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NEW CATASTROPHE
Europe Goes to War 1914
Max Hastings In 1914, Europe
plunged into the 20th century’s first
terrible act of self-immolation –
‘The Great War’. Max Hastings
seeks to explain both how the
conflict came about and what befell
millions of men and women during
the first months of strife. He finds
that Germany and Austria must
accept principal blame for the
outbreak of the war; and against the
view that it was not worth winning,
he argues that the German defeat
was vital for the freedom of Europe.
WILLIAM COLLINS 2013 HB 666pp Illus
Mike Hutton adds his own recollections
of coming of age in 1950s London to this
evocative account of the city during the
decade that saw a transition from post-war
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mobility and Harold Macmillan’s boast,
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Illus. Edward Ardizzone; Maurice Gorham This celebration of the
London pub on the eve of the Second World War was based on much
informal research by friends and ‘regulars’ Maurice Gorham and Edward
Ardizzone. Gorham’s discussions of pub features such as the Saloon
Lounge, the Public Bar and Barmaids are illustrated with vividly
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NEW DITHERINGTON MILL
AND THE INDUSTRIAL
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Colum Giles; Mike Williams
Ditherington Mill in Shrewsbury is
one of the great monuments to the
British Industrial Revolution. Built
in 1796-1800, the Spinning Mill is
recognized as the world’s first ironframed fireproof building. This
study, illustrated with photographs,
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and shows how it was linked to
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the textile industry and business
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Optician’s shop
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Croydon by
Barbara Jones
NEW
NEW CIVIL WAR
The History of England
Volume Three
Peter Ackroyd The 17th century
was one of the most turbulent
England had seen; at its centre stands
the Civil War, the execution of
Charles I and the despotic rule of
Oliver Cromwell. This third volume
of Peter Ackroyd’s magisterial
national history charts that era of
revolution and religious conflict
from the accession of James I to
the exile of his grandson James II,
and from the literary riches of
Shakespeare and Milton to the often
insecure lives of ordinary men and
women. MACMILLAN 2014 PB 512pp Illus
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THE UNSOPHISTICATED ARTS
NEW DANUBIA
A Personal History
of Habsburg Europe
Simon Winder For centuries, vast
swathes of Europe were ruled by the
Habsburg family. An unstable mixture
of autocrats, obsessives, wizards and
melancholics, they saw off any number
of rivals before they were toppled in
1918. This entertaining, richly anecdotal
history leads the reader through their
Central European heartlands from Vienna
to Transylvania, Prague to Sarajevo.
Negotiating a labyrinth of intrigue,
war, alchemy and religion, it charts the
fortunes of this eccentric dynasty and the
many peoples of its ramshackle empire.
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The monumental Engine House at the
south end of the Spinning Mill, c.1810
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Umbrellas by Leonetto
Cappiello from Paris
Between the Wars
1919-1939 featured
inside this issue
HISTORIC ENGLAND 2015 HB 160pp Illus
LITTLE TOLLER 2010
HB 92pp Illus 234x155mm
Barbara Jones ‘Unsophisticated art’ – the art of everyday life –
was documented during the 1940s by Barbara Jones, who visited
fairgrounds, taxidermists, tattoo parlours, high street shops,
seaside piers and houseboats in her quest to record popular
artefacts, whether hand-made or mass-produced. First published
in 1951, her drawings and her new vision of vernacular art
have inspired generations of artists and designers. This new
edition includes additional material from Jones’s studio, and
a foreword by Peter Blake. LITTLE TOLLER 2013 HB 200pp Illus
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LIFE IN 1950s LONDON
NEW UNEXPECTED BRITAIN
A Journey Through
Our Hidden History
Stuart Laycock; Philip Laycock
Did you know that Britain once had
a North African emperor; that
England’s sixth-richest town fell off
a cliff; or that an elephant walked
on the Thames? Never mind 1066,
Magna Carta, Henry VIII and all that
– there is more to history than famous
dates. This fascinating book charts
the curious, lesser-known events of
British history from pre-Roman times
to within living memory, bringing
a fresh and unexpected perspective
to the story of these islands.
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to Postscript’s April catalogue. This month
our cover features the famous Umbrellas by
Leonetto Cappiello, one of the pioneering
graphic artists of 1920s Paris. Originally an
advertisement for Parapluie Revel, it is one of
hundreds of designs and artworks illustrated in
Paris Between the Wars 1919-1939 (opposite).
To mark his 400th anniversary this month
we have devoted pages 46-47 to books on
Shakespeare and his world. Titles include
the controversial Shakespeare’s Dark Lady;
Peter Whitfield’s study of artists who
have risen to the challenge of Illustrating
Shakespeare; and attractive Signature
editions of Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet
and Much Ado About Nothing.
Elsewhere, the social history pages (pp12-13)
excel themselves, with studies of early sugar
refining, Morris dancing, Beecham’s Pills, and
the Mary Whitehouse archive (Ban this Filth!);
and we have an interesting range of books
on religious topics, including The Dictionary
of Christian Art, The Secret Language of
Sacred Spaces (pp44-45) and Let it Go
Among Our People, an illustrated history of
early English translations of the Bible (p66).
There are more highlights in archaeology,
art, crime and cookery, but we must leave
them for you to discover: there is only
enough space to thank you for your
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April 2016
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Featured Titles
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Postscript Favourites
4-5
Special Feature: William Shakespeare
46-47
Archaeology
6
Architecture/Design
63-65
Art/Photography
34-37
Biography
25-27
British Isles
21-24
Children’s
56-57
Crafts/Hobbies/Collectables
54-55
Cultural Studies/PPE/Philosophy
30-31
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42-43
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52-53
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49-51
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41
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History
11
Ancient
7 Contemporary
Medieval
8 Social/Industrial 12-13
Modern
9-10 General/British 14-15
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Literary Biography/Literature
28 & 31
Military History
16-20
Music/Performing Arts
58-59
Reference/Humour
32-33
Religion
44-45 & 66
Science/Astronomy
48
Stationery
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Transport
60-62
Travel & Exploration
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NEW PARIS: Between the Wars 1919-1939
Art, Life and Culture
Vincent Bouvet; Gerard Durozoi Between the wars, Paris was ablaze with
lights, jazz, haute couture and intellectual ferment. The cafés and bars of
Montparnasse became the haunt of artists and writers such as Picasso,
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Tamara de Lempicka,
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painting Portrait of
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Tadeusz, c.1928
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Charlie Bunce; Karen Farrington Michael Portillo’s
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NEW ILLUSTRATING SHAKESPEARE
used Bradshaw’s 1839 railway guide as a platform to
Peter Whitfield From Fairthorne’s illustration for
explore the history, landscape and people of Britain.
The Rape of Lucrece in 1655, to The Animated
In two richly illustrated accompanying books, Charlie
Tales cartoon versions of the plays for children in
Bunce and Karen
the 1990s, Whitfield looks at how artists have
Farrington looked
risen to the challenge of illustrating Shakespeare.
in more detail at
With over 100 examples, the study examines
Portillo’s journeys,
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Shakespeare (1709) and Knight’s Pictorial
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Penzance to
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Edinburgh in
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a total of 14
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Aldershot Tattoo by
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ARCHAEOLOGY
WHEN SCHOOLDAYS
WERE FUN
A Lighthearted Look at
‘The Best Days of Our Lives’
Barnacle geese over Tantallon Castle
and the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth
Stephen Browning In spite of
the hard benches, stodgy food
and iron discipline that feature
prominently in people’s
memories of education in
Britain before about 1970,
schooldays from this period are
nevertheless often fondly
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from about 1900 up to the
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teachers, interminable lessons,
withering school reports and punishing sporting trials
that were once the daily lot of British schoolchildren.
John Downer This extraordinary collection of
photographs uses pioneering techniques to capture
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over the world. From the peaks of the Himalayas
to the African plains, it shows migratory birds using
HALSGROVE 2010 HB 160pp Illus 296x210mm
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£19.99 99464 now £7.99
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Kate Summerscale
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of 1860, but models
Richard Dadd (1817-86) came
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imaginative sequence of fairy
on the country-house
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murder mystery –
than four decades of his later
the genre inspired by
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the real murder and
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and Broadmoor. This book is
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David Spaven;
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BREEDING BIRDS
Their Distribution
and Abundance
Ed. Ward JM
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ARCHAEOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGY
CITIES OF THE BIBLICAL WORLD SERIES
John R Bartlett Did the walls of Jericho really
come tumbling down in the time of Joshua?
Archaeologists once thought they had found
corroboration for the biblical story, but more
recent scholarship emphasizes the difficulty of
relating literary and archaeological evidence.
Bartlett’s overview of excavation at the site
presents the most striking finds, such as a group
of plastered skulls, and explains what can be
reconstructed about the rest of Jericho’s history
from the tenth millennium BCE to Roman times.
NEW
JERICHO
LUTTERWORTH 1982 PB 128pp Illus
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Roger Moorey How do archaeologists
know where to dig? How do they evaluate
and date the debris which they uncover?
And what light can such material evidence
shed on the cultures portrayed in the texts
of the Old Testament? This introductory
book sets out the key principles and techniques of archaeology while also tracing
the history of excavation in Palestine and
the evolution of archaeological method
from the earliest investigations to the
1980s. LUTTERWORTH 1981 PB 128pp Illus
NEW
Terracotta male head with radiate wreath,
late fifth century BCE
NEW CITY OF GOLD
The Archaeology of Polis
Chrysochous, Cyprus
Ed. William AP Childs; Joanna S Smith;
J Michael Padgett Beneath the Cypriot
town of Polis Chrysochous (‘City of
Gold’) lie two earlier cities: the ancient
Marion, sacked in 312BCE, and Arsinoe,
which flourished in the Hellenistic and
Roman periods. Over the past 130 years,
archaeological excavations have uncovered a wealth of material, principally decorated pottery. Produced to accompany
an exhibition at Princeton University
Art Museum, this magnificent catalogue
explores the history and culture of the
sites, and illustrates 110 artefacts, nearly
half of them never published before.
YALE UP 2013 PB 400pp Illus 285x235mm
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EXCAVATION IN PALESTINE
20908 now £5.99
NEW JERUSALEM 1
From the Bronze Age
to the Maccabees
Graeme Auld; Margreet Steiner
Jerusalem is both the best-known and the
most intensively studied of biblical sites,
although ancient literary sources are frustratingly unclear about features of the city’s
topography. This book reveals how archaeological evidence can supplement these
texts to tell Jerusalem’s early history; it
covers the period described in the Hebrew
scriptures, from the city’s origins, through
prosperity in the seventh century to the
mid-point of the Hellenistic period in 200
BCE. LUTTERWORTH 1996 PB 110pp Illus
20923 now £5.99
Graham I Davies Megiddo was one
of the last Canaanite cities to hold out
against the Israelites, and its strategic importance was clear to the Egyptians and
to the author of Revelation, who called it
‘Armageddon’. Davies gives an illustrated
account of 80 years of excavations at the
site and vigorous debates about the interpretation of finds made there. He uses
both archaeological and biblical evidence
to reconstruct the city’s history from before 3000 BCE to Roman times.
NEW
MEGIDDO
20932 now £5.99
PRS Moorey To what extent are the narratives of the Old and New Testaments
confirmed by the physical evidence in the soil of the Holy Land? This chronological
survey charts the relationship between archaeology and biblical studies from the
19th century, through the pioneering work of Pitt Rivers and Petrie, to the present,
and addresses the effect of the region’s difficult geopolitics on excavations.
NEW
A CENTURY OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
LUTTERWORTH 1991 PB 208pp
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The 17th
Dynasty pharaoh
Seqenenre Tao II,
who died a
violent death
THE ROYAL MUMMIES
Immortality in Ancient Egypt
Intro. Francis Janot Ancient Egyptians believed that
the art of embalming, learned from the god Anubis,
allowed pharaohs to enter the paradisal Field of Reeds
and maintained the cosmic order. This lavishly illustrated
book explains the physical procedure and religious rites
which prepared the royal corpse and explores the texts
which reveal ancient beliefs about its destiny. Janot also
describes archaeologists’ rediscovery of the mummies and
presents information about the monarchs’ lives and deaths
which recent technology has helped reveal. AMERICAN
UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO 2008 HB 367pp Illus 352x250mm
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THE PAST FROM ABOVE
Aerial Photographs
of Archaeological Sites
Georg Gerster; Ed. Charlotte
Trumpler A pioneer of aerial
photography, Georg Gerster
travelled the world for 50 years,
photographing archaeological
sites from the air. In this book,
which accompanied a major
exhibition of Gerster’s work
in 2005, the archaeologist
Charlotte Trumpler introduces
250 photographs of sites,
among them the Acropolis,
Karnak, the Great Wall of
China and the Aztec palaces.
The photographs are arranged by the type of site and accompanied
by expert captions and notes on memorable flights by Gerster
himself. FRANCES LINCOLN 2005 PB 415pp Illus 290x235mm
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ANCIENT HISTORY
NEW THE BODY BEAUTIFUL
IN ANCIENT GREECE
Ian Jenkins; Victoria Turner Spanning the
centuries, this volume shows the ways in which
ancient Greek artists represented male and female
bodies, both as objects of beauty and as vehicles
for displaying personal and collective values, in
styles ranging from abstract simplicity to complete
realism. Illustrated with more than 100 pieces from
the British Museum’s collections, the book features
such famous sculptures as the Discobolus and the
Aphrodite of Knidos alongside vase paintings,
funerary reliefs and bronze statuettes. PORTLAND
ART MUSEUM 2013 HB 176pp Illus 280x227mm
21113 now £11.99
NEW THEODORA
Empress of Byzantium
Paolo Cesaretti The extraordinary story
of the empress Theodora, a burlesque actress who married Justinian and became
one of history’s most important women,
has been much mythologized ever since
the scandalous Secret History of Procopius. Cesaretti’s acclaimed biography
is based on research into the often contradictory literary and historical texts as
well as monuments and inscriptions which
combine to reveal how she created her
own unique identity and saved Justinian’s
empire through her wisdom and counsel.
VENDOME 2001 HB 400pp Illus
$27.50 21106 now £8.99
THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE
Inspired by the Divine
Iain Ferris The Arch of Constantine was
built to celebrate ten years of the Emperor’s reign and his victory at the Battle
of Milvian Bridge. Completed in CE 312315, it is the most impressive civic monument surviving from that period. In this
illustrated study, Iain Ferris describes
Constantine’s life and times and analyses
the arch, discussing the re-use of artworks
from older monuments in its construction,
its complex decoration and the use of
arches as commemorative monuments in
the Roman world.
AMBERLEY 2013 PB 160pp Illus 247x172mm
£18.99 19316 now £4.99
Back by
popular
demand
Marble
bust of
Trajan
Eros Stringing a Bow, a Roman-period copy of
a late fourth century BCE sculpture by Lysippos
A HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT
From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid
John Romer presents a detailed account of the pre-literate culture of the ancient lower
Nile, from the first farmers to the full panoply of the pharaonic state, culminating in
the building of Khufu’s tomb (2550 BCE) – the Great Pyramid of Giza. Romer shows
how recent archaeology has revealed this strange and long-lost world, and his book
offers a new approach to the evolution of the archaic state and the creation of ancient
Egypt: ‘something new under the sun’. ALLEN LANE 2012 HB 504pp Illus
£25.00 16849 now £9.99
Charles Bonnet; Dominique Valbelle During the eighth and seventh centuries BCE,
the empire of Ancient Egypt was ruled by a succession of Nubian kings and centred
on the upper Nile in modern-day
Sudan. Focused on the discovery
of black granite statues of these
Pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty,
made by the authors at the site
known as Kerma, this spectacularly
illustrated, large-format book
tells the story of the Nubian rulers
of Egypt and the archaeological
findings associated with them.
NEW
THE NUBIAN PHARAOHS: Black Kings on the Nile
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The head of the statute of the
pharaoh Taharqa at Kerma
SWIFTER THAN THE ARROW
The Golden Hunting Hounds of Ancient Egypt
Michael Rice The ancient Egyptians are the first known civilization to have
formed the special bond with the dog that persists today as the most remarkable
and enduring of animal-human relationships. The dog they selected and bred for
hunting and as a companion was the tjesm, a slender, pink-eared hound familiar
from tomb reliefs and still recognizable in the ‘Pharaoh’ hounds of today. This
study explores the place of these and other dogs, including the canine gods,
within ancient Egyptian civilization. IB TAURIS 2006 HB 246pp Illus
£22.50 40201 now £9.99
THE COMPLETE ROMAN EMPEROR
Imperial Life at Court and on Campaign
THE STORY OF STONEHENGE
Michael Sommer The emperors who ruled
Rome for five centuries are among the most
famous and notorious leaders in history; yet
what do we really know about their daily lives
and how they ran the empire? From Augustus
to the fall of the Empire in the West, Sommer
writes vividly about the individuals who shaped
the job of Roman emperor and describes how
the role changed over the centuries. The book
includes brief biographies of the 85 emperors
and over 200 illustrations.
Patricia Southern Stonehenge is one
of the most famous monuments in the
world, but the instantly recognizable
monument we know now is only its last
phase before it was abandoned around
1500 BCE. In this concise account, Patricia Southern considers the conflicting
theories about how Stonehenge was
built with such precision and why, and
traces the various transformations on
the site from c.8000 BCE to ‘Ever After’
– from c.700 BCE to modern times.
THAMES & HUDSON 2010 HB 208pp Illus
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MEDIEVAL HISTORY
NEW IN SEARCH OF
ALFRED THE GREAT
The King, the Grave, the Legend
Edoardo Albert; Katie Tucker Buried in 899 CE
as the king of the English at his capital city of
Winchester, Alfred the Great’s bones were
thought to have been moved sometime later to
an unmarked grave. They remained completely
lost for centuries, but recent discoveries have
reawakened interest in this heroic figure.
Including chapters by Dr Katie Tucker describing
her amazing discovery of Alfred’s remains, this
book tells the story of the only English monarch
ever to have earned the epithet ‘the Great’.
£20.00 21094 now £7.99
Ninth-century English sword, found
in the Thames at Wallingford
NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
THE MIDDLE AGES (Two volumes)
Ed. Andre Vauchez; Barrie Dobson;
Michael Lapidge Although centred on
medieval Christendom in Europe, the Encyclopedia includes articles on other continents and peoples of other faiths in so
far as they were relevant to the Christians
of the Middle Ages. Altogther there are
over 3,000 articles, written by some 600
scholars sharing their expertise on subjects
ranging from abbeys to the zodiac. This
English version, translated by Adrian Walford, contains additional entries on English areas of interest and bibliographies
for each article. Indexed. JAMES CLARKE
2000 HB 1,624pp Illus 275x125mm
MAGNA CARTA
AND THE ENGLAND
OF KING JOHN
Ed. Janet S Loengard What was the
social, economic, legal and religious background to Magna Carta? How was King
John perceived by those who knew him,
and what was England like during his
reign? The studies in this collection
analyse such issues as the legacy of earlier
Angevin rulers, the burgeoning economy
of the early 13th century and Magna
Carta’s effects on widows and property.
The volume ends with the first critical
edition of an open letter of 1210 from the
king himself.
BOYDELL 2010 HB 200pp
20905 now £60.00
£60.00 17948 now £30.00
JOCELIN OF WELLS
Bishop, Builder, Courtier
Ed. Robert Dunning Jocelin, a royal
administrator and the bishop of Wells from
1206 to 1242, played a major role in the
growth of Somerset’s towns, fairs and markets as well as the completion of Wells
Cathedral and its Bishop’s Palace. This volume comprises ten essays on Jocelin’s life,
career and reforms, his building projects
and the findings of recent architectural,
archaeological and botanical investigations into the curious physical nature of
the palace site. BOYDELL 2010 HB 236pp Illus
£60.00 17943 now £25.00
Ed. Francis Davey Between 1456 and
1462 the Bursar of Eton College, William
Wey, made pilgrimages to Compostela,
Rome and the Holy Land. Written at the
prompting of friends, his Latin accounts
of these three journeys appear here in
English translation for the first time, with
notes and commentary. They contain practical advice for travellers, Greek word
lists, a colourful description of Venice in
its heyday and many rare insights into
European travel and religious faith in the
15th century.
BODLEIAN LIBRARY 2010 HB 253pp
£27.99 20178 now £14.99
THE ARTS OF INTIMACY
Christians, Jews and Muslims in
the Making of Castilian Culture
Jerrilynn D Dodds; Maria Rosa Menocal; Abigail Krasner Balbale From the
11th to the 14th century a unique cultural
and linguistic interaction brought together
Arabic, Hebrew and Latin traditions in
the formation of medieval Castile. The
Arts of Intimacy explores Castilian culture, with excerpts from literary texts and
abundant illustrations of architecture,
epigraphy and calligraphy, to reveal the
extent of this cross-fertilization, from
chess, the number zero and multilingual
literary forms to the Alhambra’s intricate
geometric artwork.
YALE UP 2008 HB 395pp Illus 253x175mm
£25.00 84536 now £7.99
HISTORY OF WILLIAM
THE CONQUEROR
Jacob Abbott Born in Normandy and promised the
throne of England by King Edward, William, Duke
of Normandy decided to invade the country after
another contender for the crown took the throne.
Chronicling the years from his illegitimate birth to
his calamitous burial, Jacob Abbott’s engaging
narrative describes the young conqueror’s
struggles, ambitions and aspirations during his time
in power in both Normandy and England. First
published in 1877. SKYHORSE 2012 PB 144pp Illus
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THE ITINERARIES
OF WILLIAM WEY
RITUAL AND DRAMA
The Medieval Theatre
Francis Edwards Ritual forms the basis
of all theatre, and the great English mystery plays such as the Wakefield Creation
and the York Crucifixion are no exception.
This landmark study by the founder of
the Surrey Players, who staged the first
production of the Towneley Plays in three
centuries, describes how medieval drama
developed from the liturgy. Concentrating
on their performance practice and audience impact, it shows how these dramas
formed a genuine ‘theatre of the people’.
NEW
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MODERN
ARCHAEOLOGY
HISTORY
NEW THE RAINBOROWES
Pirates, Puritans and a Family’s
Quest for the Promised Land
Adrian Tinniswood In both England and early
colonial America the years from 1630 to 1660
were a period of uncertainty, as idealists sought to
fashion a new kind of England, whether at home
or abroad. Tinniswood illustrates this quest for
identity by following the activities of the
prominent merchant-mariner William Rainborowe
and his children, members of the first generation
of New England settlers and bold adventurers
who encountered pirates and witches, prophets
and princes, Muslim militants and Mohican
Indians. JONATHAN CAPE 2013 HB 423pp Illus
£25.00 21111 now £7.99
INDEPENDENCE
The Struggle to Set America Free
NEW
John Ferling Even after war broke out
in 1775, John Ferling argues, most Americans did not favour a split with Britain
and a majority of the Continental Congress would not have voted for it. Focusing on the period from the Boston Tea
Party in 1773 to the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, this book sets out
to understand the major players on each
side and trace how their decisions led to
what seems, but only in hindsight, the
inevitable result of independence.
BLOOMSBURY 2011 HB 448pp Illus
$30.00 21110 now £7.99
THE CREATION OF ANNE BOLEYN
A New Look at England’s Most Notorious Queen
Susan Bordo Part biography, part cultural history, Bordo’s study presents a
reconstruction of Anne’s life, delves into the mystery of Henry’s pursuit, then
abandonment of her, and offers an illuminating look at her afterlife in the cultural
imagination. HOUGHTON 2013 HB 343pp Illus 235x160mm
$27.00 19377 now £9.99
John Guy Henry VIII fathered four living children, each
by a different mother. The relationships between his
daughter Mary, the illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy, Duke
of Richmond, Edward, who died at the age of 15, and
Anne Boleyn’s daughter Elizabeth were often scarred by
jealously, mutual distrust and even hatred. In this study,
John Guy draws on a wide range of sources to tell the
stories of these four key figures in the dynastic history
of England. OXFORD UP 2013 HB 276pp Illus 224x140mm
THE CHILDREN OF HENRY VIII
£16.99 18994 now £6.99
THIS ENGLAND
Essays on the English Nation and
Commonwealth in the 16th Century
NEW
TREASURES
OF THE
ROYAL COURTS
Tudors, Stuarts
and the Russian Tsars
Patrick Collinson Taking its title from
Shakespeare’s ‘This blessed plot, this
earth, this realm, this England’, Collinson’s book comprises a series of eleven
essays exploring the growing conviction
of ‘Englishness’ in the 16th century, and
looking in particular at the influence of
William Tyndale in language and religion;
the ‘self-discovery of England’ in the historical work of William Camden; John
Stow’s Survey of London; and John Foxe
and national consciousness.
Ed. Olga Dmitrieva; Tessa Murdoch Throughout
the 16th and 17th centuries, England’s Tudor and
Stuart monarchs regularly exchanged diplomatic
gifts with the Russian tsars – magnificent silverware,
paintings, textiles and jewellery. Published in
conjunction with a major exhibition at the V&A,
this handsomely illustrated book brings together items
from the museum’s own collection with loans from the
Kremlin, to present a dazzling picture of the colours
and textures of court life, of relations between the two
nations, and the leading personalities of the period.
MANCHESTER UP 2011 HB 326pp
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V&A 2013 HB 176pp Illus 268x215mm
£30.00 17074 now £12.99
Sir Jerome Bowes by an unknown artist, c.1583
THE ENGLISH CIVIL WARS
1640-1660
THE ROYAL STUARTS
A History of the Family
That Shaped Britain
£8.99 18953 now £3.99
$26.99 99989 now £6.99
Blair Worden presents a concise account of
the political upheaval that saw the English
monarchy and the House of Lords abolished
and replaced by a republic and military rule.
He explores the origins and course of the
conflict – the war between King and
Parliament, the execution of Charles I, the
rule of Oliver Cromwell and the Restoration
– assessing the motives of the opposing
sides and the legacy of the struggle for
future generations. PHOENIX 2009 PB 202pp
Allan Massie The Stuart dynasty ruled Scotland
for three centuries and Great Britain and Ireland
for one. Theirs is a tale of brilliance and bravery,
all too often marred by disaster – the execution
of Mary Queen of Scots, the Civil War, and the
overthrow of James VII and II. This adventurous, opinionated history offers a sympathetic
reading of their strengths and weaknesses, from
their rise to power in 14th century Scotland to
the bitter exile after the failure of the Jacobite
uprisings. THOMAS DUNNE 2010 HB 382pp
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ARCHAEOLOGY
MODERN HISTORY
NEW THE MAID
AND THE QUEEN
The Secret History of Joan of Arc
and Yolande of Aragon
Nancy Goldstone The story of Joan of
Arc is well known: hearing voices at the
age of 13, she was inspired to lead French
resistance to English domination, and was
then captured and subjected to trial by inquisition. But did Joan’s strength and
power derive only from the angels? Goldstone’s revisionist account argues that the
restoration of France’s greatness came
about through the intertwined lives of Joan
and her forgotten mentor, Yolande of
Aragon, ‘perhaps the most astute politician of her age’. VIKING 2012 HB 418pp Illus
$26.95 17104 now £7.99
THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION
NEW
Thomas Carlyle began his three-volume
history of the French Revolution in 1835
and finished two years later, when he described the work as ‘a wild savage Book,
itself a kind of French Revolution’ that
‘has come hot out of my own soul’. In
this volume from the Continuum Histories
series, Ruth Scurr introduces extracts from
all three volumes of ‘the most exciting
account of the Revolution there has ever
been’. CONTINUUM 2010 PB 203pp
£10.99 20565 now £4.99
NEW THE DARK DEFILE
Britain’s Catastrophic Invasion
of Afghanistan, 1838-1842
Diana Preston In 1839, convinced that Russia
posed a threat to its empire in India, Britain
sent a powerful army into Afghanistan to install
a puppet ruler. Within four years, it had been
utterly defeated. Skilfully establishing the events
leading up to the invasion, this compelling
narrative history draws on diaries and letters
to recreate the tragic events of the First Afghan
War, which turned out to be the opening salvo
in the Anglo-Russian rivalry known as the
‘Great Game’. WALKER & CO 2012 HB 318pp Illus
$28.00 21124 now £7.99
RETURN OF A KING
The Battle for Afghanistan
William Dalrymple Britain’s first military
engagement in Afghanistan was in 1839 in order to restore the pro-British Shah
Shuja ul-Muluk to the throne. It ultimately led to one of the most humiliating
defeats in British history: the Kabul Retreat of 1842. This analysis of the First
Afghan War draws on a range of recently discovered sources including material
in Russian, Urdu and Persian from archives in South Asia, and contemporary
Afghan accounts of the conflict, including the autobiography of Shah Shuja.
Slightly off-mint. BLOOMSBURY 2013 HB 610pp Illus
£25.00 20014 now £12.99
NEW
CATHOLIC
COMMUNITIES
IN PROTESTANT STATES
Britain and the Netherlands
c.1570-1720
Ed. Benjamin Kaplan; Bob Moore et al
Much of 17th-century Europe was dominated by the Catholic Church. Not so
Britain and the Dutch Republic. This book
is the first to compare the position of
Catholics as a minority community in the
two countries. Looking beyond the tales of
persecution that have dominated traditional
accounts, it examines ritual, international
networks, and relations between clergy and
laity, to reveal the ways in which Catholicism managed to retain its identity and survive in a hostile political environment.
MANCHESTER UP 2009 HB 288pp Illus
£65.00 20660 now £12.99
The Virgin of Candlemas with Donors,
Cuzco school, early 18th century, Peru
CONTESTED VISIONS
In the Spanish Colonial World
Ilona Katzew Spain’s vast American empire was a place of complex and contested
interactions. Focusing on Mexico and
Peru from the 15th to the 19th centuries,
this lavishly illustrated study examines
the way interactions between Spaniards
and indigenous peoples were interpreted
in the arts, embracing topics such as conflicting views of the conquest, the idea of
the Amerindian as ‘good Christian’, and
the survival of elements of Aztec and Inca
culture in the formation of new identities.
NEW
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM
OF ART 2012 HB 320pp Illus 305x255mm
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NEW
FIGHTING
LIKE THE DEVIL
FOR THE SAKE OF GOD
Protestants, Catholics
and the Origins of Violence
in Victorian Belfast
Mark Doyle Belfast was Ireland’s most
prosperous town in the mid-19th century,
so why did its industrial suburbs begin to
suffer extended outbreaks of violence?
Although historians have identified the
disagreements and inequalities which underlay such riots, Doyle probes further,
examining individual rioters’ motivations,
the networks of social relations which
drew whole neighbourhoods into conflict
and the relations between the state and
the city’s inhabitants. No jacket.
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THE WORLD
AT THEIR
FINGERTIPS
18th Century
British Two-Sheet
Double-Hemisphere
World Maps
Geoff Armitage
Between 1680 and 1807,
British publishers
produced a sequence of
double hemisphere world
maps, each printed on
two conjoined sheets,
William Berry’s A Mapp of All the World
with an eye to the growing
in Two Hemispheres, London, 1680
market among the upwardly
mobile. Drawing on the collection of the British Library, this handsome, informative
book reproduces 24 maps in full colour, in addition to many details and smaller
illustrations. A valuable guide to identification, it also sets the maps in their
historical context and provides biographies of leading figures in the trade.
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NEW A SHORT HISTORY
OF THE 20th CENTURY
Geoffrey Blainey Combining narrative
verve with meticulous scholarship, this
brilliant chronicle charts the vicissitudes
of a tempestuous century. Starting at the
dawn of an era ripe with promise, it shows
how empires fell, leaving wars, revolutions, economic depressions and totalitarian regimes in their wake. It also examines
the details of everyday life – how children
were raised, why cities expanded, and the
effects of technology and mass media –
before concluding with the fall of the Soviet Union and the resurgence of Islam.
IVAN R DEE 2006 HB 378pp Illus
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BRITAIN AND THE WORLD
IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Ever-Decreasing Circles
NEW
Michael J Turner British history in the
20th century is too often seen as a long,
slow decline. This concise, accessible book
offers a refreshing alternative. Drawing on
speeches, diaries, correspondence, newspapers and other primary sources, it focuses instead on the nation’s capacity to
adapt and reinvent itself in changing circumstances, through two world wars, the
dismantling of empire, defence and diplomacy in Asia, the Middle East and Europe,
the Cold War, and membership of the European Union. CONTINUUM 2010 PB 368pp
£19.99 20563 now £7.99
BULMER HOBSON
AND THE NATIONALIST
MOVEMENT IN
20th-CENTURY IRELAND
NEW
Marnie Hay ‘One of the losers of
Irish history’, the Protestant Ulsterman
Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969) was a
key member of the Irish nationalist
movement before the 1916 Easter
rising. Although a talented Sinn Fein
propagandist and editor of the republican paper Irish Freedom, Hobson’s
opposition to an insurrection with no
hope of military success, coupled
with his evasion of arrest after the Rising, scuppered his political career.
Marnie Hay presents the first study of
Hobson’s life and politics. No jacket.
20th CENTURY/CONTEMPORARY
ARCHAEOLOGY
HISTORY
THE ATLANTIC AND ITS ENEMIES
A Personal History of the Cold War
Norman Stone Assessing the years between
1945 and the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989,
Norman Stone shows how, for every success of
the Atlantic powers, there seemed to be a dozen
triumphs for the USSR and the Communist Bloc.
He looks in depth at the confrontation of the
Communist and capitalist worlds, investigating
how, when even in the late 1970s the initiative still
seemed to lie with the Soviets, suddenly, against
all the odds, the Atlantic won economically,
ideologically and militarily. BASIC 2010 HB 688pp Illus
$35.00 11763 now £7.99
STALIN’S CURSE
Battling for Communism in War and Cold War
Robert Gellately When Stalin died in 1953 he had
established the ‘Red Empire’ which defined the
Cold War world until the fall of the Berlin Wall. What were the motives behind
Stalin’s ruthless and spectacular power grab? Was he intent upon imperialist
expansion for its own sake? Was he simply a psychopathic killer? Using previously
unavailable sources Gellately argues that Stalin is better understood as a life-long
Leninist revolutionary who saw the Second World War as a chance to further the
Communist mission. OXFORD UP 2013 HB 496pp Illus 241x160mm
£20.00 19285 now £7.99
Jeremy Treglown The Spanish Civil War is largely known through the accounts
of outsiders such as Orwell and Hemingway, with the long years of Franco’s
dictatorship seen as an era of silence and suppression. This compelling investigation
dispels this myth, demonstrating how the memory of these events was kept alive
in novels, films, paintings and sculpture. Interviewing the descendants of those
killed by the regime, it examines how, in recent years, the country has begun
to come to terms with its past. CHATTO & WINDUS 2014 HB 332pp Illus
FRANCO’S CRYPT: Spanish Culture and Memory Since 1936
£25.00 20242 now £9.99
THE GREATEST TRAITOR
The Secret Lives of
Agent George Blake
Roger Hermiston George Blake was entrusted with building up British intelligence networks behind the Iron Curtain,
but was also a Soviet spy, and in 1961 he
was sentenced to an unprecedented 42
years in jail. Drawing on interviews with
Blake himself, hitherto unpublished
records from his trial and new revelations
about his dramatic jailbreak from Wormwood Scrubs, this biography examines
both his Cold War treachery and his heroism during the Second World War.
