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''Oh Joy Wrong and wrong again. You presumably wrote the book because you wanted to - and you had a talent for me!delivering the written word. You knew your subject back to front. Now you'' gives Coleridge credit for being ''the first person re going to have to get to walk grips with the mountains alonebook supply chain, not because he had which even parts of the publishing industry believe to for work, as a miner, quarryman, shepherd or pack-horse driver, be wrong but because he wanted it's too difficult to for pleasure change and adventureno one wants to be the first to try. His rapturous encounters with their natural beautyThen, and its literary consequences, changed our view when you ''finally'' have a copy of the worldbook in your hands, you're going to have to work out how to sell it - because it ''is''going to be down to you. [[O Joy for me! by Keir Davidson|Full Review]]}}

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But during this time, restrictions on same-sex relationships did not go unchallenged. Samuel Beckett must have laboured over ever syllable Between 1891 and ''Breath''1908, but he could translate his own works, and other equally complex pieces can cross bordersthree books on the nature of homosexuality appeared. It's a market that has actually doubled in sales volume between 2000 They were written by two homosexual men: Edward Carpenter and 2016 (thanksJohn Addington Symonds, ''Millennium Trilogy'')as well as the heterosexual Havelock Ellis. NovelsExploring the margins of society and studying homosexuality was common on the European Continent, but barely talked about in particularthe UK, in translation, are so the publications of these men were hugely significant – as contributing to the introduction here so smartly puts it – ''a privileged means scientific understanding of passing border postshomosexuality, a sort of universal passport issued by that Utopian stateand beginning the struggle for recognition and equality, leading to the Republic milestone legalisation of Letterssame-sex relationships in 1967.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1912242052|title=O Joy for me!|author=Keir Davidson|rating=3|genre=Art|summary=''. We here at the Oh Joy for me!''Bag regularly try and give equal gives Coleridge credit for being ''the first person to walk the translatormountains alone, without whom we wouldn't be reading what we have in our hands. But all that saidnot because he had to for work, do we really need one of those list books about the subject? I got given as a book the other year detailing 1001 places miner, quarryman, shepherd or pack-horse driver, but because he wanted to go to before I die, for pleasure and I might even then have missed out a zeroadventure. It would take as long as a fortnight's holiday to wade through His rapturous encounters with their natural beauty, and even though this is not as long as your typical Bolano housebrickits literary consequences, itchanged our view of the world''s not a short thing. Should it take our time? [[The 100 Best Novels in Translation by Boyd Tonkin|Full Review]]}}<!-- Fry -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1072549271| styletitle="width: 10%; verticalThe Simple Act of Self-alignPublishing With Amazon: top; text-align: center;"|A Simple Step by Step Guide[[image:Fry_Mythos.jpg|left|linkauthor=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718188721?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagGeorgianne Landy-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718188721]] Kordis| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"4.5|===[[Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece by Stephen Fry]]==genre=Business and Finance [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] The Greek Myths I frequently meet authors who arestruggling to be published by the traditional houses, arguably, but when I suggest self-publishing they explain that they don't have the greatest stories ever toldbig bucks required to go down that road with Author Solutions or Matador or their like. So old and influential I then ask if they cast a shadow over western tales 've considered Kindle and traditionsthe answer is, yet remain relatable and readable millennia later. Here comedianinevitably, actor, television presenter, actor and author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent that they wouldn't know where to these special stories and recreates them start. I can empathise with that. Despite having used a witcomputer for about thirty years, warmth running most of my life ''and humanity that brings them into the modern age whilst '' a website online, I'm still giving nervous when it comes to starting something new. I like someone to hold my hand as I go through it for the honour and respect that such ancient and influential stories deservefirst time. [[Mythos: A Retelling That was why I was very interested when ''The Simple Act of the Myths of Ancient Greece by Stephen Fry|Full Review]] <!-- Higashida -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Higashida_Fall.jpg|left|link=https://wwwSelf Publishing With Amazon'' came across my desk.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1444799088?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1444799088]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Higashida_Fall|title===[[Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism by |author=Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell]]|rating===5[[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:Home and Family|Home and Family]] summary=Naoki Higashida was only 13 years old when he wrote the international best-seller ''The Reason I Jump''. The book was popular because it gave a rare glimpse into the workings of the autistic mind, as told from the unique perspective of a teenager with non-verbal autism. Naoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, or by tracing letters on the palm of a transcriber. Despite this slow and laborious method of writing, he has published several books in his native Japan, and manages to give public presentations to raise awareness of his condition. Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to Naoki as a young adult in his 20s and explains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book. [[Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell|Full Review]]}}<!-- Mahnke -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Jenkins_100| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations[[image:Mahnke_Lore.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1472251652?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASINauthor=1472251652]] Simon Jenkins| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"5|=genre==[[The World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke]]===Art[[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]]In the mid-twentieth century, [[:Category:Spirituality the railway was something which harked back to the Victorian age with trains being supplanted by cars and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] Every countryplanes, every townbut steam was being replaced by oil, every village has a folktale – a story passed down through generations that often focuses on the dark even then and unexplained. No matter how in the modern world moves on, there's a still a part of everyone that twenty-first-century oil is vulnerable giving way to a good taleelectricity. From ghosts to werewolvesIt's cleaner, by way of wendigos more environmentally friendly and elves, author Aaron Mahnke delivers the reader legends from stations which we'd all over the worldrushed through as quickly as possible, keen to escape their grime, whilst examining how they've become part of our collective imaginationswere restored and became places to be admired, still striking fear into the hearts of many of us todaypossibly even lingered in. Simon Jenkins has chosen his hundred best railway stations. [[The World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke|Full Review]]}}<!-- Fowler -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Taylor_Owls| styletitle="widthOwls: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"A Guide to Every Species|author=Marianne Taylor|rating=5[[image:Fowler_Forgotten.jpg|leftgenre=Animals and Wildlife|linksummary=https://wwwI feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of piercing orange eyes are staring right at me, locking me into their gaze. In contrast with the hardness of the deep-amber eyes, soft grey feathers fan out into the surrounding area, intricate, detailed and beautiful. An enigma; harsh and gentle at the same time, the owl is beckoning the reader to turn the pages and take a closer look inside.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1786484897?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1786484897]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"JVDK_ELO|title===[[The Book of Forgotten Authors Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Christopher Fowler]]==Song|author=John Van der Kiste [[image:5star.jpg|linkrating=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] ''Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder''. It makes people think you're dead4.5|genre=EntertainmentThere's truth |summary=My memories of pop music in that statementthe early sixties revolve around guitars and drums, you know, but there's a conundrum when sometimes the piano with only occasional excursions into strings and brass. Pop music rarely stands still and itwasn's applied t long before the basic instruments were seen as constraints and The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys began to authors. Shakespeare is dead: Dickens is deadexperiment, but we haven't buried what with other groups following where they've written: that lives on untilled.Amongst these groups was The Move and their lead guitarist and songwriter, Roy Wood.. when? Is it until fashion decrees that they should be no Wood wanted to develop the group's sound by adding more? Or is it, as in instruments but was prevented from achieving what he wanted by cost limitations and because the case rest of some childrenthe group didn's authors that they are on life support through licensing deals and astute marketing? Christopher Fowler has unearthed (exhumed?) ninety nine authors who were once hugely popular, but whose works have disappeared, sometimes quite literallyt really share his enthusiasm. [[The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler|Full Review]]}}<!-- Hendrix -->|-{{Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hendrix_PBHell.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1594749817?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1594749817]]  | styletitle="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Paperbacks from Hell: A History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s by |author=Grady Hendrix]]|rating=== [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Horror|Horror]], [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] summary=Demonic possession, murderous babies, man-eating moths… for these books, no plot was too ludicrous, no cover art too appalling, no evil too despicable. Now horror author Grady Hendrix risks his soul and his sanity (not to mention the reader's!) to relate the true, untold story of a fascinating and often forgotten era in publishing.

