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Consurnin

g Interest Balancing the Books By LESLIE ADRIAN How good are our book- shops? A colleague who knew that a particular book was about to be 'published ordered it from Foyle's......

Thought For Food

Taking Stock By ELIZABETH DAVID and Edwardian eras are to blame. The instructions in some of these books were enough to put off the most intrepid cook. The 1891 edition of Mrs.......