AURUM 2013 HB 384pp Illus
£20.00 16572 now £6.99
£55.00 20658 now £9.99
DIAL M FOR MURDOCH
News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain
Tom Watson; Martin Hickman Rupert Murdoch’s
newspapers had been hacking phones, blagging
information and casually destroying people’s lives for
years before detectives stumbled on a criminal conspiracy
following a trivial report about Prince William’s knee in
2005. This book offers a full account of how Murdoch’s
News Corporation went to extraordinary lengths to ‘put
the problem in a box’ (James Murdoch’s words), how its
efforts to maintain its power were aided by political and
police friends, and how it was finally exposed.
ALLEN LANE 2012 HB 380pp Illus
£20.00 99901 now £9.99
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LIBYA
The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi
Alison Pargeter The story of Libya over
the past 50 years is extraordinary. Following the 1969 coup by 27-year-old
Muammar Qaddafi, a failing monarchy
was transformed into the Socialist People’s
Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah. Based on longstanding observation and meticulous
research, this compelling history charts
the dictator’s quixotic career – one moment a pariah, the next courted by the
West. It assesses his impact on his country,
investigating how he managed to stay in
power so long, and why his luck finally
ran out. YALE UP 2012 HB 197pp Illus
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SOCIAL HISTORY/CRIME
Christopher Simon Sykes The country house
can claim to be the birthplace of photography
in England through Fox Talbot’s work in the
1830s at Lacock Abbey; and throughout its
early years, photography provided an
aristocracy well endowed with leisure,
money and space with the perfect pastime.
Discovered in the attics and albums of
Britain’s grandest houses, these 300 or more
photographs, taken between the 1850s and
1930s, evoke a lifestyle now all but vanished.
Reprinted in 2013, with forewords by
Nigel Nicholson and Clive Aslet. STACEY
COUNTRY HOUSE CAMERA
INTERNATIONAL 2013 HB 214pp Illus 313x228mm
£29.99 19767 now £12.99
Guests boating at Portnall Park, Virginia
Water, Surrey in the late 19th century
MEMORIES OF BRITAIN PAST
The Illustrated Story of How
We Lived, Worked and Played
Juliet Gardiner Drawing on the wonderful
Getty photographic archive, this book is
full of memorable images of a bygone era.
It focuses on times within living memory,
from the early 1930s to the end of the
1970s, during which the country underwent
profound changes. Covering key aspects
of the way we used to live, from home life,
childhood and schooling through to the
working world and popular entertainments,
social historian Juliet Gardiner looks back
on a largely vanished Britain. READER’S
DIGEST 2012 HB 256pp Illus 275x215mm
£19.99 95477 now £7.99
NEW MISCARRIAGES
OF JUSTICE
Famous London Cases
John J Eddleston Of the murder cases
examined in this book, eight of the twelve
people tried were executed but five have
since been pardoned and there is cause
for doubt about the guilt of the others.
This book explores nine legal blunders
from the 20th century, including the famous cases of Timothy Evans, wrongly
convicted of the Christie murders, and
Derek Bentley executed thanks to his ambiguous exclamation, ‘let him have it’.
TRUE CRIME 2009 PB 160pp Illus
FOUL DEEDS AND SUSPICIOUS
DEATHS SERIES
From rape and murder in 13th century
Jersey and highwaymen in 18th century
Oxfordshire, to raging bulls in Victorian Colchester and the Teddington
Towpath murders in 1950s Surrey,
these volumes chronicle the more gruesome aspects of local history. Each book
describes in detail each of 20 or more
cases and the fates of both victims and
perpetrators, with illustrations from
contemporary reports and old and new
photographs of the scenes of the crimes.
WHARNCLIFFE/TRUE CRIME
2002-10 PB 160-191pp Illus
£12.99 20117 now £4.99
UNSOLVED
LONDON MURDERS
The 1920s and 1930s
NEW
THE GREAT SILENCE
Back by
Britain from the Shadow
popular
demand
of the First World War
to the Dawn of the Jazz Age
Juliet Nicolson From the moment the
guns fell silent on 11 November 1918 to
the burial of the Unknown Soldier two
years later, Britain struggled to come to
terms with its bitter victory. Millions were
bereaved, thousands physically or psychologically maimed, and soldiers returned to
face unemployment and social unrest.
Through the day-to-day experience of figures ranging from the King and Queen to
ex-servicemen, this sensitive account
evokes the uneasy silence that reigned between the Great War and the Roaring
Twenties. GROVE 2009 HB 320pp Illus
Jonathan Oates The investigations into
the murder of a French acrobat near Piccadilly Circus in 1924 are revealing of
the Soho underworld of the time as a cast
of resident aliens and prostitutes fail to
help the police find the perpetrator. This
book gives an insight into the workings
of the Metropolitan Police in the 1920s
and 1930s, exploring a selection of such
unsolved cases, including violent IRA
killings and the poisoning of a Lithuanian
egg merchant.
TRUE CRIME 2009 HB 199pp Illus
£16.99 20123 now £8.99
$25.00 79414 now £5.99
NEW FOUL DEEDS AND
SUSPICIOUS DEATHS
AROUND OXFORDSHIRE
Carl Boardman
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Caroline Maxton
20106
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...AROUND THE TEES
Maureen Anderson
20108
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NEW ...IN BLACKBURN
AND HYNDBURN
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20110
...IN AND AROUND
COLCHESTER
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Patrick Denney
20111
...IN JERSEY
Glynis Cooper
20112
NEW
NEW
THE HISTORY OF
MORRIS DANCING 1458-1750
John Forrest The first reference to a dance called
‘morris’ dates from 1458, but few early sources
have so far been available to the folklorists who
have attempted to track down its supposed ancient
pagan origins. Now, drawing on material he
helped to compile for an archive of documentary
records, Forrest has produced a fascinating
survey of the dance’s early history, which uses
a new approach to draw the study of morris
traditions into the wider area of communal
customs and public celebrations.
JAMES CLARKE 1999 HB 468pp Illus
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...IN LEWISHAM
Jonathan Oates
AND DEPTFORD
20113
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NEW BEECHAM’S 1848-2000
From Pills to Pharmaceuticals
TAB Corley The Beecham enterprise began when
Thomas Beecham (1820-65), an Oxfordshire
shepherd with a reputation for efficacious herbal
cures, moved to Lancashire to start his medicinal
pill business. Anthony Corley tells the story of
the Beechams, from the successful career of this
‘Smilesian hero’ and his Patent Pills in 1848 to
a major company at the heart of the British
pharmaceutical industry, now part of
GlaxoSmithKline, over 150 years later.
CRUCIBLE 2011 PB 238pp Illus
£14.99 20233 now £5.99
THE DAWN OF INNOVATION
The First American Industrial Revolution
SUGAR FOR THE HOUSE
A History of Early Sugar Refining
in North West England
NEW
Mona Duggan Only 50 years after sugar
cane was introduced into the West Indies
in the early 17th century, it was being refined in the market town of Ormskirk in
north-west England. This fascinating
piece of local history charts the rise and
fall of the sugar refining industry in that
region by following the fortunes of the
various entrepreneurs who invested in the
process in Liverpool, Chester, Warrington,
Manchester, Lancaster and Whitehaven.
FONTHILL 2013 PB 175pp Illus
£12.99 20252 now £5.99
Charles R Morris The first decades of the 19th
century saw America develop from a largely rural economy to the fledgling industrial
powerhouse which would soon out-produce Great Britain. In this sweeping and
vivid account of America’s economic rise, Morris analyses how new technologies,
processes and work organizations, combined with the shift of political and economic
power away from the traditional elites, gave rise to a distinctly American approach
to manufacturing. PUBLICAFFAIRS 2012 HB 382pp
£19.99 10939 now £5.99
TRADITIONAL CRAFTS AND INDUSTRIES IN EAST ANGLIA
The Photographic Legacy of Hallam Ashley
Ed. Andrew Sargent This collection of 140 photographs, taken mostly during the
1940s and 1950s by Hallam Ashley (1900-87), depicts traditional working practices
in East Anglian agriculture, crafts
and industry. Working for the
Reeds, Horsey
National Buildings Record and
Staithe, Norfolk,
the Society for the Protection of
April 1963
Ancient Buildings, Ashley made
an important pictorial survey of
architectural heritage but, as these
images show, his interest in social
documentary is perhaps more
significant, depicting a centuriesold way of life at a time of rapid
social change. ENGLISH HERITAGE
2010 PB 176pp Illus 276x218mm
£16.99 94694 now £6.99
A BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE AGE OF STEAM
The Power that Drove
the Industrial Revolution
Thomas Crump For over two centuries
from its first development in 1710, steam
technology was behind a revolution
which swept the world. Exploring the
contribution of such figures as Stephenson and Brunel, this book traces the development of steam locomotion from the
first Mississippi steamboats to the Titanic, and from the first London terminus
at Euston to the Trans-Siberian Railway.
ROBINSON 2007 PB 370pp
£8.99 84576 now £3.99
NEW THE FOUR OAKS
A Biography of the Forshaws
Keith Chivers Beginning in 1815 with
grandfather George Forshaw (b.1771) and
his Black horse, this hugely entertaining
book tells the story of the family of Shire
stallion proprietors, renowned for their
powerful, prize-winning draught horses.
As well as the Forshaws, the book opens
up a world – now departed – of ‘public’
stallions on their 13-week rounds, the men
who led them, and the annual shows. No
previous knowledge of horses required.
LUTTERWORTH 1994 HB 176pp Illus
$42.50 20154 now £7.99
NEW
WILTSHIRE GLEBE
TERRIERS 1588-1827
Ed. Steven Hobbs Glebe terriers are descriptions of the property of benefices
drawn up by the incumbents and church
wardens for including in church registries.
Such property included glebe land, a
house for the incumbent, tithes, offerings
and endowments. This volume presents a
calendar of terriers from the Wiltshire and
Swindon Record Office, covering some
250 parishes and providing an invaluable
resource for the agricultural history of the
county and many other topics including
architecture, place-names and local livelihoods. WILTSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY
2003 HB 318pp
£20.00 20815 now £9.99
NEW BAN THIS FILTH!
Letters from the Mary
Whitehouse Archive
Ed. Ben Thompson In 1964, Mary
Whitehouse launched the Clean Up TV
Campaign to fight what she called the
‘propaganda of disbelief, doubt and dirt’
being broadcast by radio and television,
politicians, pop stars and playwrights.
The movement, with Whitehouse as figurehead, became the National Viewers’
and Listeners’ Association. Drawn from
the Association’s archive, this collection
of letters reveals something of both the
state of the nation’s cultural life and of
Mrs Whitehouse herself, its embattled
moral guardian.
FABER 2012 HB 416pp Illus
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GENERAL HISTORY
CHIVALRY
The Origins and History of
the Orders of Knighthood
Kevin L Gest Recent years have seen growing
interest in the activities and cultural legacy of
such chivalric orders as the Knights of St John,
the Knights Templar and the Most Noble Order
of the Garter. Tracing the history of these and
other orders with British connections, Kevin
Gest assembles evidence from primary sources,
some of which contradicts popular myth; and
he also examines Masonic connections and
the symbolism of chivalric designs and
architecture. IAN ALLAN 2010 HB 320pp Illus
£19.99 19880 now £7.99
Le Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy
CASTLES
A History of Fortified Structures,
Ancient, Medieval and Modern
Ed. Charles Stephenson While the word
‘castle’ conjures up an image of the classic
medieval stone edifice with towers and
turrets, battlements and barbicans, the
impulse to build defensive works is as old
as civilization. This survey covers the
whole span of fortified building in Europe,
Asia and North America, taking an architectural approach and using plans, artworks and photographs to trace the
evolution of defensive design, engineering
and materials from ancient Egyptian and
Assyrian strongholds to modern polygonal
forts and naval fortresses. ST MARTINS
GRIFFIN 2011 PB 288pp Illus 253x205mm
$29.99 98201 now £5.99
NEW THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF WORLD HISTORY
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
Chronologically Arranged
Ed. Peter N Stearns A new version of
William L Langer’s distinguished classic,
this single volume encyclopedia goes beyond the scope of the original reference
work. The new version comprises a comprehensive chronology of more than
20,000 entries, spanning millennia from
prehistory to the year 2000. The chronological entries are grouped by geographic
region and now include subjects such as
women’s history, religion, health, economics and technology. The book also
includes a searchable CD-Rom of the
complete text. JAMES CLARKE 2001 HB +
CD-Rom 1272pp Illus 252x200mm
20906 now £19.99
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
THE INDIAN DIASPORA
Ed. Brij V Lal There are now more than
20 million people of Indian origin living
outside the subcontinent. From South
Africa to North America, from Britain to
Australia, these communities have made
their mark in areas as diverse as literature,
politics, business, popular culture, sport and
cuisine. Written by more than 60 scholars
from around the globe and lavishly illustrated with maps, charts and photographs,
this unique work of reference charts their
origins, their experiences, and their distinctive contribution to host cultures.
HAWAII UP 2007 HB 416pp Illus 287x237mm
NEW ENGLAND
An Illustrated History
Henry Weisser Written by an American
professor, this little volume offers a concise history of ‘one of the most civilized
places on earth’. It tells the story of England from earliest times to the present,
highlighting important political and social
developments, and describing the people
and events that have made the country’s
history so rich and colourful.
HIPPOCRENE 2000 HB 176pp Illus 177x125mm
$11.95 21131 now £3.99
FROM BOOKS TO BEZOARS
Sirs Hans Sloane
and his Collections
Ed. Alison Walker; Arthur MacGregor;
Michael Hunter The extensive and varied
collections of the physician and naturalist
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) formed the
basis of the British Museum, the British
Library and the Natural History Museum.
This collection of essays examines every
aspect of Sloane’s life and work, including
his time in Jamaica, the collections themselves, and the cultural milieu in which
he operated. The extensive colour illustrations include manuscripts, plant specimens, books and works of art, including
original drawings by Dürer and Holbein.
BRITISH LIBRARY 2012 HB 288pp Illus
£45.00 19815 now £14.99
£40.93 19262 now £9.99
DISCOVERING
FAMOUS GRAVES
Lynn F Pearson From Nelson’s tomb in
St Paul’s Cathedral to Dick Turpin’s headstone 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
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CAVALIER
A Tale of Chivalry, Passion
and Great Houses
Lucy Worsley Sir William Cavendish, Duke
of Newcastle (1593-1676) is often called the
‘last of the great cavaliers’ and he certainly
embodies the popular notion of that
flamboyant tribe – courageous and cultured,
passionate about grand architecture, horses
and women, and head of the king’s army in
the north during the Civil War. Lucy Worsley,
Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces,
vividly portrays Cavendish’s world, and the
vital support such a man received from his
household and family. FABER 2007 HB 352pp Illus
£20.00 55720 now £5.99
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NEW JERUSALEM
STONE AND SPIRIT
3,000 Years of History and Art
Dan Bahat; Shalom Sabar As the spiritual
centre of the world’s three monotheistic
religions, Jerusalem has for 3,000 years been a
crossroads of art, architecture and history. This
volume tells its story from a new point of view,
blending a richly detailed historical account of
the city from the time of King David to the early
20th century, with art and artefacts from across
the world that illustrate Jerusalem’s cultural and
spiritual significance far beyond the earthly city.
RIZZOLI 1997 HB 150pp Illus 327x240mm
21127 now £12.99
Map of Jerusalem (with the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre at the centre)
in a book by Sebastian Münster, 1544
A HISTORY OF AERIAL
PHOTOGRAPHY AND
ARCHAEOLOGY
Mata Hari’s Glass Eye
and Other Stories
Martyn Barber In England, more archaeological sites are discovered through aerial
photography than by any other means.
The first part of this book tells the story
of the balloonists who pioneered the airborne camera. The second reveals how
two world wars developed the ‘one-eyed
Mata Hari of the blitzkrieg era’ – a process
to which archaeologists contributed. Extensively illustrated with archival and
modern colour photographs, this engaging
story of adventure and discovery will appeal to the specialist and lay reader alike.
ENGLISH HERITAGE
£25.00 17683 now £9.99
Joseph F Privitera Written in a very accessible style, this short illustrated history
covers Italy’s past, from Roman times to
the 21st century, with succinct accounts
of the major political, military and social
events and a ‘sampling of Italy’s cultural
contributions to the modern world’.
NEW
ITALY: An Illustrated History
HIPPOCRENE 2000 HB 162pp Illus 177x125mm
$14.95 21116 now £3.99
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF JEWISH LIFE
Before and During the Holocaust
(Three volumes)
Ed. Shmuel Spector Profiling more than
6,500 Jewish communities, with over 600
photographs, 17 pages of maps, a chronology and glossary, these volumes are the
product of three decades of work at Yad
Vasham, the Holocaust Remembrance Authority of Israel. The alphabetically
arranged entries provide details of the history, people and customs of communities,
large and small, that thrived throughout
much of Europe, north Africa and the Middle East during the early part of the 20th
century, but were changed irrevocably by
the Holocaust. NEW YORK UP 2001 HB
WORSE THAN WAR
Genocide, Eliminationism
and the Ongoing Assault
on Humanity
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen The crimes
of the Nazis led to the establishment of
international conventions to ensure that
such horrors would not happen again;
yet they have – in Rwanda, Kosovo,
Darfur and countless other places. This
lucid, sobering study by the acclaimed
author of Hitler’s Willing Executioners
undertakes an unflinching examination
of the continuing global problem of
genocide. It asks crucial questions such
as how and why mass murders begin
and how they are implemented, and proposes radical new preventive measures.
ABACUS 2010 PB 670pp Illus
£156.00 19990 now £75.00
£14.99 18336 now £4.99
MAPPING
AMERICA
Exploring the Continent
NEW
Black Dog Through the medium
of cartography, this handsomely
produced book traces the
transformation of the USA from
colonial backwater to global
superpower. In five thematic
chapters, more than 120 superbly
reproduced historical maps chart
the formation of states, the
development of the transport
network, industry and
agriculture, and describe the
country’s flora and fauna.
A final section, ‘Imagining the
Continent’, includes a map
celebrating the nation’s black writers, a DC Comics map,
and Jack Kerouac’s sketch of his 1947 hitch-hiking trip.
BLACK DOG 2010 HB 240pp Illus 290x240mm
The Washington Map of the
United States by Matthew
Fontaine Maury, 1860
£24.95 21128 now £9.99
Ed. Robert Aldrich In 13 richly illustrated chapters on the Ottoman and European
empires, this volume gives succinct and accessible overviews of imperialism as it
was experienced in each ‘home’ country, focusing on the modes and ideology of
colonial expansion and its repercussions. As well as major imperial powers, such
as Spain, Britain and the Netherlands, the authors examine the less familiar colonial
ambitions of Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Italy and Russia, and a final essay looks
at ‘the American way of empire’. THAMES & HUDSON 2007 HB 320pp Illus 278x218mm
THE AGE OF EMPIRES
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MILITARY HISTORY
NEW HARRY SMITH’S LAST THROW
The Eighth Frontier War 1850-1853
Keith Smith Harry Smith, the colourful
veteran of the Peninsular Wars, Waterloo and
India, was appointed Governor General of the
Cape Colony in South Africa in 1847 and
subsequently commanded the British forces in
the brutal Eighth Frontier War, in which the
resistance of the indigenous Xhosa people was
completely subdued. This detailed account of
the conflict assesses Smith’s part in a war that
he was partly responsible for provoking and
draws on first-hand accounts of the fighting.
FRONTLINE 2012 HB 336pp Illus
£25.00 20458 now £9.99
One of the Elizabethan bastions
of Berwick-on-Tweed castle,
with its flanking gun positions
DISCOVERING
FORTIFICATIONS
From the Tudors to the Cold War
Bernard Lowry By the end of the 15th
century, following the discovery of gunpowder and the introduction of the cannon, it was clear that fortresses would
need to be built very differently to withstand the assault of artillery. This review
of the evolution of fortifications in Britain
charts developments from Henry VIII’s
castles to the pillboxes of the 1940s and
the underground bunkers of the nuclear
age. SHIRE 2006 PB 136pp Illus 210x128mm
£10.99 99907 now £3.99
NEW REDCOATS
The British Soldiers of
the Napoleonic Wars
Philip J Haythornthwaite If Wellington
valued the rank and file of his army (despite calling them ‘the scum of the earth’)
much of the civilian population had a low
opinion of their qualities. This detailed
survey of the ordinary soldiers in the
British Army of the Napoleonic era draws
on contemporary testimony and records
to describe the men and their backgrounds, explain the military organization
and harsh code of discipline that governed
them, and explore their living conditions
and place in society.
PEN & SWORD 2012 HB 208pp Illus
£19.99 20478 now £8.99
Larry McMurtry Despite graduating
from West Point last in his class, George
Custer gained a reputation as a highly effective cavalry officer during the American Civil War. His famous ‘last stand’
came in 1876 when he was annihilated
by a combined force of Indians at Little
Bighorn. This colourfully illustrated introduction reviews Custer’s career and examines how a humiliating defeat became
one of the iconic moments in American
history, not least because of its re-enactment in ‘Buffalo Bill’s Wild West’ shows.
CUSTER
SIMON & SCHUSTER
$35.00 98207 now £9.99
NEW VOICES FROM
THE ZULU WAR
Campaigning Through the
Eyes of the British Soldier
Ian Knight The defence of Rorke’s Drift
in 1879 was concisely recorded in Lieutenant Chard’s official report but only
more fully described in a letter written at
the request of Queen Victoria. Chard’s account together with many excerpts from
the diaries and memoirs of British officers
is the basis of this history of the Zulu War,
which affords an eye-witness view of the
campaign from the great battles, such as
Isandlwana, to the drudgery of day-to-day
soldiering. FRONTLINE 2011 PB 272pp Illus
£16.99 20498 now £5.99
SAILORS IN THE DOCK
Naval Courts Martial
Down the Centuries
Peter C Smith Some embarrassing cowardice displayed by the captains of several
British ships at the Battle of Dungeness in
1652 led to the formulation of the ‘Articles
of War’, establishing a strict code of conduct for the Navy and empowering officers
to apply it. This collection of significant
legal cases in the history of the Royal Navy
ranges from a mutiny at the Battle of Cadiz
in 1587 to a captain’s decision to scuttle
HMS Manchester in the Mediterranean in
1942. HISTORY PRESS 2011 HB 272pp
£18.99 19415 now £7.99
NEW THE CONFUSION
OF COMMAND
The War Memories of Lieutenant General
Sir Thomas D’Oyly Snow 1914-1915
THE BEST 500
COCKNEY WAR STORIES
Sir Ian Hamilton After the First World
War, the London Evening News invited
its readers to send in their stories of the
trenches. A collection of 500 was then
published and this book is a facsimile edition of that volume. The stories are accompanied by cartoons by wartime artist
Bert Thomas and the light-hearted tone
of the anecdotes is testimony to the Cockney Tommy’s ability to laugh in the face
of adversity. AMBERLEY 2012 PB 224pp Illus
£9.99 17988 now £4.99
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Ed. Dan Snow; Mark Pottle A divisional
commander at the beginning of the First World
War, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas D’Oyly
Snow saw action at Le Cateau, the Marne,
Ypres, Arras and Cambrai, before leading the
disastrous attack on Gommecourt on the first
day of the Battle of the Somme. In this volume
of memoirs, he frankly acknowledges the
limitations of his own and others’ command,
while explaining how the totally unprecedented
scale of the war made effective communication
between officers almost impossible.
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MILITARY HISTORY
NEW THE MARCH ON PARIS
The Memoirs of
Alexander von Kluck, 1914
Alexander von Kluck, commander of the
First German Army, was blamed for the crucial
failure of the German offensive in the West in
August and September 1914, which lead to
years of trench warfare. Based on official
records and his own Army Orders, Kluck’s
account of that momentous campaign presents
events as seen from First Army headquarters
and gives the General’s explanations for his
actions. First published in 1923; reissued with
a new introduction by Mark Pottle.
£19.99 20471 now £8.99
TIG’S BOYS
Letters to Sir, from the Trenches
Ed. David Hilliam Bournemouth Grammar School was founded in 1901; it was a
mere 14 years old when war broke out and
many of its first ‘old boys’ were fighting
in France. Printed in the school magazines
of 1914-1918, the letters written to the
headmaster, Dr Edward Fenwick or ‘Tig’,
by old boys describing their wartime adventures, and the articles and 98 obituaries
written by Tig give a powerful sense of
the spirit and the tragedy of the ‘lost generation’. SPELLMOUNT 2011 PB 192pp Illus
£12.99 98648 now £4.99
VERDUN
The Lost History of the Most
Important Battle of World War I,
1914-1918
John Mosier The Battle of Verdun, the
attritional struggle between the French and
German infantries on the River Meuse, is
traditionally held to have taken place between February and December 1916. John
Mosier contends that the conflict in fact
extended over the entire period of the war,
across eight distinct battles. His new assessment of the strategy and execution of
the engagements near Verdun is based on
numerous military analyses, eyewitness
accounts and newly translated French
sources. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed
edge. NAL CALIBER 2014 PB 396pp Illus
$16.00 20351 now £4.99
NEW BEN BENNIONS DFC
Battle of Britain Fighter Ace
Nick Thomas George ‘Ben’ Bennions enlisted in the pre-war RAF in 1929, serving
first as an ‘erk’ before being selected for
pilot training. His first posting was in the
Middle East with 41 Squadron, but by
May 1940 the Squadron was back in Catterick, and during that summer, Bennions
was to destroy or damage 20 enemy
planes before being severely wounded and
becoming one of Archibald McIndoe’s
Guinea Pigs. This biography tells the full
story of a man ‘born to fly’.
PEN & SWORD 2011 HB 256pp
£19.99 18038 now £7.99
Steve Bond; Richard Forder Although
the value of radar to the defence of southern England during the Battle of Britain
is well known, little has been written
about the electronic arms race that developed thereafter. In addition to radar tracking and communication, radio technology
became increasingly important in target
and bomb guidance systems. This book
tells the story of the RAF support
squadron which provided vital protection
to Bomber Command operations by employing radio jamming and radar countermeasures against German defences.
£25.00 94630 now £9.99
Vincent Orange New Zealander Keith
Park had been a fighter pilot in the First
World War and by 1940 was responsible
for the air defence of London and the
South-east. Operational commander during the Battle of Britain and the crucial
defence of Malta in 1942, he was one of
the most significant leaders of the war.
This biography assesses the whole of
Park’s career drawing on interviews with
people who knew him and previously unpublished sources.
GRUB STREET 2015 PB 318pp Illus
SPECIAL OPS LIBERATORS
223 (Bomber Support) Squadron,
100 Group and the Electronic War
GRUB STREET 2011 HB 256pp Illus
PARK
The Biography of Air
Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park
£12.99 19255 now £6.99
RAF EVADERS
The Comprehensive Story
of Thousands of Escapers
and Their Escape Lines
Oliver Clutton-Brock Between May
1940 and May 1945, several thousand Allied airmen, forced to abandon their aircraft behind enemy lines, evaded capture
and reached freedom by land, sea and air.
Initially there was no organized help for
men on the run, then escape lines such as
Comet, running from Brussels to the Pyrenees, were set up. Clutton-Brock presents
an in-depth account of this secret world
of evasion, uncovering some treachery
and many hitherto unpublished details,
operations and photographs – and identifying 2,198 evaders.
£35.00 92176 now £12.99
Ronald Skirth; Ed. Duncan
Barrett In the First World War,
Ronald Skirth was an ordinary
tommy serving in the trenches;
but on the Flanders battlefield he had a
strange epiphany and became a pacifist. His
war became one of small acts of sabotage,
committed at huge risk to his own life. Compiled from Skirth’s wartime letters and journals and his memoir, this is the story of a
young man sticking to his principles in impossible circumstances. The abridged audio
version is read by Daniel Weyman. 6 CDs.
Running time approx 7 hours.
Ernst Röhm Until his murder by the SS in the
1934 ‘Night of the Long Knives’, Ernst Röhm
was one of the leading figures in the Nazi party.
This memoir, first published in 1928 but only
now translated into English, charts the party’s
emergence from the chaos that followed
Germany’s defeat in the First World War,
the rise of Adolf Hitler, and the Munich
putsch. ‘Germany,’ Röhm concludes
chillingly, ‘was never suited to diplomacy;
its greatness was always won by the sword’.
MACMILLAN DIGITAL AUDIO 2011 Audio CD
97791 now £5.99
£25.00 20472 now £9.99
THE RELUCTANT TOMMY
NEW THE MEMOIRS
OF ERNST RÖHM
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NEW REIGN OF TERROR
The Budapest Memoirs of
Valdemar Langlet 1944-1945
Valdemar Langlet After the Germans ousted
Hungary’s ruler Admiral Horthy in favour
of the fascist Arrow Cross party in 1944,
thousands of Hungarian Jews faced murder
by anti-Semitic thugs or deportation to the
death camps. At great risk to his own life, the
Swedish diplomat Valdemar Langlet helped
many to escape. Never before translated into
English, this memoir by one of the unsung
heroes of the Second World War vividly
captures the drama and tragedy of this
terrifying time. FRONTLINE 2012 HB 206pp Illus
£19.99 20479 now £7.99
TARGET TIRPITZ
X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters
Patrick Bishop The mere presence of the
German battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian
fjord was enough to haunt Allied war planners and keep a significant part of Britain’s
fleet tied to home waters. Consequently,
repeated attempts were made throughout
the Second World War to sink the ship,
including mini-submarine raids and many
bomber attacks. Bishop’s book is a tale of
technology, ingenuity and daring, culminating in the final, successful assault of
Autumn 1944, using Barnes Wallis’s ‘Tallboy’ bombs. HARPER 2012 HB 416pp Illus
£20.00 97774 now £7.99
THE BLOOD OF FREE MEN
The Liberation of Paris, 1944
Michael Neiberg As the Allies struggled
to wrest Europe from the retreating Nazis,
many historic cities were reduced to rubble. How did Paris escape this fate? Focusing on the dramatic days of August
1944 when the city was liberated, this history deftly tracks the forces vying for the
French capital: the US Army under Omar
Bradley, De Gaulle’s Free French, diplomats, officials, resistance fighters, collaborators, and the ordinary Parisians who
took to the barricades to save their city.
BASIC BOOKS 2012 HB 343pp Illus
£19.99 17641 now £6.99
ESCAPE FROM GERMANY
True Stories of PoW
Escapes in WWII
The National Archives Originally prepared for the Air Ministry in 1951, this
once-secret account of prisoner of war escapes draws on first-hand experience of
Germany’s notorious prison camps. Written by a PoW who himself tried to escape,
the book vividly portrays life in the camps
as it examines the most daring attempts
ever made, including those from Colditz
and from Stalag Luft III, site of the famous
‘Great Escape’ tunnel, described here by
two of the officers who created it.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES 2009 PB 392pp
£12.99 11987 now £5.99
Osmar White Osmar White was a celebrated Australian reporter who, in 1944,
was attached to Patton’s Third Army
Group as it advanced across Europe. One
of the few journalists to attend the official
German surrender, he was one of the first
into Berlin and also present when the horror of Buchenwald was revealed to the
world. This insightful report, written but
not published in 1945, is a unique eyewitness account of a critical period in
modern history.
CONQUERORS ROAD
CAMBRIDGE UP 2003 HB 239pp
£60.00 11945 now £9.99
MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109
1935 Onwards (All Marks)
Owner’s Workshop Manual
FADING EAGLE
Politics and Decline of
Britain’s Post-War Airforce
Ian Watson Although Britain was in decline as a world power after the Second
World War, advances in military technology made the RAF ever more important to its defences as increasingly sophisticated aircraft patrolled the front line
of the Cold War. In this assessment of
the RAF and its planes since 1945, Ian
Watson charts a golden age for the service and decries the political wranglings
and budget management of recent years
that has led to calls for its abolition.
FONTHILL 2013 HB 256pp Illus
£25.00 16560 now £7.99
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Paul Blackah; Malcolm V Lowe
The chief adversary of the British Spitfires
and Hurricanes, the Messerschmitt Bf 109
saw service with the Luftwaffe on all fronts
throughout the Second World War. Using a
fully restored B f109 as its basis and drawing
on the experience of the restoration team, this
guide dissects every aspect of the aircraft. It
also gives an account of the model’s
distinguished operational history and a
modern pilot’s assessment of its flight and
handling. HAYNES 2009 HB 164pp Illus 270x207mm
Back by
popular
demand
£19.99 95510 now £7.99
DAY FIGHTERS IN
DEFENCE OF THE REICH
A War Diary, 1942-45
Donald Caldwell Based at airfields in Britain, the American air force began their
strategic daylight bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in August 1942. This
meticulous and comprehensive study of the Luftwaffe’s defensive actions during
the USAAF raids that followed over the next three years contains details of every
mission of every Luftwaffe unit involved, tables of monthly sorties, losses and victory
claims by both sides, previously unpublished combat accounts, archive photographs
and maps of the most important missions. FRONTLINE 2011 HB 480pp Illus 252x200mm
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NEW SURVIVING
FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
OF WORLD
WAR TWO
A Global Guide to
Location and Types
Don Berliner Around 1.5
million aircraft have been
built since the dawn of
aviation. Almost half that
Spitfire Mk Vb, originally flew
number were in operation
in 1942, rebuilt to fly in 1992
at some point during the
Second World War and at
least one example survives of more than half of about 500 basic designs. This
volume, specifically covering fighters, charts their locations in museums and
collections around the world, including the UK, USA, Germany and Japan, with
brief histories, specifications of each type and contemporary and archive
photographs. PEN & SWORD 2011 HB 160pp Illus 171x245mm
£19.99 20489 now £7.99
‘C’ CLASS
DESTROYERS
NEW
David Hobbs The first ‘C’ Class destroyers saw action during the Second World
War but these shipswere most important
in the years after 1945. Relatively cheap
to operate and available in significant
numbers, they were well suited to a period of financial constraint and manpower
shortages. This book profiles each of the
32 Royal Navy ‘C’ class destroyers built
and recounts their operational history,
from Russian convoy duties in the 1940s
to the Cod Wars with Iceland.
MARITIME 2012 HB 226pp Illus
£25.00 20620 now £11.99
NEW
TOWN CLASS
CRUISERS
Neil McCart As international tension
grew in the 1930s, news that Japan’s new
Mogami-class ships could outperform
many of the Royal Navy’s existing heavy
cruisers eventually resulted in the commissioning of ten Town-class cruisers
between 1937 and 1939. This history
profiles each of the vessels, which saw
extensive service throughout the Second
World War, including the last of the line,
HMS Belfast, which is now a museum
ship, permanently moored on the Thames
in London. MARITIME 2012 HB 344pp Illus
£29.00 20634 now £14.99
FRONTIER FIGHTERS
On Active Service in Waziristan
Walter James Cumming This memoir,
recently edited from a long-unpublished
manuscript, records the experiences of a
young officer in the Indian Army on the
frontier between Afghanistan and British
India in the 20 years leading up to the Second World War. He describes the hardships
and dangers of the notoriously lawless region, the ruthlessness and skill of the
Pathan tribesmen, and lighter moments of
polo, hunting and shooting – the entertainments available to British officers of the
Raj. PEN & SWORD 2010 HB 202pp
THE ROYAL SCOTS
A Concise History
Trevor Royle First raised to serve the
French King Louis XIII, the Royal Scots
are the oldest regiment in the British Army
and, until merged to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006, were numbered
first in the Army’s order of precedence.
