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A reprint of the first part of the English edition of Heuet's glorious endeavour: we hope they will do the rest!

In Search of Lost Time: Swann’s Way – A Graphic Novel ...

Marcel Proust

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To celebrate the centenary of Ogdred Weary's birth: fifty envelopes addressed to his friend Fitzharris and a selection of his correspondence.

From Ted to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes of Edward Gorey ...

Edward Gorey

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If you enjoy books that make you laugh aloud, this darkly humorous, touching and brilliantly original explication of a deeply pessimistic worldview might be your thing. The author attributes... read more

FEH: A Memoir

Shalom Auslander

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Crazy times, crazy people...

Britain’s Best Political Cartoons 2024

Tim Benson

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Amusing linguistic snippets; would fit a small sporran.

Postings, 2

Jim McCue

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Another A-Z of the English language - cf Heffer below. Suitable for a rather eye-catchingly large sporran.

Prose & Cons: The English Language in Just A Minute ...

Gyles Brandreth

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Egregious usages that get Monsieur Heffer's particular goat and allow the reader a pleasant shudder. Would fit a similar sporran to Brandreth's.

Scarcely English: An A to Z of Assaults On Our Language ...

Simon Heffer

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By the whizzy pair who have produced Logicomix, a life of Bertrand Russell, and Democracy.

Aristotle: A Graphic Biography

Tassos Apostolidis

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Well's classic of science fiction, brilliantly reworked by a great illustrator.

Chris Mould’s War of the Worlds: A Graphic Novel ...

H. G. Wells

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Pleasantly macabre stroll through the dangers waiting to befall the hapless stranger -lethal fêtes with poison in the teapots, sinister vicars, May Poles with their long, strangling ribbons... read more

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village ...

Maureen Johnson

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The Joy of Small Things: ‘A not-so-small joy in itself.’ N ...

Hannah Jane Parkinson

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The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet

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The Haunted Tea-Cosy

Edward Gorey

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The Queen: 101 Reasons to Celebrate Her Majesty – The Platinum J ...

H. Sutcliffe

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Doubtful Guest

Gorey

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Epileptic Bicycle

Gorey

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Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

John Cleese

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Churchill in Punch

Gary L. Stiles

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A brilliant graphic reimagining of a C19th Russian crime novel with a woman journalist-thief-liar-magician as its sleuth. The author is an accomplished academic and illustrator.

The Russian Detective

Carol Adlam

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Sleep of the evening, beau-ootiful slee-eep...

Lewis Carroll’s Guide for Insomniacs

Lewis Carroll

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From Waterloo to Brexit - and beyond! Sounds like Buzz Lightyear got it wrong.

Britain’s Best Ever Political Cartoons

Tim Benson

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Contributors include Steve Bell, Morten Morland, Nicola Jennings, Peter Brookes, Christian Adams, Dave Brown, and Brian Adcock.

Britain’s Best Political Cartoons 2023

Tim Benson

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Political cartoons from the last two years, from The Times.

Torrid Times

Peter Brookes

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These ghastly-funny-surreal collages roast our politcians for their cynicism and incompetence. They are thoroughly modern yet travel a straight line to the satirical extremities of Hogarth, ... read more

Cold War Steve Annual 2024

Christopher Spencer

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Dr. Evans has been producing these pamphlets for over two decades. Very delightful they are too, and especially welcome in the absence of JJN's Christmas Crackers. Dr. Evans has been rash e... read more

Wonders and Absurdities 2023: A Country Doctor’s Commonplace Sel ...

Philip Evans

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He's wise enough to have collected Lucie Rie when she was affordable and witty enough to have lost count of his degrees.

The Wit and Wisdom of David Attenborough

Chas Newkey-Burden

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Delightfully ticklish combination of words and drawings, most of them recorded verbatim and sketched in situ - overheard on the bus, in a restaurant, wherever Monsieur Fox catches these bree... read more

The Way We Were: A Series of Monologues with a Propensity to be Boring ...

Charles Fox

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A nice new edition, with Herriman's illustrations.

Archy and Mehitabel

Don Marquis

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We are very fond of the blue-haired, feisty, funny Hilda: here are books 5 and 6 in this series of graphic novels, in one volume. (Hilda and the Stone Forest and Hilda and the Mountain King)... read more

Hilda: Night of the Trolls

Luke Pearson

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Gauld's whimsical cartoons have whiffs of Glen Baxter and Edward Gorey, but with less cordite. The literary world and its denizens provide ample provocations for his deadpan and gently subve... read more

Revenge of the Librarians

Tom Gauld

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Britain’s Best Political Cartoons 2022

Tim Benson

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A gorgeous selection from the last 15 years: parodies, household tips, essays and appreciations from a wide range of periodicals.

Haywire: The Best of Craig Brown

Craig Brown

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Rather like buses arriving in pairs after a bit of a wait, we have two books of obituaries of the odd and wonderful. Two in the hand are always better than one in the depot...

Eccentric Lives: The Daily Telegraph Book of 21st Century Obituaries ...

Andrew M. Brown

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From the archives of The Times comes a celebration of individuality: April Ashley, Zsa Zsa Gabor, John Lucas, Diana Athill, Nick Mosley, Vincent Poklewski-Koziell, Ruaraidh Hilleary, Naim At... read more

Lives Less Ordinary: obituaries of the eccentric, unique and undefinab ...

Nigel Farndale

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Entertaining and intriguing - if the dear reader can be persuaded to overlook the fatuous and needy title and its horrid, self-promoting exclamation mark.

50 Codes that Changed the World: . . . And Your Chance to Solve Them! ...

Sinclair McKay

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Apparently this will help us lead better lives... to which the response must be - in cod Latin no doubt - 'dic mel, da mihi fracturam'!

Et tu, Brute? The Best Latin Lines Ever

Harry Mount

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