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[[Category:Reference|*]]__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1394159544|title=Recycling for Dummies|author=The EconomistSarah Winkler|rating=5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=''Recycling one ton of plastic can save up to 16.3 barrels of oil.'' ''Recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees from being cut down.'' If you send an apple core to landfill, it will take between 6 months and 2 years to decompose. A glass bottle will take up to 1 million years. As a just-post-WWII baby, I faced a dilemma: reducing, reusing and recycling is part of my DNA. NEVER throw away anything that might ''possibly'' come in handy now or in the future. NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that would serve the purpose. Almost everything can be used one more time and any purchase must pass the test of 'Is this absolutely essential?' On the other hand, I suspected I was guilty of wishcycling: assuming that something must be recyclable (toothpaste tubes - I'm looking at you) and dropping it in the kerbside bin. Yes, I could go searching on the internet - and get conflicting advice - but what I needed was a recycling bible.s}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1913750353|title=Pocket World Britannica's Word of the Day|author=Patrick Kelly, Renee Kelly and Sue Macy|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=''Britannica's Word of the Day'' has a sub-title: ''366 Elevating Utterances to Stretch Your Cranium and Tickle Your Humerus'' which probably tells you all that you need to know about this brilliant book. It starts on January 1st with ''Razzmatazz'', tells you how to pronounce it (''raz-muh-TAZ''), gives you a definition and then includes the word in Figures 2013a sentence so that you know how it should be used. You also get an engaging and frequently amusing illustration too. I don't think I've ever encountered a word which uses the letter Z four times before!}}{{Frontpage|isbn=suppl_stafl|title=Supply Chain 20/20: A Clear View on the Local Multiplier Effect for Book Lovers|author=Kim Staflund|rating=4.5

|summary=Pocket World So, you've finished writing your book and you think the hard work is all done? You're convinced that all you need to do now is get it published and the money will start rolling in Figures 2013 is ? Wrong and wrong again. You presumably wrote the twentybook because you wanted to -second edition and you had a talent for delivering the written word. You knew your subject back to front. Now you're going to have to get to grips with the book supply chain, which even parts of the annual bestseller publishing industry believe to be wrong but it's too difficult to change and once again no one wants to be the first to try. Then, when you ''finally'' have a copy of the book in your hands, you're going to have to work out how to sell it - because it follows ''is'' going to be down to you.}} {{Frontpage|author=Frederic Gros|title=A Philosophy of Walking|rating=5|genre= Politics and Society|summary= I confess I picked this one up from the tried library in my pre-lockdown forage of random stuff. Now I have to go out an buy my own copy so that I can turn down the pages I have marked and tested formatreturn to its varying wisdom when I need to. Some books draw you in slowly. It opens with world rankings and This one had me in the first two pages, wherein Gros explains why ''walking is straight into natural facts not a sport''.|isbn=1781688370}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1788037812|title=The Fraternity of the Estranged: The Fight for Homosexual Rights in England, 1891- 1908|author=Brian Anderson|rating=5|genre=Biography|summary=Originally passed in 1885, the largest law that had made homosexual relations a crime remained in place for 82 years. But during thistime, restrictions on same-sex relationships did not go unchallenged. Between 1891 and 1908, three books on the longest that nature of homosexuality appeared. They were written by two homosexual men: Edward Carpenter and John Addington Symonds, as well as the heterosexual Havelock Ellis. Exploring the highest margins of society and studying homosexuality was common on the otherEuropean Continent, but barely talked about in the UK, so the publications of these men were hugely significant – contributing to the scientific understanding of homosexuality, and beginning the struggle for recognition and equality, leading to the milestone legalisation of same-sex relationships in 1967.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1912242052|title=O Joy for me!|author=Keir Davidson|rating=3|genre=Art|summary='' Oh Joy for me!'' gives Coleridge credit for being ''the first person to walk the mountains alone, not because he had to for work, as a miner, quarryman, shepherd or pack-horse driver, but because he wanted to for pleasure and adventure. His rapturous encounters with their natural beauty, and its literary consequences, changed our view of the world''.