Tag Archives: Book club
Clever Little Tit or Bird Brain
Tim Birkhead has produced a brainy book on ornithology as you would expect from an academic. However he has also been very clever in making it accessible to all ornithologists. Continue reading
Fred Trueman Still Speaks Out
Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE Fred Trueman to All Yorkshire Folk All Yorkshiremen have a favourite Fred Trueman story and mine goes something like this: Opening the bowling as usual from the Kirkstall Lane End Fred’s first ball rapped the openers … Continue reading
Art Deco Book Collecting
Art Deco is back in vogue with new twists or as collectables and memorabilia. Art deco was a design and art style from 1910’s until the 1930s taking over from Art Nouveau. As well as all the visual arts, it … Continue reading
Practical Self-help in Book Format
Self-help and practical improvement books come and go like planes at Heathrow. That might be why they are so popular at airports for the executive class to read or look like they are reading something worthy. The desire to achieve … Continue reading
Yorkshire Book Festival – Leeds 2012
The Big Bookend Festival is almost upon us (13-17 June). Advertised as ‘A Rock Festival for Words’ and using the same catch phrase as last year ‘if you can read this – thank a teacher’ you will discover an interesting … Continue reading
Yorkshire – God’s Own County Book Club
We are launching a simple new book club but we are not reprising books covered earlier even though due to popular demand we may show the odd link. The God’s Own County Book Club is an internet phenomenon based on … Continue reading