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FEATURED TITLES THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER NEW Josephine Wilkinson In June 1453, the new king of England, the 12-year-old Edward V was deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester and sent to the Tower of London along with his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York. The boys disappeared and the rumour began – and has never abated – that they were dead, murdered by Richard III. In this study of the Princes, Dr Wilkinson re-examines the original sources and presents a new theory about what really happened and why. AMBERLEY 2013 HB 190pp £18.99 16736 now £6.99 NEW ELIZABETH WOODVILLE A Life David MacGibbon First published in 1938 and still considered a standard work on the subject, this lucid and scholarly biography sets Elizabeth Woodville in her complex historical context before embarking on the story of the real ‘White Queen’. Introduced to court as a maid of honour to Henry VI’s queen, Elizabeth was to become the influential wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower and, finally, a ‘heart-broken widow and mother’. £12.99 16842 now £4.99 Customer no : Your Order Form is inside the back cover £20.00 16731 now £7.99 THE SECRET LIFE OF BLETCHLEY PARK The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There £8.99 16646 now £3.99 f See our full range of more than 14,000 titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk Bill O’Reilly; Martin Dugard ‘To understand what Jesus accomplished and how he paid with his life, we have to understand what was happening around him.’ O’Reilly and Dugard turn from their previous non-fiction ‘thrillers’ on the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy to the events leading up to Jesus’ execution. They examine Greek, Roman and Jewish sources to tell the story of this volatile epoch, its cast of characters – from Cleopatra to John the Baptist – and the historical events which made Jesus’ death inevitable. MACMILLAN 2013 HB 299pp NEW KILLING JESUS: A History Reference no : 2 53 AMBERLEY 2013 HB 242pp Illus Sinclair McKay Bletchley Park’s cracking of the Enigma code helped win the Second World War. At this isolated country house, factory workers, debutantes, students and Wrens worked alongside Britain’s most brilliant minds in conditions of the utmost secrecy. Here, for the first time, they tell their stories – visits by top brass, concerts by world-class musicians, furtive romances in country lanes – and reveal the intensity of life in this extraordinary community. AURUM 2011 PB 342pp Illus When ordering, please quote your Customer no. and Reference no. NEW FOUNDATIONS OF A COLLECTION The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Ann Sumner; Jesse Campbell et al Founded in 1931, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham is one of the finest cultural centres in the UK. Drawing on extensive new research, the essays in this handsome commemorative volume explore the motives of its founders, its history, and the scope and purpose of Portrait of Lady Barber Seated at her Dressing Table, its collections. The book is Culham Court by Nestor Cambier, pre-1928 illustrated with 120 colour and archival images, including work by Poussin, van Dyck, Tiepolo, Brueghel the Younger, Degas, Gauguin and Rodin, and also contains a full catalogue of the Institute’s early acquisitions. SCALA 2012 PB 160pp Illus £16.95 16637 now £5.99 Roger Watson; Helen Rappaport In the 1830s two men – English gentleman-amateur scientist Henry Fox Talbot and French scenerypainter and showman Louis Daguerre – worked independently to develop methods of photography. Outlining each man’s life and work, the authors focus on the protracted experimentation by which they overcame the difficulties that had long beset efforts to fix images on paper. The final chapters cover the early impact of the new technology on art, daily life and the documentation of the American Civil War. NEW THE COMPANION TO CHURCHES Stephen Friar’s Companion covers all aspects of English parish churches: architecture, fittings and furniture, decorative and allegorical features, stained glass, monuments, brasses and effigies, traditions and folklore, parochial and vestry administration, and the role of the parish church in the history of a community. The book is arranged alphabetically and consists of substantial primary entries on major features, and shorter entries dealing with terminology, historical associations and place names, plus an index of places. CAPTURING THE LIGHT MACMILLAN 2013 PB 320pp Illus £12.99 16812 now £5.99 Back by popular demand HISTORY PRESS 2011 PB 225pp Illus £16.99 52411 now £5.99 £20.00 16817 now £7.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk February 2015 Quality books at reduced prices ▲ NEW WAR DOG The No-Man’s-Land Puppy who Took to the Skies Damien Lewis In 1939, Czech airman Robert Bozdech was shot down in France and, while evading capture, found a puppy cowering in a barn. Taking the abandoned dog with him, he found his way to England and joined the RAF; the dog, Antis, subsequently accompanied him on bombing missions. This book recounts the story of the remarkable partnership and the countless acts of bravery that earned Antis the Dickin Medal – the ‘animal VC’. 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Titles of academic interest are identified with A Order line: 01626 897100 Dorinda Outram Between the late 17th century and the French Revolution, the age of the Enlightenment was one of rationalism and intellectual curiosity, the rejection of superstition and a growing reliance on observation and experiment to arrive at the truth. Dorinda Outram places Enlightenment ideas in their widest context and explores their impact across social, cultural and political life, using some 400 illustrations as an integral part of a discussion that ranges from Diderot’s Encylopédie to science and medicine. 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WAVERLEY 2009 HB 86pp 195x130mm COLLINS 2013 HB 893pp (eg: if not in, please leave in garage or at No 21 etc) 2 53 DELIVERY DETAILS (if different) The official adjudicator to solve Scrabble arguments, the Dictionary contains all playable words of two to nine letters in length in one straight alphabetical list. For every word there is either a short definition or – for noun plurals, verb inflections, variant spellings etc – a cross-reference to a defined root word. There are 2,000 new words in this third edition, including two strategically important words that feature a Q without a U. 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From the 200 or so new titles in this month’s issue, we have chosen a photograph from London: Hidden Interiors for our cover. One of Philip Davies’s selection of 180 architectural treasures usually hidden behind closed doors, this bibliophile’s paradise is situated on the triforium level of St Paul’s Cathedral and is reached by Sir Christopher Wren’s ingenious Geometrical Staircase in the south-west tower. Elsewhere in this issue we have some interesting anthologies: a literary companion to the Peak District (p24), poetry and prose about working in the mines (A Pitman’s Anthology, p46), and Lovely Bits of Old England, a collection of John Betjeman’s articles on architecture and contemporary Britain from The Telegraph. On the Transport pages (pp56-58) there two new series for railway enthusiasts, The Changing Railway Scene and Railways of Britain; the story of the pioneering paddle steamer, Bell’s Comet; and Stephen Skinner’s illustrated history, Concorde. And for gourmets and foragers there are two classics: At Elizabeth David’s Table, a collection of her recipes and articles (p53), and Richard Mabey’s Food for Free (p52). We hope you enjoy looking through this latest selection of our books and, as ever, thank you for your continued interest and support. ✃ Welcome... PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 3 Order line: 01626 897100 FEATURED TITLES Philip Davies’s selection of 180 London interiors, all beautifully photographed by Derek Kendall, reveals the architectural riches – and eccentricities – hidden behind inscrutable London facades or tucked away in sidestreets: houses such 11 Bedford Row, with its magnificent Georgian painted staircase; hidden gems such as the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in Malet Street; and the complete 18th century dining room by Robert Adam, removed from Bowood House in Wiltshire and reconstructed on the ninth floor of the Lloyd’s Building. ATLANTIC 2014 HB 448pp Illus 287x242mm NEW LONDON: HIDDEN INTERIORS £40.00 16743 now £19.99 The Court Room in the Bank of England, Threadneedle Street NEW THE STORY OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND John R Day; John Reed London’s Underground is the oldest in the world, and now carries more than a billion passengers a year. This attractive, absorbing book presents a chronological survey of its development from the opening of the Metropolitan Railway in 1863, through the early 1900s when the core of the network was built, to the construction of the glistening new Jubilee Line extension. Lavishly illustrated with posters, route maps and historic photographs, it will please Londoners and transport enthusiasts alike. CAPITAL TRANSPORT 2010 HB 224pp Illus 270x210mm £25.00 16760 now £9.99 Alice in Wonderland, the King and Queen of Hearts, preliminary study by David Hall for Walt Disney Studios, 1951 NEW ONCE UPON A TIME: WALT DISNEY The Sources of Inspiration for the Disney Studios Ed. Bruno Girveau The Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney exhibition (Paris, 2006-7), sought to present the sources that inspired Disney and his artists in the early films such as Snow White, Pinocchio and Fantasia, and to reveal the ongoing influence of their iconography. The book juxtaposes over 300 paintings, drawings and cels by Disney artists with European artworks that helped inspire them, while several essays explore aspects of Disney’s contribution to both animated film and art in the 20th century. PRESTEL 2008 HB 356pp Illus 305x227mm £45.00 16751 now £16.99 Bank Station, City & South London Railway, c.1910 Sark Lighthouse by Barry Herniman Barry Herniman Watercolour artist Barry Herniman has long combined his twin passions of painting and travelling. In this collection of some of the best pages of his sketchbooks, he employs plein air techniques to depict English pastoral scenes, the rugged West Coast of Ireland, the sun-drenched vistas of Andalucía, Greece and North Africa, and the stunning colours of the New England ‘Fall’. Each of the sketches beautifully reproduced here evokes a memory of a time and a place special to the artist. HALSTAR 2011 HB 144pp Illus 237x255mm NEW BARRY HERNIMAN’S TRAVELLING SKETCHBOOK £34.99 16659 now £12.99 www.psbooks.co.uk Visitline: our +44 website: www.psbooks.co.uk Order (0)1626 897100 e-mail: [email protected] 3 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:53 Page 4 www.psbooks.co.uk POSTSCRIPT FAVOURITES ARCHAEOLOGY Jason Hawkes If you think there is nothing new to be seen of London and its most iconic landmarks, Jason Hawkes may yet surprise you. This collection of over 120 shots from above by Britain’s leading aerial photographer reveals a London that completely differs from the view on the ground. From Harrods appearing factory-like to a positively tranquil Tottenham Hotspur FC and the beauty of housing built around a traffic circle, this is certainly the capital’s quirkier aspect. The Victoria HAWKES’ EYE VIEW: LONDON AA 2009 HB 192pp Illus 260x260mm £25.00 88700 now £8.99 Memorial outside Buckingham Palace The ‘Holywell’, Little Malvern by JWG Gutch IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE The English Photographs of JWG Gutch, 1856/59 Ian Charles Sumner Travelling by cart along muddy tracks with a cumbersome wet-plate camera, the pioneering photographer JWG Gutch created an unparalleled record of the people and landscapes of western England – from the Lake District to the Lizard – in the mid-19th century. More than 100 of his long-neglected images of great houses and simple farmsteads, pilchard fishermen and tin miners, are published here for the first time, offering a Hardyesque vision of a vanished way of life. WESTCLIFFE 2010 PB 192pp Illus 210x242mm £14.95 77776 now £6.99 FIRST WORLD WAR POSTERS Rosalind Ormiston Early 20th century improvements in colour printing and a largely literate population in Britain, France and America meant that posters became more effective and they were widely used for mass propaganda during the First World War. From Lord Kitchener’s famous pointing finger recruitment poster of 1914 to messages promoting thrift, contribution to war work or investment in war bonds, this book examines the progress of the war through 100 colour posters from the UK, USA, Canada and Europe. FLAME TREE 2013 HB 144pp Illus 230x205mm £14.99 99823 now £6.99 THE BURGLAR CAUGHT BY A SKELETON and Other Singular Tales from the Victorian Press 4 Richard Jones Britain’s fascination with the deceased and their spirits dates back to ancient times and shows no sign of dying out just yet. Divided into seven regions and with over 200 colour images, this eerie travel guide visits almost 100 haunted sites, from Bodmin Jail, with its infamous infanticide, to Stanton Drew, where it is said the devil played the fiddle. Each entry includes a potted history, ‘Haunted Rating’ and information on recent paranormal activity up to 2010. AA 2010 HB 256pp Illus 258x228mm £25.00 10898 now £8.99 MURDER IN THE HINDU KUSH George Hayward and the Great Game Jeremy Clay The British Library’s newspaper collection preserves a hidden history of the farcical and tragic misfortunes of ordinary people which enthralled and appalled Victorian readers. For this compendium, Jeremy Clay has unearthed hundreds of bizarre tales, including the pallbearer killed by a coffin, the Father Christmas whose beard caught fire, an elephant called into the witness-box and a 19-ton consignment of embalmed cats. ICON 2013 HB 320pp £12.99 98459 now £3.99 HAUNTED BRITAIN Tim Hannigan George Hayward was a maverick explorer whose murder in a remote spot in the Hindu Kush in 1870 was, from the beginning, the subject of dispute and suspicion. While mapping the wild western Himalayas, the political intrigues of the ‘Great Game’ left him on the wrong side of both the British Raj and the powerful Maharaja of Kashmir. This biography traces Hayward’s life and attempts to unravel the mystery of his controversial death. HISTORY PRESS 2011 HB 254pp Illus £18.99 96670 now £6.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 5 Order line: 01626 897100 POSTSCRIPT ANCIENT FAVOURITES HISTORY WONDERS OF THE INDIAN WILDERNESS Erach Bharucha The tracts of wilderness in India offer an amazing diversity of habitats and biodiversity of flora and fauna, but these areas are shrinking and their wildlife is endangered. This magnificent book, the result of 30 years visiting and recording the Indian wilderness, is a call for its preservation. A wildlife photographer and conservationist, Bharucha presents over 2,000 photographs, with his own informative text, in two parts: the flora and fauna; and the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. Slipcased. ABBEVILLE 2006 HB 855pp Illus 330x280mm £67.00 99997 now £40.00 FRANCESCO’S MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGE THE BUMPER BOOK OF LOOK AND LEARN Francesco da Mosto The coasts and islands of the eastern Mediterranean are rich in the remains of successive cultures: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman. Who better to act as guide than the architect, historian and film-maker Francesco da Mosto? In this illustrated companion to his popular TV series, he sets sail from his native Venice in the track of his ancestors to marvel at the wonders of Dubrovnik and Delphi, Athos and Istanbul, wearing his vast learning with characteristic lightness and charm. Ed. Stephen Pickles Look and Learn magazine for children ran for 20 years, from 1962 to 1982, enjoying a massive circulation that gradually waned as television became more pervasive. Now, decades later, Stephen Pickles has selected articles, artworks and a story from The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire series from the magazine’s archive. The book is packed with factual articles and illustrations that come from the pre-computer age, but retain the power to engage even today’s most sophisticated children. CENTURY 2007 HB 256pp Illus 330x250mm BBC 2008 HB 240pp Illus 290x260mm £18.99 98480 now £7.99 £25.00 85329 now £9.99 MASTERPIECES OF ART SERIES The Aristocrats by Otto Portsel Rosalind Ormiston From early topographical watercolours to the great masterpieces of expression and light such as The Fighting Temeraire (1839) and Rain, Steam and Speed (1844), this book offers a lucid introduction to the work of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). Ormiston’s illustrated text is followed by around 90 full page reproductions of Turner’s paintings, arranged thematically in sections on landscape and light, the sea, and history and mythology. JMW TURNER FLAME TREE 2014 HB 128pp Illus 232x205mm ART DECO The Golden Age of Graphic Art and Illustration £12.99 11116 now £6.99 The Dort Packet Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed by Turner, 1818 Susie Hodge Art historian Susie Hodge presents a very accessible and beautifully illustrated introduction to the work of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), one of the founders of the Vienna Secession and often regarded as the greatest painter of the Art Nouveau period. An illustrated account of his life and artistic development is followed by around 90 full-page colour reproductions in sections on Klimt’s early work, his golden phase, landscapes and portraits. FLAME TREE GUSTAV KLIMT Michael Robinson; Rosalind Ormiston Beginning with an exploration of the ideas and influences that contributed to the exuberant new style of the 1920s, this illustrated survey covers the two areas in which Art Deco triumphed: fashion and advertising. It looks at the work of artists such as Tamara de Lempica, Erté, René Lalique and Georges Barbier in fashion, and AM Cassandre and Paul Colin in advertising, but also describes the media in which they worked and the social context of their extraordinary graphics. 2014 HB 128pp Illus 231x204mm FLAME TREE 2013 HB 192pp Illus 277x290mm £12.99 10549 now £6.99 £20.00 99817 now £9.99 Portrait of Fritza Riedler by Klimt, 1906 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 5 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 6 ARCHAEOLOGY/ANCIENT HISTORY www.psbooks.co.uk NEW TIME’S ANVIL England, Archaeology and the Imagination Richard Morris Archaeology is a scientific discipline, but it has potent links to the imagination, to biography, and to poetry. This extraordinary, genre-defying book offers both a history of archaeology and the author’s personal history in archaeology. Its subjects range from the last Ice Age to the destruction of the wildwood, from the first farmers to the Industrial Revolution, as Morris unearths the psychogeography of humanity in England and offers a heartfelt meditation on the history beneath our feet. WEIDENFELD 2012 HB 480pp Illus £25.00 17006 now £7.99 ROMAN BRITAIN THROUGH ITS OBJECTS Iain Ferris Archaeologists’ ‘small finds’ – objects in materials including metal, glass, baked clay, bone or wood – can illuminate many aspects of Roman life. Concentrating on finds from Roman Britain, this book explores how objects such as votive models, figurines and anatomical ex votos were used, the ideas encapsulated in them and certain artistic images from the province. Reconstructing the ‘world of goods’, Ferris discusses the sophisticated culture of consumption that such objects represent. AMBERLEY 2012 HB 224pp Illus £20.00 99364 now £7.99 Copper alloy clasp knife handle in the form of a gladiator, from Piddington Villa, Northamptonshire WOMEN IN ROMAN BRITAIN New edition Lindsay Allason-Jones vividly recreates the lives, habits and thoughts of women who lived in Britain during the four centuries of Roman occupation. Traversing the social strata from high-born ladies to farmers’ daughters, she examines the material and textual evidence for their home lives, health, religion, dress and jewellery. This new edition of the book adds fresh insights provided by the latest archaeological discoveries, including burials, tombstones and curse tablets. COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY 2005 PB 220pp $19.95 11707 now £4.99 ANCIENT SICHUAN Treasures from a Lost Civilization Ed. Robert Bagley From an almost lifesize horse and groom to a filigree Money Tree, the great variety of bronze, jade and clay objects illustrated and described here were excavated from the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan, China, and date from the 13th century BCE to the 3rd century CE. The Treasures from a Lost Civilization exhibition (Seattle Art Museum, 2001) made a significant contribution to the study of ancient Sichuan and the catalogue includes eight essays on aspects of this Bronze Age civilization. PRINCETON UP 2001 HB 360pp Illus 305x245mm £68.00 58786 now £19.99 Bronze Western Zhou lei, c. early 10th century BCE THE VICARS CHORAL OF YORK MINSTER The College at Bedern (Two volumes) Julian D Richards Published as part of The Archaeology of York Volume 10: The Medieval Walled City North-East of the Ouse, this work records the archaeological evidence for the College of Vicars General, both medieval and post-medieval, and the once extensive complex of buildings in the area known as Bedern. After the Structural Sequence the book discusses topics including Bedern Chapel, stained glass and daily life in the college. The second volume comprises the unbound illustrations on 28 folded sheets. COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY 2001 PB 676pp Illus 297x210mm $70.00 11703 now £7.99 6 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 Obelisk of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose I at Karnak THE RISE AND FALL OF ANCIENT EGYPT NEW Toby Wilkinson In this masterful history, a leading Egyptologist tells the story of one of the world’s greatest and longest-lived civilizations: ancient Egypt. Wilkinson begins with its origins around 5000 BCE, and traces the rise, the spectacular cultural zenith and the decline of the Old Kingdom. His richly detailed narrative goes on through the Middle Kingdom, the great 18th Dynasty, the military might of the Ramesside period, and the Late and Ptolemaic periods, to the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BCE. BLOOMSBURY 2010 PB 670pp Illus £16.99 16802 now £7.99 THE ROYAL GOLD OF ANCIENT EGYPT Hans Wolfgang Müller; Eberhard Thiem The 400 stunning colour images in this collection feature the widest range of ancient Egyptian gold jewellery and ornaments ever assembled in one volume, and still they are a mere fragment of the treasures produced between the Early and Late Dynastic Periods (c.3000-300 BCE). The authors draw on textual evidence, tomb wall-paintings and other archaeological findings to examine the goldsmiths’ techniques and fashions, and gold’s divine status in Egyptians’ lives. IB TAURIS 1999 HB 256pp Illus 320x250mm £44.00 23371 now £12.99 THE QUEST FOR THE ARK OF THE COVENANT The True History of the Tablets of Moses Stuart Munro-Hay Many people believe that the Ark of the Covenant, the box built to contain the tablets brought by Moses from Mount Sinai, is kept to this day in a chapel in the old city of Aksum in Ethiopia. Stuart Munro-Hay’s investigation provides a scholarly review of the historical records, from ancient texts to local stories and the writings of recent centuries, and debunks some of the wilder theories about the Ark. IB TAURIS 2006 PB 288pp £15.99 99332 now £5.99 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:54 Page 7 Order line: 01626 897100 MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY NEW THE LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH CHURCH Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome GW Bernard In this provocative study GW Bernard argues that the Reformation was not inevitable; he shows that the English church combined a vibrant faith and energy with weaknesses which reforming bishops worked to overcome but which made the break with Rome possible. He emphasizes royal control over the church and examines the challenges facing bishops and clergy, as well as considering the condition of the monasteries, lay understanding of church teaching, heresy and the extent of anticlerical sentiment. YALE UP 2012 HB 314pp Illus £25.00 16738 now £14.99 THE PLANTAGENETS The Kings that Made Britain Derek Wilson At the accession of Henry II in 1154, the Plantagenets ruled over a realm that stretched from the Scottish borders to the Pyrenees. When Richard III died in 1485, only Calais was left on the European mainland, but the Plantagenets had consolidated and secured royal control within Britain. In this lucid account of their 300 year reign, Wilson chronicles the turbulent and often blood-soaked world of kings such as Richard the Lionheart, King John and Henry V, the hero of Agincourt. QUERCUS 2014 PB 296pp NEW £9.99 16645 now £4.99 ST AUGUSTINE’S ABBEY, CANTERBURY Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues 13 (Three volumes) Ed. BC Barker-Benfield The library of St Augustine’s abbey at Canterbury was the richest in medieval England and a wealth of evidence survives in the catalogue BA1, first compiled between 1375 and 1420. The present work provides detailed entries for nearly 2,000 volumes and reports press-marks, contents and the names of donors. Volumes I and II cover the main catalogue; Volume III contains other sources (BA2-8), appendices and indexes. BRITISH LIBRARY 2008 HB 2,256pp £175.00 98454 now £25.00 ENGLISH SAINTS IN THE MEDIEVAL LITURGIES OF SCANDINAVIAN CHURCHES Ed. John Toy Many thousands of fragments of liturgical manuscripts survive in Scandinavia, thanks to the original books being re-used to wrap administrative accounts. Every mention of an English saint has been painstakingly recovered and recorded by Canon Toy, providing evidence of the liturgy appropriate to the saints and the dissemination of their cults. Published for the Henry Bradshaw Society, which was founded in 1890 for the editing of liturgical texts. No jacket. HENRY BRADSHAW SOCIETY 2009 HB 249pp £50.00 98811 now £19.99 Ed. Colin Richmond; Eileen Scarff Ten essays examine the cultural context of the late Gothic St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle – a centre of religious, intellectual and artistic excellence in 15th century England. DEAN & CANONS 2001 PB 221pp Illus ST GEORGE’S CHAPEL, WINDSOR, IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES £14.99 33816 now £6.99 Peter Frankopan Why did Europeans have such a strong desire to liberate Jerusalem at the time of the First Crusade, fully five centuries after the city had come under Muslim control? Peter Frankopan addresses this question by restoring the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos to the heart of the story. Against a background of catastrophic events in the Byzantine Empire during the 1090s, he analyses the role played by Constantinople in the genesis of the crusading movement. BODLEY HEAD 2011 HB 270pp Illus THE FIRST CRUSADE: The Call from the East £20.00 10716 now £8.99 MEDIEVAL PETITIONS Grace and Grievance Ed. W Mark Ormrod; Gwilym Dodd; Anthony Musson These twelve studies explore the mechanics and politics of petitioning and its place in the culture of royal intercession, from the ancient world to late medieval England. Drawing on a major collection of documents made newly accessible in the National Archives, the authors analyse the broad geographical and social range of petitioners, the cultural and legal norms to which the petitions attest, and the revealing ‘worm’s-eye view’ of medieval life which they provide. YORK MEDIEVAL PRESS 2009 HB 266pp £50.00 98573 now £19.99 NEW ANGLO-SAXON LINCOLNSHIRE Peter Sawyer Covering the county’s history from the collapse of Roman power in the fourth and fifth centuries to the Norman Conquest, this is Professor Sawyer’s personal interpretation of the few contemporary texts that mention Lincolnshire, as well as the more abundant evidence of place-names and archaeological material such as coins and stone monuments. In ten appendices he addresses many technical details and controversial issues, providing complete lists of Anglo-Saxon burials and coins found before 1994. HISTORY OF LINCOLNSHIRE COMMITTEE 1998 HB 305pp Illus 16761 now £7.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 7 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 8 www.psbooks.co.uk MODERN HISTORY NEW HERETIC QUEEN Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion Susan Ronald In this critically-acclaimed study of Elizabeth I, Susan Ronald focuses on the queen’s role in the Wars of Religion – the battle between Protestantism and Catholicism that tore apart Europe in the 16th century. Ronald shows how, in the Tudor era, religion was high politics, how domestic policy was governed by the religious imperatives of the Reformation and how Elizabeth ruled so successfully in a period that saw a ‘monumental struggle of ideology and survival’. ST MARTIN’S 2012 HB 368pp Illus $27.99 16787 now £6.99 PIRATES OF BARBARY Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th Century Adrian Tinniswood Mediterranean piracy reached its zenith in the 17th century, an age of economically important trade between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, when the pirates of the Barbary Coast attacked and plundered ships, enslaved their crews and enraged European governments. Tinniswood’s vivid history of these increasingly intense clashes sheds light on the origins of today’s religious and moral battles in the resulting manoeuvrings between Muslim empires of the East and Christian Europe in the West. RIVERHEAD 2010 HB 363pp CAVALIER AND ROUNDHEAD SPIES Intelligence in the Civil War and Commonwealth Julian Whitehead The crucial part played by intelligence and espionage in Britain during the Civil Wars has rarely been studied, yet it is a key to understanding the dangerous politics and the open warfare of the period. In a vivid narrative, Julian Whitehead traces the rapid development of spying techniques during the civil conflict; demonstrates how leaders on all sides set up increasingly effective systems for gathering and interpreting intelligence; and he describes the decisive impact that intelligence had on events. PEN & SWORD 2009 HB 255pp £19.99 97852 now £9.99 David Loades When Henry VII seized the throne after Bosworth, his crown was far from secure; yet for more than 100 years his descendants, from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, ruled in England, surviving religious turmoil, rebellion, foreign armadas, diplomatic crises and losses overseas. David Loades examines how major conflicts were used in the service of the royal image, and he explores how, between the first and last Tudors, the military and clerical governing elite gave way to civilian and secular government. THE FIGHTING TUDORS NATIONAL ARCHIVES 2009 HB 240pp £20.00 11990 now £7.99 $26.95 10856 now £6.99 ARGONAUT PRESS REPRINTS Originally published by the Argonaut Press between 1927 and 1938, this series presents scholarly editions of early accounts of great voyages of discovery, with introductions, reproductions of early maps and charts and indexes. Reprints. No jackets. ISRAEL/DACAPO 1971 HB 423/292pp now £9.99 each THE THREE VOYAGES OF MARTIN FROBISHER A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION Derek Wilson When Henry VIII turned against Rome over the issue of divorce and adopted the Protestant religion, he changed the course of British history. Award-winning historian Derek Wilson retells the story of how the Tudor monarchs transformed the nation and shows that although the change was political, it had a huge impact on English identity and on England’s relationship with its European neighbours and the ‘Catholic superpowers’. ROBINSON 2012 PB 464pp (Two volumes, bound as one) (1938) George Best; Ed. Vilhjalmur Stefansson Frobisher’s search for a North-west passage to Cathay and India (1576-8) is described in A True Discourse (1578) by George Best (who accompanied Frobisher), with three shorter accounts, a substantial introduction and a wealth of supple84185 mentary material. THE DISCOVERIE OF GUIANA Sir Walter Ralegh; Ed. VT Harlow In this volume, Harlow introduces Ralegh’s account of his 1595 voyage and ‘discovery’ of Guiana with an engrossing account of Ralegh himself and his quest for El Dorado, and also provides a wealth of additional material from Spanish documents. 84193 £8.99 16826 now £3.99 8 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 TUDOR SEA POWER The Foundation of Greatness David Childs During the 16th century England gained new respect in Europe through the creation of a professional standing navy which could control the country’s coast, threaten the trade of rival states and lay the foundations for a seaborne empire. David Childs describes the development of this new navy, the revolutionary ship designs which accompanied it and the new breed of sailors who brought their experience as merchants and pirates to the needs of the state. SEAFORTH 2009 HB 304pp Illus 286x242mm £40.00 91877 now £14.99 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 9 Order line: 01626 897100 ARCHAEOLOGY MODERN HISTORY NEW THE APOCALYPSE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE His Last Years, from Waterloo to St Helena: A Medical Biography Robert Richardson Since Napoleon died a prisoner on St Helena in 1821, there has been much speculation about the cause of his demise. This groundbreaking study sidesteps rumour and speculation, focusing solely on the reports of the doctors who attended him. Its conclusion is startling. While the immediate cause was a gastric ulcer, Napoleon’s underlying poor health was due to the hostility of the island’s governor, Hudson Lowe, and a scandal involving the mistress of Admiral Plampin, commander of its naval station. QUILLER 2009 HB 292pp Illus £20.00 16651 now £6.99 MADAME DE MAINTENON The Secret Wife of Louis XIV Veronica Buckley Born in a bleak French prison, the child of a condemned man and his jailer’s daughter, Françoise d’Aubigne rose to become the most powerful woman in France. Her intelligence and good looks caught the attention of Louis XIV, who elevated her to the aristocracy as the Marquise de Maintenon, forsaking his many other lovers to make her his unofficial consort. This engrossing biography sets the life of this remarkable woman against the glittering backdrop of the intrigue-ridden court of Versailles. (Previously in Postscript as The Secret Wife of Louis XIV.) BLOOMSBURY 2008 HB 480pp Illus £25.00 16993 now £6.99 David Hanna On 5 September 1813, the British brig Boxer engaged the USS Enterprise off the coast of Maine, within sight of onlookers ashore. This account of the ensuing battle explains the causes of a war that was deeply unpopular in both countries, charts the careers of the two chivalrous young commanders, Samuel Blyth and William Burrows, both of whom perished, and describes how one of the last battles of the age of sail established the US as a naval power. KNIGHTS OF THE SEA NAL CALIBER 2012 HB 285pp Illus $25.95 11883 now £6.99 THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE Ed. TCW Blanning Written by eleven scholars of international standing, this is a readable and authoritative account of European history, from the French Revolution of 1789 to the no less momentous revolution that began in the USSR in 1989. The chapters cover political, economic, social, cultural and military history, exploring change and continuity, revolution and stability during an epoch that saw not only political turmoil, but waves of industrialization and their economic impact, military modernization, the Romantic revolution in European culture and the shift to modernism in the early 20th century. OXFORD UP 2001 PB 362pp Illus THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT IN BRITAIN, 1838-50 (Six volumes) Ed. Gregory Claeys The ambitions of Chartism encompassed all kinds of social, economic and moral reform and improvement. This collection of tracts aims to give a sense of the wide range of themes raised in Chartist writings. After a general introduction, the six volumes are arranged chronologically and include articles by major leaders such as O’Connor, Lovett and Stephens and pamphlets published by the London Working Men’s Association and less well-known bodies such as the Federal Democrats and People’s League. No jackets. PICKERING & CHATTO 2001 HB 2,940pp £495.00 98519 now £80.00 £18.99 22277 now £6.99 TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS The Gordons of Huntly in Sixteenth-Century Scotland Anne L Forbes After tracing the rise of the Gordons from minor magnates in Berwickshire to the height of their power in the person of George Gordon, fourth Earl of Huntly (c.1514-62), this study explores the history of 16th century Scotland through biographies of six of the fourth Earl’s sons and daughters. Their various stories illuminate many aspects of this turbulent period – whether the fifth Earl’s involvement with Mary Queen of Scots, or Father James Gordon, the banned Jesuit. JOHN DONALD 2012 PB 300pp Illus £25.00 11515 now £9.99 Simon Winchester How did America become ‘one nation, indivisible’? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the country we recognize today? Simon Winchester addresses these questions, bringing together the stories of the pioneers who helped forge and unify America. From the 19th century Lewis and Clark expedition, through railway, highway and waterway ventures, to the creation of internet communications, Winchester follows the achievements of the explorers, inventors and mavericks who shaped America. THE MEN WHO UNITED THE STATES WILLIAM COLLINS 2013 HB 465pp £25.00 12007 now £9.99 DERVISH The Rise and Fall of an African Empire Philip Warner Written in 1973 by the distinguished military historian Philip Warner (1914-2000), this history spans the duration of the Dervish Empire, from the Mahdi’s declaration of Holy War in the Sudan in 1881 to Kitchener’s defeat of the Khalifa’s army at Omdurman in 1898. Warner draws on first hand reports (including Winston Churchill’s account of leading a cavalry charge at Omdurman) to describe the violent conflicts between the Dervishes and the British and Egyptian forces. PEN & SWORD 2010 HB 235pp Illus Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk £19.99 97855 now £8.99 9 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 10 www.psbooks.co.uk 20th ARCHAEOLOGY CENTURY/CONTEMPORARY HISTORY NEW SMALL WARS, FARAWAY PLACES The Genesis of the Modern World Michael Burleigh The collapse of Western colonial empires after the Second World War led to a series of vicious struggles for power in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, whose consequences haunt us still. With insight and authority, this magisterial book takes the reader on a historical journey from Palestine to Pakistan, from Kenya to Cuba, from Algeria to Vietnam, to reveal the national aspirations, ideological conflicts and Cold War realpolitik that have shaped the world we live in today. MACMILLAN 2013 HB 606pp £25.00 16822 now £9.99 THE THIRD REICH A Chronicle THE THIRTIES An Intimate History Juliet Gardiner In September 1939, as Auden famously wrote, the ‘clever hopes ... of a low, dishonest decade’ expired. But what was that decade, which began with the Wall Street Crash and ended in sandbags and gas masks, really like for those who lived through it? Drawing on newspapers and magazines, letters, diaries, memoirs and interviews, this absorbing history paints a rich picture of a world of high society and labour marches, Art Deco and football pools, the abdication crisis and appeasement. HARPER 2010 HB 969pp £30.00 97776 now £7.99 Richard Overy The Third Reich was the name Hitler and the Nazi Party gave to the dictatorship that began in 1933 and ended twelve years later with the utter destruction of Germany and Hitler’s suicide. In this very accessible volume, Richard Overy draws on contemporary documents, images and quotations to chart the rise and fall of Nazi power, from the beginning of Hitler’s movement in the early 1920s to the legacy of the Third Reich in post-war Germany. QUERCUS 2010 HB 408pp Illus £25.00 10908 now £9.99 MUSSOLINI AND HIS GENERALS The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940 John Gooch This first authoritative study of the relation between Fascist Italy’s foreign policy and its armed forces traces the imperial ambition and growing military power that led to war in Libya and Abyssinia, examines the role of army chiefs, and probes the weakness and incompetence that lay behind the show of might. It also tracks the fluctuations in Mussolini’s relations with Hitler that led up to his catastrophic decision to enter the war on the German side. CAMBRIDGE UP 2007 HB 655pp £37.99 69753 now £9.99 f MI6 The History of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1909-1949 Keith Jeffery From its foundation in 1909, through two world wars to its present role at the heart of modern British government, the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, has been a subject of sustained and intense public interest. This study, the first to be written by an independent historian with unrestricted access to the Service’s archives, analyses the role and significance of intelligence and gives an authoritative account of SIS’s people and its organization, development and operations over the first 40 years of its existence. BLOOMSBURY 2010 HB 832pp £30.00 93867 now £12.99 10 See our full range of History titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk THE BOMB A New History Stephen M Younger Does the United States need its massive atomic arsenal in the 21st century? How does the proliferation of nuclear weapons by North Korea and Iran affect American nuclear policy? With his extensive experience of nuclear politics and research, Younger looks back at the development of these weapons of mass destruction and urges that ‘all of us should have the opportunity to discuss their future’. ECCO 2010 PB 254pp Illus NEW £8.95 11878 now £3.99 IRON CURTAIN The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56 Anne Applebaum The phrase ‘Iron Curtain’ was coined by Winston Churchill in a speech at Fulton, Missouri in 1946. But was it? This elegant, original and wideranging history traces the origins of the metaphor in a device to contain theatre fires, through its use to describe the blockade of the fledgling Soviet Union after the First World War, to its transformation into a brutal reality after the Second, and asks whether the curtain really came down with the Berlin Wall. ALLEN LANE 2012 PB 654pp Illus £16.99 16851 now £7.99 FAITH MISPLACED The Broken Promise of US-Arab Relations, 1820-2001 Ussama Makdisi When Woodrow Wilson included Arab self-determination in his template for a new world after the First World War, many in the Middle East saw the United States as a beacon of hope. Today, mutual distrust could not run deeper. This riveting, detailed and nuanced account of US-Arab relations since the 19th century unearths a forgotten history of lost opportunities, and demonstrates how the establishment of the state of Israel, the Cold War, and the oil crisis soured a once-promising relationship. PUBLICAFFAIRS 2010 HB 430pp £18.99 10663 now £8.