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1072549271|title=The facts Simple Act of Self-Publishing With Amazon: A Simple Step by Step Guide|author=Georgianne Landy-Kordis|rating=4.5|genre=Business and Finance|summary=I frequently meet authors who are largely incontrovertiblestruggling to be published by the traditional houses, mostly unsurprising but when I suggest self-publishing they explain that they don't have the big bucks required to go down that road with Author Solutions or Matador or their like. I then ask if they've considered Kindle and the answer is, inevitably, that theywouldn're going t know where to start. I can empathise with that. Despite having used a computer for about thirty years, running most of my life ''and'' a website online, I'm still nervous when it comes to starting something new. I like someone to be hold my hand as I go through it for the same year after yearfirst time. Populations do change though That was why I was very interested when ''The Simple Act of Self Publishing With Amazon'' came across my desk...}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Higashida_Fall|title=Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism|author=Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell|rating=5|genre=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 do their rate 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 growthhis condition. India looks set Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to overtake China Naoki as a young adult in his 20s and explains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Jenkins_100|title=Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations|author=Simon Jenkins|rating=5|genre=Art|summary=In the mid-twentieth century, the railway was something which harked back to the largest population Victorian age with trains being supplanted by 2025 cars and planes, but steam was being replaced by oil, even India doesn't have then and in the fastest growing population twenty-first- thatcentury oil is giving way to electricity. It's Nigercleaner, with an average annual growth 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.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Taylor_Owls|title=Owls: A Guide to Every Species|author=Marianne Taylor|rating=5|genre=Animals and Wildlife|summary=I feel like I am being watched. A huge pair of 3piercing orange eyes are staring right at me, locking me into their gaze.52%. By In contrastwith the hardness of the deep-amber eyes, soft grey feathers fan out into the surrounding area, Russia which currently has intricate, detailed and beautiful. An enigma; harsh and gentle at the ninth largest populationsame time, the owl is declining at 0beckoning the reader to turn the pages and take a closer look inside...}}{{Frontpage|isbn=JVDK_ELO|title=Electric Light Orchestra: Song by Song|author=John Van der Kiste|rating=4.1% annually5|genre=Entertainment|summary=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. If youPop music rarely stands still and it wasn're looking for t long before the place basic instruments were seen 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 densest population (as in people per square kilometre rather than in terms rest of intelligence!) then thatthe group didn's Macaut really share his enthusiasm.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846685990</amazonuk>

Read the synapse-shattering story summaries!<br>See the horrific hand-painted cover imagery!<br>And learn the true-life tales of the writers, artists, and publishers who gleefully violated every literary law but one – never be boring.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Browne_Many|title=The Many Faces of Coincidence|author=Laurence Browne|rating=3.5|genre=Popular Science|summary=Browne does not mislead with this choice of title; he does without a doubt explore the many faces of coincidence.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1903385679|title=The 100 Best Novels in Translation|author=VariousBoyd Tonkin|rating=3.5|genre=Reference|summary=Consider, if you will, translated fiction. Some say it's impossible – that if a book was so good in one tongue it could never survive being put into another. Samuel Beckett must have laboured over ever syllable and ''Breath'', but he could translate his own works, and other equally complex pieces can cross borders. It's a market that has actually doubled in sales volume between 2000 and 2016 (thanks, ''Millennium Trilogy''). Novels, in particular, in translation, are – as the introduction here so smartly puts it – ''a privileged means of passing border posts, a sort of universal passport issued by that Utopian state, the Republic of Letters''. We here at the 'Bag regularly try and give equal credit to the translator, without whom we wouldn't be reading what we have in our hands. But all that said, do we really need one of those list books about the subject? I got given a book the other year detailing 1001 places to go to before I die, and I might even then have missed out a zero. It would take as long as a fortnight's holiday to wade through, and even though this is not as long as your typical Bolano housebrick, it's not a short thing. Should it take our time?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Fry_Mythos|title=Hello Kitty DictionaryMythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece|author=Stephen Fry

