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Museum Miscellany, A by Claire Cock-Starkey
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.59Which are the oldest museums in the world? What is a cabinet of curiosities? Who haunts Hampton Court? What is on the FBI's list of stolen art? 'A Museum Miscellany' celebrates the intriguing... -
A Library Miscellany by Claire Cock-Starkey 9781851244720
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.59What can be found in the Vatican's Secret Archive? How many books did Charles Darwin's library aboard the Beagle hold? Which library is home to a colony of bats? Bursting with potted histories,... -
The Book Lovers' Miscellany by Claire Cock-Starkey
Booksplease Price: £11.73Ever wondered how ink is made? Or what is the bestselling book of all time? Or which are the oldest known books in the world? Highbrow to lowbrow, all aspects of the book are celebrated and... -
Curious History of Weights & Measures, The by Claire Cock-Starkey
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.91How long is an ell? What is the largest size of champagne bottle? How do you measure the heat of a chilli pepper? Why is the depth of water measured in fathoms? And what is a cubit? The Curious... -
Lore of the Wild: Folktales and Wisdom from Nature by Claire Cock-Starkey
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.05See nature in a whole new light with this enchantingly illustrated treasury of natural folklore and wild wisdom from around the world. Did you know that people used to believe that rabbits' ears... -
Hyphens & Hashtags*: *The Stories behind the symbols on our keyboard by Claire Cock-Starkey
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.80The punctuation marks, mathematical symbols and glyphs which haunt the edges of our keyboards have evolved over many hundreds of years. They shape our understanding of texts, calculations and online... -
Mythology Land: 12 classic legends reimagined by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780711294066
Booksplease Price: £22.69Explore the magical worlds of myth and fable with Mythology Land, and open the gates to the stories and adventures of cultures from all over the world. Mythology Land is a collection of expertly... -
Mythology Land: 12 classic legends reimagined Claire Cock-Starkey 9780711294059
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.25Explore the magical worlds of myth and fable with Mythology Land, and open the gates to the stories and adventures of cultures from all over the world. Mythology Land is a collection of expertly... -
![The Real McCoy and 149 other Eponyms by Claire Cock-Starkey 9781851244980 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9694549/10711265/9781851244980__55242.1781315435.jpg?c=1 "The Real McCoy and 149 other Eponyms by Claire Cock-Starkey 9781851244980 [USED COPY]")
The Real McCoy and 149 other Eponyms by Claire Cock-Starkey 9781851244980 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £2.20The English language is rich with eponyms - words that are named after an individual - some better known than others. This book features 150 of the most interesting and enlightening specimens,... -
Bodleianalia: Curious Facts about Britain's Oldest University Library by Claire Cock-Starkey
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.30Which is the smallest book in the Bodleian Library? Who complained when their secret pen name was revealed in the library's catalogue? How many miles of shelving are there in the Book Storage... -
The Lore of the Land: Folklore & Wisdom from the Wild Earth by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780711269842
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711269842Author Claire Cock-StarkeyFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprin -
![How to Skin a Lion: A Treasury of Outmoded Advice by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712357821 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9954124/10970599/9780712357821__21666.1786539957.jpg?c=1 "How to Skin a Lion: A Treasury of Outmoded Advice by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712357821 [USED COPY]")
How to Skin a Lion: A Treasury of Outmoded Advice by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712357821 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.00Booksplease Price: £2.77Have you ever wondered how to pan for gold, train a falcon or make a love potion? Could you restore a drowned person, smoke your own bacon or correctly address a Maharajah? If not, fear not - you... -
![Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins: First Encounters with the Exotic by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712356367 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9710975/10727654/9780712356367__72727.1781370750.jpg?c=1 "Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins: First Encounters with the Exotic by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712356367 [USED COPY]")
Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins: First Encounters with the Exotic by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780712356367 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £3.62Can you remember seeing a giraffe for the first time? Tasting a pineapple? Touching a cactus? Probably not, because in these modern times everyone is very knowing - knowledge is at our fingertips and... -
Lore of the Land: Folklore & Wisdom from the Wild Earth: Volume 2 Claire Cock-Starkey 9780711269828
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.80Unearth the secrets of our natural world with The Lore of the Land, a richly illustrated compendium of folklore and wisdom from the land, skies and seas. From thundering rivers to shady groves,... -
Lore of the Stars: Folklore and Wisdom from the Skies Above: Volume 3 by Claire Cock-Starkey 9780711282001
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £8.42Look up at the skies in wonder with this mystically illustrated treasury of folklore from above and beyond. Did you know that people used to read the future in the flight of birds? That the... -
Lore of the Deep: Folklore & Wisdom from the Watery Wilds: Volume 4 Claire Cock-Starkey 9780711287709
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.75Discover the world beneath the waves with this magically illustrated treasury of folklore from the ocean deeps. Do you know the story of the ghost ship Mary Celeste? Or the myths behind seaquakes and... -
Carving Up the Globe: An Atlas of Diplomacy by Malise Ruthven
RRP: £33.95Booksplease Price: £28.70Where do you draw the line? In the context of geopolitics, much hinges on the answer to that question. For thousands of years, it has been the work of diplomats to draw the lines in ways that were... -
'And I quote...': A history of using other people's words by Elizabeth Knowles 9780198766759
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.17Quotations are an essential part of the fabric of the language. In And I quote, Elizabeth Knowles draws on her experience editing the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and employs a wide repertoire of...