This history traces their activities from
the Thirty Years War in the 17th century
to recent conflicts in the Middle East, and
draws on the first-hand accounts of Royal
Scots through the generations.
MAINSTREAM 2006 HB 240pp Illus
£12.99 16918 now £5.99
£19.99 10976 now £7.99
BRITISH PRISONERS
OF THE KOREAN WAR
SP MacKenzie Around 1,000 British servicemen were held as PoWs by the Chinese
and North Koreans during the Korean War.
In prison camps along the Yalu River they
faced what Mackenzie describes as ‘a
unique and prolonged test of mind, character and body; grappling with an intensive
and sustained effort by the enemy to
change their allegiance’. Drawing on recently released materials, this study explores in detail the experience of the PoWs,
their treatment by their captors and their
reaction to indoctrination.
OXFORD UP 2012 HB 175pp
£59.00 17226 now £14.99
NEW HMS ARK ROYAL
Zeal Does Not Rest 1981-2011
Alastair Graham; Eric Grove
The fifth ship to carry the famous name,
Ark Royal was introduced into service in
1985 and enjoyed an illustrious career
as the Royal Navy’s flagship, including
active deployments to the Adriatic during
the Bosnian War and the Persian Gulf
during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
This comprehensive illustrated volume
includes contributions from each of the
aircraft carrier’s 12 captains, and recounts
the vessel’s operational history up to and
including its premature decommissioning
in 2011. MARITIME 2011 HB 240pp Illus
THE ROYAL ENGINEERS
AT CHATHAM 1750-2012
Peter Kendall Already England’s key
naval dockyard, Chatham was attacked
during the Dutch raid on the Medway of
1667 making it clear that defences were
in need of improvement. This illustrated
history tells the story of the continual development of the fortifications at
Chatham, from earthen ramparts and
ditches to anti-aircraft gun emplacements.
It also examines the foundation and operation of the School of Military Engineering at the site, and the life and training of
the soldiers barracked there. ENGLISH
HERITAGE 2012 HB 190pp Illus 272x218mm
£29.99 20624 now £11.99
£50.00 19312 now £19.99
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NEW HITLER’S BIRTHDAYS
1933-1945
Hitler’s birthday, April 20th, became a
national day of celebration after he was
appointed Chancellor of Germany in
1933. The great military parade for his
50th birthday in 1939 marked the high
point but proceedings became
progressively more modest during the
war years. Using original footage of the
propaganda events, this documentary
highlights the changing times in
Germany during the Hitler years.
Running time: approx 85 minutes.
GERMANY AT WAR SERIES
Thanks to propaganda filmmakers and amateurs
with cine cameras there is much film footage of the
1930s and 1940s, which gives us a closer insight into
the Second World War than any previous conflict.
The DVDs in this series present a German
perspective on the period using a collection
of films shot in various theatres of the war as
well on the home front, and English voiceovers.
Running times: approx 55 minutes.
MILITARIA/PEN & SWORD DIGITAL 2011-13 DVD
£14.99-£19.99 each now £5.99 each
NEW BATTLE UNITS
UNDER FIRE
PEN & SWORD DIGITAL 2011 DVD
Field artillery and tanks were central
to the battle tactics of the Second
World War and there were countless
types deployed. Using original German
film and photographic material, this
DVD shows German tanks and assault
guns and heavy artillery units in
action. A second film looks at the
rules and regulations of the German
Wehrmacht.
20360
THE TOP
FIGHTER PLANES
NEW
In 1940 the Luftwaffe was already
battle hardened from the Spanish Civil
War and the invasion of Poland and
possessed largely superior aircraft to
the RAF. The two films on this DVD
examine the leading planes, pilots and
tactics of the war from the Luftwaffe’s
point of view and also assess the aces
and aircraft of other nations. 20187
NEW PRUSSIA AND
BERLIN UP TO 1945
The Kingdom of Prussia was the most
important state in the unified Germany,
established in 1871, and its capital
Berlin became the principal city of the
new nation. This collection of archive
German films shows civilian life and
culture in Berlin in the first half of the
20th century and includes amateur
footage of the military parade of
April 1939.
20373
NEW FRONT LINES AND
GERMAN HOME FRONT
Allied air raids made the German home
front increasingly hazardous for the
civilian population during the Second
World War. Using archive film footage,
these documentaries show bombers and
anti-aircraft defences during attacks,
civilian efforts to support the war effort,
and German troops at the front in
various theatres of the war.
20363
THE DARK AGES SERIES
£21.99 20365 now £7.99
WHAT HITLER’S BUTLER SAID
1934-1943
As Adolf Hitler’s valet and adjutant
from 1934 to 1943, Karl Wilhelm
Krause was one of the most important
witnesses to Hitler’s close circle during
the Third Reich. Fifty years on, Krause
tells his story, with archive film of the
people and events he describes. German
soundtrack with English voice-over
translation. 2 DVDs; running time
approx. 88 minutes.
£30.99 18096 now £11.99
Using original German Army footage,
these two films shows Panzer divisions
in action on the Western front and in the
East, where the development of heavy
tanks such as Panzer IV, Tiger and
Königstiger began to dominate after
1940. Running time approx 55 min.
NEW
TANK WARS
£19.99 20375 now £5.99
Tim Saunders; Andrew Duff The English campaign
of 1066 involved three critical battles – the Viking
victory at Fulford, near York, and defeat five days
later at Stamford Bridge, and William of Normandy’s
decisive victory at Hastings – with the defending King
Harold Godwinson force marching his men up and
down the country to repel the invaders. Running time
approx 80 min. PEN & SWORD DIGITAL 2011 DVD
THE 1066 HASTINGS CAMPAIGN
Beginning with a survey of the U-boats’
deployment, this film covers the war
in the Atlantic, the heavy surface ships
such as the Scharnhorst and Bismarck
that took up the fight, and the U-boat
war on the Atlantic convoys. Running
time approx 55 min. TPS 2011 DVD
NEW
£15.99 18070 now £5.99
GERMAN U-BOATS
£14.99 20370 now £5.99
THE VIKING INVASION
OF WESSEX 878 AD
Tim Saunders; Andrew Duff By the 870s, Alfred
the Great’s Kingdom of Wessex was the last remaining Anglo-Saxon territory not
under the control of Viking invaders. Forced into hiding and on the brink of defeat,
Alfred achieved a remarkable reversal that changed the course of English history.
Running time approx 80 min. PEN & SWORD DIGITAL 2011 DVD
£15.99 18095 now £5.99
SOMME: 1st JULY 1916
An Interactive Tour of the
Northern Somme Battlefield
TRACING GREAT WAR
ANCESTORS
Finding Uncle Bill
£19.99 18092 now £7.99
£19.99 18093 now £5.99
Michael Stedman Analysing one of the most
significant battles of the First World War, this DVD
includes interactive maps, panoramas, films and
comparative ‘then and now’ views exploring the
Somme battlefield, as well as an assessment of
the conflict by leading academics and a collection
of printable maps and photographs. Running time
approx 70 min. PEN & SWORD DIGITAL 2011 DVD
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Tim Saunders; Richard Hone This
film demonstrates how to research the
First World War service of your
ancestors, using the presenter’s great
uncle as a case study and tracing his involvement across
the Western Front. The final section examines the campaign
medals that were awarded to soldiers of the Great War.
Running time approx 80 min. PEN & SWORD DIGITAL 2010 DVD
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Rodney Cooper The historic Dorset port of Poole attracts
visitors for its beaches and water sports and within a few miles
are the natural wonders of the Isle of Purbeck and the ancient
towns of Wareham and Wimborne Minster. This colourful
guide includes historical notes, visitor information, directions
and photographs of all the main attractions in the area,
including Lulworth Cove, Corfe Castle (right) and Badbury
Rings Iron Age fort. HALSGROVE 2011 HB 144pp Illus 214x228mm
NEW
DISCOVER POOLE
£14.99 20266 now £7.99
Corfe castle:
Built in the 11th
century, destroyed
in the Civil War
Derek Tait From bluebells at Holwell Lawn in the Spring to icy views of Belstone
Cleave in wintertime, Derek Tait’s photographs show the changing landscapes of
Dartmoor through the seasons. Around 160 pictures of farms and villages, tourists,
Ten Tors challengers and wildlife, as well as the famous moorland with its tors and
ancient woodlands, convey the diversity of this beautiful and mysterious part of
Britain. AMBERLEY 2013 PB 96pp Illus
DARTMOOR THROUGH THE YEAR
£14.99 19855 now £5.99
THE FOREST OF BERE
Hampshire’s Forgotten Forest
Simone Stanbrook-Byrne; James Clancy
Devon is acknowledged to have some of
the most beautiful countryside and spectacular coasts in the country, but it also
contains many fascinating and historic
buildings. Including maps, photographs and
historical notes, this guide provides circular
walks around 15 of the most interesting
towns in the county including the picturesque seaside towns of Dartmouth, Salcombe and Lynton, and the historic centres
of Exeter, Tavistock and Okehampton.
TOWN WALKS IN DEVON
CULM VALLEY 2012 PB 120pp Illus 210x148mm
£7.99 99347 now £3.99
James Clancy; Simone Stanbrook-Byrne
Among the 15 Cornish towns covered in
this well researched guide are St Ives, the
famous haunt of artists; the county town
Truro, with its elegant Victorian cathedral;
and the fashionable harbour town of
Padstow. Each guided walk includes historical information about the town and
the buildings encountered on the walk as
well as a route map and local information.
TOWN WALKS IN CORNWALL
Emily Preston; Steve Wallis A patchwork of woods and fields, with ancient
hedgerows, winding lanes and small villages, the Forest of Bere in Hampshire
now covers approximately 100 square
miles, but was once a much larger royal
forest. In this richly illustrated book, the
authors describe the area’s history since
Roman and Saxon times and they reveal
its all-but-forgotten identity in the distinct
character of the landscape and its exceptional wildlife diversity.
THROUGH TIME SERIES
In each Through Time book, more
than 180 pictures trace some of
the many ways in which towns
have changed over the last century,
with ‘then’ and ‘now’ photographs
and notes on the transformations –
or continuities.
AMBERLEY 2013/14 PB 96pp Illus
Etta Dunn
21911
Gordon Adams
21913
David Gwynn
21912
Steve Harris
21918
Jack Smith
21919
NEW
NEW
CENTRAL GLASGOW
GLASGOW’S EAST END
HALSGROVE 2006 HB 144pp Illus
£14.99 19087 now £5.99
Christopher Budgen Cranleigh in Surrey
is often claimed to be the largest village
in England, and tensions have long existed
between those who saw expansion as a
good thing and those who feared the loss
of its traditional identity. Extensively illustrated with period photographs, prints
and maps, this book traces Cranleigh’s
development from prehistory to the 20th
century, through its 18th-century decline
and subsequent revival through the efforts
of an energetic Victorian vicar.
CRANLEIGH: A History
PHILLIMORE 2008 HB 144pp Illus
£15.99 19719 now £6.99
NEW
CULM VALLEY 2012 PB 120pp Illus 210x148mm
£6.99 99348 now £3.99
NEW
WALES COAST PATH
Tenby to Swansea
NEW
NEW
Chris Moss Opened in 2012, the Wales Coast
Path is a continuous footpath of 870 miles. As
an introduction to the new trail, this guide covers
the 129 miles between Tenby and Swansea. The
route is broken down into twelve walks of
between nine and fourteen miles, with Ordnance
Survey maps of each section and information
on places along the way, including details of
transport and accommodation.
AURUM 2013 PB 144pp Illus 210x128mm
CENTRAL SWANSEA
KINGSTEIGNTON
LANCASHIRE COAST
MINEHEAD
AND DUNSTER
NEW
Simon Haines
21920
Marion Field
21927
NEW
WOKING
Kristina Bedford
NEW
WOOLWICH
21928
£14.99 each now £4.99 each
£12.99 20084 now £4.99
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A WAINWRIGHT:
THE COMPLETE
PICTORIAL GUIDES
A Reader’s Edition
(Ten volumes)
A wind-blown birch tree on the moor behind Hawnby
Ian Carstairs describes the North York Moors as
‘a relatively uncomplicated, double-decker landscape,
with deep green valleys below and dark moors above,
terminated abruptly at the North Sea’. His knowledge
of that landscape, and his passion for its conservation
are evident in these photographs, whether showing
traces of the moors’ geological story, the colours of
their heather and bracken, human settlements along
the valleys and coast, or the moorland flora and
fauna. HALSGROVE 2003 HB 144pp Illus 221x236mm
MOODS OF THE NORTH YORK MOORS
£12.95 19891 now £5.99
Alfred Wainwright’s seven
guides to the Lakeland Fells are
joined in this 50th anniversary
edition by his Pennine Way
Companion, A Coast to Coast
Walk and The Outlying Fells.
Their original handwritten
and hand-drawn pages have
been enlarged by approximately
ten per cent, but otherwise faithfully
reproduced, and the books are bound in gold-embossed linen, with
silk markers. Present-day walkers should be aware that footpaths,
cairns and way marks may well have changed since the first editions
were published. Slipcased. FRANCES LINCOLN 2008 HB 2128pp Illus
£159.99 98923 now £60.00
Martin Varley With over 150 colour photographs, this journey from the
sea to the summit of Scafell Pike explores the natural history of Lakeland
through its coastlands, meadows, woodlands, waters and fells. Varley also
describes how the region has been shaped by human activities in the past
and considers what the future holds as landscape, flora and fauna face
climate change and rising sea levels. Foreword by Chris Bonington.
Halsgrove Discover series. HALSGROVE 2005 HB 144pp Illus 222x232mm
WILD LAKELAND
£14.99 19093 now £6.99
THE YORKSHIRE DALES
Walks from the Howgills to Nidderdale
Jerry Rawson Part of the Halgrove Discover series, this book is a
journey of discovery through the Yorkshire Dales, one of the most
popular walking areas in the country. The 21 walks described in the
book are of varying lengths and difficulties, each one carefully chosen
to provide a constant variety of interest. The walks are accompanied
by a general introduction, a short background history of the region
and over 200 colour photographs
by Jerry Rawson. HALSGROVE
£14.95 19094 now £5.99
The head of
Crummackdale
Roly Smith Britain’s first national parks,
which now attract millions of visitors
every year, were designated in 1951 and
defined as ‘extensive area[s] of beautiful
and relatively wild country, in which... the
characteristic landscape beauty is strictly
preserved’. This guide to their history and
heritage discusses the legal and political
developments which created them and
includes chapters on points of special
interest in each of 14 parks, from the
ponies of Dartmoor and the New Forest
to the wilderness of the Cairngorms.
NATIONAL PARKS OF BRITAIN
Steven Hanna The Glens of Antrim
are places of outstanding beauty and
a monument to rural life, full of Irish
folklore with its tales of giants and
fairies. Stretching from the Antrim
Plateau to the Causeway Coast, the
Glens run through a varied landscape of
valleys, wooded glens, lakes, beaches
and waterfalls. In these 70 panoramic
photographs, one of Northern Ireland’s
foremost landscape photographers
takes us on a journey through the Glens
and through the seasons. HALSGROVE
THE GLENS OF ANTRIM
AA 2010 HB 224pp Illus 295x240mm
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MAPS AND SKETCHES FROM GEORGIAN
AND EARLY VICTORIAN BIRMINGHAM
Paul Leslie Line; Adrian Baggett et al By 1770, Birmingham – once a small
market town – was the third most populous city in England. Its rapid expansion as a
commercial and industrial centre left it with a rich legacy of Georgian and Victorian
public buildings. Lavishly illustrated with period maps and engraved views, this
book charts the city’s development and records its assembly halls, churches, factories
and pubs, both extant and long vanished. The text is complemented with verse by
Ian Henery, Poet Laureate of Walsall. MAPSEEKER 2013 HB 132pp Illus 295x210mm
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POCKET GUIDE TO PUBS
AND THEIR HISTORY
Gordon Thorburn From the ‘daft business
of Ye Olde’ to the pitfalls of the pub quiz
and the transformation of mussels into
moules marinière, Gordon Thorburn tackles
the history of the English pub in no particular order and with all manner of fascinating digressions. The book is a marvellous
pub crawl through myths (debunked in ‘Pub
Rubbish Korner’ articles), the fate of
brewers, a discussion of ‘pubness’ and the
origins and oddities of pub names.
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BRITISH ISLES
The trial for
treason of the
Jacobite Lord Lovat
at Westminster
Hall in 1747; he
was found guilty
and beheaded at
Tower Hill
NEW DEATH
IN LONDON
Places of
Execution,
Then and Now
A LONDON YEAR
365 Days of City Life in
Diaries, Journals and Letters
Travis Elborough; Nick Rennison
An anthology of ‘intimate snatches of
London life’, with one or more entries
for each day of the year, this handsome
volume begins with a hungover Robert
Hooke on 1 January 1672; in June we
find Noël Coward detesting the 1951
Festival of Britain funfair (‘really the
last word in squalor and completely
ungay’) and, finally, there is a millennial
disappointment – MP Oona King on
New Year’s Eve 1999, stuck at Stratford
Tube station en route to the Millennium
Dome festivities.
FRANCES LINCOLN 2013 HB 608pp Illus
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NEW RICHMOND PARK
From Medieval Pasture
to Royal Park
Paul Rabbitts Richmond is the largest
and oldest of London’s Royal Parks, a
sylvan oasis in the capital whose sweeping acres offer uninterrupted views of
St Paul’s Cathedral 12 miles away. This
attractive volume charts its history from
the creation of the medieval deer park
to the present, explores its palace, lodges
and other buildings, and examines its
ecology and wildlife. The 32 pages of
colour plates show how artists have captured its beauty through the centuries.
AMBERLEY 2014 HB 220 Illus
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Marion Field The establishment of a
royal mint in the 970s gave the town of
Guildford the status of a borough. Located between Winchester and London,
it grew as a commercial centre and was
considered important enough by the
Normans to build a castle there soon after the Conquest. This illustrated history
documents Guildford’s development
from the earliest settlement to the construction of its cathedral and university
in the late 20th century.
THE STORY OF GUILDFORD
PHILLIMORE 2011 HB 158pp Illus
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Robert Bard London has seen many public executions in its long history. This
fascinating book surveys the places of execution, such as Tyburn, Smithfield,
Wapping and Tower Hill; profiles the unfortunates who met their ends there; and
describes the hideous methods used to dispatch them. Illustrated with photographs,
prints, maps and broadsheets, it presents a compelling picture of a brutal society in
which even minor thefts were punished by an agonizing death before an excited
crowd. HISTORICAL 2007 HB 152pp Illus
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PORTRAIT OF... SERIES
Beata Moore For centuries a rural village with
a few grand residences nearby, Wimbledon
changed out of all recognition when the railway
stimulated expansion from the 1830s. This
photographic celebration blends the historic
houses and the pastoral charms of the common
and woods with the bustling modern suburb and
its most famous event, the annual tennis
championships at the All England Club.
NEW
PORTRAIT OF WIMBLEDON
Stag Lodge and
St Mary’s Church,
Wimbledon
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Andy Stansfield By comparison with its coastal
neighbours, Liverpool and Blackpool, Southport
has always promoted a more sophisticated character, its tourism built on the refined
pursuits of golf, horse riding, promenading and upmarket shopping. This photographic
portfolio presents views of many of its fine Victorian buildings, streets and gardens as
well as the pier and seafront and the dunes and wetland landscape beyond the town.
NEW
PORTRAIT OF SOUTHPORT
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Janet and Peter Roworth The Sherwood Forest of Robin Hood was never
continuous woodland but rather wooded areas separated by open heath and rough
grassland. As the lands were cleared, monastic houses and later great aristocratic
estates were established and today much of the parkland associated with them is
open to the public. This portfolio of images is a celebration of the landscapes and
towns of the area. HALSGROVE 2009 HB 144pp Illus 215x230mm
NEW
PORTRAIT OF ROBIN HOOD COUNTRY
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NEW PORTRAIT
OF ARMAGH
The neolithic cairn at Ballymacdermot
Darren McLoughlin
Standing stones and
megalithic tombs in
Armagh, Northern
Ireland’s smallest county,
bear witness to human
settlement from as early
as 5000 BCE; and at the
foundation of modern
Ireland, it was in Armagh
City that St Patrick is said
to have built his church in
the fifth century CE. This
photographic tour features over 140 images of the landscape, buildings and
important sites of the county. HALSGROVE 2009 HB 144pp Illus 215x230mm
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SCOTLAND
Allan Wright The Scottish
landscape photographer
Allan Wright spent a year
in the area between Loch
Lomond and Stirling,
seeking the essence of
this most romantic part
of Scotland. BIRLINN
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The southern shores of Loch Lomond at Balmaha
Allan Wright From holiday towns on the Clyde to the stark grandeur of
Ardnamurchan, the range of scenery in Argyll is truly astonishing. In this
photographic study of the county, Allan Wright captures the history, romance
and mystery of the region, its seascapes and its dramatic skies. Michael Russell
has written the introduction and Wright provides brief captions to each of the 116
photographs. BIRLINN 2005 PB 126pp Illus 190x250mm
ARGYLL
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 PB 160pp Illus 295x208mm
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BRITAIN’S FIRST
PHOTO ALBUM
As Presented by John Sergeant
John Sergeant In the 1860s, a pioneering
Victorian photographer and entrepreneur
named Francis Frith (1822-98) began an
ambitious project: his photographers were
to photograph the cities, towns and villages of Britain. Over 150 years later, John
Sergeant explored some of the places
shown in Frith’s photographs, comparing
and contrasting life in Britain, then and
now, in ten journeys to very different
places, including Stonehenge, Chesterfield, Covent Garden and Barnstable. Accompanied the BBC TV series.
FRANCIS FRITH 2012
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Colin Baxter ‘The best small country in
the world’, Scotland has panoramas worthy
of a whole continent. Between the lonely
valley of Liddesdale on the border with
England, and the remote island of Muckle
Flugga at the northernmost tip of Shetland,
the traveller encounters an extraordinary
range of awe-inspiring landscapes. In this
book, Colin Baxter presents a collection of
over 180 photographs capturing the diversity of the land and the changing moods of
light and weather across the whole of Scotland. COLIN BAXTER 2008 HB 192pp Illus
THE UNION
England, Scotland
and the Treaty of 1707
SCOTLAND PANORAMA
BIRLINN 2013 PB 352pp Illus
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Michael Fry This challenging look at the
origins of the United Kingdom focuses
on the years preceding the Union of 1707,
setting the political history of Scotland
and England against the backdrop of war
in Europe and the emergence of imperialism. Against common assumptions
about the importance of economic troubles in the Scots’ acceptance of terms, Fry
argues that they were able to exploit English ignorance of Scotland and steer the
settlement in their own favour.
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Katharine Stewart The ‘monster’ that
allegedly inhabits the waters takes a back
seat in this enjoyable study of Loch Ness.
Tracing its origins to the geological events
of 400 million years ago, Katharine Stewart explores the loch’s early history and
people and its flora and fauna as well as
more recent events such as the building
of Thomas Telford’s Caledonian Canal
and the short-lived railway.
THE STORY OF LOCH NESS
LUATH 2007 PB 192pp Illus
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THE PROVINCE
OF STRATHNAVER
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PORTOBELLO AND
THE GREAT WAR
Archie Foley; Margaret Munro Located
three miles east of Edinburgh, Portobello
is best known as a popular seaside resort.
Less well known is its role in the First
World War, when thousands of British
troops were billeted there. Illustrated with
period photographs and including heartfelt
personal letters and diaries, this book documents the effect of the war on the town,
both on the home front and in terms of the
local residents who fought and died in the
conflict. AMBERLEY 2013 PB 128pp Illus
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THE STEWART
EARLS OF ORKNEY
Rupert Matthews Kent and Sussex
have witnessed both invasions by
Romans and Normans and home-grown
conflicts dating from the ‘dark ages’ to
the English Civil War. In 15 walks, this
book visits the sites of important battles
and sieges, giving details of the action,
weaponry and outcome as well as practical information for visiting the sites of
battles such as Bigbury, Aylesford, Hastings and Maidstone.
Ed. John R Baldwin The ‘countrey’ or
‘province’ of Strathnaver once stretched
from its eastern border with Caithness to
northern Assynt – a vast expanse of
treacherous coast, sheltered sea lochs, fertile straths, powerful rivers and endless
boggy moorlands. Exploring the history
of these northernmost parts of the Scottish
mainland since pre-medieval times, these
essays include studies of Norse names, a
Viking burial, landownership, working
with seaweed and the Strathnaver Clearances in modern Scottish fiction.
FRANCES LINCOLN 2008 PB 216pp Illus
SSNS 2000 PB 270pp Illus
JOHN DONALD 2012 PB 188pp Illus
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Peter Anderson For almost a century the
islands of Orkney and Shetland were under the rule of the Stewart earls, father
and son; a rule remarkable for its infamous
reputation in island history. Exploring
why they were held in such low esteem,
Anderson presents a study of the two earls
and life in the islands during their reigns,
from Robert Stewart’s seizure of power
in Orkney in the 1560s to 1615, when his
son, the ill-starred ‘Black Patie’, was executed for treason.
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Andre Clot Suleiman I, called ‘the Magnificent’ by Europeans, ruled as Ottoman
sultan from 1520 to 1566, controlling his
state firmly, capturing Belgrade 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
SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT
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NEW ELIZABETH OF YORK
A Tudor Queen and her World
Alison Weir Elizabeth of York held a
crucially important place within the English monarchy – as daughter of Edward
IV, sister to the Princes in the Tower,
niece to Richard III, wife to Henry VII
and mother to Henry VIII. Alison Weir
explores those relationships, particularly
with Richard III, her son Henry and with
her mother’s family, the Wydevilles; but
also investigates the apparent contradiction between Elizabeth’s early intriguing
in suppport of Henry Tudor and her later
role as compliant royal wife. Felt-tip
mark on lower trimmed edge.
BALLANTINE 2013 PB 620pp Illus
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THE FAVOURITE
Ralegh and His Queen
Mathew Lyons A former History Today
‘Summer Reading Selection’, The
Favourite reveals Sir Walter Ralegh in
the role in which his contemporaries knew
him best: the courtier who could win the
attention – and the heart – of Elizabeth I,
while also being ‘the most hated man in
England’. Using first-hand accounts,
Lyons uncovers a maze of ambition and
desire, and a brutal Elizabethan world
riven by crime, corruption and treachery.
CONSTABLE 2012 PB 414pp
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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
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CATHERINE OF ARAGON
The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII
Giles Tremlett The woman Henry VIII
‘divorced’ is much overshadowed by
Anne Boleyn, the woman who took her
place, yet Catherine of Aragon was
Henry’s wife for 22 years, as queen
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approaching her life through her Spanish
family as well as her Tudor in-laws.
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BENCH AND
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The Public Career of
Sir Julius Caesar, 1580-1636
NEW
LM Hill The late Elizabethan and early
Jacobean periods witnessed the emergence of a transitional figure in the
crown’s service, a person who was not
yet fully a bureaucrat in the modern sense,
but who nonetheless acted with a considerable degree of independence from the
crown. This study focuses on Sir Julius
Caesar, an exemplar of this new kind of
officer of state, whose career assumes even
greater interest because he was the most
prominent civil lawyer of his generation.
JAMES CLARKE 1988 HB 334pp
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PRELATE
Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761
William Gibson Benjamin Hoadly,
Bishop in turn of Bangor, Hereford, Salisbury and Winchester, was the most controversial churchman of the 18th century.
His sermon on the nature of Christ’s kingdom sparked off the Bangorian controversy which raged from 1717 to 1720, he
was a committed Whig, and a disciple of
Locke. This study offers a fresh appreciation of Hoadly’s life and work in 18th
century religion, but also illuminates the
thought of adversaries such as Charles
Leslie and Henry Sacheverell.
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SENIOR
Physician of the Enlightenment
Ed. John Chalmers Dr Andrew Duncan
(1744-1828) was a remarkable figure during the Scottish Enlightenment whose influence continues to this day and whose
name lives on in the Andrew Duncan
Clinic, part of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. A champion of the poor, the mentally
ill and public health, he founded Britain’s
first Chair of Medical Jurisprudence and
Public Health in Edinburgh. The many
aspects of his career and interests are covered in this volume of 15 essays, including
a biographical overview by Chalmers.
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NEW AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF GENERAL CUSTER
THE PRINCE OF MEDICINE
Galen in the Roman Empire
Susan P Mattern Galen of Pergamum, court
physician to the family of the Emperor Marcus
Aurelius, was the most influential figure in
western medicine until the 20th century. In the
first biography of Galen in English, Mattern
examines his prodigious corpus of philosophical
and medical treatises to paint a portrait of a
shameless self-publicist who could be arrogant
and fiercely competitive but was also relentless
in his pursuit of cures and an advocate of
rigorous observation and experimentation.
Stephen Brennan George Armstrong
Custer gained a reputation as an innovative and bold cavalry leader during and
after the American Civil War but his successes have been overshadowed by the
famous defeat at Little Bighorn. Presented
as an autobiography, much of this book is
drawn from Custer’s own writings, principally his My Life on the Plains. The ‘last
stand’, in which he lost his life, is covered
by a contemporary interview about the
battle with his vanquisher, Sitting Bull.
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NEW SHADOW OF THE TITANIC
The Extraordinary Stories
of Those Who Survived
Andrew Wilson The 705 survivors of the Titanic
disaster were inevitably affected by the event
long after the media sensation had died down.
Some found their near-death experience a spur to
active and productive lives, while others were
forever dogged by grief for lost loved ones and
opportunities. Taking the story beyond the
lifeboats, this book examines the later lives of
survivors such as the vilified White Star chairman
J Bruce Ismay and American socialite Madeleine
Astor. SIMON & SCHUSTER 2011 HB 398pp Illus
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QUEEN ANNE
The Politics of Passion
Anne Somerset In 1702, 14 years after
helping to oust her father James II, Queen
Anne became Britain’s last Stuart monarch.
Plagued by ill-health and obesity and beset
by intrigue, she is often regarded as a transitional ruler. This sympathetic biography
unravels the complex politics of her court
and her fraught relations with the Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough to reveal a
woman of good sense and good intentions
who overcame personal tragedy to set her
kingdom on the path to greatness. American-cut pages. KNOPF 2012 HB 638pp Illus
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OXFORD DICTIONARY OF
NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
2001-2004
Ed. Lawrence Goldman This is the first
printed supplement to the Oxford DNB
(2004) and includes entries on 819 men
and women who shaped recent British
history and who died between 2001 and
2004. The earliest person by birth date is
the dancer and choreographer Dame
Ninette de Valois (1898-2001), but the
majority of subjects grew up in the interwar years. Among the notable figures in
this supplement are Barbara Castle, John
Peel, Alicia Markova, Francis Crick and
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. No jacket.
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OXFORD DICTIONARY OF
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2005-2008
Ed. Lawrence Goldman This second
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edition of the Oxford DNB contains biographies of 865 people who died between
2005 and 2008. The earliest of them by
birth is Alfred Anderson, the last surviving
soldier who served in the First World War
and who died in 2005, aged 109. Among
the other biography subjects are Ronnie
Barker, Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett, Harold
Pinter, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Robin
Cook, and Arthur C Clarke. No jacket.
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FANNY AND STELLA
The Young Men Who
Shocked Victorian England
Neil McKenna Stella was the most beautiful female impersonator of her day;
Fanny her inseparable companion. In fact,
Frederick Park and Ernest Boulton were
young clerks, part-time actresses and parttime prostitutes. They were arrested and
tried in 1870. This book tells the story of
their sensational trial and the startling aspects of Victorian London it exposed.
FABER 2014 PB 414pp Illus
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AN Wilson Adolf Hitler maintained that
his life was characterized by ‘struggle’
from its very beginning, but as AN Wilson
explains, the future dictator grew up in
middle-class comfort, feckless, romantic
and unmotivated. In a masterful biography, Wilson portrays the perplexing figure
of Hitler with verve and acuity, and shows
that it was his frightening normality – not
some otherworldy evil – that makes him
truly terrifying. Slightly off-mint.
HITLER
BASIC 2012 HB 223pp
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THE LOVE AND WARS
OF LINA PROKOFIEV
Simon Morrison When the singer Lina
Prokoviev accompanied her composer husband on his return to Russia in 1936, she
had little idea she would be abandoned for
a younger woman and incarcerated in a
sub-Arctic gulag for eight years. Written
with the co-operation of her grandson and
full access to the Prokoviev family archives,
this biography tells her remarkable story
of courage and endurance against the backdrop of one of the darkest periods of Soviet
history. HARVILL SECKER 2013 HB 336pp Illus
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Allister Sparks; Mpho Tutu Archbishop
Desmond Tutu is an inspirational campaigner not only against injustice and oppression, but for reconciliation and forgiveness. This authorized biography
follows his life and work from his ordination as an Anglican priest in 1960, though
his struggle against apartheid, to his present role as elder statesman. The book is illustrated with images from Tutu’s private
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ENGLISH ECCENTRICS AND
THEIR BIZARRE BEHAVIOUR
David Long If there is one thing the English love,
it is a true eccentric, and David Long has scoured
the history books for the very best of them. Arranged
in chapters on builders, inventors, travellers and
troglodytes, hoarders, faddists, foodies and men of
war, this compendium of strangeness includes James
Whittaker Wright and his underwater ballroom,
Francis Galton and his project for mapping where
Britain’s ugliest people live, and John Stewart, who
walked home from India in the 1770s – and 1780s.
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THE ENGLISHMAN
WHO POSTED HIMSELF
and Other Curious Objects
John Tingey In 1898, W Reginald Bray (1879-1939)
purchased a copy of the Post Office Guide and began to study the regulations.
Thereafter he started to experiment by sending strange objects through the post. He
posted items including a turnip, seaweed and his Irish terrier, he posted himself more
than once and he sent thousands of strange postcards and autograph requests. Illustrated
with many of Bray’s postal curios, this book explores the intriguing hobby of a rather
eccentric Englishman. PRINCETON AP 2010 HB 176pp Illus
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COUNTING ONE’S BLESSINGS
The Selected Letters of
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Ed. William Shawcross Drawing on the Royal
Archives and the archives at Glamis Castle, the
Queen Mother’s official biographer presents a
selection of letters written by Elizabeth to her
family, friends and a circle of acquaintance that
included Winston Churchill, Benjamin Britten and
Ted Hughes. Covering all phases of her life – as
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York, Queen
Consort and Queen Mother – the letters illuminate
a personality described by her grandson, Prince
Charles, as ‘wise, loving, with an utterly irresistible
mischievousness of spirit’. PAN 2013 PB 688pp Illus
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TELEGRAM FROM GUERNICA
The Extraordinary Life of
George Steer, War Correspondent
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’.
CHURCHILL
Nicholas Rankin A classical scholar, George
Steer (1909-1944) was to become a legendary war
correspondent: he reported the Italian invasion
of Ethiopia, the Russian invasion of Finland and
single-handedly exposed the truth behind Nazi
involvement in the bombing of Guernica in 1937.