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 11 Order line: 01626 897100 NOSTALGIA/SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY LOOKING BACK AT BRITAIN: 1970s Flower Power to Union Power CREAM TEAS, TRAFFIC JAMS AND SUNBURN The Great British Holiday NEW Brian Viner In this funny, acutely observed and engaging social history, Brian Viner celebrates the British holidaymaker at home and abroad. A surprising recent phenomenon is the increase in holidays in Britain, while the holiday abroad appears to be in decline. From holiday flings to the hen night, from the ‘full English’ to the long-haul gap year, the minutiae of British holiday-making is examined here in all its glory. SIMON & SCHUSTER 2012 PB 318pp £7.99 16630 now £3.99 James Harper Although the 1970s conjure images of union strife, power cuts, the three-day week and dreadful clothes, the decade was actually a time of low unemployment, rising living standards and youthful ideals. From the end of the hippie era to the beginning of the Thatcher years, this volume from the Looking Back at The main political party leaders Jeremy Thorpe, Harold Britain series uses photographs Wilson and Ted Heath (l-r) at a ceremony marking the 25th from the popular press to anniversary of the United Nations in November 1970 survey the social history and the newsworthy stories of the decade. READER’S DIGEST 2010 HB 160pp Illus 287x228mm £17.99 11819 now £5.99 PORTRAIT OF AN ERA An Illustrated History of Britain 1900-1945 SCHOOL SONGS AND GYMSLIPS Grammar Schools in the 1950s and 1960s READER’S DIGEST 2011 HB 560pp Illus 286x225mm HISTORY PRESS 2012 PB 192pp £25.00 97802 now £12.99 £9.99 97713 now £3.99 Reader’s Digest Two earth-shattering wars, countless new technologies and profound social upheaval changed Britain utterly during the first half of the 20th century. It was also a time when photography came of age and this extensive volume offers a dramatic portrait of the period in a collection of well-chosen images. The narrative encompasses the experiences of ordinary Britons as well as great events and people, from a last portrait of Queen Victoria to soldiers returning home in 1945. Tim Travers As well as the ‘golden age’ of piracy in the West, with its sea rovers, privateers, buccaneers and notorious characters such as Blackbeard, Black Barty and William Kidd, this history covers piracy from ancient times to the present day; from the bloodthirsty Viking raiders who terrorized northern Europe to Lai Choi San, the legendary female Chinese pirate who commanded a fleet of eleven junks in the 1920s, and recent piracy off the coast of Somalia. HISTORY PRESS 2009 PB 316pp PIRATES: A History Coral beads were worn by boys from c.1590 THE TUDOR CHILD Clothing and Culture 1485 to 1625 Ninya Mikhaila; Jane Huggett This illustrated, in-depth study of children’s costume in the Tudor period draws on original academic research to provide a social history of babies and children (up to the age of twelve) between 1485 and 1625. As well as putting the clothes and the conventions of children’s dress into social context, the authors have devised practical patterns, with detailed instructions for making up the garments and photographs of reconstructed examples, including babies’ linen, underwear, head wear and knitted items. FAT GOOSE 2013 PB 160pp Illus 280x230mm £30.00 16384 now £9.99 £12.99 97708 now £4.99 Marilyn Yurdan With tales from the days of indoor sandals and navy knickers, Latin verbs and transistor radios, semolina pudding and O Levels, this light-hearted social history is based on the experiences of pupils from 18 schools around the country and describes how things were for grammar school girls – at school and at home – between about 1955 and 1965. THE ENGLISH DEISTS Studies in Early Enlightenment Wayne Hudson In this volume from The Enlightenment World series, Wayne Hudson reinterprets the work of an important group of 17th century writers known as ‘the English Deists’, among them Herbert of Cherbury, Charles Blount, John Toland, Anthony Collins and Matthew Tindal. Hudson warns against assuming the label ‘deist’ represents a single relious identity, and he reads the English deists’ works in the light of their different personae and social roles. No jacket. PICKERING & CHATTO 2009 HB 212pp £60.00 98520 now £9.99 Elizabeth Abbott What do Nell Gwynn, Marilyn Monroe, Emma Bovary and Camilla Parker-Bowles have in common? Desired and despised in equal measure, the ‘other’ woman enters a shadowy world of secret assignations and fear of discovery. This compelling study examines the role of the mistress throughout history, from Chinese concubines to European royal favourites, in life and literature. It examines the reasons why women become mistresses, the subversive threat they pose to the established order, and the eternal fascination they exert. DUCKWORTH 2010 HB 522pp A HISTORY OF MISTRESSES £20.00 11028 now £7.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 11 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 12 www.psbooks.co.uk SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL HISTORY NEW LIFE IN AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COUNTRY HOUSE Letters from the Grove Peter Hammond; Carolyn Hammond While the owner of Grove House, Chiswick, was in Italy, the head groom, Will Bishop, kept him informed about estate affairs by letter. Through their correspondence, this absorbing book offers a glimpse of daily life at the house, including an armed robbery, the theft of the walnut crop, and the arrival of Poor Law officers to force a stable lad to pay for the upkeep of a child he had allegedly fathered. AMBERLEY 2012 PB 158pp Illus £12.99 16489 now £4.99 NEW THE KEEN COUNTRYMAN’S MISCELLANY Peter Holt This book is as much for townies as for country-dwellers. Its gloriously random collection of rustic ephemera will educate the urbanite in the arcane ways of the countryside. Alongside profiles of great farmers through history, the reader will find essential practical information on the rules of a proper snowball fight, the etiquette of dogging, and how to make a hazel walking stick, blow up wasps’ nests, or trap magpies with a dead cat. Fiona Rule Half way up Commercial Street, near Spitalfields market, is a short strip of tarmac that was once Dorset Street – resort of thieves, prostitutes and, most notoriously, Jack the Ripper. This engrossing book chronicles the rise and fall of the street from its promising beginnings in the 17th century Huguenot weavers’ quarter, though a gradual descent into poverty and crime. In doing so, it presents a fascinating microcosm of the social history of the East End and of London as a whole. NEW THE WORST STREET IN LONDON IAN ALLAN 2008 PB 224pp Illus QUILLER 2012 HB 208pp £12.99 17137 now £4.99 £16.95 16652 now £5.99 NEW SHROPSHIRE DOCTORS AND QUACKS Medical Care in Shropshire, 1740-1899 Richard Moore traces the emergence of modern healthcare through the activities of practitioners in Shropshire during the 18th and 19th centuries which reflect developments in the country at large. Using much previously unpublished archival material, contemporary prints and cartoons, he emphasizes the role of collective and individual voluntary activity, the problem of uncontrolled quackery and the legal recognition of the medical profession in the 1858 Medical Act. AMBERLEY 2011 PB 224pp Illus £16.99 16493 now £5.99 ENTERPRISING WOMEN AND SHIPPING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Helen Doe Far from the widely-held idea of Victorian women as milliners and haberdashers, this study shows that women could and did manage ‘male’ businesses within the maritime industries. Dealing with both shipowners and women managing shipbuilding and other port businesses between 1780 and 1880, the book examines the commercial environment in which they worked, the challenges they faced and their effectiveness, and it profiles women such as the warship builder, Mrs Mary Ross and Petticoat Government, 1795, depicting Lord foundry owner Mrs Christiana Rose. BOYDELL 2009 HB 283pp Breadalbane being driven by the Marchioness £60.00 98812 now £11.99 John Threlkeld The industrialization of coal mining in Britain in the 19th century created communities whose lives were dominated by the pit; the harsh conditions for the workers creating a special camaraderie and loyalty to the union. Focusing on Barnsley and the South Yorkshire Coalfield, this combined volume of Pits 1 and Pits 2 tells the story of British mining, and the hardy people it bred, from its medieval origins in the region through to the miners’ strike of 1984-1985. WHARNCLIFFE 2003 HB 192pp Illus 297x210mm PITS: A Pictorial History of Mining £16.99 10988 now £6.99 Maureen Anderson The limited size and depth of early coal mines restricted potential hazards but as mines were deepened and enlarged from the 18th century, the danger of collapses, inundation by water and gas explosions became far greater and resulted in many tragic accidents. This study tells the stories of mining disasters recorded in Northumberland and Cumberland between 1710 and 1951, detailing the plight of victims and their families and the often heroic actions of rescuers. WHARNCLIFFE 2009 PB 168pp Illus NORTHUMBERLAND AND CUMBERLAND MINING DISASTERS £10.99 10986 now £4.99 12 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 A SERIES OF ORIGINAL PORTRAITS AND CHARACTER ETCHINGS (Two volumes) John Kay Previously a surgeon-barber, John Kay (1742-1826) set up shop as a portrait etcher in Edinburgh in 1785. This posthumously published work (commonly called Edinburgh Portraits) presents Kay’s etchings of people from all walks of Edinburgh life, with ‘biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes’ by James Paterson. The two volumes contain around 300 portraits, giving an extraordinarily detailed view of late 18th century Edinburgh’s population. These volumes are facsimiles of the first edition (1837-8). Slipcased. BIRLINN 2007 HB 1037pp Illus 264x204mm £200.00 11474 now £50.00 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 13 Order line: 01626 897100 SOCIAL HISTORY/CRIME NEW WE’LL MEET AGAIN Britain at War Maureen Hill With advances in camera technology, photojournalists were able to record everyday life during the Second World War with much more flexibility than ever before and the Home Front provided them with unforgettable visual material. From bomb destruction and ration queues to evacuees and women working in heavy industry, this collection of 350 photographs from the Daily Mail archive contains many arresting images and portrays a remarkable sense of cheerfulness in the face of adversity. ATLANTIC 2014 HB 160pp Illus 295x210mm £16.99 16521 now £5.99 NEW ON THE RUN Deserters through the Ages Graeme Kent In his review of military absconsion throughout history, Graeme Kent reports that when the Second World War ended, it was estimated that there were over 20,000 deserters of various nationalities on the run in Britain. His survey of the ignoble art of running away includes stories of disgruntled Roman legionnaires, Civil War turncoats, naval mutineers and even famous personalities, such as General Custer and Herman Melville, who couldn’t resist the urge to go AWOL. ROBSON 2013 HB 348pp £20.00 16458 now £7.99 CRIME FAIRFIELD FOLK A History of the British Fairground and its People Frances Brown The histories of travelling show people have been safeguarded down the centuries by memorizing ‘says’ that record every significant or amusing event that has happened to a family. The daughter of show people herself, author Frances Brown has been able to call upon the says of the Matthews family as far back as the early 1800s, as well as many early photographs, to compile this study of life on the fairground and the evolution of its rides and attractions. HALSGROVE 2012 HB 160pp Illus 295x210mm £24.99 16364 now £9.99 Matthews family members with their Burrell engine FOUL DEEDS AND SUSPICIOUS DEATHS IN THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Vivien Teasdale Starting with the Yorkshire Chartists and a decade of disturbances between 1839 and 1848, Huddersfield-based historian Vivien Teasdale describes more than 30 heinous crimes committed in the ancient West Riding during the 19th century, and one earlier case that ended on the gallows – the Great Mail Robbery at Rotherham in 1791. WHARNCLIFFE 2009 PB 202pp Illus £12.99 10974 now £4.99 FOUL DEEDS AND SUSPICIOUS DEATHS IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE Geoffrey Howse Local historian Geoffrey Howse begins his exploration of the darker side of South Yorkshire’s past with a chronological survey of murder and mayhem from a ‘swell mob’ at the Doncaster races in 1834 to suicides in the 1950s, then goes on to examine eight celebrated cases, including highway robbery in Wentworth Park in 1855 and ending with the Wombwell Stabbing Affray in 1925. WHARNCLIFFE 2010 PB 169pp Illus £12.99 10973 now £4.99 THE MOUNT STEWART MURDER A Re-Examination of the UK’s Oldest Unsolved Murder Case Bryan Burrough Legendary depression-era outlaws John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Ma Barker, Bonnie and Clyde and others were all at large at the same time, and it was J Edgar Hoover’s ‘G-Men’ whose job it was to put an end to their daring crime spree. With access to de-classified FBI files and unpublished manuscripts and statements by the gangsters, awardwinning journalist Bryan Burrough is able to tell the exciting story as never before. PENGUIN 2005 PB 619pp PUBLIC ENEMIES £9.99 98140 now £4.99 Chris Paton In March 1866 the Perthshire village of Forgandenny was the scene of one of the Victorian era’s most horrific murders when Janet Rogers was killed by multiple axe blows and her body left in the kitchen of her brother’s farm. Her descendant Chris Paton looks again at the evidence to consider the unanswered questions raised by the lengthy police investigation and the inconclusive trial of ploughman James Crichton. HISTORY PRESS 2012 PB 192pp Illus £14.99 10820 now £5.99 THE MOAT FARM MYSTERY The Life and Criminal Career of Samuel Herbert Dougal MW Oldridge Samuel Herbert Dougal was a petty criminal and womanizer who, in 1898, convinced a wealthy spinster to purchase a farm and live with him there. After the lady’s disappearance, it took four years for suspicion to build and when her body was found, a sensational murder trial followed. This account provides a new assessment of all the available records and a detailed biography of Dougal. HISTORY PRESS 2012 PB 320pp Illus £9.99 99420 now £3.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 13 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 14 www.psbooks.co.uk ARCHAEOLOGY BRITISH HISTORY NEW MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN An Expedition Round My Family Ranulph Fiennes Ranulph Fiennes OBE, known for his remarkable polar expeditions, mountaineering and marathon running, here turns his attention to his own family and England’s history. For 600 years, the Fiennes have lived in Broughton Castle in Oxfordshire, and through their story, Ranulph Fiennes offers ‘a simplified squint at the history of my country, England, warts and all, from its beginnings until 1944 when I was born’. HODDER 2010 PB 400pp Illus £8.99 16497 now £3.99 IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL The Quest for the Middle Ages BRITAIN A Short History TA Jenkins How did Great Britain take shape? When were the first parliamentary elections? And will it survive devolution? From the Black Death to Black Monday, this concise yet comprehensive history explains how the nation evolved, how it acquired and lost an empire, and how it has been transformed since 1945. Charting the effects of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression and two world wars, it is an essential introduction to the chequered history of these islands. ONEWORLD 2001 PB 210pp £9.99 91480 now £3.99 Veronica Ortenberg The religion, chivalry and architecture of the Middle Ages have left an indelible legacy on European culture, inspiring artistic, political and literary movements and stretching as far as Hollywood's portrayals of King Arthur and Robin Hood. In an attempt to discover why the Middle Ages are so attractive to the popular imagination of the 21st century, Veronica Ortenberg traces the changing ways in which later ages have learned about and reinterpreted their medieval past. HAMBLEDON 2006 HB 350pp £40.00 99047 now £9.99 REMAINS CONCERNING BRITAIN (1870) William Camden Although described by William Camden (1551-1623) as ‘the rude rubble and out-cast rubbish’ from his magnum opus, Britannia (1586), Remaines (1605) offers a rich compendium of material ranging from heraldic arms to proverbs. Facsimile reprint. No jacket OLMS 1970 HB 446pp 170x110mm 35911 now £9.99 DISCOVERING FAMOUS GRAVES Second edition Lynn F Pearson From Nelson’s tomb in St Paul’s Cathedral to Dick Turpin’s head- THE ENCHANTED GLASS Britain and Its Monarchy Tom Nairn In this acclaimed study of British statehood, identity and culture, Tom Nairn dispels the conviction that the Royal family is nothing more than an amusing relic of feudalism or a mere tourist attraction. Instead, he argues that the monarchy is both apex and essence of the British state, the symbol of a national backwardness. Nairn’s powerful and bitterly comic prose lays bare 21st century Britain’s peculiar, pseudo-modern national identity. Updated second edition. NEW VERSO 2011 PB 440pp £12.99 16741 now £5.99 stone in a public garden in York, this guide gives details of the interesting graves and mausolea of nearly 1,000 famous Britons. Supported by photographs and illustrations, each entry gives directions to and details of the memorial as well as brief biographical information about the deceased. SHIRE 2004 PB 152pp Illus £8.99 97760 now £3.99 Lindsey German; John Rees For traditional history and the heritage industry, London is a seat of power, the hub of empire and a playground for the rich. Yet throughout its 2,000-year history, it has been a working city where ordinary people have struggled for life, freedom and their rights. This groundbreaking history tells its story, from Roman times to the present, through the eyes of the workers and trade unionists, exiles and immigrants, rioters and revolutionaries, who have made the city what it is. VERSO 2012 PB 320pp A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF LONDON ENGLAND A Concise History FE Halliday With this very accessible, liberally illustrated volume FE Halliday aimed to provide ‘a History of England short enough to be grasped – and seen – as a whole’. In the broad sweep of his survey, from the Stone Age to New Labour, Halliday emphasizes the achievements and constructive features of English history – above all, the evolution of democratic institutions and the successful reconciliation of order and liberty in English society. First published in 1964 and subsequently revised and updated. THAMES & HUDSON 2002 PB 240pp Illus £9.95 98857 now £3.99 14 £12.99 10638 now £6.99 NEW LINCOLN CONNECTIONS Aspects of City and County since 1700 Ed. Shirley Brook; Andrew Walker; Rob Wheeler A tribute to the geographer Dennis Mills, who has contributed enormously to the study of rural life and the local history of Lincolnshire, this volume comprises nine essays on topics including the building of Skellingthorpe reservoir, the Sibthorp family of Canwick, the alehouses of Kesteven and fairs and markets. There is also a short biography of Mills and a bibliography of his published work. SOCIETY FOR LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY 2011 PB 144pp 16766 now £6.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 15 Order line: 01626 897100 ARCHAEOLOGY BRITISH/GENERAL HISTORY NEW CAMBRIDGE ORATIONS 1993-2007: A Selection Anthony Bowen As orator of the University of Cambridge, Antony Bowen delivered 121 Latin speeches in the Senate House in praise of a variety of distinguished people on the occasion of their receiving honorary degrees. Of these speeches, 52 are presented here, with facing translations. In orations on such diverse figures as Margaret Attwood, Quentin Blake, Noam Chomsky and Nelson Mandela, Bowen rises to the challenge of speaking of modern phenomena in the language and cadences of antiquity. CAMBRIDGE UP 2008 PB 113pp 262x195mm £19.99 16711 now £7.99 Edward VI, Henry VIII’s short-lived male heir by Jane Seymour, born in 1537 HISTORIES OF NATIONS How their Identities Were Forged Ed. Peter Furtado History involves the actions and experiences of many nations, but history books are mostly written from the perspective of one. But how do different countries view their pasts? This is the first book to gather historians from 28 states – including the USA, China, Russia, India, Turkey and Iran – to relate their own national stories. With 202 illustrations, this original and thought-provoking volume provides a rare insight into the cultural and political differences that both endanger and enliven our world. ROYAL BABIES A History 1066-2013 Amy Licence Babies are born every day, but rarely does a child arrive who will inherit the throne. This book tells the story of 25 royal babies, some born in times of peace, others delivered during episodes of civil warfare. From the birth of Matilda, granddaughter of William the Conqueror, in 1102 to Prince George Windsor, the latest addition to the royal family, these stories describe the births of some of the greatest British monarchs in history, as well as many long-forgotten babies. NEW THAMES & HUDSON 2012 HB 320pp Illus 245x190mm £24.95 11961 now £9.99 Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I, who also became constitutional king of Hungary AMBERLEY 2013 HB 188pp Illus £16.99 16737 now £6.99 DISCOVERING LONDON’S GUILDS AND LIVERIES John Kennedy Melling The history of London is inextricably linked with its livery companies, which originally regulated trade and working conditions in the medieval city. This general introduction looks at the roots of the guild system in Europe, traces its development in London, and provides a brief history of each of the 109 London companies. SHIRE 2003 PB 120pp Illus £6.99 97768 now £3.99 WHY DID THE HEAVENS NOT DARKEN? The ‘Final Solution’ in History Arno J Mayer Was the ‘Final Solution’ part of the Nazi plan from the start? This detailed, rigorous and sensitive study of the evidence reaches the conclusion that, while Nazi anti-Semitism was always virulent, the institutional and ideological mechanisms of genocide evolved over time, to be set in motion by the catastrophic war with Russia. Placing the Holocaust within the wider context of European history, it also demonstrates how similar ‘holy causes’ have triggered analogous – if less cataclysmic – atrocities in the past. VERSO 2012 PB 540pp £19.99 11796 now £7.99 FAMILY HISTORY NEW SOLVING GENEALOGY PROBLEMS How the Break Down ‘Brick Walls’ and Build Your Family Tree Graeme Davis The genealogical researcher often comes up against difficult areas and dead ends, but this book provides advice, information and extra techniques to take the family tree back past apparently insurmountable difficulties. Drawing on his own long experience of research in the British Isles, Davis suggests new ways of looking at problems, offers advice on finding new and unusual records and gives additional ideas on using the census and census substitutes. HOW TO BOOKS 2012 PB 223pp £12.99 16841 now £3.99 NICK BARRATT’S BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO YOUR ANCESTORS’ LIVES Nick Barratt As well as giving advice on the practicalities of researching and constructing your family tree, this guide explains how to use a range of sources to look more deeply into the social history of each generation – their houses, streets, communities and ways of life. Barratt also offers helpful suggestions for organizing and shaping your findings and, with the help of the latest technology, creating an archive of your personal heritage. PEN & SWORD 2010 HB 282pp Karen Dolby From the philosophers and courtesans of ancient Greece to the seedier side of Victorian England, this is an entertaining survey of history’s most notable sex scandals and secrets. It combines the stories of such infamous figures as the Borgias, Casanova and the Marquis de Sade with the letters, diaries and court reports which record the naughtier thoughts and deeds of ordinary men and women. £19.99 10985 now £7.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk HISTORY’S NAUGHTY BITS MICHAEL O’MARA 2013 HB 224pp Illus £12.99 10753 now £3.99 15 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 16 www.psbooks.co.uk GENERAL/CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AT THE KREMLIN GATES A Historical Portrait of Moscow Gerald R Skinner, who observed the August 1991 coup attempt in Moscow from his post in the Canadian Embassy, tells the story of the city’s survival in the face of invasion and war, pestilence and fire. His ‘portrait of the city over time’ discusses Moscow’s origins, its self-perception and the influences upon its development and character, from medieval citadel to the post-Soviet Union era and a ‘New Moscow’ still ‘profoundly affected by its past’. SIGNAL 2011 PB 402pp £14.99 99868 now £4.99 NEW A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST Tim Weiner At the heart Tim Weiner’s history of the FBI is, of course, the Machiavellian figure of J Edgar Hoover, whose career stretched from the First World War to the Nixon presidency. Based on over 70,000 pages of recently declassified FBI documents and more than 200 oral histories recorded by agents, Weiner reveals the story of the service’s war against spies, subversives and saboteurs, and the illegal arrests, break-ins, burglaries and buggings that have been its stock-in-trade. ENEMIES: A History of the FBI ALLEN LANE 2012 HB 555pp £25.00 99903 now £11.99 f See our full range of more than 14,000 titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk Christopher Catherwood Surveying more than three millennia, Catherwood traces the present-day crisis of the Middle East back to its roots. He focuses in particular on the rise of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which once coexisted in harmony, and asks why the relationship between them is now so troubled. This updated edition covers the Iraq war, recent developments in the Israel/Palestine conflict and the rise of Iran. RUNNING PRESS 2011 PB 376pp $14.00 16782 now £3.99 WHEN KINGS RODE TO DELHI Gabrielle Festing Written for the general reader or the traveller in India, this book draws on Indian mythology, folklore, memoirs and chronicles as it traces the history of India and the successive rival rulers or invaders who took ‘the road to Delhi’ in a bid to conquer Hindustan – from Mahmud of Ghazni’s Muslim invasion of 1000-1030 to the end of the Moghul empire after 1761. First published in 1912. Reprint of the 1923 edition. No jacket. LANCER 2008 HB 444pp £20.00 99494 now £7.99 NINJA 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warriors John Man Popular myth attributes the Japanese ninjas – legendary warriors, spies, saboteurs and assassins – with fantastical abilities: beyond skill in martial arts they could fly or make themselves invisible. The ninjas came to prominence in the civil wars that ended with Japan’s unification in 1600, but their origins are much earlier. In this book John Man traces the ninjas’ history, recounts the deeds of their medieval heyday and explores the ethos and training that made them the stuff of legend. BANTAM 2012 HB 303pp Illus NEW THE COUNTRY FORMERLY KNOWN AS GREAT BRITAIN Writings 1989-2009 Ian Jack As Scotland, Wales and England go their separate ways, what is left of Great Britain? Founding editor of the Independent on Sunday, now a columnist with the Guardian, Ian Jack is one of Britain’s most insightful social commentators. This collection of his articles spans 20 years and ranges from the Titanic to consumerism, and reflects – often ruefully – on what it means to be British today. VINTAGE 2009 PB 341pp £9.99 11765 now £3.99 NEW SOLDIERS, SPIES AND STATESMEN Egypt’s Road to Revolt Hazem Kandil The Egyptian revolution of 2011 confounded observers who assumed that Mubarak and the generals would stand or fall together. Kandil delves into the history of modern Egypt to explain why this view was mistaken; he shows how the armed forces took advantage of events and sets the January 25 Revolt in the context of six decades of socio-political transformation and the power struggle between the military, the security services and the political apparatus. VERSO 2012 HB 311pp £16.99 10641 now £7.99 £20.00 99911 now £7.99 THE THISTLE AND THE JADE A Celebration of 175 Years of Jardine Matheson Ed. Maggie Keswick; Clara Weatherall Founded in Canton in 1832, the Scottish firm of Jardine Matheson has grown to become an international trading house with bases throughout the world. Magnificently illustrated with historic paintings, photographs, documents and prints, this absorbing history assembles contributions from leading historians to trace the company’s growth and development, from a trading outpost in the Qing empire, through the opening of Japan and expansion throughout Southeast Asia, to its activities in the economic powerhouse that is modern China. FRANCES LINCOLN 2008 HB 320pp Illus 300x250mm £30.00 97347 now £9.99 A Jardine ship’s shroffer checks, counts and weighs dollars and silver received for opium 16 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 17 Order line: 01626 897100 MILITARY HISTORY NEW A SOLDIER OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST From De la Plata to Waterloo, 1806-1815 Joseph Sinclair The Journal of a Soldier of the 71st or Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry from 1806-1815, to give its full title, was first published in Edinburgh in 1819. Writing from the ranks, yet obviously well educated, the author graphically describes life in the regiment and its exploits in Whitlock’s disastrous South American adventure in 1806, the Peninsular War, the Walchern Expedition and Waterloo. The Journal is edited, with an introduction by Stuart Reid, who unravels the puzzle of the book’s true author. FRONTLINE 2010 HB 160pp £19.99 11006 now £7.99 THE DAY WE WENT TO WAR Terry Charman At 11.15am on 3 September 1939, people gathered around radios to hear the announcement they had been dreading: that Britain was at war with Germany. Drawing on the personal stories of men and women across Europe who lived through the first year of the Second World War, Chapman’s book evokes, hour-by-hour, sometimes minuteby-minute, the events and apprehensions of the days leading up to the declaration of war and the months of ‘phoney war’ that followed. (Previously published as Outbreak 1939.) VIRGIN 2009 PB 464pp £6.99 99672 now £3.99 INFERNO The World at War 1939-1945 Max Hastings Originally published as All Hell Let Loose, this hardback edition of Max Hastings’s ambitious work examines the Second World War, in all theatres of conflict around the world, in one epic volume. Concentrating on the experiences of ordinary people rather than the generals and politicians, Hastings explains the essential strategic developments while using the diaries and letters of military and civilian participants to build up a picture of the human experience of the war. Published in the UK as All Hell Let Loose (also available in Postscript). Slightly offmint. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. American-cut pages. KNOPF 2011 HB 751pp Illus $35.00 10697 now £9.99 Robert McQueen Despite the inactivity implied by the term ‘Phoney War’ (the period between September 1939 and May 1940) there were in fact countless exploratory German air raids and reconnaissance flights along the eastern coast of Britain as well as harassment of coastal shipping and attacks on the North Atlantic convoys. Using eyewitness accounts from British and German combatants, this book describes some of the significant early skirmishes of the Second World War. HITLER’S EARLY RAIDERS TOMMY GOES TO WAR In Association with the Imperial War Museum Malcolm Brown The designation ‘Thomas Atkins’ was used on army documents from at least the beginning of the 19th century to describe the typical soldier. This, in turn led to the nickname ‘Tommy’ which has perhaps become most associated with the British infantrymen of the First World War. This classic study, first published in 1978, collects the reminiscences of Tommies who lived through the long years of struggle on the Western Front. HISTORY PRESS 2009 PB 240pp Illus JULY 1914 Countdown to War Sean McMeekin In this critically acclaimed history of the July Crisis, Sean McMeekin tells the story of Europe’s countdown to war – from the opening act in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 to Britain’s final plunge on 4 August, which turned a European conflict into a world war – as seen through the eyes of the European leaders and statesmen who brought about the catastrophe. ICON 2013 HB 478pp £9.99 99915 now £3.99 £25.00 96595 now £9.99 ARRAS The Spring 1917 Offensive in Panoramas Peter Barton After a lucid summary of the progress of the war and the political situation from August 1914 to April 1917, this book presents an extraordinarily detailed A British working party prepare for a shift study of the Battle of of repairing roads and tracks around Arras Arras (incorporating the Battles of Scarpe, Vimy Ridge, Bullecourt, Lagnicourt and Arlaux). The account is illustrated with maps, plans and, as well as archive photographs, over 50 rediscovered British and German panoramas of the battlegrounds: photographs that offer a view not seen for over 90 years – the prospect beyond the trench parapet. CONSTABLE 2010 HB 312pp Illus 210x260mm £30.00 84759 now £12.99 CHURCHILL 1940-1945 Under Friendly Fire Walter Reid ‘There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies’, said Churchill, ‘and that is fighting without them’. Posterity has come to see him as the unchallenged wartime leader behind whom the country rallied. But as this revealing study makes clear, Churchill’s position was far from unassailable, and his most trenchant opponents were within his own Conservative party. Drawing on recent research, this powerful narrative charts the secret war that demanded much of his time and energy: the war with his allies. BIRLINN 2008 HB 320pp £25.00 88380 now £9.99 WHITTLES 2011 PB 140pp Illus £16.99 10556 now £5.99 More Military History titles overleaf Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk f 17 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 18 www.psbooks.co.uk MILITARY HISTORY NEW BLITZKRIEG NO LONGER The German Wehrmacht in Battle, 1943 Samuel W Mitcham The success of Germany’s blitzkrieg tactics in the early stages of the Second World War made Hitler’s relentless advance seem unstoppable. By 1943 however, the picture was changing: defeat at Stalingrad, surrender in Tunisia and the loss of Sicily all demonstrated that the tide had turned. This study focuses on this pivotal year of the war as the Wehrmacht, now unable to mount its feared lightning attacks, was forced onto the back foot. PEN & SWORD 2010 HB 320pp Illus £25.00 10957 now £7.99 WORLD WAR II DATA BOOKS NEW A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY Brian Montgomery The hero of El Alamein and Normandy, Bernard Law Montgomery is remembered as one of Britain’s greatest military leaders, but he also earned a reputation, among those who encountered him, for arrogance, tactlessness and egotism. This assessment of his achievements, written by his younger brother and first published in the 1970s, delves into Monty’s distinguished ancestry, as well as his upbringing, to discover the factors that formed his singular character and equipped him for greatness. PEN & SWORD 2010 HB 381pp £25.00 10972 now £7.99 These Data Books cover various aspects of German military strategy and armed forces in the Second World War, providing the historical background as well as detailed facts and figures. Each volume is packed with tables, graphs, charts and maps, illustrated with artworks and photographs, and contains profiles of military and political leaders. AMBER 2009-11 HB 192pp Illus 240x190mm £19.99 each now £9.99 each Chris McNab How would Europe have looked if Nazi Germany had been victorious in the Second World War? In chapters on topics such as leadership, the rebuilding of Germany and its economy, war and weaponry, race and culture, this volume reveals the true scale of Hitler’s vision for a Greater Germany and a world dominated by the Nazi ideology. 98424 HITLER’S MASTERPLAN 1933-1945 Chris McNab The so-called ‘Thousand Year’ Reich lasted from January 1933 to May 1945, but in that time Germany underwent a radical social, political and military transformation. This volume provides key data on the Third Reich, including details of annexations, population changes, the economy, racial policy and ideology. 98436 THE THIRD REICH 1933-1945 Michael E Haskew The Wehrmacht (‘defensive might’) encompassed the entire German armed forces during the Second World War, with over 18 million men passing through its ranks over the ten years of its existence. This Data Book focuses on the German land forces, with chapters on the history of the German Army, pre-war development, command structures, infantry, armoured formations, artillery and support services. 98434 THE WEHRMACHT 1935-1945 S Mike Pavelec The German air force played a crucial role in the Wehrmacht’s blitzkrieg German tactics, providing both air cover and air infantry advance artillery for Germany’s ground troops. Every in Greece, April 1941 aspect of the Luftwaffe’s command structure, resources and aircraft is covered in this volume, as well as its major campaigns, from the invasion of Poland to the final, desperate offensive of January 1945. 