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This week's First Impressions comes from a woman with a classically musical surname: "A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: 'Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!'

Entries to First Impressions, The THES, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield,London E1 9XY, faxed to 0171-782 3300or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk . The winner receives a Pounds 20 book token and the closing date is March 4. Last week's winner, who identified James D. Watson's The Double Helix, is Jenny Woodhouse, assistantregistrary, Cambridge University.