Councils, Committees & Boards: Including Government Agencies & Authorities. A Handbook of Advisory, Consultative, Executive, Regulatory & Similar Bodies in British Public Life (13th edition)

This large‐format hardback book, with its whiteboards and bright red spine footed by the CBD logo – “symbol of tradition and progress in directory publishing” – is a familiar friend on our reference shelves: the Directory of British Associations (RR 2003/287) and Current British Directories (RR 2004/115) are two other familiar friends from the 17‐title strong CBD stable.

“The object of this work is to provide information on the various organisations whose common factor is that they bring together, by invitation or appointment, a group of experts or representatives of bodies concerned with a particular subject, for the...