98429 THE LUFTWAFFE 1933-1945 A BRITISH ACHILLES The Story of George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe Lorna Almonds Windmill The life of George Jellicoe, son of the hero of Jutland, was a rich blend of military adventure and politics, undermined by a fatal taste for womanizing. Drawing on Jellicoe’s letters and diaries, this frank, sympathetic biography does not fight shy of his links with the Cambridge spies, his Churchillian approach to alcohol, and the sex scandal that ended his political career. His wartime exploits on Crete are recalled by Patrick Leigh Fermor in a foreword. NEW PEN & SWORD 2008 PB 301pp Illus £14.99 10958 now £5.99 18 Chris McNab examines the development of the Schutzstaffel from its origins as Hitler’s personal bodyguard to its growth into a millions-strong organization by the end of the war. Chapters deal with its constituent parts: the early, general AllgemeineSS; the armed Waffen-SS; foreign elements; the death squads and concentration camp guards; and police and intelligence units, including the Gestapo. 98435 THE SS 1923-1945 THE AXMANN CONSPIRACY The Nazi Plan for a Fourth Reich and How the US Army Defeated It Scott Andrew Selby After witnessing the Führer’s suicide and then evading capture, Artur Axmann, the head of the Hitler Youth, was determined to set himself up as the leader of a Fourth Reich. This book tells how American agents from the Counter Intelligence Corps uncovered and stopped a conspiracy that threatened to bring the Nazis back into power in the heart of Germany – even while it was occupied by the Allies. BERKLEY CALIBER 2012 HB 308pp Illus $26.95 99946 now £6.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 19 Order line: 01626 897100 MILITARY ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY NEW RAF AT HOME The History of RAF Air Displays from 1920 Ian Smith Watson Seeking to improve the public perception of the fledgling RAF, and even justify its existence as a separate service, the first Hendon Air Pageant was organized in 1920 and was soon established as a popular annual event. Examining the history of RAF displays from these beginnings, A Hurricane with a Bf109 in the background at the and the first Battle of Britain memorial ‘at home’ days, to the Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary in September 1990 present day, this book includes archive photographs and detailed appendices cataloguing participating aircraft. PEN & SWORD 2010 HB 344pp Illus CHURCHILL’S SPEARHEAD The Development of Britain’s Airborne Forces During the Second World War NEW £30.00 11002 now £9.99 Paul Ham Today most people believe that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 forced the surrender of Japan and spared the millions of deaths that would have resulted from a continued war. Examining the bombings, the science and politics leading up to them and, through harrowing personal testimonies, the experiences of some of the survivors, Paul Ham concludes that, despite the American claim that they had opted for ‘the least abhorrent choice’, viable alternatives were never considered. DOUBLEDAY 2011 HB 640pp Illus HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI John William Greenacre Churchill set the wheels in motion for a British airborne force in June 1940. Over the next five years these elite divisions were involved in some of the most celebrated missions of the war, including notable successes such as the DDay landings as well as failures such as the operation to capture the bridge at Arnhem. This history considers how the Airborne Forces were rapidly formed and deployed during the war as well as examining their equipment, training and leadership. £25.00 10899 now £11.99 PEN & SWORD 2010 HB 249pp £19.99 10960 now £7.99 DEATHLY DECEPTION The Real Story of Operation Mincemeat Denis Smyth Operation Mincemeat was the stuff of espionage legend: an audacious plan to fool Nazi High Command into believing the Allies were about to attack Greece rather than Sicily. To that end, the dead body of a homeless Welshman was given a new identity as a Royal Marine Major and a courier’s briefcase of documents, then planted in Spanish coastal waters. Drawing on recently released documents, Smyth provides a meticulously detailed and exhilarating account of this complex and ultimately successful stratagem. OXFORD UP 2010 HB 400pp £16.99 91292 now £6.99 THE UNSEEN WAR IN EUROPE Espionage and Conspiracy in the Second World War John H Waller served with the OSS in London and the Middle East during the Second World War and later became inspector general of the CIA. He draws on first-hand experience as well as in-depth research to provide an account of espionage and conspiracy during the war, from pre-war intelligence failures and their consequences at Munich to the German surrender in Italy, April 1945. Waller focuses in particular on the German resistance and gives a full account of the role of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. IB TAURIS 1996 HB 486pp £29.00 99337 now £6.99 OPERATION DAMOCLES Israel’s Secret War against Hitler’s Scientists, 1951-1967 Roger Howard From 1951 to 1967, Egypt’s President Nasser pursued a secret project to build long-range missiles that could strike deep into Israel. To achieve this, he hired West German scientists, many of them veterans of the Nazi rocket programme. Half a century later, this tale of espionage and intrigue tells the dramatic story of how Mossad, the Israeli secret service, responded to the threat, using covert operations, intimidation and even assassination squads to prevent the project from coming to fruition. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. Offmint. PEGASUS 2013 HB 268pp UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER A Memoir of the Third Reich and the Dönitz Administration NEW Walter Lüdde-Neurath Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz became leader of Germany in May 1945 following Hitler’s suicide. This memoir, written by Dönitz’s adjutant during the eventful weeks that followed, provides a unique insight into this final period of the war, describing the infighting among the Nazi leaders, the formation and dissolution of the shortlived Flensburg government and the final defeat of the Third Reich. The memoir was first published in 1950; this is the first English translation of Lüdde-Neurath’s historically important work. FRONTLINE 2010 HB 204pp $27.95 99981 now £7.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk £19.99 11007 now £7.99 19 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 20 www.psbooks.co.uk REFERENCE COMPACT OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF CURRENT ENGLISH Third edition, revised Ed. Catherine Soanes; Sara Hawker Fully revised, updated and redesigned, this new edition of the Compact Dictionary aims to provide up-to-date and accessible information on the vocabulary of contemporary English, together with practical advice on writing good English in everyday situations. The dictionary also has thousands of new example sentences, more help with pronunciation, grammar and usage, and a wide selection of technical terms from specialist areas such as medicine and computing. No jacket. OXFORD UP 2008 HB 1263pp 207x132mm 11837 now £6.99 BREWER’S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE 18th edition Ed. Camilla Rockwood ‘Of all the dictionaries in the world it is the most like a treasure hunt’, writes Philip Pullman in the foreword to this 18th edition of Brewer’s incomparable compendium. Within the trademark blend of language, culture, myth and legend, there are hundreds of new phrases here, but also 200 old entries from early editions compiled by Dr Brewer himself that offer a glimpse of Victorian curiosities such as jelly pardons and nose literature. CHAMBERS HARRAP 2009 HB 1460pp £30.00 10683 now £14.99 NEW COLLINS CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Your Essential Guide to Mandarin and Life in Modern China Duncan Poupard As China’s influence on world affairs continues to grow, people in the West are becoming increasingly curious about the country and its ways of life. This book is designed as a primer to engage that curiosity and introduce aspects of Chinese life and culture, while presenting interesting features of the Chinese language. COLLINS 2012 PB 256pp £7.99 16752 now £3.99 NEW COLLINS EASY LEARNING SPANISH GRAMMAR Designed for any age group and for both class and self-study courses, this is an ideal text for learners, from beginners up to GCSE students. The clearly laid-out, easy-to-use guide presents all the basic grammar needed to speak and understand modern, everyday Spanish. COLLINS 2011 PB 320pp £7.99 16756 now £3.99 In addition to the clearly laid out German-English, English-German dictionary, with its emphasis on up-to-date, everyday vocabulary and the language of current affairs, business and tourism, this volume includes a complete 250-page grammar. The dictionary also provides in-depth treatment of difficult words and cultural notes, making it ideal for intermediate learners, or anyone wishing to improve their German for business or pleasure. COLLINS 2010 PB 272pp COLLINS GERMAN DICTIONARY AND GRAMMAR IN COLOUR £12.99 11903 now £4.99 THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH An A to Zed Guide to Distinctively British Words CJ Moore Whether we're on the pull, knuckling down, spending a penny or as pleased as Punch, the oddities of the language we speak in Old Blighty can flummox foreign visitors. Heeding the words of Oscar Wilde, 'we have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language', this guide to more than 100 very British words and phrases engagingly demystifies their meaning and delves into their origins and history. READER'S DIGEST 2011 HB 128pp $14.95 11036 now £3.99 OPENING PANDORA’S BOX Phrases Borrowed from the Classics and the Stories Behind Them IT’S A WONDERFUL WORD The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words, from Anorak to Zombie Albert Jack Blotto, spondulics, claptrap and quango... Albert Jack has brought together hundreds of the strangest and most delightful English words, and takes readers on a diverting anecdotal voyage into their origins. If you’ve ever wondered what assassins have to do with hashish or lawyers with avocados, this book is here to help. ARROW 2012 PB 286pp £8.99 10719 now £3.99 Ferdie Addis We might know what it means to be ‘under the aegis’, but what was the aegis? In this A-Z of classical allusion, Ferdie Addis has gathered together words and phrases – such as chimera, Croesus, hoi polloi or lotus eaters – that so READER’S DIGEST 2012 HB 177pp $14.95 11033 now £3.99 CAVE CANEM A Miscellany of Latin Words and Phrases Lorna Robinson Looking in turn at domestic and public life, the arts and the popular Latin of the streets, Lorna Robinson introduces the ancient Roman world and its legacy to our language and culture through the meaning of phrases such as res publica (public affairs), panem et circenses (bread and circuses), and magna taberna (one big shop). A final section of res generalis has notes on the past and present meanings of terms from a priori to vice versa. WALKER 2008 HB 128pp Illus 188x125mm $17.00 84858 now £4.99 NAME DROPPING? A No-Nonsense Guide to the Use of Names Philip Gooden What exactly are expressions such as Kafkaesque or Orwellian or Miranda-like trying to pin down? Philip Gooden’s engrossing A-Z goes where dictionaries usually fear to tread and offers full explanations of terms derived from proper names. As well as describing the original owner of the name – real or fictional – and what it has come to mean, the book provides examples of its use in the press and other media and a pretentiousness rating, lest you get carried away. A&C BLACK 2006 HB 218pp £10.99 11714 now £4.99 20 enrich modern English, and he tells of their weird and wonderful origins in ancient history and Greek and Roman mythology. Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 13:08 Page 21 Order line: 01626 897100 STUFF YOU FORGOT FROM SCHOOL REFERENCE NEW PEDLAR’S GUIDE TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS Charlie Gladstone; Caroline Gladstone; Kate Burt A childhood spent outdoors led the authors of this inspiring book to offer their six children a similarly free upbringing in the Highlands of Scotland. Charmingly illustrated, this miscellany of all things outdoors includes sections on bird and tree identification, cloud spotting, treehouse building, survival tips, foraging, outdoor games and camping. For any family wishing to spend more time in nature and less time in front of a screen, this book is the perfect companion. SQUARE PEG 2012 HB 272pp Illus £16.99 16998 now £5.99 For people who like to solve harder Su Doku puzzles, this third Times ‘fiendish’ collection contains 200 of the toughest Su Doku puzzles around. There are 175 new fiendish and 25 ‘super fiendish’ puzzles, along with an introduction to solving super-hard Su Doku. Answers at the back. FIENDISH SU DOKU: Book 3 THE I USED TO KNOW THAT ACTIVITY BOOK NEW Caroline Taggart Just for fun, you understand, here are tests on English language and literature, history, geography, maths, science and general studies. You did know this stuff once – it’s just a matter of bringing it out of those dusty cerebral filing cabinets. Do not look at the answers at the back until you are really stuck. TIMES 2010 PB 318pp £7.99 16757 now £2.99 MICHAEL O’MARA 2012 PB 224pp AN APPLE A DAY Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work Caroline Taggart Proverbs are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings or, indeed, their usefulness. This entertaining A-Z turns the spotlight on sayings that we take for granted, examining their often surprising or fascinating origins, their use and why they are true – or not. The conclusion is that most proverbs are as useful now as the day they were minted – although ‘everything comes to those who wait’ never was. Slightly off-mint. MICHAEL O’MARA 2009 HB 190pp £9.99 16988 now £3.99 £9.99 93426 now £3.99 THE BAFFLE BOOK Fifteen Fiendishly Challenging Detective Puzzles Al Seckel From familiar op art illusions to never-before-published effects, this is a collection of over 80 entertaining visual puzzles. Variously manipulating the way we perceive pattern, shape and colour, or the eye’s ability to briefly retain an imprint of an image, the static illustrations appear to become animated, melt or blur; patterned designs seem to pulse or slide or, when intently studied, cause new shapes to appear that you know cannot be there. ACTION OPTICAL ILLUSIONS I USED TO KNOW THAT: GEOGRAPHY Will Williams; Ed. Caroline Taggart Your satnav might know the way to Uncle Bob’s house, but can it tell you what comes out of a volcano, the difference between a village and hamlet, or how a tornado develops? In this refresher course Will Williams shows not only that there is much more to geography than maps – although ‘maps have made a pretty spectacular comeback’ – but that it is more relevant than ever to everyday life on our beleaguered planet. MICHAEL O’MARA 2010 HB 192pp £9.99 85667 now £3.99 Lassiter Wren; Randle McKay If you revel in armchair criminal investigation, this book is just your cup of poisoned orange pekoe. Here are 15 old-fashioned ‘detective puzzles’, the unravelling of which requires well-honed powers of observation and deduction. In words, charts and diagrams, the authors put you at the crime scene and present you with the facts established by the police. Solving the questions that each case poses is your challenge. Answers at the back – if you must. Slightly off-mint. GODINE 2006 PB 160pp £7.99 94053 now £3.99 STERLING 2005 PB 96pp Illus 205x205mm $9.95 16393 now £4.99 NEW CHAMBERS CROSSWORD LISTS Third edition An easy alternative to a whole shelf of dictionaries and an invaluable resource for cruciverbalists, this book of lists brings together over 170,000 encyclopedic solutions to both quick and cryptic clues. The 1,650 lists are arranged by number of letters (from two to sixteen), then alphabetically by 900 headwords, from Abbey to Zoology, and some provide additional information such as dates for people and battles, sources for literary characters and state capitals for US states. CHAMBERS 2013 PB 960pp £19.99 16624 now £7.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 21 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 22 www.psbooks.co.uk BRITISH ISLES NEW THE VOYAGES OF THE PRINCESS MATILDA The Adventure of a Lifetime Shane Spall The actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane have shared a passion for wandering England’s waterways in their narrow boat. When they upgraded to a Dutch barge, the Princess Matilda, they expanded their horizons and set out to sea, the subsequent voyages being documented in a popular TV series. This book chronicles their adventures as well as reflecting on the part that boating has played in Spall’s recovery from cancer. EBURY 2012 PB 384pp Illus £11.99 16890 now £3.99 NEW A POSTCARD FROM WATFORD BESIDE THE SEASIDE A Celebration of the Place We Like to Be Jane Struthers A treasury of information about everything and anything to do with the seaside, this is entertaining beach reading. Lists of British lighthouses, shells, sailors’ knots and sea areas are interspersed with stories of pirates and wrecks, legends of giants and mermaids and recipes for Cornish Heavy Cake and Potted Shrimps. There is history and tradition too, with a brief biography of Lord Nelson and a summary of naval toasts. EBURY 2011 HB 288pp £9.99 91746 now £3.99 Jacqueline Fearn This little book provides a gentle introduction to heraldry and its sometimes daunting terminology, explaining each term with illustrations and text, and expounding the principles of coats of arms and the rules governing their arrangement. With a foreword by the late JP Brooke-Little, formerly Clarenceux King of Arms. SHIRE 2006 PB 96pp Illus 177x113mm DISCOVERING HERALDRY £5.99 97756 now £2.99 THROUGH TIME SERIES In each of the Through Time books, more than 180 pictures trace some of the many ways in which towns or regions have changed over the last century. Period paintings or sepia-tinted ‘then’ photographs are presented alongside ‘now’ colour photos of the same locations, with notes on the transformations – or continuities. AMBERLEY 2011-13 PB 96pp Illus Tim Everson KINGSTON UPON THAMES 96883 NORTH OXFORDSHIRE COTSWOLDS Stanley C Jenkins 16595 WEST OXFORDSHIRE COTSWOLDS Stanley C Jenkins 98868 THE SEVERN Arley to Avonmouth Jan Dobrzynski £14.99 each 22 95169 now £4.99 each John Cooper takes the reader on a journey through Watford’s recent history using a selection of old photographs and postcards. Watford has witnessed the great industrial and residential expansion of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Blitz, and changes to accommodate growing levels of traffic. This charming book documents these changes and shows how the people of Watford worked, travelled and relaxed. AMBERLEY 2012 PB 96pp Illus £14.99 16735 now £4.99 f See our full range of British Isles titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk LONDON’S CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS Stephen Humphrey From the sumptuous glories of St Paul’s and the London Oratory to the more restrained charms of the capital’s smaller chapels, this guide covers 47 of the most fascinating ecclesiastical buildings located in the principal boroughs of London. Colour photographs of each building are complemented by short essays which draw attention to their most noteworthy features and key moments in their history. Foreword by Andrew Lloyd Webber, founder of the Open Churches Trust. NEW HOLLAND 2011 PB 160pp Illus £14.99 91718 now £5.99 FROM THE AIR SERIES The rugged cliffs facing the Atlantic on the North Devon and North Cornwall coasts are in marked ontrast to the southern coasts along the English Channel, with Devon’s red cliffs, sheltered harbours and long sandy beaches, and Cornwall’s hidden coves and fishing villages. In each of these books, around 110 aerial photographs by Jason Hawkes give a gull’s-eye view, zooming in on cliff-top walks and landmarks such as Start Point lighthouse, St Michael’s Mount and the Minack Theatre. HALSGROVE 2008 HB 132-144pp Illus NORTH DEVON COAST FROM THE AIR SOUTH DEVON COAST FROM THE AIR SOUTH CORNWALL COAST FROM THE AIR NORTH CORNWALL COAST FROM THE AIR £14.99 each 10771 10780 10779 10770 now £6.99 each GLOUCESTERSHIRE FROM THE AIR Jason Hawkes Containing some of England’s most picturesque landscapes, Gloucestershire includes the greater part of the Cotswold Hills, a significant stretch of the Severn Valley and the Forest of Dean. Jason Hawkes’s aerial photographs provide an alternative view of familiar scenes such as pretty Cotswold villages and elegant Cheltenham terraces, and the collection includes interesting modern structures such as the government GCHQ building in Cheltenham as well as the county’s significant historic houses and churches. HALSGROVE 2010 HB 144pp Illus £14.99 10761 now £6.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 Clearwell Castle, a Georgian ‘Gothick’ house of around 1740 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 23 Order line: 01626 897100 BRITISH ISLES Dawn shadows at Stonehenge Mark Denton travelled the length and breadth of England in all seasons, shooting with a classic panoramic film camera, to produce this exceptional collection of 100 of England’s finest landscapes, featuring both towns and cities and areas of outstanding natural beauty. Five years in the making, the book includes breathtaking views, from Bamburgh Castle in the north to Beachy Head in the south, and takes in magnificent buildings, soaring cliffs, picturesque coastline, dappled woodland and quintessentially English rolling green hills. CONSTABLE 2010 HB 224pp Illus 240x295mm NEW ENGLAND: THE PANORAMAS St John, Smith Square and Lord North Street £30.00 16830 now £9.99 David Stanford The county of Essex is richly endowed with historic churches of all eras, from the austere Saxon chapel of St Peter at Bradwell to the Art Nouveau splendour of St Mary’s, Great Warley. This beautiful book explores 59 of the finest, including probably the oldest surviving timber-built church in the world. Illustrated with colour photographs, the book explains the history, structure and decoration of each building, and includes a locator map and a glossary of architectural terms. FRANCES LINCOLN 2006 HB 112pp Illus 267x250mm DAVID GENTLEMAN’S LONDON David Gentleman The Thames Barrier or St James’s Palace, gleaming Nash terraces or hi-fi shops in Tottenham Court Road, Battersea Power Station or Covent Garden – David Gentleman lavishes the same meticulous attention to detail on all of London’s parks and thoroughfares, residential areas and monuments. Having lived there for 34 years, he paints an intimate portrait of London in which historical landmarks rub shoulders with highrise offices and traffic-jammed streets are glimpsed from tranquil squares and gardens. ACC 2010 HB 192pp Illus 274x215mm ESSEX CHURCHES £14.99 96695 now £5.99 The Church of St Mary the Virgin at Woodham Ferrers £25.00 98342 now £9.99 A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF... SERIES In this popular series, accomplished photographers and authors record the landscapes and life of their chosen town or region through a year. In each collection of photographs and commentary the authors look at the wider picture as the landscape progresses through the seasons, and use a narrower focus to pick out the detail of flora and fauna and local life and traditions as well as seasonal changes and pursuits. FRANCES LINCOLN 2009-11 HB 112pp Illus 267x250mm £16.99 each now £7.99 each A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF WESTONBIRT Sarah Howard Westonbirt in Gloucestershire is the site of the National Arboretum, home to more than 16,000 native and exotic trees and shrubs, including some of the oldest, tallest and grandest in the world. In words and sumptuous colour photography, this handsome book celebrates the year-round beauty of its magnificent sylvan landscape, from the first buds of spring through the glory of summer and the golden glow of autumn to the serenity of frosty winter. 96708 Clifford Musgrave For almost 30 years, Clifford Musgrave was the director of the Royal Pavilion. His history of the town in five parts – Fishermen and Farmers, Princes and Palaces, Late Georgian, Victorian Marvels and Mysteries, Battle Scene and Transformation – was first published in 1970. Among the appreciative voices was Graham Greene: ‘I have so much enjoyed your book Life in Brighton and it has opened so many points of interest for me in a city I thought I knew well’. New edition. LIFE IN BRIGHTON Winter shadows at Westonbirt Beata Moore Set in the heart of the English countryside, the Cotswolds are a magical landscape of rolling hills and picturesque villages. This photographic celebration traverses the region by season, starting with the stark megaliths at Rollright in winter, and ending with the autumnal glories of sunrise near Cheltenham. Along the way, it takes in the splendour of Blenheim Palace, the elegance of the Royal Crescent on Bath, dew-spangled hedgerows and church spires of mellow golden stone. 93453 A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF COTSWOLDS Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk HISTORY PRESS 2011 PB 480pp Illus £18.99 92153 now £6.99 f 23 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 24 www.psbooks.co.uk BRITISH ISLES NEW HERITAGE OF LAKELAND A Centenary Collection A Harry Griffin wrote an unbroken series of Country Diary entries for the Guardian for 53 years; he documented the landscape, history and people of the Lake District both in these pieces and in personal notes of his walking and rock climbing experiences. This anthology of his writing also features articles from Cumbria, the Lancashire Evening Post and the journal of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club. FRANCES LINCOLN 2011 HB 253pp Illus £14.99 16834 now £5.99 ENGLAND: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS A PEAK DISTRICT ANTHOLOGY A Literary Companion to Britain’s First National Park NEW Comp. Roly Smith Literary visitors have long been inspired by the wonders of the Peak District; Ruskin and Byron extolled its beauties, while Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot used peakland settings for some of their most vivid narratives. The flowering of guidebook writing in the 20th century added to the Peak’s outdoor literature, including writers such as Brian Redhead and Guardian Country Diarist Roger Redfern. This wellillustrated anthology brings together the finest writing about the Peak. FRANCES LINCOLN 2012 HB 208pp Illus £16.99 16839 now £5.99 SACRED PLACES Spirit and Landscape Crispin Paine From centres of prehistoric and medieval devotion, to the Sandham Memorial Chapel decorated by Stanley Spencer, this beautiful volume describes over 40 important sites managed by the National Trust. NATIONAL TRUST 2004 Getmapping plc was established in 1998 specifically to produce the first ever full colour, digital photographic map of the UK, using vertical aerial photography. Drawing on this ‘Millennium map’, the atlas of England resembles a modern Domesday book, recording in detail the variety of natural landscape within the country and human interaction with the terrain – from Iron Age settlements to sprawling 20th century suburbs. The Atlas includes a 27-page cartographic section (scale 1:288,000) keyed to the photographic maps, and index. With plastic carrying case. Due to its size, this book will be sent under separate cover to other titles purchased. HARPERCOLLINS 2001 HB Roly Smith; Photo. John Morrison Running 256 miles from the Peak District to the Cheviots, the Pennine Way was the first of Britain’s National Park Trails, and many consider it the toughest. In this lyrical celebration of its beauty and rigours, award-winning travel writer Roly Smith charts its course, while John Morrison’s subtle, perceptive photographs capture the rich variety of its scenery, from the rugged Wainstones to the lush valley of the Tees, from Haworth’s cobbled main street to Hadrian’s Wall. FRANCES LINCOLN 2011 THE PENNINE WAY 800pp Illus 450x310mm HB 112pp Illus 265x250mm £125.00 34755 now £50.00 £16.99 97672 now £7.99 NEW SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COALFIELD Nigel Chapman Descriptions of the Black Country in the 19th century feature burning heaps of coal, slag tips and glowing red furnaces. Gradually, over the last century, most of its mining heritage has been lost to light industry and housing, and the landscape has changed beyond recognition. This book contains a fascinating selection of photographs, old and new, showing the changing face of the South Staffordshire coalfields. PB 128pp Illus 247x190mm AMBERLEY 2011 PB 96pp Illus £14.99 35281 now £5.99 £14.99 16597 now £4.99 NEW PORTRAIT OF THE EDEN VALLEY Graham Uney The River Eden starts among the fells of the Cumbrian Pennines, and travels northwards to meet the sea at the Solway Firth. On its journey it passes through stunning scenery, including peaks, moorland plateau, woodland gorges and rolling farmland. This beautiful collection of over 140 photographs celebrates the diversity of the Eden’s landscape – its characterful The Settle to Carlisle Railway cuts a market towns, priories and castles, rare wildlife such as otter, red straight line above squirrel and black grouse, and ancient standing stones. HALSGROVE 2008 HB 144pp Illus £14.99 10775 now £6.99 24 the Mallerstang meadows Postscript order line: 01626 897100 THE SAND HOUSE A Victorian Marvel Revisited Richard Bell; Peter Tuffrey From the 1850s to the 1950s, Doncaster was home to the remarkable Sand House. Carved in situ out of a sandstone quarry, it expanded from a cottage to a ten-roomed mansion where dances and social gatherings were held. Illustrated with atmospheric period photographs, this intriguing history introduces the family who created the house, describes its grandly furnished rooms and mysterious catacombs adorned with fantastic carvings, and continues the story to its eventual demolition. AMBERLEY 2010 PB 128pp Illus £12.99 98330 now £4.99 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 25 Order line: 01626 897100 BRITISH ISLES Van Greaves ‘There seems a greater range of light and atmospheric conditions in Britain’, writes photographer Van Greaves, ‘than can be captured ... in the Himalaya.’ This personal selection of 150 of his breathtaking photographs, ranging from Snowdon, Scafell and Ben Nevis to the Torridon peaks and the Cuillins of Skye, bears out his assertion to the full. The author’s captions tell of the pre-dawn starts and overnight camps endured to catch that elusive mountain light. NEW MOUNTAIN MAGIC FRANCES LINCOLN 2009 HB 192pp Illus 277x277mm £25.00 16577 now £9.99 Scafells from Three Tarns in the Lake District LOVELY BITS OF OLD ENGLAND Selected Writings from The Telegraph NEW John Betjeman; Ed. Gavin Fuller John Betjeman (1906-84) began writing for The Telegraph in 1951 and in 1964 started his ‘Betjeman’s Britain’ series in the magazine supplement. This book brings together the best of his articles on architecture and contemporary Britain, including ‘Temple to the Age of Steam’, his famous defence of St Pancras Station; and reviews of books by, among others, Evelyn Waugh, John Steinbeck, Kingsley Amis and LP Hartley. The collection ends with Betjeman’s obituary by Philip Larkin. AURUM 2012 HB 238pp £14.99 16697 now £6.99 SCOTLAND BURT’S LETTERS from the North of Scotland Edmund Burt In the late 1720s, Edmund Burt went to Scotland to work as an engineer on Highland roads and bridges. From his base in Inverness he wrote regularly to a friend in London, describing his experiences and relaying information on everything from the clan system to the scourge of malhoulakins (midges). Written 20 years before Culloden, long before the Highland clearances and first published in 1754, the letters offer a rare picture of contemporary Highland life. The present single-volume edition is introduced by Charles Withers. BIRLINN 2012 PB 359pp Illus DISCOVERING ABBEYS AND PRIORIES £14.99 19519 now £4.99 James Miller Scotland’s largest firth or inlet, the Moray Firth defines an area of coastline stretching from John o’Groats on the northern tip of the mainland to Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire. With the natural advantages of fertile soil, availability of grain, timber and cattle, and an abundance of fish, the area has been contested by five cultures: Pictish, Gaelic, Norse, Anglo-Saxon and Norman-Flemish. James Miller’s illustrated study explores the region’s history over a period of 2000 years. BIRLINN 2012 PB 260pp Illus £7.99 99895 now £3.99 A HISTORY OF DEATH AND BURIAL IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE f See our full range of British Isles titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk BIRLINN 2008 PB 160pp Illus 230x305mm THE GATHERING STREAM The Story of the Moray Firth SHIRE 2004 PB 128pp Illus 210x127mm £14.99 92467 now £5.99 Peter Cairns; Mark Hamblin The Cairngorms, Britain’s largest National Park, is home to a huge variety of wildlife, including the golden eagle, osprey and red deer and the elusive peregrine, wild cat and mountain hare. Photographers Peter Cairns and Mark Hamblin have spent years exploring this spectacular wilderness, capturing its grandeur and beauty on film. The 100 colour photographs in this book celebrate the splendour of these moors and mountains and are eloquent testimony to the need to protect this rugged, yet threatened landscape. £16.99 88497 now £6.99 Geoffrey N Wright Britain’s ancient monastic buildings are a familiar part of our landscape, whether they survive as picturesque ruins and country houses or are still in use as churches and cathedrals. Illustrated with colour photographs, this book offers an historical introduction to the buildings, life and influence of medieval abbeys and priories, followed by a gazetteer with brief descriptions of more than 200 sites open to the public. Peter Hill Northamptonshire has a rich heritage of social history in its churches and churchyards and Dr Hill’s research into burial sites uncovers a wealth of intriguing information. Ostensibly concerned with death, his book actually reveals a great deal about the lives, customs and genealogy of the county’s erstwhile inhabitants. AMBERLEY 2011 PB 160pp Illus WILD LAND Images of Nature from the Cairngorms £14.99 11463 now £5.99 Louis MacNeice In 1937 Louis MacNeice visited the Western Isles of Scotland, following loosely in the footsteps of Johnson and Boswell. In this account he described with candour the people he met, the customs he observed and the landscapes he passed through on his nomadic travels through the archipelago. The book offers both an idiosyncratic record of what is now an all-but-vanished culture, and an insight into the life of the poet of Autumn Journal. Introduction by Tom Herron. POLYGON 2007 PB 271pp I CROSSED THE MINCH £9.99 11467 now £4.99 CLAP HANDS FOR THE SINGING MOLECATCHER Scenes from a Scottish Childhood Roderick Grant’s memoirs of his adventurous boyhood in Morayshire in the late 1940s and 1950s paint a vivid picture of life in a remote country community, from his first day at school, accompanied by his pet jackdaw, to skinny dipping with his first love; and he portrays local characters including his grandfather, known to all as The Red Terror, and top of the bill at local concerts, ‘The Singing Molecatcher’. BIRLINN 2009 PB 176pp £7.99 11109 now £3.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 25 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 26 www.psbooks.co.uk TRAVEL & EXPLORATION BRUNETTI’S VENICE Walks through the Novels Toni Sepeda Visitors to Venice might hope to find a local friend to guide them through its labyrinthine streets, passing on bit of history here, a morsel of gossip there, before stopping for a prosecco. Who better than Commissario Guido Brunetti, hero of Donna Leon’s bestselling detective novels? These enjoyable, instructive walks take the reader through the city’s sestieri in the footsteps of the amiable sleuth. Leon herself provides the introduction. NEW WILLIAM HEINEMANN 2009 HB 300pp £12.99 16539 now £4.99 THAILAND The Worldly Kingdom NEW SUNRISE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SLEEPER The New Telegraph Book of Great Railway Journeys Ed. Michael Kerr ‘Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown’, wrote EM Forster, ‘Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine’. This much-acclaimed collection of journeys from the pages of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph celebrates the magic of the railway, whether simply travelling in Cornwall or (with difficulty) in Cuba; following famous routes such as the Trans-Mongolian or India’s Maharajas’ Express; or being propositioned by a stranger on a train. AURUM 2011 HB 351pp £20.00 16701 now £6.99 PANTHER SOUP A European Journey in War and Peace John Gimlette May 1945 found Europe in chaos, its infrastructure wrecked, its cities thronged with refugees. Accompanied by US veteran Putnam Flint, the award-winning travel writer John Gimlette sets out to uncover the legacy, and meet the survivors, of that titanic conflict. Starting in Marseille, the pair make their way though France and Germany to Austria, providing a quirky, erudite and moving insight into the ideals and ideologies of the continent. ARROW 2009 PB 415pp Illus £8.99 99912 now £3.99 Maurizio Peleggi Tourist brochures portray Thailand as an ‘exotic’ country with a rich cultural heritage and strong religious tradition; the reality is more complex. This revealing study charts the development of the Thai nation-state, its changing boundaries, the modification of its ethnic and linguistic make-up, class and gender relations, the role of institutions and ideologies, the emergence of a modern culture, and Thai perceptions of others – principally Burmese, Chinese and Westerners. REAKTION 2007 PB 256pp Illus £16.95 16583 now £6.99 Chris Bonington More than half a century after Hillary and Tenzing’s successful ascent, Everest remains the mountaineer’s ultimate goal – and most lethal challenge. This volume brings together Chris Bonington’s three published accounts of his attempts on the peak: the first charts his 1972 climb, defeated by savage winds and bitter cold; the second, his triumphant ascent three years later; and the third, the tragic 1982 expedition, on which two climbers perished. WEIDENFELD 2002 HB 687pp Illus EVEREST EXPEDITIONS £25.00 99992 now £9.99 £25.00 99904 now £9.99 NEW SIX MONTHS IN SUDAN A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village James Maskalyk In 2007, James Maskalyk set out for the Sudanese town of Abyei to work as a doctor for Médecins Sans Frontières. He returned six months later profoundly changed. His best-selling account of his experiences offers a rare glimpse into the life of an aid worker in a war zone. Visceral and immediate, it is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand our conflict-ridden world. CANONGATE 2009 PB 340pp £8.99 12040 now £3.99 NEW 30 DAYS IN SYDNEY A Wildly Distorted Account Peter Carey After living abroad for years, novelist Peter Carey returns home to his native Sydney and attempts to capture its character. With the help of an assortment of friends, he embarks on a picaresque voyage of rediscovery that veers from the harrowing to the insanely funny, laced with a humour as bracing as the southerly winds that sometimes batter the city’s shores. BLOOMSBURY 2008 PB 250pp £7.99 11981 now £2.99 26 Ed. Clare Harris; Tsering Shakya During the 1930s and 1940s the British cultivated close political and social ties with Tibet. British and Tibetans ate and drank together, watched films and played football together against the magnificent backdrop of Lhasa’s palaces and monasteries. Based on an exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, and illustrated with many period photographs and a unique set of watercolours by the Indian artist Kanwal Krishna, this book offers an intriguing glimpse into a vanished way of life. SERINDIA 2003 PB 176pp Illus 280x220mm SEEING LHASA Postscript order line: 01626 897100 HALF MOON Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the New World Douglas Hunter Disobeying orders from the Dutch East India Company to find an arctic route, north of Russia, to the Orient, Henry Hudson sailed west to discover the river that bears his name. This first full study of his 1609 adventure plots the course of his ship, the Half Moon, from charts, logbooks and contemporary records, sketching an entirely new route. Against a backdrop of espionage and economics, it sheds new light on the motives of this inscrutable and ruthlessly ambitious seafarer. BLOOMSBURY 2009 HB 334pp $28.00 97364 now £7.99 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 27 Order line: 01626 897100 HEALTH/MIND, BODY & SPIRIT Jennifer Pohlman Rather than overstraining the body with arduous and repetitive training, Pilates employs simple low-intensity exercises designed to promote greater physical strength and flexibility as well as improve energy levels and the ability to cope with stress. The DVD contained in this boxed set demonstrates a complete workout routine which can easily be performed at home, and the accompanying book demonstrates 27 different beginner-level exercises with step-by-step photographs. NEW SIMPLY PILATES HINKLER 2007 PB+DVD 64pp Illus £12.99 16588 now £5.99 Graham Bryant; Lorraine James Practised for centuries in China, Tai Chi has grown hugely in popularity in the West in recent years, providing simple and low impact exercise that keeps the body strong and supple and helps calm the mind. This boxed set includes an illustrated book providing an introduction to the movements that make up the basic form, and a DVD of a 40-minute class that demonstrates the correct positions and postures. HINKLER 2006 PB+DVD 64pp Illus OVERCOMING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE The Complete Complementary Health Program NEW Sarah Brewer High blood pressure affects more and more people in the West and if left untreated can lead to heart disease and kidney problems. Fatty foods, alcohol, stress and a lack of exercise are contributory factors and this guide offers advice on nutrition and lifestyle and programmes of diet and daily exercise as well as information about complementary treatments such as acupuncture and yoga. SIMPLY TAI CHI £12.99 16589 now £5.99 DUNCAN BAIRD 2008 PB 180pp Illus FOLKLORE & MYTHOLOGY $14.95 11119 now £5.99 LOST LORE A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom Mary Anne Dunkin This book provides information about the various forms of arthritis and the professional health care available, and shows how self-help techniques such as exercise and relaxation can help manage pain and improve well-being. CLASS 2009 HB 220pp Illus MANAGING YOUR ARTHRITIS Una McGovern; Paul Jenner How did people cope without supermarkets, satnavs and computers? This engrossing compendium of ‘lore’ quotes from old authorities as it describes – and hopefully revives – knowledge and skills such as calculating with logarithms, using a map and compass, writing by hand or making fire without matches. The book covers health and well-being, education and knowledge, socializing and celebration, household tasks and outdoor life, and delves into the histories of its topics as well as their practical application. 