In 1940 he joined the British Army and pioneered
front-line psychological operations in Africa and
Asia. This highly acclaimed biography revisits
Steer’s restless life as ‘scriptor et miles’, writer
and soldier. FABER 2003 PB 415pp Illus
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files and includes interviews with family,
friends, and world leaders such as Nelson
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Christopher Hitchens In June 2010, in
a New York hotel, the writer and polemicist Christopher Hitchens felt an excruciating pain in his chest, and found himself deported ‘from the country of the
well across the stark frontier that marks
off the land of malady’. Until his death
from cancer 18 months later, he charted
the torments and taboos of illness in characteristically brilliant prose, defiantly refusing the consolations of religion and
clear-sightedly contemplating the enigma
of death. TWELVE 2012 HB 128pp
MORTALITY
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THE SECRET MINISTRY
OF AG AND FISH
My Life in Churchill’s School for Spies
NEW MURDOCH’S WORLD
The Last of the Old Media Empires
David Folkenflik To set the phone-hacking
scandals that have surrounded Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, News Corp, in context, Folkenflik’s book goes back to Murdoch’s roots in Australia, provides a history
of the company and explores the dynamics
of the Murdoch family and the world they
inhabit. He explains how the man behind
the News of the World managed to survive
the outcry over tapping the phone of a murdered teenager, and the true cost of that
survival. PUBLIC AFFAIRS 2013 HB 384pp
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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
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THE COMPLETE
SMOKING DIARIES
Simon Gray The playwright Simon Gray
began to keep a diary at 65, and continued
until shortly before his death in 2008.
Published to enormous acclaim, its four
volumes are gathered here for the first
time. Like Pepys, he writes without selfcensorship, the messy business of life
spilling from the page. Breathtakingly
funny, painfully honest and sparkling with
wit, he charts triumphs, disasters, love,
friendship, alcohol, adultery – and the diagnosis of the cancer that will kill him.
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LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
NEW JOHNSON AND BOSWELL
A Biography of Friendship
John B Radner ‘No, no, sir, that will not do.
You are good-natured but not good-humoured.
You are irascible.’ The friendship between
the great lexicographer and his pleasureloving Scottish biographer is one of the most
celebrated in literary history. Drawing on
everything they wrote to and about each
other, this study charts the warm, complex
and often competitive relationship of this
oddly matched pair, from their first meeting
in 1763 to the publication of Boswell’s Life
of Johnson in 1791. YALE UP 2012 HB 428pp
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MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT
The Life and Poetry of George Herbert
John Drury George Herbert (1593-1633) is one of
the finest of English poets, recording in a variety of forms his inner experiences of hope
and despair, love and yearning. Because none of his verses were published before his
early death, relating them to events presents a challenge. This richly satisfying, beautifully
illustrated biography sets them in the context of his life and times, to present a rounded
portrait of a man torn between worldly ambition and the ‘humble way’ of religion.
THE VAMPYRE FAMILY
Passion, Envy and
the Curse of Byron
Andrew McConnell Stott In the spring
of 1816, a ‘knot of scribblers, male and
female, with weak nerves and disordered
brain’ gathered in Geneva. This account
of the three months that Byron, Shelley,
Mary Godwin, Claire Clairmont and John
Polidori spent together tells how their
stormy menage, charged with artistic and
sexual tensions, fuelled an outburst of creativity that produced Byron’s Childe
Harold, Shelley’s ‘Mont Blanc’, Mary
Shelley’s Frankenstein and the first great
vampire novel, Polidori’s The Vampyre.
ALLEN LANE 2013 HB 416pp Illus 240x160mm
£25.00 18207 now £7.99
A BOY AT THE
HOGARTH PRESS
Richard Kennedy In 1928, after a lacklustre school career, 16-year-old Richard
Kennedy was given a job as office assistant
at Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth
Press. Forty years later, by then a successful
illustrator, he wrote this charming and selfdeprecating memoir. Illustrated with his
own delightful sketches, it offers a unique
glimpse into life in the chaotic office with
its collapsing shelves, prowled by the giants
of the Bloomsbury Group.
CANONGATE 2013 HB 464pp Illus
£25.00 19878 now £8.99
HESPERUS 2011 PB 100pp Illus 190x120mm
£7.99 21130 now £3.99
THE PRIVATE DIARIES OF
ALISON UTTLEY 1932-1971
Alison Uttley is the author of children’s
classics such as Little Grey Rabbit and Sam
Pig. Her diaries, abridged here into one volume, contain descriptions of the countryside,
her financial struggles, and her deep belief
in her characters and books. Although the
early diaries are overshadowed by her husband’s suicide, they also show the excitement of her growing success as an author,
and her relationship with her beloved son
John. REMEMBER WHEN 2011 PB 336pp Illus
NEW
GEORGE STEPNEY
1663-1707 Diplomat and Poet
Susan Spens ‘His life,’ wrote Samuel Johnson, ‘was busy but not long.’ In his allotted
span, George Stepney achieved much. A
friend of Marlborough, a member of the influential Kit-Kat Club, and a respected poet,
he also had a remarkable career as a diplomat. The product of ten years’ research in
archives throughout Europe, this first-ever
biography of this important but neglected
17th-century figure charts his life and work,
assesses his missions in Germany, Poland
and Hungary, and evaluates his poetry.
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HG WELLS
Another Kind of Life
Michael Sherborne This absorbing biography captures the remarkable energy
of HG Wells, assesses his controversial
political views, and includes his secret
correspondence with his illegitimate
daughter. PETER OWEN 2012 PB 412pp Illus
£14.99 97272 now £5.99
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
£14.99 18047 now £5.99
Alan Bennett This moving, affectionate,
witty and often very funny memoir by one of
Britain’s best loved writers tells of his parents’
marriage and his own childhood in 1940s
Leeds. It is filled with wry and poignant
vignettes of Christmases with Grandma Peel
and the lives and loves of his unforgettable
aunties Kathleen and Myra. Tragically, it
also recounts his mother’s slow descent into
depression and dementia as a long-buried
family secret is finally brought to light.
(Taken from Untold Stories.) Off-mint.
A LIFE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE’S
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STATIONERY
NOTECARDS
Four of the finest pastel drawings by the Scottish artist Sir James Guthrie
(1859-1930) are featured in this set of 20 notecards and envelopes.
The Morning Paper and Tennis are from private collections,
Firelight Reflections and Causerie are now in Scottish museums
(Paisley and the Hunterian respectively). With white envelopes.
NEW
SIR JAMES GUTHRIE
POMEGRANATE 20 notecards 187x137mm
21146 now £4.99
Painted between 1852 and 1865, Work was Ford Madox Ford’s
magnum opus: a bustling scene of ‘navvies’ digging up the
roadway surrounded by tradesmen and more leisured
men and women that aimed to represent Victorian
society and progress. This set of 20 notecards features
four details from the painting, which now hangs in the
Birmingham Art Gallery. Blank cards with white envelopes.
NEW
FORD MADOX BROWN: WORK
POMEGRANATE 2009 20 notecards Illus 188x138mm
21145 now £4.99
FLOWER STUDIES
NOTECARDS
Charles Rennie
Mackintosh In the later
part of his career, Charles
Rennie Mackintosh
(1868-1928) left
architecture and design
in favour of watercolour
painting, and particularly
flower studies. This set
of large notecards
features four of his
paintings: White Roses,
Gilardia Walberswick,
Anemones and Wild
Pansy and Wood Violet.
There are eight cards,
two of each design, with white envelopes.
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 2009 187x137mm
19980 now £5.99
MATTHEW RICE’S
COUNTRY YEAR
POSTCARDS
QUEEN
ELIZABETH II
NEW
From bridesmaid to greatgrandmother, this selection of
photographs from the Press
Association archives presents
scenes from the life of possibly
the most photographed woman
in the world: Queen Elizabeth
II. The photographs span
a period of 80 years, from
1931 to 2011, and are mostly
informal, whether Her Majesty
is trooping the colour or the
corgis. 20 snap-out postcards.
AMMONITE 2012 158x111mm
£6.99 21072 now £2.99
Elizabeth arrives at a wedding at Balcombe church in Sussex in 1931
A painter and author
with a passion for
nature and the outdoors,
Matthew Rice has
embellished this
colourful, undated
yearbook with ‘a few
tempting calls to draw
you out into the garden
and the fields’. Every
page has beautifully
illustrated, handwritten
nature notes, advice for
gardeners or cooks’ tips
and there are full page
pictures for the start of each month and for topics such as butterflies
and bugs or chickens and eggs, plus space for your own notes.
FRANCES LINCOLN 2010 HB 144pp Illus
£12.99 17511 now £4.99
THE BEANO COMIC
100 Postcards
Celebrating the Best
of British Comic Art
Since the first issue
on 30 July 1938, The
Beano has delighted
generations of children
with its anarchic mix of
mischief and mayhem.
This boxed set of 100
semi-glossy postcards
features all the comic’s
stars including the Bash
Street Kids, Dennis the
Menace, Gnasher and
Desperate Dan, and a
Beano alphabet, from
the original A in BEANO,
1938 to Z (Dennis had to ‘borrow’ this from The Beezer
Book, 1967). FRANCES LINCOLN 2014 169x115mm
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CULTURAL STUDIES/POLITICS/ECONOMICS
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
ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS
Human and Animal Interaction in
Britain from the Norman Conquest
to World War One
Arthur MacGregor The importance of
animals to the progress of human civilization is hard to grasp in our largely urbanized society from which the animal world
has become increasingly remote. In this
detailed, well-illustrated work, MacGregor
draws on disciplines including art history,
topographical literature and archaeology to
explore human interaction with animals in
activities ranging from horse riding to beekeeping; and to provide an overview of
relations between human and animal populations in the British Isles over the past
1,000 years. REAKTION 2012 HB 512pp Illus
£40.00 18151 now £16.99
HARMONY
A New Way of Looking at Our World
HRH The Prince of Wales For decades the
Prince of Wales has studied a wide range of disciplines in his quest to understand how modern
industrialization has led us to a state of disharmony with our world. In this book, with its holistic and well-argued approach, he takes the
discussion of sustainability and climate change
in a new direction, incorporating the traditional
wisdom of the past with modern science to create a new, more balanced vision of our world.
HARPER PERENNIAL 2010 PB 336pp Illus
$18.99 11881 now £4.99
IN IT TOGETHER
The Inside Story of the
Coalition Government
Matthew D’Ancona On 7 May 2010,
Britain woke up to find it had elected a
hung Parliament. The response masterminded by David Cameron and Nick
Clegg was the Lib Dem-Conservative
Coalition: one of the most radical, dramatic and bruising experiments in power
the country has ever seen. Drawing on
hundreds of hours of interviews with the
key players, one of our foremost political
journalists tells the story in unsparing
detail, with exclusive revelations and insightful analysis. VIKING 2013 HB 432pp
£25.00 10800 now £7.99
NEW
ELIZABETH
WOLSTENHOLME ELMY
AND THE VICTORIAN
FEMINIST MOVEMENT
The Biography of
an Insurgent Woman
THE ECONOMICS
OF SUCCESS
Twelve Things Politicians
Don’t Want You to Know
Eamonn Butler is Director of the
Adam Smith Institute and a leading
voice on free market economics. In this
book he warns against the rising tide of
debt and argues that government regulation and intervention created the
world financial crisis and that the path
to recovery lies in less, not more, regulation. He sets out his thesis by identifying 12 fundamental principles on
which he believes the success of our
economic system depends.
GIBSON SQUARE 2014 PB 256pp
£12.99 17860 now £5.99
Maureen Wright Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918) was one of
the most significant champions of
women’s emancipation in Britain. As
an activist, she was at the heart of
every Victorian suffrage campaign, as
a feminist thinker, the first to speak
from a public stage about rape in marriage. Drawing on her prolific journalism, speeches, correspondence and
other documents, this meticulously researched biography rescues from obscurity a pioneering feminist hailed by
Emmeline Pankhurst as ‘the first’.
£60.00 20681 now £12.99
JOAN OF ARC
The Image of Female Heroism
Marina Warner In the brief life of Joan of Arc
several of the essential mythopoeic characteristics
that throughout history have defined the
charismatic leader and saint are powerfully
condensed. In this study, Marina Warner first
analyses the symbolism of the Maid in her own
time, then examines her rich afterlife in literature,
politics, and on the stage and screen. The book
was first published in 1981, and has been reissued
with a substantial new introduction by the author.
OXFORD UP 2013 HB 385pp Illus
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ECONOMIC AND
PHILOSOPHIC
MANUSCRIPTS OF 1844
Karl Marx Unpublished until 1930, these
are Marx’s earliest known writings on
philosophy and economics. Also known as
the ‘Paris Manuscripts’ they were written
in France and heavily influenced by Ludwig Feuerbach. The Manuscripts discuss
issues of profit, private property and money
and contain Marx’s first elaboration of
the Hegelian concept of ‘alienation’. This
1981 edition, printed in the USSR, reprints
the first English translation of 1959.
LAWRENCE & WISHART 1981 PB 216pp
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PHILOSOPHY
NEW
A CENTURY OF
MORAL PHILOSOPHY
WD Hudson How do we know what is
right? And what is the connection between
making moral judgements and what people
do? In a clear and compelling way, Dr
Hudson describes how moral philosophers
for the last 100 years have been wrestling
with these problems. Besides offering a
guide through the labyrinths of modern
scholarlship, Hudson presents the issues
in such a way as to help his readers think
through the problems again for themselves.
$39.50 20897 now £5.99
THE GOOD BOOK
A Humanist Bible
NEW
AC Grayling Responding to the modern
age in which many find that religion does
not speak to them, AC Grayling has compiled this secular equivalent to the JudeoChristian and Islamic holy books, using
the same techniques of selection, editing
and adaptation which created them. These
‘distillations of the wisdom and experience of humankind’, divided into books,
chapters and verses, derive from hundreds
of texts, by authors such as Herodotus,
Confucius and Montaigne, which offer
advice on how to live a good life.
WALKER 2011 HB 608pp
$35.00 21123 now £9.99
NEW
THE TEN GIFTS
OF THE DEMIURGE
Proclus’ Commentary
on Plato’s Timaeus
Emilie Kutash The commentary on
Plato’s Timaeus by the Neoplatonic
philosopher Proclus is a complex and
often arcane text, combining imagery
from Late Antique science, metaphysics
and theology. Kutash outlines Proclus’
political and social context, then guides
the reader through the philosophical terminology and argument by which Proclus’ commentary constructs an elaborate ontology and reveals the gifts that
flow from nature’s hidden source. Her
study also conveys the key issues which
have been taken up in modern secondary
literature on the text.
LITERATURE/CLASSICS
1,000 YEARS OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Chris Fletcher Beginning with the
Beowulf manuscript, this volume presents
reproductions of manuscript pages
written by 95 British authors of the last
millennium. These drafts, diary entries,
proofs and fair copies, handwritten or
annotated by some of our greatest poets,
novelists and playwrights, offer fascinating
insights into the process of composition
and revision. In the accompanying text,
Chris Fletcher outlines the life and work of
each writer and describes the content and
context of the manuscript page. Revised
and expanded edition. BRITISH LIBRARY
£12.95 98375 now £5.99
BOOKS ON FIRE
The Tumultuous Story of
the World’s Great Libraries
Lucien X Polastron Whatever the size
of our libraries, we feel an impulse to enrich them and preserve them against the
threats of fire and water, worms, war and
earthquake. Polastron examines the
world’s libraries – from the Hebrew,
Nordic and Islamic myths of a vast library
which existed before the world’s
creation, to the catastrophic losses of the
libraries of Alexandria, the Qing
Dynasty and modern Iraq. He also asks
whether the digitization of books threatens
the very existence of the physical library.
THAMES & HUDSON 2007 HB 381pp
£18.95 98391 now £7.99
THE CLASSICS
All You Need to Know, from
Zeus’s Throne to the Fall of Rome
Caroline Taggart Our modern world is
permeated by the legacy of Greece and
Rome, but understanding the vast expanse
of classical culture can seem a Herculean
task. This accessible refresher course will
help you fill gaps in your knowledge and
rediscover what you once knew, whether
your interests lie in the questions of Greek
philosophy, the use of Latin words in English or the great events of ancient history.
READER’S DIGEST 2010 HB 176pp
$14.95 11018 now £3.99
NEW
DECADENCE
An Annotated Anthology
Ed. Jane Desmarais; Chris Baldick The
‘literary-artistic tendency’ of Decadence,
prominent from the 1830s to the early
20th century, was embraced by such figures as Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde and
Arthur Symons. This anthology of poetry
and prose presents more than 80 Decadent
texts, both mainstream and marginal,
many of which were previously hard to
find. It also features extracts from the influential narratives of society’s ‘decline’
recounted in ancient Roman authors and
illustrates the critical reception of Decadence in contemporary denunciations and
parodies. No jacket.
£65.00 20675 now £9.99
WH Auden In the early 1950s, WH Auden began planning a prose volume that
would bring together published essays,
lectures and reviews, together with some
new material. The Dyer’s Hand, which
eventually appeared in 1962, is his only
cohesive book of prose, and one of his
most original works. Wide-ranging, informal yet erudite, it contains his thoughts
on music in Shakespeare, DH Lawrence,
Robert Frost, Marianne Moore, ‘translating opera libretti’, and ‘all the autobiography I am willing to make public’.
THE DYER’S HAND
BRISTOL CP 2011 HB 319pp
FABER 2012 PB 380pp
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£20.00 20206 now £6.99
THE BOXER AND
THE GOALKEEPER
Sartre vs Camus
Andy Martin Sartre looked like an ogre,
Camus like a movie star. Brothers in arms
in the French Resistance, they were the
best of friends, and when they fell out it
was usually about a woman. But then
Sartre fell in love with communism... This
accessible, intelligent, punchy account of
their increasingly antagonistic relationship
brings to life two of the great thinkers of
the 20th century, and its central ideological showdown.
SIMON & SCHUSTER 2013 PB 352pp
£8.99 19636 now £3.99
NEW CARELESS PEOPLE
Murder, Mayhem and the
Invention of The Great Gatsby
Sarah Churchwell A former Sunday Times
Book of the Week, Careless People takes us
back to the jazz age of the 1920s and tells the
true story behind F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece,
The Great Gatsby. Churchwell explores in detail
the novel’s relation to Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s
extravagant and chaotic lives in New York; but
also to the gruesome Hall-Mills double murder
of 1922 and the farcical police investigation
into what was billed as ‘the crime of the decade’.
Off-mint. PENGUIN PRESS 2014 HB 399pp
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REFERENCE
NEW NUMBER PUZZLES
Over 200 Excellent Puzzles to Challenge
Your Logic and Number Skills
How many minutes are there to go to six o’clock,
if 50 minutes ago it was four times as many
minutes past three o’clock? As well as numbermanipulating conundrums such as magic squares,
sequences and sudoku puzzles, this selection
of mathematical brain-teasers includes a variety
of convoluted tests of numerical logic.
(26 minutes.) CARLTON 2011 PB 224pp
£5.99 21104 now £2.99
SO YOU THINK
YOU CAN SPELL?
David L Grambs; Ellen S Levine With
an introductory essay (‘Why is English
Spelling so Difficult?’) to cheer you on
your way, this book contains over 1,500
words to spell (or not) in around 200
‘killer quizzes for the incurably competitive and overly confident’. The tests are
of various types, including straightforward
spelling using sound-approximating syllables, multiple choices, plural spellings,
mini ‘quizzicals’ and the ‘killer bees’ designed to bring down the vainglorious.
A&C BLACK 2011 PB 248pp
£8.99 20331 now £3.99
BLOOMSBURY
DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS
Second edition
Gordon Jarvie Why do we use expressions like ‘fly off the handle’ or ‘hey
presto’? Where do they come from? This
A-Z tells you everything you want to know
about more than 4,500 English idioms,
tracing origins, explaining meanings, and
giving up-to-date examples of usage.
Packed full of priceless trivia, the book
will entrap browsers as well as offering a
lifeline to foreign learners of English picking their way through the idiomatic minefield. A&C BLACK 2009 PB 384pp
£9.99 20321 now £3.99
NEW WORD PUZZLES
Over 200 Superb Puzzles to Challenge
Your Logic and Word Power
Word games such as crosswords and word
searches are a popular daily diversion, but this
puzzle book takes the wordplay further, testing
your powers of reasoning as well as lexical dexterity. The selection of headscratching problems includes logic challenges, anagrams, antonym and analogous
word conundrums, hidden word games, sequences, prefix and suffix posers and
even substitution ciphers. CARLTON 2011 PB 224pp
£5.99 21103 now £2.99
WHAT’S IN A SURNAME?
A Journey from Abercrombie to Zwicker
David McKie Surnames connect us with our ancestors, revealing their trades (Smith,
Taylor, Brewer), appearance (Brown, Short, Thynne), and origins (Scott, Allen, Bolton).
David McKie investigates where such naming practices began, unearths some of the
more bizarre examples and considers why people change their family names. In the
final chapter he asks whether surnames will survive in an age when our communications
are becoming less formal and married couples keep separate surnames or choose a
new one. RANDOM HOUSE 2013 HB 304pp
£14.99 19627 now £4.99
TONG SING
The Chinese Book of
Wisdom Based on the
Ancient Chinese Almanac
Charles Windridge The original Tong
Sing, or ‘Know Everything Book’, is a
Chinese almanac that has been published
annually for at least 1,200 years, and perhaps since 2250 BCE. Inspired by this ancient text, Windridge has compiled a book
that aspires to answer every question the
reader might care to ask about oriental
philosophy, astrology, folklore, medicine
and food. The result is a riveting repository of information on everything from
astrology to acupuncture, emperors to etiquette, and prophecies to Peking cuisine.
KYLE 2015 PB 288pp Illus 245x130mm
£14.99 21247 now £6.99
TEDDY BEARS, TUPPERWARE
AND SWEET FANNY ADAMS
How the Names Became the Words
Andrew Sholl As you lie on the davenport in
your cardigan, eating garibaldi biscuits, do you
ever consider how people’s names become words
we use in everyday English? From Achilles to
Zeppelin, this entertaining book investigates both
familiar and unusual eponyms and describes the
stories behind them. At last, we meet the man
who gave the world the Hoover, the farmer
responsible for macadamia nuts (John Macadam),
and Dr Salmon, immortalized in salmonella.
MICHAEL O’MARA 2013 HB 223pp
£12.99 17706 now £4.99
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ADONIS TO ZORRO
Oxford Dictionary of
Reference and Allusion
Ed. Andrew Delahunty; Sheila Dignen
This dictionary is ideal for those moments
when you need to avoid mixing up Eris
and Eros, to decide whether an allusion
to Shangri-La or Xanadu is more appropriate, or to check where ‘the horror, the
horror’ originated. The 1,900 entries include people, places, quotations and
events that have given rise to everyday
expressions and give examples of their
recent use in journalism and fiction. This
revised and updated third edition includes
many new entries from modern popular
culture and from non-English sources.
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POCKET OXFORD ITALIAN
DICTIONARY
Fourth edition
NEW COLLINS
BEGINNER’S FRENCH
Verbs and Practice
OXFORD UP 2010 PB 900pp
HARPER COLLINS 2012 PB 130pp 261x190mm
£13.99 18875 now £5.99
$18.99 21139 now £5.99
Ed. Pat Bulhosen; Francesca Logi; Loredana
Riu You will need a fairly large pocket,
because this is a substantial Italian/ English,
English/Italian dictionary, designed to meet
the needs of students, tourists and anyone in
need of quick and reliable translations, with
the focus on everyday, idiomatic English and
Italian. In addition to the main listings, this
edition has an A-Z of Italian life and culture
and notes on letter-writing, text messaging
and online navigation in Italian.
Series Ed. Rob Scriven For independent
study or as part of a course, this book from
the Collins Beginner’s French series offers
a complete guide to French verbs, with
user-friendly verb tables; a verb index;
key grammatical points highlighted; and
thousands of examples to show the correct
usage. There are exercises at the end of
each chapter, with solutions at the end of
the tutorial sections.
THE CAMBRIDGE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LANGUAGE
Third edition
David Crystal’s acclaimed, accessible
encyclopedia illustrates the great
diversity of the world’s languages,
describes the techniques of linguistic
research and shows how this relates
to our everyday interest in the history
and meaning of the words we use to
communicate; it also addresses the
practical problems of linguistic prejudice
and discrimination. This thoroughly
revised edition features updated statistics
and maps, with new material on the
rise of electronic communication and
the crisis affecting the world’s
endangered languages. CAMBRIDGE UP
THE CHAMBERS DICTIONARY
12th edition
Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary,
first published in 1901, quickly secured the
trust of its users, while also delighting them
with archaic and unusual words and a sprinkling of playful definitions. Over a century
later, its direct successor remains the dictionary of choice for professional writers,
crossword enthusiasts and everyone with
an interest in words. The 12th edition has
a new supplement, The Word Lover’s Miscellany, that includes a ‘Wordgame Companion’ and ‘100 Words to Watch’ (words
not yet listed in the main dictionary).
CHAMBERS 2011 HB 1872pp 270x180mm
£69.99 94837 now £14.99
£40.00 94612 now £14.99
HUMOUR
THE DASTARDLY
BOOK FOR DOGS
NEW SEX LIVES OF THE
GREAT COMPOSERS
HARPER 2009 PB 208pp Illus
PRION 2004 PB 252pp
£6.99 87728 now £3.99
£6.99 21109 now £3.99
Rex and Sparky A sort of life manual
for dogs, with some great tales of canine
bravery thrown in, The Dastardly Book
has advice on topics such as living with
cats, what to do during a thunderstorm,
and making toys out of household items,
information on what is edible, the best
foul smells to roll in and the answers
to perplexing questions such as: Where
do humans go all day?
Nigel Cawthorne investigates the place of
sexuality in firing the musical imagination;
he recounts the amorous escapades of 24
compositional geniuses, among them Percy
Grainger’s fondness for flagellation, the tortured
double life of the homosexual Tchaikovsky,
the proto-rock stars Liszt and Chopin who
attracted ‘groupies’ avant la lettre and the
church authorities’ alarm at a ‘strange maiden’
who accompanied Bach into the organ loft.
MODERN MANNERS
The Essential Guide to Correct
Behaviour and Etiquette
Philip Howard delighted Times readers with
his ‘Modern Times’ column on contemporary
etiquette, fielding questions of table manners,
family feuds and sharing taxis, the dress code
for kilt-wearers at a Pakistani wedding
(daytime tie, with an emergency bow tie in
your sporran) and what to do if it rains at
Glyndebourne (‘Outdoor opera in June brings
out the ancestral fortitude of the British
character’). This compilation presents
readers’ questions on ‘etiket’ and Howard’s
witty, informative and often hilarious replies.
ROBSON 2013 HB 320pp
£12.99 16456 now £4.99
THE ROUND ROBIN LETTERS
The Ultimate Collection
of Christmas Letters
Simon Hoggart For years, readers of Simon
Hoggart’s Guardian column sent him
examples of the dreaded Christmas round
robin. Edited (with names changed to protect
the perpetrators) by Hoggart, these catalogues
of domestic triumphs (Tamsin’s Grade V
piano) and tragedies (locked out of the camper
van) are robbed of their power to infuriate –
they are simply hilarious. This book comprises
the two previous collections: The Cat that
Could Open the Fridge and The Hamster
that Loved Puccini. ATLANTIC 2014 HB 304pp
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Christine E Jackson From fresco
painters in Pompeii, through 17th century
Dutch masters, to contemporary
illustrators, fish have been an inspiration
to artists throughout history. With 195
reproductions of a great diversity of art
and artefacts, this study explores how
fish have been depicted since the second
millennium BCE. Each chapter looks at
fish in a different environment – the sea,
the market, the kitchen or the river –
and discusses the economic, political and
religious factors that influenced artists.
NEW
FISH IN ART
REAKTION 2012 HB 248pp Illus 247x187mm
NEW THE SKATING MINISTER
The Story Behind the Painting
Duncan Thomson Henry Raeburn’s painting of
his friend the Reverend Robert Walker skating
on a frozen loch is widely known and loved.
This book tells the story behind the painting,
and in so doing illuminates both an episode in
Scottish history and an aspect of the history of
Scottish painting. It explores the relationship
between artist and subject, the times they lived
in and the reasons why this intimate portrait
has acquired such iconic status.
NMS 2004 HB 64pp Illus 190x165mm
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The Skating Minister or, to give its full title, Reverend
Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, c.1795
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Tench Feeding on Corn
by Maurice Pledger, 1998
Rosina Buck
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NEW
STORIA NATURALE
DEGLI UCCELLI
Amazonian
parrot
Buffon; François-Nicolas Martinet In a
superb Italian edition, this is the celebrated
Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, written by
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
(1707-88), with hand-coloured engravings
by François-Nicolas Martinet (1725-1804),
and published in Paris between 1770 and
1786. It was the most comprehensive
ornithological work in France at that time.
For this edition, the text (in Italian) has been
selected by Stephane Schmitt, and all 1,008
of Martinet’s finely detailed engravings
have been carefully reproduced. Slipcased.
FOOD IN
PAINTING
From the Renaissance
to the Present
Kenneth Bendiner
Artists throughout
history have been
fascinated by food, and
this sumptuous visual
feast features nearly
150 paintings by artists
including Velázquez,
Rembrandt, Manet, Van
Gogh, Kahlo, Hopper
and Warhol. Exploring
Fruit-seller by Vincenzo Campi, c.1580
themes such as markets,
feasts, religion, medicine, trades and the preparation of food, Bendiner highlights
the influence of Dutch food painting, which dominated the genre for more than 200
years, and the backlash in the 1960s when Pop Art mocked the over-commercialized
nature of the food industry. REAKTION 2004 HB 238pp Illus 248x188mm
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SCHOOL OF GENIUS
A History of the Royal Academy of Arts
James Fenton Since its foundation in 1768, the Royal Academy has been the
stage on which the triumphs, tragedies, sensations and scandals of the British art
world have been played out. Drawing on unrestricted access to its archives, this
handsome, lavishly illustrated history charts the development, periodic crises
and Machiavellian intrigues of this unique institution, interviews present-day
Academicians, and profiles key figures such as Reynolds (its first president)
Gainsborough, Constable, Turner, Ruskin, Stanley Spencer and Kenneth Clark.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS 2006 HB 320pp Illus 258x195mm
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JAPANESE POPULAR PRINTS
From Votive Slips to Playing Cards
Rebecca Salter Beginning with a brief history of pr
Japan, this book covers the various popular and com
applications of Japanese woodblock printing during
and Meiji periods (1603-1912). Discussing 200 illus
examples, Salter explores the everyday items produc
using woodblock techniques more usually associated
West with ukiyo-e prints; and reveals much about Jap
culture and tradition through printed items such as
calendars, prayer slips, playful prints, games and dec
papers. HAWAII UP 2006 PB 208pp Illus 246x190mm
19269 now £6.99
An English reading primer by Shōsai Ik
KENWOOD
Paintings in the Iveagh Bequest
Julius Bryant Housed in Kenwood,
London’s ‘finest country residence’,
the Iveagh Bequest is a superb art
collection, formed by Edward Cecil
Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh between
1887 and 1891 and comprising old
master paintings by artists including
Vermeer, Van Dyck, Boucher,
Gainsborough and Reynolds. This
catalogue of the Bequest presents
102 paintings, with reproductions and
commentaries illustrated with details,
sketches and related works. There are
also essays on Kenwood, Lord Iveagh’s
role as a collector and an introduction
to the collection. ENGLISH HERITAGE 2003 HB 444pp
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Margherita Pini With almost 300 pages of
outstanding reproductions, this visual survey
of Renaissance portraiture includes some of
the most famous paintings in European art,
among them Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, the
Arnolfini Portrait by Van Eyck, Henry VIII
by Holbein and Bronzino’s portrayal of the
young Bia de’ Medici (right). Seven sections
cover the portrait in 15th century Florence,
Venice, Lombardy and Emilia, 16th century
Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, France and
Spain. With short introductions and quotations
from art history in English, German, French
and Dutch. SCALA 2012 HB 320pp Illus 406x351mm
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Detail of the Portrait of Bia de' Medici
by Agnolo Bronzino, c.1542
NEW HISTORY OF LOOT
AND STOLEN ART
From Antiquity Until the Present Day
sina Buckland Kabuki is the popular form of
atre in Japan that combines drama, music and dance,
formed in lavish costumes amid spectacular stage
s. The 61 woodblock prints in this book date from
19th century and are now in the National Museum
Scotland collections. Beautifully reproduced and
ompanied by commentaries explaining the plots,
racters and artists, the prints bring to life the
rgy and variety of kabuki’s visual spectacle.
W
RENAISSANCE PORTRAITS
KABUKI: Japanese Theatre Prints
Ivan Lindsay Since the Second World War, the looting of art from conflict zones
has continued to the extent that Interpol has a special branch devoted to it. This
book traces the history of
looting over three millennia
and illustrates many of the
stolen works in 200 colour
reproductions and 50
archive photographs.
Lindsay also profiles the
main culprits from Sargon
in 720 BCE to Hermann
Goering, examines motives
ranging from material gain
to cultural prestige, and
charts the illegal trade today.
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Ohara Takematsu
Utagawa Kunisada,
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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 UK’s finest cultural centres. Drawing on 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. Illustrated
with 120 reproductions and archival images, including work by Brueghel the
Younger, Poussin, Van Dyck,Tiepolo, Degas, Gauguin, Rodin and others, it also
includes a full catalogue of the Institute’s early acquisitions. SCALA 2012 PB 160pp Illus
0mm
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y Shōsai Ikkei, 1872
GIs retrieve paintings looted by the Nazis
£40.00 20032 now £19.99 from Neuschwanstein castle in Füssen, Germany
The Hon. ES Russell and his
Brother by Edwin Landseer, 1834
NEW PORTFOLIO
Treasures from the
Diploma Collection at
the Royal Scottish Academy
Tom Normand On being elected
to the Royal Scottish Academy,
artists deposit a ‘diploma’ work:
a painting, sculpture, architectural
model, photograph or print that is
representative of their finest art.
This book presents a selection of 61
of these Diploma works, arranged
by date, from Thomas Hamilton’s
Design for the Royal High School,
Edinburgh, deposited in 1831, to
Arthur Watson’s Arkival (2008),
an ongoing multimedia installation,
and with detailed commentary
accompanying each piece.
LUATH 2013 HB 128pp Illus 210x170mm
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PICASSO AND MODERN
BRITISH ART
Ed. James Beechey; Chris
Stephens Picasso’s connections
with Britain and his impact on its
art have received scant attention
from art historians. Produced to
accompany a major exhibition at
Tate Britain, this stimulating book
is the first to examine this aspect
of his career and chart his
influence on British artists
including Moore, Bacon and
Hockney. With 135 colour plates
and texts by leading experts, it not
only casts new light on Picasso
but redraws our mental map of
British culture in the 20th century. TATE 2012 PB 240pp Illus 298x235mm
£24.99 92344 now £7.99
NEW THE SUNFLOWERS
ARE MINE
The Story of Van Gogh’s
Masterpiece
Martin Bailey The story of Van
Gogh’s series of seven sunflower
still life paintings takes us initially
to Provence, where they were
created, and then around the world
as it tracks their adventurous
history. Through the paintings we
gain great insight into Van Gogh’s
life and his path to fame, as well
as the importance of these
extraordinary images in the story
of modern art. FRANCES LINCOLN
Crucifixion by Graham
Sutherland, 1946
£25.00 20079 now £11.99
Three Sunflowers by Van Gogh, 1888
Pascal Bonafoux The theme of
the erotic is ever-present in the
work of Auguste Rodin, both in
his sculptures and in his
drawings, a natural result of his
love of the female form. This
volume explores the many faces
of sex and sensuality in his work
and in late 19th-century society.
