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To complement the Cubby Broccoli season at BFI Southbank in May, we presented the BFI National Library's best of Bond. And here are some of the titles we chose to promote, in title order.

The battle for Bond (2nd ed.), 2008, by Robert Sellers
"A cautionary tale of the perils of the film industry"

Bond and beyond: the political career of a popular hero, 1987, by Tony Bennett and Jenny Woollacott
"A key text"

Bond girls are forever: the women of James Bond, 2003, by Maryam D'Abo and John Cork
"An insightful read, and very pretty to look at too!"

James Bond and philosophy: questions are for ever, 2006, by Jacob M. Held and James B. South
"If you can't tell your Hegel from your Heidegager but you simply must go beyond good and evil, this is the Bond book for you"

The James Bond dossier, 1965, by Kingsley Amis
"Affectionate, tongue in cheek look at the James Bond phenomenon"

Licence to thrill: a cultural history of the James Bond films (2nd ed.), 2007, by James Chapman
"A one-stop shop for Bond and film studies"

Licence to thrill: James Bond Plakate 1962-1997, 1997, by Thomas Nixdorf
"Superb collection of posters"

My word is my bond: the autobiography, 2008, by Roger Moore with Gareth Owen
"Long awaited autobiograpy. The chapter headings alone had me laughing out loud."

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