68975 now £6.99 OSTEOPOROSIS The Silent Epidemic Marilyn Glenville Osteoporosis affects one in three women over the age of 50 in the UK, yet public awareness and understanding of the condition remains very limited. Dr Glenville’s book provides a complete account of what osteoporosis is, the risk factors, tests for bone density, alternative and conventional treatments and, most importantly, how to take steps to prevent bone loss by attention to diet and lifestyle. KYLE 2010 PB 208pp CHAMBERS 2009 HB 384pp Illus 245x190mm £25.00 95501 now £9.99 HAUNTED SECOND WORLD WAR AIRFIELDS Volume One: Southern England £10.99 91831 now £4.99 THE LOST EMPIRE OF ATLANTIS History’s Greatest Mystery Revealed Gavin Menzies The legend of Atlantis, dismissed by scholars for centuries as myth, has generated colourful theories, many of them proposing a lost utopian society. In this book, Gavin Menzies contends that Atlantis was in fact part of the Minoan civilization, specifically located on the volcanic island of Santorini, which before a major eruption in 1450 BCE resembled the Atlantis described by Plato. WILLIAM MORROW 2011 HB 400pp Illus $26.99 10851 now £6.99 Christopher Huff During the last century many paranormal phenomena were reported at historic RAF airfields; in this volume Christopher Huff focuses on 79 sites that were in use during the Second World War. He provides details of their buildings, specifications and condition, together with plans and an outline of key historical events at each airfield which may have a bearing on the extent and character of the reported phenomena. FONTHILL 2012 HB 352pp Illus £20.00 16561 now £7.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 27 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 28 CULTURAL STUDIES/PHILOSOPHY/POLITICS www.psbooks.co.uk NEW MR SPEAKER The Office and the Individuals since 1945 Matthew Laban Almost as old as Parliament itself, the office of Speaker has progressed from an internal parliamentary post into one of the most recognized public roles in British political life. Laban’s absorbing study details the powers, duties and responsibilities of the office, describes its development since 1945 and the process of election, but his emphasis is on how individuals have put their mark on an office that evolves through precedent. With a foreword by the first Madam Speaker, Betty Boothroyd. BITEBACK 2013 HB 336pp £20.00 16800 now £7.99 NEW EMINENT PARLIAMENTARIANS The Speaker’s Lectures Ed. Philip Norton To celebrate the centenary of the 1911 Parliament Act, John Bercow, Speaker of the House, instigated a series of public lectures in which current parliamentarians assessed the careers and characters of parliamentary giants. In this volume, Philip Norton introduces eleven lectures on politicians from David Lloyd George to Tony Benn, including Shirley Williams’s lecture on Nancy Astor, Nicholas Soames on Winston Churchill and Andrew Adonis on Roy Jenkins. With a foreword by John Bercow. BITEBACK 2012 HB 300pp Illus MY TRADE A Short History of British Journalism Andrew Marr How do you decide what is a story and what isn’t? How do hacks get scoops? These and other questions are answered in Marr’s masterly short history of British journalism – and his part in it. Wry, witty, shrewd and selfdeprecating, it offers an insider’s account of the business, how it works and what it really means, and makes an important contribution to the debate about the future of the press. PAN 2005 PB 432pp NEW £22.00 16797 now £7.99 Janan Ganesh George Osborne is the youngest Chancellor of the Exchequer in over a century and author of the most radical austerity programme since the Second World War. He is also the government’s political brain, a man with an eye on the premiership and one of the most controversial figures in British politics. Janan Ganesh, political columnist for the Financial Times, charts the arc of Osborne’s ascent to power and chronicles the political era he has helped to shape over two decades. NEW £9.99 16820 now £4.99 GEORGE OSBORNE: The Austerity Chancellor BITEBACK 2012 HB 330pp Illus £20.00 16798 now £6.99 Michael Spicer An MP from 1974 to 2010, when he was elevated to the House of Lords, Michael Spicer was a distinguished member of Margaret Thatcher’s government, serving as minister for aviation, housing, electricity and coal. Honest, witty and perceptive, his diaries chart the intrigues and rivalries of the Thatcher administration, and the dispiriting years in opposition before the rise of David Cameron, while shedding light on the arcane rituals of Parliament with humour and insight. BITEBACK 2012 HB 654pp Illus NEW THE SPICER DIARIES £30.00 16804 now £9.99 CONSTELLATION OF GENIUS 1922: Modernism and All that Jazz Kevin Jackson January 1922: TS Eliot is in Paris working on The Waste Land with Ezra Pound; in Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks decides to film the story of Robin Hood; insulin is first successfully used to treat diabetes; and Vaughan Williams’s Pastoral Symphony is premiered in London: month by month, Jackson presents that spectacular year through the diaries of writers, artists, anthropologists and actors, philosophers, playwrights, politicians and scientists at work during the heyday of modernism. WINDMILL 2013 PB 544pp £9.99 16541 now £4.99 28 Ed. Vincenzo Merolle Presented with full introductions, notes and bibliographies, these 32 essays by the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam Ferguson (17231816) provide, in the words of Merolle, ‘an exhaustive picture of the thinking of the author’. Although mostly within moral and political philosophy and aesthetics, the essay topics range widely, including Ferguson’s thoughts on perfection and happiness, cause and effect, the French Revolution and its consequences for Europe, waking dreams and nature and art. No jacket. PICKERING & CHATTO 2006 HB 464pp THE MANUSCRIPTS OF ADAM FERGUSON NEW £110.00 89715 now £19.99 David James’s study reveals the ancient Celts and their ways through historical, social, cultural and spiritual detail, it explains their spread throughout Europe, and celebrates the thriving modern traditions of contemporary Celtic culture. This is part of the New Celtic Library, a series of books that explores and celebrates Celtic culture, history and tradition and the vital contribution of the Celtic peoples to our cultural heritage. ST DAVID’S 2007 PB 114pp THE CELTIC TRADITION £7.99 97160 now £3.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 29 Order line: 01626 897100 MUSIC THE VIOLIN An Illustrated History Yehudi Menuhin Drawing on his long lifetime’s experience of the violin, Lord Menuhin tells the instrument’s story, from its primitive origins to its ubiquity in the popular, folk, classical and jazz music of today. He also tells anecdotes about the legendary performers and composers whom he met during his career and reflects on his experience of different performing traditions around the world. The accompanying CD features eight of Menuhin’s recordings, ranging in date from the 1950s to the end of his career. FLAMMARION 2009 HB + Audio CD 300pp Illus 275x210mm HANDEL’S BESTIARY In Search of Animals in Handel’s Operas NEW Donna Leon Crime writer and Handel enthusiast Donna Leon presents a collection of twelve Handel arias that make reference to animals, from the lion (Qual leon che fere irato from Arianna in Crete) to a turtle dove (Fuor di periglio from Floridante). For each animal there is an illustration by Michael Sowa, the words of the aria in Italian and English and a short essay on its significance. The arias are performed on the accompanying audio CD, with Alan Curtis conducting Il Complesso Barocco. WILLIAM HEINEMANN 2011 HB + Audio CD 141p Illus 176x140mm £16.99 16879 now £4.99 £32.00 16413 now £14.99 Ginette Neveu: The first among the great women violinists Chris Haigh What’s the difference between a fiddle and a violin? ‘Fiddle players have more fun’ is Chris Haigh’s answer. Here, he presents a practical course in modern fiddle playing, from buying an instrument to the whole range of today’s styles, including Irish, Scottish, bluegrass, country, jazz, blues and rock. The book includes a history of the fiddle, biographies of great players, more than 160 musical examples and pieces to play and two CDs of exercises. Ringbound. BACKBEAT 2009 HB + Audio CD 304pp 267x203mm THE FIDDLE HANDBOOK £24.00 10623 now £9.99 THE SECRET LIFE OF MUSICAL NOTATION Defying Interpretive Traditions Roberto Poli Did instructions in musical scores have the same meaning in the 18th and 19th centuries as they do today? Using composers’ manuscripts, engravers’ copies and contemporary writings, pianist Roberto Poli analyses the evidence for the changing uses of notational features such as ‘hairpins’, sforzandi and rinforzandi. He argues that traditions of interpretation have rested too much on received knowledge, which can change over time, rather than historical accuracy. AMADEUS 2010 PB 162pp 99991 now £5.99 ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY A Lyric Symphony Marc D Moskovtiz Zemlinsky is perhaps the most important composer no one has ever heard of. A protégé of Brahms and a crucial influence on Mahler and Schoenberg, he was a key figure in the musical life of turn-of-the- century Vienna. By the time of his death in New York in 1942, however, his work had fallen into obscurity. This authoritative yet readable biography charts his life and career, and makes a powerful case for a re-evaluation of his symphonies, operas and songs. BOYDELL 2010 HB 403pp £25.00 98795 now £9.99 NEW SHOUT! The True Story of the Beatles Philip Norman An absorbing examination of unprecedented success, artistic achievement, disastrous business deals and disintegrating personal relationships, Philip Norman’s biography of the Beatles has long been considered the definitive work on the subject. First published in 1981, shortly after the assassination of John Lennon, this updated edition takes the story into the 21st century and includes new insights from interviews, and information that has emerged in recent decades. PAN 2003 PB 525pp Illus £9.99 16647 now £4.99 PIANO: THE CLASSICS FROM A TO Z (Two volumes) Ed. Margarete Babinsky There is plenty for the keen pianist to enjoy in this twovolume boxed set of new cleanly-set editions, which brings together more than 160 of the finest and best-known short pieces in the classical solo repertoire. Ranging from Bach, Scarlatti and Couperin to Scott Joplin, the works include Chopin’s Minute Waltz, dances by Schubert, and selections from Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words and Grieg’s Lyric Pieces. NAUMANN & GOBEL 2005 PB 416pp 305x230mm 11063 now £6.99 ELVIS REMEMBERED 1935-1977 The Authorized Box Set from the Graceland Archives Gillian G Gaar The first star of the rock ‘n’ roll era, Elvis Presley has been mythologized like no other performer. This lavishly produced box set includes an illustrated book telling the story of his career with dozens of removable facsimile reproductions of telegrams, letters, concert tickets, set lists and other ephemera. There is also a reproduction of an early concert poster, a large format poster for the film Jailhouse Rock and a DVD containing rare footage of The King. CARLTON 2012 Box 120pp Illus 280x315mm £50.00 10571 now £19.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk f 29 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 30 www.psbooks.co.uk MUSIC/PERFORMING ARTS NEW THE 100 BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME Toby Cresswell; Craig Mathieson Whether your own favourite albums are included in the list or not, this book offers a thoughtful exploration of some of the most significant music in pop history, ranging from the rock ‘n’ roll pioneers of the 1950s to a handful of 21st century releases. Each entry includes notes about the album, the track listing, a colour reproduction of the cover and, in the case of the top ten, extended essays and additional archive photographs. HARDIE GRANT 2013 HB 256pp Illus 260x235mm No. 1: Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan £20.00 11911 now £7.99 Graeme Thomson Subtitled ‘A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure as Related in Popular Song’, this investigation of ‘death music’ draws on original interviews with artists such as Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney to explore how songs from Mississippi John Hurt’s Stack O’Lee Blues (1928) to Muse’s Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (2003) have documented evolving attitudes to death. I SHOT A MAN IN RENO A THEATERGOER’S GUIDE TO SHAKESPEARE Robert Thomas Fallon In his ‘surveys’ of Shakespeare’s plays, Professor Fallon aims to enhance the theatregoer’s enjoyment of a performance by demystifing the language, poetry and allusion of Shakespeare’s text and sketching the essential shape of each play. The most frequently staged plays such as Hamlet and Othello, receive the fullest treatment, with more detailed, scene by scene appraisals of the dialogue and characters, but all the plays are covered, with outlines of their plot, characters and setting. CONTINUUM 2008 PB 270pp £11.99 81521 now £3.99 THE POCKET GUIDE TO GILBERT AND SULLIVAN Diane Canwell; Jon Sutherland Reviewing Iolanthe in November 1882, the Morning Advertiser’s critic opined, ‘Neither Mr Gilbert as an author, nor Mr Sullivan as a musician, write for immortality’; but well over a century later enthusiasm for works such as The Mikado continues unabated. The Pocket Guide gives a concise, yet detailed account of Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaboration, exploring the themes around each operetta, setting them in historical context, and surveying some of their greatest performers. REMEMBER WHEN 2011 PB 192pp Illus £12.99 10991 now £4.99 IVAN R DEE 2001 PB 491pp £11.95 10613 now £5.99 COMEDY RULES From the Cambridge Footlights to Yes Prime Minister Jonathan Lynn Theatre director, film director, producer, actor and award-winning co-writer of Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, Jonathan Lynn has been making people laugh since his ‘funny turn with Eric’ (Idle) while they were both students at Cambridge. His 150 rules of comedy are both memoir and masterclass, full of hilarious anecdotes and a must-read for any aspiring comedy writer. FABER 2012 PB 203pp £8.99 99883 now £3.99 THE THEATRIC TOURIST A Facsimile Robert Thomas Fallon More than 800 characters appear in Shakespeare’s plays; an astonishing variety of kings and queens, villains and heroes, sinners and sinned against. In this accessible guide to Shakespeare in performance, Fallon examines 60 characters that modern theatregoers are most likely to encounter. Covering most of the central roles and significant supporting figures such as Bottom, Caliban and Malvolio, the essays analyse the characters’ qualities and follow the evolution of those who undergo change over the course of the play. IVAN R DEE 2004 HB 302pp Ed. Iain Mackintosh James Winston In the late 18th century, actor-manager James Winston toured Britain taking notes on the theatres of every town. Published in 1804-5 with 24 hand-coloured plates, and reproduced here in facsimile, his work is a unique record of theatrical life. Winston notes the history, architecture and capacity of The Theatre, Newbury, completed in 1802 each venue, painting a vivid picture of Georgian England, from Plymouth (‘a nightly scene of riot and debauchery’) to Brighton, where ‘the manager is perpetually bringing out women of loose character.’ No jacket. BRITISH LIBRARY 2008 HB 91pp Illus 290x230mm £45.00 97166 now £16.99 30 A THEATERGOER’S GUIDE TO SHAKESPEARE’S CHARACTERS Postscript order line: 01626 897100 £19.99 84848 now £6.99 HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK William Shakespeare This extraordinary, beautifully crafted volume is an unabridged reprint of an edition of Hamlet illustrated by John Austen and originally published in 1922. Austen was one of a group of artists who fell under the influence of Aubrey Bearsdsley after 1900, and he uses atmospheric black and white illustrations, vignettes and tailpieces to astonishing effect, evoking the play’s themes of treachery, revenge and madness. Bound in black, embossed mock leather. American-cut pages. CALLA 2010 HB 176pp Illus 278x213mm £23.99 10624 now £9.99 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 31 Order line: 01626 897100 PERFORMING ARTS NEW THE STORY OF THE SCENE The Inside Scoop on Famous Moments in Film Roger Clarke During the filming of David Lean’s famous film Lawrence of Arabia, the costume department gradually changed the fabric of Peter O’Toole’s flowing robes to lighter and finer materials, so that by the end of the film he appeared more ethereal, almost ghost-like. This enjoyable collection of movie stories identifies 80 similarly celebrated moments in cinema history and investigates the myths and legends that surround them. METHUEN DRAMA 2009 PB 164pp Illus Steve McQueen’s attempted escape to Switzerland in The Great Escape, 1963 £14.99 11939 now £5.99 NEW THE GODFATHER WAS A GIRL The Real-Life People Who Inspired Famous Characters Eamon Evans From Molly Bloom to Milo Minderbinder, Dorian Gray to Crocodile Dundee, Eamon Evans reveals some 400 real people behind the creations of playwrights, novelists, film makers and screen writers. Among the revelations are Tennessee Williams’s inspiration for Blanche Dubois (himself) and the struggling actors with one light bulb between them who became Withnail and I. NEW PERIOD HAIRSTYLES For Studio, Stage and Screen Kit Spencer This practical reference for actors, hair stylists, photographers, stage managers and directors, provides step-bystep instructions to create period hairstyles. Starting with a gallery of film stills showing authentically recreated hairstyles from prehistoric times to the 21st century, the author then picks a key look and shows how to reproduce it. For professionals and anyone seeking a touch of vintage style for their own hair, this sourcebook will provide the techniques and inspiration. HARDIE GRANT 2011 PB 366pp Illus £8.99 11921 now £3.99 METHUEN DRAMA 2008 HB 256pp HB 210x160mm £19.99 11995 now £6.99 HAVE YOU SEEN...? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films David Thomson What was the greatest movie ever made – Citizen Kane or Vertigo? To this and other cinematic posers, Thomson brings a lifetime’s experience as film critic and movie lover. From Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein to Zabriskie Point, and covering movie-making from 1895 to 2007, serious arthouse to wacky comedy, Thompson’s short, sharp essays rescue dozens of great films from obscurity and puncture several undeserved reputations. American-cut pages. KNOPF 2009 HB 1024pp $39.95 88827 now £9.99 Ed. Geoff Brown The incomparable correspondent of the BBC’s Letter from America began reviewing films as a Cambridge undergraduate in the 1920s and continued to do so for the BBC and The Guardian newspaper throughout his long career. In these articles – most of them previously unpublished – Cooke gives his measured opinions on famous films and the movie business, and recalls the various stars he knew personally, among them Charlie Chaplin and Humphrey Bogart. Selected and introduced by Geoff Brown. ALISTAIR COOKE AT THE MOVIES PENGUIN 2011 PB 395pp £12.99 98047 now £4.99 MY LIFE IN PIECES An Alternative Autobiography Simon Callow is not only one of our most mercurial and unpredictable actors; he is also the author of the definitive biography of Orson Welles and a classic text on the craft of acting. In this stylishly written and richly insightful autobiography, he reflects with wisdom and humour on his chaotic boyhood in Southern Africa, the stars – from Olivier to Frankie Howerd – he has worked with, and the rewards and vicissitudes of a life in the theatre. NICK HERN 2010 HB 444pp £20.00 98529 now £7.99 NEW ANIMATION A Handy Guide Sheila Graber Arranged around 20 key events in the development of animation, this book explores the history of the art from Muybridge’s early experiments with sequential photography and the first animated films to the 3D computer-generated images of blockbusters such as Toy Story. Aimed primarily at the student filmmaker, there are also instructional sections which introduce different techniques such as rotoscoping and stop-motion, and the included CD provides supporting animated examples and further reference material. A&C BLACK 2009 PB + CD Rom 144pp Illus 220x220mm £19.99 11924 now £7.99 OBSCENE, INDECENT, IMMORAL AND OFFENSIVE 100+ Years of Censored, Banned and Controversial Films Stephen Tropiano Surveying 100 years of the battle between filmmakers and ‘the institutions who believe it is their Godgiven right to determine what movies can and cannot say and show’, Tropiano presents a history of film censorship in the USA. He then discusses each of the six major sources of contention – profanity, violence, sex, nudity, politics and religion – using case studies of films from The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913) to The Passion of the Christ (2004). LIMELIGHT 2009 PB 376pp Illus $19.95 10596 now £5.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 31 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 32 www.psbooks.co.uk FICTION/POETRY Flora Thompson First published in 1939, Lark Rise is the first part of the autobiographical trilogy by Flora Thompson (1876-1947). It tells of Laura’s childhood at the ‘end house’ in Lark Rise, from a decade when relics of ancient country customs still survived to the Queen’s Jubilee in 1887, after which ‘nothing ever seemed quite the same’. NEW ROBERT E HOWARD’S COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA LARK RISE Robert E Howard; Illus. Gregory Manchess This volume completes the Wandering Star collection of Howard’s tales of Conan, with five stories – The Servants of Bit-Yakin, Beyond the Black River, The Black Stranger, The ManEaters of Zamboula and Red Nails – and all the writer’s drafts, fragments and ephemera, including a map of the Hyborian Age. The stories are illustrated with paintings and drawings by Gregory Manchess, who has signed these limited edition (1,000) copies. Slipcased. Volume Three PENGUIN 2009 PB 256pp £7.99 16574 now £2.99 JOHN BUCHAN Despite pursuing a very successful career in public life, culminating in the GovernorGeneralship of Canada, John Buchan (1875-1940) was a prolific author, writing 30 novels and over 60 non-fiction works. He is best remembered for his fast-paced adventure novels and spy thrillers. In these Polygon editions, the novels have new introductions by Buchan enthusiasts. WANDERING STAR 2005 HB 406pp Illus £130.00 98478 now £30.00 NEW SISTERS IN CRIME Early Detective and Mystery Stories by Women THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN Ed. Mike Ashley While women writers dominated detective fiction in the 20th century, their contribution to its development in the 19th is seldom acknowledged. This anthology of 12 stories by Mary E Braddon, Anna Katharine Green, LT Meade and others sets the record straight. Presented in chronological order from 1865 to 1915, these intricate and gripping puzzles exude a rich sense of period. PETER OWEN 2013 PB 254pp GREENMANTLE Aldous Huxley This was Aldous Huxley’s first novel, a comic account of young Denis’s disastrous vacation from school as a guest at Crome, an English country house inhabited by the eccentric writer Mr Barbecue-Smith and local historian Henry Wimbush. POLYGON 2009-12 PB 282-286pp £7.99 each now £2.99 each THE FREE FISHERS Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this historical tale of treason and espionage follows Anthony Lammas, a young Professor of Logic from St Andrews, as he sets off for London, but becomes entangled in a web of conspiracy. This new edition has an introduction by Buchan enthusiast Douglas Hurd. 94725 In one of Buchan’s most unusual novels, Sir Edward Leithen and fellow weekend guests at a country house agree to take part in an experiment that will give them a glimpse of the future – in the pages of the following year’s Times. First published in 1932. Introduced by Stuart Kelly. 11462 In this classic espionage adventure, Richard Hannay and three more of Buchan’s heroes – Peter Pienaar, John S Blenkiron and Sandy Arbuthnot – travel across war-torn Europe in search of a German plot and an Islamic Messiah. Introduction by Allan Massie. 11464 £9.99 16363 now £2.99 CROME YELLOW DALKEY ARCHIVE 2009 PB 156pp £8.99 98499 now £3.99 Carol Birch A chance encounter with a tiger from Mr Jamrach’s menagerie in Victorian London changes everything for young Jaffy Brown, setting him on course for voyages and adventures that will push faith and friendship to their limits. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2011. CANONGATE 2011 PB 353pp NEW JAMRACH’S MENAGERIE £8.99 12036 now £2.99 HUNTINGTOWER THE LOST QUEEN A LOST LADY OF OLD YEARS £6.99 63407 now £2.99 THE KING’S GREY MARE Written in 1922, just a few years after the Russian Revolution, Huntingtower is both a modern fairy tale and an adventure story, and introduces some of Buchan’s best-loved characters – the Gorbals Die-Hards. Introduced by Ann Widdecombe. 11466 Young and dissolute, Francis Birkenshaw carouses around Edinburgh caring nothing for the Jacobite Rebellion; but lust for riches and adventure draws him in to Bonnie Prince Charlie’s ill-fated campaign. This new edition has an introduction by Buchan enthusiast James Robertson. 94733 (1935) Norah Lofts One of the best-loved historical novelists of last century, Norah Lofts tells the story of Caroline Matilda, youngest sister of George III, and of her life as Queen of Denmark, married to an insane king, Christian VII. TORC 2008 PB 288pp Rosemary Hawley Jarman In Jarman’s highly acclaimed historical novel, Elizabeth Woodville becomes the tool of her scheming mother, the witch Jaquetta, who is determined to marry her daughter into royalty, yet blind to the tragedy that awaits Elizabeth as Edward IV’s ‘Grey Mare’. TORC 2008 PB 400pp £6.99 65552 now £2.99 AUDIO CDs Evelyn Waugh Following Charles Ryder, from student days at Oxford, where he was befriended by the aristocratic Sebastian Flyte, through to the end of the inter-war years, Evelyn Waugh’s famous story of forbidden love and loss of innocence, is read here by Jeremy Northam. 4 CDs, running time approx 5 hours. CSA WORD 2008 NEW BRIDESHEAD REVISITED £18.98 12032 now £5.99 NEW TENNYSON POEMS To celebrate the bicentenary of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a native of Somersby, Lincolnshire, the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology reissued these 1969 recordings of his Lincolnshire dialect poems. The seven works – amusing portraits of six people and one dog – are read by Edward Campion and Edith Burgess. 1 CD, approx 1 hour. CANTORIS RECORDS 2009 in Lincolnshire Dialect 16769 now £3.99 32 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 33 Order line: 01626 897100 HESPERUS CLASSICS The Hesperus Press is dedicated to publishing ‘neglected and out-of-print classics that are so good they deserve a new lease of life’. Nearly every title has an editor’s introduction or a foreword – sometimes both, and information on the author. HESPERUS 2004 PB 86-197pp £7.99 each now £2.99 each THE LIFE OF MR JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT Henry Fielding Based on the career and crimes of a real-life 18th century gangland criminal, Fielding’s black comedy is one of the finest satires in English literature. Foreword by Peter Ackroyd. 99597 THE MADWOMAN ON A PILGRIMAGE Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A beautiful stranger, a pilgrim in search of refreshment, arrives one morning and straightaway a wealthy gentleman and his son fall in love with the ‘madwoman’. This strange tale of love and betrayal is presented along with two others written by Goethe in the 1820s – Who is the traitor? and Not too Far!. 99603 FICTION/POETRY Nelson Algren’s powerful novel chronicles the troubled life of an aspiring musician and heroin addict, Frankie Machine, on the mean streets of Chicago. Frank Sinatra played the part of Frankie in Otto Preminger’s 1955 film adaptation. This edition is introduced by Irvine Welsh, with an afterword, written in 1986, by Kurt Vonnegut. NEW THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM CANONGATE 2012 PB 484pp £12.00 12037 now £3.99 MISTERIOSO Arne Dahl; The first novel in Arne Dahl’s Intercrime series, this dark and absorbing thriller follows Detective Paul Hjelm in pursuit of a serial killer who targets high-profile business leaders and performs his murder rituals to a rare bootleg recording of a jazz classic: Thelonious Monk’s Misterioso. Translated by Tiina Nunnally. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge and off-mint.PANTHEON 2011 HB 345pp £25.95 98229 now £4.99 Franz Kafka’s nightmare story of helplessness in the face of bureaucracy gone mad is translated here by Richard Stokes. Foreword by Zadie Smith. THE TRIAL HESPERUS 2005 PB 229pp £8.99 99649 now £2.99 Joseph Conrad Spanning Conrad’s entire writing career, the short stories collected here are: The Warrior’s Soul, Prince Roman, The Tale and The Black Mare. Foreword by Philip Hensher. THE TALE Saki This anthology brings together 14 rare and uncollected Saki stories: ‘short sharp tales that leap effortlessly from weekends in the country to werewolves, from tea parties to talking cats’ (Adam Newell, from his introduction). Foreword by Jeremy Dyson. 99634 A SHOT IN THE DARK Charlotte Brontë This ingenious and highly imaginative early novella is a tale of love and jealousy, rivalry and thwarted ambition, set amid a crisis in the heir-less kingdoms of Wellingtonsland and Angria. Foreword by Nicola Barker. 99637 HESPERUS 2008 PB 117pp £7.99 99640 now £2.99 AS THE PIG TURNS THE SPELL Alexander Pushkin This first work of fiction by Pushkin is narrated by one Ivan Petrovich Belkin, who tells Gothic tales of Byronic heroes, lovelorn heroines and supernatural happenings. Also in this edition is Pushkin’s parody of contemporary Russia, The History of the Village of Goryukhino. Translated by Hugh Aplin. Foreword by Adam Thirlwell. 99642 THE TALES OF BELKIN MC Beaton The pig roast on the green is part of a January merriment in the Cotswold village of Winter Parva; but sharp-eyed Agatha spots something amiss on the spit – pigs don’t have pierced heart tattoos with the names of their loved ones. It’s the 22nd mystery for Agatha Raisin to investigate. An Agatha Raisin Mystery Woody Guthrie This novel by legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie was finished in 1947 but remained unpublished until 2013. Set in the ravaged landscape of Dust Bowl America, it tells the story of a tenant farmer and his wife who yearn to replace their precarious wooden shack with a simple adobe dwelling made from the land itself. FOURTH ESTATE 2013 PB 237pp NEW HOUSE OF EARTH MINOTAUR 2011 HB 299pp $24.99 11016 now £3.99 POETRY £8.99 12006 now £2.99 Carson McCullers Edited, with an introduction by Margarita Smith, this collection begins with previously unpublished stories or ‘exercises’ written when McCullers was an 18-year-old student, and includes later stories, essays, articles and poetry. PENGUIN 2008 PB 304pp THE MORTGAGED HEART £9.99 98121 now £3.99 PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER Katherine Anne Porter Selected and introduced by Sarah Churchwell, these 12 short stories by Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) include the three long tales published as Pale Horse, Pale Rider in 1937 and widely considered to be her masterpiece: ‘Old Mortality’, ‘Noon Wine’ and ‘Pale Horse, Pale Rider’. PENGUIN 2011 PB 382pp The Selected Short Stories THE WORDSWORTH BOOK OF HORROR STORIES NEW MR James; Sheridan Le Fanu et al With over 100 stories from 39 masters of the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, MR James, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Edgar Allan Poe, this is a magnificent collection from the vintage era of the supernatural tale. WORDSWORTH 2004 PB 1157pp 11900 now £4.99 £9.99 98130 now £3.99 THE MONK Matthew Lewis’s 1796 Gothic saga of sex, magic and violence was described by Coleridge as ‘poison for the soul’ but garnered praise from Lord Byron and the Marquis de Sade. The novel tells of the downfall of Ambrosia, a pious Spanish monk whose voyage of seduction leads irresistibly to corruption of his soul. PENGUIN 2010 PB 462pp Sean O’Brien For almost 40 years, Sean O’Brien’s songs, satires and elegies have sketched a landscape of wild coasts and urban dystopias as recognisable as those of Eliot or Auden. This selection, drawn from across his career, will allow the reader to appreciate the variety and consistency of his work, his flair for the dramatic, and his unique ability to capture the texture of modern life. £7.99 98119 now £2.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk NEW COLLECTED POEMS PICADOR 2012 HB 504pp £20.00 16366 now £6.99 33 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 34 www.psbooks.co.uk CHILDREN’S Illus. Andrew Grey Illustrated with the characters of AA Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories, this sturdy board book teaches very young children the alphabet, with one letter per page, from Apple to Zebra (Christopher Robin’s pull-along toy zebra). Age 2+ There’s a huge surprise – and clean socks – for Sir Charlie Stinky Socks at the end of The Tale of the Wizard’s Whisper, but all three stories in our special bundle have good surprises. Is that a Coconut? Yuck! (by Tony Bradman and Katharine McEwen) could have ended very badly, but Mama monkey gets to the ‘coconut’ just in time; and in Jane Fearnley’s Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers, Harry gets a hero’s reward after paddling to the rescue in his teacup (below). Three books. Age 3+ WINNIE-THE-POOH ABC NEW DEAN 2012 HB 28pp Illus 208x208mm £9.99 16855 now £4.99 EGMONT TRIO EGMONT 2012/13 PB 96pp Illus 245x275mm THE PETER RABBIT LIBRARY (Ten volume set) Beatrix Potter Leaving Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail eating blackberries, Peter Rabbit is off stealing carrots again – 111 years after he first squeezed under Mr McGregor’s gate. Peter is joined in this boxed set by the tales of Tom Kitten, the Flopsy Bunnies, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mr Jeremy Fisher, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Two Bad Mice, Benjamin Bunny, the Tailor of Gloucester and Squirrel Nutkin. The books are based on the original, authorized editions, with colourful covers and new reproductions of Beatrix Potter’s illustrations. Slipcased set. Age 4+ WARNE 2013 HB 310pp Illus £20.97 10930 now £8.99 ‘Harry came dangerously close to the deadly daggers But he kept going until every egg was saved’ £35.00 95032 now £19.99 Back by popular demand ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Lewis Carroll; Illus. Harry Rountree A reprint of the edition published by Thomas Nelson & Sons of London in 1908, this book contains the unabridged text of Lewis Carroll’s original Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with the 92 watercolours by Harry Rountree (1878-1950) that are considered to be his masterpiece of book illustration. Rountree was particularly adept at illustrating animals – there is a splendid whiting in evening dress – but he also offers a fearsome duchess and very, very mad Hatter. No jacket. TALES From the creation Odysseus, J Emmers the fantastic stories fr its heroes, with colour are intended for old each volume helps w vocabulary. NORTH NEW NEW CALLA EDITIONS 2011 HB 250pp Illus NEW £37.99 94134 now £12.99 THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE An Aesop Fable Retold Helen Ward The timeless tale of the country mouse whose contented life is disturbed by the arrival of a sleek city cousin is retold very simply and with wonderful illustrations by Helen Ward. Every page is full of detail, whether the two mice are among bluebells and boxing hares, or in the city, riding in the ‘automatic ups and downs’. Age 3+ TEMPLAR 2011 HB 40pp Illus 280x230mm £12.99 95417 now £5.99 NEW SARAH AND SIMON AND NO RED PAINT Edward Ardizzone Sarah and Simon’s father is an impoverished artist, reduced to selling the silver teaspoons to buy food for his family. Their hopes are pinned on his ‘masterpiece’, but when he runs out of red paint there’s no money to buy more. In a wonderful twist in the tale, Sally and Simon’s love of reading in an old bookshop saves the day. The book was written and illustrated by Ardizzone (1900-79) in 1965. GODINE 2011 HB 48pp Illus 227x190mm $17.95 16777 now £5.99 34 NEW NEW LEGEND OF THE CHINESE DRAGON Marie Sellier; Illus. Catherine Lewis Marie Sellier tells a simple legend of how the children of five warring tribes made a composite creature from parts of the guardian animals of each tribe and the result, the dragon, was so beautiful it united the peoples and became a enduring symbol of peace. The tale is illustrated with colourful woodblock prints and presented in Chinese by calligrapher Wang Fei. Age 5+ NORTHSOUTH 2006 HB 32pp Illus 300x150mm £9.99 16402 now £4.