New Library World: Volume 83 Issue 11
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Brian Griffin, Mike Harkin, Alan Day, Alan Duckworth, David Reid, Michael WillsMY VOTE for the Most Depressing Spectacle of the Month goes to a shelf of leather‐bound, gold‐tooled ‘video classics’ seen in my local video rentals shop. The leather binding and…
Commonplaces
Clive Bingley, Allan Bunch, Edwin FlemingTOP TITLES, measured by the number of loans from Dumbarton District Libraries last year, were newish books by the following ten authors: Wilbur Smith, Jeffrey Archer, Catherine…
The Shallow end
Robert ShallowIT IS a long‐established British tradition to launch nationwide appeals for funds to preserve our great national monuments, to maintain venerable institutions, or to extend…