It also discusses Rodin’s
relationships with women and the
controversy that the artist’s work
caused during his lifetime.
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Sandra Forty In this beautifully illustrated
survey, Sandra Forty presents a concise
history of botanical illustration, from
early herbals to Curtis’s Botanical
Magazine in the 20th century, and more
than 80 reproductions of works by artists
such as Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Walter
Hood Fitch and William Jackson Hooker.
BOTANICAL PRINTS
A HISTORY OF
WOOD ENGRAVING
Douglas Percy Bliss A 1,300-yearold Chinese manuscript with the
image of Buddha in flowing black
lines is the oldest known woodcut
and the starting point for this history
of the art form. Written in 1928 by
the Scottish painter and art critic
Douglas Percy Bliss, this classic
study describes engraving
techniques and provides artist
biographies and personal
commentary, ending with a chapter
on ‘modern’ engravers including
Eric Ravilious and Gertrude
Hermes. This is a reprint of the first
edition. SKYHORSE 2013 PB 279pp Illus
T&J 2013 HB 96pp Illus 150x150mm
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200x150mm
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Celine Delavaux In five parts – Trompe l’oeil, Hidden Meanings, The (In)Human
Body, Optical Challenges and Beyond Reality – this collection of strange, sometimes
disconcerting works reveals how artists since antiquity ‘have been drawn to explore
the inexhaustible potential of illusion’. Delavaux discusses the work of 60 artists,
with reproductions of works including the hyperrealist paintings of Richard Estes,
Arcimboldo’s composite portraits, Op Art by Bridget Riley and MC Escher’s
impossible Cascade. PRESTEL 2013 HB 192pp Illus 267x219mm
THE MUSEUM OF ILLUSIONS: Optical Tricks in Art
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interdite) by René Magritte,1937
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NEW SCOTTISH PHOTOGRAPHY
A History
Tom Normand Scotland has played an
important role in the history of photography,
boasting probably the earliest conscious
‘art photography’ in the work of Edinburghbased partnership Hill and Adamson, and
documentary photography in Thomas
Annan’s Glasgow slum pictures of the late
1860s. Including portraiture, landscape,
documentary, conceptual and avant-garde
photography, this carefully prepared volume
explores not only work by Scottish
practitioners but also how other leading
photographers have portrayed Scotland, from
the beginnings of the medium to the present
day. LUATH 2007 HB 192pp Illus 215x185mm
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Corn Grinding by George
Washington Wilson, c.1880
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Ed. Robert Sullivan Launched in 1936,
Life magazine created a new kind of
visual journalism, using the world’s best
photographers to bring readers the drama
of events, introduce them to the people
making the news and show them the
wonders of the world. This collection
presents its 100 most iconic pictures,
among them Eisenstaedt’s VJ Day image
of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times
Square, Robert Capa’s ‘Falling Soldier’
from the Spanish Civil War, and the
portrait of Gandhi by Margaret BourkeWhite. Includes 25 removable 10"x8"
prints. LIFE 2008 HB 144pp Illus 340x255mm
LIFE: The Classic Collection
ORIGINS OF MODERN ART
Masterworks of Modernism
NEW
Rosalind Ormiston From Monet and Van
Gogh to Kandinsky, Delaunay and Klee, this
richly illustrated narrative describes the
major artists and artistic groupings that
contributed to the emergence of modern art
between the mid-19th century and the 1930s
in Europe, Russia and America. Especially
interesting is its discussion of the places
where the art was created and exhibited, and
the network of dealers, critics and collectors
that form part of the dynamic of modern art.
FLAME TREE 2015 HB 192pp Illus 277x286mm
£20.00 21085 now £9.99
$49.99 98203 now £14.99
The Barges at Martigues by Raoul Dufy, c.1907
Larry Jim Holm and Dunk
by Myron Davis, 1945
NEW QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Portraits by Cecil Beaton
Susanna Brown The photographs of the
British royal family by Sir Cecil Beaton
(1904-80) are among the most widely
published portraits of the 20th century and
were instrumental in shaping the monarchy’s
public image. From teenage princess to mother
and sovereign, Elizabeth II posed for his
camera on numerous occasions. Containing
over 50 formal portraits as well as candid
behind the scenes photographs, and enlivened
with anecdotes from Beaton’s personal diaries,
this book celebrates a unique collaboration.
£19.99 17069 now £7.99
Princess Elizabeth, Colonel of the
Grenadier Guards, October 1942
Laundry, New Delhi by Raghu Rai
Michel Pastoureau Many of the modern masters of
photography revel in the vibrant use of colour, from the
sumptuous travel portraiture of Steve McCurry to the vivid
social documentary of Martin Parr. This handsomely produced
volume collects the work of the leading figures that use the
medium today and groups their images, by colour, into six
sections – red, blue, green, yellow, white and black – to
produce a striking and harmonious survey of contemporary
photography. THAMES & HUDSON 2010 HB 480pp Illus 322x243mm
NEW
CHROMA: Celebrating Colour in Photography
£38.00 20826 now £19.99
EYEWITNESS
Hungarian Photography in the Twentieth Century
Peter Baki; Colin Ford; George Szirtes Brassaï, Capa, Kertész,
Moholy-Nagy and Munkácsi revolutionized photojournalism
and art photography in the first half of the 20th century. This
landmark study explains how these five men established
Hungary as a crucible of photography; and it explores their
influence on succeeding generations of photographers. The
three illustrated essays are followed by over 180 photographs,
including major works of the featured photographers and their
contemporaries. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS 2011 HB 239pp Illus
£40.00 10882 now £16.99
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AT ROMMEL’S SIDE
The Lost Letters of
Hans-Joachim Schraepler
Hans-Albrecht Max Schraepler The letters of
Hans-Joachim Schraepler, Rommel’s adjutant
in 1940-41, provide a vivid picture of the North
Africa campaign and insights into the character
and tactical skill of the ‘Desert Fox’.
£19.99 87973 now £7.99
BILLETED IN STROUD
1939-40
An Evacuee’s Account
Eric Armstrong In October 1939, 16-year-old
Eric Armstrong was evacuated from wartime
Birmingham to rural Gloucestershire. His account of evacuation evokes, far from hardship,
a new life of walks, cycling, cinema and ‘lots
of simply lovely girls’.
£14.99 85400 now £6.99
D-DAY AND THE
BATTLE OF NORMANDY
A Photographic History
Simon Trew The 385 photographs in this collection were taken by military photographers
serving with British, American, Canadian and
German forces and form a significant chronicle
of the D-Day campaign.
HAYNES 2012 HB 320pp Illus 277x228mm
£30.00 16604 now £11.99
DON QUIXOTE
Miguel de Cervantes An old man, enchanted
by tales of knightly courage, guided
by visions of giants, knights
and the beautiful Dulcinea,
puts on his rusty armour and
sets out on a quest. Quixote’s
epic adventures are read here by
Roy McMillan. Unabridged. 29 CDs;
total time 36 hrs 9 min.
NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS 2011 Audio CDs
£80.00 19168 now £19.99
THE GOLDFISH CLUB
Danny Danziger Members of the Goldfish Club
(formed 1942) are all crew who bailed out over
water and survived. Here, 30 of them, including
Sir Richard Branson, tell their stories.
SPHERE 2012 HB 309pp Illus
£17.99 16832 now £6.99
GORDON
Edith Templeton Telling the story of Louisa
and Gordon and their intense psychosexual entanglement, this novel was critically acclaimed,
yet banned in England for indecency in 1966.
PENGUIN 2012 PB 231pp
£7.99 99070 now £3.99
THE GREEN ROAD
INTO THE TREES
An Exploration of England
Hugh Thomson Journeying along the prehistoric track – the Icknield Way – from
Abbotsbury on the Dorset coast to Seahenge
on The Wash, Thomson explores the sacred
and profane landscapes of England ancient
and modern.
PREFACE 2012 HB 320pp Illus 241x160mm
£18.99 19368 now £7.99
IN GHOSTLY COMPANY
Amyas Northcote Garnering comparisons
with masters of horror fiction including MR
James, Amyas Northcote’s stories exhibit a
brooding, measured insidiousness which tends
to set the nerves firmly on edge. This collection of shorts is a rare treasure from horror fiction’s golden age.
WORDSWORTH 2010 PB 144pp
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KARL BRANDT:
THE NAZI DOCTOR
Medicine and Power
in the Third Reich
Ulf Schmidt This biography of Hitler’s doctor,
Karl Brandt, examines his ascent to the Fuhrer’s
inner circle, his role as the Nazis’ Commissioner
for Health and Sanitation and his eventual trial
and execution. HAMBLEDON 2008 PB 496pp
£17.99 99760 now £6.99
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 £6.99
LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY
Treasures from the Collection
of the Archbishops of Canterbury
Ed. Richard Palmer; Michelle P Brown This
sumptuously illustrated book presents a selection of treasures from Lambeth Palace Library,
one of the oldest public libraries in England and
the principal record repository of the Anglican
church. SCALA 2010 PB 176pp Illus 271x232mm
98558 now £11.99
LONDON: CITY OF THE DEAD
David Brandon; Alan Brooke From Roman
London to the ‘glorious dead’ of the First World
War, this is the first systematic look at London’s
culture of death, including an analysis of its superstitions, rituals and representations.
HISTORY PRESS 2008 PB 256pp Illus
£18.99 19733 now £5.99
MANCHESTER CONSULS
David John Fox Manchester has the largest
and most active consular corps in the country
outside London. This study is the first detailed
history of consuls and their activities for any
region of the UK. Limited edition.
CARNEGIE 2007 HB 315pp
£30.00 10672 now £9.99
MAN-MADE EDEN
Historic Orchards in
Somerset and Gloucestershire
James Russell Investigating the history of apple
growing and cider making in the West Country,
this book explores the changing fortunes of the
industry, its traditions and folklore, and recent
efforts to save and celebrate its historic orchards.
REDCLIFFE 2007 PB 156pp Illus 241x200mm
£15.00 98561 now £5.99
THE MARCH OF
THE TWENTY-SIX
The Story of Napoleon’s Marshals
RF Delderfield Fighting men of mostly humble
backgrounds, Napoleon’s 26 marshals were
raised to the highest power in France after the
Emperor himself. This book tells of their personalities, their careers and how they met their
several ends. First published 1962.
PEN & SWORD 2004 PB 288pp Illus
£7.99 20470 now £3.99
MARY TUDOR
David Loades’s in-depth study of Mary’s life
reveals an intriguing personality, powerful and
impelled by deep-set beliefs and principles, yet
uncertain of her role as an unwed, ruling Queen.
Slightly off mint. AMBERLEY 2011 HB 328pp Illus
£25.00 92431 now £9.99
MOUNTAIN MAGIC
Van Greaves presents his selection of 150 of
his photographs of British mountains including
Snowdon, Scafell and Ben Nevis, the Torridon
peaks and the Cuillins of Skye. FRANCES
LINCOLN 2009 HB 192pp Illus 277x277mm
£25.00 16577 now £12.99
NORTH YORKSHIRE COASTAL
VILLAGES: Then and Now
Colin Waters Juxtaposing 90 sepia-toned archive
images with modern colour photos of the same
sites, this book shows how villages on the coast
between Marske and Scalby Mills have changed
– and sometimes remained the same – over the
last century. HISTORY PRESS 2012 HB 96pp Illus
£12.99 97705 now £4.99
OLIVIER
Philip Ziegler A former Radio 4 ‘Book of the
Week’, Ziegler’s life of Laurence Oliver draws
on over 50 hours of unpublished interviews to
offer the fullest portrait yet of the great actor,
both on and off stage.
MACLEHOSE 2013 HB 463pp Illus
£25.00 16700 now £11.99
ON THE NATURE OF THINGS
Lucretius In Lucretius’ long and profoundly
influential poem on the philosophy of
Epicurus, deities are not involved in
the material world and immortality
of the soul is a myth. Ian Johnston’s
2010 translation is read here by
Hugh Ross. 7 CDs; running time 8 hrs 43 min.
NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS 2010 Audio CD
£27.99 19188 now £6.99
THE PROFESSOR
Charlotte Brontë Based on her experiences as
a teacher in Belgium, Charlotte Brontë’s first
novel is narrated by William Crimsworth, an
English teacher at an all-girls’ school in Brussels
who falls in love with one of his pupils. First
published posthumously in 1857.
ARCTURUS 2011 PB 208pp
18366 now £2.99
RUNNING: A Global History
Thor Gotaas In this original, witty and often
astonishing history, Gotass relates many rare
and curious stories, revealing the remarkable
diversity of running from earliest times to today’s athletics championships.
REAKTION 2009 HB 382pp Illus
£19.95 21080 now £6.99
SAND AND SILICON
Science that Changed the World
Denis McWhan Aimed at the general, scienceliterate reader, this book explains the physics
behind the revolutionary products, from computer chips to solar panels, that we now take
for granted – products ultimately made from
sand. OXFORD UP 2012 HB 156pp Illus
£32.99 11391 now £9.99
A SLAP IN THE FACE
Why Insults Hurt –
and Why They Shouldn’t
William B Irvine, a professor of philosophy,
investigates insults, their history, the role they
play in social relationships, and the science behind them; concluding that the best way to deal
with them is to become ‘insult pacifists’.
OXFORD UP 2013 HB 259pp 175x125mm
£14.99 18914 now £6.99
A SHORT HISTORY
OF ENGLAND
The Glorious Story
of a Rowdy Nation
Simon Jenkins From the fifth century ‘Saxon
Dawn’ to the recent coalition government, Jenkins provides, ‘as simply as possible’, a lucid –
and richly illustrated – narrative of how the
England we know today came to be. Off-mint.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS 2011 HB 386pp Illus
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British Library Sound Archive The courtship
call of the male haddock, echolocation clicks
and whistles of Fraser’s dolphins and the
melodic song of a lone male humpback whale
are among the 15 recorded sounds of ocean life
on this remarkable CD. Running time: 65 minutes. BRITISH LIBRARY 2007 Audio CD
SOUNDS OF THE DEEP
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STARS AND PLANETS
An Illustrated Guide
Chris Cooper; Pam Spence; Carole Stott
Aimed at the general reader, this well-illustrated
and very accessible book provides a guide to
our present-day knowledge of stars, planets and
the Universe, and includes star charts.
STAR FIRE 2007 PB 224pp Illus
£9.99 10609 now £4.99
TIME AND TIDE
The Life of a Thames Waterman
Jack Gaster This is the story of a lifetime on
the water. Jack Gaster (b.1923) was an Apprentice Waterman and Lighterman when he was
14, and has spent his whole life working on the
river apart from wartime service in the Royal
Navy as a commando on the D-Day beaches.
£14.99 21102 now £6.99
TRANSATLANTIC BETRAYAL
The RB211 and the
Demise of Rolls-Royce Ltd
Andrew Porter Andrew Porter describes the
development of Rolls-Royce’s RB211 highbypass turbofan engine, explains the technical
innovations and argues that political manoeuvres
by the British and US governments were responsible for the company’s downfall in 1971.
£17.99 16374 now £8.99
THE UNIVERSE WITHIN
A Scientific Adventure
Neil Shubin Exploring the smallest atomic
structures and the vast reaches of space, Shubin,
one of the world’s leading palaeontologists, reveals the deep connection between humanity
and the vastness of the universe.
ALLEN LANE 2013 HB 240pp Illus 241x160mm
£20.00 19286 now £7.99
WOLF
The Lives of Jack London
James L Haley’s biography of Jack London
charts his adventurous life, traces the origins of
The Call of the Wild and White Fang, and restores him to his rightful place in the American
literary pantheon. BASIC 2011 PB 382pp
£11.99 10955 now £5.99
WOMEN ON THE LAND
Their Story During
Two World Wars
Carol Twinch describes women’s wartime contribution to agriculture and forestry, tracing the
history of the Women’s Land Army from its
formation during the First World War to the aftermath of the Second.
£14.95 20948 now £7.99
THE WOMEN WHO
SPIED FOR BRITAIN
Female Secret Agents
in the Second World War
ACADEMIC TITLES
ANGLO-JEWRY SINCE 1066
Place, Locality and Memory
Tony Kushner In this study of the history and
memory of Anglo-Jewry from the medieval era
to the present, the particular focus is on the relationship between the local (in this case Hampshire), the national and the global.
£60.00 20642 now £16.99
THE ASIAN MILITARY
REVOLUTION
From Gunpowder to the Bomb
Peter A Lorge This ambitious study traces the
history of the Chinese invention of gunpowder
and its impact on the surrounding Asian world
– Korea, Japan, South East Asia and South Asia
– from the 9th to the 20th century.
£59.99 17716 now £14.99
THE BEETHOVEN SONG
COMPANION
Paul Reid’s full-length study of Beethoven’s
songs covers all the composer’s songs with
piano, with full German texts and translations,
and comprehensive notes on the poetry and
the music.
£60.00 20646 now £14.99
THE BOOK OF MICHAEL
OF RHODES: A FifteenthCentury Maritime Manuscript
Volume 2: Transcription
and Translation
Ed. Pamela Long; David McGee; Alan Stahl
This text by a 15th century mariner describes
his experiences in the Venetian merchant and
military fleets, and includes writings on commercial mathematics, shipbuilding, navigation,
calendrical systems and astrology. Transcription,
with translation en face. Felt tip mark on lower
trimmed edge.
MIT 2009 HB 730pp 253x200mm
$75.00 16770 now £19.99
BRITISH CIVILIAN INTERNEES
IN GERMANY
The Ruhleben Camp, 1914-18
Matthew Stibbe tells the story of Ruhleben
(formerly a racecourse, two miles west of
Berlin) as both a prison camp and an ‘imagined
community’ which even had its own postage
stamps. No jacket.
£55.00 20651 now £14.99
THE CAMBRIDGE
COMPANION TO MODERN
AMERICAN CULTURE
Ed. Christopher Bigsby A useful introduction
to the study of American culture, this Companion offers an accessible overview of the cultural
themes and intellectual issues that drove the
dominant culture of the 20th century.
£64.99 17733 now £19.99
CHURCH DOGMATICS
Volume III: The Doctrine
of Creation Part 2
Robyn Walker traces the lives of eight women
who put their lives on the line for the British
war effort: Violette Szabo, Nancy Wake, Noor
Inayat Khan, Sonia Butt, Diana Rowden, Odette
Sansom, Mathilde Carre and Christine Grevillae.
Karl Barth; Ed. GW Bromiley; TF Torrance
First published in German in 1948, this partvolume contains Chapter X, ‘The Creature’; described by Barth’s English editors as ‘the most
massive account of the doctrine of man in our
times’, which is however, ‘a strictly theological
account, starting in the Word of God’.
T&T CLARK 2001 HB 662pp
£16.99 20982 now £7.99
£65.00 99505 now £16.99
CLERICAL CELIBACY
The Heritage
William E Phipps traces the history of the
priesthood from Old Testament Judaism to the
present. His researches reveal mandatory
celibacy as a late introduction, and interviews
with today’s priests suggest that it has damaged
the church. Slightly off-mint.
CONTINUUM 2004 HB 280pp
£24.99 98689 now £6.99
CONTESTING HOME DEFENCE
Men, Women and the Home Guard
in the Second World War
Penny Summerfield; Corinna Peniston-Bird
Part of the Cultural History of Modern War series, this study explores political chalenges to
the concept of home defence; the representation
of the Home Guard during and after the War;
and personal memories of participating in home
defence. No jacket.
£55.00 20668 now £16.99
CONTROL OF RELIGIOUS
PRINTING IN EARLY
STUART ENGLAND
S Mutchow Towers This investigation of the
mechanism of press control in Jacobean and
Stuart England begins with a comparative study
of publication patterns of the Calvinist Thomas
Taylor and the Arminian Thomas Jackson. No
jacket. BOYDELL 2003 HB 304pp
£45.00 45602 now £19.99
DAYS LINKED BY SONG
Prudentius’ Cathemerinon
Gerard O’Daly looks at the lyric poems of
Prudentius, the Cathemerinon, published in the
early fifth century CE, providing Latin texts,
English translations and critical essays on each
of the 12 poems.
£89.00 17259 now £30.00
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
John Webster Part of the Arden Early Modern
Drama series, bringing the same textual and
critical approach of the Arden Shakespeare to
other early modern plays, this edition of Webster’s famous tragedy is edited by Leah S Marcus. No jacket.
ARDEN SHAKESPEARE 2009 HB 448pp
£65.00 20570 now £7.99
THE FAMILY OF LOVE
Alastair Hamilton This study of the Family of
Love sect that was founded by Hendrik Niclaes
in the early 1540s examines the circumstances
in which it developed, the men who joined it,
the cause of its appeal and the objects it set out
to achieve.
$53.00 20909 now £9.99
GEOGRAPHY AND SCIENCE
IN BRITAIN, 1831-1939
Charles WJ Withers This first detailed study
of the British Association for the Advancement
of Science examines the history and geography
of science and the science of geography in 19thand early 20th-century Britain and the Empire.
£60.00 20700 now £14.99
GODDESSES AND QUEENS
The Iconography of Elizabeth I
Ed. Annaliese Connolly; Lisa Hopkins In ten
essays, this volume examines Elizabeth I’s extensive iconography, focusing on both visual
and textual representations of the queen, not
only in portraiture and literature, but also in
contemporary sermons, speeches and alchemical
treatises. MANCHESTER UP 2007 HB 206pp Illus
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GRAMMATICAL VARIATION IN
BRITISH ENGLISH DIALECTS
A Study in Corpus-Based
Dialectometry
Benedikt Szmrecsanyi Drawing on authentic
speech data collected in over 30 counties, this
book presents a new approach known as corpus-based dialectometry, which focuses on the
joint quantitative measurement of dozens of
grammatical features to gauge regional differences. CAMBRIDGE UP 2013 HB 230pp Illus
£62.00 21014 now £19.99
GRUESOME DEATHS AND
CELIBATE LIVES
Christian Martyrs and Ascetics
Ed. Barnabas Lindars This symposium of 13
essays deals with the relationship between law
and religion in the Old Testament and, in the
New Testament, the law in both the Jesus tradition and the St Paul and apostolic tradition.
£25.00 20925 now £9.99
THE LETTERS OF
RICHARD COBDEN
Volume Three: 1854-1859
BRISTOL PHOENIX 2005 PB 157pp
Ed. Anthony Howe; Simon Morgan In or out
of Parliament, Richard Cobden (1804-65) was
prominent in British politics during the years
covered by these letters. They reveal the tension
between Cobden’s private and public life during
the period of the Crimean War, the Persian and
Chinese Wars, the Indian Mutiny and Cobden’s
visit to the USA. OXFORD UP 2012 HB 578pp
£12.99 92519 now £4.99
HISTORICAL LITERATURES
Writing About the Past in England,
1660-1740
£127.50 17346 now £19.99
THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP
OF MATILDA OF CANOSSA,
1046-1115
Aideen M Hartney examines the historical
context and thinking of the early Christian
martyrs and the ascetics who went to remarkable lengths to sublimate their physical needs
to spiritual ends.
Noelle Gallagher Reading texts by John Evelyn, Marvell, Dryden, Defoe and others, this
volume surveys some of the many different genres in which Restoration and early 18th-century
writers depicted the past.
£60.00 20706 now £16.99
HITLER’S WAR POETS
Literature and Poetry
in the Third Reich
Jay W Baird focuses on six writers who responded enthusiastically to Hitler’s summons
to create a cultural revolution commensurate
with Nazi radicalism: Rudolf Binding, Josef
Wehner, Hans Zöberlein, Edwin Dwinger, Eberhard Möller and Kurt Eggers.
CAMBRIDGE UP 2009 PB 300pp Illus
£22.99 21019 now £11.99
INCONSISTENCY
IN ROMAN EPIC
Studies in Catullus, Lucretius,
Vergil, Ovid and Lucan
James J O’Hara Classicists once assumed that
all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be
emended, explained away or lamented. Based
on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this study explores the possibility of interpreting inconsistences in Roman epic.
David J Hay In his study of Countess Matilda
of Canossa, Hay explains how this powerful
medieval leader rose to the defence of the reforming papacy, defeated the Holy Roman Emperor and turned the tide in the first great war
between church and state.
£60.00 20727 now £19.99
MODEL AND SUPERMODEL
The Artist’s Model in
British Art and Culture
Ed. Jane Desmarais; Martin Postle;
William Vaughan These eight essays on the
phenomenon of the artist’s model include
studies of the Pre-Raphaelite model, the
model in fiction, Henry Scott Tuke’s use of
boy models and the found model in contemporary art. MANCHESTER UP 2006 HB 186pp Illus
237x170mm
£55.00 20728 now £14.99
MODERN MOTHERHOOD
Women and Family in England,
c.1945-2000
Angela Davis In this comprehensive historical
study of the experience of motherhood, 1945 to
2000, Davis covers aspects of mothers’ lives
such as education, health care, psychology,
labour market trends and state intervention.
CAMBRIDGE UP 2007 PB 177pp
£21.99 16718 now £7.99
INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGES
The Lives, Works and Ideas
of the Great Medievalists
of the 20th Century
£65.00 20729 now £19.99
OXFORD STUDIES
IN METAETHICS
Volume Two
Norman F Cantor In this provocative and
highly acclaimed study, Cantor argues that our
picture of the medieval world is quintessentially
the creation of 20th-century historians whose
spiritual and emotional outlooks coloured their
interpretation of an entire epoch.
LUTTERWORTH 1992 HB 478pp
20921 now £9.99
THE JEW OF MALTA
A Critical Reader
Ed. Robert A Logan With eight essays on topics including the influence of Marlowe’s play
on The Merchant of Venice, and its performance
history, this reader provides fresh, varied approaches to the many enigmatic elements of the
play. Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
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LAW AND RELIGION
Essays on the Place of Law
in Israel and Early Christianity
Ed. Russ Shafer-Landau This second volume
of the annual periodical devoted to original
philosophical work on the foundation of ethics
comprises 11 essays on topics including ‘wrongness and reasons’, moral obligation and value
and autonomy in Kantian ethics.
£58.00 58301 now £9.99
PAGEANTRY AND POWER
A Cultural History of
the Early Modern
Lord Mayor’s Show
Tracey Hill Covering the period 1585 to 1639,
Tracey Hill’s study explores the lived experience
of the Lord Mayor’s Shows and sets them in
the context of the wider ceremonial culture of
early modern England.
THE PRACTICE OF
ARCHITECTURE
Eight Architects 1830-1930
Ed. Christopher Webster Providing a picture
of British architecture over a seminal period, this
book discusses eight very different architects:
Henry Roberts, William Culshaw and Henry
Summers, William Hill, Bassett Keeling, Edward
Schroeder Prior, Harold Peto and Hugh Thackeray Turner. SPIRE 2012 HB 238pp Illus 238x158mm
£34.95 19066 now £16.99
THE PRESENT STATE
OF ECCLESIASTICAL
ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND
Augustus WN Pugin The architect AWN Pugin
(1812-52) was England’s leading exponent of
the Gothic revival. In this pioneering work, first
published in 1843, he espouses Gothic of the
early 14th century as the pinnacle of architectural excellence. New introduction by Michael
Fisher. SPIRE 2012 HB 176pp Illus 237x158mm
£45.00 19067 now £16.99
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
The Cambridge Edition
of the Works of Jane Austen
Jane Austen; Ed. Janet Todd ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a
wife’: with this famous declaration Austen
launches into the story of the five Bennet sisters.
First published in 1813, and now widely regarded as one of the finest novels in the English
language. CAMBRIDGE UP 2006 HB 622pp
£83.00 89418 now £19.99
QUANTUM PHYSICS
AND LINGUISTICS
A Compositional,
Diagrammatic Discourse
Ed. Chris Heunen; Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh;
Edward Grefenstet Significant parts of both
quantum mechanics and linguistics concern
compositional reasoning about the way information flows among subsystems and how this
flow gives rise to the properties of a system as
a whole. This book supplies an overview of
how categorical methods are used to model information flow in both disciplines.
£52.00 17415 now £14.99
REFORMING THE NORTH
The Kingdoms and Churches
of Scandinavia, 1520-1545
James L Larson’s study offers a broad perspective on the turbulent period in Scandinavian
history that saw the end of the medieval Union
of Kalmar, the Catholic Church toppled and the
beginning of new, centralized states.
£99.99 92389 now £25
REPRESENTING AFRICA
Landscape, Exploration and Empire
in Southern Africa, 1780-1870
John McAleer Part of the Studies in Imperialism series, this study examines the ways in
which British travellers, explorers and artists
viewed southern Africa in a period of evolving
and expanding British interest in the region.
£60.00 20770 now £12.99
ST GEORGE’S CHAPEL, WINDSOR,
IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
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.
ARDEN SHAKESPEARE 2013 PB 288pp
DEAN & CANONS 2001 PB 221pp Illus
£17.99 20586 now £7.99
£60.00 20755 now £9.99
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HEALTH/FOLKLORE
Stuart McHardy Almost everything we know
about the figure of King Arthur comes from Welsh
sources, but Stuart McHardy has revisited the
old theory that Arthur’s enigmatic origins actually
lie among the ‘Men of the North’ in Scotland.
Linguistic analysis, archaeological evidence and
folklore combine in this new investigation into
Arthur’s place in the society of the sixth century,
the sites of his 12 battles and the significance of
Christianity in his story. LUATH 2001 HB 224pp Illus
NEW
THE QUEST FOR ARTHUR
£16.99 20308 now £5.99
THE ELEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF THE CELTS
KILL OR CURE
An Illustrated History of Medicine
Steve Parker, author of The Human
Body Book, traces the evolution of
medicine and the people who made
it happen from prehistory to modern
imaging techniques and stem cell
treatment. Anecdotal rather than
encyclopedic, the book follows
medical progress through a selection
of topics – such as surgery in ancient
Egypt, Harvey and the circulation of the
blood, or the fight against cancer – and
aims to give non-technical insights into
the history and practice of medicine.
Rodney Castleden In five alphabetically arranged
sections, with a final chapter on the Celtic twilight
and revival, this Element Encyclopedia covers
every aspect of Celtic culture: the various Celtic
peoples and their lifestyles; places with Celtic associations; religion; mythology
and legends; and symbols, ideas and archetypes. The final section discusses a
range of topics, including the survival of the Welsh language, and Celtic revival
culture in art and literature. HARPER ELEMENT 2012 PB 573pp Illus
£12.99 98003 now £5.99
Trans. Charlotte Guest Lady Guest’s
translation of the ancient Welsh legends of the
Red Book of Hergest and the tale of Taliesin
was the first appearance of the Mabinogion
in English. This reprint is of the second (1877)
edition with Lady Guest’s original notes on
the stories. LOST LIBRARY 2013 PB 521pp
THE MABINOGION
£9.99 99369 now £4.99
DK 2013 HB 400pp Illus 240x160mm
£19.99 19370 now £9.99
MEDICINE
Perspectives in History and Art
$125.00 17569 now £25.00
Roslyn Law Depression can be
crippling but this practical guide,
using techniques based on Interpersonal
Psychotherapy (IPT), can help sufferers
gain a fuller understanding of their
condition, identify the relationships
that can have a positive impact on their
recovery and improve communication
skills. With practical exercises, case
studies and worksheets to monitor
progress, this book can help those
suffering depression to take charge
of their condition and improve their
prospects for recovery.
DEFEATING DEPRESSION
Alfred Watkins Published in 1925,
this book elaborated Alfred Watkins’s
theory of ‘ley’ lines, first put forward
in his Early British Trackways. Based
on his fieldwork in Herefordshire,
Watkins’s surmise was that the
straight lines crossing Britain were
ancient alignments with marked
points, used for navigation by Stone
Age man. LOST LIBRARY 2013 PB 255pp
£7.99 99370 now £3.99
Robert E Greenspan From ancient
Egyptian reliefs showing surgical
instruments to illustrations of the four
humours in medieval manuscripts, and
from Renaissance anatomical drawings
to the exotic contraptions of early 20th
century quacks, this volume draws
on the art and craftsmanship that has
been applied to the healing sciences
to tell the story of medicine, dentistry,
pharmacy and quackery. The book
is arranged by medical speciality
and covers Eastern as well as Western
medical practice. PONTEVERDE
THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK
Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats,
Sites and Mark Stones
Daljit Nagra The epic Ramayana (‘The Travels
of Rama’) tells how Vishnu, incarnated as Rama,
is sent into exile and his wife Sita is abducted by
the Lord of the Underworld, until a monkey army
helps him to win her back. The story’s many
variant versions span the cultures, religions
and languages of Asia; Nagra’s vibrant, energetic
reworking draws on scenes from these traditions
to create a new Ramayana for today’s multicultural, multi-faith readers. FABER 2013 HB 352pp
RAMAYANA: A Retelling
£18.99 19413 now £6.99
MYTHOLOGY
The Complete Guide
to Our Imagined Worlds
Christopher Dell Described as ‘a complete
theme-by-theme guide to extraordinary,
mind-stretching stories and images from
around the world’, this is a compendium
of the most enduring tales from both wellknown and more obscure mythological
traditions. Christopher Dell recounts the
myths alongside hundreds of colour
illustrations, comparing similar features
to show how these diverse products of
the human imagination share many
story-patterns, from the world’s creation
to conceptions of the afterlife and
underworld. THAMES & HUDSON
ROBINSON 2013 PB 544pp
2012 352pp Illus 235x220mm
£10.99 18325 now £3.99
£24.95 11965 now £9.99
Oedipus ponders the riddle of the Sphinx
in a painting by François Xavier Fabre
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FICTION
James Stephens Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest
novels in the Irish comic tradition, The Crock of Gold follows
the progress of two Philosophers and their formidable wives
(the Grey Woman of Dun Gortin and the Thin Woman of
Inis Magrath) through a world of fantasy and satire.
THE CROCK OF GOLD
JOHN MURRAY 2012 PB 224pp
£9.99 19425 now £2.99
Charles Cumming Six weeks before she was to become
the first female head of MI6, Amelia Levene disappears
without trace. Ex-agent Thomas Kell is brought in from
the cold, with orders to find her, but tracking Amelia
through France and North Africa, he finds the rules of the
game have changed. CWA’s Best Thriller of the Year, 2012.
A FOREIGN COUNTRY
HARPER 2013 PB 415pp
£7.99 19456 now £2.99
Charles Dickens In this ingenious set of
supernatural stories, the narrator (Dickens)
takes up the challenge of living in a haunted
house and invites a party of friends to
stay. On Twelfth Night the house guests –
among them Hesba Stretton, Wilkie Collins
and Elizabeth Gaskell – gather to share
the stories from their respective rooms.
With an introduction by Peter Ackroyd.
NEW
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
ME Mayer In sixth century Byzantium, John
has risen from slave to emperor Justinian’s
right-hand man. Above all, the emperor prizes
John’s skill as an investigator – until the case
of a murdered treasury official threatens the
slave’s place at the imperial court and his life.