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 GODS GREAT MYTH and M EPICS N G G G Ro In bo Gr ‘in th sp co su zo wo wi m wo in CA £9 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 35 Order line: 01626 897100 CHILDREN’S THE ROBERT INGPEN ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS COLLECTION (3 volumes, slipcased) r Illustrated by the award-winning Australian artist Robert Ingpen, this collection contains three of the bestloved books in children’s literature: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island; The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame; and The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Whether portraying Badger in overcoat and wellies, the terrifying Blind Pew, or Mowgli’s beautifully observed wild animal friends, Ingpen’s paintings and drawings capture the essence of these timeless stories. Age 9+ al ck! rs TEMPLAR 2011 PB 608pp Illus 235x198mm £30.00 96688 now £9.99 TALES OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY creation story to the adventures of Achilles and Emmerson-Hicks gives lively, modern versions of stories from Greek mythology and the exploits of ith colourful illustrations on every page. The tales d for older children and a glossary at the end of e helps with the Greek names and new (English) y. NORTH PARADE 2009/10 HB 125pp Illus 285x210mm GODS AND GODDESSES GREAT HEROES MYTHICAL CREATURES and Minor Deities EPICS OF HOMER Oldřich Růžička; Illus. Tomas Tuma Layer by layer, the pyramid of board pages in this ‘Magic Shape Book’ describes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, its religion, its writing, the building of the great pyramids, the Sphinx and mummification. There are also pages devoted to Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. ‘Magic Shape Books’ are boxes; lifting the lid reveals the pyramid. (Also in Postscript as Ancient Egypt.) Age 7+ NEW 16349 16350 16352 16346 now £3.99 each MYSTERIES OF EGYPT FIREFLY 2011 HB 30pp Illus 188x188mm $16.95 10590 now £5.99 OCTAVIUS GRIMWOOD’S GRAVEYARD GUIDE BUILD YOUR OWN CHOCOLATE FACTORY CARLTON 2010 HB 30pp Illus 310x225mm 2014 PB 12pp Illus 310x235mm £9.99 16553 now £3.99 £7.99 12015 now £3.99 NEW Rod Green In a coffin-shaped book, Octavius Grimwood, ‘investigator of the supernatural, spooky and weird’, conducts a scary survey of vampires, zombies and werewolves, ghastly ghosts, wicked witches and many more things you wouldn’t want to meet in the night. Age 8+ Roald Dahl; Illus. Quentin Blake With press-out card, no glue and scissors only to cut out the chimney pieces, children can build their own Chocolate Factory as drawn by Quentin Blake, then bring it to life with free-standing figures of Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Grandpa Joe and other characters from Charlie’s wonderful adventure. The press-out pieces are all labelled and accompanied by very clear assembly instructions, illustrated with step-by-step photographs. Age 8+ TOP THAT Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 35 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 36 www.psbooks.co.uk HUMOUR/SPORT Christopher Matthew Inspired by AA Milne, Matthew’s little volume of verses celebrates the age when men and women ‘feel ready to grasp life by the scruff of the neck, give it a good shake and move serenely onwards’... or possibly when ‘The unlikeliest types get a taste for cocaine,/ And yachts and Ferraris and villas in Spain’. WHEN WE WERE FIFTY JOHN MURRAY 2007 HB 112pp Illus £9.99 16844 now £3.99 Heath Robinson; Ed. Geoffrey Beare Although famous as ‘The Gadget King’, William Heath Robinson produced humorous drawings and illustrations on many more themes than the peculiar contraption. This collection of drawings (ca 191239) from publications such as The Sketch and The Humorist, brings together some of his favourite MODERN MANNERS subjects – golf, motoring, winter sports, holidays The Essential Guide to and courting, with some British virtues thrown in Correct Behaviour and – all brilliantly observed, however surreal the sceEtiquette nario; and he never could resist a gadget opportunity. Edited, with an introduction by Geoffrey Philip Howard delighted Times Beare. DUCKWORTH 2008 PB 192pp Illus 275x210mmm readers with his ‘Modern Times’ column on contemporary etiquette, £14.99 94581 now £5.99 fielding questions of table manners, THE BLACK-OUT BOOK family feuds and sharing taxis, the 500 Family Games dress code for kilt-wearers at a PakEvelyn August Compiled by Evelyn August (alias istani wedding (daytime tie, with Sydney and Muriel Box) and originally published an emergency bow tie in your in November 1939, this ‘101 black-out nights’ en- sporran) and what to do if it rains tertainment’ became much sought-after by Lon- at Glyndebourne (‘Outdoor opera doners forced to stay indoors or in bomb shelters in June brings out the ancestral forduring the Blitz. Reprinted here, with an introduc- titude of the British character’). tion by Mike Brown, its games, puzzles, jokes, This compilation presents readers’ poems, articles and anecdotes would prove useful questions on ‘etiket’ and Howard’s in a 21st century power-cut. No jacket. witty, informative and often hilariBOUNTY 2009 HB 216pp Illus ous replies. ROBSON 2013 HB 320pp BRITAIN AT PLAY THE HANNA-BARBERA GUIDE TO LIFE Cool Tips for Top Cats Carolyn Madden This spoof self-help guide uses Top Cat and other famous Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters to present lifestyle tips. The comic advice includes Hong Kong Phooey’s guide to personal training, Dick Dastardly’s anger management techniques and Fred Flintstone’s secrets of a happy marriage. EGMONT 2009 HB 93pp Illus 196x145mm £9.99 98041 now £3.99 SPORT £9.99 98653 now £3.99 £12.99 16456 now £4.99 THE CLASSIC MOTOR RACING CIRCUITS OF EUROPE Jack Wilson and ‘Ran’ Laurie won gold for Britain in the coxless pairs at Henley NEW THE 1948 OLYMPICS How London Rescued the Games Bob Phillips London had bid for the cancelled 1940 Olympics and been selected to host the abandoned 1944 Olympics; then, despite Lausanne and a host of American cities being far better equipped to stage the event, the war-ravaged and impoverished city was awarded the 1948 Games, almost without a vote. Drawing on first-hand accounts from competitors and journalists, this history of the so-called ‘Austerity Games’ reveals how this came about, how the event unfolded and its political, social and sporting significance. SPORTSBOOKS 2007 HB 336pp £16.99 16383 now £6.99 36 David Venables Putting the circuits themselves centre stage, this illustrated history covers 20 European venues, past and present, from the earliest days of Grand Prix racing at Le Mans to the Hungaroring, constructed in 1985, and including all four British tracks (Brooklands, Donington, Brands Hatch and Silverstone). Illustrated with around 300 photographs from Fangio drives his 159 Alfa the world-renowned Ludvigsen Library, the book tells the Romeo to victory in the story of each circuit, the drivers associated with it and the 1951 Barcelona Grand Prix most dramatic events from its racing history. at the Pedralbes circuit IAN ALLAN 2010 HB 176pp Illus 252x250mm £24.99 98332 now £9.99 Philip Porter; Foreword by Damon Hill Lavishly produced, including hundreds of colour photographs and reproductions of original programme covers, newspaper clippings and ticket stubs, the Original Scrapbooks series is a celebration of motoring history. This volume is the first of a two-parter telling the story of renowned speed freak Graham Hill (1929-75), who remains the only racing driver to have won the triple crown of the World Championship, Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24-Hour race. The book ends in 1966, with Hill having accomplished the second of these famous victories. PORTER PRESS 2007 HB 177pp Illus 300x350mm GRAHAM HILL SCRAPBOOK 1929-1966 £34.95 88792 now £14.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 37 Order line: 01626 897100 JOURNALS/STATIONERY The journals are arranged clockwise from Cowslip and Documents top left FLAME TREE JOURNALS With famous works of art, magnificently reproduced in colour on their embossed foil covers, silk page markers and scarlet endpapers, these journals could lend splendour to the most humble jottings. Each book has 144 ruled pages and a pocket for loose papers, and closes with a solid magnetic side flap. FLAME TREE 2011-13 HB 144pp 215x155mm £9.99 each NEW MUCHA: COWSLIP AND DOCUMENTS NEW HIROSHIGE: THE SEA AT SATTA MACKINTOSH: ROSE MOTIF NEW TIFFANY: ANGEL STAINED GLASS WINDOW Bound in elegant red silk with a paisley motif, this hardback journal contains 200 pages of good quality plain paper for writing or sketching. Plus a ribbon marker. DESIGNWALLAS 2011 HB 215x140mm SILK JOURNAL: Red £9.99 92058 now £4.99 THE THAMES THROUGH TIME Heritage Postcards From the Eisey footbridge at Cricklade in Wiltshire, past Windsor Castle and Battersea power station to the Ford Motor Works at Dagenham and sailing boats at Gravesend, this journey down the Thames captures life along the river during the century from 1860 to 1960. ENGLISH HERITAGE 2007 PB 24pp Illus 120x177mm £5.99 61324 now £3.99 now £6.99 each ERTÉ: THE BALCONY 17015 ERTÉ: WINTER FLOWERS II 99822 NEW BARBIER: THE BACKLESS DRESS 17014 VAN GOGH: STARRY NIGHT OVER THE RHÔNE 95203 MUCHA: SUMMER 95196 NEW 17019 17017 98279 17020 EMMA BRIDGEWATER NOTECARDS Covered in an Emma Bridgewater design of pink and red hearts on a cream background, this little box is made of rigid card and holds 15 blank notecards – five each of three designs on the hearts theme, one of them with ‘Love’ across its centre – and envelopes. BLUEPRINT 2012 155x105mm £11.99 now £4.99 11907 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 37 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 38 www.psbooks.co.uk LIMITED QUANTITIES ONLY Anne Brontë’s autobiographical novel provides a powerful sense of the wretchedness of a governess’s life in Victorian England. This edition includes Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Biographical Notice’ and a new foreword by Isabel Quigly. AGNES GREY CAPUCHIN CLASSICS 2010 PB 224pp £9.99 93343 now £2.99 ANYTHING GOES A Biography of the Roaring Twenties Lucy Moore interweaves the stories of the most compelling people and events of the 1920s to produce an engaging portrait of the decade – an age, she observes, that was not unlike our own. ATLANTIC 2008 HB 400pp £19.99 99922 now £6.99 THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW An Intimate History of the First World War Peter Englund; Trans. Peter Graves Exploring how the war years were experienced by the ‘average individual’ who lived through them, the author uses the diaries and letters of 20 people from all sides, combatants and civilians, in countries from Belgium to Mesopotamia. John CL Sparkes DOVER 2010 PB 176pp Illus 278x213mm £12.49 11800 now £4.99 DANCE OF THE APPRENTICES Edward Gaitens Acclaimed as ‘the first great social critique of Glasgow’, this powerful novel describes the experiences and struggles of one family, from the First World War to the end of the 1920s. CANONGATE 2001 PB 270pp £7.99 11111 now £2.99 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece John Harris DA CAPO 2005 PB 192pp Illus 200x200mm £9.50 16784 now £4.99 THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR Peter Ackroyd’s abridged version of Malory’s mid-15th century masterpiece on the Arthurian legends is rendered in modern prose, yet aims to ‘convey the majesty and pathos of the great original’. PENGIUN 2010 HB 330pp 227x150mm Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte d’Arthur PROFILE 2011 HB 341pp 234x155mm $26.95 95102 now £7.99 DELUX SCRABBLE DICTIONARY £25.00 95127 now £8.99 THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS HARPER COLLINS 2011 HB 885pp Naomi Mitchison Set in Rome during Nero’s reign of terror, Mitchison’s historical novel traces the destruction of one cell of the early church. Written in 1938-9, it echoes the contemporary plight of persecuted minorities under European fascism. CANONGATE 2001 PB 431pp £8.99 11101 now £3.99 BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE Peter Pininski Charles Edward Stuart is remembered as the dashing hero of the Jacobite uprising of 1745. This biography sets the Rising and defeat at Culloden in the context of the prince’s whole life, from a childhood in exile to his sad decline into alcoholism. The Life AMBERLEY 2010 HB 192pp Illus £20.00 84797 now £7.99 THE BOOK OF EXPLORATION Ray Howgego This lavishly illustrated volume charts more than 150 of the most influential voyages in history, from the ancient Egyptians to the conquest of the poles. BLOOMSBURY 2009 HB 360pp Illus 289x250mm $50.00 95095 now £12.99 A BRILLIANT LITTLE OPERATION The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of WW2 Paddy Ashdown tells the story of the courageous ‘Cockleshell’ canoe raid on the German merchant fleet at Bordeaux, but also reveals a sorry tale of Whitehall rivalry behind the scenes, which jeopardized the mission. AURUM 2012 PB 448pp Illus £8.99 16569 now £3.99 A CHILDHOOD IN SCOTLAND Christian Miller’s autobiography recalls her privileged, yet deprived upper-class childhood in a castle in 1920s Scotland – one of the last relics of feudal life. CANONGATE 2000 PB 111pp £4.99 11106 now £2.99 COMMANDO MEDIC Stephen Snelling Doc Harden VC SPELLMOUNT 2012 HB 240pp Illus £14.99 10814 now £6.99 38 THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO ARTISTIC ANATOMY Luxury quarter-bound edition, in a slipcase, with ribbon marker. £15.00 98259 now £7.99 A DOG’S LIFE Photo. Araldo de Luca With over 200 photographs, including ‘fine art portraits’, images of puppies and of dogs just fooling around, Araldo de Luca has created a magnificent ‘voyage in the dog world’. VMB 2010 HB 208pp Illus 272x220mm £19.99 94623 now £8.99 DR JOHNSON’S RELIQUARY OF REDISCOVERED WORDS Dr N Johnson Aiming to reverse the amoindering of our language, Dr Johnson has emulated his lexicographical namesake in tracking down obscure and forgotten words and giving them his own idiosyncratic definitions. SQUARE PEG 2009 HB 240pp £9.99 93913 now £4.99 EDITH CAVELL Diana Souhami This biography of nurse Edith Cavell, a heroine executed by German firing squad in 1915 for helping Allied soldiers escape, offers a rounded portrait of a woman always driven ‘to do something useful’. QUERCUS 2010 HB 404pp £25.00 84678 now £7.99 ERNEST DOWSON Ed. Monica Borg; RKR Thornton Post to ITN’s Political Editor, John Sergeant’s account of his career is imbued with his mordant wit, keen sense of the absurd and acute powers of analysis. PAN 2002 PB 318pp £9.99 97392 now £4.99 THE GREAT CENTRAL FROM THE FOOTPLATE Robert Robotham; Frank Stratford Packed with photographs and data for enthusiasts, this is a vivid, ‘insider’ account of life at a major GC locomotive shed and the working of a variety of turns on the line during its final decade. HEATHFIELD RAILWAY 2009 HB 112pp Illus 298x222mm 80101 now £7.99 HERETICS The Creation of Christianity from the Gnostics to the Modern Church Jonathan Wright HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT 2011 HB 346pp $28.00 11807 now £5.99 INSOMNIA AND OTHER ADULT SLEEP PROBLEMS Gregory Stores This guide gives clear explanations of insomnia and sleep problems, the various medical treatments available and selfhelp strategies where exercise, changes in lifestyle or diet are an option. From The Facts series. OXFORD UP 2009 PB 154pp 196x130mm £9.99 97539 now £3.99 JACK THE RIPPER Andrew Cook Historian Andrew Cook puts forward the thesis that Jack the Ripper, the serial murderer who was never caught, was a media invention, cooked up to boost newspaper sales by a shadowy tabloid journalist. AMBERLEY 2010 PB 256pp £9.99 92468 now £3.99 JAPANESE WARRIORS, ROGUES AND BEAUTIES Ed. Kendall H Brown Dating from 1898 to 1903, these dramatic images of heroes, villains and damsels in distress provide an interesting bridge between traditional Japanese values and a new popular culture of adventure books. Woodblocks from Adventure Stories DOVER 2010 PB 127pp Illus 210x280mm £18.99 97333 now £7.99 JOHNSON’S LIFE OF LONDON The People Who Made the City that Made the World Boris Johnson Both deeply knowledgeable and incomparably entertaining, Mayor Johnson narrates London's history through its ingenious, original and larger-than-life residents, from the Romans to Keith Richards. Collected Shorter Fiction HARPER 2011 HB 336pp BIRMINGHAM UP 2003 PB 189pp Robin Jenkins Set amid the urban decay of Lanarkshire, this is the story of Duffy, a seemingly unremarkable, jobless teenager; but, like Hogg’s Confessions of Justified Sinner, an ambiguity of character and moral ambivalence pervades Jenkins’s novel. £19.99 99091 now £4.99 GHOSTS OF EMPIRE Kwasi Kwarteng Britain’s Legacies in the Modern World PUBLICAFFAIRS 2011 HB 477pp $29.99 11737 now £7.99 GIANTS OF STEAM Jonathan Glancey In this analysis of the technological zenith of the steam era, Glancey examines the innovations of the great locomotive designers, and makes a passionate case for steam – past, present and future. ATLANTIC 2012 HB 381pp £20.00 96408 now £7.99 GIVE ME TEN SECONDS John Sergeant From a rather curious childhood and early years as a reporter on the Liverpool Postscript order line: 01626 897100 £20.00 10913 now £7.99 JUST DUFFY CANONGATE 2000 PB 256pp £5.99 11476 now £2.99 KAFKA’S THE METAMORPHOSIS AND OTHER WRITINGS Franz Kafka This German Library volume presents new translations of a selection of 11 of Kafka’s finest short stories, among them: The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, The Hunger Artist and The Great Wall of China. Edited with an introduction by Helmuth Kiesel. CONTINUUM 2002 HB 218pp £75.00 32353 now £9.99 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 39 Order line: 01626 897100 THE KILLER TRAIL A Colonial Scandal in the Heart of Africa Bertrand Taithe In this study of the VouletChanoine mission to Lake Chad, led by two French army captains in 1898, Taithe describes the mission’s descent into violence and how the atrocity was viewed in Europe. OXFORD UP 2011 PB 322pp Illus £12.99 94369 now £4.99 MAJOR BARBARA George Bernard Shaw Edited by Nicholas Grene, this is the definitive text of Shaw’s famous drama of the conversion contest between the arms manufacturer Andrew Undershaft and his daughter, a Salvation Army Major. New Mermaids series. METHUEN 2008 PB 204pp £8.99 11713 now £3.99 MAX PENSON Photographer of the Uzbek Avant-Garde 1920s-1940s Ildar Galeyev; Mion Penson With an introduction to the work of the Uzbek photographer Max Zakharovich Penson and a memoir by his son, this volume presents over 140 images of Uzbekistan in the 1920s and 1930s, researched and reproduced from Penson’s negatives. ARNOLDSCHE 2011 HB 184pp Illus 290x220mm £35.00 11789 now £16.99 MEMOIR OF ITALO SVEVO Livia Veneziani Svevo Written by his wife in 1950, this is a revealing and often humorous portrait of the novelist and businessman Italo Svevo (1861-1928), whose works now stand alongside those of Joyce, Musil and Proust. LIBRIS 1989 PB 191pp £14.95 11026 now £4.99 MESSAGES FROM A DISAPPEARING COUNTRYSIDE Robin Page BIRD’S FARM 2013 PB 202pp Book club edition. £14.99 16698 now £5.99 THE MIRACLES OF EXODUS A Scientist’s Discovery of the Extraordinary Natural Causes of Biblical Stories Colin J Humphreys Written by a physicist, this study uses modern scientific resources to explain the miracles of Exodus – the parting of the Red Sea, manna, the burning bush – and reconstruct the Israelites’ route out of Egypt. Book club edition. CONTINUUM 2003 PB 366pp Illus 31677 now £4.99 THE MOONSTONE Wilkie Collins In Collins’s classic detective ‘romance’, Rachel Verinder is given the Moonstone, a large Indian diamond, on her 18th birthday. That very night, the jewel is stolen, and the curse of the Moonstone begins. First published in 1868. PENGUIN 2010 PB 635pp £7.99 98120 now £2.99 MOTHER TERESA Greg Watts draws on Mother Teresa’s diaries to tell how Agnes Bojaxhiu, a simple girl born in Albania in 1910, founded her own order, the Faith in the Darkness MUSIC FOR THE MASS Ed. Geoffrey Boulton Smith This is a collection of over 150 of the most popular and rewarding pieces written around 1975-85 for the prayerful celebration of the Mass. This choir edition contains the celebrant, cantor or choir parts and full accompaniments. First published 1985. GEOFFREY CHAPMAN 1985 PB 328pp Choir edition (full music) £37.99 10512 now £6.99 LIMITED QUANTITIES ONLY Sisters of Charity, and became a figure of international renown. LION 2009 PB 192pp Illus PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Arthur David Snider Updated in 2006, this text explores the solution of partial differential equations by separating variables, rather than by conducting qualitative theoretical analyses of their properties. It is geared towards applied mathematicians, physicists and engineers. £10.99 92585 now £4.99 MURDO: The Life and Works Sources and Solutions £6.99 11490 now £2.99 NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND: Essential Guide DOVER 2006 PB 670pp 280x210mm Iain Crichton Smith With an introduction by Stuart Conn, these are the tragi-comic stories of Murdo Macrae, a social and emotional misfit and also the ‘anarchic alter-ego cum anti-hero’ of the author. BIRLINN 2001 PB 290pp Ed. Christine Davis Ed. Brigid M Boardman Francis Thompson (1859-1907) is best known for his great poem, ‘The Hound of Heaven’. In this first complete edition from original manuscript and published sources, the poet’s biographer reveals the full range and variety of Thompson’s work. A New Edition SCALA 2008 PB 300pp Illus £14.95 16639 now £5.99 THE NORTH DOWNS Peter Brandon The relationship between London and the North Downs is a major theme in this study of the landscape and society of the region and its special contribution to the history of early modern England. PHILLIMORE 2005 HB 288pp Illus £25.00 40181 now £7.99 THE NOVEL CURE Ella Berthoud; Susan Elderkin Book club edition. CANONGATE 2013 HB 462pp An A-Z of Literary Remedies £17.99 16699 now £5.99 OLIVIER Philip Ziegler $34.95 10637 now £9.99 THE POEMS OF FRANCIS THOMPSON Book club edition. MACLEHOSE 2013 HB 463pp Illus £25.00 16700 now £9.99 THE ORIGINS OF FREEMASONRY Margaret C Jacob Separating fact from fiction, this study explores the origins of Freemasonry in the 18th century and discusses topics such as the ideals lodges sought to impart and the political implications of masonic membership. Facts and Fictions PENNSYLVANIA UP 2006 HB 176pp Illus $39.95 10635 now £9.99 PAPERMAKING ON THE WATER OF LEITH Ed. Alistair McCleery; David Finkelstein; Sarah Bromage Through the recollections of seven men and women who worked in the paper mills, this book examines the papermaking industry on the Water of Leith, near Edinburgh, from the early 1930s to the closure of the last mill in 1989. JOHN DONALD 2006 PB 192pp Illus £7.99 11495 now £3.99 PARANORMAL NORFOLK Frank Meers AMBERLEY 2010 PB 126pp Illus £12.99 99662 now £4.99 PARANORMAL SUSSEX True Ghost Stories David Scanlan From the A23 between Brighton and Pyecombe to Ye Olde Smugglers Inn, Alfriston, this is an illustrated gazetteer of Sussex hauntings, plus a practical introduction to ghost hunting. AMBERLEY 2009 PB 96pp Illus £12.99 99663 now £4.99 MUSIC FOR THE MASS 2 Ed. Geoffrey Boulton-Smith; Christopher McCurry This second collection includes new music by well-established composers and by a number of Irish composers. The book contains the celebrant, cantor and choir parts and full accompaniments. First published 1993. Choir edition (full music) GEOFFREY CHAPMAN 1998 PB 288pp £34.99 10513 now £6.99 CONTINUUM 2001 HB 548pp £50.00 10521 now £9.99 THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER James Hogg’s masterpiece is set in 18th century Scotland and recounts the corruption of Robert, a boy of strict Calvinist upbringing, by the mysterious Gil-Martin. First published in 1824. CANONGATE 2005 PB 240pp £6.99 11498 now £2.99 REALM: The Armada is Coming James Jackson’s historical thriller is set in 1588, as the Spanish Armada prepares to set sail for England and Elizabeth’s spymaster Walsingham sends a young soldier and agent, Christian Hardy, to join a deadly game of espionage, murder and treachery. JOHN MURRAY 2010 HB 416pp £12.99 92601 now £3.99 RELIGIONS OF STAR TREK Ross S Kraemer; William Cassidy; Susan L Schwartz What evil lurks beyond the stars? Can science save one’s soul? This book looks at how Star Trek’s creators tackled religious questions, and how they maintained a humanistic faith in free will and scientific enquiry over three decades of sci-fi adventures. WESTVIEW 2001 HB 256pp 99928 now £5.99 SHADES OF GREENE Jeremy Lewis Graham Greene’s remarkable family included a Director General of the BBC, a mountaineer and a senior MI6 agent; through their history, Lewis offers a rich panorama of English life in the 20th century. One Generation of an English Family JONATHAN CAPE 2010 HB 592pp £25.00 93349 now £8.99 SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN AND YOUNG COUPLES Charles Dickens Written while Dickens was still ‘Boz’, this collection of early short pieces includes ‘The Mudfog Papers’ – the basis for what became Oliver Twist. First published in 1838. OXFORD UP 2012 HB 247pp Illus With Sketches of Young Ladies £9.99 10605 now £4.99 SLANG: The People’s Poetry Michael Adams In what aims to be ‘a thorough inquiry into the very nature and purpose of slang’, Adams concentrates on American slang as he investigates its lexical, social, aesthetic and general linguistic aspects. OXFORD UP 2012 PB 256pp £11.99 11397 now £4.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 39 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 40 www.psbooks.co.uk LIMITED QUANTITIES ONLY SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE DECCAN, 1300-1761: EIGHT INDIAN LIVES The New Cambridge History of India (Volume 1.8) Richard M Eaton CAMBRIDGE UP 2008 PB 233pp Illus £23.99 11952 now £7.99 A SOURCE BOOK OF TRACTION ENGINES Denis Miller From the first ‘self moving’ steam engines to agricultural machines of the 1930s, this pocket book is an illustrated reference to 100 vehicles representing the entire history of the traction engine. BOUNTY 2008 HB 128pp Illus 110x165mm £5.99 98664 now £2.99 SPITFIRE VOICES Life as a Spitfire Pilot in the Words of the Veterans Dilip Sarkar’s evocative account of aerial combat during the Second World War uses the words and photo albums of 23 surviving Spitfire pilots and the letters and diaries of many who were killed. AMBERLEY 2010 HB 320pp Illus £20.00 84747 now £7.99 STEAMING ACROSS BRITAIN Julian Holland With more than 350 photographs, this nostalgic look back on the final years of steam on Britain’s railways provides potted ‘biographies’ of 33 lines and an overview of the flourishing steam heritage industry. AA 2011 HB 256pp Illus 280x220mm £25.00 88704 now £12.99 THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND Woody Guthrie and the Journey of an American Folk Song Robert Santelli American-cut pages. RUNNING PRESS 2012 HB 256pp Illus 230x215mm £15.99 16795 now £7.99 TO SCALE THE SKIES The Story of Group Captain JC ‘Johnny’ Wells DFC Peter Cornwell SPELLMOUNT 2011 PB 223pp Illus £12.99 10823 now £5.99 TOUGH WITHOUT A GUN The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart Stefan Kanfer What is about Bogie that has captured the collective imagination for so long? In answer to that question, this biography illuminates the private Bogart and explores some of his most celebrated performances in film. American-cut pages. KNOPF 2011 HB 299pp $26.95 95465 now £7.99 UNCLE SILAS Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu This ‘romance of terror’, the story of Silas Rutvyn and his niece, Maud, is one of Sheridan Le Fanu’s most unsettling and most rewarding novels. Introduction by Elizabeth Bowen (1946). A Tale of Bertram-Haugh NONSUCH 2006 PB 512pp £6.00 42493 now £2.99 THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY Captain Robert F Scott This second volume of Scott’s narrative of his first expedition to the Antarctic provides a personal record of the harsh conditions and dangers encountered in polar exploration, with illustrations and photographs by the expedition’s assistant surgeon. Volume Two NONSUCH 2007 PB 416pp Illus £20.00 46365 now £7.99 40 WE SAW SPAIN DIE Foreign Correspondents in the Spanish Civil War Paul Preston Drawing on the archives, diaries and personal papers of writers such as Hemingway, Orwell, Dos Passos and Gellhorn, Preston creates a vivid account of the courageous men and women who alerted the world to Spain’s agony. CONSTABLE 2009 PB 537pp Illus £12.99 16843 now £4.99 WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER Ed. Penelope Middleboe; Donald Fry; Christopher Grace The story of the Second World War is told here through the diaries of nine men and women – among them Vera Brittain and Harold Nicholson – who were living in Britain throughout the war. 6 CDs. Running time approx. 7 hours. Wartime Diaries 1939-1945 MACMILLAN DIGITAL AUDIO 2011 £16.99 97793 now £5.99 WESSEX AVIATION INDUSTRY Mike Phipp describes the proud aviation heritage of Wessex (Dorset, Wiltshire, western parts of Hampshire and Berkshire) and details the many companies that have been based there over the years. AMBERLEY 2011 PB 320pp Illus £19.99 99669 now £6.99 WIVES AND DAUGHTERS Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel follows the fortunes of Molly Gibson, whose world is turned upside down when her father remarries and a new stepmother and stepsister enter her life. First published 1866. PENGUIN 2009 PB 924pp £6.99 98170 now £2.99 ACADEMIC TITLES AFTER MODERNITY Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past Rodney Harrison; John Schofield Drawing on case studies as diverse as the Cold War and IKEA, the authors explore what happens if we take an archaeological approach to developed, post-industrial societies of the recent and contemporary past. OXFORD UP 2012 HB 340pp £75.00 11129 now £19.99 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LATE OTTOMAN EMPIRE M Sukru Hanioglu In a concise history of the Ottoman empire, 1789 to 1918, Hanioglu examines the opposition of local groups, nationalist movements and foreign powers to imperial efforts to centralize, and the consequences of that struggle. PRINCETON UP 2008 HB 256pp £32.95 97316 now £11.99 CATHOLICS IN ENGLAND 1950-2000 Historical and Sociological Perspectives Ed. Michael P Hornsby-Smith In 15 essays, this volume offers the most comprehensive collection of research-based evidence so far available for the huge social and religious transformations that Catholics experienced during the second half of the 20th century. CASSELL 1999 PB 359pp £50.00 29684 now £6.99 CHURCH-OF-ENGLANDISM AND ITS CATECHISM EXAMINED The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham Ed. James E Crimmins; Catherine Fuller First published in 1817, this work was part of a wider project to undermine the whole political, legal and ecclesiastical establishment in Eng- Postscript order line: 01626 897100 land, and includes a scathing attack on the Church’s Catechism and its system of education. No jacket. OXFORD UP 2011 HB 671pp £91.00 97320 now £40 COPPER SCROLL STUDIES Ed. George J Brooke; Philip R Davies T&T CLARK 2004 PB 360pp £39.99 66149 now £9.99 CORIOLANUS Ed. David George With extracts from writings on Coriolanus ranging in date from 1687 to 1940, this volume from the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition series aims to show how the play was received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. No jacket. Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition THOEMMES CONTINUUM 2004 HB 481pp £160.00 99437 now £30.00 DARTMOOR’S ALLURING UPLANDS Transhumance and Pastoral Management in the Middle Ages Harold Fox provides a new perspective on this famous area of moorland by focusing on transhumance – the seasonal transfer of grazing animals to different pastures – during the AngloSaxon and later medieval periods. No jacket. EXETER UP 2012 HB 304pp £55.00 99855 now £19.99 GEORGE III Peter DG Thomas ‘Primarily a study of high politics, for the power structure was centred on the Crown and parliament’, this book provides a detailed account of George III’s political behaviour. No jacket. King and Politicians 1760-1770 MANCHESTER UP 2002 HB 269pp 98347 now £7.99 H E BATES: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY Twentieth Century Writers Series No.6 Peter Eads From novels to Christmas cards, this bibliography includes all the published work of HE Bates, with the exception of reviews written for periodicals, but including some unpublished pamphlets and plays. No jacket. BRITISH LIBRARY 2007 HB 238pp £50.00 10738 now £12.99 HISTORY OF CORNMILLING Richard Bennett; John Elton This fourth and last volume of History of Cornmilling (1904) deals with famous ancient mills going back to medieval times: Castle Mills, Dublin; Shrewsbury Abbey Mills; Dee Mills, Chester; King’s Mills, Liverpool; and Jedburgh Corporation Mills. EP 1975 HB 242pp Volume IV: Some Feudal Mills 11661 now £5.99 HOMER AND THE ODYSSEY Suzanne Said A fresh overview of Homer and Homeric criticism and a review of current approaches, this translation is a revised and expanded version of the original French text (1998), with a new chapter on the representation of women in the Odyssey. OXFORD UP 2011 HB 426pp £95.00 11258 now £30.00 HORSE AND MAN IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND Peter Edwards In this scholarly account, Edwards looks at all aspects of the horse in early modern England, including attitudes towards horses, how they were bred and trained, how they were treated, the work they did, horse racing and cavalry horses. HAMBLEDON 2007 HB 349pp £50.00 99753 now £9.99 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 41 Order line: 01626 897100 THE IMAGE IN PRINT Book Illustration in Late Medieval England and Its Sources Martha W Driver focuses on woodcuts in preReformation and early Reformation period books and shows how these images can illuminate book production, reading culture and the impact of books in late medieval England. BRITISH LIBRARY 2004 HB 310pp Illus £40.00 94775 now £19.99 INCONSISTENCY IN ROMAN EPIC Studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan James J O’Hara CAMBRIDGE UP 2007 PB 177pp £21.99 16718 now £7.99 INFINITY Ed. Michael Heller; W Hugh Woodin This interdisciplinary study of infinity explores the concept through the prism of mathematics and then offers more expansive investigations beyond mathematics to reflect the broader, deeper implications of infinity for human intellectual thought. CAMBRIDGE UP 2011 HB 322pp New Research Frontiers £74.00 11797 now £24.99 J A HOBSON Jules Townshend examines the life and ideas of JA Hobson (1858-1940), a key figure in the British social democratic tradition, who helped lay the intellectual foundations of the Welfare State. From the Lives of the Left series. MANCHESTER UP 1990 HB 200pp 11659 now £5.99 LEARNING THE LAW Teaching and the Transmission of English Law, 1150-1900 Ed. Alain Wijffels; Jonathan A Bush Comprising 22 essays, this volume covers aspects of legal learning from the Becket Conflict and the invention of Lex Non Scripta in the 12th century to Sir Frederick Pollock and the revival of English legal education in the late 19th century. HAMBLEDON 2006 HB 444pp £60.00 98679 now £9.99 MATTHEW AND THE MARGINS A Socio-Political and Religious Reading Warren Carter’s detailed, line-by-line commentary presents the Gospel of Matthew as a counter-narrative, a work of resistance written from and for a minority community of disciples committed to Jesus, the agent of God’s saving presence. T&T CLARK 2000 PB 656pp £39.99 65865 now £9.99 MEDIEVAL URBANISM IN COPPERGATE RA Hall; K Hunter-Mann Refining a Townscape COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY 2002 PB 224pp 297x210mm £15.00 11685 now £9.99 THE PASSING OF BARCHESTER Clive Dewey This intriguing study of patronage in the Victorian Church presents the real-life equivalents of the clergy of Trollope’s Barchester novels in the history of a redoubtable Dean of Canterbury and the relations he appointed to lucrative benefices. A Real Life Version of Trollope HAMBLEDON 1991 PB 219pp Illus £19.99 67125 now £6.99 PERSIUS AND JUVENAL Ed. Maria Plaza Recent decades have seen a lively interest in Roman verse satire and this Oxford Readings in Classical Studies LIMITED QUANTITIES ONLY collection of 17 essays introduces the best of modern critical writing on Persius and Juvenal. The editor’s introduction provides a conspectus of recent scholarship. Latin quotations are given in English. OXFORD UP 2009 PB 566pp £47.00 97609 now £19.99 PETER Pheme Perkins describes the search for the historical Peter and the influence his image has had for both Roman Catholics and Protestants. Apostle for the Whole Church T&T CLARK 2000 PB 216pp £25.99 24570 now £7.99 PHILOSOPHICAL AND POLITICAL WRITINGS Martin Heidegger CONTINUUM 2003 HB 347pp Slightly off-mint. £95.00 99100 now £9.99 THE RAPE OF TROY Evolution,Violence and the World of Homer Jonathan Gottschall CAMBRIDGE UP 2008 HB 235pp £68.00 16720 now £14.99 SERVANTS AND GENTLEWOMEN TO THE GOLDEN LAND Cecille Swaisland presents a scholarly study of the emigration of single women from Britain to southern Africa between 1820 and 1939, exploring the women’s reasons for emigrating and what kinds of work and opportunities awaited them. BERG 1993 PB 198pp £18.99 99191 now £5.99 SIR JOHN AUBREY Sixth Baronet of Llantrithyd 1739-1826 John Aubrey-Fletcher LEOPARD’S HEAD 1988 HB 388pp £9.00 11697 now £5.99 THE STORY OF LIBRARIES From the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age Fred Lerner Exploring ‘the ways in which men and women collected and organized the records of human experience’, Lerner’s historical narrative spans temple records in antiquity to the internet today. CONTINUUM 2007 PB 246pp £27.99 99805 now £6.99 SUPERSYMMETRY AND BEYOND From the Higgs Boson to the New Physics UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY David Pocock In this classic of anthropology, Pocock introduces readers to the kaleidoscopic diversity of cultures around the world and the very rich variety of their ways of life. First published in 1975. ATHLONE 1999 PB 255pp £27.99 24283 now £5.99 VICTORIAN SENSATION or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in 19th Century Britain Michael Diamond This entertaining survey shows how the Victorian popular press regaled the public with lurid accounts of murder, scandal and corruption, and laid the groundwork for today’s tabloid media. ANTHEM 2003 HB 328pp Illus £50.00 84306 now £7.99 THE VISUAL OBJECT OF DESIRE IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND Sarah Stanbury Little remains of the rich visual culture of late medieval English piety, much of the devotional arts having fallen victim to the Reformation. In this study Stanbury explores that lost traffic in visual images and its impact on contemporary authors and artists. PENNSYLVANIA UP 2008 HB 298pp Illus $65.00 10643 now £14.99 VOLPONE or THE FOX Ben Johnson Part of the Revels Plays series, this critical edition (1999) of Volpone edited by Brian Parker is based on a wider collation of the 1607 quarto and the 1616 folio versions than was previously possible. MANCHESTER UP 1999 PB 365pp £11.99 98357 now £4.99 VOTING RECORDS OF THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS (Six volumes) 1761-1820 Ed. Donald E Ginter No jackets. HAMBLEDON 1995 HB 3100pp 215x300mm £400.00 35599 now £35.00 WAR OF EXTERMINATION The German Military in World War II 1941-1944 Ed. Hannes Heer; Klaus Naumann First published in Germany in 1995, this volume of 17 essays demolishes the myth, perpetuated by its generals, that the Wehrmacht was not involved in the Third Reich’s programme of mass murder in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. BERGHAHN 2004 PB 476pp Gordon Kane £18.50 55766 now £6.99 WILHELMINISM AND ITS LEGACIES £13.99 11748 now £5.99 THE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY German Modernities, Imperialism, and the Meanings of Reform, 1890-1930 BASIC 2013 PB 211pp Jeffrey B Gibson This study lays the groundwork for establishing the validity of the thesis that the early church held a selective and unified view of the nature and content of the various temptations Jesus was subjected to in his lifetime. T&T CLARK 2004 PB 378pp £37.99 94826 now £8.99 THOMAS AND REBECCA VAUGHAN’S AQUA VITAE: NON VITIS Ed. Donald R Dickson The alchemical notebook from the 1650s documenting the work of a leading ‘experimental philosopher’ and his wife, is presented here in the original Latin with facing English translation, and an extensive introduction. ARIZONA 2001 HB 328pp (British Library MS, Sloane 1741) £31.00 91988 now £9.99 Ed. Geoff Eley; James Retallack BERGHAHN 2004 PB 279pp £15.00 55768 now £6.99 WITTGENSTEIN Avrum Stroll offers a guide to ‘the greatest modern philosopher’, outlining the achievements of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) and providing a straightforward analysis of his ‘three great ideas’. ONEWORLD 2002 PB 162pp £9.99 91514 now £4.99 WHY WAS CHARLES I EXECUTED? Clive Holmes poses and answers eight questions on the Civil War, beginning with ‘Why did Charles I call the Long Parliament?’ and ending with ‘Was there an English Revolution?’ HAMBLEDON 2006 HB 260pp Illus £40.00 94957 now £9.