 The humble book has many functions it seems, beyond bolstering wobbly table legs. Indeed, riches of cultural connotations abound for those who'd rather draw a relationship than read a word. Here's a page to name and shame those guilty of book abuse! ...
 What follows is an A to Z of cult fiction speak. There may be some indignant huffing, as much for what is included as left out. It may leave many sighing, reaching for the dictionary incredulously. But right there’s the problem. Exactly how do you define cult fiction? ...
 It's hard to visualise the unglamorous world of document salvage when you're brunching with Georgine Thorburn at a glamorous Kings Road cafe. A bottle of mineral water, but no sign of drenched paperwork ...
 ‘I get quite cross when people talk about wobbly sets,’ Sophie Aldred [aka Ace] opines. ‘We never had any wobbly sets. The BBC would always put their all into it, certainly the ones I worked on. We had the most incredible sets and costumes.’ ...
 Is this small stack of fashion publications anything more than an exhibition of the seemingly random? For here are academic studies, costume histories, cultural commentaries and coffee table books ...
 According to Time magazine, Deepak Chopra is ‘undoubtedly one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time’. But the great man appears modest about all these accolades. ‘It's just a magazine,’ he says. ‘Ignore it’.
One of my favourite findings was a child's graffiti in Nanette Newman's (1976) Vote For Love. The previous owner had angrily inked out all references to religion ...
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Celebrate London Fashion Week by tackling your friends' fashion faux pas. Guilty of excessive denim, accessories abuse ... camel toe? This Fashion Citation Nifty Notepad is a perfect gift for wannabe fashion stylists and the ultra-critical.
 Be My Valentine?
Just who are the author's of these romantic lines?
'We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel'
'Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love'
'I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach'
'When you are in love you can’t fall asleep'
'If your life was all you had to give your beloved, how could you not give it'
Competition Closed Use the contact page to enter the competition by 14th February 2012. Win a Love Poetry book.
Valentine Books: be my valentine
 You won't find coffee or merchandising here at the edition books. No ebooks either. You do get a comp bookmark when you buy a real book. How's that for future proofed?
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 Good cover art makes an immediate appeal to the potential book buyer. Exemplary cover art tells a unique story and is of value in its own right.
But how well can you piece together the famous book cover from the fragment you see of it above? Click the image to reveal the full story ... then pop back soon to check out another piece of book design history.
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