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Visual Illusions | |||
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| James Kingston | ||||
| T&J 2009 112 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1844061256 304x218mm | ||||
| Published Price £15.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| From the familiar Rubin vase/face illusion to tricks of perspective, 'impossible objects' and complex 'peripheral drift' patterns that fool the eyes into seeing motion where there is none, James Kingston presents 30 of the most common examples of optical illusions. He introduces each one with a simple explanation of the basic concept behind the illusion, describes its discovery and significance and offers physiological and psychological explanations as to how and why it works. | ||||
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Burke's Peerage | |||
| Baronetage & Knightage, Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons (Three volumes) | Reference | |||
| Charles Mosley (Edited by) | ||||
| Boydell 2003 4500 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0971196621 285x205mm | ||||
| Published Price £399.00 | Our Price £80.00 | |||
| A 'narrative of the leading families of these islands', this illustrious reference work was first published in 1826 as 'a general and heraldic dictionary... exhibiting, under strict alphabetical arrangement, the present state of those exalted ranks, with their armorial bearings, mottoes etc and deducing the lineage of each house from the founder of its honours'. The 107th edition - probably the last before the work transfers to an online subscription service - now includes knights, dames, Scottish and Irish Chiefs and Scottish feudal barons and represents a 'tangible marker' for those families affected by reforms in the Scottish feudal land tenure system and the House of Lords. Altogether the three volumes cover over 5,500 families and 1,000 years of history. Due to this item weighing in excess of 10kg, we will calculate the overseas postage as though it contained 9 volumes, and not 3. Due to its size, we will ship it separately to other titles ordered. | ||||
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Do Cats Have Belly Buttons? | |||
| And Answers to 244 other Questions on the World of Science | Reference | |||
| Paul Heiney (Edited by) | ||||
| History Press 2007 246 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0750946466 | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| Following the success of Can Cows Walk Down Stairs?, Paul Heiney presents another batch of the general public's questions to the Science Line before its sad demise in 2003. The telephone and internet service fielded everything curiosity could throw at it, on topics from the human body ('Do blind people dream?) and the natural world ('If you gave seagulls Alka-Seltzer, would they explode?') to quantum physics ('What is Schrodinger's cat?'). With explanatory cartoons by Bill Ledger. | ||||
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Foyle's Collected Philavery | |||
| (Two volumes) | Reference | |||
| Christopher Foyle (Edited by) | ||||
| Chambers Harrap 2008 446 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0550104534 | ||||
| Published Price £19.98 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Christopher Foyle began 'collecting' interesting words after hearing General Schwarzkopf describe bad information as 'bovine scatology' during the 1990 Gulf War. 'Scatology' appears in the first of his two books (Foyle's Philavery: A Treasury of Unusual Words, 2007), but looks positively usual among specimens such as antigropelos (waterproof gaiters), opsimathy (learning obtained late in life) or tresaiel (a great-great grandfather). This boxed set contains both his first and second 'cornucopia of lexical delights'. | ||||
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Brewer's Famous Quotations | |||
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| Nigel Rees | ||||
| Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2006 568 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0304367990 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| After 30 years working on BBC radio's Quote... Unquote, Nigel Rees can claim some expertise in the matter of problematic quotations. Here, he presides over a dictionary devoted to 5,000 mis-remembered, mis-attributed, but nonetheless famous quotations, recording their origins, contexts and some of the ways they have been used, especially as book, film or play titles. The entries are arranged alphabetically by the originator of the phrase or saying - from Diane Abbott ('clean, indoors and no heavy lifting') to Zola. | ||||
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