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 41 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:42 Page 42 www.psbooks.co.uk BIOGRAPHY NEW ANNE BOLEYN The Queen of Controversy: A Biographical Essay Lacey Baldwin Smith Anne Boleyn was the cause of three of the most important events in English history: the break with Rome, the development of the nation state, and the reign of her daughter Elizabeth I. This elegant biographical study not only traces her early life and education, her marriage to King Henry VIII, and her trial and execution accused of adultery and incest; it probes the mystery of how an apparently unremarkable young woman became the fulcrum of profound historical change. AMBERLEY 2013 HB 256pp Illus £20.00 16727 now £7.99 Anne Boleyn as she may have looked when she first came to court in 1521 NEW CONSTANTINE Unconquered Emperor, Christian Victor Paul Stephenson In 312 CE, Constantine – one of four emperors ruling a divided empire – marched on Rome to establish control of the western empire. On the eve of the decisive battle he saw a vision which led him to convert to Christianity. Stephenson’s biography uses literary, artistic, numismatic and archaeological evidence to examine the religious background of Constantine’s conversion and the life and legacy of a seminal figure in the political and cultural history of the West. QUERCUS 2011 PB 384pp Illus £9.99 16643 now £4.99 Alison Plowden Born in 1533, Elizabeth I was the child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. The Spanish ambassador Count de Feria was later to remark that she ‘gives her orders and has her way as absolutely as her father did’. In this compelling narrative history, beginning 100 years before Elizabeth’s birth, Plowden explores how the motherless and disinherited daughter, yet future queen, gained the strength of character to become England’s ‘Gloriana’. HISTORY PRESS 2011 PB 252pp THE YOUNG ELIZABETH £9.99 93600 now £3.99 CASTLEREAGH Enlightenment, War and Tyranny John Bew Shy, inarticulate but intensely driven, Castlereagh helped to defeat Napoleon and won respect from the great powers of Europe and America; but he remains a controversial figure nearly two centuries after his death, still dogged by the reputation as a tyrant and reactionary which followed him from his native Ireland. In this new study Bew reassesses Castlereagh’s achievements and legacy, arguing that he reflected the complexity and tensions at the heart of the European Enlightenment. QUERCUS 2011 HB 762pp Illus £25.00 11836 now £9.99 GLADSTONE God and Politics NEW SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT André Clot Suleiman I, called ‘the Magnificent’ by Europeans, ruled as Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566, controlling his state firmly, capturing Constantinople and extending his empire as the Christian world struggled to unite against him. In an informed and intelligent study, Clot describes the military and economic successes of a reign which marked the apogee of Ottoman power, setting them in the context of Europe’s recent troubled centuries and examining Suleiman’s reputation as a lawgiver. SAQI 2012 PB 409pp £14.99 16873 now £5.99 42 Richard Shannon ‘We don’t do God,’ Alastair Campbell famously said of British politics. This was not always the case, though the traditional view of Gladstone, one of the most influential British statesmen of the 19th century, has largely ignored the fact. Drawing extensively on Gladstone’s own diaries, this masterly and elegantly written biography restores the balance to demonstrate the importance of the great Liberal Prime Minister’s religious faith in shaping his policy on reform and his sense of Britain’s imperial mission. CONTINUUM 2008 PB 572pp £30.00 76678 now £7.99 SAMUEL MORTON PETO A Victorian Entrepreneur Adrian Vaughan Peto’s bust at Norwich station is labelled ‘Baptist, Philanthropist and Entrepreneur.’ Others called him a liar and a fraud. Chiefly known as a railway contractor, he was also responsible for Britain’s first shopping mall and other significant developments. Using personal letters alongside his political speeches and articles, this biography reveals the public and private lives of an entrepreneurial genius who paved the way for the Victorian industrial age – and for whom the end mattered more than the means. IAN ALLAN 2009 HB 192pp Illus £19.99 97224 now £6.99 NEW BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER Madame Rachel of Bond Street Helen Rappaport tells the thrilling story of a Victorian woman who began life as a fish-fryer and ended up with a shop on New Bond Street where wealthy clients flocked to buy her creams and potions, on the promise of eternal beauty. Fraught with tales of love affairs, blackmail, high-profile court cases and suicide, Madame Rachel’s extraordinary story provides a portrait of the seamier side of 19th century London. VINTAGE 2012 PB 320pp Illus £8.99 16641 now £3.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 43 Order line: 01626 897100 BIOGRAPHY NEW THE SUGAR GIRLS Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End Duncan Barrett; Nuala Calvi The most sought after employer for young East End women in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War was the famous sugar refiner Tate and Lyle. The company offered the best pay and provided an unrivalled social life. Highlighting the camaraderie as well as the hard work, this book recounts the adventures of some of the young women who worked there in the 1940s and 1950s. COLLINS 2012 PB 352pp £7.99 16648 now £3.99 THE LIFE OF IRENE NEMIROVSKY 1903-1942 NANCY The Story of Lady Astor NEW Adrian Fort The first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons in 1919 was in fact an American, Nancy Astor. This revealing biography tells how she rose from penury in Virginia to marry into one of the richest families in the United States. It traces the religious roots of the steely moral purpose that underlay her glamour, and charts her glittering social circle, which included Churchill, Lawrence of Arabia and Charlie Chaplin. ST MARTIN’S 2013 HB 396pp Illus $25.99 16793 now £5.99 Olivier Philipponnat; Patrick Lienhardt The discovery and publication of Suite Française in 2004 created a sensation, and revived interest in its author, a celebrate novelist of the 1930s whose work had fallen into neglect since her death in Auschwitz. Drawing on interviews, untapped archives, and Nemirovsky’s diaries, this authoritative biography tells a story as gripping and tragic as any of her novels, from her childhood in Kiev and emigration to France after the Revolution, to the heights of literary fame and her deportation by the Nazis. wards, Lev’s incarceration in one of Stalin’s most notorious labour camps. For 14 years they exchanged letters – Lev’s beautifully written, uncensored, and smuggled from the Gulag; Svetlana’s a testament to constancy and hope from a grim post-war Moscow. Using their correspondence – the largest cache of Gulag letters ever found – Figes reconstructs a story of love’s triumph over adversity. ALLEN LANE 2012 HB 339pp £20.00 98106 now £7.99 VINTAGE 2011 PB 480pp Illus £9.99 99889 now £3.99 Lothar Machtan In this biographical study, Machtan’s controversial thesis is that Hitler was homosexual, and that one cannot begin to understand him, his entry into politics and the early Nazi movement without a clear understanding of this aspect of his identity. The book documents the homosexual milieu in which the young Hitler lived in Vienna, describes the homoerotic nature of the early Nazi movement and reveals the way in which Hitler’s homosexual past threatened him politically and left him open to blackmail. Translated by John Brownjohn. Slightly off-mint. PERSEUS 2001 HB 448pp Illus THE HIDDEN HITLER HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC The Sinking of J Bruce Ismay Frances Wilson As the Titanic slid beneath the waves, its owner, J Bruce Ismay, jumped into a lifeboat and was rowed to safety. But if Ismay survived, his reputation did not. Condemned by an inquiry and vilified in the press, he became a guilt-ridden recluse. Drawing on his unpublished letters to Marion Thayer, with whom he had fallen in love on the voyage, this insightful, perceptive account unravels the reasons behind his jump and his struggle to live with its aftermath. Felttip mark on lower trimmed edge. HARPER PERENNIAL 2011 PB 348pp Illus $15.99 16788 now £6.99 63786 now £6.99 JUST SEND ME WORD A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag Orlando Figes tells the story of two Muscovites, Lev and Svetlana, whose love survived the war of 1941-45 and, after- ALIX AND NICKY The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina Virginia Rounding Opinion is divided over the last Romanovs: the last Tsar of all the Russias, Nicholas II, has been described as both lacking in intellect and intellectually astute; and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna has been cast as both evil genius and saint. Beyond dispute is their love for each other. In this biography, Rounding uses texts including diaries and letters to look again at the lives of these two complex characters and their passionate relationship. ST MARTIN’S 2011 HB 394pp Illus Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Mountbatten in August 1947 on the announcement of their engagement NEW HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II Diamond Jubilee 1952-2012 Michael Patterson Published to mark the Silver Jubilee in 2012, this collection of photographs from the archive of the Daily Mail shows Queen Elizabeth from soon after her birth in 1926, through her childhood and the war years, to her marriage, coronation and on through the events of 60 years on the throne. The photographs, including both formal and informal portraits of the Queen and her family, are set in context by Michael Paterson’s narrative of her life and reign. $29.99 10835 now £7.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk RUNNING PRESS 2012 PB 190pp Illus $20.00 16786 now £3.99 f 43 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 44 www.psbooks.co.uk BIOGRAPHY Ashley Jackson Uniquely endowed with talent, energy and determination, Winston Churchill was, in the words of Professor Jackson, ‘a formidably powerful human being, a man whose achievements and greatness have become so interwoven with 20th century world history that it is easy to take them for granted’. In this much-acclaimed account, Jackson describes the contours and contradictions of a remarkable life and career and ‘Winston Churchill’s appointment with destiny’. QUERCUS 2012 PB 432pp NEW CHURCHILL £9.99 16642 now £4.99 NEW THE SECRET MINISTRY OF AG AND FISH My Life in Churchill’s School for Spies OUTLINES SERIES The Outlines series of profiles explores and portrays the various and often unexpected ways in which homosexuality has informed the life and creative work of influential gay artists, writers and performers of recent times. ABSOLUTE 1997/2005 PB 112/142pp 185x145mm £8.99/£6.99 now £3.99 each David Lancaster Drawing on biographies, critical studies and gay and film histories, Lancaster presents a significant re-examination of the life and work of Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), one of Hollywood’s most emotionally ambiguous and tragic stars. 11936 NEW MONTGOMERY CLIFT Noreen Riols When Noreen Riols applied for the Wrens in 1943, it was noted that she was a fluent French speaker and she soon found herself working for Maurice Buckmaster, the head of SOE’s F Section (although she told everyone she was working for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries). This memoir recalls her time at the hub of the French section’s spying operations, helping to train and brief agents and delivering coded messages via the BBC. MACMILLAN 2013 HB 318pp £20.00 16803 now £6.99 NEW HARRY H CORBETT The Front Legs of the Cow Susannah Corbett Before landing the role of ’Arold Steptoe in 1962, Harry H Corbett had been gaining a reputation as one of Britain’s most promising serious actors. Appearing in Shakespeare, TV drama and Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, his intense performances provoked comparisons to Marlon Brando. This biography, written by his daughter, recounts how he rose from a Manchester slum and how the enormous success of Steptoe and Son restricted his later career. HISTORY PRESS 2012 PB 460pp Illus DAVID HOCKNEY and His Friends Peter Adam Based on candid conversation with the artist, this profile of David Hockney traces his artistic development and, from the perspective of his enduring fascination with the male nude, charts his relationship with the friends and lovers who fired his imagination and are portrayed in his work. 11932 NEW £9.99 16880 now £3.99 LITERARY BIOGRAPHY Helen Amy In the mid-19th century, a verger of Winchester Cathedral, puzzled by the number of visitors to Jane Austen’s grave, asked ‘Was there anything particular about this lady?’ Drawing on a little-known diary, memoirs and letters, this book tells the story of Austen’s life in her own words, and those of the people who knew her: her quiet rural existence as a parson’s daughter, her development as a novelist – and the extraordinary posthumous growth of her literary fame. AMBERLEY 2013 HB 208pp Illus JANE AUSTEN MALCOLM X A Life of Revolution Manning Marable Malcolm X is etched into the American imagination – all too often in negative terms as an uncompromising militant. In this biography, Marable sifts the evidence to paint a compelling portrait of this complex, charismatic figure, evoking the complicated outlines of a black life at a critical juncture in US history. Brimming with revelations, it shreds popular misconceptions, restores justice to this important Civil Rights leader, and probes the terrible secrets of his untimely death. VIKING 2011 HB 606pp Illus $30.00 10700 now £8.99 44 £20.00 16373 now £7.99 JOHN KEATS A New Life Nicholas Roe This fresh and observant biography explodes the conventional view of the great Romantic poet as a delicate, sensitive figure. Meticulously researched, it Postscript order line: 01626 897100 tracks his childhood in the City of London, the locations that inspired his poems, his raffish circle of friends - Leigh Hunt, Hazlitt, Lamb, Severn - and his doomed love for Fanny Brawne. It magically conveys Keats's shifting moods and burning ambitions to reveal a passionate, flesh-and-blood young man in thrall to alcohol, opium, and sexual desire. YALE UP 2012 HB 446pp £25.00 16401 now £7.99 Vladimir Nabokov In this critical biography, Nabokov analyses his compatriot Nikolai Gogol (1809-52), ‘the oddest Russian in Russia’, focusing on the masterpieces – Dead Souls and the short stories The Overcoat and The Government Inspector. First published in 1944. NIKOLAI GOGOL PENGUIN 2011 PB 158pp £12.99 98127 now £4.99 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 45 Order line: 01626 897100 LITERARY BIOGRAPHY Tom Williams What we know about Raymond Chandler is obscured by secrets and half truths as deceptive as anything in his novel The Long Goodbye. Now, drawing on new interviews and unpublished letters and archives, literary gumshoe Tom Williams reveals the dark material that shaped the lonely, ambiguous world of Chandler’s thrillers: a childhood scarred by his father’s alcohol-fuelled violence, a wrecked career as an oilman, and a troubled relationship with an older woman. AURUM 2012 HB 386pp NEW RAYMOND CHANDLER £20.00 11966 now £7.99 The Poetic Lives series offers short, authoritative biographies of the world’s best-known poets, illustrated by extracts from their works. Each book traces its subject’s youth, writing career and literary legacy, while demonstrating the interplay of art and life. HESPERUS 2009-11 PB 144-160pp POETIC LIVES DICKENS A Memoir of Middle Age Peter Ackroyd Charles Dickens was a complex personality. Fame, success and wealth could never assuage the shame and sadness of his father’s bankruptcy and imprisonment which fuelled his great fiction. In this abridged edition of his acclaimed biography, novelist and cultural historian Peter Ackroyd offers a fresh view of Dickens’s life, demonstrating how the novels are set in places where he lived, peopled with characters he knew, and inspired by the dark preoccupations that haunted him. VINTAGE 2012 PB 621pp Illus Robert Mighall KEATS Nicholas Robins 99625 JOHN DONNE 99624 Rebecca Swift DICKINSON 99623 £7.99 each now £3.99 each £10.99 97819 now £4.99 EDITH SITWELL Avant-Garde Poet, English Genius Richard Greene One of a trio of aristocratic, eccentric and artistically inclined siblings, Edith Sitwell is largely remembered for her severe and striking profile and for her exotic and extravagant costumes. This sympathetic and impressively researched biography uncovers her troubled upbringing, her religious beliefs, her passionate love affairs, and the deep pain she felt at two World Wars. Above all, however, it establishes the author of ‘Still Falls the Rain’ as a pioneering Modernist and a major English poet. PHILIP LARKIN Letters to Monica Ed. Anthony Thwaite Monica Jones was Philip Larkin’s lover and confidant for 40 years until his death in 1985. On her death in 2001, almost 2000 letters, postcards and telegrams came to light. Relaxed, intimate, affectionate and often very funny, they chronicle, day by day, almost every aspect of Larkin’s life: his poetry and the events that shaped it, his work as a librarian, his friendships, and his insights on literature, from Hardy and DH Lawrence to WH Auden and Kingsley Amis. PG WODEHOUSE A Life in Letters Ed. Sophie Ratcliffe One of the funniest writers of the 20th century, PG Wodehouse shied away from a biography. Drawing on unpublished sources, this definitive edition of his letters gives an unrivalled insight into his life and his comic creations. Covering his schooldays, his family’s financial troubles, his musical comedy career in New York and the unhappy episode when, interned by the Germans, he was accused of broadcasting Nazi propaganda, it is a book every fan of Jeeves and Wooster will want. HUTCHINSON 2011 HB 620pp Illus £30.00 98366 now £11.99 FABER 2010 HB 492pp £22.50 96714 now £7.99 VIRAGO 2012 PB 544pp Illus £12.99 97668 now £6.99 f Our full range of Biography titles can be found at www.psbooks.co.uk CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE A Part of Life LOVE FROM NANCY The Letters of Nancy Mitford Ed. Charlotte Mosley Nancy Mitford (1904-73) was one of the great letter writers of last century, and her sparkling correspondence to her famous family and wide circle of friends sheds an extraordinary light on their lives and the times in which they lived. The first published collection of Nancy Mitford’s correspondence, this volume draws on 8,000 letters spanning six decades from 1912 to 1973. With introductions, notes and biographical notes on recipients. John Mortimer This first part of the autobiography of John Mortimer (19232009) recounts his solitary childhood in the English countryside, with an increasingly unconventional barrister father whose blindness must never be mentioned and a vague but endlessly patient mother; his boyhood dreams of a tap-dancing career on the stage and his early years in the career his father pushed him into, the law – the profession that was to inspire his hilarious literary creations. SCEPTRE 1994 PB 624pp Illus £9.99 94683 now £4.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk PENGUIN 2010 PB 235pp £9.99 98062 now £3.99 45 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 46 www.psbooks.co.uk LITERATURE NEW CARELESS PEOPLE Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby Sarah Churchwell A former Sunday Times Book of the Week, Sarah Churchwell’s evocative book takes us back to the jazz age of 1920s and tells the true story behind The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, exploring in detail the book’s relation to the extravagant, scandalous and chaotic world in which its author lived. VIRAGO 2013 PB 347pp £9.99 16496 now £3.99 CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE A Feast for Book Lovers Christopher Frayling One day in 1747, Horace Walpole’s cat Selima fell into a tub of goldfishes and drowned, inspiring Thomas Gray to write his much-loved Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat. This delightful, handsomely produced book takes the poem as a starting point for an exploration of 18th century matters feline, drawing in Rousseau, Johnson and Christopher Smart. It features three sets of illustrations for the poem: engravings by Richard Bentley (1753), watercolours by Blake (1797) and previously unpublished drawings by Kathleen Hale (1944), above. THAMES & HORACE WALPOLE’S CAT HUDSON 2009 HB 80pp Illus 310x240mm £14.95 98406 now £7.99 Roberto Calasso The mid-19th century metropolis was a new and, for many, a terrifying phenomenon. Like no poet before him, Charles Baudelaire captured its ephemeral, fleeting essence. In this extraordinary, genre-defying book, Roberto Calasso ranges through the poet’s life and work, focusing on two painters – Ingres and Delacroix – about whom he wrote acutely. In a dazzling mosaic of stories, insights, dreams and analysis, Calasso explores Baudelaire’s phantasmagorical vision of Paris – and the nature of modernity. ALLEN LANE 2012 HB 338pp NEW LA FOLIE BAUDELAIRE £35.00 11963 now £9.99 John Sutherland Which author had the heaviest brain? Which railway station is named after a novel? When did cigarettes first appear in English literature? And what do 12 percent of Booker prizewinners have in common? These and many more arcane questions are answered in this richly entertaining anthology of trivia for book lovers, illustrated with the characteristically scabrous drawings of the Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson. SKYHORSE 2011 PB 303pp Illus $12.95 10565 now £3.99 THE POCKET GUIDE TO POETS AND POETRY Andrew Taylor After chapters reflecting on what poetry is, tracing its history and describing the different types of metre and verse forms, the Pocket Guide gives brief biographies and details of the principal works of over 250 poets, arranged chronologically from Homer to Simon Armitage. There is also a glossary and an index of poets. REMEMBER WHEN 2011 PB 160pp Illus William Maurice During his lifetime, the literature-loving mining engineer William Maurice (1872-1951) amassed a collection of poetry and prose about life in the pits. Never published before, it is presented in this handsome volume with a biographical introduction and illustrations from his collection of drawings and prints. Some of the pieces are by well-known writers such as DH Lawrence, JB Priestley and Emile Zola; others by miners themselves. The result is a powerful, absorbing portrait of hardship, danger and camaraderie. JAMES & JAMES 2004 HB 309pp £25.00 16420 now £7.99 £12.99 10993 now £4.99 ARIEL’S GIFT A Commentary on Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes Erica Wagner When Birthday Letters was published in 1998, it was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. Few suspected that Ted Hughes had been at work, for a quarter of a century, on a cycle of poems addressed almost entirely to his first wife, the American poet Sylvia Plath. Here, Erica Wagner provides a commentary on the Birthday Letters poems, indicating the events that shaped them and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Sylvia Plath’s own work. FABER 2000 HB 231pp £14.99 98195 now £5.99 NEW POSSESSED OF A PAST A John Banville Reader John Banville; ‘The past beats inside me like a second heart’, wrote John Banville in his Booker Prize-winning novel The Sea. This selection by Raymond Bell includes extracts from all of Banville’s published novels, radio plays (some printed for the first time), essays, fragments of memoir, and his earliest fiction. The Reader is a compelling overview of the work of one of the world’s great novelists, and testimony to the haunting power of memory in his writing. PICADOR 2012 HB 501pp £14.99 16367 now £6.99 46 NEW A PITMAN’S ANTHOLOGY Postscript order line: 01626 897100 Orcadian poet Robert Rendall in the late 1960s THE HISTORY OF ORKNEY LITERATURE NEW Simon W Hall From Viking sagas to the poets and novelists of the 20th century, Orkney has a long and brilliant literary culture. This first full survey of writing from and about the archipelago covers the full historical sweep, and is generously furnished with extracts. It traces the roots of the tradition in the Orkneyinga Saga, its 19th century revival, and its influence on modern writers such as Edwin Muir and George Mackay Brown, to identify the islands’ unique and compelling voice. JOHN DONALD 2010 PB 236pp Illus £20.00 11465 now £7.99 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 47 Order line: 01626 897100 SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS Giles Sparrow Featuring over 100 specially produced star maps and the latest space photography, this carefully produced book charts the 88 constellations of the celestial sphere and the movement of the planets, as well as providing a month-by-month guide to the night sky in the northern and southern hemispheres. The digitally produced charts are particularly clear, with stars precisely sized according to their brightness or magnitude, and deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies represented distinctly. NEW CONSTELLATIONS QUERCUS 2013 HB 320pp Illus 184x245mm £16.99 16893 now £6.99 Richard Happer Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn can be seen with the naked eye, and a good pair of binoculars is enough to reveal some detail in the planets of the Solar System. With clear and concise explanatory text, large colour illustrations, photographs and star charts, this introduction to astronomy explains the formation of stars, galaxies and nebulae, provides a guide to the constellations and gives advice on how to get started with star-gazing. Published in association with the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. STARS AND PLANETS NEW A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST John M Steele Astronomy, one of the world’s oldest sciences, was born in ancient Mesopotamia; many centuries later it was the work of medieval Islamic astronomers that built on ancient Greek advances and, through the production of astronomical instruments, led to the breakthroughs of Copernicus and Kepler. Steele tells the story of Middle Eastern study of the heavens, from the earliest surviving cuneiform documents to the legacy of ancient observations, models and theories in modern science. SAQI 2008 PB 154pp Illus £7.99 16862 now £3.99 THE REASON WHY The Miracle of Life on Earth John Gribbin There are several hundred billion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy , yet out of all these, Earth is the only planet with intelligent life on it. Why? John Gribbin argues that life on Earth is the result of an extraordinary set of cosmic events have not, as yet, occurred anywhere else in our galaxy; he explains why Earth is the only intelligent planet and why it is so special. PENGUIN 2012 PB 238pp COLLINS 2013 HB 176pp Illus 300x230mm £20.00 99859 now £7.99 THE DICTIONARY OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH SCIENTISTS (Four volumes) Ed. Bernard Lightman With more than 1,200 entries on both prominent and lesserknown figures, this major reference work offers a detailed summary of the development of British science in the 19th century. With equal attention paid to amateur and professional scientists, the dictionary covers areas such as phrenology, mesmerism, scientific journalism and instrument making, as well as the more traditional sciences. No jackets. THOEMMES 2004 HB 2,296pp £850.00 56875 now £60.00 THE MYSTERY OF METAMORPHOSIS A Scientific Detective Story Frank Ryan The idea of ‘metamorphosis’ conjures up stories from mythology and science fiction, but many real creatures undergo wondrous transformations which remain some of the least understood phenomena in nature. Evolutionary biologist Frank Ryan elucidates the last two centuries of debate between the scientists who have tried to solve this riddle. He brings the story up to date with Don Williamson’s iconoclastic theory that the origins of metamorphosis could lie in the fusion of completely different species. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. CHELSEA GREEN 2011 HB 317pp $26.95 99979 now £6.99 The Spire in the Eagle Nebula, M16 £9.99 98145 now £4.99 EASY AS PI The Countless Ways We Use Numbers Every Day Jamie Buchan Numbers are all-pervasive in our world; Pythagoras even said they rule the universe. This guide to the numbers of everyday life explains how they influence our religion, myth, fiction and linguistic idioms, why some numbers are considered lucky or unlucky, how they are exploited in games and scams, and their vital role in the realms of mathematics and science. READER’S DIGEST 2009 HB 175pp $14.95 88057 now £3.99 Ian Stewart The celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart provides an overview of the role of mathematics in life science – from the study of cellular organization to the behaviour and evolution of entire living beings. Off-mint. BASIC 2011 HB 365pp THE MATHEMATICS OF LIFE $27.99 95456 now £7.99 Anthony E Labarre Jr Geared toward those who have studied elementary calculus and intend to progress to more advanced mathematics, this book stresses concepts rather than techniques. It emphasizes the simplest setting of basic theorems so that students may progress from ‘one-space’ to ‘n-space’ calculus. Each chapter features several helpful exercises. DOVER 2008 PB 265pp INTERMEDIATE MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS £14.99 11811 now £4.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 47 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 48 www.psbooks.co.uk RELIGION Fr Jose Maria Roman CM St Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) is revered by Catholics and Anglicans alike for his pioneering charitable work. Translated from the Spanish, this is the most important biography of the saint to be published in English in recent years. Piecing together the fragments of the historical record, it recounts his dramatic abduction by Barbary pirates and subsequent slavery, his escape, and his founding of the Congregation of the Mission, and sets his life in the context of his times. Translated by Sr Joyce Howard. MELISENDE 2002 PB 729pp ST VINCENT DE PAUL £20.00 11097 now £6.99 A PRIEST TO THE TEMPLE or THE COUNTRY PARSON with Selected Poems George Herbert In 1630, George Herbert became parson in a rural parish with tumbledown churches and an uninhabitable rectory. Written at that time, when country people were often ignored by the clergy and church buildings were scandalously neglected, The Country Parson was, as Ronald Blythe writes in his introduction, Herbert’s ‘clarion call to the rural Church of England to re-order itself and become worthy of its Lord’. The book also contains Blythe’s personal selection of Herbert’s poetry. CANTERBURY 2003 HB 136pp £9.99 98904 now £4.99 JACOB’S WOUND Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of Ancient Israel Theodore W Jennings Jr The religion and culture of ancient Israel have been seen as resolutely opposed to same-sex erotic relationships. Here, Jennings argues that the well-known erotism of the Hebrew Bible includes material that lends itself to homoerotic interpretation. He examines the saga associated with David and the complex erotic connections between David and Saul and David and Jonathan; the shamanistic forms of erotism involving Samuel and Saul and Elijah and Elisha; and the transgendering of Israel by several prophets. CONTINUUM 2005 PB 288pp A CONCORDANCE TO THE GREEK TESTAMENT According to the Texts of Westcott and Hort, Tischendorf and the Fifth edition English Revisers Ed. WF Moulton; AS Geden; HK Moulton First published in 1897, the New Testament concordance familiarly known as ‘Moulton and Geden’ reached this fifth edition in 1978, when a 76-page Supplement was added to give fuller citations for the most common words from the volume’s 5,624 entries. It otherwise retains all the features of the earlier editions, with quotation of every passage of the Greek text that includes each word, together with an indication of the vocabulary which also appears in the Septuagint. No jacket. T&T CLARK 1996 HB 1,110pp £85.00 98691 now £30.00 Bart D Ehrman As a prominent biblical scholar, Bart Ehrman is often asked: ‘Did Jesus exist?’ So in this book he addresses the claims most often made, whether by atheists, humanists, conspiracy theorists or scholars, to argue against the historicity of the itinerant preacher from Nazareth. Carefully analysing the available evidence and explaining the techniques used by researchers, he offers a compelling picture of the historical Jesus, his first century context and the early Christian movement. HARPERONE 2012 HB 362pp £18.99 16386 now £8.99 JESUS, AN EMERGING JEWISH MOSAIC Jewish Perspectives, Post-Holocaust Daniel F Moore examines how the figure of Jesus has been viewed in recent decades by seven Jewish scholars, including Samuel Sandmel and Eugene B Borowitz, who have sought to present Jesus objectively from a Jewish perspective. Assessing the validity of their viewpoints, he asks how their work has contributed to the quest for the historical Jesus, to ecumenical relations between Jews and Christians and to contemporary Jewish and Christian theology. T&T CLARK 2008 HB 334pp £22.99 61502 now £5.99 £80.00 99517 now £9.99 THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF JUDAISM Volume IV: The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period CLERICAL CELIBACY The Heritage William E Phipps The sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church has raised questions about clerical celibacy. Drawing on an impressive range of sources, this authoritative and wide-ranging study traces the history of the priesthood from Old Testament Judaism through the church fathers, the Middle Ages and the Reformation to the present. The author’s researches reveal that mandatory celibacy was a late introduction, while interviews with today’s priests suggest that it has damaged the church, and continues to do so. Slightly off-mint. NEW Ed. Steven T Katz Comprising over 40 essays, arranged chronologically, this volume covers the period from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE to the rise of Islam around 640 CE. It deals with the major historical, political and cultural developments in Jewish history and the history of Judaism in this crucial era during which the faith took on its classical shape. With the editor’s introduction and index. CAMBRIDGE UP 2006 HB 1,163pp £173.00 16710 now £40.00 48 DID JESUS EXIST? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth Trans. Hermann Gunkel First published in 1901 and hugely influential on subsequent Old Testament research, Hermann Gunkel’s commentary on Genesis displays great breadth of learning and literary sensitivity. This English translation of the third edition makes available to a wider readership the work in which Gunkel developed his new methods and grappled with issues such as the nature of patriarchal religion and the interrelationship between documentary sources, oral tradition and editorial activity. MERCER UP 1997 HB 578pp NEW GENESIS $60.00 16772 now £9.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 CONTINUUM 2004 HB 280pp £24.99 98689 now £6.99 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 49 Order line: 01626 897100 RELIGION Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok Covering both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions, from New Testament times to the present, this volume offers an invaluable guide to the men and women who have influenced the course of Christian history, including the founding fathers, saints, popes, philanthropists, theologians, monarchs, missionaries and heretics. The A-Z of entries describes the lives, opinions and achievements of personalities from Peter Abelard to Ulrich Zwingli, with bibliographic references for major figures and a glossary of theological terms. WHO’S WHO IN CHRISTIANITY ROUTLEDGE 1998 PB 374pp 99292 now £5.99 SACRED SCRIPTURES OF THE WORLD RELIGIONS THE FIRST MUSLIM The Story of Muhammad NEW Lesley Hazleton How did Muhammad, an ‘outsider’ of humble origins, come to revolutionize his world as a radical thinker who challenged the social and political order, and whose influence is felt so strongly in today’s politics and religion? Lesley Hazleton, who reported on the Middle East for more than a dozen years, has produced a readable and demystifying study of the prophet of Islam, telling his dramatic story of trial and triumph and combining early eyewitness sources with historical research and psychological insight. Felt-tip mark on lower edge. RIVERHEAD 2013 HB 334pp $27.95 16771 now £9.99 Joan A Price In our globalized world, it is vital to understand the philosophical differences and similarities between religions, to appreciate what is particular and what is universal. Starting with the oral traditions of African, Polynesian, Native American and Australian Aboriginal societies, this clear, concise introduction compares the scriptures of the major religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, Taoism, and Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Each chapter explains key issues, illustrated by scriptural passages to convey the unique character of each faith. CONTINUUM 2010 PB 240pp £19.99 98766 now £6.99 WORLD RELIGIONS: WESTERN TRADITIONS Third edition Ed. Willard G Oxtoby; Amir Hussain This wide-ranging survey provides a succinct guide to the beliefs, practices, history and distribution of the major Western faiths. Chapters by specialist contributors cover the religions of the ancient world, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs and new religious movements, with fact boxes highlighting key points and sacred places, extracts from essential texts and glossaries of terms. This fully revised and updated edition is illustrated with a rich array of colour photographs. OXFORD UP 2011 PB 480pp 253x203mm £45.00 11439 now £9.99 Ed. Philip Law Based on the Revised English Bible’s translation, this book presents the Bible as an easily readable epic narrative, reduced by two-thirds through the omission of parts which repeat information or disrupt the flow of the storytelling. The abridgement is designed to help readers to gain a sense of how different stories and characters fit together and to appreciate the scriptures’ literary qualities. CONTINUUM 2005 PB 678pp ABSOLUTE MONARCHS A History of the Papacy TESTAMENT John Julius Norwich brings his historical talents to bear on the world’s oldest continuous absolute monarchy, discussing the popes from St Peter to Benedict XVI. From the men (and maybe one woman) who have held this position he selects for special attention those who have been the most significant, politically, culturally and socially, for Rome and the world – such as Leo I, who tamed Attila the Hun, and John XXIII, whose reforms ‘opened up the Church to the twentieth century’. £10.99 94827 now £5.99 ENGLISH CATHOLICISM 1680-1830 (Six volumes) RANDOM HOUSE 2011 HB 523pp $30.00 97314 now £9.99 THE CANONS Cathedral Close Encounters Trevor Beeson Although their role is little understood outside ecclesiastical circles, residentiary canons are key figures in the Church of England, administering the affairs of its cathedrals and other major churches – and many have been largerthan-life figures. This entertaining, informative book charts the careers of several canons of the 19th and 20th centuries, including the Tractarian Edward Pusey, the novelist Charles Kingsley and the CND campaigner John Collins, and assesses their impact on Church and society. SCM 2006 HB 258pp £19.99 98879 now £5.99 WORSHIP SONGS Ancient and Modern This collection of 100 worship songs from the publishers of Hymns Ancient and Modern presents less formal words and music suitable for most church services. The book is arranged alphabetically, from William Boyce’s Alleluia to You shall go out with joy and includes words set to folk melodies, new words and tunes by established songwriters and established favourites from existing collections. Although the accompaniments are for keyboard, many songs have guitar chords added. CANTERBURY 1992 PB 224pp Ed. Michael Mullet This survey comprises excerpts from the English Catholic press between 1680 and 1830, offering a conspectus of types of writing ranging from polemics to devotional, spiritual, hagiographic, catechetical, moral and liturgical texts in facsimile. With a general introduction, bibliography and introductions to each writer. No jackets. PICKERING & CHATTO 2006 HB 2,714pp £495.00 89645 now £60.00 98911 now £4.