|genre=Children's Non-FictionReference|summary=The Hello Kitty Dictionary takes a concept that many young students might not find too interesting (meGreek Myths are, arguably, on the other hand, I love books full of words) greatest stories ever told. So old and puts influential they cast a colourful shadow over western tales and fun spin on ittraditions, yet remain relatable and readable millennia later. Because if you’re having to look up how to spell a wordHere comedian, actor, or what something meanstelevision presenter, it helps actor and author Stephen Fry brings his considerable talent to have pages these special stories and recreates them with lemon a wit, warmth and humanity that brings them into the modern age whilst still giving the honour and violet respect that such ancient and aquamarine bordersinfluential stories deserve.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Mahnke_Lore|title=The World of Lore, dotted with presents Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures|author=Aaron Mahnke|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=Every country, every town, every village has a folktale – a story passed down through generations that often focuses on the dark and hearts and starsunexplained. No matter how the modern world moves on, there's a still a part of everyone that is vulnerable to a good tale. That’s not From ghosts to say the dictionary isn’t clear werewolves, by way of wendigos and easy to read because it certainly is: elves, author Aaron Mahnke delivers the decorations don’t extend into reader legends from all over the centre world, whilst examining how they've become part of the pagesour collective imaginations, and still striking fear into the entries themselves are bold fuchsia followed by neat black explanations, all neatly formatted on crisp white pageshearts of many of us today.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007457197</amazonuk>

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 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.}}{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Angell_Triang|title=Tri-ang Collectables|author=Simon HefferDave Angell|rating=3.5|genre=Reference|summary=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.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Chase_Orchids|title=Strictly EnglishThe Book of Orchids: The correct way A life-size guide to write ... six hundred species from around the world|author=Mark Chase, Maarten Christenhusz and why it mattersTom Mirenda|rating=45|genre=Business and FinanceReference|summary=As a child I was taught English grammarOne in seven flowering plants on earth is an orchid: there are 26,000 species in 749 genera. I began by resenting it They flourish in remarkable habitats such as deserts and the Arctic circle, in fact, all areas but gradually I appreciated the subtlety most inhospitable. There's a wide range of colours, shapes and scents: they're dramatic, delicate and nuances ingenious in the ways that they've developed not just to survive but to thrive. Tom Mirenda describes them as ''masters of expression manipulation'' and ''famous for lying and cheating their way to their many evolutionary successes'', yet 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 could 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 achieved confused by the correct use various 'ages' of crime writing: if you have an interest in the genre you'll almost certainly have heard of the Golden Age of languageCrime, generally acknowledged as being the period between the first and second world wars. I loved 'Classic Crime' on the other hand extends the fact that I could say something precisely time frame at either end and convey exactly what I meant covers books published in a few wordsthe first half of the twentieth century. And then Throughout my adult life, there's been just one genre of books which has fascinated me, and that's crime, so I was stunned to find that there was no longer could hardly resist the same emphasis on grammar chance of reading ''The Story of Classic Crime in schools100 Books'' particularly as the author, that freedom of expression was encouraged without worrying about Martin Edwards is an accomplished author within the form it took – crime genre and now I regularly encounter official letters, even books where an acknowledged expert on the subject.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=DK_Childrens|title=Children's Illustrated Thesaurus|author=DK|rating=4.5|genre=Reference|summary=One of the English language most valuable literary skills which children can learn is subjected how to grievous bodily harmuse reference books. It isnAs a child every question which I began with ''how do you spell...?'' would be answered with ''EXACTLY as it says in the dictionary''. This was fine, but the family's Collins Little Gem Dictionary didn't encourage exploration, not least because the font was small and difficult to get right – read. Fortunately, those times have now changed and reference book for children are now much more inviting. Not every book comes with a set of instructions but it just requires a little knowledge's worth studying the ''How to...'' section, a logical mind and practicenot least because similar systems are used in other reference books.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099537931</amazonuk>