From the world's first postage stamp, the 1840 Penny Black, to the First Class stamp 2012, Chris West's selection of 36 stamps - 'some beautiful, some quirky, some baffling, some stained with blood' - are the inspiration for his idiosyncratic and entertaining history of Britain. Among his collection are the 1881 Penny Lilac (33 billion printed); the first decimal set (1971); and a single foreign stamp telling a story of reparations and hyperinflation: a 1923 German 200 mark stamp, overprinted 2 million.

FIRST CLASS

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Chris West

Antiques & Collectibles

Square Peg

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club title Do you think the world of the Eurovision Song Contest, with its crazy props, even crazier dancers and crazier still songs has nothing to do with serious European politics? Think again. The contest has been a mirror for cultural, social and political developments in Europe ever since its inauguration, when an audience in dinner jackets and ball-gowns politely applauded each song. It has been a voice of rebellion across the Iron Curtain, an inspiration for new European nations in the 1990s and 2000s, the voice of liberation for both sexual and regional minorities. It even once triggered a national revolution. Eurovision charts both the history of Europe and the history of the Eurovision Song Contest over the last six decades, and shows how seamlessly they interlink and what an amazing journey it has been.

Eurovision! A History of Modern Europe Through the World's Greatest Song Contest

Arts & Photography

Music

Melville House UK

Turning Salt & Pepper Shakers and Mills

Guild of Master Craftsman Publ

Finance on a Beermat

Business & Money

Stephen, King

Mike Southon

Economics

RANDOM HOUSE BUSINESS BOOKS

MARKETING ON A BEERMAT

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Books by Chris West