This Month -The Magic of Numbers- contributed by Cliff

We use them everyday - to build things, buy things, gamble and grow. Yet we use numbers without thinking about how peculiar they are.

We first learnt to count by saying:
'3 apples and 2 apples makes 5 apples' and we could check this by actually taking physical apples and grouping them.

And then we advanced to:
'3 apples plus 2 apples equals 5 apples'. But can you remember at what point you made the huge leap and forgot about apples and instead said:
3+2 = 5 .....Read More.

Featured Book - Bunty and the Boo-Boos - contributed by Maria

The Boo-Boos? What kind of weird characters does the name Boo-Boos conjure up in your mind? If I didn't know what the Boo-Boos were, I guess I would say that they were some kind of nasty monsters that come out from under the bed at night time! BUT I'd be wrong!

The Boo-Boos are the creation of Mabel Lucie Attwell. They are a cheery, chubby, not at all scary, group of 'do-gooding' elves or pixies, dressed in green suits and led by a crown-wearing king.

I have always been a fan of Attwell but until recently had not actually seen one of the Boo-Boo books in the flesh as....Read the full article.

Other books about Big Game

More Maths books.

Other books about Motor Cycle Racing

Price: £30

More War Stories

1st ed 1922. Published by Heinemann. Buff boards with black titles and brown rabbit to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. 7 beautiful colour plates. Contained in purpose built, velvet lined box with red title to spine.
Price: £2500

1st ed 1984. Ascomycetes, 390 species principally from the Canton of Lucerne and Central Switzerland. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos.
Price: £150

1st ed. 1999. Published by Hazelton Publishing. The Official History of The FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix. Large format. Colour and b/w photos.
Price: £118

1st UK edition 2000. With the year 2000 Brambly Hedge celebrates its 20th anniversary. A Visit to Brambly Hedge is published to mark this special occasion with new artwork by Barklem and descriptions of the places that inspired her illustrations
Price: £100

News in Brief

Books catalogued this month include an Edward Ardizzone collection; Walt Disney titles; Field Sports; Scouting Annuals and many more.

Rose's Books on Priceless Antiques 18th February 2010
Rose's Books are to be featured in an upcoming episode of the popular Priceless Antiques Roadshow. The episode is due to be aired this coming Thursday evening - 18th of February at 6.30pm on BBC2 in the UK.

Dick Francis dies, aged 89
The bestselling thriller writer Dick Francis, has died at the age of 89, on 14th of February in the Cayman Islands, where he spent his later years.

This month's image is of some delicate snow drops.

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