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In this book, the leading historian of propaganda presents the best examples from the wartime information machine and reveals the history behind this key government body

Activity book based on classic texts that inspires reading and writing

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A new collection of classic ghost stories from the golden age of the genre in the early twentieth century. Each of these stories reveals the arcane secrets and dark psychic traces to be found in occult books, shadowy libraries and other treasure troves of hidden knowledge.

The latest additions to the successful crime classics series, these mysteries, set in Yorkshire and featuring Sergeant Cluff, were first published in the 1960s. Gil North was the pseudonym of Geoffrey Horne, a writer from Skipton who worked as a civil servant in colonial Africa for many years.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

A new edition to the "British Library Crime Classics" collection, "Family Matters" is a classic tale from the Golden Era of crime writing, first published in 1933. 'The characters are quite extraordinarily living... A most original and grimly farcical situation', Dorothy L. Sayers.

Two classic cases featuring Detective-Inspector Littlejohn. Bellairs was the pseudonym of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a prominent banker and philanthropist from Manchester whose popular detective stories were published for nearly 40 years.

All his stories are amusing, intriguing, and he is a master of the final twist' - Agatha Christie'One of the most stunning trick stories in the history of detective fiction' - Julian SymonsGraham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that eighth wonder of the modern world, a happy marriage. And into the middle of it there drops, like a clap of thunder, a box of chocolates.Joan Bendix is killed by a poisoned box of liqueur chocola...

A new selection of the greatest Gothic fiction from one of the most deranged and deliciously weird writers of the nineteenth century. The tales are accompanied by the classic illustrations of Harry Clarke, an artist fully alive to the deep darkness at the heart of Poe's writing.

Miss Tither, the village busybody, is not the best-loved resident of Hilary Magna. She has made many enemies: bombarding the villagers with religious tracts, berating drunkards, and informing the spouses of cheating partners. Her murder, however, is still a huge shock to the Reverend Ethelred Claplady and his parish. Inspector Littlejohn s understanding of country ways makes him Scotland Yard s first choice for the job. Basing himself at the v...

This is a guide to all British birds whose sounds are likely to be encountered by the average birdwatcher. A total of 175 species are heard. English names are announced before each recording. As far as possible background species sounds are identified to prevent confusion.

A well-rounded and distinctive introduction to the best of Decadent writing.

Since its first publication in 1940, Verdict of Twelve has been widely hailed as a classic of British crime writing. This edition offers a new generation of readers the chance to find out why so many leading commentators have admired the novel for so long.

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781-1826) is best known as the founder of Singapore, but he also formed a collection of drawings and manuscripts during nearly twenty years in Southeast Asia in the service of the East India Company. This illustrated catalogue features 120 natural history drawings of the "Raffles Family Collection".

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Published to coincide with a British Library exhibition of the same name, this study explores the background and history of this artwork and symbol of Christianity. Sections examine aspects of the Anglo-Saxon world: the heritage of the people who lived and ruled and how and why this book was made.