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk f See our full range of more than 14,000 titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk 49 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 50 www.psbooks.co.uk NATURE NEW DEFINING THE WIND The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry Scott Huler ‘Calm; smoke rises vertically ...’ In just 110 words, the Beaufort scale provides a clear, elegant measure of wind speed from 1 to 12 (‘devastation occurs’). This quirky, compelling book uncovers the life and voyages of its creator, Sir Francis Beaufort, hydrographer to the British Admiralty in the age of sail. Equal parts history, mystery, textbook and memoir, it charts the scale’s antecedents and influence through two centuries of exploration and scientific discovery. CROWN 2004 HB 302pp $23.00 16846 now £6.99 NEW ATLAS OF OCEANS Exploring this Hidden World John Farndon Water covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, yet we know less about parts of the ocean than we do about outer space. This beautifully designed book explores this environment from coastal habitats to ocean depths, from the Arctic to the tropics. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, maps and diagrams, it details the wealth of species that inhabit the seas, while special features profile threats, such as pollution and overfishing, to this complex ecosystem on which all life depends. ADLARD COLES 2011 HB 256pp Illus £25.00 16796 now £9.99 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH New Life Stories David Attenborough Famously squeamish about being voted Britain’s greatest living national treasure, David Attenborough shares more stories from his awardwinning BBC Radio 4 series in this collection of reminiscences on a life spent in the natural world. In his distinctive, conversational, yet scholarly style, Attenborough considers a range of nature’s mysteries, including why the remarkably dissimilar Jerusalem and globe artichokes share a name; the feisty truth about seemingly feeble butterflies; and the animal which, against his better nature, he cannot help but loathe. NEW STORMS AND WILD WATER Dag Pike Where the sea collides with the elements is the wildest, most unpredictable arena in the natural world. Even with the sophisticated craft of today and highly evolved weather warning systems, storms can still take even the most experienced sailor by surprise. Covering all types of wild weather such as cyclones, monsoons and hurricanes, the book explains weather systems throughout the world, and features dramatic photography, personal reminiscences and stories of rescues and tragic losses. ADLARD COLES NAUTICAL 2009 PB 159pp Illus COLLINS 2011 HB 224pp Illus 245x188mm £16.99 16853 now £5.99 £20.00 91172 now £7.99 Janet Menzies Published in association with Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and Cruft’s ‘Friends for Life’, this book presents the stories and pictures of police dogs, search and rescue dogs, sniffer dogs and, of course, the hearing dogs who have changed the lives of deaf children, adults and their families. There are also chapters on the ‘Friends for Life’ award winners and army dogs, a round-up of famous Hearing Dogs supporters and a foreword by Ben Fogle. HERO DOGS QUILLER 2012 PB 128pp Illus 245x190mm £10.99 10757 now £4.99 Steve Parker London’s Natural History Museum is home to one of the world’s largest and most important collections of natural history specimens and literature. Published to accompany a BBC TV series, this magnificent book takes the reader behind the scenes to explore this ‘cathedral to nature’. Colour photographs illustrate the collection, from gigantic dinosaur skeletons to minute insects, while the lucid text explains the museum’s history and current role at the cutting edge of the fight to preserve our natural world. MUSEUM OF LIFE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 2010 HB 192pp Illus 250x215mm £20.00 91258 now £7.99 50 MAKING ANIMALS HAPPY How to Create the Best Life for Pets and Other Animals Temple Grandin; Catherine Johnson A horse’s instinctive urge to flee makes it more skittish than a herd animal, whereas a pig’s urge to forage means it needs room to explore. Based on her own research, animal scientist Temple Grandin’s study discusses animal behaviours and motivations and delivers practical insights into how to interact with dogs, cats, horses, cows, pigs and chickens, wildlife and zoo animals. BLOOMSBURY 2010 PB 345pp £8.99 11893 now £3.99 George Stubbs Famous for his portraits of thoroughbred race horses, George Stubbs (1724-1806) was also the author and illustrator of this remarkable anatomical study. First published in 1766, the work was based on numerous dissections, a practice far from generally accepted at that time. Stubbs’s horses, shown here in 36 large monochrome plates along with detailed anatomical explanations, are memorable for their life-like quality, nobility and extreme anatomical accuracy. THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE DOVER 1976 PB 121pp Illus 373x274mm £20.99 79515 now £6.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 Back by popular demand PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 51 Order line: 01626 897100 NATURE NEW THE MOST AMAZING BIRDS TO SEE IN BRITAIN Reader’s Digest The birds of the British Isles are remarkable for both their abundance and variety, from the mighty golden eagle to the tiny goldcrest. This sturdy and handsome guide details the appearance, size, nesting and feeding habits and life cycle of more than 100 British birds, arranged in chapters according to habitat: parks and gardens, farmland, woodland, mountain and moor, wetlands and coast. Each species is illustrated with colour photographs and clear artwork for identification, and a locator map showing its range. READER’S DIGEST 2010 PB 256pp Illus 253x178mm CATTLE History . Myth . Art £14.99 10901 now £6.99 Catherine Johns Drawing on art and artefacts in the British Museum collections, Catherine Johns first describes the relationship between cattle and human society since prehistory. She goes on to present a pictorial survey, bringing together images of cows and bulls from different ages and cultures – from the ancient Egyptian cowgoddess Hathor and the great bull Nandi in Hindu belief to 18th century English porcelain cows – and exploring themes including religion, myths and monsters, species and breeds, cattle at work, and in art. BRITISH MUSEUM 2011 HB 192pp Illus 245x245mm £25.00 11084 now £9.99 f See our full range of Nature titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk The kingfisher, the most brilliantly-coloured British bird MANX BIRD ATLAS An Atlas of Breeding and Wintering Birds on the Isle of Man April 1998 to March 2003 Chris Sharpe This very handsomely produced volume is an up-to-date, structured survey providing not only information on the status of all Manx bird species, but also a clearer understanding of the relative significance of different parts of the island for various species. The book includes background information on the island and its climate along with the detailed accounts of 258 species. Linen-bound and slipcased. LIVERPOOL UP 2007 HB 397pp Illus 276x240mm £100.00 96620 now £19.99 THE PEREGRINE The Hill of Summer and Diaries JA Baker; Intro. Mark Cocker Now recognized as one of the most important British nature writers of the last century, John Alec Baker (1926-87) published just two books: The Peregrine, acclaimed as a masterpiece as soon as it appeared in 1967, and The Hill of Summer (1969). Both works have a narrow geographical focus, from the eastern edge of Chelmsford to the Blackwater Estuary in Essex – ‘a land to me as profuse and glorious as Africa’ (Baker). This edition also includes his nature diaries for the years 1954-63, edited by John Fanshawe. No jacket. COLLINS 2010 HB 416pp £20.00 91177 now £7.99 TREES AND FORESTS Wild Wonders of Europe Florian Möllers; Annick Schitzler et al In a world where areas of natural woodland are shrinking, a journey through Europe’s forests is a salutary reminder of what we could lose. For a year, an international team of wildlife photographers roamed the continent recording its surviving woodlands, from Sweden’s Arctic taiga to the cork-oak forests of Sardinia. Whether arboreal details or panoramic landscapes, of caterpillars or brown bears, the photographs are a celebration of these richly varied ecosystems and the amazing diversity of flora and fauna they support. ABRAMS 2011 HB 240pp Illus 320x240mm £29.99 98973 now £9.99 A boreal owl in a Swedish forest ANCIENT TREES IN THE LANDSCAPE Norfolk’s Arboreal Heritage Gerry Barnes; Tom Williamson Norfolk is rich in woodlands, many of which have been traditionally managed for centuries, but this account of the county’s ancient trees is of more than local interest: it is an exploration of how trees can be studied as part of the landscape. Among the topics discussed are the dating of trees; trees of farmland and hedgerow; woods and wood-pastures; orchards, pine rows and willow lines; and how trees have been used in parks, gardens and churchyards. WINDGATHER 2011 PB 187pp Illus £25.00 99556 now £9.99 THE GLOBAL FOREST 40 Ways Trees Can Save Us Diana Beresford-Kroeger Trees provide shelter, medicine, food; they are part of our imaginations, folklore, ecosystems and our lives. Weaving together ecology, myth, horticulture, spirituality and science, these 40 interlocking essays show the enormous significance of the global forest and how our future is bound up in the future of trees. PENGUIN 2012 PB 189pp £9.99 98088 now £3.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk f 51 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 52 www.psbooks.co.uk NATURE/GARDENS NEW LATE SUMMER FLOWERS Marina Christopher While gardeners may be happy with their gardens in spring and early summer, late summer often proves more of a challenge. Here, gardener Marina Christopher describes the plants that have a late flowering season or that offer attractive foliage, seeds or berries, to help you get the best from the garden all the way through to autumn. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the book shows how to grow the plants and includes a handy plant directory. FRANCES LINCOLN 2006 PB 208pp Illus 245x190mm Richard Mabey When Richard Mabey wrote this book in 1972 it was ahead of its time and became an instant success. Now, foraging is positively fashionable and wild food even appears on restaurant menus. This beautifully illustrated pocket edition helps you identify 240 wild foods, including fungi, shellfish, vegetables, fruit and nuts, and suggests the best ways to cook them. Forty years on, Mabey’s classic guide remains the perfect antidote to the over-processed and over-packaged. NEW FOOD FOR FREE £16.99 16884 now £6.99 NEW OF RHUBARB AND ROSES The Telegraph Book of the Garden Ed. Tim Richardson The Daily Telegraph has long been popular reading among gardeners, and its pages have featured some of the nation’s finest horticultural writers. Compiled by the newspaper’s gardening columnist, this lively and varied anthology includes articles by Fred Whitsey, Rosemary Verey and Bunny Guinness, along with the more esoteric musings of Bill Deedes, Germaine Greer and Roy Strong. The subjects range from Vita Sackville West’s garden at Sissinghurst to how to grow prize-winning pumpkins. Book club edition. AURUM 2013 HB 460pp COLLINS 2007 PB 272pp Illus 188x111mm £12.99 16847 now £5.99 A BRUSH WITH NATURE 25 years of Personal Reflections on the Natural World Richard Mabey For three decades Richard Mabey has written a regular column for BBC Wildlife Magazine, in which he has created a passionate and personal archive of reflections on the natural world and its relation to language, art and life. For this volume he has selected more than 80 of his favourite columns, on subjects ranging from conservation and tree-planting to Derek Jarman’s garden and Keats’s ‘Ode to a Nightingale’. BBC 2010 HB 255pp £12.99 11854 now £4.99 NATURE ILLUMINATED Flora and Fauna from the Court of the Emperor Rudolf II Lee Hendrix; Thea Vignau-Wilberg The Mira calligraphiae monumenta, (the Model Book of Calligraphy) of Rudolf II was created by the master calligrapher Georg Bocksay in 1561-2, and illustrated around 1590 by the great illuminator Joris Hoefnagel. This little volume reproduces a selection of 41 pages featuring plants and animals from this extraordinary Renaissance work, with an introduction and a short essay. THAMES & HUDSON £25.00 16702 now £6.99 THE CLASSIC HERB GARDEN Gordon Thorburn In his witty, informal style, Gordon Thorburn traces the history of herb cultivation, before describing the properties, real or imagined, of all the important herbs, with recipes such as Goosnargh Cakes, which use caraway and coriander seeds. Other chapters deal with wild herbs and which of them you can eat, planning your own herb garden, herbs with medicinal benefits and those that are good for bees and butterflies. Finally, there are a select few herbs for magic. THE CLASSIC ALLOTMENT REMEMBER WHEN 2010 HB 189pp Illus REMEMBER WHEN 2010 PB 184pp Illus £19.99 10962 now £6.99 £14.99 10961 now £5.99 Gordon Thorburn If you decide to grow your own vegetables, Thorburn has some emphatic advice: ‘Don’t spend a fortune at the garden centre on computerized propagators, solar-powered seed drills... Away with all that modern flim flam. Go green. Go basic. Go old fashioned.’ Just how to do that he explains in this practical guide to getting started, choosing which fruit and vegetables to grow, and growing them successfully, with asides on cooking your produce and keeping chickens. Leslie Geddes-Brown Margery Fish writes on ‘The Joy of Compost’; Geoffrey Grigson makes a plea on behalf of the monkey puzzle tree; and in a hymn to disorder Mirabel Osler declares that ‘the very soul of a garden is shrivelled by zealous regimentation’. Geddes-Brown, author of Books Do Furnish a Room, has collected from the shelves of horticultural literature some of the finest practical wisdom (‘at least one pure 24-carat nugget per extract’) from great gardeners and garden writers, with illustrations and endpapers by Angie Lewin. No jacket. GARDEN WISDOM 2010 HB 64pp Illus 178x130mm £7.95 98483 now £3.99 See our full range of Garden titles on our website f Autumn bulbs such as Colchicum ‘Rosy Dawn’ and Cyclamen hederifolium can liven up a shady corner www.psbooks.co.uk MERRELL 2009 HB 160pp Illus 226x188mm £17.95 88361 now £6.99 52 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 53 Order line: 01626 897100 FOOD NEW SCOTTISH SEAFOOD Its History and Cooking Catherine Brown The unsurpassed wealth of seafood off Scotland’s rugged shores has been fished, foraged, smoked, cooked and eaten for thousands of years. Illustrated with archive photographs and line drawings, this book takes a refreshingly original approach to the subject. After an historical overview, it tours the regions, then offers practical instructions on the different methods of cooking seafood. It also includes advice on identifying seafood, conservation issues, and a directory of suppliers. BIRLINN 2011 HB 336pp Illus 232x190mm £20.00 11505 now £6.99 NEW AT ELIZABETH DAVID’S TABLE Classic Recipes and Timeless Kitchen Wisdom Elizabeth David With books such as French Provençal Cooking, published in 1960, Elizabeth David (1913-92) transformed British attitudes to cooking and eating, importing Mediterranean influences, but also celebrating the best in English cuisine and particularly English baking. This beautifully presented anthology contains a selection of both quick recipes and classic dishes from David’s books, some in her narrative style, some with their ingredients listed. The recipes have been sympathetically photographed in muted style, and interspersed with essays and articles, including ‘My Dream Kitchen’. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. ECCO 2010 HB 383pp Illus 246x186mm $37.50 11877 now £8.99 Christopher Lloyd has an unrivalled reputation as a gardener and writer. Here, he provides recipes for the very produce he grows in his garden, and shows us the best growing varieties of fruit, vegetables, salad plants and herbs. The recipes include such tasty and seasonal dishes as Dover Sole Florentine, Lettuce Soup, Tomato Chutney and Apple Charlotte. The freshest ingredients take centre stage in these simple and elegant recipes. FRANCES LINCOLN GARDENER COOK 2000 PB 256pp Illus 250x185mm £19.99 11959 now £5.99 Patrick Holford According to Patrick Holford, founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, the key to successful dieting is to eat foods with a low Glycemic Load. These foods do not significantly raise blood sugar and help one to banish cravings, gain energy, improve health and THE LOW GL DIET COOKBOOK lose weight. The 150 recipes in this book, which include puddings, are accompanied by individual GL calculations, weightloss menus and a maintenance plan. Felttip mark on lower trimmed edge. Slightly off-mint; felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. PIATKUS 2010 PB 192pp 232x184mm NEW YES CHEF! 20 Great British Chefs 100 Great British Recipes James Winter; James Bulmer Yes Chef! celebrates the excellence of 20 British chefs including Mark Hix, Michael Caines and Marcus Wareing, and demonstrates that Britain really can claim to rule the culinary waves. Here they offer 100 signature recipes such as Rump of Lamb with Szechuan Pepper Compôte, Poached Mallard with Confit Leg Canneloni, and Earl Grey Jelly with Citrus Salad, challenging the ambitious home cook to take their culinary skills to the highest level. ABSOLUTE 2009 HB 288pp Illus £20.00 11868 now £7.99 £14.99 92418 now £5.99 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING FAVOURITE PUDDINGS, DESSERTS AND CAKES Barbara Dixon Baked and steamed puddings, pies, tarts, creams, mousses and jellies, ice creams and sorbets, cheesecakes, gateaux, meringues and trifles, chocolate everything... All 250 delicious recipes in this Good Housekeeping cookbook are tried and tested – and photographed. The recipes are given with imperial and metric measurements, and with nutritional information. COLLINS & BROWN 2011 HB 288pp Illus 245x188mm £14.99 85387 now £6.99 NEW THE APHRODISIAC ENCYCLOPAEDIA A Gourmet Guide to Culinary Come-Ons Mark Douglas Hill Of life’s many joys, the pleasures of the table and the boudoir are what make life worth living. Mark Douglas Hill has spent a lifetime in pursuit of foods that encourage friskiness, culminating in this compendium of aphrodisiac delights. Alongside the recipes, featuring foods such as figs, foie gras, lobster, truffles and asparagus, each entry features fascinating historical, literary and biographical facts and examines the aphrodisiac qualities of the ingredients. SQUARE PEG 2011 HB 256pp ANTONIO CARLUCCIO’S SIMPLE COOKING Antonio Carluccio is one of Italian cookery’s most popular and persuasive ambassadors. In this delightful book, illustrated with vibrant colour photographs, he distils the wisdom 50 years of culinary experience. Ranging from starters and salads, soups, pasta, polenta and rice, through meat, fish and vegetables to desserts, he focuses on choosing the best ingredients to produce simple, authentic and delicious dishes. QUADRILLE 2010 HB 176pp Illus 255x200mm £8.99 16979 now £3.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk £20.00 10677 now £7.99 53 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 54 www.psbooks.co.uk CRAFTS & HOBBIES CRAFT TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD Locally Made, Globally Inspiring Bryan Sentance; Polly Sentance Celebrating the diversity of folk crafts all over the world, this survey examines the traditional skills of the peoples of six continents. From the willow basketry of Northern Europe to Persian carpets, Peruvian knitted hats and Native American beadwork, each discipline’s techniques are explained and illustrated with hundreds of carefully photographed examples. The selection favours the practical crafts of ordinary people and each section examines how a region’s culture and resources shaped the nature or their artisanal practice. THAMES & HUDSON 2009 HB 240pp Illus 280x240mm THINGS THAT GO BOOM or Fly, Float and Zoom! £24.95 98397 now £11.99 Russian turned-wood Matryoshka dolls STITCH MAGIC Sculpting Fabric with Stitch NORTHERN KNITS Designs Inspired by the Knitting Traditions of Sandinavia, Iceland and the Shetland Isles NEW Ed. Sophie Collins If you like making things, the 18 machines featured in this book cover a wide range of interests and skill levels, and they all do something when they are completed. The six-volt wind turbine will provide enough power to light up your workshop while you create the paddle-operated punt, the lemon cannon, or possibly the ‘compact theremin’ for playing eerie tunes. These inventive projects are all clearly illustrated, use affordable components and really do work. ST MARTINS GRIFFIN 2009 PB 160pp Illus $19.99 16354 now £4.99 HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF SALVAGE Barty Philips Reclaimed and retro furniture has never been more popular and when searching for the ideal fittings for a period home, is often the best as well as the cheapest option. This practical guide explains the different types of household salvage, from old bricks to Persian carpets, and offers tips on renovation, guidance on how to use the items in your home, and advice on buying, including a directory of specialist outlets. REMEMBER WHEN 2010 PB 232pp £16.99 10980 now £5.99 Alison J Reid Cushion covers, fabric jewellery and a tote bag are among the projects in this practical book, which shows how to create your own original textile designs. Using a variety of hand and machine stitch techniques, including pleating, pintucking, cording, quilting applique and smocking, the book includes diagrammatic illustrations and instructions for each method as well as colour photographs of finished projects and more than 50 design samples demonstrating the techniques. A&C BLACK 2011 PB 144pp Illus 250x190mm £16.99 16381 now £5.99 QUICK COLOURFUL QUILTS FOR BEAUTIFUL BEDS Ed. Rosemary Wilkinson This collection of designs features 14 warm, bright and colourful quilts for double, queen and king size beds. Using only simple techniques, each pattern mixes traditional block shapes with modern fabrics to create vibrant contemporary effects, with four alternative colour schemes for each template. Step-by-step instructions guide you through the technical demands of each design and there is a comprehensive section on basic tools and techniques. GOOD BOOKS 2006 PB 111pp Illus 279x214mm Caroline Vincent This design sourcebook for makers of contemporary samplers contains motifs and patterns based on both traditional themes and imaginative new designs. Pattern subjects including animals, birds, buildings, trees, figures, Georgian flowers and border patterns are presented in graph form, with stitched examples shown in photographs. The workbook describes a number of house design in crossmotifs in simple, step-by-step format and provides information about stitch and techniques and materials, making it suitable for a variety of skill levels. back-stitch Cross with single ribbon interlace, from the time of the Celtic design revival in the late 19th century DESIGNING CELTIC ORNAMENT David Balade Dating back to the eighth century BCE, Celtic designs were used to decorate items such as jewellery, weaponry, cauldrons and wine jars as well as illuminated manuscripts. This sourcebook surveys different types of ornament including spirals and triskels, interlace, labyrinths and portrayals of animals. Colourfully illustrated and complete with accounts of the history and symbolic meanings of the designs, the book also includes a practical guide to drawing the motifs. VIVAYS 2011 HB 240pp Illus 215x215mm £9.95 93428 now £4.99 £16.99 11998 now £6.99 54 Illus 230x215mm £17.99 11030 now £5.99 $24.95 98545 now £5.99 SAMPLER WORKBOOK: MOTIFS AND PATTERNS A&C BLACK 2010 PB 128pp Illus 245x190mm Lucinda Guy In this practical guide, Lucinda Guy explores the folk motifs and traditional techniques of the knitting cultures of Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Shetland Isles. The book contains illustrated patterns and finishing instructions for 20 women’s garments and accessories – including pullovers, shawls, socks, gloves and mittens – introducing a range of techniques and ideas such as knitting in the round, Icelandic laceweight wool, and Fair Isle. INTERWEAVE 2010 PB 160pp Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 55 Order line: 01626 897100 COLLECTABLES NEW LOUIS OSMAN (1914-1996) The Life and Work of an Architect and Goldsmith Jenny Moore Louis Osman trained as an architect in the 1930s and established a successful practice designing buildings and decorative works for both public and private clients. From the 1950s he became increasingly interested in making objects in silver and gold and his success in this field led to prestigious commissions, including the crown for the investiture of Prince Charles in 1969. This illustrated biography examines Osman’s career in both disciplines and includes an inventory of his works. HALSGROVE 2006 HB 184pp Illus £19.99 16661 now £9.99 HORNBY MAGAZINE YEARBOOK No.3 Ed. Mike Wild Inspiration for perfecting your model railway is provided in this annual round-up of the best of Hornby Magazine with a number of accomplished layouts including a recreation of a South London scene in the late 1960s and a 1950s Yorkshire seaside railway in ‘N’ gauge. The book also gives technical advice, with tutorials on locomotive detailing, building a micro layout and constructing a country bus station, and there are articles on railway history. ARTISTIC LUXURY Fabergé . Tiffany . Lalique Emmanuel Ducamp; Jeannine Falino; Stephen Harrison The works of Fabergé, Tiffany and Lalique are synonymous with bygone opulence. Yet these three great designers came together only once, for the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. The fabulous jewellery, furnishings and objets d’art on display there were reunited for the first time in a major exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Sumptuously illustrated with modern colour photographs and richly atmospheric period images, this magnificent catalogue explores their work, and the glittering milieu for which it was created. IAN ALLAN 2010 HB 128pp Illus 297x208mm £16.99 10754 now £6.99 SMOKE FIRING Contemporary Artists and Approaches Jane Perryman The most ancient of ceramic techniques, smoke firing is still practised today by some traditional societies. Pots are simply baked in an open fire and decorative effects achieved by controlling the burning or blackening of the clay. This book explores the innovative and creative possibilities of this ancient art by examining the techniques of 29 contemporary artists around the world who use bonfires, earth pits and simple kilns to smoke-fire their work. A&C BLACK 2008 HB 176pp Illus 275x220mm $49.95 16390 now £7.99 GODDEN’S GUIDE TO ENGLISH BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN Geoffrey A Godden Blue-and-white 18th century porcelain is one of the most popular and affordable of collectables, and its handpainted decorations have a spontaneity and charm of their own. This first major reference book on the subject since the 1970s outlines its history and profiles the main manufacturers. Illustrated with 150 colour and over 700 monochrome photographs, the Guide lists identifying features such as foot-rims, handles and makers’ marks, and warns how to spot reproductions and forgeries. ACC 2004 HB 592pp Illus 274x210mm £65.00 98339 now £19.99 YALE UP 2008 HB 371pp Illus 267x302mm Tiffany Oriental Poppy lamp, 1900-10 £40.00 11015 now £19.99 THE ENGLISH WATCH 1585-1970 A Unique Alliance of Art, Design and Inventive Genius Terence Camerer Cuss Watchmaking was introduced in England in the late 16th century, by the 17th, the quality of English watches meant they were in demand across Europe and their reputation continued to grow, reflecting pioneering inventions in England and the watches’ distinctive character. This book covers all aspects of English watches from all periods. In six chronological sections, it illustrates over 290 examples and, for each period, discusses watchmakers in London and the provinces, case makers, decoration, mechanisms and timekeeping. ACC 2009 HB 504pp Illus 305x245mm £125.00 91893 now £50.00 Susan La Niece In tracing the history of gold through the ages, this beautifully illustrated book describes the multiple uses to which the precious metal has been put. Drawing on examples in the collections of the British Museum, it shows gold used in coinage, jewellery and ornament, vessels and grave goods, and as religious artefacts, but the author also discusses the goldsmith’s craft and the purity and hallmarking of gold. HARVARD UP 2009 HB 128pp Illus 190x190mm GOLD $22.95 99963 now £4.99 The ‘Royal Gold Cup’, France, c.1390 Philippa Merriman’s book ‘invites the reader to notice, understand and enjoy silver a little more by looking at it in a variety of contexts’. In chapters illustrated primarily with examples from the British Museum collections, she explores the history of silver, its role as a measure of value and of status; its use as adornment and its symbolic value in different cultures; the silversmith’s craft; and assaying and hallmarking. SILVER HARVARD UP 2009 HB 128pp Illus 190x190mm $22.95 99993 now £4.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 55 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 56 www.psbooks.co.uk TRANSPORT THE CHANGING RAILWAY SCENE SERIES Laurence Waters The British Railways Modernization Plan of 1955 set in motion substantial investment across the ‘great’ Western Region and, amid regional boundary changes and line closures, steam was gradually phased out and replaced by diesel-hydraulic (unlike anywhere else in Britain) and then diesel-electric locomotives. With an extended introduction reviewing the changes that took place across the region, this photographic survey includes over 180 colour images from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. NEW WESTERN REGION IAN ALLAN 2008 HB 96pp Illus 292x215mm £16.99 16467 now £6.99 Derek Huntriss In 1955, British Railways announced its Modernization Plan, which in the London Midland Region called for the phasing out of steam over the following 15 years, to be replaced by electrification on the West Coast Main Line and diesel elsewhere. This collection of over 160 high quality colour images documents this period of change, showing steam, diesel and electric locomotives on passenger, freight and shunting duties, as well as shed and works scenes. IAN ALLAN 2008 HB 96pp Illus 292x216mm NEW STEAMING THROUGH BRITAIN A History of the Nation’s Railways Chris Ellis; Greg Morse Starting with the very earliest use of rails – hundreds of years before Stephenson’s Rocket or the Stockton and Darlington Railway – this richly illustrated history follows the whole sequence of the development of the railways in Britain up to the present day. Chapters deal with ‘railway mania’ in the mid-19th century; the amalgamation of companies into the ‘Big Four’; railways in wartime; the coming of diesels; the Beeching report and modernization; and today’s preservation railways. CONWAY 2010 HB 192pp Illus 275x212mm £20.00 85394 now £9.99 LONDON MIDLAND REGION £16.99 16466 now £6.99 RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN SERIES Each volume in this series of invaluable reference works by Colin and David McCarthy includes a succinct illustrated history of the railways in the region and detailed large-scale mapping which displays every railway built in the counties covered, identifies passenger, freight, closed and preserved lines, and gives dates for the opening and (if relevant) closure of every line and station. IAN ALLAN 2007/8 HB 112-128pp Illus £19.99 each now £4.99 each Without the heavy industry that provided the impetus for new lines elsewhere in the country, railways came late to East Anglia, the Eastern Counties Railway finally reaching into Norfolk and Suffolk in the early 1840s. Norwich and Ipswich and the ports of Felixstowe and Great Yarmouth are the focal points of the network but most of the branch lines had been closed by the 1960s. 16476 NEW The early development of railways in Kent and Sussex was dominated by competition between the London, Brighton and South Coast, London, Chatham and Dover and South Eastern railways. Being a largely agricultural area there have been few industrial railways but access to seaside resorts, historic ports and the Channel Tunnel has profoundly influenced railway development in the region. 16472 NEW NEW BELL’S COMET How a Paddle Steamer Changed the Course of History PJG Ransom Predating the Stockton and Darlington Railway by more than a decade, Henry Bell’s steamboat service from Glasgow to Greenock began in 1812 and was the first viable mechanized passenger transport system in Europe. This book tells the story of Bell and Comet, the pioneering little steamer that made the 24-mile trip up the Clyde, and reviews the astonishingly rapid spread of steam navigation that followed over the next few years. AMBERLEY 2012 PB 192pp Illus £16.99 16486 now £5.99 56 NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK KENT AND SUSSEX The main lines into Devon and Cornwall were routed to avoid the significant obstacles of a rugged coastline and high moorland but the earliest railways were local ones, built to transport stone, tin and china clay, particularly in Cornwall. Thanks to the decline in mining and the withdrawal of rural passenger services, the region is peppered with closed lines, some now operating as preserved railways. 16471 NEW DEVON AND CORNWALL Postscript order line: 01626 897100 Edwardian Embankment: Postcard of the Sphinx with Waterloo Bridge in the background PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 57 Order line: 01626 897100 TRANSPORT THE FLYING SCOTSMAN The Legend Lives On ITALIAN RACING RED Drivers, Cars and Triumphs of Italian Motor Racing WHARNCLIFFE 2009 HB 192pp Illus 2008 HB 176pp Illus 250x250mm £19.99 94755 now £7.99 £24.99 10878 now £9.99 SPEED TO THE WEST Great Western Publicity and Posters, 1923 to 1947 FRENCH RACING BLUE Drivers, Cars and Triumphs of French Motor Racing Brian Sharpe LNER’s A1 Pacific, The Flying Scotsman acquired its evocative name in 1924, setting it on the path to becoming the best known steam locomotive in the world. A distinguished operational career ended in 1963 but the engine’s fame ensured it was never abandoned. Sold and resold, it visited America and Australia before retiring to the National Railway Museum. Brian Sharpe examines every aspect of the locomotive’s colourful history from its design and engineering to the millionaires who bought and sold it. Aldo Delicata; Beverley Cole Once seen on station platforms across the country, posters for the railway companies represented a highpoint of 1920s and 1930s commercial art. This collection, featuring posters and other publicity materials, illustrates how the ‘golden age of steam’ was also a golden age of graphic design. Taking its title from the GWR’s most successful poster of the late 1930s – a King Class locomotive steaming westward by Chas Mayo – this book features posters for the west and south-west resorts, Wales and GWR’s air services. CAPITAL TRANSPORT 2000 PB 64pp Illus £7.95 94568 now £3.99 LONDON TRANSPORT IN THE 1920s Michael HC Baker During this momentous decade for transport in the capital, the expansion of the city into the suburbs increased traffic and technological advances saw the introduction of new underground lines and improved buses and trams. Through a series of archive photographs, mostly from the author’s own collection, and with chapters covering rail, the tube, buses, trams, the General Strike and building projects, this book describes the development of the network during the 1920s, with an emphasis on the vehicles used. Karl Ludvigsen The best known bearer of the rosso corsa, Ferrari, did not start racing in earnest until after the Second World War, before that it was Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Maserati who set the pace for Italy. This is the story of the great cars of these marques, their famous drivers, including Nuvolari and Ascari, and iconic races such as the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia and the Grands Prix at Monza. IAN ALLAN 3.0 litre Ferrari Type 250 Testa Rossa of 1958 in its ‘pontoon’-winged form David Venables The French were the originators of international motor racing and the most powerful car-making nation in the early years of the sport. With photographs of cars and drivers, from the 1900s to the 2007 season, this volume traces a proud history that includes victory in the first Grand Prix in 1906, the dominant Delage and Bugatti cars of the 1920s and 1930s and the equally distinguished post-war record of Matra, Ligier, Peugeot and Renault racing. IAN ALLAN 2009 HB 176pp Illus 250x250mm £24.99 10872 now £9.99 Rainer W Schlegelmilch; Hartmut Lehbrink; Jochen von Osterroth Illustrated with outstanding colour photographs by Rainer Schlegelmilch that relish every detail of beautifully preserved cars, this book is a complete history of Aston Martin, from the initial partnership of Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin, forged through a shared passion for motorsport in 1913, to the company’s move from Newport The 2-litre Sports, David Brown’s first Aston Martin Pagnell to the Gaydon works and the launch of the DB9. The history is followed by profiles of each production model and a final section of technical specifications. ULLMANN 2008 PB 280pp Illus 252x218mm ASTON MARTIN £14.99 76885 now £5.99 THE MAGIC OF A NAME The Rolls-Royce Story Robert J Harley Victoria Embankment, known to Londoners as simply ‘The Embankment’, was opened in 1870, when, according to The Times, the inauguration ceremony was marred by ‘a great mob of roughs’ invading the carriageway. Robert Harley’s richly illustrated book is packed with such anecdote. It traces the history of Vulliamy and Bazalgette’s combined embankment and sewage conduit, along with the Westminster, Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges, focusing on the changing modes of transport – from steamboats to motor cars – that have plied the once elegant thoroughfare. (Three volumes) Peter Pugh From the meeting of Henry Royce and CS Rolls in 1904 and their decision to design and sell ‘the best cars in the world’, to the global company of 2002, involved in both RollsRoyce and Bentley motor cars and civil and military aeroengines, Peter Pugh presents the definitive history of Britain’s most prestigious manufacturer. Illustrated with photographs from the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust collection, the book recounts in detail the story of genius, skill, hard work and dedication that made the name of Rolls-Royce synonymous with excellence. CAPITAL HISTORY 2005 HB 120pp Illus 250x216mm ICON 2000 HB 1020pp Illus £16.95 45503 now £9.99 £90.00 32814 now £30.00 IAN ALLAN 2009 HB 96pp Illus 235x175mm £16.99 95073 now £6.99 LONDON’S VICTORIA EMBANKMENT nx Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk f 57 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 58 www.psbooks.co.uk TRANSPORT The British Concorde prototype takes off on its maiden flight from Filton on 9 April 1969 Stephen Skinner Concorde’s development was beset with design problems, political battles and escalating expenses; only 14 aircraft entered regular service and they were ultimately withdrawn due to high maintenance costs. Despite this tale of apparent failure, Concorde remains one of the greatest engineering achievements in aviation history. This illustrated book tells the story of the Anglo-French collaboration, the service career of the airliner and the crash of 2000 that marked the beginning of the end for Concorde. MIDLAND 2009 HB 128pp Illus 215x290mm NEW THE ELEPHANT NEVER FORGOT London’s Trams in Retrospect Paul Collins The first horse-drawn tramcars ran in London in 1860 and by the 1920s electric services covered much of the city. This history of the capital’s tramways describes the network’s rise and fall and is illustrated with maps, advertisements and archive photographs. The title derives from a definitive film recording the last days of operation in 1952: the documentary opens with a shot of the Elephant and Castle inn sign which had watched over passing trams since the 19th century. IAN ALLAN 2010 HB 128pp Illus £16.99 98012 now £6.99 TUBE LONDON Discovering London by Underground Rebecca Sams London’s Underground is the world’s oldest urban rail network: and while it is the vehicle for millions of workers’ daily commute, no stop in central London is more than a few yards from a wealth of history. Illustrated with around 170 colour photographs, this original guidebook covers the stations of Zone 1 alphabetically, from Aldgate to Westminster, and their surroundings. Each entry is packed with famous landmarks, little known curiosities, local legends, ghost stories and strange happenings. CAPITAL HISTORY 2012 HB 160pp Illus 188x222mm £19.99 16470 now £7.99 LONDON TRANSPORT IN THE BLITZ Michael HC Baker In extraordinary detail and with a remarkable collection of photographs, Baker tells the story of how London Transport coped with the demands and dangers of wartime. As well as the familiar images of the Blitz, with buses in bomb craters and Londoners sheltering in Underground stations, Baker covers topics such as the spartan wartime-specification buses, the recruitment of The Green Line returns: women drivers and conductors, and bus maintenance Two 9T9s in January 1946, men remoulding tyres to save rubber after the Japanese one repainted, the other still conquest of Malaya. IAN ALLAN 2010 HB 144pp Illus as used by American forces £19.99 10876 now £7.99 Malcolm Cooper; Bill Harvey; Bill Laxon When the Suez Canal opened in 1869, it offered an 8,000-mile shortcut to the East. Just a few years earlier, the development of a reliable and fuel-efficient maritime steam engine had also made it viable to use steamships on long ocean voyages. With comprehensive fleet lists and many photographs, this book tells the story of two of the first shipping lines to exploit these developments, pioneering the liner routes to the Far East. GLEN AND SHIRE LINES SHIPS IN FOCUS 2005 HB 188pp Illus 295x215mm £24.00 10676 now £9.99 BUSES BY DESIGN NEW TUGS IN COLOUR Northern Europe IAN ALLAN 2008 HB 160pp Illus 215x290mm BERNARD McCALL 2010 HB 80pp Illus 188x240mm £12.95 16501 now £6.99 Gavin Booth Bus design is affected by many factors, among them the availability of new technologies and materials, passenger expectations and demand, government legislation and changing aesthetic values. This history charts the development of design in Britain from 1950 onwards, focusing on ‘service buses’ – the everyday carriers intended for multiplestop urban routes – rather than luxury coaches. Copiously illustrated, the book includes photographs of buses in service as well as contemporary manufacturers’ or operators’ images of the vehicles. £24.99 97204 now £7.99 58 CONCORDE Bernard McCall In recent years, towage in Northern European ports has been dominated by standard design tugs from Dutch and Spanish shipbuilders; but this photographic survey focuses on port activities in the later 20th century when a much greater variety of designs were in service. Pulling power: The images show a range of scenes with tugs at work, at sea and Tugs Herbert and at the quayside, and the captions provide information about each Lars at Oskarshamn vessel, including notable design features and engine power. £16.00 16484 now £6.