A Dictionary of Bristle
Blige the first edition was big, but the second one is quite simply gurt macky! That's right, the world-renowned Bristolian dictionary is now bigger and better than ever.
Old Bristle AlmanacWhat does the future hold for you? Is now a good time to tell your boss exactly where to park his company car, or should you just call in sick? Will you be lucky in love, or will you wake up next to a right munter?
Following the tremendous popularity and success of the first edition, Harry Stoke and Vinny Green have got together from beyond the grave to compile a bumper new second edition, with over 100 new entries, a new phrases section and a How Bristle Are you? Q
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An epic tale of Boxing, Bordellos and Bristol pluck told in verse and set in the late 18th Century.
“Genious, extraordinary, brilliantly-observed, uproarious and touching.”
Mark Wallis, Historian.
“Hopefully a future British screen writer. Very funny verse written in old speak, it’s easier to read, funnier and as deep (after a few reads!) as a Shakespearian comedy. More Please!!” 4/5.
Julian Dreary, www.whsmith.co.uk
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This collection contains some of Llewelyn Powys's finest country essays. In his introduction, Philip Larkin wrote: 'To open almost any of his books is to find him talking, in an extraordinary blend of modern English with Urquhart and Thomas Delo
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Powys's first Africa book, the Ebony chapters being based on the young Englishman's response to the Dark Continent. An uncompromising honesty required Powys to portray brutalities than even today shock with their callousness.
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Close on 225 years after his supposed death by suicide, Bristol's boy-poet Thomas Chatterton remains a fascinating and controversial figure. This challenging collection of essays questions long-held assumptions about Chatterton's life and offers
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Get the Presentation X-Factor! is a must-read for anyone wanting to present themselves with confidence and flair in any situation, business or social.
Easy to use. Fun to read. Accessible and above all extremely useful.
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A biography of Joseph Cottle of Bristol, best known as the publisher of Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Publisher, editor and author, he was, effectively, the first to publish the work of Wordsworth and Coleridge, Southey and Charles Lamb.
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Myths is a visual and written exploration on the subject of myths. It contains contributions from writers, illustrators, designers, photographers and artists from around the world who have each responded to the theme in their own unique way.
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A thoroughly researched and highly descriptive account of Bristol's major involvement in the colourful business of piracy. It brings to life in fascinating detail the background and events of 200 years of an unsavoury nautical business in which daring, resource and seamanship sailed alongside ferocious brutality, cunning and greed.
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