This first issue of ELT Journal sure meets your curiosity of its origin: - At the beginning, what was its name? Is it the same today's name? - Its appearance - Who were the first authors of the first articles>
(Note: the cover is just illustrative, not original!)
Cath Kidston's "Sew!" offers lots of simple but well designed and executed projects for yourself or for gifts. The photos used to illustrate each project show her incredible fabrics, and the instructions are clear and easy to follow. The book also includes the fabric and instructions for the bag on the cover of the book, and it turns out just like the cover image. The book also includes full size patterns for each project so you don't have to go nuts on a copy machine. Great book for both beginner and experienced sewers.
Shakespeare's Books - A Dictionary of Shakespeare Sources
This encyclopaedia-style Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to Shakespeare's literary knowledge and recent scholarship on it. Nearly 200 entries cover the full range of literary writing Shakespeare was acquainted with, and which influenced his own work, including classical, historical, religious and contemporary works. It provides an overview of his use of authors such as Virgil, Chaucer, Erasmus, Marlowe and Samuel Daniel, whose influence is across the canon. Other entries cover anonymous or collective works such as the Bible, Emblems, Homilies, Chronicle History plays and the Morality tradition in drama.