And learn the true-life tales of the writers, artists, and publishers who gleefully violated every literary law but one – never be boring. [[Paperbacks from Hell: A History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s by Grady Hendrix|Full Review]] <!-- Jenkins -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jenkins_100.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/024197898X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=024197898X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:Art|Art]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] In the mid twentieth century the railway was something which harked back to the Victorian age with trains being supplanted by cars and planes, but steam was being replaced by oil, even then and in the twenty-first century oil is giving way to electricity. It's cleaner, more environmentally friendly and the stations which we'd all rushed through as quickly as possible, keen to escape their grime, were restored and became places to be admired, possibly even lingered in. Simon Jenkins has chosen his hundred best railway stations. [[Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins|Full Review]] <!-- Taylor -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Taylor Owls.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178240404X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178240404X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]] I feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of piercing orange eyes are staring right at me, locking me into their gaze. In contrast with the hardness of the deep-amber eyes, soft grey feathers fan out into the surrounding area, intricate, detailed and beautiful. An enigma; harsh and gentle at the same time, the owl is beckoning the reader to turn the pages and take a closer look inside... [[Owls: A Guide to Every Species by Marianne Taylor|Full Review]] <!-- Browne -->|-Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Browne_Many.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1845409159/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | styletitle="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Many Faces of Coincidence by |author=Laurence Browne]]|rating=== [[image:3.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Popular Science|Popular Science]] summary=Browne does not mislead with this choice of title; he does without a doubt explore the many faces of coincidence. [[The Many Faces of Coincidence by Laurence Browne|Full Review]]}}<!-- jvdk -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:JVDK_ELO.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781556008/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Song by John Van der Kiste]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Entertainment|Entertainment]] My memories of pop music in the early sixties revolve around guitars and drums, sometimes the piano with only occasional excursions into strings and brass. Pop music rarely stands still and it wasn't long before the basic instruments were seens as constraints and The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys began to experiment, with other groups following where they led. Amongst these groups was The Move and their lead guitarist and songwriter, Roy Wood. Wood wanted to develop the group's sound by adding more instruments but was prevented from achieving what he wanted by cost limitations and because the rest of the group didn't really share his enthusiasm. [[Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Song by John Van der Kiste|Full Review]] <!-- Angell -->|-Frontpage| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|1903385679[[image:Angell_Triang.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445664577/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] The 100 Best Novels in Translation| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Tri-ang Collectables by Dave Angell]]==author=Boyd Tonkin [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] A guide to the trains produced by the Tri-ang company from its inception until the company became Hornby. A very personal guide to the collecting of model trains. [[Tri-ang Collectables by Dave Angell|Full Review]] <!-- Chase -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Chase_Orchids3.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782404031/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|Reference===[[The Book of Orchids: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world by Mark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz and Tom Mirenda]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] One in seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid: there are 26Consider,000 species in 749 genera. They flourish in remarkable habitats such as deserts and the Arctic circleif you will, in fact all areas but the most inhospitabletranslated fiction. ThereSome say it's impossible – that if a wide range of colours, shapes and scents: they're dramatic, delicate and ingenious book was so good in the ways that they've developed not just to one tongue it could never survive but to thrivebeing put into another. Tom Mirenda describes them as ''masters of manipulation'' Samuel Beckett must have laboured over ever syllable and ''famous for lying and cheating their way to their many evolutionary successesBreath'', yet but he could translate his love of them is as obvious as his respect for the insight they give us into the processes which shaped our world. He hopes that understanding how that has come about will inspire us to conserve what we have. [[The Book of Orchids: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world by Mark Chaseown works, Maarten Christenhusz and Tom Mirenda|Full Review]] <!-- Edwards -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Edwards_Story.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.coother equally complex pieces can cross borders.uk/dp/0712356967/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin Edwards]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] It's easy to be confused by the various a market that has actually doubled in sales volume between 2000 and 2016 (thanks, 'ages' of crime writing: if youMillennium Trilogy've an interest in the genre you'll almost certainly have heard of the Golden Age of Crime). Novels, generally acknowledged as being the period between the first and second world wars. 'Classic Crime' on the other hand extends the time frame at either end and covers books published in the first half of the twentieth century. Throughout my adult life there's been just one genre of books which has fascinated meparticular, and that's crimein translation, are – as the introduction here so I could hardly resist the chance of reading smartly puts it – ''The Story a privileged means of Classic Crime in 100 Books'' particularly as the authorpassing border posts, Martin Edwards is an accomplished author within the crime genre and an acknowledged expert on the subject. [[The Story a sort of Classic Crime in 100 Books (British Library Crime Classics) universal passport issued by Martin Edwards|Full Review]] <!