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 in southern Sweden, 2002 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 59 Order line: 01626 897100 THE GLORY OF THE SULTANS Islamic Architecture in India Yves Porter; Gerard Degeorge Arab invaders arrived in the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent in the 8th century, but the foundation of the sultanate of Delhi in the 12th century marked the beginning of the era of monumental building as a display of power. The sultanates and the Great Mughals left an architectural legacy that includes masterpieces such as the Qutb Minar and the Taj Mahal. This volume is a chronological account of the major phases of Islamic architecture across the subcontinent, illustrated with superb photographs by Gerard Degeorge. Slipcased. FLAMMARION 2009 HB 304pp Illus 305x240mm £50.00 16400 now £29.99 ARCHITECTURE NEW HAVANA History and Architecture of a Romantic City María Luisa Lobo Montalvo The legendary Cuban capital bears traces of every stage of the island’s rich and complex history, from its indigeneous traditions through the Spanish colonial era to Communist rule. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs Plaza de la and archival images, this magnificent volume explores the city’s Catedral, development through its architecture. Discussions of each period are Havana accompanied by detailed studies of its most significant buildings, including the fort of Castilla del Morro, the church of La Merced and the Palace of the Captains General. MONACELLI 2009 HB 320pp Illus 305x255mm £80.00 16388 now £16.99 Kenneth Scott St James’s Palace is one of London’s oldest royal palaces and remains the official seat of the monarchy, the Court of St James’s. Built by Henry VIII in 1530, it was here that Elizabeth I held councils of war at the time of the Spanish Armada and Charles I spent the night before his execution. Written by a former Private Secretary to the Queen, who once lived at the palace, this is an illuminating and beautifully illustrated history of a magnificent building. ST JAMES’S PALACE: A History SCALA 2010 HB 160pp Illus 255x195mm £25.00 91914 now £12.99 NEW LETAROUILLY ON RENAISSANCE ROME SCOTLAND’S CASTLE CULTURE Ed. Audrey Dakin; Miles Glendinning; Aonghus MacKechnie While in many ways Scotland’s castle culture marched with European fashion, the reluctance to abandon castles as residences and the castle’s resurgence as a building type in Scotland during the otherwise ferociously modernizing Victorian age were distinctly Scottish traits. In two parts, a chronological survey and a section of ten case studies, this illustrated volume covers the entire history of Scotland’s castles, from the first stone buildings in the 13th century to those protected today as national heritage. JOHN DONALD 2011 HB 271pp Illus 242x186mm £25.00 11502 now £9.99 THE COMPANION TO CASTLES Stephen Friar More than a thousand castles were built after the Norman Conquest, and many remained in use for centuries, modified as a result of sieges, new weaponry or changing fashion. This illustrated encyclopedia discusses every aspect of their history and construction, from Abacus (the slab that tops a capital) to Zplan (a form of Scottish tower-house), and from the earliest keeps to Henry VIII’s coastal forts. The book includes an index of castles and list of useful addresses. HISTORY PRESS 2011 PB 344pp Illus £16.99 99408 now £5.99 The Gesù and the Casa Professa dei Gesuiti John Barrington Bayley; Ed. Henry Hope Reed The French architect Paul Letarouilly devoted more than 30 years to drawing the churches, palaces and monuments of Renaissance Rome. This student’s edition contains almost 200 plates from the five volumes originally published between 1825 and 1882. Accompanied by an informative text by John Barrington Bayley, Letarouilly’s lucid plans and elevations provide a systematic overview of the design principles of Michelangelo, Bramante, Bernini and other great architects of the Italian Renaissance. The book includes a useful guide for visitors to Rome. DOVER 2012 PB 224pp Illus 275x210mm £20.99 16740 now £7.99 LONDON UNDERGROUND STATIONS Stephen Durnin Photographer Stephen Durnin spent over a year travelling around London compiling this photographic record of London Underground’s street-level stations – only Blackfriars is missing as it was being rebuilt. Arranged alphabetically, the buildings range in date from 1868 Paddington (originally the District Railway, as at Gloucester Road and Bayswater) to very recent structures at Wembley Park, Walthamstow and Shepherd’s station by architect Bush, and they include celebrated designs by Charles Hodden and Charles Leslie Green as well some stations one might describe as architecturally Clark, undistinguished. CAPITAL TRANSPORT 2010 HB 192pp Illus 240x275mm £25.00 96751 now £9.99 Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk built 1913 59 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 60 www.psbooks.co.uk DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION NEW THE RUSSIAN ORNAMENT SOURCEBOOK 10th-16th Centuries Ed. V I Butovski Following the arrival of Christianity in the 10th century, the art of manuscript illumination flourished in Kievan Rus; at first continuing Byzantine traditions of ornamentation, but later evolving into genuinely Russian creations. Based on the original publication History of Russian Ornamental Ornaments from Sviatoslav’s Miscellany, 1073 Design in Ancient Manuscripts (Moscow, 1870), this source book presents hundreds of richly coloured decorative details, followed by design templates for tracing or scanning. An introduction gives a brief history of Russian ornament. VIVAYS 2011 HB 336pp Illus 330x250mm A Leonardo ‘theory machine’, a spiral gear attached to a barrel spring LEONARDO DA VINCI Experience, Experiment and Design Martin Kemp Leonardo da Vinci was the archetypal Renaissance man: artist, scientist, architect, inventor and philosopher. Yet as the sketches in his notebooks show, his thinking in all these fields was primarily visual. Produced in association with a major exhibition at the V&A, this fascinating study examines 200 of his drawings – all reproduced in colour – to provide an unrivalled insight into the workings of his creative mind on every subject from human anatomy to the laws that govern the universe. V&A 2009 PB 240pp Illus 335x245mm £19.99 90523 now £8.99 £24.95 16677 now £9.99 THE CHRONOLOGY OF PATTERN Pattern in Art from Lotus Flower to Flower Power Diana Newall; Christina Unwin An invaluable sourcebook for designers and art students, this chronological journey through 3,000 years of pattern styles reveals geographical and cultural contrasts and connections through the centuries, from late Bronze Age metalwork patterns to 21st century textile designs. Every chapter is richly illustrated with examples drawn from a great range of media as well as textiles, and there are summaries of the design elements for each period. The book concludes with a timeline, from 3050 BCE to 2011. A&C BLACK 2011 PB 288pp Illus 260x207mm Dishes from Deruta in Umbria, Italy, mid-16th century £25.00 11985 now £9.99 LEWIS FOREMAN DAY (1845-1910) Unity in Design and Industry Joan Maria Hansen Though less well-known than his friend and contemporary William Morris, Lewis F Day was one of the most influential figures of the Arts and Crafts movement. Convinced that the highest aesthetic ideals could be applied to industrial design, he produced a range of distinctive furniture, clocks, stained glass, pottery and tiles, while his magazine articles provided a perceptive commentary on the changing fashions of his day. This handsome book is sumptuously illustrated with examples of Day’s striking work. ANTIQUE COLLECTORS’ CLUB PUFFIN BY DESIGN Phil Baines In 1939 a chance meeting between Penguin founder Allen Lane and publisher Noel Carrington led to the founding of the children’s imprint, Puffin Books. Richly illustrated with cover designs – from the first book, War on Land (1940) to Diary of a Wimpy Kid and today’s gritty YA fiction, this attractive book looks back over 70 years of publishing Puffins, chronicles the role of its editors, illustrators and designers and explores the dynamic changes in typography, illustration and printing since 1940. ALLEN LANE 2010 PB 256pp Illus 222x185mm £20.00 98141 now £6.99 60 2007 HB 320pp Illus 304x205mm £35.00 72493 now £16.99 Stained-glass window by Day for the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, Essex TRAMWAY ART The Distinctive Poster Art of the London County Council Tramways Jonathan Riddell London’s trams are long gone, but in their heyday during the 1920s and 1930s they gave rise to some of the most stylish and imaginative posters of the Art Deco era. With more than 100 colour reproductions, this attractive volume presents most of the original posters: vibrant, richly atmospheric images celebrating the capital’s monuments, parks and open spaces from Hampstead Heath to Eltham Palace. This books includes a succinct history of the LCC tramway company and brief biographies of the poster artists. CAPITAL TRANSPORT 2010 HB 128pp Illus 280x220mm £25.00 88605 now £9.99 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 PS253.2B.qxp 19/01/2015 12:43 Page 61 Order line: 01626 897100 DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION NEW ILLUSTRATED PERIODICALS OF THE 1860s Contexts and Collaborations Simon Cooke The ‘Sixties’ of the 19th century formed a golden age of British illustration, with periodicals such as The Cornhill Magazine and Once a Week printing high-quality engravings of work by leading artists, including Rossetti and Millais. This attractive book reproduces more than 120 of these beautiful works, and explores the complex relationships between authors, publishers, artists and engravers that lay behind them. Appendices discuss the challenge of collecting such works, and list key magazines, illustrators and editors. BRITISH LIBRARY 2010 HB 228pp Illus 275x180mm £45.00 16430 now £12.99 CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES Fougasse and the Art of Public Information Illustration by Millais for Trollope’s Framley Parsonage in The Cornill Magazine, March 1861 James Taylor Among the most popular cartoonists of the early 20th century, Fougasse made his name through his association with Punch magazine and with the London Underground, but it was his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of Second World War propaganda posters that secured his reputation as one of the great British illustrators. Filled with classic examples of his work, this is a guide to Fougasse’s distinct style and his design philosophy. No jacket. CONWAY 2010 HB 96pp Illus NEW TITANIC STYLE Dress and Fashion on the Voyage Grace Evans The era of the Titanic witnessed a considerable shift in style, particularly for women, with overtly feminine Edwardian fashions being replaced by straighter lines that heralded the 1920s. There were, however, enormous variations between classes – while the attire of ladies in first class was luxurious, those below decks dressed in second-hand or homemade clothes. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and examples of clothes from museum collections, Titanic Style describes passenger dress on that last fearful voyage. £9.99 98299 now £4.99 MOONRISE 2011 HB 184pp Illus £20.00 16650 now £7.99 High-waisted evening gown design, 1910 BEAUTIFUL THING An Introduction to Design Robert Clay Beginning with such intangible subjects as taste and beauty, this book is an accessible introduction to how thoughtful practitioners approach all forms of design, whether architecture, product or graphics. Illustrated with examples from the Parthenon to a Kenwood mixer, the London Underground map to a Jaguar car, the author explains technical issues, such as balance, composition, colour, texture and form, as well as discussing how more philosophical considerations contribute to good design. BERG 2009 PB 214pp Illus 245x190mm £19.99 11926 now £7.99 Millicent Rogers with her dachshund by John Rawlings in American Vogue, March 1945 DOGS IN VOGUE A Century of Canine Chic Judith Watt From a cartoon by Fish depicting ‘the moneyed wife’ trailing a husband and three lapdogs in 1916 to David Bailey’s photograph of designer Marc Jacobs and Alfred, his English bull terrier, in 2006, Judith Watt presents a superbly illustrated history of dogs in Vogue magazine as they accompanied, and sometimes upstaged, the fashion models and socialites. In one 1980s fashion spread the dogs actually took over the modelling – Paloma Picasso’s British brindle bulldog wore the silk taffeta by Christian Lacroix. LITTLE, BROWN 2009 HB 287pp Illus 265x220mm £18.00 97667 now £8.99 PARIS/NEW YORK Design . Fashion . Culture 1925-1940 Donald Albrecht During the 1920s and ’30s, New York and Paris vied for supremacy in fashion, design, art and architecture. These 12 essays by leading French and American scholars explore the rivalry and mutual influence of the two cities in the heyday of Art Deco, and assess the role of key figures such as Josephine Baker, Salvador Dalí, Paul Poiret and Helena Rubinstein. Stunningly illustrated with 250 photographs, posters and paintings, this elegant volume is as stylish as the era it celebrates. MONACELLI 2008 HB 240pp Illus 305x210mm £45.00 16431 now £16.99 Poster for L’Aeronautique Grande Fête de L’Air at the 1937 Paris Exposition, designed by Chem Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk 61 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 62 www.psbooks.co.uk ART MICHELANGELO: SCULPTOR NEW PAINTINGS FOR THE PLANET KING Philip IV and the Buen Retiro Palace Ed. Andrés Úbeda de los Cobos Between 1633 and 1640, King Philip IV of Spain had the Buen Retiro Palace built in Madrid and filled with the work of Europe’s leading artists. The palace was destroyed in the early 19th century, but a major exhibition at the Prado has recreated its decorative scheme. This magnificently illustrated catalogue features more than 60 works, many newly identified, X-rayed and restored, including paintings by Leonardo, Poussin, Claude Lorraine, Velázquez and Zurbarán, and explains their role in the palace decor. Cristina Acidini Luchinat Superbly illustrated with Aurelio Amendola’s photographs of the sculptures in detail and from different angles, this volume is an in-depth study of Michelangelo’s entire oeuvre as a sculptor. It traces the course of the artist’s career from the very earliest works to the small wooden Christ, unfinished at his death, examining each individual sculpture and group with details of its origins, history and iconography, and reproductions of related drawings.24 ORE CULTURA PAUL HOLBERTON 2005 PB 304pp Illus 300x243mm 12051 now £12.99 Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback by Velázquez, c.1635 2010 PB 320pp Illus 205x177mm £25.00 99035 now £9.99 Detail of the tomb of Pope Julius II E T Manuel Jover Caravaggio (1571-1610) is acknowledged now as one of the great Italian artists, whose work represents a revolution in figurative art; but he was also a man condemned to death for murder and a fugitive from justice. This richly illustrated study traces the story of his all too brief life and provides commentary on the technique and spirituality of works such as The Supper at Emmaus and The Conversion of St Paul. (NB: Black pages, white text.) TERRAIL 2007 PB 256pp Illus 220x170mm CARAVAGGIO £12.99 63167 now £4.99 NEW MASTER DRAWINGS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Head of a Woman by Andrea del Verrocchio, c.1475 Claire van Cleave ‘Drawing’, wrote Vasari, ‘is the father of our three arts, architecture, sculpture and painting’. Based on the collections of the British Museum, the Louvre and other French museums, this volume presents 112 superbly reproduced drawings by artists of the 15th and 16th centuries, including Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo and Titian. The lucid commentary describes the artists’ materials and techniques; analyses stylistic and geographical trends; and explains how, through this intimate medium, we come closest to witnessing the creative process. HARVARD UP 2007 HB 192pp Illus 271x240mm $35.00 11788 now £9.99 Flavio Febbraro; Alexandra Wetzel Since prehistoric times, across cultures and millennia, artists have been inspired by the human body as an object of desire. This authoritative, insightful and lavishly illustrated volume examines its depiction through the ages, in ancient Greece and Rome, India, China and Japan, and in works by masters such as Titian, Caravaggio, Goya, Ingres, Rodin and Warhol. Close-ups reveal telling clues to the meaning of these sometimes explicit images, and the often conflicted attitudes of the societies that created them. Sexually explicit. HOW TO READ EROTIC ART LUDION 2011 PB 392pp Illus 238x170mm ART TREASURES IN THE NORTH Northern Families on the Grand Tour £22.50 12024 now £9.99 Anne French focuses on the men and women from northern England who travelled around Europe on the Grand Tour and recorded their interests and experiences in letters and journals. She also discusses the numerous art treasures which they The Bucintoro returning to the Molo on brought back to the great Ascension Day by Canaletto, 1730s houses of the North, many of which have remained there and continue to enrich the region’s cultural heritage. This book is the long-awaited companion volume to the millennium exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle. UNICORN 2009 HB 319pp Illus 240x208mm £30.00 88275 now £12.99 62 Portrait of a Woman (Lucrezia Borgia) by Bartolomeo Veneto, c.1525 NEW COUNTRY PURSUITS British, American and French Sporting Art Malcolm Cormack Drawing on the celebrated Mellon Collections in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Malcolm Cormack presents the first study to examine together the national traditions of sporting art in Britain, America and France. An introductory essay defines sporting art with a particular emphasis on British artists in the context of prevailing art trends; and the catalogue, arranged by country and by sports, reproduces 127 works, each accompanied by a commentary. VIRGINIA UP 2007 HB 474pp Illus 305x230mm £63.50 16399 now £19.99 Linin’ ’em up (detail) by Alfred Munnings, c.1950 Postscript order line: 01626 897100 R pa L m ho an an on ha 10 dr al tim £ T T St m an is st ul an E 18 th SH £ PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 63 Order line: 01626 897100 ART VAN GOGH, GAUGUIN, CÉZANNE AND BEYOND Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay ce Guy Cogeval; Sylvie Patry; Stéphane Guégan Drawn from one of the world’s premier collections, the paintings featured in this volume provide a splendid overview of French art in the wake of Impressionism. Eleven illustrated essays discuss artists from Monet, Cezanne and Toulouse-Lautrec to Bonnard and Vuillard; while the catalogue of paintings, beautifully reproduced and with commentary by Nicole Myers, includes masterpieces such as Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Seurat’s Bathers at Asnières and The Snake Charmer by Rousseau. th d r. 35 MUSEE D’ORSAY 2010 HB 256pp Illus 294x254mm £35.00 99083 now £14.99 Eugène Boch or The Poet by Van Gogh, 1888 EDWIN LANDSEER The Private Drawings Richard Ormond Celebrated for animal paintings such as The Monarch of the Glen, Landseer (1802-73) was Victorian Britain’s most popular artist. What he most enjoyed, however, was producing quick, intimate penand-ink sketches of his aristocratic friends and hosts in salons and drawing rooms or on sporting expeditions in Scotland. This handsome volume reproduces more than 100 of these charming and often humorous drawings, many reproduced for the first time, alongside a history of the artist’s life and times. UNICORN 2009 HB 192pp Illus 280x243mm IN THE PRESENCE OF THINGS Four Centuries of European Still Life Painting Part Two: 19th-20th Centuries (1840-1955) Neil Cox Beginning with paintings from around 1840, Part Two of the exhibition held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon charted a transformation in the nature of art, as the notion of a thing – and the development of still life painting – was challenged by both philosophy and photography. Among the 93 exhibits illustrated and discussed in this catalogue are works by some of the greatest names in 19th and early 20th century art, among them Monet, Braque, Matisse, Léger and Magritte. CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION 2011 PB 247pp Illus 281x237mm £39.95 98976 now £16.99 DANGEROUS BEAUTIES AND DUTIFUL WIVES Popular Portraits of Women in Japan, 1905-1925 Ed. Kendall H Brown In the early years of the 20th century, Japanese popular magazines featured elegant kuchi-e (frontispiece pictures) of glamorous women. Created for mass production using modern Western lithography rather than the traditional woodblocks, these graceful images nevertheless embody the elegance and economy of the classical Japanese print. This attractive book reproduces 100 of these portraits, offering a rare glimpse into women’s lives in Taisho-period Japan. DOVER 2011 PB 128pp Illus 280x213mm £25.00 95187 now £12.99 e n e n d s d e , e . THE ZEN ART BOOK The Art of Enlightenment Stephen Addiss; John Daido Loori When a Zen master puts brush to paper, the resulting image is an expression of the quality of his or her mind. It is thus a teaching, intended to compassionately stop us in our tracks and to compel us to consider ultimate truth. Here, 40 masterpieces of painting and calligraphy by masters such as Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) and Gibon Sengai (17501837) are reproduced along with commentary that illuminates both the art and its teaching. SHAMBHALA 2007 PB 106pp Illus 235x183mm £19.99 97353 now £8.99 £18.99 95481 now £3.99 Kuchi-e of The Courageous Woman Sarashina by Hirezaki Eihô TS nd rt he he lm ne ng An art sts nd nd ch ry. STANLEY SPENCER Journey to Burghclere Paul Gough In 1915 Stanley Spencer left his contented life in the village of Cookham to enlist as a medical orderly and was plunged into the carnage of war in Macedonia. When, in 1923, the Behrend family commissioned him to paint murals for their chapel at Burghclere, the result was a powerful reflection on his experiences. Drawing on Spencer’s own letters and sketchbooks, this absorbing book examines the impact of the war on his work, placing it alongside that of other soldier-artists of the period. mm SANSOM 2006 HB 203pp Illus 270x210mm 99 £35.00 98562 now £12.99 50 Map Reading, one of Spencer’s chapel paintings Visit our website: www.psbooks.co.uk f 63 PS253.1.qxp 19/01/2015 12:46 Page 64 www.psbooks.co.uk ART NEW ANDRÉ MASSON AND ANCIENT GREECE THE GREAT BRATBY A Portrait of John Bratby RA Ed. Kyriakos Koutsomallis; Margarita Kataga With three essays investigating the references to Ancient Greek mythology, and particularly the image of the Minotaur in the work of the Surrealist André Masson (1896-1987), this volume accompanied an exhibition at the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros in 2007. The essays are followed by reproductions of 83 works, including paintings, drawings, bronze sculptures and designs for operas, with notes on the myths and quotations from the artist. Maurice Yacowar In the late 1950s John Bratby (1928-92) became the most prominent of the Kitchen Sink Realist painters and the celebrity artist of his day, providing the model for Sir Alec Guinness’s Gulley Jimson in the film, The Horse’s Mouth (1958). Bratby’s rediscovery by the art world has led to critical interest in his art. This study, the first to mine the Bratby Archive, examines his art and his writings, from the bestseller Breakdown to unpublished (and pornographic) short stories. UMBERTO ALLEMANDI 2007 HB 143pp Illus 294x238mm £29.95 16653 now £14.99 MIDDLESEX UP 2008 PB 282pp Illus £30.00 76918 now £9.99 Oedipus by André Masson, 1939 Paul McCartney by Bratby, 1967 THE EYE AND THE WORD Collected Writings on Art and Literature: The Gagosian Edition Werner Spies This set of ten volumes brings together seminal works on the art and literature of the 20th century by the renowned German art historian Werner Spies. Vols 1 and 2: Max Ernst Collages. Vol 3: Max Ernst – From Material to Style. Vol 4: Picasso – The Sculptures. Vol 5: The Continent Named Picasso. Vol 6: Paths to the 20th Century. Vol 7: Surrealism and its Age. Vol 8: Between Action Painting and Pop Art. Vol 9: From Pop Art to the Present. Vol 10: Literature and Business. Boxed set. BERLIN UP 2008 HB 4,500pp £175.00 98975 now £75.00 Maria-Christina Boerner Despite his early death at the age of 36, Henri de ToulouseLautrec left a body of work that, perhaps more than any other artist's, evokes the mood of Paris during the belle époque. This volume reproduces over 150 drawings, lithographs and posters demonstrating Lautrec's mastery of line and his invention of a compelling new graphic style; while documentary photographs of some of the people and places of Lautrec's world further bring to life fin-de-siècle Paris. Texts in English, Spanish, French and German. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC AND HIS WORLD VIVAYS 2012 HB 176pp Illus 340x255mm £19.95 94762 now £8.99 LANDMARKS IN PRINT COLLECTING Connoisseurs and Donors and the British Museum Since 1753 Ed. Antony Griffiths The Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum holds one of the world’s greatest collections of prints, with all the major names of Western printmaking represented, often in complete series and in excellent impressions. This volume of ten richly illustrated essays traces the history of the collection since the Museum's foundation in 1753 through studies of the principal collectors and benefactors, from Back by Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) to a popular demand survey of curatorial collecting in the 20th century. BRITISH MUSEUM 1996 PB 304pp Illus 274x215mm $40.00 17083 now £9.99 GARDEN PAINTERS Contemporary Artists Ariel Luke Despite its distinguished history, garden painting seems to have fallen from favour. This delightful survey of the work of 21 contemporary artists – including the author – demonstrates that the genre is alive and well. 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NEW FIRST SEEN Portraits of the World’s Peoples 1840-1880 Kathleen Stewart Howe Almost as soon as photography was invented, its practitioners rushed to the four corners of the earth to document its peoples. Accompanying a major travelling exhibition, this catalogue reproduces more than 240 rare photographs from the Wilson Centre for Photography in London. On subjects ranging from Italian street musicians to opium smokers in Tonkin, these images reveal the tensions in 19th century society as it struggled with issues of personal and national identity in an age of exploration and imperial expansion. THIRD MILLENNIUM 2004 HB 206pp Illus 280x270mm £20.00 16416 now £9.99 PHYSIQUE Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes Peter Kuhnst’s selection of over 150 images traces the history of the nude athlete in photography from the mid 19th century to the present. 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NEW THE SPITFIRE STORY HAYNES 2010 HB 288pp Illus 268x207mm £25.00 16618 now £9.99 The first production Mark XIV Griffon-engined Spitfire NEW MAGGIE Her Fatal Legacy John Sergeant brings his mordant wit and keen understanding to bear on Margaret Thatcher’s enduring – and, as he persuasively argues, baleful – legacy. Based on Sergeant’s insights into the Westminster scene and his unique access to her closest colleagues, Maggie charts the course from her glory days to her downfall and beyond, showing how ‘Mrs Thatcher’s power to influence events did not end with her resignation’. PAN 2005 PB 400pp Illus £9.99 16819 now £4.99 Tony Butcher In the 1960s, with steam in decline and line closures looming, locomotive enthusiasts’ societies began to organize special rail tours, sometimes in the final days of a branch line and often using little-used cross-country and freight lines. The tours gave photographers such as Tony Butcher wonderful opportunities to record locomotives and lines that would soon be gone. This book contains 140 of his colour photographs, taken on tours in the final years of regular main-line steam. IAN ALLAN 2010 HB 128pp Illus 215x290mm A FAREWELL TO STEAM £19.99 16668 now £8.99 66 £20.00 16816 now £7.99 NEW SEX AND PUNISHMENT 4,000 Years of Judging Desire Preserved North of Scotland Railway No 49 Gordon Highlander at Midcalder on the 1965 ‘Scottish Rambler’ railtour NEW NEW FLAPPERS Six Women of a Dangerous Generation Judith Mackrell For many young women, the 1920s felt like a promise of liberty; a decade when they dared to shorten their skirts, crop their hair, smoke cigarettes in public and claim new sexual freedoms. From this generation of women ‘hell-bent on having their own way’, Judith Maxwell has chosen to profile six that exemplify the spirit of the 1920s: Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka. MACMILLAN 2013 PB 504pp Illus Eric Berkowitz The sex drive has always defied control, yet over thousands of years civilizations have tried to do so, wielding their most formidable weapon: the law. At any given period, some forms of sex were condoned while others were punished mercilessly. In telling the story of the struggle to regulate sexual behaviour, Eric Berkowitz describes the entire sweep of Western sex law, from the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde for ‘gross indecency’. WESTBOURNE 2012 PB 368pp £17.99 16871 now £5.99 f See our full range of over 14,000 titles at www.psbooks.co.uk Postscript order line: 01626 897100 FEATURED TITLES THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER NEW Josephine Wilkinson In June 1453, the new king of England, the 12-year-old Edward V was deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester and sent to the Tower of London along with his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York. The boys disappeared and the rumour began – and has never abated – that they were dead, murdered by Richard III. In this study of the Princes, Dr Wilkinson re-examines the original sources and presents a new theory about what really happened and why. AMBERLEY 2013 HB 190pp £18.99 16736 now £6.99 NEW ELIZABETH WOODVILLE A Life David MacGibbon First published in 1938 and still considered a standard work on the subject, this lucid and scholarly biography sets Elizabeth Woodville in her complex historical context before embarking on the story of the real ‘White Queen’. Introduced to court as a maid of honour to Henry VI’s queen, Elizabeth was to become the influential wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower and, finally, a ‘heart-broken widow and mother’. £12.99 16842 now £4.99 Customer no : Your Order Form is inside the back cover £20.00 16731 now £7.99 THE SECRET LIFE OF BLETCHLEY PARK The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There £8.99 16646 now £3.99 f See our full range of more than 14,000 titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk Bill O’Reilly; Martin Dugard ‘To understand what Jesus accomplished and how he paid with his life, we have to understand what was happening around him.’ O’Reilly and Dugard turn from their previous non-fiction ‘thrillers’ on the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy to the events leading up to Jesus’ execution. 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NEW FOUNDATIONS OF A COLLECTION The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Ann Sumner; Jesse Campbell et al Founded in 1931, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham is one of the finest cultural centres in the UK. Drawing on extensive new research, the essays in this handsome commemorative volume explore the motives of its founders, its history, and the scope and purpose of Portrait of Lady Barber Seated at her Dressing Table, its collections. The book is Culham Court by Nestor Cambier, pre-1928 illustrated with 120 colour and archival images, including work by Poussin, van Dyck, Tiepolo, Brueghel the Younger, Degas, Gauguin and Rodin, and also contains a full catalogue of the Institute’s early acquisitions. SCALA 2012 PB 160pp Illus £16.95 16637 now £5.99 Roger Watson; Helen Rappaport In the 1830s two men – English gentleman-amateur scientist Henry Fox Talbot and French scenerypainter and showman Louis Daguerre – worked independently to develop methods of photography. Outlining each man’s life and work, the authors focus on the protracted experimentation by which they overcame the difficulties that had long beset efforts to fix images on paper. The final chapters cover the early impact of the new technology on art, daily life and the documentation of the American Civil War. NEW THE COMPANION TO CHURCHES Stephen Friar’s Companion covers all aspects of English parish churches: architecture, fittings and furniture, decorative and allegorical features, stained glass, monuments, brasses and effigies, traditions and folklore, parochial and vestry administration, and the role of the parish church in the history of a community. The book is arranged alphabetically and consists of substantial primary entries on major features, and shorter entries dealing with terminology, historical associations and place names, plus an index of places. 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AMBERLEY 2013 HB 190pp £18.99 16736 now £6.99 NEW WAR DOG The No-Man’s-Land Puppy who Took to the Skies Damien Lewis In 1939, Czech airman Robert Bozdech was shot down in France and, while evading capture, found a puppy cowering in a barn. Taking the abandoned dog with him, he found his way to England and joined the RAF; the dog, Antis, subsequently accompanied him on bombing missions. This book recounts the story of the remarkable partnership and the countless acts of bravery that earned Antis the Dickin Medal – the ‘animal VC’. SPHERE 2013 HB 303pp Illus NEW ELIZABETH WOODVILLE A Life David MacGibbon First published in 1938 and still considered a standard work on the subject, this lucid and scholarly biography sets Elizabeth Woodville in her complex historical context before embarking on the story of the real ‘White Queen’. Introduced to court as a maid of honour to Henry VI’s queen, Elizabeth was to become the influential wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower and, finally, a ‘heart-broken widow and mother’. £12.99 16842 now £4.99 NEW FOUNDATIONS OF A COLLECTION The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Ann Sumner; Jesse Campbell et al Founded in 1931, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham is one of the finest cultural centres in the UK. Drawing on extensive new research, the essays in this handsome commemorative volume explore the motives of its founders, its history, and the scope and purpose of its collections. The book is illustrated with 120 colour and archival images, including work by Poussin, van Dyck, Tiepolo, Brueghel the Younger, Degas, Gauguin and Rodin, and also contains a full catalogue of the Institute’s early acquisitions. SCALA 2012 PB 160pp Illus £16.95 16637 now £5.99 Quality books at reduced prices Portrait of Lady Barber Seated at her Dressing Table, Culham Court by Nestor Cambier, pre-1928 Roger Watson; Helen Rappaport In the 1830s two men – English gentleman-amateur scientist Henry Fox Talbot and French scenery-painter and showman Louis Daguerre – worked independently to develop methods of photography. Outlining each man’s life and work, the authors focus on the protracted experimentation by which they overcame the difficulties that had long beset efforts to fix images on paper. The final chapters cover the early impact of the new technology on art, daily life and the documentation of the American Civil War. NEW AMBERLEY 2013 HB 242pp Illus £20.00 16731 now £7.99 CAPTURING THE LIGHT MACMILLAN 2013 PB 320pp Illus £12.99 16812 now £5.99 THE SECRET LIFE OF BLETCHLEY PARK The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There Sinclair McKay Bletchley Park’s cracking of the Enigma code helped win the Second World War. At this isolated country house, factory workers, debutantes, students and Wrens worked alongside Britain’s most brilliant minds in conditions of the utmost secrecy. Here, for the first time, they tell their stories – visits by top brass, concerts by world-class musicians, furtive romances in country lanes – and reveal the intensity of life in this extraordinary community. AURUM 2011 PB 342pp Illus £8.99 16646 now £3.99 f See our full range of more than 14,000 titles on our website www.psbooks.co.uk Bill O’Reilly; Martin Dugard ‘To understand what Jesus accomplished and how he paid with his life, we have to understand what was happening around him.’ O’Reilly and Dugard turn from their previous non-fiction ‘thrillers’ on the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy to the events leading up to Jesus’ execution. They examine Greek, Roman and Jewish sources to tell the story of this volatile epoch, its cast of characters – from Cleopatra to John the Baptist – and the historical events which made Jesus’ death inevitable. MACMILLAN 2013 HB 299pp NEW KILLING JESUS: A History Back by popular demand Stephen Friar’s Companion covers all aspects of English parish churches: architecture, fittings and furniture, decorative and allegorical features, stained glass, monuments, brasses and effigies, traditions and folklore, parochial and vestry administration, and the role of the parish church in the history of a community. The book is arranged alphabetically and consists of substantial primary entries on major features, and shorter entries dealing with terminology, historical associations and place names, plus an index of places. 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