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1000 English Idioms Explained
Home-grown and from across the pond

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Publication Date: 30 November 2007

Specifications: 216x135mm, paperback, 224 pages

ISBN: 978-0-572-03390-3

EAN: 9780572033903

* English language roots – of perennial interest because they are informative and entertaining.

* The contribution made by early English and Irish Americans is under-explored.

* English idioms are eccentric and born of many institutional sources. American idioms are quirky and constructed more anecdotally – all are wonderful!

* An elegant gift package of source information that will keep its reader entertained and informed for hours.

* A must-have title for anyone interested in the greatest language on earth.

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Aleister Crowley Scrapbook

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Author: Sandy Robertson

Publication Date: May 2002

Specifications: 246x176mm, paperback, 128 pages

ISBN: 978-0-572-02801-5

EAN: 9780572028015

* Crowley is a key figure in occult revival - his work is now highly sought after.

* Definitive record of Crowley's life: includes rare and unpublished works to enthuse the serious collector.

* Relevant to diverse media covering rock, film and fiction.

* Highly relevant to growing interest in Victorian debauchery - the ultimate turn-of-the-century rebel.

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Bronze Age Computer Disc

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Author: Alan Butler Introduced by Knight and Lomas

Publication Date: Available

Specifications: 234x152mm, hardback, 192 pages

ISBN: 978-0-572-02217-4

EAN: 9780572022174

* ‘It is brilliant! … An ingenious piece of historical detection – a fascinating voyage … most impressed.’ Colin Wilson

* A fascinating investigation into the meaning and usage of a plate-sized clay disk created several thousand years ago.

* A Bronze Age calculator blows our thinking to bits.

* The story of the Phaistos Disc which, in the year 2000BC, measured time and line on the same scale and puts us to shame.

* ‘This is thinking of the highest order.’ Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas (The Second Messiah)

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Dates and Meanings of Religious and Other Multi-ethnic Festivals 2002-2005

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Author: Dr Shrikala Warrier and John G Walshe

Publication Date: September 2001

Specifications: 222x206mm, paperback, 168 pages

ISBN: 978-0-572-02659-2

EAN: 9780572026592

* The definitive guide to understanding and navigating the significant events of our multi-cultural society.

* The new, revised and expanded edition of this classic resource book for education, health, community, government and business professionals

* Provides the dates and background to the leading multi-ethnic festivals.

* Includes a comprehensive four-year calendar of feast days and fasting days, saints' days and holidays

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Discovering King Arthur

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Author: Beryl Beare

Publication Date: Available

Specifications: 234x152mm, paperback, 192 pages

ISBN: 978-0-572-02367-6

EAN: 9780572023676

* Introduced by one of Britain’s leading Arthurian authorities.

* ‘Beryl Beare’s work stands up most convincingly … and I am honoured to … make my contribution.’ Geoffrey Ashe.

* King Arthur is brilliantly revealed through complete tales from the most important original sources Monmouth on Merlin Mallory on Uther and Queen Igraine Mabinogion on Culhwch and Olwen Tennyson on Gareth and Lynette.

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