-- DK -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:DK_Childrens.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241286972/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Children's Illustrated Thesaurus by DK]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]]that Utopian state, [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] One the Republic of the most valuable literary skills which children can learn is how to use reference books. As a child every question which I began with Letters''how do you spell...?We here at the '' would be answered with ''EXACTLY as it says in Bag regularly try and give equal credit to the dictionary''. This was finetranslator, but the family's Collins Little Gem Dictionary didnwithout whom we wouldn't encourage exploration, not least because the font was small and difficult to read. Fortunately those times be reading what we have now changed and reference book for children are now much more invitingin our hands. Not every book comes with a set But all that said, do we really need one of instructions but it's worth studying those list books about the ''How to...'' section, not least because similar systems are used in other reference books. [[Children's Illustrated Thesaurus by DK|Full Review]] <!-- DK -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:DK_1st.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/024118875X/ref=nosimsubject?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[First Science Encyclopedia by Dorling Kindersley]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] I wasn't introduced got given a book the other year detailing 1001 places to 'science' until I was eleven and went on go to senior school: before I wasn't alone in thisdie, but it really was too late. Thankfully, times have changed and children at primary school are getting to grips with plants and animals, atoms and molecules and I might even outer space from then have missed out a very young agezero. WhatIt would take as long as a fortnight's needed holiday to wade through, and even though this is a goodnot as long as your typical Bolano housebrick, basic reference book which will introduce all the subjects and give a good grounding. It needs to be something which would sit proudly in the classroom library and comfortably on a childit's bookshelfnot a short thing. ''The First Science Encyclopedia'' would do both well. [[First Science Encyclopedia by Dorling Kindersley|Full Review]]Should it take our time?}}<!-- Osborne -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Fry_Mythos| styletitle="widthMythos: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece[[image:Osborne_Cambridge.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1316504808/ref=nosim?tagauthor=thebookbag-21]] Stephen Fry| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"5|genre===[[The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature (1945–2010) by Deirdre Osborne (Editor)]]===Reference[[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] This literary companion offers fifteen essays addressing the contribution of black and Asian authors to The Greek Myths are, arguably, the British literary canon since 1945greatest stories ever told. It covers not just fiction, but also poetry, plays So old and performance works. It sits as influential they cast a kind of joyful cuckoo in the nestshadow over western tales and traditions, interrupting the usual narratives of literary waves yet remain relatable and movements in Britain that take little notice of any perspective other than the dominant white - and posh! - direction of travelreadable millennia later. It's a disparateHere comedian, varied collection of essaysactor, covering spoken word performance poetrytelevision presenter, black British urban fiction, LGBTQ writing, liberationist writing actor and much more. I was really happy author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to see children's authors such as Malorie Blackmanthese special stories and recreates them with a wit, Jamila Gavin warmth and humanity that brings them into the modern age whilst still giving the honour and Catherine Johnson discussed respect that such ancient and respectedinfluential stories deserve. [[The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature (1945–2010) by Deirdre Osborne (Editor)|Full Review]]}}<!-- DK -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Mahnke_Lore| styletitle="widthThe World of Lore, Volume 1: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Monstrous Creatures[[image:DK_Whats.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241228379/refauthor=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Aaron Mahnke| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[What's Where on Earth? Atlas: The World as You've Never Seen It Before by DK]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] I dread to think how old the atlas we used when I was a child wassummary=Every country, but at least we had oneevery town, and I didn't need to go to school or every village has a folktale – a library to check up story passed down through generations that often focuses on whatever bit of trivia I was seekingthe dark and unexplained. INo matter how the modern world moves on, there'm so old s a still a lot part of things about it now would be most redundanteveryone that is vulnerable to a good tale. From ghosts to werewolves, but if you choose to risk your arm by way of wendigos and buy an atlas for elves, author Aaron Mahnke delivers the family shelves that reader legends from all generations will benefit fromover the world, as opposed to relying on electronic and updateable sources whilst examining how they've become part of informationour collective imaginations, then this is still striking fear into the one to havehearts of many of us today. [[What's Where on Earth? Atlas: The World as You've Never Seen It Before by DK|Full Review]]}}<!-- Hollick -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Fowler_Forgotten| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|The Book of Forgotten Authors[[image:Hollick_Pirates.jpg|linkauthor=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445652153/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Christopher Fowler| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"5|===[[Pirates: Truth and Tale by Helen Hollick]]==genre=Reference [[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]], [[:Category:Reference|Reference]]''Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder''. It makes people think you're dead.

