A Celebration of Cats

<p>In this, the ultimate book for cat lovers, Roger Caras celebrates a lifelong passion with personal anecdotes, charming tales and rich historical fact and fancy. Written with loving detail and accuracy, this delightful book provides a fund of knowledge for every cat lover, covering the topics of evolution, domestication, breeding, history, cats in art, magic and folklore. A unique compendium, it is illustrated throughout by various artists, making it an enchanting the amusing addition to every cat lover's bookshelf. The featured artworks include works by Steinlen, fifteen by Kuniyoshi, Goshun, Robert Leydenforst, Chu Ling, Hokusai, two by John Singer Sargent, two by Hiroshige, Carl Walters, four by Edouard Manet, Gottfried Mind, a 13th-century Persian pottery cat, a ceramic figure of a cat (c.1750), a French prehistoric carving, ancient Egyptian drawings and paintings, an American scrimshaw, a 19th-century Russian cat, the carved tomb of Madame Lesdiguieres's cat and a Japanese painting of a cat with a bird.</p>

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Caras, Roger A.

Pets & Animal Care

Robson Press

It's part of all our lives. But how much do we really know about our shit? In this fun, informative, and compelling book, Mayer, Stori and Van Jahnes compile every fundamental fact about our fundaments. Complete with handsome line-drawings and couldthat- really-be-what-I-think-it-is photos, You Don't Know Shit includes such fascinating nuggets as: What your poo says about you Why some poo floats and other poo sinks How great civilizations have pooed through the ages Whether men really take longer in the toilet The relative quantities of toilet-paper consumption around the world Why  silent-but-deadlyA" does exist, and how The most fart-tastic exercises to pursue

You Don't Know Sh*t: The Ultimate Toilet Book. Doug Mayer, Val Stori and Tod Van Jahnes

Doug Mayer,Doug Mayer

Parenting & Relationships

The Queen's Counsel is a cartoon satire on law and lawyers appearing on Thursdays in the law pages of The Times. Collecting together the very best of the cartoon strip with the sagest of lawyerly advice The Queen's Counsel Official Lawyer's Handbook is the ultimate guide to surviving a legal career. Tips include:  How to get into a top law firm  -  and stay there  Racking up billable hours  -  the easy way  Partnership  -  you can make it, if you know what to kiss, and whose  Understanding what lawyers do  -  and how to stop them doing it to you.

The Queen's Counsel Official Lawyer's Handbook

Daniel R. White

Dyan Cannon wasn't looking for romance when she sat own for lunch with Cary Grant in the studio canteen; she was a young actress on the outskirts of Hollywood just hoping for her big break. What she found was a star-crossed soul mate - a man who fell instantly in love with her, pursued her relentlessly and eventually persuaded her to love him back equally. Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon were a glamorous and popular celebrity couple, the epicentre of chic and swinging 1960s Hollywood. For a few brief years their romance flourished; they married and had a daughter. Their romance played out like one of Grant's movies - bold, witty, full of dramatic gestures, and equally tender moments. When the love died, however, it ended in the same way it had started: dramatically, on courthouse steps and on the front page of every newspaper in the world. Sweet, sad, candid and honest, Dear Cary reveals a side of Cary Grant the world has never before seen. It has taken Dyan Cannon two decades to reconcile herself to the death of Cary Grant and to come to terms with their stormy, difficult love. Dear Cary is the end result of that acceptance; her final love letter to her one true love, Cary Grant.

Dear Cary: A Memoir

Dyan Cannon

Humor & Entertainment

<p>In May 1977 the French national railways announced they were taking the Orient- Express, the world's most fabled train, out of service. The public outcry which followed caught the attention of Jim Sherwood. The last remaining four carriages, which had featured in the film Murd er on the Ori ent-Expr ess , were auctioned by Sotheby's in Monte Carlo, and Sherwood bought two of them. He then set out on a trip across Europe to track down enough original 1920s carriages, with their exquisite ArtDeco marquetry and Lalique glass, to make a full train. In 1982, four-anda- half years later, the lovingly restored Venice Simplon-Orient Express set off from Victoria Station for Venice, almost exactly 100 years after it had first carried passengers on their exotic and mysterious journeys across the continent. The re-launch of the Orient-Express attracted so much attention that Sherwood used the name for the luxury hotel company he went on the create. Orient-Express Hotels today owns some of the great hotels of the world, all personally bought by Sherwood over a period of last 30 years. It also owns two other de luxe trains - the Eastern &amp; Oriental carries passengers from Singapore to Bangkok, and the Hiram Bingham runs down through the Sacred Valley of the Incas to the mysterious abandoned city of Machu Picchu in Peru. The purchase and restoration of each train and grand hotel has its own extraordinary story behind it, which is wittily and compellingly told.</p>

Orient Express

James Sherwood

Travel

Muckraker: The Scandalous Life and Times of W. T. Stead, Britain's First Investigative Journalist

Politics & Social Sciences

Robinson, W. S.

Social Sciences

Elkie Brooks is a genuine national treasure. Blessed with one of the richest and most distinctive voices in showbusiness, she has been entertaining people around the world for the last five decades.  Her professional debut at age 15 began a career that has spanned most musical genres and collaborations with some of the finest musicians of their generation, making her a household name. Along the way she has recorded some of the most iconic songs in rock history, including Lilac Wine, Sunshine After the Rain, Fool (If You Think It's Over) and her signature tune Pearl's A Singer.  But the road to stardom was never an easy journey. Along the way she has experienced hardships that would have daunted most, and dealt with them with the same spirit, grit and determination that colours the extraordinary emotional power of her singing.  In Finding My Voice, Elkie tells her remarkable story in her own unique voice, laying bare the nuts and bolts of stardom and her commitment to the great passion of her life  -  music.

Finding My Voice

Elkie Brooks

Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina

Virginia Rounding

Where Do Comedians Go When They Die?: Journeys of a Stand-up

Biographies & Memoirs

Milton Jones

Memoirs

With its mixture of politics, history, conflict and oratory, as well as many traditions and peculiarities and a host of characters, the village of Parliament provides a host of fascinating facts and interesting stories. And here for the first time is the definitive miscellany. Robert Rogers, Senior Officer of the House of Commons, takes us on an unstoppable textual tour of the heart of government, explaining everything from what's in the Dispatch Box to the original tune of the clock tower. Who Goes Home? includes affairs of state, history, clashes, speechmaking, architecture and oddities of every kind. What is Parliamentary language? Why is the House of Commons' colour green while the Lords is red? Did you know that Disraeli was shouted down the first time he tried to speak? And what about the great events, such as Callaghan losing the 1979 vote of confidence, the hunting protest, and the characters such as the 17th Century Speaker who had such a squint no-one could tell who he was looking at and calling to speak? As entertaining as it is informative, and with the unique knowledge of an insider, there is something of interest for everyone, in this fascinating and informative guide.

Order Order! A Parliamentary Miscellany

Robert, Rogers

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