Social Nonsense: Creative Diversions for Two or More Players – Anytime, Anywhere
This amusing book by Dr. Doug Shaw (American) is the finest in our collection. It consists of a collection of whimsical pastimes that encourage the creation of stories and art.
The Parasol in Victorian Erotica
This study by Dr. Arthur G. British is certainly effervescent, yet never crosses the line into salaciousness. Historical culture and contexts will be revealed that will surprise even the most learned parasol erotica maven. WARNING: May cause concupiscence in young men.
The Anderson Coffee Revolution
During London’s “Swinging 60s,” James Anderson and Mavis Placeit became curious. What if they were to create a coffeehouse that was radical in its conservativism? And furthermore, what if they instructed their roastmaster to create a blend using only the finest, most elite beans?
“At the risk of seeming immodest – the result was delightful,” states Mavis in this true tale behind one of London’s most beloved places.
An Offputting Murder
Thomas Brackington’s rather exciting work of fiction follows Blythe Tanner, an ordinary woman who, during a heavy rainstorm, deliberately takes an umbrella that does not belong to her.
The ramifications that follow are disproportionate to the nature of her offense.
Canva
Southhampton resident Lynne Billingsley does it again in this brilliant picture book that is certainly not for every child! The first part of this tale of Canva, an owl that lives in a barn on a small farm, is ordinary children’s book fare. But an event happens two-thirds of the way through that calls into question everything that we have just seen. When your child is finished, he will want to read it over and over again, or ask you to remove it from the house.
Recursive Deja Vu
This is a wonderful collection of reviews of books about books. And for the most part, that is all it is. Until the chapter where This Author (undoubtedly a nom de plume) reviews… Recursive Deja Vu. At that point, things take a turn for the bizarre, as the writing seems to swallow itself, and we go deeper and deeper into what the author refers to as “self-reference.”
My Fourth Polyp
Words cant even.
Only the Cow Knows: Confessions of a Milkmaid
Janet Weinmeir presents late 19th-century British agrarian economics via the perspective of Mary, an 18-year-old ingenue who lives on a farm near Sheffield. Mary experiences the rise of Physiocratic thinking, the effects of the Irish Agrarian rebellion, the imposition of Parish Councils, and the inevitability of a second Boer War.
And she has unusual intercourse with various gentlemen.
World War II – A History
In this rather large volume, James Wilkinson-Hawkes goes through the story of World War II. As in all such histories, he touches on the Paris Peace Conference, the Treaty of Munich, the invasions of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark and Norway, the Blitzkreig, France being French, The Battle of Britain, etc. By the terms of the buyout from Joseph Wilkinson-Hawkes, Kinehora Publishing is contractually obligated to keep this history in print in perpetuity.
Split Infinitives: The Complete Reference Guide
Split Infinitives was a 1975 farcical BBC comedy about a pair of English Teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Infinitive, who are in the process of getting divorced. Every episode featured a secondary character making a statement that the eponymous pair interpreted differently, causing an escalating chain of misunderstandings that almost resulted in one of them admitting to the other that s/he is still in love.
Many believe that this was John Alderton and Pauline Collins’ greatest collaboration, surpassing even No Honestly and Wodehouse Playhouse, but was overshadowed by a BBC2 Programme featuring John Cleese.
Until the Normans invaded England, the manors surrounding Altrincham were owned by the Saxon Thegn Alweard. After the invasion they became the property of Hamon de Massey, although Altrincham is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. The earliest documented reference to the town is from 1290, when it was granted its charter as a Free Borough by Baron Hamon de Massey V. Years later, in 1961, their ice hockey team, the Altrincham Aces, was formed. Part of the English National Ice Hockey League, they are based out of the Altrincham Ice Dome, situated on Oakfield Road in Altrincham. This is a collection of recipes from the town.