The eighteenth century lived There's truth in that statement, you know, but there's a conundrum when it's applied to authors. Shakespeare is dead: Dickens is dead, but we haven't buried what they've written: that lives on until... when? Is it until fashion decrees that they should be no more? Or is it, as in terror the case of some children's authors that they are on life support through licensing deals and astute marketing? Christopher Fowler has unearthed (exhumed?) ninety-nine authors who were once hugely popular, but whose works have disappeared, sometimes quite literally.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Angell_Triang|title=Tri-ang Collectables|author=Dave Angell|rating=3.5|genre=Reference|summary=A guide to the tramps of trains produced by the Tri-ang company from its inception until the seas – piratescompany became Hornby. Pirates have fascinated people ever sinceA very personal guide to the collecting of model trains. It was a harsh }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Chase_Orchids|title=The Book of Orchids: A life for those who went '-size guide to six hundred species from around the world|author=Mark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz and Tom Mirenda|rating=5|genre=Reference|summary=One in seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid: there are 26,000 species in 749 genera. They flourish in remarkable habitats such as deserts and the account'Arctic circle, in fact, constantly overshadowed by all areas but the threat most inhospitable. There's a wide range of death – through violencecolours, illnessshapes and scents: they're dramatic, shipwreck, or delicate and ingenious in the hangmanways that they's nooseve developed not just to survive but to thrive. The lure Tom Mirenda describes them as ''masters of goldmanipulation'' and ''famous for lying and cheating their way to their many evolutionary successes'', the excitement yet his love of them is as obvious as his respect for the chase and insight they give us into the freedom processes which shaped our world. He hopes that understanding how that life aboard a pirate ship offered were judged by some has come about will inspire us to conserve what we have.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Edwards_Story|title=The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books (British Library Crime Classics)|author=Martin Edwards|rating=5|genre=Reference|summary=It's easy to be worth confused by the risk. Helen Hollick explores both various 'ages' of crime writing: if you have an interest in the fiction and fact genre you'll almost certainly have heard of the Golden Age of piracyCrime, generally acknowledged as being the period between the first and second world wars. 'Classic Crime' on the other hand extends the time frame at either end and there are some surprises covers books published in store for those who think they know their Barbary Corsair from their boucanierthe first half of the twentieth century. Everyone Throughout my adult life, there's been just one genre of books which has heard fascinated me, and that's crime, so I could hardly resist the chance of reading ''The Story of Captain MorganClassic Crime in 100 Books'' particularly as the author, but who recognises Martin Edwards is an accomplished author within the crime genre and an acknowledged expert on the name subject.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=DK_Childrens|title=Children's Illustrated Thesaurus|author=DK|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=One of the aristocratic Frenchman Daniel Montbarsmost valuable literary skills which children can learn is how to use reference books. As a child every question which I began with ''how do you spell...? He killed so many Spaniards he was known '' would be answered with ''EXACTLY as it says in the dictionary'The Exterminator'. The fictional world of pirates This was fine, but the family's Collins Little Gem Dictionary didn't encourage exploration, represented in novels not least because the font was small and moviesdifficult to read. Fortunately, is different from realitythose times have now changed and reference book for children are now much more inviting. What draws readers and viewers to these notorious hyenas Not every book comes with a set of instructions but it's worth studying the high seas? What ''How to...'' section, not least because similar systems are the facts behind the fantasy? [[Pirates: Truth and Tale by Helen Hollick|Full Review]]used in other reference books.}}