ONE FOR SORROW
HEAD OF ZEUS 2012 HB 272pp
£14.99 17910 now £3.99
HESPERUS 2015 PB 144pp 195x125mm
RUMER GODDEN
£6.99 21118 now £2.99
Rumer Godden Two English sisters,
Una and Hal, are abruptly summoned to
New Delhi by their diplomat father; but
from her first meeting with their new
Eurasian governess, Una senses a hidden
motive for the move to India. First published
in 1975. The author’s preface is missing from
this reprinted edition. PAN 2013 PB 336pp
THE PEACOCK SPRING
THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF MR BADMAN
John Bunyan Written in 1680 as a companion
piece to – but now overshadowed by – The
Pilgrim’s Progress, this colourful and dramatic
allegory traces Mr Badman’s wicked journey
through life to damnation and hell. Foreword
by James Fenton. HESPERUS 2007 PB 197pp
THE SECRET LIFE OF WIVES
£7.99 99600 now £2.99
HUNTINGTOWER
John Buchan 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. POLYGON 2012 PB 233pp
£7.99 11466 now £2.99
THE CRIME OF JULIAN WELLS
£16.99 17921 now £3.99
HESPERUS 2006 PB 93pp
£6.99 99632 now £2.99
Thomas H Cook The body of Julian Wells,
whose writing explored the darkest crimes of
the 20th century, is found in a boat drifting on
a pond by a friend, Philip Anders. Later, rereading Wells’s work, Anders begins to question
how well he knew his friend – and unravelling
the mystery becomes a decades-long obsession.
HEAD OF ZEUS 2012 HB 304pp
Pietro Aretino The satirical Ragionamenti
(‘Discussions’) by Pietro Aretino (1492-1556)
are neo-Platonic dialogues set in a brothel,
where a seasoned prostitute and a novice
examine the career options for women – as
nuns, wives or whores. This second dialogue
discusses the scandalous and often hilarious
goings-on within marriage. Translated,
with an introduction, by Andrew Brown.
£8.99 19774 now £3.99
COROMANDEL SEA CHANGE
and SUMMER DIARY
Rumer Godden As Blaise and Mary
honeymoon at the Patna Hall hotel on
India’s Coromandel coast, the state is
gripped by election fever and Mary falls
under the spell of a people, a country –
and Krishnan, the god-like candidate of the
Root and Flower party. PAN 2013 PB 288pp
£8.99 19773 now £3.99
ON BEULAH HEIGHT
A Dalziel and Pascoe Novel
Reginald Hill Set in Yorkshire, where 15 years
previously three children went missing in Dendale,
this novel finds Dalziel reliving that earlier case
when a child from the next valley goes missing
and a deadly message is spray-painted on a wall:
‘Benny’s Back!’ HARPER 2014 PB 524pp
£7.99 19470 now £2.99
NETHERGATE
Norah Lofts Forced to flee Revolutionary
France after her father’s execution, Isabella de
Savigny seeks solace at Nethergate, a cousin’s
house in Suffolk. What she finds is a life of
servitude, cruelty and seduction – but the birth
of her daughter gives her the will to fight back.
HISTORY PRESS 2009 PB 255pp
£7.99 17032 now £2.99
Edith Wharton Set on a cruise ship sailing between Algiers
and Venice, Wharton’s novel satirizes the vulgarity and
exposes the irresponsibility of the American nouveau riche.
On board ship, Martyn Boyne, an unmarried gentleman in
his 40s, befriends the seven unruly children of the muchmarried and remarried Wheaters. VIRAGO 2014 PB 368pp
THE CHILDREN
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Sarah Dunant Beginning in Rome in 1492
as the conclave of cardinals met and elected
Rodrigo Borgia as Pope Alexander VI,
Dunant’s novel brings to life the infamous
Borgias and the avarice, ambition and
corruption of Renaissance Rome.
BLOOD AND BEAUTY
VIRAGO 2013 PB 543pp
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NEW MY FAVOURITE STORIES
OF LAKELAND
Ed. Melvyn Bragg This classic collection of
stories about Lakeland, selected by Melvyn
Bragg in the 1980s, still has the capacity to
delight today. The dramatic landscape has
always attracted great writers, and here we
have pieces by Wordsworth, Dickens,
Coleridge, Ransome, Walpole and, of course,
Wainwright, among many others.
Wainwright’s detailed drawings and maps are
a delightful complement to the collection.
20934 now £5.99
A SEAMAN’S ANTHOLOGY
OF SEA STORIES
FICTION/POETRY
POETRY
TYGER TYGER, BURNING BRIGHT
Much-Loved Poems You Half-Remember
Ana Sampson has put together a delightful collection of
verse by more than 80 poets, dating from the 13th century
to the present day, whose work has proved enduringly
popular in schools and stuck, more or less accurately, in
our memories. She has also provided entertaining notes
on the poets and arranged the poems by themes such as
the natural world, battle and talking gods.
MICHAEL O’MARA 2011 HB 191pp
£9.99 99218 now £3.99
Desmond Fforde This selection of nine
stories – some fiction, some true – is arranged
chronologically by their setting, from 1800,
with CS Forester’s ‘Hornblower and the
Widow Cool’ to ‘Aircraft Carrier’, John
Winton’s evocation of a Fleet Air Arm pilot’s
experience in the Pacific in 1945.
NEW MODERN
LOVE and
POEMS OF THE
ENGLISH ROADSIDE
with POEMS AND BALLADS
George Meredith Admired by Hardy, Wilde, Joyce and
Woolf, George Meredith was one of the most innovative
and controversial writers in Victorian England. His sonnet
sequence ‘Modern Love’, written after his wife left him,
was denounced as scandalous on its publication in 1862.
While individual sonnets are often included in anthologies,
it has never been reprinted in full until this scholarly
edition, which comes complete with an introduction, notes
and a selection of contemporary reviews.
ACCENT 2009 PB 354pp
£7.99 93294 now £2.99
YALE UP 2012 HB 436pp Illus
$60.00 21132 now £14.99
WORDS THAT BURN
How to Read Poetry and Why: Poems From Eight Great Poets
Josephine Hart Inspired by the series of poetry evenings organized by Josephine Hart at the
British Library, Words That Burn presents more than 50 poems, both on the page and in audio
format on a CD of live readings by great actors. Hart’s brief introductions outline the lives of
the poets, who range from Milton to Robert Lowell, drawing attention to the themes and
techniques which are prominent in the selected texts. VIRAGO 2008 HB 288pp Illus
£16.99 19770 now £6.99
Dannie Abse’s personal and erudite selection of 100 love
poems includes both famous and obscure works, ranging from
‘The Song of Solomon’ and Ovid’s elegies to Corinna to works
by great modern poets including Andrew Motion, Carol Ann
Duffy and Simon Armitage. Dannie Abse provides an
introduction and notes on each poet. No jacket.
ODE TO LOVE: 100 Poems of Love and Lust
ERAGON
Inheritance Book One
Christopher Paolini When the strange blue
stone he found in the forest hatches a dragon,
Eragon leaves his simple life as a farm boy
and takes up the mantle of the legendary
Dragon Riders. So begins the epic struggle
of Eragon and his dragon Saphira against the
evil Galbatorix. This is the first part of the
Inheritance cycle, presented here in the tenth
anniversary collector’s edition, bound in blue
leather and embossed with a golden dragon.
Age 10+. No jacket.
KNOPF 2013 HB 525pp Illus
£35.00 19387 now £9.99
A CORNER OF
A FOREIGN FIELD
The Illustrated Poetry
of the First World War
Fiona Waters This anthology of war
poetry combines the words of poets such
as Wilfred Owen, Ivor Gurney and Robert
Graves with around 200 newly restored
photographs of the First World War drawn
from the Daily Mail’s archive. The poems
include both those written by soldiers on
the battlefield and those composed later,
with the benefit of terrible hindsight;
earlier works, such as The Shropshire
Lad, which matched the mood of the
nation at war; and poems by those
left behind, the women. ATLANTIC
£16.99 19561 now £6.99
PORTICO 2011 HB 175pp
£9.99 20196 now £3.99
MAKING LOVE TO MARILYN MONROE
The Faber Book of Blue Verse
Ed. John Whitworth Candidly sexual verse has always
thrived in literature and virtually every great poet is
represented in this anthology: from the Roman Marcus
Argentarius (‘Hetero-sex is Best’), through Chaucer and
the ribaldry of ‘The Miller’s Tale’, Rochester and Rimbaud,
to a lewd limerick by TS Eliot.
FABER 2006 PB 319pp
£9.99 51240 now £4.99
ODE TO CHILDHOOD
Poetry to Celebrate the Child
Ed. Lucy Gray Children, childhood and being a
parent are celebrated in this collection of poetry
ranging from Bunyan to Betjeman. The poems are
arranged by ages, from infancy and the particular joys
of babies and very small children, through holidays
and play to schooldays – not forgetting childhood
ailments in Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Land of
Counterpane’. BATSFORD 2014 HB 96pp Illus
£9.99 20194 now £3.99
COLLECTED LONGER POEMS
WH Auden First published in 1968, this companion
volume to Collected Shorter Poems was compiled by
Auden and brings together six of his longer poetic
works, published originally between 1930 and 1947:
Paid on Both Sides, Letter to Lord Byron, New Year
Letter, For the Time Being, The Sea and the Mirror
and The Age of Anxiety. FABER 2012 PB 356pp
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RELIGION
NEW DICTIONARY
OF CHRISTIAN ART
Diane Apostolos-Cappadona Western
European art is imbued with Christian imagery,
yet much of it is no longer understood in a
secular age. This dictionary provides a clear and
accessible guide to Christianity’s often arcane
symbolism. Over 1,000 alphabetical entries
cover artists, art and architectural terms; flora
and fauna; parts of the body; saints, biblical
and mythological figures; and liturgical objects
and vestments. More than 160 reproductions
include work by artists from Giotto through
Leonardo and Michelangelo to Salvador Dali.
20902 now £7.99
A VISUAL HISTORY
OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE
The Tumultuous Tale of
the World’s Bestselling Book
Donald L Brake, a keen collector of
English translations of the Bible, scatters
tales of his quest for antiquarian tomes
throughout this illustrated history. The
book focuses on the risk of heresy charges
that surrounded the printed vernacular
versions by men such as Wycliffe, Tyndale
and Coverdale and, from the earliest
known English Psalter in the eighth century to the plethora of Bibles available
today, it celebrates the scholars whose work
made the Christian scriptures accessible
to the people. BAKER 2008 HB 352pp Illus
£16.99 19253 now £6.99
IN THE BEGINNING
Bibles Before the Year 1000
Ed. Michelle P Brown The word ‘Bible’
derives from the Greek for ‘little books’,
since Christian texts first circulated not
as a unified body of teaching but in the
form of individual scrolls and codices.
In the Beginning is an exploration of the
dynamic synergism between developments in book technology and the shaping
of the canonical Christian scriptures. It
is illustrated with colour reproductions
of pages from more than 70 volumes,
ranging from scraps of humble papyrus
to sumptuous illuminated manuscripts.
SMITHSONIAN 2006 HB 366pp Illus 266x240mm
£32.00 17561 now £14.99
NEW
A CENTURY OF
NEW TESTAMENT STUDY
John Riches The past 100 years have seen profound changes in New Testament
study. This book follows its development from the late 19th century through
the challenges of the 20th. Central to its argument is Rudolf Bultmann’s attempt
to reconcile critical, historical and theological studies, and its ultimate failure.
Reviewing recent developments, Riches concludes by asking if the time has
not come for a similar attempt to integrate modern approaches.
$39.50 20898 now £5.99
Alasdair IC Heron Many significant developments have taken place in Protestant
theology over the past century. After an historical survey of Protestant responses
to the Enlightenment, this book examines the ideas of the Swiss theologian Karl
Barth, the work of Bultmann, and the radical theologies that emerged after the
Second World War. The final chapter surveys the horizons opened by ecumenical
encounters with the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, with other
faiths, and with the natural sciences. LUTTERWORTH 1993 PB 240pp
NEW
A CENTURY OF PROTESTANT THEOLOGY
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NEW
CONSCIENCE
AND ITS PROBLEMS
An Introduction to Casuistry
Kenneth E Kirk One of the great classics
of moral theology, first published in 1927,
and a benchmark in 20th-century casuistry, this work both recognizes the legacy
of 16th and 17th century casuists and faces
the moral issues relevant to modern times.
An extensive new introduction by David
H Smith places Kirk’s approach to casuistry in the context of a general discussion
of the term, its meaning and the ways it
has been variously interpreted.
JAMES CLARKE 1948 PB 462pp
$64.00 20901 now £5.99
William Laughton Lorimer A Professor of Greek
and lifelong champion of the Scots language,
William Laughton Lorimer (1885-1967) devoted
the last ten years of his life to translating the New
Testament. First published in 1983, the work is
renowned as a great literary achievement in a
language that is, as James Robertson writes in his
introduction, ‘articulate, literate, ornate, delicate,
robust, cheerful, moving and capable of capturing
and liberating all the rich wonders of its subject
matter’. CANONGATE 2012 PB 512pp
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DEISM IN
ENLIGHTENMENT ENGLAND
Theology, Politics and
Newtonian Public Science
Jeffrey R Wigelsworth With the growth
of scientific understanding in the 17th and
18th centuries, Deism – the belief that
God created the universe but keeps apart
from it – gained currency among educated
people. This absorbing study examines
the theology of leading English Deists
such as John Toland and Anthony Collins
as they struggled to reconcile the discoveries of Newton and others with belief in
a Creator. It also relates their ideas to the
politics of the period after the revolution
of 1688. MANCHESTER UP 2009 HB 250pp
£60.00 20676 now £16.99
NEW
THE DOCTRINE
OF FAITH
In the Reign of Henry VIII
David Broughton Knox Justification by
faith is the foundation of Protestant theology, the ‘chief, lord, ruler and judge’ of
all other doctrine according to Luther. This
groundbreaking theological history charts
its emergence and development in the
writings of English reformers such as
William Tyndale, the virulent opposition
it attracted from Thomas More and Henry
VIII, and its eventual acceptance by the
Church of England under Archbishop
Cranmer. JAMES CLARKE 1961 HB 304pp
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RELIGION/TRAVEL
NEW THE SECRET LANGUAGE
OF SACRED SPACES
Decoding Churches,
Temples, Mosques and
Other Places of Worship
Sean Martin Completely rejecting the
Church and its trappings, Catharism was
the most successful heresy of the Middle
Ages, when it flourished especially in the
Languedoc and Italy. Sean Martin explains the Cathars’ teachings about the
simple life of prayer, work, fasting and
non-violence, and recounts the events of
their obliteration in the Albigensian Crusade that was launched against them by a
Church alarmed by their popularity with
peasants, artisans and women.
NEW
THE CATHARS
POCKET ESSENTIALS 2015 PB 192pp
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NEW THE GNOSTICS
The First Christian Heretics
Sean Martin The religious schools embraced by the term ‘Gnosticism’ formed
the official church’s main rival during the
early centuries of Christianity. Introducing
key texts such as the Gospel of Thomas,
this book outlines Gnostic beliefs – that
the world was created by an evil God, that
Christ came to teach liberating knowledge
and that women are men’s equal – and
shows how these ideas survived underground to influence modern writers including Blake, Camus and Philip K Dick.
POCKET ESSENTIALS 2015 PB 176pp
£8.99 20831 now £3.99
COLUMBUS
The Four Voyages
Laurence Bergreen Within a
decade of his great discovery in
1492, Columbus made three further
voyages to the New World, leading
campaigns that became increasingly
morally ambiguous. Bergreen uses
Columbus’ own logbooks and
letters to delve into the psyche
which made him a brilliant captain
yet led to his devastating failures.
This biography also highlights the
far-reaching consequences of
Columbus’ voyages not only
on the native inhabitants of the
Americas but also on ecosystems,
human biology and culture
across the globe. VIKING 2011 HB 443pp Illus
$35.00 10838 now £6.99
Jon Cannon This exceptional reference
book interprets the significance of the
world’s most renowned religious buildings,
revealing their history and how they are
shaped by the faith for which they were
created, be it Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Buddhism or Hinduism. The historical
range is huge, from the first temples of
9000 BC to the modernist religious
architecture of today. An introduction
discusses key universal themes in sacred
architecture, while special ‘decoder’
features give detailed analysis of a
particular building or decorative scheme.
DUNCAN BAIRD 2013 HB 224pp Illus 300x230mm
£25.00 21120 now £9.99
The golden statue of the buddha Mireuk
(Maitreya) at Beopju Temple, South Korea
TRAVEL & PLACES
Rory Stewart In January 2002, in the wake of
the US invasion, Rory Stewart walked across
Afghanistan in the footsteps of the Mogul
Emperor Babur. With only a toothless mastiff
for company, he embarked on a perilous journey
through an awe-inspiring landscape of snowcapped mountains and bleak passes, negotiating
warring factions and hostile ideologies.
Exhilarating, moving and humane, his awardwinning narrative combines travel at its most
adventurous with writing at its most expressive.
NEW
THE PLACES IN BETWEEN
PICADOR 2005 PB 326pp
£9.99 21205 now £4.99
NEW SICILY
Art, History and Culture
Giovanni Francesio; Enzo Russo Few places on
earth have experienced such an eventful history as Sicily. Rocked by invasions,
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, this rugged land at the crossroads of the
Mediterranean has been host to many peoples and religions: Greeks, Romans,
Arabs, Normans and Catalans have all left their mark on its culture. This
sweeping exploration of the island’s unique character is lavishly illustrated
with colour photographs of its dramatic scenery and stunning works of art
and architecture. ARSENALE ET EDITRICE 2012 HB 318pp Illus 255x215mm
£25.00 21168
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INGUIDES SERIES
Compact, sturdy and colourful, these travel guides
offer richly illustrated surveys of the sights to see in
some of the world’s great cities. They describe a
selection of shops, restaurants, hotels and cultural
events, introduce the major museums, and guided
walks explore each city’s most interesting places and
themes. The books include a pull-out map, pages for
personal notes and each one is bound in a different
colour mock leather, with a silk marker and elastic
closure. MONACO 2011 PB 256pp Illus
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18112
18113
18114
18115
18117
18118
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BERLIN
ISTANBUL
LONDON
NEW YORK
ROME
VENICE
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SIGNATURE SHAKESPEARE SERIES
This series presents
some of the most
popular plays in the
Shakespearean canon
in visually striking
new editions, with
modernized, yet
conservative texts and
explanatory notes on
facing pages, illustrated
with layered, laser-cut
paper art by Kevin
Stanton. The texts
are accompanied by
commentary discussing
Shakespeare’s language,
the play and its
performance history
and later works it
inspired. Volumes are
elegantly bound in off-white with paper-cut pictures.
STERLING SIGNATURE 2007-12 HB 360-396pp Illus 246x175mm
Ed. Robert S Miola
21184
Ed. Jesse M Lander
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Ed. Mario DiGangi
18986
NEW
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MACBETH
ROMEO AND JULIET
THE ESSENTIAL SHAKESPEARE LIVE ENCORE
The Royal Shakespeare Company in Performance
Gregory Doran Following
the success of Essential
Shakespeare Live, Gregory
Doran has selected another
21 scenes and speeches from
live RSC productions, all
published for the first time.
The pieces begin with Paul
Robeson playing Othello in
1959, include performances
by Elizabeth Spriggs, Ian
Richardson, Harriet Walter
and Ian Holm, and end with
David Tennant’s Hamlet (2008) and ‘What a piece of work
is man’. Includes a booklet with scripts. Two audio CDs,
running time 147 minutes. BRITISH LIBRARY 2009 Audio CDs
£16.00 10737 now £6.99
NEW SHAKESPEARE’S
ENGLISH
A Practical Linguistic Guide
Keith Johnson A unique and
engaging approach to the study
of Early Modern English, this
book provides students with a
solid grounding for understanding
the language of Shakespeare and
its place within the development
of English. Johnson covers all
aspects of the playwright’s
language – vocabulary, grammar,
sounds, rhetorical structure etc –
and gives illuminating background
information on the linguistic
context of the Elizabethan age.
The book includes practical
exercises and activities, including
suggestions for further work. PEARSON 2013 PB 336pp
£23.99 21546 now £11.99
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William
Shakespeare
To mark Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary on
23 April, these pages present a selection of
our books on his life, his plays, his poetry and
his legacy to English language and literature.
NEW ON THE
TRAIL OF WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
J Keith Cheetham From a
remnant of barn, the remains
of the Shakespeare family
property in Snitterfield,
to the Globe Theatre and
Holy Trinity Church in
Stratford, Cheetham
describes in detail all the
sites known to be connected
with the Bard’s life; then
goes on to identify locations
of the plays, including the
royal palaces of the history
plays, Macbeth’s castle
and Desdemona’s house
in Venice.
LUATH 2006 PB 192pp Illus
£6.99 21849 now £2.99
SHAKESPEARE’S CHURCH
A Parish for the World
Ed. Val Horsler Holy Trinity church in Stratford-upon-Avon
has a history that stretches back to Anglo-Saxon times, but
is best known as the burial place of the town’s most famous
resident – William Shakespeare. This handsome book explores
the church’s history and architecture, its connection with
the playwright, and its role in the life of the community
today. Plentiful colour photographs show every aspect of this
beautiful building, including carvings, monuments and stainedglass windows.
THIRD MILLENNIUM
2010 HB 160pp Illus
270x230mm
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Shakespeare’s
monument on
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SHAKESPEARE
Peter Whitfield From Fairthorne’s
illustration for The Rape of Lucrece
in 1655, to The Animated Tales
cartoon versions of the plays for
children in the 1990s, Whitfield looks
at how artists have risen to the challenge
of illustrating Shakespeare. With over
100 examples, the study examines
famous editions such as the RoweTonson Shakespeare (1709) and
Knight’s Pictorial Shakespeare
(1838-41); trends in art and illustration
including Romanticism and the
PreRaphaelites; and the work of
prominent artists such as William Blake,
Henry Fuseli and Millais. BRITISH
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LIBRARY 2013 PB 60pp illus 268x198mm
£20.00 22091 now £7.99
Hamlet by John Austen, 1922
Bill Nighy as Edgar in King Lear in 1986. Edgar’s
role as the beggar Poor Tom is among the most
sustained episodes of disguise in Shakespeare
I USED TO KNOW THAT:
SHAKESPEARE
Stuff You Forgot from School
SHAKESPEARE’S RESTLESS WORLD
An Unexpected History in Twenty Objects
Neil MacGregor At the beginning of Henry V
Shakespeare asked his audience to ‘Piece out
our imperfections with your thoughts’: but what
mental world did the Elizabethans draw on to
fill out the ‘vasty fields of France’, Cleopatra’s
barge or Julius Caesar’s forum? In this book,
Neil MacGregor attempts to revisit the world
of Elizabethan experience through discussions
of objects including a communion cup, a rapier,
a pedlar’s trunk and a holy relic – travelling
‘through the charisma of things, to a past world’.
PENGUIN 2013 PB 339pp Illus
£12.99 19251 now £5.99
Back by
popular
demand
Liz Evers Everybody remembers
Romeo and Juliet’s love story and
Hamlet’s famous laments, but do you
know who was the first character to be
deemed ‘dead as a doornail’? Or who
Shakespeare’s sonnets were written
for? With a brief life of the playwright,
bite-sized synopses of all his plays and
chapters on his legacy to language, his
poetry and common misquotations, this
is an ideal refresher course on the Bard.
READER’S DIGEST 2011 HB 177pp
$14.95 11809 now £3.99
NEW SHAKESPEARE FOR THE WISER SORT
Solving Shakespeare’s Riddles
Steve Sohmer Why didn’t Hamlet succeed to the Danish throne at the
instant of his father’s death? Why does Othello seem to unfold in double
time? Arguing that Shakespeare employed his prodigious talents in writing
for two audiences simultaneously – ‘one, the great mass of entertainmentseeking play-goers; the other, a wiser sort’ – Sohmer explores inscrutable
elements of the plays that have defeated the wisest scholars and reveals a
level of discourse between Shakespeare and the cognoscenti among his
audience. MANCHESTER UP 2007 HB 308pp
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Possible portrait of Amelia on a locket, c.1591
SHAKESPEARE’S DARK LADY
Amelia Bassano Larnier:
The Woman Behind Shakespeare’s Plays?
NEW
John Hudson Amelia Bassano (1569-1645) came
from a family of court musicians to Elizabeth I
and became mistress to Lord Hunsdon, the courtier
in charge of the theatre. Later, she emerged as
Christopher Marlowe’s lover and collaborator, the
‘dark lady’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets and a published
poet in her own right. Hudson’s controversial and
well-researched book shows that Amelia Bessano
was in all the right places and had all the right
knowledge, skills and contacts to have produced the
Shakespearean canon. AMBERLEY 2014 HB 288pp Illus
£20.00 21100 now £7.99
NEW SHAKESPEARE
AND THE COUNTESS
The Battle that Gave
Birth to the Globe
Chris Laoutaris In 1596, Shakespeare
and his company prepared to occupy
a new theatre in Blackfriars. For one
local resident, the formidable Dowager
Countess Russell, it was a case of
‘there goes the neighbourhood’.
Against a backdrop of Elizabethan
intrigue, this tour de force of historical
detection charts for the first time the
life of this arch-schemer, secret service
agent and early champion of women’s
rights, and reveals how her determined
campaign to thwart the actors almost
destroyed Shakespeare’s career.
FIG TREE 2014 HB 527pp Illus
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SCIENCE
Yorkshire road contractor Percy Shaw developed his
‘cat’s eye’ reflector device in the 1930s – a simple but
critical innovation that soon spread all over the world.
This attractively illustrated book explores many such
inventions that have shaped human progress and
characterize modern civilization. Covering a range
of fields it traces, for example, innovation in
communication from the quill pen to global
positioning systems, and progress in medicine
from the invention of spectacles in the 13th
century to genetic engineering.
NEW
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
BLACK DOG 2009 HB 240pp Illus 279x230mm
£24.95 21108 now £9.99
Thomas Edison invented the first phonograph in 1877;
by the turn of the century disks had supplanted cylinders
13.8
The Quest to Find the
True Age of the Universe and
the Theory of Everything
NEW
John Gribbin The two great theories of
modern physics – the general theory of
relativity and quantum theory – were developed independently, yet they agree
precisely. But how might these theories
of the very large and very small be unified in a ‘Theory of Everything’? John
Gribbin describes the quest for the Holy
Grail of physics, from the ‘prehistory’ of
cosmology and astrophysics in the 19th
century to the latest estimate of the age
of the universe (13.8 billion years), released in 2015. ICON 2015 HB 256pp Illus
£16.99 21137 now £8.99
NEW AMERICAN DREAMER
Bucky Fuller and the
Sacred Geometry of Nature
Scott Eastham American polymath Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) is remembered
for his geodesic dome designs and the
‘buckminsterfullerene’ carbon molecules
that were named after them. However his
work reached far beyond this structural
innovation including radical inventions in
transport and housing as well as pioneering
ideas on globalization and sustainability.
This study of Fuller’s life and work explores how he drew inspiration from nature
to develop his design theories and includes
an introduction to his thinking on geometry and his theory of ‘synergetics’.
$57.50 20884 now £9.99
DECODING REALITY
The Universe as
Quantum Information
Vlatko Vedral Addressing the most basic
questions – the nature of reality and why
there is something rather than nothing –
Vedral presents a non-technical explanation
of modern science’s understanding of the
Universe in terms of information. His exploration of why ‘information is physical’
ranges from PIN encryption to quantum
teleportation, and reveals the simplicity
and beauty of the answers offered by the
new theory of quantum information and
computation. OXFORD UP 2012 PB 239pp
£9.99 19260 now £3.99
THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE
Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Brian Greene In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the
theories it explains – and with no equations – Brian Greene, one of the world’s
leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string
theory to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where all matter
is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy. Both
illuminating and entertaining, Greene’s much acclaimed work offers a lucid
account of modern physics. VINTAGE 2000 PB 464pp
£10.99 18192 now £4.99
PHILIP’S PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY KIT
The 3-in-1 Stargazing Pack
Patrick Moore; John Woodruff; Wil Tirion
An ideal starter kit for stargazers, this set comprises
two booklets: The Night Sky, Sir Patrick Moore’s
classic, easy-to-follow guide for beginners, and
John Woodruff and Wil Tirion’s Month-by-Month
Star Finder, with a map for each month showing
SERVING THE REICH
the locations of stars and constellations; plus the
The Struggle for the Soul
essential Planisphere 51.5° North, a practical
of Physics Under Hitler
map that shows where stars and constellations
Philip Ball examines the moral choices made
are for every hour of every night of the year.
by three eminent scientists – Max Planck, PePHILIP’S 2013 PB 112pp Illus 293x295mm
ter Debye and Werner Heisenberg – who were
£14.99 18287 now £4.99
caught between science’s idealistic goals and
STARGAZING WITH A TELESCOPE
the tyranny of the Nazi regime. The stories
Robin Scagell This best-selling guide describes the
of these very different personalities – their
wide range of telescopes that are currently available and how
compromises and concessions, their flaws and
to choose and set up the right one for you. It explains how to
misjudgements, their acts of kindness and
find your way around the night sky, what to look for and how
bravery – are shown to be instructive illusto observe it, with star maps for both northern and southern
trations of the perennial dilemmas caused by
hemispheres. There is also a guide to accessories, including
the relationship between science and politics.
equipment for astro-photography. PHILIP’S 2013 PB 192pp Illus
BODLEY HEAD 2013 HB 313pp Illus
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GARDENS
Chris and Valerie Wheeler Cuttings are
usually taken from shoots and stems but
with certain plants, roots and leaves are
capable of producing new growth as well.
Comprehensively illustrated throughout,
this practical book demonstrates the basic
techniques of propagation from cuttings,
with advice on composting, containers and
tools, and specific plant-by-plant advice on
where to take cuttings from, at what time of
year, and how to root almost 200 popular
plant types. GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN
NEW
SUCCESS WITH CUTTINGS
2009 PB 156pp Illus
£12.95 21073 now £4.99
THE BEDSIDE BOOK
OF THE GARDEN
DG Hessayon This compendium by the
author of the best-selling Expert series, is
intended for people who want to take a
rest from weeding, relax, and read about
plants, people and places. Here you will
find a short history of the tomato, an article on Gregor Mendel and his peas, descriptions of famous gardens such as Hidcote Manor and Stourhead, and pieces on
topics as diverse as working-class plants,
earthworms, mazes, and how to win at
the rose show.
EXPERT 2008 HB 334pp Illus 200x155mm
£14.99 95522 now £4.99
NEW THE ORGANIC
VEGETABLE GARDENER
Yvonne Cuthbertson The satisfaction of
knowing that your food has been grown
free from toxic chemicals, and has travelled merely a few hundred yards to your
plate, cannot be beaten. This is a detailed
and expert guide to achieving that satisfaction yourself. There are chapters on
the basics of soil preparation, variety selection, growing techniques and dealing
with pests and diseases, followed by an
alphabetical directory of popular vegetable varieties and how to grow them
successfully. GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN 2011 PB 176pp Illus
£14.99 21071 now £4.99
THE GARDENS AND
PARKS AT HAMPTON
COURT PALACE
DEAR FRIEND AND GARDENER
Letters on Life and Gardening
Christopher Lloyd; Beth Chatto In this engaging exchange of letters from the last
decade of the 20th century, Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto, two long established
friends and distinguished gardeners, share gossip, discuss life in general but, above
all, compare notes on successes and failures in their two very different gardens –
the Beth Chatto Gardens, created from scratch in the 1960s at Elmstead Market in
Essex, and Christopher Lloyd’s famous garden at historic Great Dixter in Sussex.
FRANCES LINCOLN 2013 HB 320pp Illus 240x160mm
£20.00 19345 now £7.99
NEW GARDENING
WITH WILD
PLANTS
Julian Slatcher
This innovative guide to
incorporating wild plants
into the garden is packed
with ideas and excellent
photographs. It is organized
by habitat, with plants for
the rockery, the mixed
Red Campion and
border, ponds and meadows. Almost 200 different plants are
included, with expert growing advice for each one and planting Queen Anne’s Lace
create a two-tone
plans showing how to combine them creatively for maximum
effect in late spring
effect. GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN 2011 PB 176pp Illus
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
LATE SUMMER FLOWERS
£16.99 16884 now £6.99
The East Front from
the Diagonal Walk
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
Illustrated with paintings and
prints as well as Vivian Russell’s
outstanding photographs, this is a
visually impressive introduction
to the finest Baroque parks and
gardens in Britain. Covering 2,000
acres and designed over the last
600 years, Hampton Court’s Grade
I listed grounds include miles of
tree-lined avenues, a canal and
even a ‘Wilderness’. The book
looks at each of the gardens in
turn, exploring their history and the patrons, designers and gardeners involved in
their creation and maintenance. FRANCES LINCOLN 2005 HB 208pp Illus 270x225mm
£25.00 91687 now £9.99
and early summer
£14.99 21069 now £4.99
LOUIS XIV’s BOTANICAL
ENGRAVINGS
Alain Renaux Enriched by numerous
botanical expeditions to distant lands,
Louis XIV’s gardens were the admiration
of Europe, and a source of specimens for
scientists and illustrators. This magnificent volume reproduces 58 hand-coloured
copperplate engravings drawn from the
royal collection, with botanical details of
each plant. It explains the origin of the
gardens, the habitat and medicinal properties of the individual plants, and the engraving techniques used, while the illustrations themselves are both accurate
scientific records and objects of great
beauty. No jacket. LUND HUMPHRIES 2008
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NATURE/PETS
NEW THE BOOK
OF THE TOAD
A Natural and
Magical History of
Toad-Human Relations
The
longnose
stingray
Dasyatis
guttata
LOST FISH
Anthologies of the Work
of the Comte de Lacépède
Intro. Elizabeth Kolbert Protégé of the
naturalist Leclerc de Buffon, the Comte
de Lacépède was hired to be the ‘keeper’ of the French royal natural history
collection in the 1780s. Forced out of
Paris by the Revolution, Lacépède
devoted himself to studying fish and
published his five-volume Histoire
naturelle des poissons between 1798 and
1803. This book presents extracts from
that text and nearly 200 reproductions of
its illustrations, depicting many fish that
are now lost to us, along with quotations
from thinkers, naturalists and poets.
ASSOULINE 2008 HB 232pp Illus 297x230mm
£40.00 19393 now £12.99
Robert M Degraaff The toad
has long suffered from image
problems. By the time of
Shakespeare its ugliness was
proverbial and its reputation
for being poisonous hardly
helped. Yet Professor
DeGraaff makes a convincing
and entertaining case for
these much-abused creatures
as deserving of our respect and Two Toads in Moonlight by Mark Tobey, 20th century
admiration. He includes not only toad science but also an exploration of the toad as
a literary and artistic subject, mythological symbol and threatened species. The result
is a treat for bufophiles everywhere. LUTTERWORTH 1991 PB 224pp Illus 279x215mm
20894 now £6.99
WONDERS OF THE
INDIAN WILDERNESS
Erach Bharucha The tracts of wilderness
in India offer an amazing diversity of
habitats and bio-diversity 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
Allan Potts is an award-winning wildlife
photographer who also farms on the Tyneside-Northumberland rural-urban fringe.
This book presents a selection from his
large library of photographs showing the
region’s flora and fauna in the natural landscapes of the North – fells, woodland,
coast, arable land and abandoned industrial
areas. His commentary gives information
about the scenes and describes his own experiences, not least much patient waiting,
while capturing these beautiful images.
