying to struggle out from under the weight of conditioning of class and culture. (£6.99)

Birthday - Alan Sillitoe
The sequel to Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. (£6.99)

Last Jet Engine Laugh - Ruchir Joshi
Three generations of a Gujerati family from 1930 to the present century. The grandparents supported Gandhi, their son drifts through life, his daughter is a squadron leader in the Indian Air Force. (£6.99)

Don’t Mean Nothing - Sue O’Neill
Stories looking at the Vietnam war from a female perspective; the author served as an army nurse. (£6.99)

Playing Sardines - Michelle Roberts
Short stories relishing the sensual language of food and eating. (£6.99)

Stream - Brian Clarke
Tells the story of the wild cratures of a stream struck by an environmental catastrophe. (£6.99)

The Landlord’s Tale - Barrie Pepper
Novel set around The Coach and Four in 1950s rural Yorkshire, from CAMRA. (£4.99)

Wyrdest Link - David Langford
The second Terry Pratchett Discworld Quizbook (£6.99)

NON-FICTION

The Margaret W. Tarrant Fairy Books with poems by Marion St John Webb: these beautifully illustrated books from the 1930s reissued: £4.99 each

Eco Design - Alastair Faud-Luke
Guide to environmentally friendly furniture and everyday objects. (£16.95)

Elements of Design - Leon Oei
A design sourcebook showing how the environment can be defined in terms of basic patterns and elements. (£16.95)

Good Wood Guide - Albert Jackson and David Day
Info for woodworkers on types of wood and their practical uses. (£9.99)

AUDIO

Hymn: Alan Bennett and the Medici String Quartet
Recording of the world premiere at the 2001 Harrogate Festival of a series of prose pieces about Alan Bennett’s early experiences of music, set to music by George Fenton. (Single CD, £8.99)

A Man Named Dave - Dave Pelzer
Final volume in his autobiographical trilogy (£6.99)

Eight Bells & Top Masts: Diaries from a Tramp Steamer - Christopher Lee
The historian and writer, well-known for his BBC series This Sceptred Isle, recalls working on a tramp ship in the 1950s. (£6.99)

Over Fells and Dales - Katie Cropper
Frank and funny self-portrait from the young Dales shepherdess, popular winner of the "One Man and his Dog" competition. (£6.99)

Double Bond: Primo Levi - Carole Angier
A new biography based on lengthy research and extensive interviews. (£20.00)

Marcel Proust - Henry Carter
Based on a host of recently available letters, memoirs and manuscripts. (£12.95)

The Last Englishman - Byron Rogers
The first biography of the novelist and publisher J.L. Carr. (£14.99)

Positively Fourth Street - David Hajdu
The lives and times of Joan Baez, Bob Dyland and Richard Farina. (£7.99)

Zoo Tails - Oliver Graham-Jones
Humorous memoirs of London Zoo’s chief vet (£5.99)

Selkirk’s Island - Diana Souhami
The story of the “original” Robinson Crusoe. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Award. (£7.99)

Head Full of Harm - Nick Johnstone
Memoirs of an alcoholic, in the style of Prozac Nation. (£9.99)

Hellish Nell, Last of Britain’s Witches - Malcolm Gaskill
A biography of Helen Duncan, the last woman to be accused, in 1944, of witchcraft under the 1735 Witchcraft Act. (£7.99)

Summer Light: a walk across Norway - Andrew Stevenson
A journey from Oslo to Bergen through some of Norway’s most spectacular scenery (£6.99)

Berlin: the Downfall, 1945 - Antony Beevor
From the author of Stalingrad, an account of the storming of Berlin by the Red Army in January 1945. (£25.00)

Battle of the Atlantic - Andrew Williams
BBC tie-in marking the 60th anniversary, with stories of personal courage and of the appalling conditions on the U-boats, where 85% of lives were lost. (£16.99)

Wine and War - Don & Petie Kladstrup
How shrewd French vintners managed to protect their most treasured commodity from German plunder during World War II. (£7.99)

Britain’s Strongholds - Marc Morris
Ch 4 tie-in exploring six castles from different periods of British history. (£20.00)

Henry VIII: King and Court - Alison Weir
Detailed biography against the cultural, social and political background of his court, one of the most opulent in Europe. (£8.99)

The Templar’s Secret Island - Erling Haagenson
“The Knights, the Priest and the Treasure”. Are there connections between the Baltic island of Bornholm, Rennes-le-Chateau in the Pyrenees, and the tunnels between Mount Sion? (£12.99)

From Yale University Press’s paperback Nota Bene series, a wide range of readable and scholarly titles including

Isaac Babel’s 1920 Diary in which he records the cruelty towards the Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe he witnessed as a Cossack (£10.99)
Rethinking the Holocaust - Yehuda Bauer (£12.50)
Bisexuality in the Ancient World - Eva Cantarella (£9.99)
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages - Umberto Eco (£8.50)
Under his Very Windows - the Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy - Susan Zuccotti (£11.99)

Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales -ed. Jack Zipes
Now in paperback this authoritative reference source to fairy tales ancient and modern. (£14.99)

Oxford University Press also offer a new practical “Get Ahead” series including: Editing and Revising Text, Essays and Dissertation, Words, and Writing for the Internet at £5.99 ea.

Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
“What the All-American diet is doing to the world”. “The grisliest description of fast food ever published,” says the Daily Telegraph (£6.99)

Pariah:Misfortunes of the British Kingdom - Tom Nairn
A corrosive polemical study of the last election. (£15.00)

The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World - Niall Ferguson
The economic forces behind modern world history from 1700 to the present day. (£10.99)

War in a Time of Peace - David Halberstam
An overview of American politics since the Cold War, including the internecine conflicts and struggles for dominance. (£20.00)

Two Hours that Shook the World - Fred Halliday
From a long-term expert on the Middle East, an examination on the causes for the September 11th attacks and discussion of what the future may bring. Published by Saqi Books. (£12.95)

Fury for God - Malise Ruthven
What lay behind the attack on the World Trade Center, including new information on Mohammed Atta. (£15.00)

People’s Witness: the Journalist in Modern Politics - Fred Inglis
An examination of the role of the modern journalist in global events. (£18.95)

The World Cup: the Complete History - Terry Crouch
All the matches, all the players, all the scores, from every year. (£9.99)

Luberon Garden - Alex Dingwall-Main
Evocative and funny account of gardening in the South of France. (£6.99)

Your Money or Your Life - Alvin Hall
TV tie-in with help on getting your personal finances in order. (£10.00)

I Want My Dummy - Tony Ross
A sixth paperback adventure for the little princess, concerning the whereabouts of the royal dummy! (£4.99)

The Day Our Teacher Went Batty - Gervase Phinn
A collection of poems brought together by bestselling author and former Schools Inspector Gervase Phinn. 7-11 (£4.99)

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman - Brian Jacques
Paperback edition of this children’s novel of high adventure, from the creator of the Redwall series, full of playful riddles and mysteries. (£4.99)

Austere Academy 5: A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
The fifth title in this increasingly popular series of darkly comical tales for readers aged 9+ (£5.99)

Reckless - Sue Mayfield
From the popular Halifax author, a story for teenagers about how 16-year-old Rachel makes her twin brother Josh face up to his responsibilities when Charlie becomes pregnant. (£4.99)

MARCH 2002

HARDBACK

Coastliners - Joanne Harris
A young woman returns to her Atlantic island home to help the villagers fight the encroaching sea. (£12.99)

The World Below - Sue Miller
Divorced San Francisco teacher Catherine Hubbard inherits her grandmother’s home in Vermont. Anita Shreve-style. (£10.00)

PAPERBACK

Son of War - Melvyn Bragg
Booker long-listed sequel to The Soldier’s Return. Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from Burma to Wigton in Cumbria. (£6.99)

Three to See the King - Magnus Mills
What could be better than living in a tin shack on a great plain? Until people interfere. (£6.99)

Agapanthus Tango - David Francis
Day leaves home up Muddy Gates Lane, and isn’t coming back

2002's "forthcoming" books listing

DECEMBER 2002

FICTION

NOVEMBER 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

OCTOBER 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

NON-FICTION

SEPTEMBER 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

PAPERBACK

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

AUGUST 2002

FICTION

NON-FICTION

ANNUAL REFERENCE WORKS

ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

FOOD AND DRINK

HEALTH

HISTORY

MBS

NATURE, FARMING AND PETS

PHILOSOPHY

POETRY

POLITICS

SCIENCE

SPORT

TRAVEL

MUSIC

DIARIES AND CALENDARS

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

JULY 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

PAPERBACK

NON-FICTION

ANIMALS

ART AND ARCHITECTURE

CALENDARS AND DIARIES

HISTORY

HUMOUR

MIND-BODY-SPIRIT

POETRY

POLITICS

SCIENCE

SPORT & OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

TRAVEL

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

JUNE 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

NON-FICTION

ART & CRAFT

BIOGRAPHY

HEALTH

HISTORY

LITERATURE

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT

SCIENCE

SPORT

TRAVEL

STATIONERY

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

MAY 2002

FICTION

HARDBACK

PAPERBACK

NON-FICTION

ART, CRAFT & PHOTOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

GARDENING

HISTORY

MIND BODY SPIRIT

POLITICS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

SPORT

_NON-FICTION