What is the connection between a rather unflattering item of clothing and the French trapeze artist Jules Leotard? Which filling did the Earl of Sandwich opt for when he made his great culinary invention? And was there really a Sir Oswald Binge whose week-long feasts were notorious for their excess? "The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium" answers these and many other questions drawn from the remoter corners of the English language, exploring the lives of an extraordinarily diverse range of people who happen to have one thing in common: by chance or deliberately, they have left their names deeply embedded in the language and consciousness of future generations. Each figure has something to tell us about a moment in history, or a discovery or invention, whether it's Laszlo Biro and his pioneering writing implement, or Etienne de Silhouette who, having fallen from grace at the French court, spent much of the later part of his life mournfully cutting out paper shapes. Not to mention the Reverend Robert Lechmere Guppy, fish-discoverer extraordinaire. Each life in "The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium" is quirky and often bizarre. Few of them would merit a footnote, let alone an entry, in the history books. But they all reveal that the prospect of immortality is only a fluke away. In an age of instant 15-minute celebrity, that's a reassuring thought.

Reverend Guppy's Aquarium: How Jules Lotard, Adolphe Sax, Roy Jacuzzi and Co

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Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Arrow Books

in what circumstances art is valued. Complementing a major six-part BBC TV series, this illustrated guide also examines ideas about artists, the art market, art collectors, and more, from around the world during various time periods.

Relative Values: Or What's Art Worth?

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Buck, Louisa

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Bbc Pubns

Modern Selves: Essays on Modern British and American Autobiography

This book discusses gender and autobiography, and the politics of autobiography. It offers examples of ways of making sense of individual works or groups of works.

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Routledge

The Book of Islands

Palazzo Editions

Walter Pater: An Imaginative Sense of Fact: A Collection of Essays

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Daly, Willie

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The Book of Rock

The most comprehensive encyclopedia of rock music ever compiled covers every major and minor group, from Aerosmith to ZZ Top, highlighting their achievements and influence, while providing biographical details. 50,000 first printing.

Music

Thunder's Mouth Pr

Now in an easy-to-handle format, this new edition of The Book of Rock is fully updated with fantastic new, varied and talented acts from across the musical spectrum. In the most comprehensive encyclopedia of rock and roll to date, guitar heroes rub shoulders with tortured geniuses, and the flamboyant masters of showmanship receive the same treatment as reclusive poets. Showcasing a gallery of 500 saints, sinners, and martyrs of rock history, The Book of Rock provides a fresh, provocative guide to the world's most influential singers and musicians. Each artist is given equal deference—500 pages, 500 defining photographs, 500 defining quotes, with text that highlights their achievements and their influence, along with essential biographical information, critical comments from the artists themselves or fellow musicians, and a selected discography. The Book of Rock pays tribute to the artists that imposed an indelible mark on the half-century of musical extravaganza we call rock and roll. Selections include Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, Dead Kennedys, Eurythmics, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel, Buddy Holly, INXS, Nirvana, Queen, Ramones, U2, The Verve, The Who, X, ZZ Top, Eminem, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Streets, The Dandy Warhols, Shakira, Anastasia, Shania Twain, OutKast and Coldplay.

The Book of Rock: From the 1950s to Today

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