ARCTIC FOX
Life at the Top of the World
ZYMURGY 2000 HB 160pp Illus 278x200mm
A&C BLACK 2008 HB 231pp Illus 277x214mm
NATURAL NORTH
£16.99 16522 now £6.99
Garry Hamilton; Photo. Norbert Rosing
The arctic fox is often outshone by the more
popular polar bear and was rarely studied
by scientists until the 1980s. This richly illustrated book seeks to redress the balance,
revealing the fox’s habitat and feeding and
mating habits, its adaptability, the unparalleled insulating properties of its fur and,
above all, its remarkable ability to survive
in the hostile arctic tundra where temperatures regularly reach -50° centigrade.
£16.99 19034 now £7.99
Featuring the work of excellent wildlife photographers, these books from the
World Life Library profile two fascinating animals: the orangutan, now critically
endangered by its shrinking habitat; and the albatross, threatened by fishery
operations. Each book gives a
Orangutans are one of
lucid and informative account
humans’ closest relatives
of the animal's life cycle,
habitats and behaviours, the
various species and efforts
being made to save them from
extinction. COLIN BAXTER
WORLD LIFE LIBRARY
2007-11 PB 72pp Illus 225x250mm
£9.95 each
now £3.99 each
Tony Martin
ALBATROSSES
18962
Robert Shumaker
ORANGUTANS
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AMAZING DOGS
A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities
Jan Bondeson Is the Border collie
Pythagoras incarnate or just a sheep
herder? Which female monarch raced a St
Bernard’s dog cart and who did she run
against? The answers to these and many
more unusual queries are examined in this
beautifully produced book by renowned
rheumatologist and storyteller Jan Bondeson. His erudite accounts of canine intellectuals, globetrotters, philanthropists and
thespians, heroes, rat-killers and faithful
friends are illustrated with prints, portraits
and satirical cartoons from the past 200
years. AMBERLEY 2013 PB 304pp Illus
£12.99 19777 now £4.99
HEAL YOUR DOG
The Natural Way
Richard Allport There has been a trend
in human medical practice to reduce
the use of drugs and embrace alternative
therapies as part of a holistic approach to
wellbeing. This book demonstrates that
the same approach is relevant for dogs
and presents advice on maintaining a
natural diet and healthy lifestyle as well
as describing how therapies such as
acupuncture, aromatherapy and homeopathy can be effectively used on the family
pet. REMEMBER WHEN 2010 PB 208pp Illus
£14.99 18043 now £5.99
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NATURE
NEW THE BIRDS OF CITES
And How to Identify Them
Johannes Erritzoe This comprehensive reference
handbook was produced for the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species, to
describe the birds of the world threatened with
depletion or extinction. The large, beautifully
drawn illustrations capture in exquisite detail
many hundreds of species, and for each one there
is information on its physical characteristics and
its range. All technical terms are clearly explained,
and there is a helpful guide to bird families.
LUTTERWORTH 1993 HB 224pp Illus 295x210mm
£49.00 20893 now £14.99
Adrian Pitches; Tim Cleeves Between 1980 and
2004, more than 70 bird species – vagrants from
Central Asia, Siberia and North America – have
been added to the British list. This book is a compilation of all those records, with
accounts of finding a ‘First for Britain’ interspersed with 25 annual summaries of
the birding years 1980-2004 and 25 essays by prominent birders about their special
years during this period. The book is illustrated with colour photographs and black
and white artworks. Foreword by Eric Meek. T&AD POYSER 2005 HB 344pp Illus
BIRDS NEW TO BRITAIN 1980-2004
BRITISH SEASHELLS
A Guide for Collectors
and Beachcombers
Paul Chambers; Illus. George Sowerby All around Britain’s long coastline
seashells are abundant, delighting holiday-makers and children as well as serious beachcombers. This comprehensive
guide identifies more than 400 species,
from common mussels and whelks to the
rare wentletrap, and is beautifully illustrated with the Victorian prints of
George Sowerby. It also provides zoological information on molluscs, colourful tales about the collectors of the past,
practical advice on how to collect and
preserve shells, a glossary of terms and
an index of common names.
REMEMBER WHEN 2009 HB 233pp Illus
£25.00 84461 now £9.99
Andrew Robinson Recent years have witnessed destructive earthquakes in Haiti,
Japan and New Zealand, and history is littered with accounts of similarly devastating events that have destroyed cities and
killed millions of people. This study examines two millennia of major earthquakes
and their effects on societies around the
world; the ways in which cultures have
mythologized them through religion, the
arts and popular culture; and the science
of measuring, understanding and trying to
predict them. REAKTION 2012 PB 224pp Illus
EARTHQUAKE
£14.95 18120 now £5.99
James Hamilton The earliest known depiction of an erupting volcano, a wall
painting discovered at an archaeological
excavation in western Turkey, dates to
around 6200 BCE. Their power and destructive magnificence has gripped people’s imaginations and remained an inspiration for artists ever since. This volume
charts the history and cultural impact of
volcanic eruptions, examines their depiction by artists including Wright of Derby,
Hokusai and Warhol, and also explores
the science and geography of volcanism.
VOLCANO
REAKTION 2012 PB 304pp Illus
£14.95 18130 now £5.99
£50.00 18281 now £14.99
SEABIRD POPULATIONS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Results of the Seabird 2000 Census (1998-2002)
P Ian Mitchell; Stephen F Newton et al Each year Britain and Ireland play host to
over eight million breeding seabirds, including internationally important populations
of certain species and the majority of the world’s Manx Shearwaters, Northern
Gannets and Great Skuas. Summarizing the findings of a major initiative to census
breeding seabirds, and presenting detailed accounts of each species, this volume
provides an essential reference for birdwatchers, professional ornithologists and
anyone involved in the conservation of the marine environment.
T&AD POYSER 2004 HB 511pp Illus 250x185mm
£50.00 18290 now £19.99
THE GREAT DINOSAUR
DISCOVERIES
Darren Naish Since the first fossils of
large prehistoric reptiles were identified
in the early 18th century, theories about
the nature of dinosaurs have been continually updated and debated as new discoveries have been made. Illustrated with
archive and modern photographs, artworks
and maps, this book describes the key finds
that have shaped our changing ideas, from
the fragmentary evidence of the 1820s to
the amazing feathered dinosaur remains
recently discovered in China.
WEATHER WONDERS
Incredible Clouds and Weather
Events from Above and Below
Gordon Higgins Hurricanes and thunderstorms are awesome and impressive events
but the most benign of weather can also
produce beautiful and surprising results.
From the gently rippling waves of ‘Kelvin
Helmholtz’ clouds to double rainbows and
the heavenly shafts of light known as crepuscular rays, this photographic selection
displays clouds and weather events of all
types photographed from the ground and,
by means of satellite imagery, from above.
A&C BLACK 2009 HB 192pp Illus 277x215mm
D&C 2011 PB 256pp Illus 148x180mm
£19.99 18308 now £8.99
£12.99 18229 now £4.99
Small Pearl-bordered
Peter Marren; Richard Mabey
Fritillaries
Like its companion volumes, Flora
Britannica and Birds Britannica,
this is a richly illustrated cultural,
rather than biological guide. Here,
British bugs are seen through the
eyes of writers, musicians, artists,
photographers and naturalists, from
Elizabethan proto-entomologist
Thomas Muffet (father of Little
Miss Muffet) to Irvine Welsh’s
talking tapeworm in Filth. The
result is a beguiling look at some
of our 40,000 species of invertebrates – from amoebas, through worms, ants
and earwigs, butterflies and beetles to molluscs – and the eccentricities of some
human bug obsessives. CHATTO & WINDUS 2010 HB 512pp Illus 280x215mm
BUGS BRITANNICA
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FOOD & DRINK
NEW TRADITIONAL
SPANISH COOKING
Janet Mendel This classic of
Spanish cookery won awards and
much praise on its first publication
in 1996. It presents some 270
succinct and easy-to-follow recipes
that capture the gastronomic style
of regional Spanish cooking, from
Andalucia and Catalonia to Asturia
and Galicia. The book is organized
by meal – from breakfast to special
sweets and confections – each with
a brief introduction to its place in
Spanish culinary tradition.
FRANCES LINCOLN 2006 PB 326pp
£16.99 20082 now £7.99
SPICES, SALT AND AROMATICS
IN THE ENGLISH KITCHEN
Elizabeth David Legendary cook Elizabeth David describes how English food
has for centuries been influenced by oriental trade, and explains the origins and
uses of spices and aromatics such as nutmeg, cardamom and juniper. With delicious recipes – among them, Mussels in
Saffron Sauce, Lamb and Aubergine Stew
and Cinnamon Ice Cream – the book captures what David described as ‘the English
love affair with Eastern food and Arabian
Nights ingredients’. First published in
1970. GRUB STREET 2011 HB 279pp
ITALIAN
KITCHEN GARDEN
NEW
Sarah Fraser Following on from the TV
series on her family’s new life in Tuscany,
growing and cooking their own food,
Sarah Fraser presents the fruits of her experience in book form. There are clear instructions on how to grow many of the
key ingredients of Italian cooking,
whether vegetables, herbs or fruits; and
each chapter includes recipes for quintessentially Italian dishes to make with your
produce – and enhance your sense of
achievement. PAVILION 2011 HB 176pp Illus
£16.99 20192 now £6.99
VERDURA
Vegetables Italian Style
Viana la Place Italian cuisine is rich in
vegetables – verdura – from familiar peppers, aubergines and artichokes to exotic
specialities such as chayote and cardoons.
This classic cookbook, now reissued with
colour photographs, celebrates the Italian
way with vegetables – fresh, earthy,
spirited and always seasonal. Its 300
recipes include a dazzling range of antipasti, salads, soups, pasta, risottos, pizzas, and irresistible desserts such as Watermelon with Bittersweet Chocolate
Shavings and Grilled Figs with Honey
and Walnuts. GRUB STREET 2012 PB 320pp
£12.99 10752 now £5.99
GRUB STREET 2012 PB 546pp
THE TURKISH COOKBOOK
Regional Recipes and Stories
Nur Ilkin; Sheilah Kaufman Many
Westerners’ familiarity with Turkish food
goes no further than the kebab shop, yet
– along with the French, Italian and Chinese – it is one of the four great cuisines
of the world. This sumptuously illustrated
book explores its riches by region, from
the Black Sea to Anatolia. The tempting,
varied and healthy recipes for mezze and
salads, soups, pilafs, breads, dolmas, and
traditional sweets such as halva and
baklava are interspersed with fascinating
nuggets of cultural and culinary history.
VIETNAMESE HOME COOKING
GRUB STREET 2012 HB 375pp Illus 245x185mm
£25.00 10751 now £9.99
£30.00 17537 now £7.99
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£15.00 17138 now £6.99
Charles Phan American chef and restaurateur Charles Phan has organized this
colourful exploration of Vietnamese cooking under the various traditional techniques – steaming, braising, stir-frying,
grilling and frying – along with chapters
on the all-important soup and on street
food such as Pork and Prawn Spring
Rolls, Peanut Sauce, and Steamed Rice
Cakes. The book is full of information on
Vietnamese food culture as well as
recipes, and ends with a useful illustrated
glossary of ingredients. JACQUI SMALL
EVERYDAY DRINKING
The Distilled Kingsley Amis
Tim Webb; Stephen Beaumont
The establishment of artisan breweries
producing craft beers is a growing
trend, not just in Britain, but in many
parts of the world. Beyond the famous
labels of international brands there are
thousands of varieties of beer, from
barrel-aged Californian brews to
Bavarian wheat beers, each with its
own subtle character. This illustrated
guide is a complete reference to the
development of beer and brewing
techniques around the world and
includes tasting notes for 500 beers
and maps locating important
breweries. MITCHELL BEAZLEY
Elisabeth Luard’s experience of peasant
life in Spain in the 1960s inspired her to
gather these 500 recipes from around Europe. Peasant food relies on the seasons
and often features a single ingredient –
Luard reflects this in chapters on fish,
poultry, pork, beans, fungi, breads, potatoes and sweets. Peppered with anecdote,
local history and folklore, the book reveals
rural traditions that remain as relevant in
today’s challenging times as when the
book was first written.
£12.99 17142 now £5.99
Kingsley Amis ‘We have no excuse for selfsatisfaction’, wrote Kingsley Amis, ‘while
we allow the atrocity of the Pina Colada to
flourish in our midst’. The late novelist was
famously partial to a drink, and his views
on the subject were as trenchantly funny as
his views on everything else. Introduced by
his friend Christopher Hitchens, this collection of writings on the art of imbibing mixes
a heady cocktail of wry humour, erudite
knowledge and outspoken opinion.
THE WORLD ATLAS OF BEER
£25.00 16533 now £11.99
EUROPEAN
PEASANT COOKERY
BLOOMSBURY 2008 HB 318pp
$19.99 11804 now £5.99
Brewing room of the Trappist Abbaye de
Notre Dame de Saint-Rémy, Rochfort, France
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Sybil Kapoor Drawing inspiration from
the National Trust’s traditional kitchens,
mills and dairies, orchards, kitchen gardens
and hedgerows, award-winning food writer
Sybil Kapoor has brought together a
collection of modern British baking recipes
using traditional ingredients and seasonal
produce. There are recipes for every level
of skill, from easy Leek Tart and Cheese
Straws to Hazelnut and Blackberry
Roulade and Chocolate Pear Cake –
something for everyone who loves to bake.
NEW
SIMPLY BAKING
NATIONAL TRUST 2012 HB 320pp Illus
£25.00 20193 now £9.99
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
STEP-BY-STEP COOK BOOK
NEW GREAT BRITISH
FOOD REVIVAL
A cook’s handbook as well as a great selection of 400 ‘triple-tested’ recipes, this
volume explains the basic techniques for
preparing and cooking each type of food
– for sauces and dressings, through fish,
meat and poultry, to vegetables, fruit and
nuts, deserts and baking – before moving
on to the recipes. In step-by-step illustrations, it will show you, for example, how
to cook with chocolate before you embark
on that Chocolate Amaretti Tart.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 2012 HB 464pp Illus
£30.00 20190 now £11.99
JAM WITH LAMB
Seasonal West Country Cooking
Richard Guest, Head Chef at Taunton’s
Michelin-starred Castle Hotel Restaurant,
offers an impressive range of recipes
based on the best of locally farmed produce and ingredients which can be found
wild throughout the West Country. Divided by season – Easter Sunday Stew
for Spring, June Salad for Summer,
Quince Jelly for Autumn, and an array of
Christmas dishes for Winter – the recipes
are interspersed with shopping tips, preparation advice, and the culinary secrets of
one of Britain’s top chefs.
BIRLINN 2007 HB 241pp Illus
£20.00 62614 now £5.99
NEW HAM, PICKLES
AND JAM
Traditional Skills for the
Modern Kitchen Larder
Blanche Vaughan A beautifully illustrated
celebration of Britain’s enormous range
of local varieties and breeds, this volume
matches ten famous chefs with ten homegrown ingredients: bread, crab, potatoes,
pork, cauliflower, mutton, tomatoes,
apples, honey and cheese. Each chef
offers ten recipes featuring their chosen
ingredient: Michel Roux’s bread recipes
range from Tuscan Bread Soup to Summer
Pudding; there are classic pork dishes
from Clarissa Dickson Wright; and the
Hairy Bikers celebrate the cauliflower
in Fattoush, Piccalilli and Saag Aloo.
WEIDENFELD 2011 HB 224pp Illus 253x196mm
£20.00 16985 now £7.99
Thane Prince ‘Cooking your own
preserves, salting and curing your
own meats, and bottling your own
cordials to stock your larder shelves
is well within the reach of even
the beginner in the kitchen.’
With novices in mind, Thane
Prince describes the techniques
and provides the recipes to recover
lost skills such as rendering and
pickling. As well as recipes for
bread, cakes and biscuits, jams,
chutney and condiments, cordials
and liqueurs, she offers valuable
advice on stocking a
larder and storing foodstuffs.
Gluten-free
shortbread creams
PAVILION 2011 HB 272pp Illus
£25.00 20191 now £9.99
NEW PICNICS
And Other Outdoor Feasts
Claudia Roden This is the reissue of a classic
that was heralded on first publication as ‘the
bible of outdoor eating’. It includes sections
on meals to eat in the garden with access to
the kitchen, meals to eat outdoors away from
home, food for a barbecue and, finally, meals for
travellers. It is as much a joy to read as to cook
from, as Rosen stimulates the imagination with
tales from far and near told in her elegant style.
THE BIG WHEAT AND
GLUTEN FREE COOKBOOK
Jody Vassallo For those with coeliac disease, cutting out gluten from their diet may
seem daunting but there are still plenty of
delicious options. Excellent gluten substitutes are available, so breads, cakes and
pasta can still be enjoyed. Jody Vassallo’s
cookbook provides guidance and inspiration to living a gluten-free life, with 100
tempting recipes including Quinoa Fruit
Compote, Lemon Grass Pork and Noodle
Salad, and Carrot and Walnut Muffins.
GRUB STREET 2014 PB 128pp Illus 293x230mm
£14.99 24930 now £5.99
£12.99 19045 now £4.99
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CRAFTS/HOBBIES
NEW MAKING VINTAGE
ACCESSORIES
25 Original Sewing Projects
Inspired by the 1920s-60s
Emma Brennan Accessories have always
been economical and inventive additions
to any outfit. This collection of 25 pieces
inspired by the fashions of the past –
from the 1920s to the 1960s – includes
hats, scarves, belts, jewellery and bags.
A helpful introduction explaining
techniques and fabrics is followed by
step-by-step instructions for each project,
with plenty of detailed photographs and
pattern templates for photocopying.
1950s-style
rounded
tie-fastening
handbag
GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN
£14.99 21070 now £6.99
NEW CELTIC KNOTWORK
HANDBOOK
Sheila Sturrock There are many books
of ready-made Celtic knotwork designs,
but this one is unique in teaching exactly
how they should be created. Chapters are
given to mastering the basic elements of
construction, the heart and the loop, and
then to combining these and extending
them to create your own designs. More
than 200 designs are featured with
clear, step-by-step illustrations.
£10.99 21067 now £4.99
also Celtic Spirals Handbook
f See
by Sheila Sturrock on page 65
CALLIGRAPHY
Tools and Techniques for
the Contemporary Practitioner
PURLS OF WISDOM
The Book of Knitting
JACQUI SMALL 2013 HB 288pp Illus 260x228mm
PENGUIN 2010 PB 208pp Illus 254x202mm
£30.00 17489 now £12.99
£16.99 98142 now £5.99
Gaye Godfrey-Nicholls Designed for artists
and students, this beautifully presented, practical guide provides comprehensive information on both the traditions of calligraphy and
its contemporary practice, including digital
work. It contains graded exercises for creating
the traditional lettering hands, highlighting the
key characteristics of each; detailed examples
of different lettering techniques; tutorials on
illumination, decoration and composition; and
profiles of leading contemporary designers.
THREE COLOR
PAINTING
Jenny Lord ‘Anyone can knit’; the secret, according to Jenny Lord, is to start
small. After a history of knitting and a
guide to choosing yarn and needles, this
beginner’s guide is clearly set out with
illustrated instructions and photographs
of what the finished stitch patterns
should look like. Once you have mastered the basics, there are more than 20
simple patterns – all designed as gifts,
including scarves, hats, cushions and
socks for girls, boys, babies and iPods.
NEW
Stan Kaminski’s guide shows
beginner and experienced
artists alike how to create
successful paintings with just
three colours: alizarin crimson,
ultramarine blue and yellow
ochre. The techniques used
are universal and work for
many mediums, including
watercolour, oil, acrylic or
gouache. Twenty demonstration
paintings are explained step
by step, with plenty of clear
Dark objects reflect lighter in water, while
illustrations and an emphasis
light surfaces (the walls) reflect darker
on the thought process involved
as you paint. GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN 2009 PB 128pp Illus 248x240mm
£16.99 21074 now £5.99
SWEDISH HANDKNITS
A Collection of Heirloom Designs
SCALEXTRIC
The Ultimate Guide
VOYAGEUR 2012 HB 144pp Illus 253x215mm
£19.99 17180 now £7.99
£35.00 17701 now £14.99
Sue Flanders; Janine Kosel Drawing
on collections in textile museums, personal histories and Swedish folklore, this
book reveals the heritage of Swedish
knitting and its great variety of techniques and styles. Richly illustrated with
photographs and charts, there are patterns for clothes, accessories and decorative items featuring regional variations,
techniques such as jacquard, embroidery
and twined knitting, and traditional
Swedish motifs such as the Dala Horse.
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Roger Gillham For slot car enthusiasts and
anyone who has ever played with a Scalextric
set, this book is both a trip down memory
lane and a definitive reference source.
Describing the history and development
of the popular toy, the extensive volume is
illustrated with 1,500 colour photographs
of cars, sets and accessories produced since
1957 – including those made in France,
Spain, Mexico, Russia and Australia – as well
as track layouts and a complete catalogue
listing of every Scalextric product ever sold.
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CRAFTS & COLLECTABLES
NEW 18th CENTURY
EMBROIDERY
TECHNIQUES
Gail Marsh Focusing on
a period that marked a high
point in embroidery, this
book provides a very useful
resource for students of
textiles, needlework and
fashion, and anyone
interested in historical
costume design. It describes
the techniques, stitches and
threads used to create an
Embroidered floral border design
array of ornate effects and
on a gauze silk handkerchief
garments, and is illustrated
with detailed drawings and photographs of many museum-quality
costumes. It also offers advice on preparing for a museum study visit.
Mid-19th century needlework
box by Jennens & Bettridge
ANTIQUE BOXES
Inside and Out
Genevieve Cummins Jewellery cases, tea
caddies, medicine chests, sewing boxes,
portable writing desks – boxes come in a
dazzling variety of shapes, sizes and materials. From folk art to Fabergé, the ingenuity with which they combine artistry
and function makes them the most beguiling of collectables. With over 1,,000 images featuring more than 2,000 items, this
handsome volume charts the history of
boxes from antiquity, and describes the
many different types and manufacturers,
providing an invaluable reference for
dealer and collector alike.
ACC 2012 HB 432pp Illus 300x245mm
£45.00 94757 now £19.99
Contemporary dragonfly
brooch by Ilgiz Fazulzyanov
TREASURE BOX
A Private Collection
Vivienne Becker The jewellery photographed for this magnificent book is the
collection belonging to the women of one
Russian family, with pieces ranging from
traditional Azerbaijani earrings owned by
the present collector’s grandmother in the
late 19th century to modern pieces by jewellers such as Cartier and Bulgari. Although there are breathtaking precious
stones, not all the pieces are very valuable;
beauty has been the collectors’ criteria.
The book is handsomely bound, with gilt
edged pages, a silk marker and slipcase.
UNICORN 2015 HB 460pp Illus 318x244pp
£500.00 20035 now £100.00
GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN 2011 HB 192pp Illus 275x210mm
£16.99 21065 now £8.99
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
UNDER GLASS
A Victorian Obsession
WORLD CERAMICS
In the Victoria and Albert Museum
SCHIFFER 2013 HB 288pp Illus 310x235mm
$89.99 19383 now £19.99
£30.00 17064 now £9.99
John Whitenight The ‘parlour dome’
with its stuffed birds and flower
arrangements is a familiar Victorian
ornament. In this lavishly illustrated
study of the genre, John Whitenight,
himself a collector of domes, describes
how they were made and the great
variety of objects that were entombed
under glass – among them ‘hair
work’ memorials, a tableau of
waxwork Native Americans
scalping an enemy and a tragic
pair of stuffed pug puppies.
Ed. Reino Liefkes; Hilary Young
The ceramics collections at the V&A are
unrivalled in their range, diversity and
global reach. Featuring 120 masterpieces,
this beautiful book traces developments in
world ceramics from ancient times to the
present, and shows how worldwide trade
and cultural interchange have shaped their
histories. Outstanding new photographs
reveal an array of stunning pieces, from
dramatic Chinese funerary sculpture to
exquisitely painted Italian Renaissance
pottery and boldly modernist wares.
NEW THE LAMPS OF
LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY
Martin Eidelberg; Alice Cooney
Frelinghuysen et al ‘Nature is always
beautiful,’ wrote Louis Comfort Tiffany,
and the forms of leaves and flowers
inspired the Art Nouveau glassware for
which he is renowned. This handsome
volume features more than 70 rarely
seen lamps from public and private
collections, sets them in the context
of contemporary thought, and follows
the complex manufacturing process
from freehand sketch to finished form.
Stunning modern photographs reveal
Tiffany’s mastery of glassmaking
Magnolia leaded glass shade
and metalwork, alongside his own
by Tiffany Studios, New York
watercolours and period photographs
of his workshops. VENDOME 2005 HB 224pp Illus 257x210mm
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CHILDREN’S
Bert Kitchen This classic
children’s book features 15 largescale artworks by renowned
illustrator Bert Kitchen. Designed
to introduce numbers and
counting to young children,
each drawing combines a large
numeral with a beautiful picture
of an animal and the appropriate
number of its young, ranging
from a swan and two cygnets
to a frog and 100 of its spawn
and tadpoles. Age 3+
NEW
Bert Kitchen This is a simple story for reading aloud to
children, but one in which they can learn about a variety
of unusual animals. A tenrec on a quest encounters a
pangolin, a warthog, a sloth and an owl, among other
creatures. Bert Kitchen’s drawings are extremely detailed
and inquisitive children will enjoy looking closely and
learning more about the animals from the notes at the
end. Age 4+ LUTTERWORTH 1989 HB 24pp Illus 212x260mm
NEW
TENREC’S TWIGS
£6.95 20946 now £4.99
ANIMAL NUMBERS
A salamander
and its ninestrong brood
LUTTERWORTH
$27.00 20886 now £4.99
Bert Kitchen There are no words in this book, simply the 26 letters
of the alphabet, each given a page to itself, delicately entwined with
a beautiful illustration of an animal whose name begins with that
letter. From an armadillo and a dodo to a walrus and a zebra, this is
a superior large-format alphabet book for young children. Age 3+
NEW
ANIMAL ALPHABET
$27.00 20885 now £4.99
THE VERY
NOISY HOUSE
Julie Rhodes; Korky Paul
At the bottom of a very tall
house lived an old lady who
walked with a big wooden
stick. It went CLOMP,
CLOMP, CLOMP and made
the dog upstairs bark, which
woke the ginger cat, whose
meowing woke the baby, who
disturbed the birds roosting the
roof; then the old lady stopped
stomping around and peace
descended – but for how long?
Age 4+ FRANCES LINCOLN
USBORNE NATURE CARDS
FLOWERS and TREES
Megan Cullis; Struan Reid In each of these
sets of colourful cards, 30 different species are
illustrated with botanical paintings – flowers
by Cathi Freund, trees by Bradley Clark. On
the reverse of the cards there are illustrations
of details and information about where to look
for the plants or trees, when they flower and
miscellaneous ‘flowery’ or ‘leafy’ facts. The
nature cards measure 98mm x 154mm (approx
6"x4"), are beautifully printed on good quality
card and boxed. Set of two. Age 5+
£11.99 17536
now £3.99
Rob Scotton Splat the Cat’s trusty mouse friend Seymour needs cheering
up and Splat wants to help. He’s made something special for Seymour –
not just a thank-you card, but a thank-you book! The pages list the sweet
and often hilarious reasons why Splat is thankful for their friendship,
including the time Seymour rescued Splat from a tree, and for making
him smile when he wasn’t well. Age 3+ HARPERCOLLINS 2012 PB 32pp Illus
SPLAT SAYS THANK YOU!
£6.99 17850 now £2.99
USBORNE 2010 60 cards Illus 155x113mm
£10.98 99713 now £4.99
ANTEATERS
TO ZEBRAS
THE DRAGON AND THE
GRUESOME TWOSOME
MP Robertson When George and his dragon
embark on a magical adventure, they find
themselves in a fairytale kingdom under attack
from the troll twins, Gobbledegook and
Balderdash. The gruesome twosome are
destroying everything and everyone in their
path. Something must be done – and George
has a plan. This is the fourth story starring
George and his dragon, guaranteed to delight
fairytale fans of all ages. Age 5+
FRANCES LINCOLN 2009 HB 28pp Illus 275x240mm
£11.99 17656 now £3.99
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Alan Fletcher From anteaters
to x-ray fish, yeti and zebra,
this bright and playful
introduction to the alphabet,
with its bold colours and
quirky characters, was created
by the influential and muchrespected British designer
Alan Fletcher (1931-2006).
Age 3+ TATE 2011 HB
£9.99 17689
now £4.99
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CHILDREN’S
THOMAS THE
TANK ENGINE MANUAL
1945 Onwards (All Aboard)
Owners’ Workshop Manual
Chris Oxlade For young Thomas the Tank
fans who have grown curious about the
nuts and bolts of the little blue locomotive,
the Manual is full of information about
how steam engines work. It has big,
cutaway drawings of Thomas and friends
and simple explanations of things such
as fireboxes and tenders; and there are
illustrated guides to other parts of the
railway, such as tracks and cranes; a diesel
engine (Mavis); a map of Sodor’s railways;
and Thomas’s really useful words.
Age 3-8 HAYNES 2009 HB 39pp Illus 270x207mm
£9.99 95516 now £4.99
THE PETER RABBIT LIBRARY
John Yeoman; Quentin Blake
Whether it’s washerwomen on
the rampage or a bear trying to
get a good winter’s sleep, John
Yeoman’s stories and Quentin
Blake’s wonderful pictures never
fail to enchant young – and
not so young – children.
This ‘bumper bundle’
of ten books includes
favourites such as The
Fabulous Foskett Family
Circus, The Bear’s Winter
House and The Wild
Washerwomen. Age 3+
TEN STORY BOOKS
(Ten volume set)
Beatrix Potter Leaving Flopsy, Mopsy
and Cotton-tail eating blackberries,
Peter Rabbit is off stealing carrots
again – 114 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
ANDERSEN 2015
PB 320pp Illus 270x230mm
£35.00 95032 now £19.99
£69.90 17981 now £25.00
Helene Kerillis Illus. Vanessa Hie Inspired by
Gauguin’s Tahitian painting, Arearea (1892),
this story is set in an exotic Pacific island
where the Kokolors tribe have brightly coloured
shadows and are always cheerful. They shun sad
Tevai and his dog Anani because they have grey
shadows – but the Night Goddess has a solution
to make everyone happy. A reproduction of
Arearea and information about Gauguin are
at the back of the book. Age 5+
THE COLOUR OF THE NIGHT
PRESTEL 2012 HB 32pp Illus 317x214mm
£9.99 18101 now £4.99
Richmal Crompton ‘The sort of
things I want to do they don’t want
me to do, an’ the sort of things I
don’t want to do they want me to
do.’ William’s scorn and fury was
indescribable. Richmal Compton’s
scruffy eleven-year-old rebel takes
on school, parents, dogs, babies and
weddings in this collection of 12 of
his finest adventures. Sue Townsend
has written a foreword and the book
is bound in blue stripes worthy of a
school tie. Slipcased. Age 8+
JUST WILLIAM
KINGS AND QUEENS
OF THE BIBLE
Mary Hoffman; Illus. Christina Balit
The Egyptian pharaoh, King David,
Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, Jezebel,
Belshazzar and Esther: Mary Hoffman
retells the Old Testament stories of
the kings and queens of Israel and
surrounding kingdoms, while Christina
Balit’s colourful illustrations bring
alive the countries and characters of the
ancient Holy Land. FRANCES LINCOLN
MACMILLAN 2013 HB 286pp Illus
£20.00 20551 now £8.99
£11.99 17658 now £3.99
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MUSIC
BRITTEN’S CENTURY
Celebrating 100 Years
of Benjamin Britten
Ed. Mark Bostridge The 19 contributions to Britten’s Century are by a range
of performers, critics, biographers and
colleagues of Britten. Analysing both his
life and music, these stimulating essays
and interviews cover subjects such as the
work of the present-day Britten-Pears
foundation, Dame Janet Baker’s experiences performing under the composer’s
direction, pianist Roger Vignoles’ insights
into the five Canticles and Alan Bennett’s
reflections on his play about Britten and
Auden. BLOOMSBURY 2013 HB 201pp
£16.99 18259 now £6.99
Richard Tames London’s unrivalled
theatrical heritage stretches back to
Elizabethan times. With the aid of more
than 200 illustrations, this book takes the
reader from Shakespeare’s original Globe
to Sam Wanamaker’s magical reconstruction
at Bankside. It describes the plays, the
buildings and the personalities – Garrick
and Irving, Ellen Terry, Wilde and Shaw –
that propelled London to the front rank of
world drama, concluding with the creation
of the National Theatre and today’s lively
West End. HISTORICAL 2006 HB 208pp Illus
THEATRICAL LONDON
£17.95 20428 now £6.99
STEPHEN SONDHEIM: LYRICS
With classic shows such as West Side Story and Sweeney Todd to his name,
Stephen Sondheim has been one of the most influential figures in musical
theatre over the last 60 years. These two volumes of his collected lyrics include
all the songs from his completed works as well as previously unpublished songs
and Sondheim’s own notes and comments on his work, his collaborators and
the art of songwriting. KNOPF 2010/11 HB 445/453pp Illus 284x215mm
$45.00 each now £11.99 each
FINISHING THE HAT
Collected Lyrics (1954-1981)
With Attendant Comments,
Principles, Heresies, Grudges,
Whines and Anecdotes
ROMANTIC LIEDER
AND THE SEARCH
FOR LOST PARADISE
Marjorie W Hirsch In this series of interrelated studies, Hirsch traces the influence of the archetypal ‘lost paradise myth’
on the origins and development of the
Lied. Analysing in depth both the poetic
and musical components of individual
Lieder by Romantic composers from
Schubert to Wolf and Mahler, she sets the
songs in their biographical and cultural
contexts and explores how they convey
nostalgia for three ‘lost worlds’: classical
antiquity, childhood and folk song.
£69.99 17789 now £25.00
SCHUMANN
A Chorus of Voices
John C Tibbetts During more than 30
years of travel and research, Professor
Tibbetts has interviewed a host of distinguished performers, biographers, critics
and commentators who share his interest
in the music of Schumann. In this book
he brings together their insights concerning the composer’s works, his circle of
friends and his place in the history of romantic music. The accompanying CD features a discussion of Carnaval and performances by pianist Ronald Brautigam
of the eight Noveletten.
AMADEUS 2010 HB + Audio CD 512pp Illus
£27.95 10708 now £12.99
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Stephen Sondheim The earlier years of
Sondheim’s career involved collaborations with Leonard Bernstein and Jule
Steyne on West Side Story and Gypsy and
produced some of his most enduring creations as composer/lyricist with Company
and Sweeney Todd. His commentary
records his thoughts on the great lyricists
of musical theatre and his experiences
working with celebrated actors, producers
and composers.
19347
LOOK, I MADE A HAT
Collected Lyrics (1981-2001)
With Attendant Comments,
Amplifications, Dogmas,
Harangues, Digressions,
Anecdotes and Miscellany
The second volume of collected lyrics includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning show
Sunday in the Park with George, various
film projects, unfinished fragments and
special songs, and Into the Woods, recently
revived in the film version starring Meryl
Streep. As in Volume 1, Sondheim’s notes
on the work, and about musical theatre
and songwriting in general, are thoughtful,
insightful and illuminating.
