Whistling for the Elephants

6 best books like Whistling for the Elephants (Sandi Toksvig): Arsenic for Tea, The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain, The Last Days of Richard III, Richard III: The Maligned King, How to be Famous, My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2

Arsenic for Tea

Author	Robin Stevens
ISBN	0552570737

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party...

The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain

Author	Ronald Hutton
ISBN	0192854488

As a dozen good reviews could not begin to provide a fair account of this book, I shall offer a few key points which caught my attention as introduction only.

At the outset I had hoped for a more 'traditionally' pagan account of the ancient seasonal festivals, their origins and meanings.
I...

The Last Days of Richard III

Author	John Ashdown-Hill
ISBN	0752454048

What Richard III did in his last five months, what happened to his body, and how his DNA was found in Canada

A new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard’s last 150 days explores these events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. By deliberately avoiding...

Richard III: The Maligned King

Author	Annette Carson
ISBN	0752452088

In 2012 Annette Carson formed part of the team that discovered King Richard III's mortal remains, verified in 2013 by forensics including DNA matching. In response to the recent upsurge of interest, her 2009 paperback has been updated with details of the discovery plus new illustrations, and a larger...

How to be Famous

Author	Caitlin Moran
ISBN	1443448524

A hilarious, heartfelt sequel to How to Build a Girl, the breakout novel from feminist sensation Caitlin Moran who the New York Times called, "rowdy and fearless . . . sloppy, big-hearted and alive in all the right ways."

You can’t have your best friend be famous if you’re not famous. It...

My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2

Author	Kabi Nagata
ISBN	1626929998

So, I read the first book by Nagata, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, about the clinically shy/introvert/lonely Nagata trying to make human connections, trying to come out, going to an escort service. But from the first I thought this wasn't primarily a story about LGBTQ issues, as her social...