19352
NEW
TRANSFORMING FOLK
Innovation and Tradition in English Folk-Rock Music
Robert GH Burns In the post-punk era, the English folk-rock hybrid has emerged as
a world music style that appeals to music fans who have diverse tastes and for whom
issues of authenticity and tradition are not key factors. Drawing on performers’ own
accounts, Burns examines commercial and political aspects of the changing folk
music industry and provides musicological analysis which uncovers the adaptation
processes employed in folk-rock performance. MANCHESTER UP 2012 HB 296pp
£65.00 20797 now £12.99
GLAM ROCK
Dandies in the Underworld
Alwyn W Turner Glam rock is associated
with flamboyant and theatrical costume
but there was a new sensibility in the music
too, rejecting self-indulgent blues and
progressive rock in favour of a return to
the values of early rock ‘n’ roll. Drawing
on the collections of the Victoria and Albert
Museum, this thoughtful celebration of
the phenomenon traces its various origins
and includes a selection of photographs
and ephemera featuring artists such as
David Bowie and Roxy Music.
£25.00 17056 now £11.99
Bowie with Twiggy in a poster for his Pin Ups album
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David Jason Born the son of a Billingsgate porter at the height of the Second
World War, David Jason was a reluctant
electrician before finding his vocation –
making people laugh – in the 1960s and
1970s. Then in 1981, kitted out with a
sheepskin jacket and a clapped-out Reliant Regal, he found the part that captured the nation’s hearts: Derek ‘Del Boy’
Trotter. Here he tells the story of life,
near-death experiences and five decades
as one of Britain’s favourite actors.
NEW
DAVID JASON: My Life
CENTURY 2013 HB 400pp Illus
£20.00 20827 now £7.99
PERFORMINGARCHAEOLOGY
ARTS/DRAMA
NEW MIXED FANCIES
A Memoir
Brenda Blethyn is one of Britain’s best-loved
actresses. In this autobiography she tells the story
of her early life and career, from 1940s Ramsgate
where she was the youngest of nine children, to
the National Theatre, television, Hollywood and
stardom. She tells her tale with characteristic
warmth and humour; the story of how she forced
herself to run the London Marathon, three times,
is a typical example. POCKET 2007 PB 320pp Illus
£7.99 20414 now £3.99
THE REVELS PLAYS SERIES
The Revels Plays series, started in 1958, was
inspired by the New Arden Shakespeare and
aimed ‘to apply to Shakespeare’s predecessors,
contemporaries and successors the methods that
are now used in Shakespeare editing’. The text of
each play is edited from the original of best authority, fully annotated
and accompanied by a critical introduction dealing with text, dating, the
playwright, sources and stage history. MANCHESTER UP 2005-09 HB 194-392pp Illus
£47.50-£60.00 each now £12.99 each
NEW
THREE RENAISSANCE
USURY PLAYS
Buster Keaton as Rollo Treadway
in The Navigator, 1924
Ed. Deborah Nadoolman Landis Film
costumes are ‘part of the magic’, as Debbie Reynolds writes in her preface to this
celebration of the ‘unspoken heroes of
Hollywood, the costume designers’. Published to accompany a major exhibition
at the V&A, the book introduces the history of cinema costume and presents essays by more than 20 experts on both
general aspects of the designer’s art and
specific costumes, actors, directors and
films, all richly illustrated with stills and
behind-the-scenes photographs.
HOLLYWOOD COSTUME
£35.00 17059 now £12.99
Ed. Lloyd Edward Kermode This
edition presents the first modernspelling, fully annotated texts of three
important Elizabethan and Jacobean
‘usury plays’: Robert Wilson’s The
Three Ladies of London; William
Haughton’s Englishmen for My Money;
and The Hog Hath Lost His Pearl by
Robert Taylor. Among the subjects
discussed in the introduction are early
modern attitudes to moneylending, the
lives and works of the three authors and
the cultural context of the plays. 20795
Ed. Charles Edelman Sir Thomas
Stukeley, the notorious English courtier,
pirate, adventurer and soldier, died at the
Battle of Alcazar in Morocco in 1578,
while fighting for King Sebastian of
Portugal. This volume presents the first
modern-spelling, annotated edition of two
plays in which he is the main character:
The Battle of Alcazar (c.1588) by George
Peele, and the anonymous Famous
History of the Life and Death of Captain
Thomas Stukeley (c.1596).
20792
NEW
THE STUKELEY PLAYS
John Lyly; Ed. Leah Scragg First
performed by Paul’s Boys circa 1590,
Mother Bombie is unique among Lyly’s
comedies in its urban setting and focus
NEW
MOTHER BOMBIE
upon middle- and lower-class concerns.
The complex plot turns on a tissue of
misconceptions surrounding the efforts
of four fathers to secure advantageous
marriages for their heirs, and their
servants’ efforts to outwit them. 20734
NEW
THE ROMAN ACTOR
A Tragedy
Philip Massinger; Ed. Martin White
Written for the King’s Men and first
performed in 1626, the year after Charles
I came to the throne, Massinger’s play
explores the balance between public and
private moralities, comdemns tyranny and
defends the theatre. White’s introduction
discusses issues including Massinger’s
intervention in the political tensions of his
time and his portrayal of the pleasures
and perils of performance.
20774
NEW
AN HUMOROUS
DAY’S MIRTH
George Chapman; Ed. Charles
Edelman Known now as a translator
and author of dark tragedies, Chapman
in his own time was admired as the
creator of wonderfully original
comedies, and this play was one of
the most popular of the Elizabethan era.
Written in 1597, it was the English
theatre’s first ‘comedy of humours’,
satirizing the attitudes, behaviour and
social pretentions of contemporary
men and women.
20711
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 175pp Illus
£14.99 11939 now £5.99
NEW
LOVE’S
METAMORPHOSIS
John Lyly; Ed. Leah Scragg
Widely regarded as the most elegantly
structured of Lyly’s plays, Love’s
Metamorphosis is based on the story of
Erisichthon’s felling of a grove sacred to
Ceres from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, but
here it is love that exhibits the ability to
change. The play was written for Paul’s
Boys and first performed in the 1580s.
£50.00 20725 now £12.99
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TRANSPORT
BRITAIN’S PRE-GROUPING RAILWAYS
The 1923 revision of the railways in Britain saw the end of dozens of companies
around the country as many famous names were absorbed into the ‘Big Four’.
This series surveys some of the best known operators of this pre-grouping era,
focusing on the locomotives in operation and the engineers responsible for
acquiring, designing and building them. AMBERLEY 2013/14 PB 96-160pp Illus
£12.99/£14.99 each now £6.99 each
George Frederick Bird Only three engineers occupied the role of Locomotive
Superintendent of the GNR from the newly built railway of the early 1850s to the
first decade of the 20th century when Henry Ivatt introduced 4-4-2 ‘Atlantic’ type
locos into Britain. This revised reprint of the 1910 edition of Bird’s classic history
of the period is augmented by newly researched photographs. Edited by John
Christopher.
20964
NEW
John Christopher; Campbell McCutcheon Formed by merger in 1865, the
Highland Railway inherited several locomotives from its constituent companies
but later acquired a reputation for a distinctive stable of its own, mostly built at
its Lochgorm works in Inverness. This collection of over 150 photographs and
postcards charts the company’s locomotives throughout the HR years as well
as in later operation in LMS colours.
20966
NEW
NEW
BRITISH STEAM
PATRIOTS
Keith Langston Although 52 Patriot
Class locomotives were built by the LMS
from 1930 and 18 of them survived almost
until the end of steam in the 1960s, none
of them were saved for preservation,
encouraging the current plan to build a
new engine, to be named The Unknown
Warrior. This book provides a detailed
history and photographs of each of the
52 locomotives of the class and an introduction to the LMS Patriot Project to build
the 53rd example.
WHARNCLIFFE 2011 HB 171pp Illus
£19.99 20101 now £7.99
RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN:
KENT AND SUSSEX
Colin and David McCarthy The
early development of railways in
Kent and Sussex was dominated by
competition between the London,
Brighton and South Coast, the
London, Chatham and Dover and
the 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.
IAN ALLAN 2007 HB 128pp Illus
£19.99 16472 now £7.99
SMOKE, STEAM AND LIGHT
The Railway Art of John Austin
John Austin has won the Guild of
Railway Artists Picture of the Year
Award more often than any other
painter, helping to establish his
reputation as one of the finest
railway artists at work today.
This handsome volume is a
retrospective portfolio of over 100
of his finest canvasses; the majestic
locomotives in spectacular scenery
and evocative station and city scenes
demonstrating his mastery of light
and colour as well as his eye for
technical and historical detail.
£40.00 19615 now £14.99
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LOCOMOTIVES OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
LOCOMOTIVES OF THE HIGHLAND RAILWAY
NEW LOCOMOTIVES OF THE LONDON,
BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY 1839-1903
Ed. John Christopher Beginning with the engines acquired for the London and
Brighton Railway, dating back to 1839, this survey reviews the locomotives of the
LBSCR up to the beginning of the 20th century.
Originally published in 1903, this revised edition
contains over 140 line drawings of more than
1,000 steam locomotives built or purchased
by the company during the period.
20965
NEW LOCOMOTIVES OF
THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY
1841-1922
John S MacLean The NER covered a compact
territory centred on Yorkshire, County Durham
and Northumberland. Highlights of its locomotive
history were the innovative Bo-Bo type electrics
introduced in 1905 and the large Vincent Ravendesigned A2 Pacifics built at Darlington Works
in 1922. This is a revised reprint of the history
first published in 1923 and contains additional
contemporary photographs.
20967
LONDON UNDERGROUND STATIONS IN COLOUR
For the Modeller and Historian
John Glover From the ox-blood tiled exteriors of the 1900s and the striking Art Deco
buildings of the 1930s to the spacious designs of the 21st century, the London
Underground has significantly contributed to the capital’s architectural heritage. This
photographic survey illustrates the wide variety of designs and provides, in detailed
captions, an account of the development of station architecture from the 1860s to the
present. IAN ALLAN 2009 PB 96pp Illus 278x210mm
£16.99 17130 now £5.99
LONDON UNDERGROUND
1863 Onwards (All Lines and Extensions)
Owners’ Workshop Manual
Paul Moss The first underground trains ran in
London in 1863 between Paddington (then called
Bishop’s Road) and Farringdon stations. It is
remarkable to note that at that early date steam
locomotives were used, filling the tunnels with
smoke and soot; the first electric trains were
introduced in 1890. Colourfully presented in
Haynes’s famous Owners’ Workshop Manual
livery, this book provides an accessible and well
illustrated introduction to the history and
workings of the world’s oldest underground
railway. HAYNES 2014 HB 189pp Illus 269x210mm
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NEW EARLY CYCLE LIGHTING
1868-1948
Peter W Card The first cyclists
took to the roads long before batterypowered lamps were invented, but
they had to light their way just as
we do today. Before they set off after
dark, cyclists from the 1870s right
through to the early years of the
Second World War in some places,
had to spend a long time preparing
an oil or acetylene gas-powered lamp.
This is an illustrated history of this
interesting technology in Britain,
Europe and America.
CROWOOD 2007 HB 176pp Illus 295x209mm
£25.00 20333 now £9.99
MILE BY MILE
LONDON TO PARIS
Reginald Piggott; Matt Thompson
Using the same cartographic method as
SN Pike in his legendary Mile by Mile on
Britain’s Railways, this book logs every
mile on the historic Golden Arrow (Flèche
d’Or) and modern Eurostar lines: gradients, stations, the sights to be seen from
the train, the history along the route, and
how both railways were built. The old
and new lines are mapped on facing pages,
interspersed with illustrated articles on topics such as the terminals, ferries and the
Channel Tunnel. AURUM 2012 HB 112pp Illus
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Michael Scarlett The legendary status of
the 911 has been well earned by Porsche’s
success in continually adapting and refining
the model so that it has remained the benchmark for high-performance supercars for
over 50 years. Beautifully illustrated from
the Porsche Photographic Archive, this celebration of the instantly recognizable car
tells the complete story of how and why it
was originally built, the many refinements
and evolutions that it has undergone and
its racing history. Haynes Great Cars series.
PORSCHE 911
£19.99 18277 now £9.99
Nigel Burton Henry Ford’s Model T is
well documented as bringing the automobile into the reach of ordinary Americans,
but at the same time it ended the challenge
of electric locomotion as a realistic option
in the car industry. This illustrated history
A HISTORY OF ELECTRIC CARS
ROUTEMASTER BUS
1954 Onwards
Enthusiasts’ Manual
Andrew Morgan Originally intended for
an active service career of 17 years, the
Routemaster – London’s iconic open-platform bus – plied the city’s streets for almost
50 years before it was withdrawn in 2005.
Nearly all of the decommissioned vehicles
found new owners immediately. Presented
in the Haynes workshop manual format,
this book explores the history, design, construction, maintenance and operation of
the celebrated bus, and includes photographs, diagrams, cutaways and information about owning and restoring Routemasters. HAYNES 2011 HB 160pp Illus 268x208mm
£21.99 18098 now £8.99
Oil lamp by Joseph Lucas Ltd, adapted as
‘The James’ by the James Cycle Company
covers the development of electric vehicles from the first designs of the emergent
motor industry in the early 20th century,
through the wilderness years of quirky
concept cars and milk floats to the hi-tech
hybrids and electric vehicles produced today. CROWOOD 2013 HB 208pp Illus
£25.00 18035 now £9.99
William Presland Aston Martin’s V8 engine was first fitted to the DBS model in
1969, giving the car a performance that
could only be matched at the time by twoseaters from Ferrari, Lamborghini and
Maserati. With design drawings, factory
photographs, specifications and portraits
of the prpoduction models, Presland tells
the story of the engine which powered a
series of legendary cars, including the
Vantage Volante and Lagonda up to the
1990s. CROWOOD 2009 HB 208pp Illus
ASTON MARTIN V8
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Gavin Booth Certain to
start lively debates among
enthusiasts and road
transport professionals, this
book looks at some of the
stranger decisions and
miscalculations that have
affected the bus industry
over recent years. Among
the issues discussed, with
illustrations of the vehicles
involved, are the shortlived British Coachways
consortium and the AMOS
scheme that would have flooded London with minibuses, and among West Riding
Dennis Loline
the bus models that went wrong are the Daimler Roadliner and
which replaced
Guy Wulfrunian. IAN ALLAN 2009 HB 160pp Illus 261x211mm
BUS BLUNDERS
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their Wulfrunians
TRAM DISASTERS
British and Foreign Tram Crashes and Accidents
Peter Tuffrey Spectacular accidents have a unique power to capture the public
imagination and when such disasters occurred in the late Victorian and Edwardian
era, local publishers lost no time in capitalizing on them by producing postcards,
often with crowds of unabashed bystanders posing with the mangled wreckage.
This collection of over 200 photographs illustrates crashes in Britain, mostly
between 1890 and 1960, and also includes some international and modern tram
collisions. FONTHILL 2013 PB 128pp Illus
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NEW BORN OF ADVERSITY
Britain’s Airlines 1919-1963
Guy Halford-MacLeod Despite Winston
Churchill’s remark that ‘civil aviation must fly by
itself’, competition from foreign, state-sponsored
carriers in the 1920s encouraged the government
to form a subsidized national airline, Imperial
Airways, by amalgamating a number of small
private companies. This book traces the political
and corporate manoeuvres that shaped the
industry from this point, through the tribulations
of BEA and BOAC, to the re-emergence of
private operators such as Freddie Laker in the
1950s. AMBERLEY 2014 PB 208pp Illus
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EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS
When Britain’s Aircraft Ruled the World
SOUND BARRIER
The Rocky Road to Mach 1.0+
NEW
Peter Caygill As the fighter planes of the
1940s became capable of speeds nearing
the speed of sound (768mph), pilots became aware that their aircraft became dangerously ungovernable when approaching
it, making supersonic flight – beyond the
‘sound barrier’ – seem impossible. This
aviation history explores the aircraft, designers and pilots that contributed to
achieving Mach 1 and explains the innovations, including swept wings and jet
propulsion, that ultimately conquered supersonic flight.
PEN & SWORD 2006 HB 222pp Illus
£19.99 20487 now £6.99
HMS VICTORY 1765-1812
(First Rate Ship of the Line)
Owner’s Workshop Manual
Peter Goodwin Nelson’s flagship was the
most formidable craft afloat when it was
launched in 1765, boasting 104 guns and
an 800-man crew. This detailed, illustrated
analysis covers every aspect of the ship’s
operation, from sails and rigging to guns
and ammunition and even the men’s rations; and as well as describing Victory’s
design and construction, the manual tells
the story of its active service and its recent
conservation.
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James Hamilton-Paterson In 1945 Britain was
the world’s leading builder of jet aircraft and in the decade that followed, produced
planes such as the Comet, Vulcan, Hunter and Lightning; but by the early 1960s
aviation companies such as Avro and Vickers were either gone or struggling. This
book fuses the author’s memories of British aviation’s heyday with tales of the
legendary aircraft and test pilots and a rueful history of Britain’s loss of selfconfidence and power. Special illustrated edition. FABER 2011 PB 304pp Illus
£8.99 21782 now £4.99
NEW CULTURES AND CARICATURES
OF BRITISH IMPERIAL AVIATION
Passengers, Pilots, Publicity
Gordon Pirie Exploring ‘the way airborne
mobility expressed imperialism’, Gordon Pirie
assembles an unprecedented mass of scattered
evidence to examine the social exclusivity of
people who used private and commercial aircraft to
move around the empire in the decade between
1928 and 1938. He examines the practices that
flying imperially created and its significance, not
just for the air passengers, but for the colonized
people who provided travel assistance on the
ground. MANCHESTER UP 2012 HB 258pp Illus
£65.00 20671 now £12.99
PASSENGER TUGS
AND TENDERS
Nick Robins In the early days of steam
tugs, the boats’ towage duties were supplemented in the summer months by
taking passengers on pleasure trips.
Likewise, coastal and estuary steam
packets were employed to ferry passengers out to ships too big to berth in port.
This book traces the history of this overlooked class of vessel from the first
steamers of the 1820s to the last working vessels of the 1960s. BERNARD
McCALL 2010 HB 96pp Illus 295x205mm
£15.00 16481 now £6.99
NEW SHIPWRECKS
From the Tees to the Tyne
Maureen Anderson Local fishermen of the
North-east saved countless lives attending
ships floundering in the hostile waters of the
North Sea, first in their own small boats and,
from the early 19th century, in organized
lifeboat services. Illustrated with archive photographs and engravings, this history tells the
tales of over 30 celebrated wrecks and rescues
that took place off the coast between the Tyne
and the Tees in the 19th and early 20th centuries. WHARNCLIFFE 2007 PB 144pp Illus
£12.99 20121 now £4.99
Allan Ryszka-Onions A boom in leisure
cruising has seen many new large passenger
ships and smaller ‘expedition’ ships built in
recent years, while in response to the drive for
cheaper cargo shipping, container vessels have
got bigger, some approaching 400m in length,
and are designed for slower running with more
efficient engines. The 16th edition of this
standard, illustrated reference work provides
comprehensive and authoritative information
on all the world’s ocean-going passenger and
cargo ships. IAN ALLAN 2013 HB 328pp Illus
OCEAN SHIPS
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THE ILLUSTRATED SINKING
OF THE TITANIC
LT Myers This book is a republication of
an edition produced within a month of the
Titanic tragedy and contains information
about the ship and its passengers, and numerous accounts of the disaster. The dramatically written content inevitably contains
inaccuracies and inflations but the book is
nevertheless a valuable contemporary document and contains 80 illustrations, photographs and artists’ impressions.
AMBERLEY 2009 PB 191pp Illus 249x172mm
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ARCHITECTURE
THE COUNTRY
HOUSE REVEALED
A Secret History of the
British Ancestral Home
Dan Cruickshank Spanning architectural
history from the Elizabethan age to the 20th
century, Dan Cruickshank explores six of
Britain’s finest country houses: South Wraxall
Manor, Kinross House, Easton Neston,
Wentworth Woodhouse, Clandeboye House
and Marshcourt. They are all private family
homes, closed to the public, but Cruikshank
has gained access and presents a guide and
commentary on their architecture, who built
them, their inhabitants and the role of the
great house in the social history of the country.
BBC 2011 HB 288pp Illus 252x195mm
£25.00 19364 now £9.99
South elevation of Kinross House in Perthshire, designed by William Bruce, late 17th century
THE MEMORY PALACE
A Book of Lost Interiors
NEW
Edward Hollis From his grandmother’s
cluttered sitting room, Edward Hollis
launches into an intriguing survey of
interiors including a cave, a Roman villa
and the palace of Versailles, the Big
Brother House and the digital rooms of
the computer game Quake. Inspired by
Mario Praz’s approach to the interior as
‘A museum of the Soul, an archive of its
experiences’, Hollis tells the story of how
interiors are made – from architecture to
ashtrays – and how people have made
themselves at home in them. Embossed
cover. PORTOBELLO 2013 HB 362pp Illus
£25.00 21126 now £5.99
THE ARCHITECTURE OF
SHARPE, PALEY AND AUSTIN
Geoff Brandwood Founded in the 1830s
by the multi-talented Edmund Sharpe, the
Lancaster firm of Sharpe, Paley and
Austin went on to become the greatest
provincial architectural practice in Victorian and Edwardian England. This book
charts the firm’s history for the first time,
explaining how it secured commissions
through a web of personal and family connections; and, with a wealth of photographs, it illustrates the urban and rural
churches, country houses, schools and infirmaries built by the company. ENGLISH
HERITAGE 2012 HB 294pp Illus 275x217mm
‘GOTHIC FOR EVER’
AWN Pugin, Lord Shrewsbury and the Rebuilding of Catholic England
Michael Fisher Determined to restore the splendour of the medieval Church,
Augustus Pugin was the driving force behind the Gothic Revival in Victorian
Britain. To accomplish his vision, the young architect needed a wealthy patron,
and found one in John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury and England’s leading
Catholic layman. Extensively illustrated with prints, drawings and colour
photographs, this book charts their fruitful collaboration at Talbot’s home,
Alton Towers, and elsewhere, and the momentous change in public taste it
brought about. SPIRE 2012 HB 341pp Illus 273x208mm
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NEW VENICE
FROM THE WATER
Architecture and Myth
in an Early Modern City
Daniel Savoy Renaissance
travellers would arrive in
Venice weary and sore
from a long carriage ride
over bumpy roads to find
themselves transported
with silken smoothness
by gondola to an ethereal
island metropolis.
Illustrated with almost
200 colour photographs,
engravings, maps, and
View south on the Grand Canal toward the Ca’ Foscari
paintings by artists from
Carpaccio to Monet, this elegant volume explores the city’s unique relationship with
its lagoon, its use of water as architectural space reflecting the facades of its grand
buildings, and its carefully nurtured mystique. YALE UP 2012 HB 152pp Illus 280x220mm
£40.00 21159 now £16.99
PALACES FOR PIGS
Animal Architecture and
Other Beastly Buildings
£50.00 17677 now £17.99
Chris Elliott Covering over 200 years
of Egyptian-inspired architecture and
interior design in England, this richly
illustrated volume combines a series of
essays on the Egyptological background
and topics including cinemas,
freemasonry and hieroglyphs, with an
illustrated guide to surviving examples
of Egyptian style in England. An
enormous variety of buildings and
monuments are covered – from
mausolea to textile mills, stately homes
to cinemas – with details of where they
are and the stories behind their creation.
EGYPT IN ENGLAND
ENGLISH HERITAGE 2012 PB 320pp Illus 240x195mm
£25.00 17679 now £9.99
Africa by William Theed, part of
the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park
Lucinda Lambton For hundreds of years,
people have built elaborate, extravagant
and downright eccentric homes for their
animals. Wearing her scholarship with
deceptive charm, Lambton surveys hundreds
of these flights of fancy throughout Britain
and Ireland: elegant stables, a pyramid for
poultry, a half-timbered dovecote, Sir John
Soane’s classical ‘canine residences’,
a medieval palace for pigs, and a touching
selection of pet cemeteries. In this engaging,
informative and lavishly illustrated book,
the British passions for architecture and
animals meet. ENGLISH HERITAGE
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DESIGN/ARCHITECTURE
NEW DESIGNING
MODERN BRITAIN
Cheryl Buckley’s history of British
design culture examines how design
and society have interacted from the
end of the 19th century to the
beginning of the 21st, and explores
the connected themes of modernity
and identity. Among the issues
discussed are the spread of
international modernism in Britain,
the rise of eco-conscious design, the
role of galleries and retailers, the
celebrity designer and the influence
of the heritage industry.
REAKTION 2007 PB 256pp Illus
£17.95 21078 now £5.99
Basilica of San Bernardino in L’Aquila
by Cola dell’Amatrice, 1524-40
DESIGNS FOR
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
Ceramic tableware designed by Susie Cooper in
Kestrel shapes and Crayon Lines pattern, 1934
WF Pocock The publication of Pocock’s
Designs for Churches and Chapels in 1819
was timely. The previous year’s Church
Building Act provided funds for many new
churches, but there were few architects
capable of producing the necessary designs.
Pocock’s lucid text and clear illustrations of
both Gothic and Neoclassical buildings –
reprinted here with an informative
introduction – provided the blueprint for a
new wave of churches on both sides of the
Atlantic, and remain an unparalleled
resource for architectural historians.
Sharon Magrelli; Giovanni Uzzani
A magnificent pictorial survey of Renaissance art in Italy, this volume comprises
over 500 pages of reproductions and photographs showing the progress of architecture, sculpture and painting in chapters
on Florence and Tuscany, on northern
Italy and on central and southern Italy,
including Rome. It presents works by
all the great Renaissance artists, from
Piero della Francesca to Michelangelo and
Raphael, with captions to the reproductions and brief introductions to each
period in English, German and Russian.
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
PUGIN’S ECCLESIASTICAL
ORNAMENT
A Welby Pugin While the Victorian
artist Augustus Pugin is best-known
for his neo-Gothic work on the
Houses of Parliament, he also
produced a wealth of beautiful
ecclesiastical designs that hark
back to medieval roots. This
selection of 59 colour plates is
drawn from Pugin’s Glossary
of Ecclesiastical Ornament and
Costume, first published in 1868.
DOVER 2005 PB 64pp Illus 275x212mm
$16.95 77458 now £3.99
SPIRE 2010 HB 107pp Illus 268x210mm
Monk Bar,
£39.95 19069 now £19.99
York, built
in the
THE BUILDING OF ENGLAND
14th/15th
How the History of England
centuries
Has Shaped our Buildings
SLOVART 2009 HB 600pp Illus 288x287mm
18203 now £30.00
Simon Thurley Throughout England’s history,
its buildings have reflected not only changing
tastes but social and economic conditions. This
handsome volume presents a chronological survey
of the nation’s architecture from Saxon times,
through the cathedrals and castles of the Middle
Ages to the burgeoning suburbs of Metroland.
Lavishly illustrated with more than 500 colour
photographs, archival images, drawings, maps
and plans, it shows how buildings, whether grand
public projects or modest domestic structures,
reflect and embody our rich and complex history.
One of
Leonardo’s
‘theory
machines’,
a spiral gear
£35.00 16805 now £11.99
attached
to a barrel
Three-gabled tollhouse in
spring
Bruton, Somerset, c.1831
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.
Philippa Lewis begins this very
accessible, illustrated survey of domestic
architecture with a concise history of
vernacular building from the earliest
surviving medieval houses to low
environmental impact housing of the
early 2000s. Using around 600 of her
own photographs of properties
throughout Britain, she goes on to
discuss types of housing, including
bungalows, cottages, manor houses,
terraces and conversions, and their
architectural and decorative features,
in sections arranged alphabetically from
Apartments to Windows.
V&A 2009 PB 240pp Illus 335x245mm
PRESTEL 2011 HB 192pp Illus 240x191mm
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£24.99 16748 now £11.99
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Experience, Experiment and Design
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DESIGN
Sheila Sturrock Detailed templates and easyto-follow instructions are combined here to
show how to create over 100 authentic Celtic
spiral designs. From simple spirals, the book
gradually progresses to more challenging and
elaborate patterns. Once the basic principles
of Celtic design have been mastered, you will
quickly develop the skills needed to create
unique patterns of your own. The versatile
designs can be applied to paper crafts,
woodcarving, embroidery and patchwork.
CELTIC SPIRALS HANDBOOK
£9.99 17644 now £3.99
Postcard by Paul Klee for
the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition
NEW
HENRY WILSON
Practical Idealist
Cindy Manton Famed for his strikingly original
church fittings, the architect and designer Henry
Wilson (1864-1934) was a key figure in the Arts
and Crafts movement. This first study of his
work charts his career from its beginnings as
assistant to the Gothic Revival architect JD
Sedding, and provides a well-illustrated survey
of his output, from the monumental Elphinstone
Tomb in Aberdeen to the great west doors of
the Church of St John the Divine in New York.
NEW THE BAUHAUS GROUP
Six Masters of Modernism
Nicholas Fox Weber Alongside Walter
Gropius, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky
and Mies van der Rohe, the husband-andwife team of Josef and Anni Albers were
leading members of the Bauhaus. Nicholas
Fox Weber, former head of the Albers
Foundation and a close friend of the
couple, has drawn on their recollections
to create this remarkable group biography.
Illustrated with 16 pages of colour plates
and many black-and-white images, it
captures the spirit and flair with which
these geniuses reshaped the culture of the
20th century. American-cut pages
YALE UP 2009 PB 544pp Illus
£52.75 20916 now £11.99
Gold enamel rose brooch by Henry Wilson, c.1912
Simon Loxley From the tempestuous debate
about its beginnings in the 15th century, to the
most modern lettering, Loxley tells the story
of typography and the people and events
behind our letters. IB TAURIS 2005 HB 256pp Illus
TYPE: The Secret History of Letters
£18.00 21152 now £8.99
£25.50 39401 now £7.99
Gill Sans, designed by Eric Gill in 1926
(the main sans serif font used in the
Postscript catalogue – including this caption
Queen Victoria
made the
white wedding
dress popular
when she wore
one at her
wedding to
Albert in 1840
THE DAY OF THE
PEACOCK
Style for Men 1963-1973
Luise Wackerl Among the royals of Europe there
have always been fashionistas: long before Christian
Louboutin, Louis XIV created a trend with red-soled
shoes, Queen Victoria started the fashion for white
wedding dresses, and the elegant style of Grace
Kelly has been copied the world over. With over 200
photographs of aristocratic fashion leaders, Royal
Style celebrates regal fashion, from the Middle Ages
to the newest icons such as the couture-loving Kate
Middleton and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece.
Geoffrey Aquilina Ross In the
1960s, men’s fashion witnessed
an extraordinary rebirth that
media commentators described
as the Peacock Revolution.
This richly illustrated book
recalls the shops, celebrity
photographers, tailors and
fashionable dressers who
made up ‘the scene’. The
photographs and ephemera,
drawn from the V&A’s superb
archives, evoke the Sixties
atmosphere of optimism and
opportunity and include some
of the era’s most stylish
Patrick Lichfield dressed by Mr Fish
figures, among them David
for a fashion shoot in 1971
Hemmings, Ossie Clark and
Patrick Lichfield and iconic shops such as Blades and Mr Fish.
PRESTEL 2012 HB 192pp Illus
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£24.99 17049 now £9.99
ROYAL STYLE
A History of Aristocratic Fashion Icons
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FEATURED TITLES
NEW LIFTING THE VEIL
A Plain Language Guide to the Bible
Peter Hermon The Bible’s size and
obscurities can be a stumbling-block for those
who want to know it better, so Peter Hermon
has produced this clear overview of its
content and the ‘golden thread of Promise’
that runs through it. The core of this volume is
a book-by-book, section-by-section survey of
the Old and New Testaments and the
‘Deutero-Canonical’ additions, supplemented
with background information on key themes,
the different genres represented and the
interrelations between books.
LUTTERWORTH 2007 PB 540pp 240x165mm
20928 now £7.99
NEW DISCOVERING
THE LEAD CODICES
The Book of Seven Seals and
the Secret Teachings of Jesus
NEW LET IT GO
AMONG OUR PEOPLE
An Illustrated History of the
English Bible from John Wyclif
to the King James Version
David Elkington; Jennifer Elkington
One of the most controversial episodes
in recent Biblical archaeology has
concerned a hoard of ring-bound lead
books allegedly discovered in a remote
Jordanian valley. Could these be the
oldest Christian artefacts ever found?
Are they genuine? The Elkingtons,
who first saw photographs of them in
2007, recount their subsequent quest to
track down and authenticate the codices
and to investigate the possible meanings
of their texts and symbols in the context
of early Christianity and Judaism.
David Price; Charles C Ryrie
In 1604, when the Authorized Version was
commissioned, there were already many
English translations of the Scriptures,
which King James’ scholars freely
consulted. Because of the new translation’s
stunning success, these predecessors are
not widely known today. Price and Ryrie
have compiled a political and literary
history highlighting the treasury of English
Renaissance Bibles, both those officially
sanctioned, such as the Bishops’ Bible, and
others which emerged from the shadows
of illegal movements. LUTTERWORTH
WATKINS 2014 HB 322pp Illus
£20.00 21149 now £6.99
Title page of the first edition of the King
James Bible by Cornelis Boel, 1611
$65.00 20926 now £9.99
NEW ARCHAEOLOGY OF
THE LAND OF THE BIBLE
10,000-586 BCE
Amihai Mazar This comprehensive
overview brings together hundreds of
findings from a century of archaeological
investigations undertaken in the Holy Land
up to the late 1980s. Covering biblical history
from the earliest permanent settlements
to the destruction of the First Temple by
Nebuchadnezzar, it illustrates the range of
physical evidence for daily life, industry,
culture and trade, as well as demonstrating
how archaeologists’ discoveries relate to the
Bible’s accounts of historical events and the
broader background of the ancient Near East.
$36.20 20887 now £9.99
John Dancy With this book John Dancy has set out to restore the Old Testament
to ‘the reading list of the general educated public’ by selecting sections of the text
for their artistic merit and intrinsic interest. These dramatic narratives and the
heightened speech of Hebrew poetry are accompanied by Dancy’s commentary,
which concentrates on literary matters and provides parallels with other ancient
Near Eastern and Greek texts, as well as highlighting features of Hebrew language
and story-telling techniques. LUTTERWORTH 2002 PB 800pp
NEW
THE DIVINE DRAMA: The Old Testament as Literature
20903 now £7.99
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Welcome...
to Postscript’s April catalogue. This month
our cover features the famous Umbrellas by
Leonetto Cappiello, one of the pioneering
graphic artists of 1920s Paris. Originally an
advertisement for Parapluie Revel, it is one of
hundreds of designs and artworks illustrated in
Paris Between the Wars 1919-1939 (opposite).
To mark his 400th anniversary this month
we have devoted pages 46-47 to books on
Shakespeare and his world. Titles include
the controversial Shakespeare’s Dark Lady;
Peter Whitfield’s study of artists who
have risen to the challenge of Illustrating
Shakespeare; and attractive Signature
editions of Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet
and Much Ado About Nothing.
Elsewhere, the social history pages (pp12-13)
excel themselves, with studies of early sugar
refining, Morris dancing, Beecham’s Pills, and
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